Love and Immortality: The Long Journey of My Heart
by William Pillow
a Book Review by Marie-Claire Wilson
William Pillow was educated as a pharmacist, served in the USAF Medical Service Corps, and worked for a fortune 500 company for thirty four years.
He has written an edited texbooks and articles for professional journals and trade periodicals. He also wrote Grave Convictions and knows how to get up close and personal with the subject matter in a most intriguing way fully engaging the readers.
One of my favorite chapters In Love and Immortality was the chapter entitled “Karma. “Some researchers spoke of a process called karma that occurs as the result of human interaction over all incarnations. It was said that a soul acquires some kinds of debits or credits in each lifetime as a result of the impact of its human host on other person’s lives. This seems to presume that the soul is held somewhat responsible for its host’s behavior towards others and to acknowledge the soul’s limitations in controlling its host’s behavior.” Karma is linked to the universal spiritual principle that everything and everyone is connected. Karma philosophy further holds that there is no such thing as coincidence and that everything happens for a reason, a reason that is ultimately working toward the good of the goal of our existence as a humans.
The author writes about research that may confirm something a lot of us already know: “Many researchers have now demonstrated that a focused thought or intention can affect a variety of objects of that intention, ranging from the molecular structure of water to the health of a plant or person, as measured by specialized scientific instruments [as cited by Mc Taggart 2007]. It was also shown that this was accompanied by, and as if caused by, a measurable stream of energy from the source of the intention. Dr Gary Schwartz (2007) even believed that love is both energy and a conscious intention.
When we are overwhelmed by the assault of negative thoughts, it could be the result of someone else (or more than one person) with negative thoughts and intentions having to do with us. Two things: it’s best to ignore this negative energy so as not to give it any importance, and to overcome the negative with our own positive thoughts and intentions.
It’s also good to remember that when someone is sending out bad thoughts, even when directed to a particular object or person, a significant amount of that negative energy will be prayed outward in all directions. (Think of a light that you turn on to be able to read a book, and how some of that light is cast out into a room or area.) This is why there is inexplicable negative energy hanging about occasionally. This is also why it is important to emphasize the positive in this life, and to send out positive intentions and thoughts, to increase the positive energy available and to overcome the negative.
As humans, we are not perfect. We need to be reminded of our spiritual paths to show us how to return to them when we stray. Suffering is a fact of life. But suffering is caused by our own actions; we bring it on ourselves. Often, we continue to plow ahead in the wrong direction, the one that makes us suffer more, sometimes blind to the facts, sometimes in full knowledge that what we are doing is not working, or that we are not making the best choices. Sometimes we cannot find a better way, other times we don’t care. Often we do not see the help that is offered - we are simply too tired to change. But then sometimes, we become enlightened; and even if the enlightenment itself doesn’t last, the experience of it will guide us forever as a bright memory and a beacon of hope.
We are all learning and we are all searching for the Divine, whether it is the connection to the Divine, including the answers to all those unanswerable questions such as the title of this book evokes. None of this is trivial even though it is ordinary in the sense that these are the circumstances of everyone’s psychic life here, no matter the culture, age, or economic level.
The author made me contemplate ancient human riddles: Why are we here on Earth? Where did we come from? Is there a greater purpose of each of us? What and where is heaven? William Pillow asked himself these questions and many others when his wife became ill. Love and Immortality is an autobiographical love story with a scientific and metaphysical discussion about death, God, our souls, the spirit world, and reincarnation. It also discusses the implications of how we live our lives based on love, eternity, and spirituality. The author talks about how important it is to focus on the moment, and to live and to appreciate every minute as it passes. Everything is temporary except love.
This book is an excellent spiritual guidebook. One of the most profound ideas put forth in this book is that love is eternal. Love can never be prevented from entering the human heart, and it will be shared and it will increase, that is the cosmic law of love. We affirm what we believe with our hearts, not with our minds. Love is the ultimate cosmic mystery. I really enjoyed reading this book and I highly recommend it.
Marie-Claire
Marie-Claire Wilson, author of The Spiritual Tarot: The Keys to The Divine Temple, is a bilingual writer and poet. She has been a practicing medium for 26 years using direct clairvoyance, the Tarot, numerology and palmistry. To make an appointment for a phone reading call toll-free: 1-877-847-7330.
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