The Tenth Insight: Holding the Vision (29 page)

He stopped and shined his light toward us. Recognizing me immediately, he walked over and crouched down where we were.

“What are you doing out here?” I asked.

“There’s not much left back there,” he replied, pointing toward the bunker. “There’s an underground laboratory over there
that has been completely cleaned out. I thought I would try to go to the falls; but when I got out there in the dark I changed
my mind.”

“I thought you were leaving the area,” I said. “You were so skeptical.”

“I know. I was going to leave, but I… well, I had a dream that disturbed me. I thought I’d better stay and try to help. The
Forest Service people thought I was crazy, but then I ran into a deputy from the county Sheriff’s Department. Someone had
sent him a message, so we came out here together. That’s when we found this laboratory.”

Charlene and I looked at each other, then I briefly told Joel about the confrontation with Feyman and the eventual outcome.

“They were creating that much damage?” Joel asked. “Was anyone hurt?”

“I don’t think so,” I replied. “We were lucky.”

“And how long ago did your friends go down there?”

“Just a few minutes ago.”

He looked at both of us. “You’re not going in yourselves?”

I shook my head. “I thought it would be better if we watched how the authorities handle all this, without their knowing.”

Charlene’s expression confirmed that she felt the same way.

“Good thinking,” Joel said, looking back toward the bunker site. “I think I had better get back down there, though, just so
they’ll know the press is aware of those three witnesses. How can I get in touch with you?”

“We’ll call
you,”
Charlene said.

He handed me a card, nodded to Charlene, and headed toward the bunker.

Charlene caught my eye. “He was the seventh person in the group, wasn’t he?”

“Yeah, I think so.”

We were silent with our thoughts for a moment, then Charlene said, “Come on, let’s try to get back to town.”

We had walked for almost an hour when suddenly we heard the sound of songbirds, dozens of them, somewhere to our right. Dawn
was just breaking and a cool mist rose from the forest floor.

“Now what?” Charlene asked.

“Look over there,” I said. Through a break in the trees to the north was a huge, old poplar, perhaps eight feet in diameter.
In the half-light of daybreak, the area around the tree appeared brighter somehow, as if the sun, still below the horizon,
had been in position to burst through to radiate downward on that one spot.

I experienced the sense of warmth that had grown so familiar.

“What is it?” Charlene asked.

“It’s Will” I said. “Let’s go over there.”

When we were within ten feet, Wil peeked around the tree, smiling broadly. He had changed; what was it? As I continued to
study his body, I realized that his luminosity was the same, but he was now more clearly in focus.

He hugged us both.

“Were you able to see what happened?” I asked.

“Yes,” he said. “I was there with the soul groups; I saw everything.”

“You’re in sharper focus. What did you do?”

“It wasn’t what I did,” he replied. “It was what you and the group did, especially Charlene.”

“What do you mean?” Charlene asked.

“When the five of you increased your energy, and consciously remembered most of the World Vision, you lifted this whole valley
into a higher vibratory pattern. It rose closer to the vibratory level of the Afterlife, which means that I now appear clearer
to you, as you appear clearer to me. Even the soul groups will become more readily visible in this valley now.”

I looked hard at Wil. “Everything we’ve seen in this valley, everything that has happened. It’s all the Tenth Insight, isn’t
it?”

He nodded. “These same experiences are occurring to people all over the planet. After we grasp the first nine Insights, each
of us is left at the same place—trying to live this reality day-to-day, in the face of what seems to be a growing pessimism
and divisiveness all around us. But at the same time, we are continuing to gain a greater perspective and clarity about our
spiritual situation, about who we really are. We know we are awakening to a much larger plan for planet Earth.

“The Tenth is about maintaining our optimism and staying awake. We’re learning to better identify and believe in our own intuitions,
knowing that these mental images are fleeting recollections of our original intention, of how we wanted our lives to evolve.
We wanted to follow a certain path in life, so that we could finally remember the truth that our life experiences are preparing
us to tell, and bring this knowledge into the world.

“We are now seeing our lives from the higher perspective of the Afterlife. We know that our individual adventures are occurring
within the context of the long history of human awakening. With this memory, our lives are grounded, put into context; we
can see the long process through which we have been spiritualizing the physical dimension, and what we have left to do.”

Wil paused momentarily and moved closer to us. “Now we will see if enough groups like this one come together and remember,
if enough people around the world grasp the Tenth. As we have seen, it is now our responsibility to keep the intention, to
ensure the future.

“The polarization of Fear is still rising, and if we are to resolve it and move on, each of us must participate personally.
We must watch our thoughts and expectations very carefully, and catch ourselves every time we treat another human being as
an enemy. We can defend ourselves, and restrain certain people, but if we dehumanize them, we add to the Fear.

“We all are souls in growth; we all have an original intention that is positive; and we can all remember. Our responsibility
is to hold that idea for everyone we meet. That’s the true Interpersonal Ethic; that’s how we uplift, that’s the contagion
of the new awareness that is encircling the planet. We either fear that human culture is falling apart, or we can
hold the Vision
that we are
awakening.
Either way, our expectation is a prayer that goes out as a force that tends to bring about the end we envision. Each of us
must consciously choose between these two futures.”

Wil seemed to drift into thought, and in the background, against the far ridge toward the south, I caught sight again of the
streaks of white light.

“With all that was happening,” I said, “I never asked you about these movements of white light. Do you know what they are?”

Wil smiled, and reached out and gently touched both of our shoulders. “They’re the angels,” he said. “They respond to our
faith and vision and make miracles. They seem to be a mystery even to those in the Afterlife.”

At that moment I was seized by a mental image of a community, somewhere in a valley much like this one. Charlene was there,
and others, including many children.

“I think we are supposed to understand the angels next,” Wil continued, gazing out toward the north as if seeing an image
of his own. “Yes, I’m sure of it. Are you two coming?”

I gazed at Charlene, whose look confirmed that she had seen the same vision as I.

“I don’t think so,” she said.

“Not right now,” I added.

Without speaking Wil pulled us into a brief embrace, then turned and walked away. At first, I was reluctant to let him go,
but I remained silent. A part of me realized this journey was far from over. Soon, I knew, we would see him again.

Millions have experienced the insights of James Redfield’s works and embraced the emerging worldview that they offer. International
bestsellers that have sold over four million copies in more than thirty-five countries,
The Celestine Prophecy
and
The Tenth Insight
have helped people all over the world open up to a new sense of personal destiny and purpose.

This exciting sequel to
The Celestine Prophecy
transports you through portals into other dimensions…to memories of other centuries… to the moment before our conception…
to the passage of death and the life review we must all face… and to the love-filled Afterlife. As you grasp the Tenth Insight,
your understanding will expand to include a sense of the special mission that we all share. And you will begin to answer,
as never before, the unspoken questions in every human heart: Why are we here? What are we to do? Where are we going?

“JAMES REDFIELD HAS THE GENIUS OF INSPIRING PEOPLE….
THE TENTH INSIGHT
IS ABOUT COMPASSION, FORGIVENESS, AND
TENACITY—HOLDING THE VISION—AND CARRYING IT INTO ONE’S LIFE AND THE WORLD.”

—L
ARRY
D
OSSEY
, M.D., author of
Healing Words