Steve has just completed the second book in our series, which describes our relationship as it is today. It's much easier reading than the historical piece, where Steve had to cite a thousand sources in order to try to prove the past-life match. This one has lots of proof, too, but it's not the kind that requires historical validation. Proof isn't the main focus of the book--love is--but proof has its place in getting you to take the whole relationship seriously, and sometimes it can be fun!

Sometimes what Steve wants to write and what I want to write, differ. Have you ever had your husband try to take over something you were doing? Then you understand. Grrr...

Steve wants to talk more about proof, and a priori assumptions, and all of that.

He also wants to go into how he got me wrong in channeling some weeks ago, and how in going back through our private journaling, for the book, he discovered it, and how upsetting it was to him, and all of that.

But it's irrelevant to what I want to talk about today, so Steve will get his mind quiet here...

Part of the problem is he's trying to smoke a pipe he bought recently which looks a lot like something he would have enjoyed as Matthew. And he's having trouble keeping the darned thing lit while typing...multi-tasking is not so good for channeling.

I'm busy making connections on this side for the launching of our two books. They will go out together, and each will drive the other. I'm in charge of the distribution side of things, because I can "network" here like nothing you can even imagine. I know exactly who needs to see what, when, and how to bring it about. And I'm also allowed to say so, now.

My work seems to have no results at all, until the "ball" hits the right "pin." It's sort of like a big pinball machine. That's right--I'm the "Pinball Wizard"!

Not that I'm the only one, but I can't talk about that. Just so you know I'm not being grandiose by claiming I'm the only one who can do it here.

Now, Steve tells me that during this first month my journal has been in existence, I am topping 100 visits. That's for the opening page. So somebody's reading.

I certainly did get on my soapbox last entry. Do you have any idea what a typical perusal through a Redbox video kiosk looks like to someone who normally lives in a rarified land of startling, soul-piercing beauty? How sad this physical world is, and how sad modern Western society has become, if these films are any indication. Do you still think that the profit motive is working? Steve and I are in agreement on this one, so we will say this together. The "Invisible Hand" is like this--you take a river, and it is self-regulating through nature. It can adjust to a little filth here and there, or fluctuations of various kinds. But if you start pouring filth in it--enough filth, poisonous-enough filth, long enough, what happens?

The same exact thing is true for the economy and the "Invisible Hand." Think about it.

And the same is true for mass consciousness, and the heart of each country, and the heart of the world. Are we liberal? Are we conservative? This is a trick, to separate thinking, caring people into "liberal" and "conservative." Separation, division, is always a trick.*

So, Steve tries to keep away from the worst of the world as much as he can. Sometimes it's impossible to avoid. He keeps his vibration as high as he reasonably can, to make it easier for me to lower mine to keep connection with him. The nature spirits around here know it, and I've gotten to know them personally. Since Steve has been living here, more and more interesting flowers seem to be popping up in the Spring, and our muscadine grape vine in the back is quite prolific! Last year we got three bottles of wine from it, but Steve cheated by going down the street to another vine. So, say, two good bottles. This year's was pretty good--Steve has learned to use real wine yeast, got more of the sediment out, picked only fully-ripe grapes, kept everything sterile, and balanced the tartness nicely with organic sugar.

We have lots of fun together--can you imagine? There are people crying their eyes out because their soul mate is on the other side, and we are having the time of our lives! How ironic, and how poignant for them. If only they could believe us...

Of course, so far as you know, Steve could be totally in la-la land. You know what my answer to that is.

That's right, read the book! :-)

Love and best wishes to each and all,
Abby

*What Abby is conveying here, as I understand it, is that it is not Capitalism, per se, which is the problem, but greed. Greed is the "toxin" which overloads the system, just as environmental toxins overload a river. Neither letting the system run unchecked (the conservative position), nor regulatory controls (the liberal position), are the answer, because they don't address the root cause, which is toxic greed. Toxic greed is a subset of selfishness, which ruins any economic system you can set up. Therefore, the root problem is human nature, itself. Abby is suggesting that the idea that there is a system which can work with unbridled greed and regulate itself, is a fantasy, and that we will soon find this out.