November 1, 2020
Let me start by saying “thank you” for your
interest in the articles that are so important to the man that I
think the world of. He is incredibly passionate about the subject
matter and I love watching him as he creates his articles about
various topics surrounding the Holy Grail. I myself am rather new to
the philosophy of the Grail and I am constantly asking him questions
about it. I trust him with my life and my soul and asked him to be my
spiritual advisor. My story is not one for the faint of heart and I
will not go into too many personal details, but just take my word for
it that I desperately needed some kind of guidance. I decided to
contribute this as my own way of saying “thank you” to Chris in a
public forum and let the readers know how his research has helped me.
For the purpose of privacy, I will refer to myself as
the Nanny. Yes, I really was the editor’s nanny to his daughter
several years ago. However, our history does not begin there. I met
Chris in high school and it was love at first sight. He was a few
years older than I was and I thought he was the coolest guy around.
He had attitude, confidence and looked incredible in his leather
jacket. He was everything I wasn’t. At least, so it seemed. I first
approached him by the locker area and started to chat him up. Telling
him that I had noticed him in class (we were in homeroom together)
and found him very interesting. He stood with his back leaned up
against the locker looking straight ahead. I stood to his side and
thought that his not looking at me was part of the attitude and I was
swept away. After our very one-sided conversation since I was the
only one doing the talking, we went our separate ways for the day.
The next day an incident occurred that took me
completely by surprise, but I didn’t mind in the least. It was
around many people, but only I was aware of the action. I was
flattered and told an individual whom I thought was my best friend
and she immediately told me to report the occurrence to the school
office. I reluctantly did so and instantly regretted it. But I made
the mistake of trusting this person who would sadly be a huge part of
my life. (Chris calls her the whore) My making a complaint to the
office caused a rift between Chris and I as I had clearly gave the
impression that I was leading him on and betrayed his trust.
A couple of months later I was given the unexpected
opportunity to apologize to Chris, which I would later find out that
it was his first experience of someone showing him genuine remorse
and kindness at the same time. After this moment, we were able to get
closer in friendship, but sadly from an almost non-existent verbal
distance. In other words, we kept our conversations to a simple and
severely non-person level. Myself more so than he.
I am not going to continue with our complete history
because I would be here for ages and I am sure that you would soon be
fed up with reading about it. But both Chris and I agree that it
would make for one hell of a good book. This is about my arrival to
the philosophy of the Holy Grail, and how it serves me, as I learn to
serve it. I grew up attending a Baptist church every Sunday with my
family. I found the stories that I would hear during Sunday school
entertaining, but would have questions that seemed beyond an average
kid’s thoughts. Nothing too intelligent, but basic questions like
“Why did the water part when Moses commanded it?” “How could a
big guy like Goliath be taken down by a stone thrown by someone so
much smaller than him?” “Why didn’t the animals attack one
another in the Ark?” I chose to keep my questions to myself simply
to not seem stupid in my own opinion or that of my teacher(s).
As I got older, the lessons became more complex and I
used to get a kick out of asking questions that I knew would stump
the teacher to no end and I would watch them squirm uncomfortably as
they tried to give me an answer. Most of the responses I would get
back I could see right through them as I knew that the teacher would
say anything to try and move on with the lessons. After a while, this
led me to believe that I was supposed to take these responses and
accept them as they were told to me. Uh, no. I am not a genius by any
means, but I am not an idiot either. I considered myself well versed
in the Bible and even won a copy for my knowledge in my youth that I
still refer to now and look at the dedication to me from the church
elder with great pride. Not because I was acknowledged, but because I
knew there was more to chapter and verse and I had a want to know
what that was.
As time went on, I stopped attending Bible lessons
prior to the Sunday service. I still went for Sunday worship with the
majority of the congregants that showed up at that time as well. The
service always started the same. The same deacon would welcome
everyone and announce the opening hymn. He would then pray and follow
that with a few words of scripture. After that would be another hymn,
announcements and taking of the offering. Another prayer to bless the
gifts presented to the church to be used for the work it was given
and then one more hymn before the sermon. I sat through this same
service for 6 years of Sundays. I was still considerably younger than
most of the attendees and naturally would get bored and fidget. This
sometimes actually got me into trouble, as the Pastor would call me
out on it right in front of everyone, to my mother’s horror.
Okay, so I wasn’t exactly perfect. But no one else
is, right? Ha! Guess again. I quickly learned and witnessed people
with whom I thought were truly God-fearing individuals and lived out
their daily lives to be as sinless as possible. Boy, I couldn’t
have been further from the truth. The gossiping, the adultery, the
judgment, and downright hypocrisy were enough for me to want to sever
ties to any form of organized religion. I made a decision to stop
attending as a teenager. Not because it wasn’t considered cool by
my friends, or because I preferred to sleep in on Sunday mornings,
but because of the way everyone showed their true colours. What, they
thought that they could do what they wanted Monday – Saturday and
the slate would be wiped clean on Sunday for sitting in a building
for an hour and a half? Nope, not as I saw it. Again, I never
professed to be perfect.
Fast forward to several decades later. A lot has
changed for me in 30+ years. I had some really bad events occur that
no one should ever experience and I had some good ones too. The main
one being the birth of my child. I had found myself in a marriage of,
for lack of a better word, in name. I went through the motions of
life. Work, spouse, parent, as most adults do. To most, it would
appear as though I had it all. Amazing how the view changes behind
closed doors. I was miserable in my own existence, but kept it very
quiet to myself. I should have been grateful, as many people didn’t
have what I had. I was far from happy. I had the attitude that I had
the life that I deserved based on the horrific events from the past.
Not that I was to blame for them. I would later learn this.
I soon found myself waking up to what was my 47th
birthday. As I lay in bed the first thought in my head was “From
now on I’m choosing to be happy”. No idea where that came from,
but it was screaming at me in my head. That afternoon I was notified
on my phone that a Facebook friend of mine was now on Instagram. I
was stunned to see who the friend was. It was Chris. Of all the days
for him to join Instagram. The same day I decide to change my life. I
followed his account and commented on his first and only post. I
hadn’t been on Facebook for months because I didn’t like the way
others could see what you liked and said about other posts. My
comment was harmless and my weird way of being funny. Nothing more.
He read way too deeply into it. What did my comment mean? Was I
suddenly into Star Wars? This was typical Chris. He always did look
for definitive explanations in everything.
Chris and I started casually phoning each other every
few days or so. With each conversation, the words became easier and
more honest to say to one another. This was the first time we had
experienced this during all the years in knowing each other. It also
became very natural to open up. We had decided to see each other as
some things could only be said in person. A date, time and place had
been arranged. Leading up to the reunion, we both knew what was going
to be said in person, but kept it quiet so as not to take away from
the moment of revelation.
Okay, so we are at the meeting place. I was shocked
by his appearance as he was at mine. We were both much older, but
there was a sad, weary look about us both. Both of us had made the
special statement. Yes, relief was evident. It was a happy moment,
but the weariness was still heavy. Until Chris started to talk about
the Holy Grail. It was incredible the sudden change in him. His face
lit up like a thousand suns.
TNS The Phoenix. This mythical creature
is noted for its ability to both symbolically, and in reality, rise
from the ashes. Its origins are from Greek, Egyptian, Persian
mythology. The bird is yet another symbol of MFKZT.
His posture greatly improved and his voice had a
happiness I had never heard before. Now imagine me sitting there and
listening to all this. I was hearing about aliens and another planet
that I had never heard of, never mind other words I didn’t know
existed. I started to wonder what cult my friend had been mixed up in
or maybe it was the water out in the country that was being consumed?
Would I encounter more individuals who believed all this too? Chris
described the look on my face as confusion, but I was really looking
at him as if he had three heads.
In future conversations Chris would continue to tell
me about the Grail. I was starting to become intrigued, to feel
comfortable enough to ask questions. On the most part, he had answers
and explanations for me that I understood and started to make sense.
I compared it to what I had been taught in the past, and realized
that the Grail made more sense, and I could get behind it. At this
point, I’m still learning and asking questions. Not as often as
Chris would prefer, but I will in my own time, as I have to explain
to him every other day.
TNS A Quiet Place to Rest. For the time
being the Nanny has forbidden me to talk about a lot of which will
eventually clarify the picture that will develop. I get it, she
deserves her dignity. She too didn't want me adding imagery, but I
felt that the Phoenix, and particularly this one, best suited where
she is now. She's left a chaotic environment, and is now in a safe,
quiet place to rest and heal.
Thank you for reading a bit about someone who has
been introduced to this incredible journey. I will be back to give an update on my journey on
occasion. Chris would also love to hear from you. Leave your thoughts
and input at
Talk with the Grail
The Nanny