The Family Principal

During the process of healing, this night my mind brings the memory of a man who embraced me as his brother. It has never been easy nor a sense of peace to lose someone close to you in a way of mutual respect as men. My being a man who do not have brothers of the flesh, will always appreciate this man for seeing me, taking his time to observe me, hDuring the process of healing, this night my mind brings the memory of a man who embraced me as his brother. It has never been easy nor a sense of peace to lose someone close to you in a way of mutual respect as men. My being a man who do not have brothers of the flesh, will always appreciate this man for seeing me, taking his time to observe me, to see that my attitude and character was always consistent with integrity and humility.

I reflect upon the days of when his sister and I were living with him and his wife after returning from California; this will forever be the day of when I was moved by him for something most this day would consider non-important or less than noticeable because it is something as common as taking a walk to the store. It tells me that the “time” that we are among one another should always be rooted in love, compassion and respect of each ones existence, completely. I find that the true gift of our times together, is to be able to live totally in the present, completely in the moment and take in the true vitality of that time and its profound gift of being able to live together within that same moment.

He saw that I was going some place and then asked me of where and I told him, “I'm just going to the store.” He said, “I will go with you.” I felt and thought this was different from him; and it also revealed to me that I had misjudged his character in regards of his thoughts of me. To many young men of his generation this day, I am considered mysterious because of being quiet and reserved, eccentric or maybe even nerdy:)

That day when we walked together, he had asked me of where I was from and how was it where I grew up; and I told him. That day we walked and laughed together about many things. I was moved by this because he saw that I was important enough to ask me of where I come from and what environment help shaped me; and he felt open and comfortable laughing with me. I have been one, as I stated, considered an eccentric and a mystery because I barely respond to things emotionally as most are considered too based upon the commonality of what affects most in this society. I am in many ways dead to many things that ruled me of the past and in these things being revealed to me of myself by The Creator, I allowed them to die inside and no longer giving them power over my rationality to affect my personality; and also by ridding myself of people who desire to imbue those ills inside of me. It is most important not to stay in the atmosphere of those who desire to kill you internally. You have to let them go. Very many burdens have been lifted out of me. Being taken through many storms after a time, if you don't survive, could produce a person that is emotionally complicated, inconsistent, explosive, and impulsive. This challenge of not being effected to that degree, is within itself an accomplishment; and it took many trials to rise my mind and heart above the flooding waters of duality, to breath. Thank The Creator for all of that.

After that walk, he always embraced me as his brother. We talked and he would listen to me as I spoke to him, rather through granted conversation or my giving him sound advice on things; and I listened to him attentively. He would listen to me when he was angry about things and that was a great sign of integrity and the control of the fire inside of him. That was a gift of his, because he was still, even in that state “approachable” and able to be communicated with. Yes, to be able to listen while mind being cluttered with anger and its deceitful intelligence cultivating irrational visuals and intentions trying to sew destructive ideas inside for to destroy its host, is the greatest gift for the sake of self-preservation. He listened to me and I him. We were brothers.

I am brought to mind a parable spoken by Yeshuah in the book of Matthew 12: 48 Thru 50 of when He spoke of the family not being of flesh and blood, but rooted in righteous actions towards one another. Family is in fact of the manner in which we treat one another, how we love and respect one another; and if that treatment is in fact rooted in love, righteousness and compassion, then that love is of divinity and those who act upon divine actions, being one with those divine principals, are indeed related as one based upon that divine state of mind and heart. In this reality, I also saw something within him that was in harmony with what Yeshuah said in the book of St. John 19: 26 and 27 speaking upon the gift of giving a precious life to another based upon love, healing and divine principal and again expressing the true family principal. Within Joel Levi was gifted with the essence of The Creator's Divine Word and intervention regarding what real family is so that the human being would not be deceived by mere genetics. In him embracing me into his life, his home and his heart and mind was his manner of showing me that he embraced me as his brother, “The Creator said to me through his actions towards me, “Behold David, your brother.” And in him embracing me as his brother, The Divine Creator moving within him of those same words:)

Time with one another is most important. Time with those who you love and respect is very important; and living in the present and not the past, in regards to past disagreements and other matters that causes us to not love as we should, not talk to one another as we should, only comes in between us as a huge wall preventing us from resolving our differences sufficiently as they truly could be. The time we are within each others lives must be understood as a gift. To be within the same home, room or to even walk the streets together, is a gift within time. To be able to look and see one another and to speak a hello, is truly not as simple as we understand it to be. This is important because of the fact that, “we can still share one another's life energy in communicating with one another.” Once one of us leaves here, that energy is also gone and we are only left with the energy within the memories which is the impact that they had upon our lives; they continue to live within the impact and we have to be open enough to get to know them upon a higher state. That energy of anticipation of seeing them “vibrantly alive” and bringing that special energy with them for to share with us is where the healing is present. We are related through that “life force” that produces that relationship between us. Understand the importance of this.

Our biggest mistake in our lives as human beings is to take advantage of something sacred that we think and feel we have clarity on, and that is time together within the gift of time. But, time, even though it is a gift, is a “Sacred” reality and is intangible; and our issue with having it, is thinking and feeling as if we know of how much of it that we have left as though it is tangible. It is not something we can grasp fully, truly. So, we need to grasp each other fully, truly. We don't know how long we have to love one another, to be with one another, to be able to hug one another, to say hello or good morning or good night because those come to an end as well in human relationship. In this reality is not rooted in instilling a fear inside of us to provoke a fake relationship, but to understand of how important and precious our time together truly means and of how a great healing and relationship can bloom out of it.

Joel embraced me into this family and so I also offer myself to all of you as a brother, uncle or whatever you embrace me as. I need for all of you to know that even if Sandra and I are no longer together, I need for you to know that I am still your family member and it was Joel who made this so:) So, behold your brother:) I ask everyone to openly show one another compassion right now, the same as Mother Sheila showed all of us, who was my greatest teacher. We have suffered a lot in this past 5 years and it is time for us to allow this family the healing that it deserves.

David Anthony Brayboy