21 September 2008

Once again, we were inspired to have our friend Gene Curry join us in our conversation with the Angels – with the Posse. Gene started us off by telling a story – one of our favorites. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we do.

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Gene: Well I’ll tell you an Earl story if that’s really what you want. It’s probably one that you’ve heard before, but I’ll tell it anyway, so you might as well be quiet and listen. Well you know Ethel - that’s Earl’s wife - and she’s been bugging him and bugging him to clean the bathroom. He’s been putting it off, cause when Earl cleans he really cleans really good, you know.

So one day Ethel comes in and she says, “You know I’m gonna go to the super store up in Murphy”. You know, they’ve known Murphy most of their lives, and so Earl thinks, well she’s going to be gone all day, cause she always is when she goes to the super store. He don’t know what she finds up there but she usually comes back about dark – so he says, “This would be a good day to clean the bathroom; she won’t be there to supervise.” So as soon as she gets in the truck and drives on off to Murphy, well Earl goes to work.

Earl cleans just like he was taught in the Navy. When he cleans, he cleans. He starts with the overhead – washes that down – pulls the cobwebs down. The he goes down the trough tile. He washes that tile. Then he gets his toothbrush and gets in between the grout and cleans all of that. If he has to run and get a little bleach and dip it in there and clean that mild dew out, he does! And if there is a little grout missing, well he’ll mix up some and put it in there. And he goes on down and he gets the tub and he cleans all of that. And he cleans the deck and he cleans everything in there just perfect. Of course he even polishes the framework, that’s part of his work.

So as he finished all of this he was very proud of the way the bathroom looked, but he noticed that the toilet seat had some paint wore off of it. It was one of those wooden toilet seats with white paint on it. I’m sure y’all familiar with those. So he decides this is a good time to fix it, so he goes out to the garage. After having worked for a couple of hours he gets back to it and he has some white epoxy enamel paint. This is really hard and good stuff. So he goes in there and he sands down the seat so this epoxy paint will stick and he gets his paint brush and he paints it all up. After it’s all done that whole bathroom looks brand new, especially that shining seat.

Well unbeknownst to Earl, Ethel has been up there at the super store and she no sooner got in there and she started shopping when she had to go to the bathroom. She does not like to go to the bathroom in public places. Now I don’t know what it is with her. I don’t know if there is any other woman that ever does that. She just does not like to go in the public bathroom. She decided she better.

Well she went in there and the public bathroom in the super store in Murphy is not noted to be one of the cleanest ones in the whole world, and she noticed that right off when she went in there. So she had her basket she was pushing around in the store and she just left it and went right out to the parking lot, and jumped in that truck and decided she was going to go home and use her own bathroom.

Earl didn’t know any of this. So what does he do, he just goes on out when he finishes with the bathroom, and he starts cutting the grass. So he’s got the lawn mower running Brrrrrooom, Brrrrroom, and he don’t hear her drive up. She drives into the driveway fast, puts on the brakes and jumps out and runs into the house, runs to the bathroom and sighs a great big sigh of relief that she’s sitting down. She just made it!

And she notices that old Earl has been at work in here. Look there’s the library. All the magazines and everything in the magazine rack they’re all straightened out, and all put there in nice order. So she picks out a nice magazine and enjoys her stay in the bathroom. She is so proud of herself for having pulled this off. Now she’s ready to go back and Earl he’s brrroooom, he’s out there in the yard - he don’t hear anything. But she can’t get up. She epoxied herself to the toilet seat. She tried pulling one side and pushing the other side shimmies back and forth… she can’t get off of that seat.

So there she is and she’s hollering for Earl. “EARL!” Brrrooooommm. He don’t hear anything. And she hollers for him and it doesn’t do any good. She tries everything she can think of to get up and she thinks, What in the world is wrong in here. But she’s stuck on the epoxy.

After a while Earl’s done cutting the grass and he hears her hollering. He’s surprised cause he thought she’s gone all day. So, he goes in the bathroom – there she sits. “Get me up from here!” So alright he tries, he pushes, he pulls, he pries, it don’t work. She’s stuck to that seat. Looks like forever.

So, anyway she said “What are you going to do?” He says “Well I guess I will call the fire department.” She says “Oh no you’re not. Then all the firemen in the county will be here, and they ain’t going to come in my bathroom and catch me sitting on this seat.” He says “You ain’t going to call the fire department? Well I don’t know what else to do. I’ve tried everything, except boiling water and you don’t want me to do that.” She says “Well I’m about ready for you to do that.” He said “Well you won’t like that cause then you’d get blisters on you for sure. So what should I do?” She says “Call the doctor. He’ll know what to do.” So anyway Earl makes the call to the doctor and he explains the situation to the nurse, and you know she starts laughing very hard, and she goes and talks to the doctor, and he says “Bring her right over.” OK.

Now Earl has to unbolt the seat – to take it apart. Fortunately he is able to take the lid away from the seat itself you know. So she only has to combat the seat…. So anyway, he puts a bathrobe over her. She walks kind of funny. She has to walk kind of bent over, and then of course getting into the truck, see that’s a little bit tricky too.

Earl has to kind of slide her into the seat… and he kind of has to put her in and lean her head up above the dashboard. And Earl’s afraid that those two little pointy things sticking out there from the toilet seat are going to go plumb through his truck seat. So, she urges him to travel a little faster, and they get down to the doctor. And now comes the embarrassing part: walking through the room where everybody is waiting to see the doctor. And there she goes. She’s trying to keep her eyes down and straight ahead to get to the door. And of course the receptionist says “You come on right in.”

And of course she draws a few stares. Everybody wonders what in the world is wrong with this woman. They’ve seen hump backs, but they’ve never seen hump behinds before. They walk on in there and the doctor says “Well I don’t know how we’re going to do this. I guess she’d better just lean over the table and let me take a look.” So you know the seat, the table, whatever you call that thing you sit on – lay on, and anyway she bends over there.

The doctor takes his little rolling stool, you know and kind of rolls up there and he lifts up that housecoat and starts laughing. The more he laughs the madder Ethel gets. Finally she’s burning up. He’s just laughing, and she turns around and says to him “What in the world is the matter with you? Ain’t you ever seen one of those things before?” He says, “Hundreds of thousands of them, but nobody ever framed one for me!”

Gene: Well I hope that you get a visual picture.

Shams: (laughing) Great story!

Val: (laughing) That was – it was perfect! That’s priceless and now it’s recorded forever Gene.

Gene: Forever huh. Well thanks for being my audience.

(Val prepares to channel)

Laughing has an energy that helps to dispel the stress, the worries, the fear in one’s life.

Posse: Welcome to the two of you! It is very amusing – joyful to be listening to the two of you, especially your story Gene. They are quite wonderful. They serve a wonderful purpose, not only to entertain people, to make them laugh, but to bring a lightness to their heart.

Not only do stories teach people, but in your case your stories help people to forget about their own personal stuff, their own personal issues for a moment. And so it is quite a magnificent gift that you have and that you give to others.

The importance of laughter is one that many people overlook. They get so bogged down in their daily stuff, and so overwhelmed, and so stressed by what is going on around them that they forget that one of the most beneficial and healing tools that they have, literally at their fingertips, is to laugh.

Laughing has an energy that helps to dispel the stress, the worries, the fear in one’s life. And so it is very important for all of you, and we are just not talking to the two of you, but we are talking to everyone who chooses to listen. When you are in a moment when you are feeling overwhelmed, tired, or things are falling around you – chaotic, it is beneficial to listen or read a story such as this one, watch movies that make you laugh, something that brings a little bit of joy into your life. Do you see how that is a benefit?

G: Oh yes.

P: Because now you are no longer thinking of what is going on that is causing you to be so unhappy.

S: The funny thing is that most people don’t want to laugh when they’re stressed out, because they think that are then not able to focus on their stress.

P: Ah, that is the key. What it does – it gives them the opportunity to break away from it. And when you are able to break away from it, you forget about it, even if it for a few seconds, a few minutes or a few hours or how every long, then you are able to refocus on the situation and view it a little bit more clearly and not to become overwhelmed by it. Because as you know, when you are in it and amongst your stuff, it can envelop you. It has such a hold on you. It is hard to step back and look at the situation a little bit differently.

S: Right.

P: So, this allows you to take a break from yourself and the situation. It allows you to step outside yourself and then when you need to go back to the situation – perhaps to go back and have another perspective and not to be so worried about it so much. Do not allow it to take over you.

S: Right.

P: Because nothing is truly worth getting that so upset about.

G: That’s why we laugh a lot at our church service. We have a good time there. We laugh a lot. And of course on the wall behind us is the laughing Jesus portrait.

P: Ah wonderful, wonderful! It is easier to learn and at the same time to help you remember who it is that you truly are when you laugh. You do not always choose to laugh, to be happy, to be joyful.

Many of you choose to do things that bring you unhappiness or to put yourself in certain situations that will cause you stress. So, laughter is like a little bell or a little click or a little pulling back saying “Remember you always have a choice – to choose something different, to be somewhere different, to surround yourself with people who are different and not causing you stress. So you understand how important it is for you (Gene) to tell your stories.

G: I do it every chance I get.

S: They are lighthearted.

P: You have given people the opportunity to laugh and to remind them how powerful laughter can be, how beneficial and healing, and how important it is.

P: Many blessings to you my dear friends. It is always wonderful to speak to you once again.

S: Likewise.

P: And may the light of the sun always shine upon you and bring you joy and happiness, and much laughter to you both.

About the Channel

© Copyright by Valerie Wood and Shams-Tabriz Habib. All Rights Reserved. Valerie Wood has been a clear and gifted angelic channel/medium since 2002. She channels Archangel Michael as well as other angelic energies, ascended masters, and the Christ Consciousness. She is also gifted in bringing forth messages from loved ones. Valerie grew up in an ordinary Midwest home, where as teenager she had some not-so-ordinary experiences. In 1990 she had her first visual contact with an angel, which transformed her and put her on her spiritual discovery. In 2002 she became the gifted protégé of internationally known channel Elmarilla Bailey, who channels the integrated energies know as Irsha. She is dedicated to bringing forth divine messages of beauty, joy, gentleness, love, and service to help her clients discover all that they are. Valerie is also collaborating with Shams-Tabriz on a book and seminar series. Valerie may be contacted for personal channeling sessions at valerie@discoveringdivinity.com

About the Host

Shams-Tabriz Habib is the founder of The Rumi Group, a dynamic organization focused on sponsoring global change. The Rumi Group is currently developing an elaborate commercial project named Ruminations that aims to awaken ‘western’ interest in the question of economic equality in the developing world. Ruminations will demonstrate the tremendous value of partnerships with poor grassroots producers worldwide, modeling how thoughtful relations may benefit both the commercial and development sectors. Ruminations Cafés will market hand-crafted goods from developing countries around the world. The model shop will host a central café and coffeehouse artfully encircled by boutique merchandise. Subtle exhibits will tell the story of the remote regions where these goods were produced and the impact to be made by supporting their development through global enterprise. Shams-Tabriz is also collaborating with Valerie Wood on a book and seminar series about the evolving consciousness of humanity and the roles to be played by its mindful torchbearers. shams-tabriz@discoverydivinity.com

About the Guest

Gene Curry is a retired US Navy Officer, a gifted Storyteller and a Visionary Artist. He resides in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia. Gene’s stories are filled with humor and eccentricity and tell the tale of a back-country bumpkin named Earl and his quirky experiences with his wife, home repairs, and UFOs. Gene also creates beautiful Healing Paintings. Compelled by his innate, powerful healing abilities and inspired by Mother Mary, Gene’s artwork resonates with a depth of compassion that is the powerful love of Mary flowing through the open loving heart of Gene himself. Shown here is “Little Mary” - one of Gene’s cherished creations. To meditate upon it is to invoke the love and healing energies of the divine feminine, as given by Mother Mary. Gene’s loving, inspired, and practical wisdom is one of humanity’s hidden treasures. He can be contacted by email at gcurry@tds.net.