Mandela Asks, Who Taught You to Hate?
Lesson #11 January 8, 2014
Mandela: I speak to the people of Africa.
Who taught you to hate?
Your father? Your mother?
Your teacher?
A different tribe?
Someone from outside your country?
Where are those who died with hate in their hearts?
Mandela: Dear Nazira, come with me. Let us visit a man who died with hate in his heart. Where do you think he is now?
Nazira: I have travelled to that place before, with an Archangel. He taught me how to help those who cannot learn to love without some angelic guidance. We can go together.
Mandela: Would you like to show me the way?
Nazira: No, sir. An archangel must accompany us, until we are approved to go by ourselves. I will call Archangel Gabriel, he is my Protector.
Nazira: [Archangel stands before us, very tall, gowned in cream and gold.]
Gabriel: Greetings, little one. Do you have a new assignment today?
Nazira: Nelson Mandela, newly arrived, would like to visit a young man in Africa who cannot remove hate from his heart. He thinks that perhaps he can help the young man.
Gabriel: Come with me.
Nazira: [We “glide” to a gate, Gabriel opens it and we pass through. Immediately we glide downward, into what appears to be a lonely valley. There are rocks and gravel on the ground, no trees, it is damp and dreary. Mandela points to a young African.]
Mandela: I would like to visit him
.
Nazira: [Gabriel steps back, allowing us to visit the young man alone.]
Mandela: [Speaking to the young man.] Greetings, I am Nelson Mandela.
Young Man: I don’t care who you are.
Mandela: Are you alone?
Young Man: None of your business.
Mandela: How long have you been here?
Young Man: Too long.
Mandela: What is your name?
Young man: Nobody.
Mandela: [Looks for Archangel Gabriel. He cannot see him. He looks at me with an inquisitive look.]
Young Man: Who are you?
Nazira: [Because I have left my cloak and mantle at home, I appear to him as an angel.]
Young Man: Are you an angel?
Nazira: I am to you. We have come to take you from here.
Young Man: They will shoot us if we try to escape.
Nazira: Who will shoot you?
Young Man: The enemy.
Nazira: There is no one else here.
Young Man: They are behind the rocks.
Nazira: Do you see that light over there [pointing].
Young Man: It’s always there. It doesn’t mean anything.
Nazira: Go to the light. If you wish, Nelson Mandela and I will go with you.
Young Man: [Looked at both of us.] You are not bad people.
Mandela: Son, I know what it is like to hate. Some hateful people put me in prison for 27 years.
Young Man: Are you Nelson Mandela?
Mandela: Yes son, I am. The angel and I want to show you what love is, so that you can have some of it.
Young Man: [He looked at us, as if he was thinking, “What have I got to lose?] Why is that light always there?
Mandela: Let’s walk to it and see.
Nazira: [Mandela walked with Young Man, I strolled behind. They talked together, but I did not hear. As they approached, the light got brighter.]
Mandela: Go ahead. Walk into the light.
Nazira: [Archangel Gabriel approached.]
Gabriel: Young man, there is someone on the other side who loves you, and wants you to come.
Nazira: [Young Man looked at Archangel Gabriel in great surprise.]
Young Man: You are a real Angel. Where am I?
Gabriel: You have left your body on Earth. You are in another place.
Young Man: Where?
Gabriel: Your mother is waiting for you on the other side.
Young Man: I do not know my mother. She died when I was a baby.
Gabriel: You are not on Earth. You are where she is.
Young Man: Could I see her face?
Gabriel: Go into the Light and see for yourself.
Young Man: [Walked quickly into the Light.]
Nazira: [Mandela, Gabriel and I heard a loud, joyful cry, “My son, my son, my son!”]
Nazira: [We smiled at each other, and slowly left the Valley of Sorrows.]
Nazira: [When I finished the last words of the message, I found my eyes filled with tears. I ran for a Kleenex.]
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