Pathways Speaks with James Twyman

Pathways Speaks with James Twyman
Author Emissary of Light: A Vision of Peace, Secret of the Beloved Disciple and Emissary of Love: Psychic Children Speak to the World....

Listen In as James shares his journey with Pathways.

Leslie:
I am Leslie Palacio and I am speaking to you from Pathways Within. I would like to thank each of you for joining us for our second edition.  We are fortunate to have a visitor with us today, James Twyman, author of several books including Secret of the Beloved Disciple, Emissary of Light – A Vision of Peace and Emissary of Love - The Psychic Children Speak to the World.  James is internationally known for his dedication to peace and has traveled throughout the world including many of our war-torn countries singing the Prayers of Peace as well as doing lectures and speaking to others about his journey.

Good Afternoon James and Welcome to Pathways…

James:
Thank you so much, it is great to be here.

Leslie:
We have a variety of listeners and readers are joining us today and some of those are familiar with the work that you’ve been doing. However, We have new people as well that are just joining us and being introduced, so to start things off could you share with us a little bit about your background and how your journey began?

James:
Well, it’s interesting to look back and to wonder where it began.  I guess, that takes place in so many ways and at so many times but I know that one pivotal moment for me in this phase of my journey was when a friend of mine gave me a piece of paper that had the peace prayers from the twelve major religions of the world typed on them.  As I read the prayers, I had my guitar next to me and I heard music and I wasn’t sure if the music was coming from inside me or outside me but I simply began to play along with the music I heard and realized that it was going to the prayers.  Within an hour all twelve of these peace prayers were arranged to music.  I knew it was going to have a major affect on my life.  I was soon after that being called the ‘Peace Troubadour’ and started traveling around the world to countries like Iraq, Northern Ireland, Israel, Bosnia and South Africa.  Countries where the wars were actually raging and using these peace prayers as a witness for what a world of peace and corporation could look like.  One of the things I’ve noticed or feel about this time that we are in is that we have an opportunity to begin focusing much more on the ways that we are the same than the ways that we are different and these peace prayers really show that.    So over the years, I’ve really because of the prayers I’ve found myself on amazing adventures.  Beginning in 1995, when I was invited into the mountains of Bosnia to be with a mystical community that has been around for a couple of thousand years, who refer to themselves as the Emissaries of Light.  The Emissaries had a very simple yet profound message for the whole world.  Essentially, they told us to really just focus on two words and those two words are “You’re Ready.”  There whole thing was about getting people to realize that we are ready for these changes, both in society and in ourselves, individually and if we can accept that we are ready then those shifts happen so much easier.  Most recently, especially what I have wrote about in the book Emissary of Love, that same message has shifted into the children of the world and the profound gifts and insights being offered by the children.  Last year in 2001, I had the chance to travel to Bulgaria to be with a group of children there who refer to themselves as the Children of Oz.  We sometimes call them the psychic children because they have profound psychic gifts.  They believe that their role is to help pull humanity into this next sort of quantum platform in experiencing the truth within each one of us.  The children I think have a very important role to play in bringing peace to the world.  As I’ve been traveling around meeting these children, I realize now that they are not only our future but they’re also our guides into the future.  So my journey has been such that I always find myself on some amazing adventures and it’s always wonderful to be able to share that with so many people. 

Leslie:
You know, that is real interesting when I was reading Emissary of Light I couldn’t help but wonder, where you were mentioning the Serbs on retreat and you all ended up on the ground waiting to see what happened with helicopters and not being seen.  One has to stop and question but then when you went on into the lessons with the Teacher by the door and One mindedness – I just had to wonder if you’ve ever experienced that since you left the community.

James:
Well, the Emissaries taught about what they refer to as “the Door to Eternity”, which is that shift into that eternal experience that is within all of us.  It’s always in front of us and it could be thought of as a door.  It was through the Emissaries that I first came into contact with that understanding and I would say that yes, my experience has taken me to that place several times and yet now that I’ve had that experience the nice thing is that one can sit in the reality and the knowingness that its always there for us, that we are interdimensional beings and what were experiencing here in physicality is really only one small part of the whole.  There are so many other aspects of us that are working on other levels with the children, with the emissaries and with all of our guides, preparing us so that we can create a bridge between all these different fields of energies so we can live within them all the time. 

Leslie:
Right when you were starting out and when you came back from Bosnia and Croatia from that experience, in the book you mention a fear or a reluctance to share it because people might not believe.  How did you get beyond that fear and what made you choose to step forward and share your experience?

James:
Well at first when I realized I had to start sharing the stories and adventures, my first thought or fear was, would people believe.  I mean, some of these stories are so far out that I wondered how many people out there would actually think that this was true.  I’m very honest when I tell people that there are certainly parts of the story that were so difficult to explain because they were so spiritual in nature that the sum adaptation had to take place and yet most of the story are completely true.  There was that fear but since then and as I’ve shared it so many times now, I realize that whether the story is true or not or the people believe it or not is not really the important thing at all.  The important thing is accepting the message of the Emissaries or of the Children.  We are ready and that this world is in front of us right now.  I would much rather someone not believe any of the story and all of the message than the other way around, so I try to stay focused on that and as long as I do the fear doesn’t seem to be so present. 

Leslie:
Right, that is a good way to look at it and I think the message comes across very strongly in that book as well as Emissary of Love.  When I was reading that particular book, I found it really interesting because very early on as you started mentioning Marco.  I immediately knew that it was a spirit child and that he wasn’t going to be there when you got there. 

James:
Hmmm…

Leslie:
That was an interesting thing for me and I wondered if early on did you realize he wasn’t going to be there?

James:
No I didn’t.  As far as I was concerned he was just as physical as any of the other children that I met and I had a hard time, even still, imagining that he really wasn’t there physically.  My first clue was that nobody saw him but me, but I stood in front of the room talking to him about five or ten minutes and I couldn’t understand why no one else saw him or one else even knew there was another kid in the room.  As the story unfolded and as I had the chance to meet more and more of these children, I realized that Marco had the ability to really show up in front of me any way that he chose and it wasn’t really so much that, that was important but the message that he came to bring.  The message that all the children are coming to bring.  That we are ready, That this is the time for us to embrace our own multidimensionally and then if we can do that then we will find ourselves these psychic children find themselves. 

Leslie:
Right…with all the books that are out in regard to the psychic children and other gifted children and the variation of descriptions be it Indigo, Crystal, Golden, Etc…Do you find that children that you’ve worked with or come in contact with resonate with these terms and the reason I ask that question is I have an intuitive child at home, actually two of them, but one very much so and she doesn’t seem to resonate with any classification unless it is of unity or self. 

James:
Well, that is what I’ve been finding with all these children, so I agree with your child.  That these ways that we like to define, and to separate ourselves with our children or whatever it is we are talking about really, ultimately don’t work.  People say what is the difference between an Indigo child and a psychic child and the answer is there is no difference because when we come into that place of wholeness within ourselves then we wouldn’t even think about trying to define or use language to differentiate.  So I agree with you that these children, they don’t care what you call them that is like the least of their concerns.  The only thing that they are really concerned with is being in tune with the source from where these sorts of abilities and gifts come from and that simply comes from a heart that is completely open to love and compassion.  You know, we can use any term you want on that and then the rest doesn’t matter.

Leslie:
Do you find though that some of those children tend to either move away or change the energy to a different focus when that is mentioned or brought forth.  A good example is, asking one of them to speak about something and suddenly they really don’t want the front seat – they just want to be apart.

James:
Oh sure….One of the experiences I’ve had with these children are they are children and they are ordinary kids and their going to act like ordinary kids.  Sometimes they want to talk about this and sometimes they don’t.  Some of us have views of them being like little Buddha children sitting in lotus position all day and all night and that couldn’t be further from the truth.  Most of the children that I’ve met are ordinary, everyday fun, playful children but still there is a connection that is there that we all have within us and its just that they come into the world with it naturally and every once in a while the lights come on and they say something that is absolutely profound.  Then two minutes later they are acting like a 5 year old kid again but still you can tell something is happening.

Leslie:
Right that is what I’m finding with her and her brother.  I have to go from personal experience on this but with them and the other children I’ve seen that have this tendency, they’re there one minute and the profound statement comes out and five minutes later they don’t retain it so I’ve often questioned that and I’ve got with several others and we started to discuss that possibility and I’ve come to the general consensus of late, not that it won't change down the road, but I really believe they’re so in the now and in the moment that its strictly that moment and five minutes from now is not that moment and its just gone. 

James:
That’s right…

Leslie:
And that is why you see that…. Is that what you’re finding?

James:
Absolutely… you described that very well .

Leslie:
It’s interesting…  I hear you’re also doing a lot of work with the Children’s Cloth of Many Colors.

James:
Well the cloth of many colors was a project that we started about three years ago and the children’s cloth of many colors spun off of that original project and I have been on tour for most of this year and at most of the events we’ve had sections of the children’s cloth where we’ve brought out and showed the audience and explained the project and I think that any way that we can get children focusing on their own visions of peace the better off we’re all going to be. 

Leslie:
I think that we learn a lot by seeing what their visions of peace are as well.

James:
Yes…Absolutely…

Leslie:
Right….  Well, I got a really good down to earth questions I believe… Who has inspired you most on your path on your journey and why?

James:
I’ll mention three people…  I’ve always had a strong affinity for St. Francis of Assisi and his simple spirituality.  I was a Franciscan when  I was 18 / 19 and I had wanted to be a priest and enter the order, so every since I was very young, I’ve always had a very strong connection to him.  In recent years, I’ve also had a very strong connection to Mahatma Gandhi, a person very much like St. Francis and another person like those two would be Mother Theresa and I feel connected with people who are very grounded and very real in their spirituality, that realize that this has to show up in their lives.  It has to be revealed in a way that we live – the way that we deal with one another – the way we talk to one another and these are three people that have always demonstrated that to me and I feel have been perfect reflections.

Leslie:
Did you find that with those traditional backgrounds of the people that have inspired you that stepping into the metaphysical or the more psychic side of it was challenging at first?

James:
No, not at all to me… I mean, to me it’s all the same thing.  Its all about the love of God and I don’t care if you’re a Muslim, a Baptist, a Jew, a Christian or new ager.  It's just like we were saying before where it is not about the titles we give one another but it's about the way we live our lives and about the clarity with which we love one another. 

Leslie:
What is the greatest lesson that you feel you’ve received along the way?

James:
That peace is not only possible but it is present right now in the world, in our lives and the more that we can find and focus on the peace that is present but perhaps hidden, the greater it is revealed. 

Leslie:
That is a good lesson…and it’s really profound actually.  I think it takes awhile to get to the point where you realize it’s here and it is a simple matter of taking ownership of that and releasing other beliefs and classifications.

What brings you the most joy?

James:
What brings me the most joy is just being able to share this information like I am now.  For me the music is such an important way of doing it.  I love singing and writing songs and performing.  I think the energy comes through clearest through the music – at least in my case.  Just being able to share with people and meeting people on the road and others committed to this like I am, that brings me the greatest joy.

Leslie:
When you traveled through a large number of our war-torn countries to share with song and prayer, where you ever, not necessarily afraid but was there every any deep reservation as to why was I brought here and is it going to make a difference?

James:
Well yes, almost every time. 

(Shared Laughter)

There is always that question and there are always those moments.  I tend to trust the energy and on all the trips I’ve made its happened almost effortlessly.  There have been a couple of times like for example the war in Afghanistan was going on last year and I felt that I wanted to go but it didn’t come together naturally so I chose not to feeling that it wasn’t in the flow.  I tend to trust the energy but even still there are moments when you’re in these countries and you wonder if it is really having an impact at all but I try to let go of those ideas and just trust it and know that if I keep stepping back then I’ll find myself in the right or perfect place.

Leslie:
Right…In your bio and some of the information shared with me and I was sort of scanning through, I noticed that there was a radio-show that you did, I believe it was ’98. Where you mentioned Iraq and going to sing the Muslim Peace Prayer, could you share a little bit about that with us?

James:
Well…that was in ’98, in March, when I was doing a book tour in London.  I was doing a radio-show and at the same time the Iraq crisis was heightening again and this radio host kind of got on me and said, where does this stuff hit the ground and really mean something or is this just airy-fairy new age nonsense and what I said was, Well what I’d like to do is to be able to go to Iraq and sing the Muslim peace prayer to Saddam Hussein and maybe if we just pray together a miracle will happen.  Now as far as I was concerned when I said this it was just something to say, I didn’t think that anyone would take me seriously and yet three days later I was on an airplane flying to Baghdad.  I spent about a week there performing at the national theater at the same time that the US was beginning its bombing campaign  against the Iraq people.  So it just goes to show you that, number one, you have to be careful what you say on the air because people do take you seriously and  (shared laughter) also sometimes we’re called into situations that may seem very dangerous and yet if we’re willing to be fearless and to accept any of these challenges for peace then we are always protected. 

Leslie:
What does your family think, James of the work you’re doing around the world?

James:
Oh they think I’m a little strange but ah… (Chuckle) but for the most part they accept it.

Leslie:
That is wonderful… I just wondered if you had the support there, everyone views things differently and that was just a question that someone had posed to me for me to forward on.

James:
Yeah… I’m definitely the strange one in the family and when my mother heard I was going to visit Saddam Hussein in 1998, she – luckily she found out after I went otherwise she would have found a way to stop the plane… (Laughter)  but for the most part, they accept it relatively well.

Leslie:
Right… would you go again if you were asked to come again?

James:
Yes…absolutely…in fact we are trying to put that together right now.

Leslie:
That’s wonderful… I sort of had a feeling of that and I wondered if that was coming up for you and if you had any plans of visiting over in that area.  Well great… It’s been a pleasure talking with you and on behalf of Pathways as well as myself, I’d like to thank you for sharing your time with us, I know you’re really busy.

James:
Well you’re very welcome.  Thank you for inviting me.

Leslie:
We loved having you and I wish you blessing on all the journeys you have coming up and we look forward to seeing the lightwork you’re doing…

James:
Oh…thank you so much…

Leslie:
Thank you…

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