Chapter 24

TRAINING HUMANS

I wanted the title of this chapter to be “You Get Treated in Life the Way You Teach People to Treat You,” but I felt like it was too long. Try not to see the current title in a negative light. You really do have to “train” the humans in your life. It’s not so much about teaching them tricks. It’s more-or-less training their minds to understand what you will and will not accept. For example, I’ve trained the humans in my life to behave in the following ways:

1.)  They understand the relationship agreements.

2.)  They break the relationship agreements.

3.)  They lose access to Brandon for an indefinite period of time.

4.)  They slowly try to re-establish communication with Brandon, while demonstrating that they’ve learned (and grown) from the experience.

5.)  They regain access to Brandon, when Brandon sees fit.

I know this sounds extremely shallow. But I assure you, it’s not. As highlighted in Chapter 19, I do my best to plant positive seeds into the lives of all those I encounter. If this weren’t the case, the humans who “break the relationship agreements” wouldn’t bother trying to re-establish communication with me.

I always offer my subjects the same free-will given by the Creator.

                The last sentence was created for comedic purposes. If you weren’t inspired to laugh-out-loud, I’m afraid you’ve broken one of the relationship agreements. You have now lost access to Brandon for an indefinite period of time. You may slowly try to regain access to Brandon by contacting him via email.

                Brandon always offers forgiveness, as long as he believes you have learned a valuable life-lesson. Brandon may not choose to continue the same type of relationship, but he will process your forgiveness request and give you the freedom to move forward with your life. Brandon’s thoughts on the matter may sound like the following:

 I understand that you have come to terms with how you have wronged your king. You understand your role in breaking the relationship agreements. Although I may not choose to continue communicating or hanging-out, I appreciate your attempt to make things right. May you be blessed (in relation to the seeds you plant) from this moment forward. So be it.

Typically, no matter the offense, I allow communication to be restored with the offending party. As long as their apology is sincere—and I feel they’ve truly learned something from the experience—I drop the issue and move forward. In fact, I’ve allowed some parties to make mistake after mistake after mistake after mistake. All were forgiven. I’ll expand on forgiveness in Chapter 65.

                This is just my training program, My Truth. You have to determine what works best for your life. Being a “spiritual teacher,” it’s my responsibility to demonstrate “divine” attributes. As the Apostle Paul says in Ephesians 4:32: “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as God through Christ forgave you.”

                I have empathy for those who make selfish, deceptive decisions, because I’ve been in their shoes. I know what it’s like to be a knucklehead, so I feel compelled to forgive the knuckleheads in my own life. As a former knucklehead who has “seen the light,” I understand my role in helping other knuckleheads “see the light.” I understand the process. I know a caterpillar doesn’t become a beautiful butterfly overnight. I know a lump of coal won’t become a valuable diamond without the right conditions. So I do my best to help cultivate the right conditions for their transformation.

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