Inner Awareness Feeling the energy in Jordan By Jaime Licauco Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 00:34:00 04/07/2009

I never imagined I would set foot on the very spot which the Bible records as th e land where God first manifested Himself to Jordan. The name evokes memories of great personages in the Bible who lived or taught in Jordan, such as the prophets Abraham, Moses, Elisha, Elijah, Job, Ruth, John th e Baptist, Paul and Jesus Christ Himself. Some biblical scholars even claim that Adam and Eve s Garden of Eden was located along the Northwest bank of the River J ordan known as Baysan (Beth-shean). According to an official brochure of the Board of Tourism of the Hashemite Kingd om of Jordan, The Plains of Moab in the Bible s Old Testament and Peraea in the New Te stament cover the lands to the east of Jordan s famous river of baptism and along the Dead Sea in the western part of Jordan. It is the only area within the Holy Land that links the lives of Moses, Joshua, Elijah, Elisha, John the Baptist and Jesus Christ. Almost every place one travels in Jordan reminds one of the great events recorde d in the Christian Bible. This is where Jacob wrestled with the Angel of God, whe re Lot s wife was turned into a pillar of salt, where Job suffered and was rewarde d for his faith, and where Elijah ascended to heaven. It is the place where Mose s led the Israelites on their flight from Egypt to the Holy Land, and where he d elivered God s Law to mankind. It is where Jesus was baptized by John and anointed by God, where he called his first disciples and where the Holy Trinity, the Fat her, Son and Holy Spirit, manifested itself. It is indeed a land of numerous miracles and supernatural happenings. But I went to Jordan the last week of March, accompanied by my wife Yoly, not in search of a religious or spiritual experience, but for a very mundane or down-to-earth re ason. I was invited by the Jordan Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization ( YPO) to give a two-hour lecture on stress control and self-healing through visua lization to its members. YPO is a prestigious worldwide association of highly su ccessful and dynamic top-level business executives below 50 years old. I have be en a speaker for YPO in various parts of the world for many years now. The event was held in one of the newest and most luxurious hotel resorts in Jord an, the Kempinski Hotel Ishtar located along the banks of the Dead Sea, which is 400 m below sea level. It is called the Dead Sea because it is so salty no livi ng thing survives there. After my presentation, which ran to three hours, I led d behind in a meditation on the grassy lawn facing the sun was setting down. It was, for most of the members, he chairman of the education committee of YPO s Jordan the best events we have ever had. a smaller group who staye majestic Dead Sea as the a memorable experience. T chapter said, This is one of

YPO Retreat I was invited to come back to Jordan in October for a YPO Retreat and to be a po ssible resource person during the YPO University (a gathering of members from th e world over) in Jordan next year. Since we only had three brief days in Jordan, half of which were spent on the pl ane, we had a chance to visit only the Baptism Site in the Jordan River. But it was worth the trip.

For almost two millennia, this area, which runs along the east bank of the Jorda n River, opposite Jericho, has been known to be the place where Jesus Christ was baptized by John. But in 1996, according to an official brochure, stunning archaeo logical discoveries identified the exact site where John had been living and car rying out his baptisms as Bethany Beyond the Jordan. Also identified was the cave where John the Baptist lived and carried out his wor k. Early pilgrims noted that water flowed from the cave, which John drank and us ed for baptism. However, what we learned on this trip was that the Baptism site is no longer wha t it probably was during the biblical times. Now the water in the site is dirty and does not flow. It is also not for baptism. This is done somewhere else in th e river Jordan, further away from this site. Nevertheless, I felt the Baptism site radiated strong energy. I tested it with m y pendulum and it gyrated strongly and widely. So I got a small plastic bottle a nd tried to fill it with holy water. But I slipped and my left rubber shoe got s tuck in the mud. Never mind, that shoe is now a baptized Christian. The other little but important thing I was able to a on our last evening. My wife took pictures of me en we looked at the photos taken, I was surrounded lights. It was an exhilarating feeling and I felt place. do was to walk on the Dead Se while on the Dead Sea, and wh by so many orbs or globe-like the very strong energy of the

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