Messages of Life From Death Row

Changing Hell through the Consciousness of Love 

A Very dear companion of mine, Roger W McGowen, has spent the greater part his life waiting for capital punishment in Texas for a wrongdoing we realize he didn't submit (he is currently 47). Instead of enabling himself to be demolished by absolutely obtuse conditions, he utilized them to develop. Frequently agonizingly, gradually, with mishaps, yet never, never surrendering his constant quest for development, a more profound comprehension of life, a progressively otherworldly vision.

A Spiritual Heritage for Humanity 

I began relating with Roger in 1997. Following 3-4 years, I believed I couldn't hush up about his stunning letters. They had a place with the social and otherworldly legacy of humankind. The book of his letters showed up in French in 2003 (since it has been converted into Dutch and a totally amended English rendition was distributed by Cygnus in 2010.)

The effect of the book has basically been mind boggling. For a long time it has been changing lives around the planet and empowered the universal help board of trustees made on the side of his guard in 2006 to raise a significant whole given by perusers for his protection (legitimate expenses are high in the USA). One lady in Zürich was so contacted she sent over $50,000 - just from perusing a book!

In April of this current year, Roger sent me a concentrate from a letter from a youthful swiss kid of 13 who expressed: "On account of your book, I presently volunteer in a sanctuary for the less lucky. In the wake of perusing your book, I will never appear to be identical or treat them the equivalent and from this day on I will attempt to do just great.' 13 years of age! Roger includes, 'I had the letter until the last shake down when they crushed [personal assets in] our cells and everybody lost things. It was one of the most contacting letters I have ever gotten.'

Expressing gratefulness for Small Blessings 

This stunning man has arrived at a degree of pardoning, lowliness, unrestricted love, satisfaction and even humor that are practically amazing. He kept in touch with a decent companion of mine that on the off chance that he needed to bite the dust waiting for capital punishment, he would at any rate have demonstrated that one can be upbeat even there! Also, talking about cleverness, a reporter of his sent me an ongoing letter where Roger composes, 'I am progressing admirably. I could want for better lodgings however there are numerous that live in more regrettable conditions so I offer gratitude to God for the little gifts that I have and attempt to make the best from what I am given.'

Among the numerous otherworldly instruments Roger has fashioned or used to develop in jail, favoring has assumed a key job, as the accompanying concentrate from a letter of his burdens.

'A lot of my property has been crushed and they destroyed my cell two times per day [= shake down]. They destroyed it on December 23, my birthday. They returned and did it again later that equivalent night. They destroyed it again on New Year's Eve - they truly pulverized things that day. At that point they secured the jail on January 2, and for the following 11 days we were nourished cold pancaked and nutty spread sandwiches... I was disturbed for being dealt with along these lines, so agitated that I quit conversing with anybody... '

A Burden Lifted 

'At that point I got The Gentle Art of Blessing and started to peruse and my weight lifted. So I began favoring the officials, every one of them, particularly the individuals who had recently destroyed my things. Furthermore, I understood that God was demonstrating to me that quiet in the center of the tempest and that affection is so natural. I won't bow to scorn. They can't make me despise them. I will keep on gift them, paying little heed to what they pulverize, in light of the fact that they can't devastate the affection I have for them as offspring of God.

'I need to excuse them a thousand times for an inappropriate they do. I won't be an unfortunate casualty. Gifts for others are favors for us. God always remembers. When we favor others we favor ourselves, brain, body and self.

A Renewed Sense of Love 

What's more, the following month he kept in touch with me: 'Really things have gone easily in the course of the most recent month, I remember it is a direct result of my approval everybody throughout the day and night, regardless of what they have done to me. Indeed, things are much simpler here, not on the grounds that the officials have changed, but since my standpoint has changed. I take a gander at things with a reestablished feeling of affection and comprehension. I currently attempt to search for the great and flawlessness in the majority of God's kids, even those that despise me, since God made every one of us immaculate.

'I realize that God has truly honored me. I know in my heart that God has something superb anticipated me. Indeed, God's arrangement for every one of us is impeccable.'