Blog 246 – Leaving the Pit of Despair, Part 1 – 8 May 2025

In this Blog, I talk about the eternal existence of hope and how every one of us is able to leave the Pit of Despair.

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I love this image of the butterfly so much that I am repeating it.  New life can always emerge – even from the Pit of Despair.  Look closely, this butterfly will soon fly across the whole universe.

Juan has given me permission to publish this photo.  It is covered by copyright and readers do NOT have permission to copy without prior permission.

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We can heal ourselves if we make the decision to do so.  

We may all be walking wounded, but every one of us can heal.

We must find the part of us that knows the need to heal, otherwise we will get stuck in the Pit and not get out.  Everyone in this universe wants to help you heal – it is not just me.

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On Sunday the 20th of April 2025, I posted a blog by my friend Dave in which he recounted his near death experience when his heart stopped working while he was driving his car on a busy Adelaide street.  The blog had the title “A Resurrection Story – To die or Not to Die”.  On the same day the blog received a response from someone calling himself Peter Ingham.  I have done a copy and paste of the Ingham response, so don’t blame me for the offensive content or the terrible grammar and punctuation.  This is the Peter Ingham response.

F*ck off religious idiot. There is no GOD. ONLY ME . I AM MY GOD OF EVERY THING . I HAVE EVERYTHING AT MY DISPOSAL TO KILL YOU ALL . NUCLEAR WEPONS TO K*LL ALL YOU IDIOT RELIGIOUS PEOPLE

*Note that swear words are censored. The original message was not. 

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I was interstate when Ingham posted his obscene response to a story of heroism by a close friend whose achievements would put Peter to shame – if Peter remains capable of any emotions apart from demented anger.

When I got home from Sydney on the 28th of April, I sent this response to Peter Ingham.

Go ahead. Do whatever you want. You do what you want with your life, and leave me to live my own life in peace. You didn't even notice that the post dated 20 April 2025 was about my friend and his near death experience and that it was written by my friend who survived his near death experience. Your life must be so very sad if you feel the need to abuse people you have never met – and over what? Telling a story of heroic survival. Your life must be so very, very sad. I will set you a challenge seeing as how you claim you are God of Everything. Do something impossible. Turn your life around and make yourself happy.

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I feel no anger towards the person (bot perhaps?) called Peter Ingham, but I do feel immense sadness.

If Peter Ingham does really exist, he is so deeply entrenched in his own personal Pit of Despair that he has an overwhelming need to make everyone else suffer the same overwhelming despair that he feels.

Peter does not want anyone to be reborn – not Jesus Christ, not my friend Dave, not me, not you, not anyone in the whole universe.

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I have not had the chance to meet Peter Ingham, but I have met many people like him.  And so have you.

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I have some very good news for you Peter.

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There is a way out of the Pit.

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Getting out of the Pit is easy in some ways but hard in other ways.

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The first thing to remember is easy.

Peter personally dug his own Pit of Despair.

We all dig our own Pits of Despair.

Because we all dig our own Pits, we all know how to climb out.

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The second thing to remember is this.

Before we can climb out of our Pits, we must decide it is time to start climbing.  And when we decide to start climbing, we have to do just that – we must start climbing.

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When we start climbing, our lives begin to fill with light and joy.

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Take no notice of Peter when he says “You are now a permanent resident of the Pit because there is no Exit!”

Peter doesn’t say this because he is evil.

Peter only says this because of his despair.

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Join us Peter.

Leave the Pit of Despair behind you.

There is always hope for every one of us who has lost hope because of what has happened.  Go looking for hope Peter and walk out of the Shadow Lands in which you think you are trapped.  There is not really any lock on the door of your jail cell.  There is not really even a jail cell.  Like every one of us, you are trapped in an illusion you yourself has made.

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Once again this Blog is written with much love – especially to you Peter.