Please permit me to give some of my immediate and most personal reactions to the first time the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan told me of his more than a vision experience, back in 1985.

First, I was very gratified. To me, his experience meant that he had fulfilled the conditions that the Honorable Elijah Muhammad gave him to fulfill in order for him to receive the new teachings. This meant, to me, that he was assured that he would one day meet again with his teacher. It meant that Allah and the Messiah (his teacher) were pleased with him and his work.

It signified that my Brother had been confirmed, from the highest level, to be definitely him whom I had borne witness that he was who he was, for several years. He was indeed �the bridge� and then some.

He was about to be rewarded; to be blessed, in his person, for his excruciatingly painful and hard work and sacrifice, in service to Allah, his teacher, us�his people and others.

He and we were totally vindicated through his experience and that this was soon to be made public. I did not know how, but his experience, to me, signified that this would happen real soon.

The white press was to be a major part of this vindication. But I did not know that at the time he first told me what he did.

His experience, to me, meant that he was soon to be put in a position to be of even greater service than ever to Allah (God), his own people and to others, in a manner far beyond the way he has helped others all of these years. This is something which I knew he ardently desired. (This was the hope of every true follower of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad prior to 1975, and this ought to be true of us now, as we follow him through Min. Farrakhan.)

Min. Farrakhan has been working, under divine guidance, doing his part (which is huge) to solve the problems of the hardest job any man was ever given; namely the resurrection of the dead. That job was given to him through his teacher and ultimately by Allah. He was divinely made to share it with his teacher.

I am by no means by myself, when I say that Min. Farrakhan has pushed himself beyond what seems possible for a man to do in the carrying out of his assignment. He has been making what may be called a superhuman effort. His has been an effort beyond, or by far exceeding, what was/is ordinary or normal for a human being to do�on our behalf and for others, the world over. Now, as he spoke to me, I saw that he was about to soon see, face to face, his beloved teacher, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad!

Min. Farrakhan had already out-worked, out-charitied (if there is such a word) everyone else and had brought more people to God�s truth than any one of us. So why shouldn�t he be the first of us to be so blessed?

Moreover, since his experience, 14 years ago, he has picked up his pace, in fulfilling his assignment, like a long distance runner, now heading into the home stretch, with his powerful kick!

When Min. Farrakhan concluded telling me what he did, I recognized that I was being privileged to listen to and to mentally view an august scene; a scene so majestic that I was awe-struck. I felt very small, humbled, and I was also relieved.

His description of what he saw and heard was so clear, so vivid, that I had a sense of being there. It was as if I was there looking at him as he was going through his experience.

Again, when he concluded what he told me, I looked at him, as he and I walked slowly to my car. It seemed to me that he did not realize the magnitude of what he had just said. He would later say and demonstrate this, as I�ve touched this a few articles ago.

I recall, even now, another set of thoughts�all of which were rushing through my mind, at the moment he concluded what he did. Mentally, I went back to something he told me in October 1977. It was an offer made to him, a day or so before he told me, by a famous entertainer. This person offered Min. Farrakhan the use of his 200 acre ranch to ready himself for the tremendous undertaking he was about to take.

We were in his living room, when he then stood up, and in a manner which was thoughtful, introspective, solemn, hopeful, inquiring and wistful�all at the same time�he said that maybe if he went there he might get a contact from the Mother Plane.

I just stared at him, for I �knew� that would come. But he had not yet come to see that his teacher was alive. Nevertheless, the fact that he said what he did stunned me. I was not going to run off at the mouth with the little that Allah had blessed me to see of his future. But, it seemed as if, in a flash, he saw the end of this phase or aspect of his work and his next meeting with his teacher.

Again, just watching him as he said what he did, at that time�well, this was tooooo deep, and heavy (two words often used by many Muslims born in America.) Remember, he said this early in October 1977!

Min. Farrakhan did not take the offer made to him.

Let us remember, this was just about three weeks or so after he made his commitment to rebuild the Nation, by the power of Allah. And it would be about five weeks more before he would make his intention to rebuild public.

I just don�t think the term �spiritual giant� adequately fits the spirituality of Min. Farrakhan. It just does not cover all of the things that he has taught and done�which manifests the way Allah created him.

What so many miss is that the whole of his efforts is to help get us up to where God wants us to be, which is complete oneness with Himself.

I thought, back then, that my Brother had finally received direct communication from the Honorable Elijah Muhammad�and from the wheel at that! �Man. This is big time!��I thought to myself. Again, I felt overwhelmed by the bigness of it all.

Try to put yourself in his shoes, for a minute. Take just this one point. Many were receiving actual visions of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and even Master Fard Muhammad. He was most certainly, the point man. He had received nothing as others did�although he was yet being guided by Allah.

But now he had received the biggest one of all. Well, why shouldn�t he, as he had the biggest job of any of us? I felt that his experience would add tremendously to his already considerable powers in his delivery of the word of Allah. Of course, it did.

But the most important part of his vision-plus, to me, at that time, and it still is, was that he was definitely going to meet with the Honorable Elijah Muhammad! I was elated! Juiced! At that time the other parts of what he told me had not settled in my mind.

Then, I thought, his vision and the manner of his departure would make it easier for the Believers this time around and would be a major factor in the reality of what the Honorable Elijah Muhammad once said, that the Nation would fall, (and it certainly did) and rise (it had), never to fall again.

The Minister, Mother Tynnetta Muhammad and I left Lake Pleasant, and drove to Scottsdale, on our way back to where he and Mother Khadijah were staying. On the way we stopped for some grocery items. I volunteered to get the things we wanted because I really wanted to be alone for a few moments.

Frankly, I did not want them to see the tears I was trying to hold back. What he had told me of his experience had greatly affected or deeply moved me.

However, a few minutes later they thought of a few more things we would need and they came into the store after I did. They caught me and saw my tears.

There is much proof that could be shown that Min. Farrakhan�s experience was one of the most powerful spiritual experiences any human being has ever experienced; at least that I (and I think most all of us) have ever heard or read about.

Then Allah made the very same press, which had lied, slandered/libeled, and mocked him over and over again to vindicate Min. Farrakhan worldwide; whether they saw that then or not.

Paul said, at a certain point, that he was on his way to Jesus to get his crown and throne. We should know what this means. Both the Bible and especially the Holy Qur�an, teach about the thrones promised to the believers. It�s not a useless or irrelevant study.

Does it refer to the divinely guided development of all of the godly qualities, of which our common nature is composed? Is this what it means to be blessed to get your own throne?

According to the New Testament, Paul was born to demonstrate to others the way to Jesus, to heaven; and how to fulfill their oaths, which were implicit in their acceptance of Jesus as Christ�in terms of a program involving their own self-development.

What Paul taught can be better understood in Min. Farrakhan�s study guides, which cover what Paul taught and brings it up to date and then introduces what goes beyond what Paul taught, who, after all was a sign of our Brother.

Now, if we look into the book of Acts you�ll find there were some who were jealous and, worse, they were envious of Paul.

More next issue, Allah willing.