BRUCE LICHT
FOUNDER OF MY ELEVATOR PITCH FOR GOD, ENTREPRENEUR, AND AUTHOR
Bruce grew up in Lafayette, California and received a BA in Political Science from UCLA as well as a Graduate Gemologist degree from the Gemological Institute of America. After graduating, Bruce operated his family’s 100 year-old retail fine jewelry business for twenty-two years. Bruce had a passion for computers and graphic arts, so he changed careers and joined his best friend at a national technical publishing company for seventeen-years as the company’s Publisher, where they invented the modern labor law poster industry, including the first “All- On-One Labor Law Poster” and “Labor Law Poster Compliance Plan.”
Aside from being the Founder of this website, My Elevator Pitch for God, Bruce was the co-editor of the book titled, Elevator Pitches For God: Volume 1, and author of the cookbook titled, Immediate Chef: No Previous Experience Required.
Bruce’s goals for this website are: To introduce more people all around the world to God and strengthen the faith of those who already believe in a non-political and non-religious way, to bring people together, find common ground between different faiths, create meaning in people's lives, and start to move the world in a better direction.
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A Due Date with Destiny
BRUCE LICHT
Two twins are warm and cozy in their mother's womb.(1)
Twin #1: It sure is great here, but do you believe there’s life after delivery? I think there has to be something more. Maybe we’re here for a reason? Maybe this is just “pre-life,” a gestation period, meant to test or prepare us for the future? Maybe we will meet our maker?
Twin #2: Are you kidding? That’s crazy-talk. This is definitely all there is. There’s no life beyond this reality. What kind of life would that be anyway?
Twin #1: I’m not sure… But I think there will be more after we are downloaded. How could this be all there is? Maybe we will use our legs and walk, hold things with our hands, eat what we choose, meet others just like us, have other senses that we just can't understand at this point?
Twin #2: That’s ridiculous. Where did you ever learn that—watching WombTube videos? Walking? Where’s there to go? Holding things with our hands? What’s there to hold on to? Eating with our mouths? Your stomach may not always agree with it, but the umbilical cord supplies us with all the nutrients we need. And meeting others? You mean like aliens? You sure have a wild imagination wombmate. I think it’s illogical and a conspiracy theory. The next thing that you’ll be suggesting is that I use “after-birth control” or buy “after-life insurance.”
Twin #1: What if it's just different than it is here? Maybe we don't need that physical cord anymore? It’s kind of limiting, isn’t it?
Twin #2: Okay, just for a moment, for conversation’s sake, let’s say there’s life beyond. Then why haven’t we ever heard of anyone coming back? I don’t believe in NDEs—“Near Delivery Experiences”—where you move towards a bright light, see loved ones, and so on. I think that can all be attributed to having bad gas. The “after-womb” or “reincarnation into a new womb” is nothing but false hope. Delivery is the final act, before it’s curtains down, silence, and everything fades to even blacker.
Twin #1: I don’t think so. I think you're a “delivery-denier.” I believe we will meet our Mother and she will love and care for us.
Twin #2: Are you serious? Mother? You actually believe in Mother? If Mother exists, then where is she now? And what will she do? Dress us in cute matching clothing?
Twin #1: Just because you can’t see Mother doesn’t mean she doesn’t exist. I see Mother everywhere I look. She’s all around me. We were created in her image. Without her, this womb would not exist.
Twin #2: I don't see her and you can’t prove it. That whole idea is totally unfertilized.
Twin #1: Sometimes, when I really listen, I can sense her and hear her loving voice. Sometimes I think I even hear her playing classical music.
Twin #2: I guess we will just have to wait and see. But don’t hold your breath.
Footnote:
1) This essay is adapted and paraphrased to emulate a parable by Dr. Wayne Dyer, titled, The Parable of the Twins (also known as the Conversation in the Womb: A Parable of life after Delivery) which was included in his book, Your Sacred Self, published in 1995. According to Wayne Dyer, the original story was told by Henri J. W. Nouwen.
Dr. Dyer (1940 – 2015), was an American self-help author and motivational speaker, best known for his book Your Erroneous Zones, published in 1976, and for his numerous PBS specials. Over his career, he wrote more than 40 books, with many becoming bestsellers, and appeared frequently on television and radio. His work initially focused on psychology, self-motivation, and assertiveness, however in the 1990s, his focus broadened to include spirituality, with popular books like The Power of Intention.
A transcript of Dr. Wayne Dyer’s The Parable of the Twins can be read here: