| The following (permission granted) is from Jose Stevens who was one of the founders of the
Michael Teachings (see CP Favorite Links page). I found his perspective to be quite interesting, especially in
the context of karma and preincarnational choices. PIVOTAL RESOURCES INC.Jos‚ Stevens
Ph.D.Lena StevensP.0. Box 272, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0272505-982-8732 E-mail:
pivotal@pivres.comJohn F. Kennedy Jr.by Jos‚ Stevens By this time the whole world has heard the news
that JFK Jr., his wife, and his sister-in-law lost their physical lives in a plane crash on their way to a family
wedding. Once again the nation mourns and the news media has given non-stop coverage to the gradually
unfolding drama of what happened out over the water. Naturally everyone is asking, "Why did they die in
their prime with so much to offer the world? Why does the Kennedy family endure tragedies in such great
numbers?" Let's attempt to explore these questions in order to shed more light on this apparent mystery and
let's first answer the question, "Who was JFK Jr.?". His father, president John Kennedy, assassinated in
the early sixties was a seventh level, young king with a goal of acceptance, an idealist, mode of observation,
intellectually centered, and a chief feature of martyrdom. His mother, Jacqueline who later married Aristotle
Onassis, was also a late level, young king with a goal of growth, pragmatist, reserve mode, and a chief
feature of arrogance. This of course is exceptionally rare, to have parents who are both kings, one a
president and the other a first lady. Added to this rarefied, Camelot-type atmosphere of his childhood is the
culture of the whole Kennedy clan with a family icon that says all boys must go into politics and strive for
the presidency and all girls must marry well and promote social causes. Of late, this icon has expanded to
include that the women can enter into politics as well. The family is heavily invested with young soul values
of wealth and competitiveness (football and politics); however it also has a mature soul overlay of looking
out for the well-being of the underprivileged. This comes from the fact that they have immigrant roots and
struggled in their past. Some prominent members of the family are, and have been mature souls. For
example, John Kennedy Jr.'s warrior uncle, Senator Robert Kennedy, who was also gunned down during his
bid for president, was an early level, mature soul. Ted Kennedy is a mature scholar with too much karma in
the way of becoming president himself. Large, extended families of the Kennedy kind place the strongest
imprinting on their offspring, largely because there are many members that make peer pressure strong and
because the family name becomes something to uphold and bring honor to. In addition, whenever a king is
present in a family, the imprinting on fellow members and on offspring is doubly strong. So John
Kennedy Jr. was the child and heir apparent of a prominent, nationally-known family who exerted their own
pressure on him, but he was influenced heavily by national public pressure as well. JFK. Jr. was a late level.
mature artisan with a goal of acceptance, an idealist, intellectually-centered with a chief-feature of
stubbornness. Artisans are the least programmable of all the roles, so young John was able to escape much
of the family programming laid on him but he couldn't escape all of it. As a college student, John, like many
artisans wanted to be an actor. He hung out with actors, dated them, and in a way considered himself to be
one of them, but his mother Jacqueline nixed the notion because according to her it would be beneath a
Kennedy to go into acting. John, being in acceptance, didn't want to create waves, so he looked for
something else to do. Law was the family program but not exactly John's thing, so he struggled to pass the
bar, failing it once before passing. John did not make a career out of law for obvious reasons. He was
recognized by the press as a handsome hunk with model looks who was exceptionally photogenic, all typical
of a gifted artisan man. Journalism was acceptable to the family so he created a magazine instead and had
some fun doing it. In Caroline, he found an acceptable fellow artisan to marry who had reserve mode like
his mother Jackie. She also happened to be his task companion. The public and the media panted with relish
at their union. Certainly they were going to do something big. Now consider John's predicament. He had
no desire to enter politics like his famous father and relatives. However, he had arrived at a strong
crossroads in his life. He was working on his fourth internal monad and had arrived at age thirty-eight, time
to make his move if he was ever going to do it. All the world expected John Jr. to finally declare his
candidacy for senate and eventually for president. There was strong pressure from the press and from
various politicians who suggested this to him. He could go that route, a path this late level, mature soul had
no stomach for, considering what happened to his father and uncle and considering that artisans hardly ever
excel in politics; or he could ignore the pressure and press on with journalism and in a way disappoint
everyone, an extremely painful thing for someone with a goal of acceptance. What would you do? On an
essence level he decided to put an end to the whole dynasty thing before it could be carried into the next
century. He felt it was his job to stop the young soul value system in his family and in the country by
finishing off their most eligible candidate. In short, he sacrificed himself for his deepest values. He
considered it to be much more effective to die in a dramatic way than simply thwarting the pressure on him
for the rest of his life or worse, knuckling under to it. The fact that Princess Diana's death made such a
big statement was not lost on John. He had a flair for the dramatic. He knew the world had lost a princess, a
kindhearted, good woman who was a mature soul. Through her death she garnered tremendous publicity for
mature soul values. She condemned the young soul, shallow and ruthless paparazzi, drew attention to AIDS,
poverty, and a host of other social problems. With his own death he could be the counterbalance. He was the
identified world renowned prince, close in age to Diana. How powerful it would be if the world lost both
their princess and their prince in such short succession, both calling attention to mature soul
values. Remember we are speaking here of essence-directed decisions and not those of John's
personality. This was no suicide. John at the personality level had every intention of arriving safely and
attending the family wedding he was off to. And what of his wife Caroline and sister-in-law Lauren? Why
did they have to die with him? Both of them died for their own personal reasons directed by essence.
Caroline did not want to be another Jackie Onassis, a widow hounded by the press for the rest of her life.
Who can blame her? She figured that she could help him to make an even stronger final statement by going
out with him and she indeed succeeded in this. After all, recall that she was John's task companion. John's
message was this: The whole Kennedy-president-nobility thing is finished. Grow up society. Stop trying to
establish a monarchy. That is not the way for the next century. The young soul way is dead. Monarchies are
a thing of the past. Be a regular good person that doesn't put on airs. Did he succeed? Time will tell.
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