me a few times since I had met Bonnie, and a few times before I knew her,
often in dire circumstances.
At these times, I had put the experience down to a reflex action so
that my choices were not clouded by emotion. Bonnie and I had since
talked about these instances of what she called heightened awareness, so I
now accepted that something was about to happen that required my full
attention. This would be something more than Bonnie having parked,
exited the car, and left me sitting alone musing about our collective
callousness.
_____The Minimal Chance_____
She glanced curiously when I caught up to her, and I understood that
she wanted me to take note of something, but it escaped me. We walked
silently downhill under the canopy of broad leafed trees that lined the
street of apartment buildings.
After a short while, Bonnie said, "According to Stalkers, the most
import lesson a human can learn is to embrace the concept of the Minimal
Chance. To do this, and I mean with you right now, you must act as if
every moment is an offer to be evaluated, as in where you really are." She
walked a few more paces, looked back at her car, then straight ahead as
she formally said, "Teaching the Minimal Chance is to make the
apprentice aware that they have a connection to an energy-essence some
call Spirit, their Source Soul, or Higher Self. Because the abstract should
not be limited to common descriptions, we will c all that energy-essence
Intent, and when we talk about its greater reality we‘ll simply call that the
Universe."
"Works for me, except I already know that Intent exists. Hang on," I
said slowing, because I was feeling light- headed.
She looked at me in an approving manner; tugging my sleeve, she
said, "It‘ll pass," as we reached Denman Street.
I automatically tried to veer left, toward the park.
Pulling me back to the right, toward the shopping area, she said, "I
didn‘t say exists. I said have a connection with, and constant awareness of
that connection is the Minimal Chance."
"Why is it difficult to be aware of—you just told me?"
"Awareness to the average person is to be cognizant, but their focus is
erratically at the mercy of their self- interest, which is what will screw you
up until you catch on. Awareness in the Stalker‘s world is to apprehend
