It is my belief, that Christian is not chronically or intrinsically an unlucky man, that is simply not logical. Rather, it is a perception of how Christian perceives himself to be, no doubt coloured by the fact of the trauma he experienced from his childhood.
It is my belief, that the man in a suit that Christian met that day, was a spritual messenger of some sort, who placed Christian into a state of Satori.
Satori is essentially just a state of being, where the person is free from the burden’s of their ego, or tsunami, and whilst in this state, the person is able to perceive reality as it actually is - a lot more pleasant and clear, without the ego burdening it with unnecessary thought’s.
Christian himself describes his mindset and fighting ability that day, as being like an ,‘extreme version of a flow state,’
A flow state is an athletic term to describe a person in a complete state of concentration and able to perform at their optimum ability.
Christian describes his ability to perceive that day as an extreme version of a flow state.
It is my belief, that the man in the suit, put Christian into Satori, so as to give him the upper hand against these Islamic terrorists.
When Christian was telling the story, and he described the dagger as being very unusual as it had a double-pointe tip, I looked up the sword, and it has associations with Islam and is called a ‘Zulfiqar,’ —
‘The story going with the sword
The zulfiqar was one of the 7 (or 9) swords of the Prophet. He came into its possession either by taking it from a conquered enemy at the battle of Badr (624 AD) or by receiving it from the archangel Gabriel. Prophet Mohammad gave the sword to Ali in some other battle (like the battle of Uhud 625). Ali used it so effectively that (later) a well-known saying came up: "There is no hero and man like Ali; There is no sword like zulfiqar". This is often found as a kind of talismanic inscription, e.g. on sword blades.’
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https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_b/advanced/tb_5_2.html
Christian was a highly experienced SAS man, and he still found the sword unusual, and didn’t know the name of it. I only know the name of it and it’s associations with Islam by googling about it when I heard his story.
I find it fascinating that Christian was about to enter into battle with Islamic extremists, and a man in a suit, appeared with this dagger, and wished for God to give him, ‘many blessings on this day.’
Christian Craighead is not his real name, it is an alias to protect his real identity, despite his image being plastered all over the internet, thanks to the Nairobi media photographing him as he entered and exited the complex throughout the day. He picked the name ‘Christian’ because he has always been a devout Christian, and the surname Craighead, because that is the surname of a girlfriend he met in the USA.
But the point about the two religions is, that both Christianity and Islam, were protecting him that day.
But, more than that, his meeting of the man in the suit, who I believe put him into a state of Satori, so as to lend him the upper hand, is proof of the existence of a spiritual afterlife, that serves to guide us, protect us and lead us along our own path in life.
Below, is a 10 months clip, of Christian describing in his own words, meeting the man on the suit.
What I also find fascinating, is that, out of the two full video interviews I have watched, none of the interviewer’s focus on this peculiar incident, and instead prefer to poke Christian for details about the actual battle, which he has legally been blocked from discussing.
Not even why do the YouTube comments left on any of the videos, mention this unusual meeting. Like the interviewer’s, they probably just interpret it as a strange or peculiar anecdote, in the lead up to the actual story of the battle.
Christian himself states, in the 10 minute clip I will post below, that he did not realise the significance of the meeting of this unusual man, until 22 hours later, when the battle had finished, and he had time to reflect back on it.
The reason I interpret his story, as a spritual man who put him into a state of Satori, is because I have experienced this state myself once before, although it did not lead on to a raging gun battle with Al-Shabaab terrorists (thankfully), but was more related to my individual journey towards self-healing and self-knowledge.
Anyway, here is the 10 minute clip of this remarkable story, in his own words —
And may all who read this, hear within their own hearts, and understand, the significance of the story, so that they can understand the significance and beauty of their own lives —
