The Camelot Journal

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo comes from May 6, 2007:

The Bhagavad Gita and many other positive spiritual teachings speak of self-control as a beneficial and necessary element of the positive seeker’s path—self-control in the face of temptation and in directing the will for the purpose of spiritual pursuits versus worldly pursuits. Yet Ra offers an alternative understanding in negating control in favor of acceptance and overall balance. Is there a positive use of control? Does control play any useful role in the discipline of the personality? Can one control, for example, through acceptance, meaning that that which has become accepted is able to be controlled or directed?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. We greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we come to you this day. It is our great privilege and blessing to be called to your circle of seeking and we are glad to share with you our thoughts on the positive uses of control. As always, we would preface our remarks with a request that each of you use your powers of discrimination, choosing those thoughts of ours that are helpful to you and leaving the rest behind. This will enable us to speak more freely and be less concerned with interfering with the process of your spiritual evolution. We would not wish to be a stumbling block in your way. We thank you for this consideration.

The word “control” has a sometimes negatively-oriented feeling behind it, as when one may say a person is too controlling or something of that nature, and yet it is clear that, from the beginning of the life of a human in third density, the learning which you undergo has a great deal to do with control. The infant must learn to control the movements of his mouth and the breath that comes through his voice box in such a way as to reproduce the language that he hears about him in his crib and in his cradle, so that he may ask for food, comfort, and relief from wet diapers by doing something besides crying. It is not too long before parents are asking their young children to control their bladder and their bowels so that they can come out of diapers and be free of the need for changing their diapers. One thing after another that the young child meets in his life becomes a matter of learning how to control various parts of his body. He learns carefully how to form letters with his hand and to do other skills that are done with the hands and that promote a more deft and agile use of the fingers.

The mind is asked at a very young age to begin to take in data and organize it into banks of information that can be used readily. The alphabet is learned; and the numbers are learned; then words are learned; and reading begins. And for the entire travel from childhood to adulthood, skills are taught that the child learns to take in and use. And all of these skills are learned by the student controlling and focusing his mind so that he may wrap that mind around these new thoughts and these new skills. It is not perhaps thought of as a matter of control and yet all of an adult’s preparation for life has to do with control, and we do not mean to suggest that there is a negative or a positive spin to this control. The culture in which you live is one in which these skills are considered quite necessary for survival and enjoyment of the finer things of life, such as indoor plumbing and the comfort and convenience of life as you are aware of and are used to living in.

Certainly, the idea of control can be very negative. The tendency of entities in third density to manipulate and control the circumstances around them can turn into a very dark way of handling life. And each of you has perhaps known those whose life is spent in plotting and scheming ways to control the outcome of events that are important to such people. Usually such control is over small things and yet the sum of one person controlling another over a period of time is a very strong negative polarization towards service to self, and it is definitely a service to self energy to think of or to contemplate the self as a person setting out to control circumstances that have to do with other people and indeed are not, in terms of positive polarization, available for such control. On the other hand, there are indeed very positive uses of control, and this instrument would call it self-control.

The group question for this session was: “The Bhagavad Gita and many other positive spiritual teachings speak of self-control as a beneficial and necessary element of the positive seeker’s path—self-control in the face of temptation and in directing the will for the purpose of spiritual pursuits versus worldly pursuits. Yet Ra offers an alternative understanding in negating control in favor of acceptance and overall balance. Is there a positive use of control? Does control play any useful role in the discipline of the personality? Can one control, for example, through acceptance, meaning that that which has become accepted is able to be controlled or directed?” Q’uo began by saying the word “control” has a negatively-oriented feeling behind it, as when we may say a person is too controlling, and yet it is clear that the learning which we undergo in third density has to do with control, so the infant must learn to control the movements of his mouth and the breath that comes through his voice box in such a way as to reproduce the language that he hears about him in his crib so that he may ask for food, comfort, and relief from wet diapers by doing something besides crying, and it is not long before parents are asking their children to control their bladder and their bowels so that they can come out of diapers and be free of the need for changing their diapers, and one thing after another that the child meets in his life becomes a matter of learning how to control various parts of his body, so he learns how to form letters with his hand and to do other skills that are done with the hands and that promote agile use of the fingers. Then Q’uo said the mind is asked at a young age to take in data and organize it into banks of information that can be used as the alphabet is learned; numbers are learned; words are learned; and reading begins, and for the travel from childhood to adulthood, skills are taught that the child learns to use, so all of these skills are learned by the student controlling his mind so that he may wrap his mind around these new thoughts and skills, but it is not thought of as control, and yet all of an adult’s preparation for life has to do with control, and Q’uo did not say that there is a negative or a positive spin to this control since the culture in which we live is one in which these skills are necessary for survival and enjoyment of the finer things of life, such as indoor plumbing and the comfort and convenience of life as we are aware of and are used to living in. Now Q’uo said the idea of control can be negative, and the tendency of entities in third density to control the circumstances around them can turn into a dark way of handling life, and each of us has known those whose life is spent in plotting ways to control the outcome of events that are important to them, and usually such control is over small things, yet the sum of one person controlling another over a period of time is negative polarization towards service to self, and it is a service to self energy to think of us as setting out to control circumstances that have to do with other people and not, in terms of positive polarization, available for such control, but on the other hand, there are positive uses of control, and Carla would call it self-control. On December 7, 2019, Q’uo spoke of how the use of control could be either positive or negative:

The use of any type of control is determined to be either a positive type of control or a negative type of control, according to the intention behind the use of control. If one intends and wishes to control certain words, or emotions, or actions of the self in order to keep from infringing upon the free will of another self, this intention is of a positive orientation. If one wishes to use control of intentions or expressions of intentions in order to gain from an other self that which is the other self’s—that is the power of the other self by dominating and controlling the other self—this is negative intention. Therefore, it is the intention, once again, which determines the nature of the experience.

There is a nuance in the term self-control that we wish to explore. For, as the one known as T1 said, there is a, “Which came first?” question here. There is a chicken and an egg. Is an entity controlling the self and therefore learning more about how to control the self? Or does the person wait for some wisdom as to precisely how to control the self? And in order to remove ourselves from this conundrum, we would like to take this idea back a bit and look at it from a wider and perhaps a more spacious point of view. The one known as G is quite correct in saying that, in the view of those of the Confederation who speak with you this day, the universe is a self-generating system whereby there is no need to control circumstances whatsoever in terms of your incarnation being fruitful for you have set up a system of redundant possibility/probability vortices so that if the incarnational lessons that you have chosen to ponder in your particular incarnation do not gel for you in one instance and you may have perhaps missed that catalyst, there will be another circumstance that will come your way very soon that will offer you the same kind of catalyst, the same kind of challenge, and the same kind of questions that you may ask yourself about, “Why is this happening to me and what should I do with it?”

You do not have to control your life in terms of knowing that you will be fed with spiritual food at all times. This is not a cause for concern. And this perhaps can rest your mind, for when you do not need to reach and grasp for the spirituality of your day or the cogency of the catalyst that is being presented to you, then you can relax and focus simply on paying attention to the present moment.Let us go further back than this, for we wish to set you on the stage of your incarnational experience, and we have not yet done so to our satisfaction. Who are you? My friends, you are the one infinite Creator. That is the heart of your reality. You are a spark of the infinite oneness of all creation. That spark is your consciousness which has been wrapped into flesh and bone so that you may experience life within this particular illusion.

Therefore, you are spiritual beings dwelling in a material and physical world. Everything that is at the center of your being calls out for the Creator and sees life from the point of view of spirit. Yet, you have been brought into a culture which encourages precisely the opposite bent of thought. Your culture encourages you to release thoughts of spirituality in favor of thoughts of functionality, economics, socialization, doing what is expected, and so forth. These two energies are a dynamic that are with each entity within third density to one extent or another for his entire incarnation. The minute that a spirit forgets the heart of his being, he may well be able to convince himself of a number of things. He may be able to convince himself that he may control others for their own good. He may be able to convince himself that those things which he believes are such good beliefs that other entities need to believe that way too, and so he may become one who bullies or coaxes entities into worshipping a certain way or believing in a certain system of dogma. All of these are subtlety but markedly negative or service to self in that they are using the power of the human spirit in order to change others.

Then Q’uo said there is a nuance in the term self-control that they wish to explore which is are we controlling our self and learning more about how to control our self, or do we wait for wisdom as to how to control our self? And in order to remove ourselves from this problem, they would like to take this idea and look at it from a wider point of view, so G is correct in saying that, in the view of those of the Confederation who speak with us this day, the universe is a self-generating system where there is no need to control circumstances in terms of our incarnation being fruitful, for we have set up a system of repeating  possibility/probability vortices so that if the incarnational lessons that we have chosen to ponder in our incarnation do not gel for us in one instance, and we may have missed that catalyst, there will be another circumstance that will come our way very soon that will offer us the same kind of catalyst and the same kind of questions that we may ask our self about: “Why is this happening to me, and what should I do with it?” Now Q’uo said we do not have to control our life in terms of knowing that we will be fed with spiritual food at all times, and this can rest our mind, for when we do not need to grasp for the spirituality of our day or the meaning of the catalyst that is being presented to us, then we can relax and focus on paying attention to the present moment, so Q’uo wanted to go further back than this, for they wish to set us on the stage of our incarnational experience, and they have not done this to their satisfaction, so they said that we are the one infinite Creator which is the heart of our reality, and we are a spark of the infinite oneness of all creation which is our consciousness that has been wrapped into flesh and bone so that we may experience life within this illusion. Q’uo went on to say we are spiritual beings dwelling in a physical world, and everything that is at the center of our being calls out for the Creator and sees life from the point of view of spirit, but we have been brought into a culture which encourages the opposite kind of thought because our culture encourages us to release thoughts of spirituality in favor of thoughts of doing what is expected so that these two energies are a dynamic that are with each of us within third density for our entire incarnation, and the minute that we forget the heart of  our being, we may be able to convince our self that we may control others for their own good, or that those things which we believe are such good beliefs that other entities need to believe that way too, and we may become one who coaxes entities into believing in a certain system of dogma, and all of these are subtlety service to self in that they are using the power of the human spirit in order to change others. On September 13, 2008, Q’uo described how a system of dogma does its work:

One way to defend the heart is through the dogma of a codified religion. One places one’s heart in the structure of a religion and as long as one’s heart stays true to the tenets of that particular system of dogma, one is safe. Another way that the heart can be defended is with anger and resentment, which builds concrete walls about the heart in order that it shall not be harmed again. Many years may go into the building of these walls. How can they be taken down? The world is a dangerous place.

Yet, an entity which is a part of the Godhead principle need be concerned only with controlling himself. The work of the spiritual entity is always upon the self. The seeking of a spiritually-oriented entity is always an inner seeking. It may well be that the processes of seeking bring the seeker into community with those who demonstrate unconditional Love, and that is a great gift. But a part of the Godhead principle in actuality needs nothing from the outside. There is no need to reach, there is no need to grasp. All that is needed is already lying within your heart of hearts. The Confederation talks about acceptance rather than control because, from our point of view, once an entity has come into a full acceptance or awareness of who he is and why he is here, that initial acceptance forms up into vectors. Each thought and opinion that occurs within the awareness of being a spiritual entity has a direction to it that is spiritual in nature.

As entities accept completely that they are a part of the Creator, they become aware that beneath the level of constant and unremitting human error, they are worthy. They are as worthy as a star, or a tree, or the wind that blows, or the grass that grows. They are worthy in a final and ultimate way. They have not found the heart of that worth. It takes many densities of experience to refine the self to the point where the self is transparent to the self and that worth of self is clearly seen by the self. But there are helps to you, my friends, in everyday life. For you see the worth of others and that is a strong help to you. Every time that you see an entity whom you feel is worthy, we ask you to remember that you are looking in the mirror when you look at any other soul. As you look into that entity’s eyes, you and that entity are both the Creator. That which you see as good in that other entity, you may stop and mark because you have just seen that particular kind of goodness in yourself. Were you not sensitive to that goodness, you would not have seen it in the other self.

So let your own experiences of the goodness of others about you reflect back to you the truth of yourself: you are infinitely worthy, you are a citizen of eternity. Your stay upon the Earth plane is a short one and you came to give yourself the gift of learning and worshipping and being a part of the movement that is taking place upon the planet at this time: to lift and transform the energy of planet Earth. And you are worthy to do this. Control helps you—or perhaps we would use the word discipline—discipline helps you to maintain the focus of who you are and why you are here. It is not that this discipline is a judging discipline or an attempt to whip yourself into shape. You are not here to judge; you are here to love. And so, the work of each and every seeker is primarily and fundamentally the work of being.

Now Q’uo said as an entity which is a part of the Godhead principle we need be concerned only with controlling our self since the work of the spiritual entity is always upon the self, and our seeking as a spiritually-oriented entity is always an inner seeking, and it may be that the processes of seeking bring us into community with those who demonstrate unconditional Love, and that is a great gift, but a part of the Godhead principle in actuality needs nothing from the outside because all that is needed is already lying within our heart of hearts, and the Confederation talks about acceptance rather than control because, from their point of view, once we have come into full acceptance of who we are and why we are here that initial acceptance, and each thought that occurs within our awareness of being a spiritual entity, has a direction to it that is spiritual in nature. Q’uo went on to say as we accept that we are a part of the Creator, we become aware that beneath the level of constant human error, we are worthy as a star, or a tree, or the wind that blows, and we are worthy in an ultimate way, but we have not found the heart of that worth since it takes many densities of experience to refine our self to the point where our self is transparent to our self, and that worth of our self is seen by our self, and there is help for us in our everyday life, for we see the worth of others, and that is a help to us because every time that we see an entity whom we feel is worthy, Q’uo asked us to remember that we are looking in the mirror when we look at them, and as we look into their eyes, we and that entity are both the Creator, and that which we see as good in them, we may notice because we have seen that kind of goodness in our self since if we were not sensitive to that goodness, we would not have seen it in the other self. Q’uo continued by saying let our experiences of the goodness of others about us reflect back to us the truth of our self as being infinitely worthy as a citizen of eternity, and our stay upon the Earth plane is a short one since we came to give our self the gift of learning and being a part of the movement that is taking place upon the planet at this time to transform the energy of Earth, and we are worthy to do this, and discipline helps us to maintain the focus of who we are and why we are here, but it is not that this discipline is a judging discipline because we are here to love, so the work of each and every seeker is primarily the work of being. On October 17, 1999, Q’uo spoke about our doing the work of being:

For if the self can allow infinite Love and Light to move through the self, then that self has the capacity to bless that Love and Light that flows through it and offer that that has been brought through to the Earth plane. Indeed, it is our feeling that this is the basic work of all spiritually awakened people, this essential beingness of self that does not distort the Love that flows through the instrument of selfhood. Beyond all the beautiful tunes that your instrument might play with the various distortion of the various energy centers there is the wonderful ability to do that essential work that is the work of being that allows Love and Light to flow into the Earth plane undistorted.

We find that this is a very difficult concept for your people to grasp. What is it to be? To breathe in and to breathe out? What is the worth of simply being? And yet the universe as a whole is one great, interactive being of which you are a focal point in a vast array of other sentient, intelligent points of awareness that are gathering experience for the infinite Creator that It may know more about Itself. This gift of being is always your most fundamental work as a spiritually-oriented seeker. For the doing is at the surface of things; it is the being that gives the doing depth, breadth, meaning and strength. Control is definitely necessary, for without self-control and discipline, the spiritual seeker may constantly find itself forgetting to keep the focus.

Letus talk a bit about that focus that we would encourage you to keep. Each of you around the circle this day has discussed feelings concerning one’s place in life and in some cases the incredible rapidity of time fleeing past almost too quickly to grasp. Yet there is within each of you a center. And there is great skill in finding ways to remind yourself to move back from the outskirts of truth and beauty in your life, always in towards the center again. Life will spin you out constantly. Catalyst will hit you—strong catalyst, illness, the loss of jobs, all of those difficulties that challenge entities who breathe in and breathe out and must find a way to keep a roof over their heads. And your job always is to see yourself spinning and gently, very gently, encourage your spirit to spiral inward again to the place of power that lies within, to the place of comfort that lies deeply within, to the one infinite Creator who waits patiently for you in your heart of hearts.

The more time that you put into resting in your beingness, the more you will become aware of who you truly are and how powerful a being you truly are. And when you sense that power, then of course you want to use that power rightly, and that calls for every discipline of the personality and makes such disciplines attractive to you. When you find the center of your power, that creative energy that made all that there is, then truly you wish to use it well, and to use it wisely, and to use it lovingly.

Q’uo continued by saying they find that the work of being is a difficult concept for our people to grasp, and the universe is one great being of which we are a focal point in a vast array of other intelligent points of awareness that are gathering experience for the infinite Creator that It may know more about Itself, and this gift of being is always our most fundamental work as a spiritually-oriented seeker because doing is at the surface of things, and it is the being that gives the doing depth and strength, but control is necessary, for without self-control we may find our self forgetting to keep the focus. Now Q’uo said they wanted to encourage us to keep that focus because each of us has discussed feelings concerning our place in life and the rapidity of time fleeing past too quickly to grasp, but there is within each of us a center, and there is skill in finding ways to remind our self to move back from the outskirts of truth in our life towards the center again since catalyst will hit us as illness or the loss of jobs, and our job is to see our self spinning, and then gently encouraging our spirit to spiral inward again to the place of power and comfort that lies within us, to the one infinite Creator who waits patiently for us in our heart of hearts. Q’uo went on to say the more time that we put into resting in our beingness, the more we will become aware of who we truly are and how powerful a being we truly are, and when we sense that power, then we want to use that power rightly, and that calls for the discipline of our personality, and when we find the center of our power, that creative energy that made all that there is, then we wish to use it well and to use it lovingly. On February 18, 1996, Q’uo spoke of the nature of that creative energy:

The energy which enters the feet and base of the spine is an intelligent kind of energy that is most likened to what you would call Love, that creative energy which enlivens all creation. It is the enlivener, the energizer, and is the daily gift of the Logos to all within its care. A kind of manna, shall we say, which each entity will use in an individualized fashion. This is a tool of the soul, as you have called it. The soul essence of each entity is that focus of consciousness which exists from time immemorial and moves into the evolutionary process as a portion of the one Creator. It utilizes the various densities and incarnations within each density to achieve certain levels of awareness and expressions of energy within them. Thus, the intelligent energy or prana of the Logos is that which propels the creation. The soul is that portion of consciousness which can use this universal energy for personal evolution.

And so, you turn to those disciplines that have served you before: meditation, prayer, contemplation, inspired reading, walks in nature, and all of those ways in which you can come back to the truth that truly does set you free. So, the question of acceptance or control, in a way, is a question of how you wish to look at who you are. Our approach to the awakening seeker is simply to ask that seeker to become aware of who and what he is. And to become aware of the fact that he is creating his own reality. When an entity has been on the spiritual path for a while, he may well begin to sense that there is one particular outer work that he has the cluster of skills to accomplish. And that may spark in him the desire to ask for guidance, and when an entity asks for guidance, that guidance is there instantly, there is no lag time. You may not be able to hear the voice of guidance, but the energy of that guidance and the gentle pressure of that vibration is with you from that point on.

This instrument opens her day by asking the one she calls Jesus the Christ, “What would you wish of me this day?” This is her way of centering and offering her day. And if that question seems to be answered by something that she did not expect, that is alright, that is acceptable. But it is always within the choice of the seeker as to how that seeker shall proceed. In a society which has a tendency towards loudness, meaninglessness, and chaos, it is perhaps well recommended that the spiritually-oriented seeker gaze within into the mystery that lies between every cell of your body, and gaze without, not at the creations of humankind, but at the creation of the Father. For there you see not control but a plan that is so vast that it is inconceivable and yet complete and perfect so that the organism of planet Earth as a whole and all of the biota upon it move in a dance of rhythm and harmony in which all needs are met.

We offer to this instrument the vision of the rolling tide. It does not seem to be controlled, but rather it rushes in abandonment towards the shore and then pulls out again towards the deeps of the ocean. Yet if you think about the tides and the moon, you begin to see that there is an order and a balance which keeps the moon in its orbit and the Earth in its orbit; which keeps the sunlight and the stars moving in their cycles. And this moon energy moves through everyone’s blood so that your blood wanes and flows just as do the tides. You are a part of something that is in exquisite balance. You are in touch with the spirit world and the highest energies and at the same time you are in touch with the Earth and its heaviest energies. You know of everything from angels and cherubim to the degradation of war, murder, torture, and the evil that entities can do to each other. And your gaze is that gaze which orders things in your world. So perhaps we would say that your most creative means of control is to create the world that you would like to see and live it. For you truly are a co-creator, and you truly can create the reality that you wish to see.

Q’uo went on to say we turn to those disciplines that have served us before: meditation, prayer, contemplation, walks in nature, and all of those ways in which we can come back to the truth that sets us free, so the question of acceptance or control is a question of how we wish to look at who we are, so Q’uo asked us to become aware of who and what we are, and to become aware that we are creating our reality, and when we have been on the spiritual path for a while, we may begin to sense that there is one outer work that we have the skills to accomplish, and that may inspire us to ask for guidance, and when we ask for guidance, that guidance is there instantly, but we may not be able to hear the voice of guidance, but the energy of that guidance is with us from that point on. Then Q’uo said Carla opens her day by asking Jesus the Christ, “What would you wish of me this day?” And this is her way of centering and offering her day, and if that question seems to be answered by something that she did not expect, that is acceptable, but it is always within the choice of the seeker as to how that seeker shall proceed since in a society which has a tendency towards meaninglessness and chaos, it is recommended that we gaze within into the mystery that lies between every cell of our body, and gaze without at the creation of the Father, for there we see–not control–a plan that is so vast that it is inconceivable and yet perfect so that planet Earth as a whole, and all of the plants and animals upon it, move in a dance of rhythm and harmony in which all needs are met. Now Q’uo said they offer Carla the vision of the rolling tide which does not seem to be controlled, but it rushes in abandonment towards the shore, and then pulls out again towards the deeps of the ocean, yet if we think about the tides and the moon we see that there is an order which keeps the moon in its orbit, and the Earth in its orbit, and which keeps the sunlight and the stars moving in their cycles, and this moon energy moves through everyone’s blood so that our blood flows just as do the tides because we are a part of something that is in balance, and we are in touch with the Spirit world and the highest energies, and at the same time we are in touch with the Earth and its heaviest energies, so we know of everything from angels and cherubim to the degradation of war and the evil that we can do to each other, and our gaze orders things in our world, so Q’uo said that our most creative means of control is to create the world that we would like to see and live in it, for we are a co-Creator, and we can create the reality that we wish to see. On July 3, 1989, Q’uo spoke of how we can become a co-Creator of our life:

However, at some point, each seeker will discover the beginning working of this process of evolution and will seek to accelerate this process in order that it might, in a conscious fashion, take part in the creation of the statue, shall we say, that is the self, the truer self, the ideal self, within certain boundaries or limitations, those limitations being set by your third-density illusion. Thus, the seeker seeks to become co-Creator of that which it is and that which it experiences and seeks to place the chisel in just the right location and seeks to strike it with just the right force.

May we ask if there is a follow-up on this query? We are those of Q’uo.

Jim: No follow-up, Q’uo.

Q’uo: Very well, my brother. Then we would ask if there is another query at this time?

T2: I’m feeling a very strong connection to you right now and I’m wondering if there is a way that I can carry this connection when I’m on my own because I’m not in Kentucky all the time, and I’m not sitting in this room all the time. I feel that there is a lot that I can gain to working to reach and touch you in a manner similar to what I feel right now.

Weare those of Q’uo, and believe we are aware of your query, my sister. There is indeed a way that you can take us with you. There is a way that all entities may take us to their hearts and that is simply to ask for our presence. We are not bound by time and space as you know them in this illusion. We are in the now as far as relating to your time and space, for we are metaphysical entities and time to us is unified and circular. Consequently, at any time that you ask mentally for us to interact with you, we shall immediately be there.

We shall not speak. We shall simply be with you, and you will feel the unconditional Love of our vibration. But there is more to it than that, my sister, as you well know. There is in the world of spirit an enormous amount that can never be said in words and while we are using this instrument to create words that hopefully will have some small use to you, we are at the same time doing a much larger job, and that is simply to communicate with you in silence—in the silence between the words and underlying all speech. We are sharing with you in that silence those concepts that cannot be brought into words and language without a tremendous amount of loss. As if you were trying to give someone a beautiful gift and it was this round ball of beautiful concept and yet, when you attempt to bring that concept into words, it is as if you have taken the string that has made that ball and pulled it out, so, in a linear fashion, you can see the thread that made up that ball. It is a long and tedious process compared to the wholeness of concept communication. And that is what we hope to offer those who call upon us any time.

Yet always, our first gift is that of loving and being loved, for we feel your love of us also. So, Love is reflected in love and the Creator’s concepts flow from metaphysical instruments such as we into your heart. We hope that you will enjoy our company for we assure you, my sister, we greatly enjoy yours and are privileged to be called to you at any time. And this goes for all who would call upon us or the entities of the Confederation in general. By all means, make use of us for we are here for only one reason and that is to interact with you at this time when you are trying to get your spiritual feet under you and to make the difference that you came here to make. And may we say, my sister and all, you cannot fail; you cannot err; because as long as you breathe in and breathe out and love, you are doing what you came to do and you are doing it very well.

T2: I’m feeling a very strong connection to you right now and I’m wondering if there is a way that I can carry this connection when I’m on my own because I’m not in Kentucky all the time, and I’m not sitting in this room all the time. I feel that there is a lot that I can gain in working to reach and touch you in a manner similar to what I feel right now. Q’uo began by saying  there is a way that you can take us with you and a way that all entities may take us to their hearts, and that is to ask for our presence because we are not bound by time and space as you know them in this illusion, so we are in the now as far as relating to your time and space, for we are metaphysical entities, and time to us is unified and circular, and at any time that you ask mentally for us to interact with you, we shall be there. Q’uo went on to say we shall not speak, but we shall be with you, and you will feel the unconditional Love of our vibration, but there is in the world of spirit that which can never be said in words, and while we are using Carla to create words that will have some use to you, we are at the same time doing a larger job, and that is to communicate with you in the silence between the words, and we are sharing with you those concepts that cannot be brought into words without a great loss, as if you were trying to give someone a gift, and it was this round ball of beautiful concepts, and when you attempt to bring those concepts into words, it is as if you have taken the string that has made that ball and pulled it out, so, in a linear fashion, you can see the thread that made up that ball, and it is a long process compared to the wholeness of concept communication, and that is what we hope to offer those who call upon us any time. Then Q’uo said our first gift is that of loving and being loved, for we feel your love of us also, so Love is reflected in love and the Creator’s concepts flow from metaphysical instruments such as we into your heart, and we hope that you will enjoy our company, for we assure you that we enjoy yours and are privileged to be called to you at any time, and this goes for all who would call upon us or the entities of the Confederation in general, so make use of us for we are here for only one reason, and that is to interact with you at this time when you are trying to get your spiritual feet under you and to make the difference that you came here to make, and may we say, my sister and all, you cannot fail because as long as you breathe in, and breathe out, and love, you are doing what you came to do, and you are doing it very well. On January 30, 1983, Hatonn said that we cannot fail on our spiritual journey:

Do not be afraid to choose, my friends. Do not fear that which is called the failure by many of your peoples, for there is in truth no such thing as failure. There may be instances wherein your choices shall not yield the results which you had hoped they would yield when you made the choices. Yet this is only a function of your imperfect understanding of what it is that will truly benefit your evolution in mind, body, and spirit. Rest within the assurance that you cannot fail as you choose, and choose, and continue to choose the path which you travel. You do not understand the complete overview, shall we say, of your journey, for this is not the density of understanding. You operate within a forgetting that increases the value, shall we say, of the choices that you make and the path that you travel in your total beingness.

Therefore, forget you the fear of failure. Choose and continue to choose fearlessly then, knowing that each choice has the opportunity to teach. And if you will listen with your inner being, discern with your mind, and join the two in meditation, you shall lead yourself through your own choices along that path which is the most efficacious for the growth that you so earnestly seek at this time.

May we ask if there is a follow-up to that query, my sister? We are those of Q’uo.

T2: The only thing I can say right now is thank you. Thank you.

We are those of Q’uo, and we thank you, my sister. Is there another query at this time? We are those of Q’uo.

[Side one of tape ends.]

(Carla channeling)

It would seem that we have exhausted those queries that entities wished to ask at this time, and that being so, we shall leave you as we found you, in the love and in the light, the peace and the power of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as those of the principle of Q’uo. We thank you once again for the pleasure of your company and the beauty of your sacred space that you have created by your interwoven auras. My friends, we wish you could see how beautiful you truly are. You lift our hearts, and we praise you for your courage. Again, we leave you in love and in light. We are those of Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai.

This morning I mixed equal portions of sugar and water and then put them in a pot to heat on the stove so that they were blended evenly, and then I put them in three hummingbird feeders. Then I went outside and hung one on the back deck, one on a nail on the corner of the garage, and the other one on a low limb of the Pawpaw tree by the driveway. It is usually this time of year that hummingbirds first appear, and I am hopeful of seeing some feeding at my feeders in the near future.

This afternoon I ran some errands with my first stop at Absolutely Nails to make an appointment to get a haircut tomorrow. My second stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market to buy some food. My third stop was at Feeder’s Supply where I bought some birdseed and some AquaSafe for the fishpond. My last stop was at Thieneman’s Nursery were I bought 84 Sunpatiens which I hope to begin transplanting in the Flower Fall Mound on the south side the front yard.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

April 16

At One With Love

I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.

Become very quiet. This moment is the linchpin of your busy day. This is your moment of communion. This is your heavenly meal.

For in this silence, in this moment, as your heart opens its inner door, so may you become Christed, at one with Love. Thus, the roots of your spirit are fed, and you are given the strength to do that which it is for you to do this day.

Perhaps you will move very quickly this day. The spirit moves quickly with you. Remember as the day goes by to touch into that place of communion in the heart, and you will find that Love is always with you, as Jesus the Christ said, until the end of the age.

Root yourself in heaven, and give your fruit to the world of the Creator that many think is the world of humankind. Let the smile upon your face be a smile knowing of the untruth of a world ever without Love.

For Love is in the midst of you. Love has created you. Love sustains you. And Love will give you work to do. At the end of your silence, at the end of your listening, go gladly to that work and rejoice that you are alive to experience the Love in this day, with these challenges.

We leave you in love and peace, now and forever. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from March 18, 2007:

Jim: The question today is from Carla, and it states: “Q’uo, I have been writing a book about Confederation principles. It is about how third density works. In discussing these principles, I have found it helpful to offer them as information helpful to playing the ‘Game of Life.’ It is a sacred game yet it is definitely a game. “The issue of self-worth and dignity has been much on my mind of late. In a way, one could say that in framing life as a game, I have taken away its dignity and taken it lightly. I do not mean to do so. I believe this game to be most worthy. Could you offer me any spiritual principles that may aid me in finding the best way to talk about the worthiness of the game board?”

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as Q’uo. We greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we come to you this day. It is, as always, a blessing and a privilege to be with this circle of seeking. We appreciate your calling us to be a part of your meditation, and we are happy to share our thoughts with you at this time. As always, we would request that each who hears these words uses his powers of discrimination to distinguish between those thoughts that are helpful and those that are not. We appreciate your consideration in this regard.

Your query this day is an interesting one. There is a certain amount of care which we shall need to take in responding because of the part of the puzzle that must be worked by the one asking the question. We do not wish to infringe upon the free will of the asker of the question, and we will refrain from doing so. However, there is, because of your asking about spiritual principles, much upon which we can comment. We shall do so in ways that do not infringe upon the free will of this instrument, who is the asker of the question. The concept of games is indeed normally associated with some form of amusement or entertainment. However, the entertainment and amusement value of a game is only part of its appeal to a player of a game. There is in humankind a tendency to wish to associate in groups. Once a group associates, it will spontaneously develop at first a rough and then, as time goes on, a more and more refined set of rules to govern the interactions of the members of that group.

Yourthird density is a relentlessly social density. There is literally no way an entity can avoid interacting with other entities of your species. Living upon the third density of planet Earth requires a society. There is an inevitable tendency within the mind of humankind towards creating games; that is, groups of people who are attempting to win something or to gain in some way and who are attempting to do so together. When this instrument chose the image of the game and extended it as a metaphor throughout the writing of the book, the fit was good because of the fact that, in terms of winning a common goal—that is, graduation from third density to fourth density positive—there is a process which follows a certain set of rules in which an entity can succeed in penetrating the game by means of learning, understanding and applying the rules of the game.

Therefore, from our point of view, using the image and the figure of the game is a good decision in terms of communicating, by means of familiar and comfortable structures, the massive structure of the Game of Life, as this instrument has termed it in her book. If one looks carefully at the great systems of thought that have attempted to describe the nature of life on planet Earth, the nature of humanity’s place in the cosmos or the nature of being itself, one may find in many different authors of many different systems of thought a structure emerging which defines the rules of the game which that particular philosophy set out to solve. There is a stigma attached to the word “game” because of its association with amusement and entertainment. And yet it is likely that each entity who reads these words will have systematically played games with himself as a means of coping and moving through life.

The question today is from Carla, and it states: “Q’uo, I have been writing a book about Confederation principles. It is about how third density works. In discussing these principles, I have found it helpful to offer them as information helpful to playing the ‘Game of Life.’ It is a sacred game, yet it is definitely a game. The issue of self-worth and dignity has been much on my mind of late. In a way, one could say that in framing life as a game, I have taken away its dignity and taken it lightly. I do not mean to do so. I believe this game to be most worthy. Could you offer me any spiritual principles that may aid me in finding the best way to talk about the worthiness of the game board?” Q’uo began by saying there is some care which we need to take in responding to your query because of the part of the puzzle that must be worked by Carla because we do not wish to infringe upon her free will, and we will refrain from doing so, but there is, because of her asking about spiritual principles, much upon which we can comment in ways that do not infringe upon her free will, and the concept of games is normally associated with some form of entertainment, but the entertainment value of a game is only part of its appeal to a player of a game since there is in humankind a tendency to wish to associate in groups, and once a group gathers, it will spontaneously develop a rough and then a more refined set of rules to govern the interactions of the members of that group. Q’uo went on to say our third density is a social density, and there is no way we can avoid interacting with other entities of our species since living upon the third density of Earth requires a society, so there is a tendency within the mind of humankind towards creating games where groups of people who are attempting to win something and who are attempting to do so together, so when Carla chose the image of the game and used it as a metaphor throughout the writing of the book, the fit was good because of the fact that in graduation from third density to fourth density positive there is a process which follows a certain set of rules in which we can succeed in penetrating the game by means of learning and applying the rules of the game. Then Q’uo said from our point of view, using the image of the game is a good decision in terms of communicating the structure of the Game of Life, as Carla has termed it in her book, and if we look at the systems of thought that have attempted to describe the nature of life on Earth, the nature of humanity’s place in the cosmos or the nature of being itself, we may find in many authors of different systems of thought a structure emerging which defines the rules of the game which that particular philosophy set out to solve, but there is a stigma attached to the word “game” because of its association with entertainment, and it is likely that each entity who reads these words will have played games with himself as a means of moving through life. On November 13, 2010, Q’uo described the Game of Life:

You are loved, you are needed, you are full of purpose, and you simply need to let go of any preconceived notions as to how that works and simply engage in life to the best of your ability, as a conscious seeker that understands the power of choice, the power of desire, the power of intention. The universe will begin to perceive you as joining the dance. You will begin to get synchronicities back. You will see repeating numbers. You will see your totem animal. You will see the signs that what you were thinking is important and that what you were thinking just now is especially important, so ponder it.

The universe will begin to help you. You will feel that feedback. And the more you lean into that, the more you will receive it, so that eventually, when someone says, “Well, why do you believe the way you do?” you have almost no ability to explain. Because you are an old, experienced hand at working with the Game of Life now. You understand about choices. You understand about love. You understand about the hall of mirrors in which all things speak to you—people, situations and things—and you are comfortable at last in this game, and enthusiastic to play it.

Forinstance, in school a student may decide that if a paper is ten pages long and is due in two weeks, the student will do a certain amount of work each day, fulfilling the game plan of being ready to write and then producing the paper on time. The strategy of how to get the paper written is a kind of game, and yet it is a quite serious game with a firm intention which has no aspect of entertainment or amusement in it. Rather, it is that which needs to be done in order to fulfill the requirements of the class. One can look at certain situations in life in the same way. For instance, to extend that particular situation, say that the student who is taking that class in college is also a parent and is attempting to work and go to school and take care of a child at the same time. In order to fulfill all of her duties, she will need to arrange her time carefully and if she is wise, this student, mother, and adult will create a game plan where there is a certain amount of time for this and a certain amount of time for that.

Using the figure of the game, the author enables the reader to slip into the story of what this game is about. We cannot estimate how entities will respond to the finished product that is streaming forth from the instrument’s cyber-pen. We cannot know precisely how spirit and she will interact. What we do know, in a sturdy and certain way, is that the worthiness of the game board will be expressed in the way the author and spirit present the material. Coming from a place of infinite respect and devotion to the infinite Creator, it is, in our humble opinion, extremely unlikely that whatever is written will fail in the end to inspire entities with the sense of the sacredness of the game being played.

Sometimes a creative entity can become too close to a project and can begin to question and doubt that which has gone into the creation of the project so far. We encourage the instrument to plow right into any doubts that come her way. And indeed, in general, when there is a second-guessing of a situation, when there is a wondering if something was the right thing to do, by all means give that concern its due. Give it time. Rest with that thought and see where it takes you when you are calm and serene in your mind and in your heart, so that whatever you discover from examining and reexamining an idea will not seem to be a negative thing but a positive thing, even if it causes changes.

We are not suggesting that this instrument should change anything. We are simply suggesting that if she is concerned, or indeed if any who create are concerned, that rather than quickly erasing and deleting and doing things over, there is a time allowed where the entity simply rests in the silence. Indeed, if there is one thing that is most helpful to any who attempts to create spiritually uplifting material, it is to embrace and use the silence. There is a tremendous amount of information that streams into each seeker’s mind and heart every moment. When the intention is set to hear that silent information, the result is instantaneous and enhanced guidance is immediately with the entity who is asking for that silent information. It does not necessarily result in an immediate and conscious realization of something specific that needs to be done. Rather, the nature of spiritual information and insight is that it balances and sets into perspective the events and situations that are being examined.

Now Q’uo said in school a student may decide that if a paper is ten pages long and is due in two weeks, the student will do a certain amount of work each day and then produce the paper on time, and the strategy of how to get the paper written is a serious game with an intention which has no aspect of entertainment in it, but it is that which needs to be done in order to fulfill the requirements of the class, so we can look at certain situations in life in the same way when the student who is taking that class in college is also a parent and is attempting to work, and go to school, and take care of a child at the same time, so in order to fulfill all of her duties, she will need to arrange her time carefully, and if she is wise she will create a game plan where there is a certain amount of time for this and a certain amount of time for that. Then Q’uo said using the idea of the game, the author enables the reader to slip into the story of what this game is about, but Q’uo cannot estimate how entities will respond to the book that is streaming forth from Carla’s cyber-pen or how spirit and she will interact, but what they do know is that the worthiness of the game board will be expressed in the way the author and spirit present the material because coming from a place of respect and devotion to the infinite Creator, it is, in their opinion, unlikely that whatever is written will fail in the end to inspire entities with the sense of the sacredness of the game being played. Q’uo continued by saying sometimes a creative entity can become too close to a project and can begin to doubt that which has gone into the creation of the project so far, so they encouraged Carla to deal with any doubts that come her way, and if there is wondering if something was the right thing to do, give that concern its due, and rest with that thought and see where it takes you when you are calm in your mind and in your heart, so that whatever you discover from reexamining an idea will not seem to be a negative thing but a positive thing, even if it causes changes. Q’uo went on to say we are not suggesting that Carla should change anything, but we are suggesting that if she is concerned, that rather than deleting and doing things over, there is time allowed where she rests in the silence because if there is one thing that is helpful to any who attempts to create spiritually uplifting material, it is to use the silence as there is a tremendous amount of information that streams into each seeker’s mind and heart every moment, so when the intention is set to hear that silent information, the result is enhanced guidance that is immediately with the entity who is asking for that silent information, and it does not necessarily result in a conscious realization of something specific that needs to be done, but the nature of spiritual information and insight is that it balances and sets into perspective the events and situations that are being examined. On April 22, 2007, Q’uo shared the value of seeking the silence:

We would like to ask all of you take a moment now and to become aware, in the silence that follows these words, of the beauty and the perfection of yourselves and of the fact that you are never alone. We ask you to rest in the silence and experience yourself.

We would also like you to open yourself to receiving information at the silent level. As the one known as Joshiah says, silent communication is by far more eloquent than words, for words are poor attempts to translate the mighty and living power of concept into the flat structures of language. We shall now pause. We are those known to you as Q’uo.

[Pause]

We thank you, my friends, for moving with us into this space of grace and sacredness. We of Q’uo are most grateful to be able to share with you on these silent levels. And truly there are many sources of positive information which are also glad to interact with you in the silence. It is, however, always necessary for you to ask for the presence of such entities in your meditations. This is to avoid any infringement upon your free will.

The making of the choice of polarity, either service to others or service to self, is indeed the central aspect of what this instrument has been calling in her book, “The Game of Life.” There is a common goal for all of humankind and that goal is to make The Choice. It is a simple concept, and indeed it is such a simple concept that it has escaped serious consideration except in those institutions which this instrument would call religious. Therefore, in our opinion, the use of this construction is a positive thing. We believe that the worth of that game, in the end, will speak for itself. For in the end, one sees a majestic, rainbow-colored structure of spiritual evolution that begins with this choice. Making this choice is the key to the spiritual development of each seeker for many, many lifetimes to come. And when this instrument chose to create this book, her desire was to get the information across in a simple manner. Consequently, we would encourage this instrument to persevere, without doubting the self, to strive for excellence and to tell the story truly and honestly. The story of love is worth the telling.

We would note before we leave the subject that although it is excellent for this instrument to write this book and for all who wish to serve to share their vision of helpful information, we feel that underlying all such efforts is one’s spirit. If it did not come through this instrument, it would come through another and another, for we do not speak any words that are unique to us except in the precise arrangement of the metaphysics of the information we offer. All of those concepts which are part of stating that the universe is unitary in nature and that, at this point in the development of humankind, it is time to make the choice of service to others or service to self, can be found in many different repositories of inspirational knowledge. Consequently, we suggest working through inspiration, rather than through any heavy feelings that there is an urgency or that time is short. These energies will not serve a spiritually oriented project, for they are the energies of fear. We would instead suggest, to all who wish to serve, serenity and acceptance of any given limitations in an absolute determination to see the project through to its natural end, in order that the baby that has been created may be birthed and shared with the world.

Then Q’uo said the making of the choice of polarity, either service to others or service to self, is the central aspect of what Carla has been calling in her book, “The Game of Life,” and there is a common goal for all of humankind, and that goal is to make The Choice, and it is a concept that has escaped consideration except in those institutions which Carla calls religious, so the use of this construction is a positive thing, and the worth of that game will speak for itself, for in the end making this choice is the key to the spiritual development of each seeker for many lifetimes to come, and when Carla chose to create this book, her desire was to get the information across in a simple manner, so we would encourage her to persevere, without doubting herself, and to tell the story truly and honestly because the story of love is worth the telling. Q’uo continued by saying we would say that although it is excellent for Carla to write this we feel that underlying the seeker’s efforts is one’s spirit, and if it did not come through Carla it would come through another, for we do not speak any words that are unique to us except in the precise arrangement of the metaphysics of the information we offer, and all of those concepts which are part of stating that the universe is unitary in nature and that it is time to make the choice of service to others or service to self can be found in many different sources of inspirational knowledge, so we suggest working through inspiration, rather than through any feelings that time is short because these energies will not serve a spiritually oriented project, for they are the energies of fear, and we would suggest, to all who wish to serve, acceptance of any limitations in a determination to see the project through to its natural end, in order that the baby that has been created may be birthed and shared with the world. On March 18, 1990, Q’uo spoke of the value of being able to accept limitations in our lives:

We speak directly to this particular instrument as well as in general to all, for this instrument has recently moved through the concepts of authority, limitation, and the making of decisions and it has discovered, and you will discover, the positive and the negative necessity of the acceptance of limitations being the beginning of the true choosing of that which is good to do for the self, and that which is kind to yield to for the self. It takes more patience than many have to wait upon inspiration, for the process of waiting is the process of forgiving the self for the limitation it has, and a beginning to believe that the change that is occurring is not a limitation, but a transformation, an alteration of the path of service intended by yourself and the Creator together before this incarnational experience was ever begun.

May we ask if there is another query at this time?

Jim: D asks: “I read a little of Walter Russell’s work, and he mentioned in his treatise on light that our universe expands and contracts in 14-billion-year cycles. Could Q’uo comment on this?”

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. May we say that it is good to touch into your wonderful energy. As to this time period suggested by Walter Russell, it is certainly accurate and is a portion of the cyclical energies that create the heartbeat of the one infinite Creator. We would also note that time is a slippery and plastic thing when it is being applied to spiritual time as opposed to physical time. The inadequacies of such measurements are due to that factor.

Is there another query at this time?

Jim: Just one more. A lady by the name of F was asking: “Why have I developed a sensitivity to electromagnetic fields? Is the sensitivity associated with spiritual growth or healing? Can it be used to assist others? Are there any spiritual principles involved which would help me contemplate this question?”

Weare those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my sister. That which is occurring to you, my sister, is a result of what we might call the thinning of the veil, as you have made the choice to awaken and to live life consciously if you can. When such a decision is made, and then when the decision is followed by a persistent series of ethical choices that bolster this decision to be alive, to live from the heart, and to espouse the values of unconditional Love, in time this creates an entirely different inner environment within that entity who was before comfortably asleep and is now wide awake and alert. Spiritual work is expressed in each seeker’s physical body in different ways. Some people experience electrical energy moving over their body. Some people experience similar sensations but rather than the sensations being electrical, they are those of being much larger than they actually are, as if, seated in the chair, their bulk became balloon-like and almost floated in the room.

There are as many reactions to increased awareness, and therefore increased energy, as there are people. Your response to the constant bombardment of third-density Earth with fourth-density waves of energy has caused you to have this particular reaction. There is no particular spiritual credit or debit to such sensations. They are a fairly mechanical part of your consciousness waking up and beginning to investigate who it is, who you are, what you are doing here, and so forth. We encourage you, my sister, to move right along with your investigation and not to be dismayed by the variations in your awareness of electromagnetic energies.

You will of course need to find out how to be comfortable with these sensations, but we would suggest encouraging cooperation in a fearless and joyful way with the symptoms when they occur. As to their being useful, this is something which we cannot discuss other than to say that it is a good question for you to ask yourself. It is a good avenue of inquiry to pursue in your personal process. We wish you and all of those who are awakening and feeling somewhat disquieting symptoms of this type the courage to move forward without fear. For these are momentary and light symptoms of an awakening heart and nervous system, shall we say. It is as though, when you awaken spiritually, your energy body gets a chance to stretch and breathe and bloom. So, you are in the process of helping your energy body to achieve a real maturity and many-petaled beauty. And we encourage you, and all who would seek, to serve and to learn.

F asked: “Why have I developed a sensitivity to electromagnetic fields? Is the sensitivity associated with spiritual growth or healing? Can it be used to assist others? Are there any spiritual principles involved which would help me contemplate this question?” Q’uo said that which is occurring to you is a result of the thinning of the veil, as you have made the choice to awaken and to live life consciously, and when the decision is followed by a series of ethical choices that strengthen this decision to live from the heart, and to express the values of unconditional Love, this creates a different inner environment within that entity who was asleep and is now awake, and spiritual work is expressed in the physical body in different ways, so some people experience electrical energy moving over their body, and some people experience similar sensations, but they feel larger than they are, and their bulk became balloon-like and floated in the room. Then Q’uo said there are as many reactions to increased awareness and increased energy as there are people, so the response to the bombardment of third-density Earth with fourth-density waves of energy has caused you to have this reaction, and there is no spiritual credit or debit to such sensations since they are a mechanical part of your consciousness waking up and beginning to investigate who you are and what you are doing here, and we encourage you to move with your investigation and not to be dismayed by the variations in your awareness of electromagnetic energies. Q’uo continued by saying you will need to find out how to be comfortable with these sensations, but we would suggest cooperation in a joyful way with the symptoms when they occur, and as to their being useful, this is something which we cannot discuss other than to say that it is a good avenue of inquiry to pursue in your personal process, and we wish you and all of those who are awakening and feeling symptoms of this type the courage to move forward without fear, for these are momentary and light symptoms of an awakening heart and nervous system, and it is as though, when you awaken spiritually, your energy body gets a chance to breathe and bloom, so you are in the process of helping your energy body to achieve a maturity and beauty, and we encourage you, and all who would seek, to serve and to learn. On May 25, 2019, Q’uo described how fourth-density vibrations can affect our energy body:

We would suggest that as you are in your meditative state and experiencing the expansive qualities of your own energy body moving in a greater and greater range of frequencies that are in excess of the normal range for yourself, that there is the, shall we say, interconnection between your energy body, and the vibratory patterns of the planetary sphere that are being expressed in the manner which we were describing in our previous answer to your query about the difficult harvest; for as you are expanding in your own ability to experience and appreciate the vastness of the spiritual searching that your energy body allows you to have, you are also experiencing some of those difficult vibrations that are everywhere present, and which impinge upon the unitive experience that is attempting to manifest itself through your meditative state.

Is there a final query at this time?

[Pause]

If there is no further query at this time, we will take our leave of this instrument and this group, leaving each in the love and the light, the power and the peace, of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.

This morning I re-recorded the section on Patterns of Choice—The Initial Choice from Chapter Eight of 102. Then I went outside and planted Morning Glories in the center of the cross in the back yard, and then I placed netting around the pyramid made with 8 ft. plastic poles to keep the deer from eating the Morning Glories. Then I went to my mailbox at the end of the parking area in front of my home and planted Morning Glories in the two round containers on the side of the mailbox and covered them with netting. Then I went behind the garage and planted Morning Glories in the four 5 gal. buckets. Then I watered all of the Morning Glories.

This afternoon I re-recorded the section on Repetitions of Choice from Chapter Eight from 102 which completed the re-recording of 102. Then I went outside and dug up the Ruins Mound Garden in preparation for planting some annual flowers there in the next week or so.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

April 15

You Seek The Uncreated Things

I am of the consciousness of Love, and I greet you in the name of Jesus the Christ.

I am the Spirit, created before all worlds and uncreated, attaching creation to un-creation in the fullness of the Father.

Before your minds lie things created. And yet you seek the uncreated things, that which you call the mystery. You need seek no further than the depths and recesses of your being. Each soul is uncreated as well as created, potential as well as active, unstructured as well as infinite, full and whole, with a wholeness of that which is not created but merely is a gift.

For Love is that substance which not only is created but creates its own creation from itself. Never fear that you shall lack, in the Spirit of Love, to be able to offer Love in any amount if you but seek the uncreated strength and fullness of the spirit of Jesus Christ. Infinity lies within you and Light which seems inaccessible to the eyes is accessible in prayer.

We leave you in the peace of wholeness, now and ever.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from February 18, 2007:

The question this week has to do with the various religions that we have on planet Earth. They all seem to have a center of truth, but each religion also seems to have a number of adherents who interpret it their own way and who become fanatic in one way or another, trying make the religion into a dogma, to say this is the way and the only way. Is this a human trait? And how can we really know what is the true path for each of us? It seems like each of us has that spark of the Creator in us that recognizes truth, and we are more reminded of truth than informed of truth. Can Q’uo give us some general principles as to how look at the various religions and how to find what is “the way” for us?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings, my friends, in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we come to you this day. Thank you for creating a circle of seeking. Thank you for inviting us to join that circle. Thank you for the excellent question concerning how each seeker may find his own way amidst the welter of seemingly disparate theories of who God is and what the nature of creation is. It is our privilege to share our thoughts with you on this interesting subject. As always, we would ask that each entity listen carefully for resonance, not only in the things we have to say but in listening to all opinion from whatever source. You are fully able to feel that resonance and that spark of interest and we would encourage you to wait for that resonance and that spark rather than taking everything that we have to say as being equally useful. We thank you for this discrimination on each of your parts. It allows us to speak our thoughts to you without being concerned that we will inadvertently infringe upon your free will or disturb your sacred process of evolution in mind, body and spirit.

Youask this day concerning how to wend your way amidst the amazing array of religious and philosophical opinion concerning the nature of the Godhead, the nature of creation, and the nature and purpose of human life. In former days we would not have been able to have such a simple beginning to a discourse upon this subject. The progress of your science has enabled us to have a fairly straightforward entry into the doorway of the nature of the created universe. Investigation has shown that which seems to be solid matter is actually made up largely of a plenum ¹ or a space in which there is no mass, very thinly populated by energy vortices. These energy vortices are the atoms and molecules that make up the cells of your body as well as the material of all other things that you can see, feel, touch, taste, and smell.

These energy fields cooperate together and nest within one another in various ways according to the nature of attraction and repulsion, forming the universe that you see. Scientific inquiry has proven that all parts of the universe communicate and are connected with all other parts of the universe, so that the universe is one thing. This is not given to you by priests or prophets but by your scientists, who have become the priests and prophets of your culture, if we may give it that name. What is the nature, then, of these vibratory patterns that arrange themselves hierarchically so as to create orders of magnitude, creating everything from the atoms and molecules within the cells of your body to the star systems within your galaxy? We of the Confederation of Planets in the Service of the Infinite Creator have identified the nature of these hierarchically unitive and harmonious energy fields as being that of Love.

The energy that created the stars is that of Love. The energy that created you is the energy of Love. That does not define Love, for if Love is all that there is, there is nothing to which to compare it. There’s nothing from which to contrast it. In its undistorted form it is forever a mystery, unable to be plumbed by centers of consciousness which are aware of themselves. The truth of the universe lies most profoundly in the unknowable reaches of the mystery of the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator. Yet the universe is unitive. And it is unitive in a certain way. It is unitive holographically. Any one spark of the infinite Creator contains the entire nature of the one infinite Creator. Every cell of your body sings the song of the one infinite Creator. The suns in their courses sing the song of the one infinite Creator. There is fullness to the universe that is intense, as if every particle and iota of the universe were stuffed to bursting with the Love and the Light of life. You experience life as you breathe in and breathe out. And you ask what this experience is, for you are aware of yourself. And certainly you have many, many voices in your ear, happy to explain precisely what life is and how to live that life in a good way.

The group question for this session was: “It seems like each of us has that spark of the Creator in us that recognizes truth, and we are more reminded of truth than informed of truth. Can Q’uo give us some general principles as to how look at the various religions and how to find what is “the way” for us?” Q’uo began by saying we ask this day concerning how to wend our way among the various religious and philosophical opinions concerning the nature of God, the nature of creation, and the purpose of human life, and in former days Q’uo would not have been able to have a simple beginning to a study upon this subject, but the progress of our science has enabled them to have a basic entry into the nature of the created universe so that investigation has shown that which seems to be solid matter is actually made up largely of space in which there is no mass and is populated by energy vortices which are the atoms and molecules that make up the cells of our body as well as the material of all other things that you can see, feel, touch, taste, and smell. Then Q’uo said these energy fields cooperate together and nest within one another in various ways according to the nature of attraction and repulsion, forming the universe that we see, and scientific inquiry has proven that all parts of the universe communicate and are connected with all other parts of the universe, so that the universe is one thing, but this is not given to us by prophets but by our scientists, who have become the prophets of our culture, so: “What is the nature, then, of these vibratory patterns that arrange themselves hierarchically so as to create orders of magnitude, creating everything from the atoms and molecules within the cells of your body to the star systems within your galaxy?” So Q’uo said we of the Confederation of Planets in the Service of the Infinite Creator have identified the nature of these hierarchically unitive and harmonious energy fields as being that of Love. Q’uo continued by saying the energy that created the stars is that of Love, and the energy that created us is the energy of Love, but that does not define Love, for if Love is all that there is, there is nothing to which to compare it or from which to contrast it so that in its undistorted form it is forever a mystery, and the truth of the universe lies in the unknowable reaches of the mystery of the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator, and yet the universe is unitive holographically, and any spark of the infinite Creator contains the entire nature of the infinite Creator, and every cell of our body sings the song of the one infinite Creator, and it is as if every particle of the universe were stuffed to bursting with the Love and the Light of life which we experience as we breathe in and breathe out, and we have many voices in our ear, happy to explain what life is and how to live that life in a good way. On February 14, 1993, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the infinite Creator:

The most comprehensive definition of life is this life is manifestation. To put this another way, life is movement. Because we do not feel that this basic a definition is helpful, we shall go further, but it is well to remember that all that is, is alive—that all was created by a thought which was the character and nature of the infinite Creator. This thought we call Love, for there is no appropriate designation. However, this Love is as terrible as it is filled with wonder, and loves as passionately destruction as it does creation, for the Love that is the nature of the Father, shall we say, is a Love that embraces the creation as a whole process, so that all phases of this movement are equally lovely.

Please understand, as you look back over some of your more difficult experiences with authority figures who have attempted to tell you what to believe, that every entity who seeks to serve the infinite Creator can fall into what the one known as T called “the trap” of teaching in such a way as to constrict the energies of those listening to his words. Let us look at that energy of the authority figure who wishes to teach well, in order to come into a more compassionate and charitable understanding of what drives such an entity. An entity who is moved and inspired by whatever agency, personality, or inspired writing becomes aware of himself in a special way. He becomes aware of how alive he is, and he thinks, “I must give this gift, this wonderful life I feel, to others! I must pass on this wonderful inspiration that is given to me!” There is generally no intention of doing anything other than the purest of good. However, the trap of dogma is always waiting for the teacher.

It is a wise teacher indeed who is able to differentiate between his personal experiences with the divine and that which is helpfully expressed concerning seeking the divine. In a world that wishes to codify, organize, and arrange life in an orderly manner, the mystical view, which is found at the heart of all religions and many philosophies as well, while greatly appealing, is found cumbersome and awkward to teach. When you’re speaking of something that is indescribable and ineffable, words fail. The human tendency, then, is to apply an organization to the mystery of the one Creator. And different religions have had different reasons to create different structures of belief, which have hardened into dogma. If the Creator is infinite Love and infinite Light, and if the creation is evolving continuously forever, then there is continuously more of truth than there was before. Consciousness is continuously expanding. The problem with any dogma, then, is that it cannot re-form itself to hold the new truth that is flowing forth at every moment from the creative principle.

As the seasons change, as the grass blooms and withers again and again, so the consciousness of humankind evolves and grows. You are a point of that consciousness. You have access in your very nature, in every cell of your body, in every thought that you think to the one infinite Creator in its undistorted form. Yet that truth lies deeply protected in you. It is protected from your casual thoughts. It is protected from the stormy seas of your daily, conscious experience. It is protected by its placement within your heart. The mind and all of its intellectual forces cannot storm the bastion of the open heart. Entities, then, seeking to share bits of their truth with others, become invested in this codified, formalized, organized structure of thoughts that add up to a way to seek the one infinite Creator. With the gift of hindsight, scholars have often pontificated as to where a certain religion went wrong or how a certain religion has everything right. Yet as soon as the seeking for the one infinite Creator becomes codified and organized beyond a certain point, it can be a delimiting influence rather than an expansive influence.

Then Q’uo said as they look back over some of our difficult experiences with authority figures who have attempted to tell us what to believe, to please understand that every entity who seeks to serve the infinite Creator can fall into “the trap” of teaching in such a way as to constrict the energies of those listening to his words, so Q’uo wanted to look at that energy of the authority figure who wishes to teach well in order to come into a more compassionate understanding of what drives such an entity because an entity who is moved and inspired by whatever personality or inspired writing becomes aware of himself in a special way, aware of how alive he is, and he thinks, “I must give this gift, this wonderful life I feel, to others! I must pass on this wonderful inspiration that is given to me!” And there is no intention of doing anything other than the purest of good, but the trap of dogma is always waiting for the teacher. Now Q’uo said it is a wise teacher who is able to differentiate between his personal experiences with the divine and that which is expressed in seeking the divine, and in a world that wishes to arrange life in an orderly manner, the mystical view, which is found at the heart of all religions and many philosophies as well, is found awkward to teach, so when you are speaking of something that is indescribable words fail, and the human tendency is to apply an organization to the mystery of the one Creator, and different religions had different reasons to create different structures of belief which have hardened into dogma, but if the Creator is infinite Love and Light, and if the creation is evolving forever, then there is always more truth than there was before since consciousness is continuously expanding, so the problem with any dogma is that it cannot re-form itself to hold the new truth that is flowing forth at every moment from the Creative principle. Q’uo went on to say as the seasons change the consciousness of humankind evolves and grows, and we are a part of that consciousness since we have access in every cell of our body and in every thought that we think about the one infinite Creator in Its undistorted form, yet that truth lies protected in us from our casual thoughts and by its placement within our heart, and the mind and all of its intellectual forces cannot take over our open heart so that when entities, seeking to share bits of their truth with others, become invested in this organized structure of thoughts that add up to a way to seek the one infinite Creator, scholars have often taught as to where a certain religion went wrong or how a certain religion has everything right, but as soon as the seeking for the one infinite Creator becomes organized beyond a certain point, it can be a limiting influence rather than an expansive influence. On January 2, 1994, Q’uo describe the nature of our open heart:

The open heart of the great Self which each self is is that center which is a unity. All of the portions of the Creator, shall we say rather misleadingly, seem to themselves to be in time and space each unique, each separate and each apart. Yet, in truth, the center of the constellations is the open heart. All measurement, all numbering, all ways of detailing and patterning the observed creation fall to dust before the open heart. Love is of a certain nature. The fullness, breadth, depth and height of the nature of Love is both revealed and concealed by its visibility and ready accessibility for each self contains this center without distortion within the open heart.

Many churches and many different religions decide to bypass the intellect and rest upon the opening of the heart. They engage in song after song that praises the one infinite Creator within the language and clothing of that particular religion. Their members are perhaps encouraged to pray out loud and to become ecstatic. And in the surging of the rhythmic cadences of the songs, in the prayers and the praise, the Love and Light of the one infinite Creator seem palpable. And therefore, the experience of those seeking the Creator in these ways has a certain amount of purity to it which is missing from those more intellectually organized religions where the mind is the tool used to probe at the meaning of life, of what it is to be a human being and what it is to serve the one infinite Creator. Interestingly enough, Love is the one great force that all entities know intimately, but which resists definition completely. And indeed, to attempt to use words to describe Love is to attempt to build a great edifice out of pebbles.

Love is all that there is. That one Thought is the creation. And you have a port on the ocean of that Thought in your heart of hearts. Therefore, you are as equipped as any entity in the universe to seek the one infinite Creator. You have primary access to the direct experience of the Creator. And indeed, it was for that purpose that you came into this illusion. You are gathering information. You are working with that information according to the biases of your personality and your desires. And as you gather your life experiences, each of you makes choices which open to you a way to move forward and to progress. And each of you has had this experience of awakening and coming to the realization that you are a truly powerful entity, able to question and able to seek. Once an entity has awakened and has begun to ask the deeper questions, a rhythm begins to occur between Creator and created. The asking and the answering becoming as entwined as a heartbeat, in and out, pulsing, pulsing, pulsing, so that as you ask, so you receive; as you ask, so you receive.

It is instantaneous and constant in your life. You have at each heartbeat, at each breath, the opportunity to ask and the opportunity to receive an answer. The sticking point here is that that answer comes within the mystery of silence. And it oozes up into your conscious experience almost as a surprise to you. You have learned by osmosis. You have soaked up the truth. And as you live out your life you discover what you are learning as it shows up in your thinking. And many are the epiphanies and “aha’s” of a spiritual life in which the seeker is content to let this teaching occur mostly in the silence of meditation, contemplation and the deep resting in whatever practices create for you personally a sacred chamber in which to tell the secrets of your heart to the loving ears of the one infinite Creator.

Now Q’uo said many religions bypass the intellect and rest upon the opening of the heart, and they engage in song after song that praises the one infinite Creator within the language of that religion, and their members are encouraged to pray out loud and to become ecstatic, so in the surging of the rhythmic cadences of the songs, in the prayers and the praise, the Love and Light of the one infinite Creator seem palpable, and the experience of those seeking the Creator in these ways has a certain purity to it which is missing from those more intellectually organized religions where the mind is the tool used to probe at the meaning of life and what it is to serve the one infinite Creator so that Love is the one great force that all entities know intimately, but to attempt to use words to describe Love is to attempt to build a great edifice out of pebbles. Q’uo went on to say Love is all that there is; that one Thought is the creation; and we have a port on the ocean of that Thought in our heart of hearts, so we have access to the experience of the Creator, and it was for that purpose that we came into this illusion, and as we gather our life experiences, each of us makes choices which open to us a way to progress so that each of us has had this experience of awakening and coming to the realization that we are a truly powerful entity, and once we have awakened and have begun to ask the deeper questions, a rhythm begins to occur between Creator and created, and the asking and the answering becoming as entwined as a heartbeat, so that as we ask, so we receive. Q’uo continued by saying it is instantaneous and constant in our life, and at each heartbeat, at each breath, we have the opportunity to ask and to receive an answer, but the sticking point is that that answer comes within the mystery of silence, and it oozes up into our conscious experience as a surprise to us because we have learned by soaking up the truth, and as we live out our life we discover what we are learning as it shows up in our thinking, and many are the epiphanies of a spiritual life in which we are content to let this teaching occur in the silence of meditation, contemplation, and the deep resting in whatever practices create for us a sacred chamber in which to tell the secrets of our heart to the loving ears of the one infinite Creator. On February 15, 2004, Q’uo spoke as to how we may experience epiphanies in our life:

Which is that direction which wants you as much as you wish it? It is a matter of asking and asking again, centering and asking, centering and asking, until the life process contains the centering and the asking, the centering and the asking far beyond even a habit and more into a way of breathing life in and breathing life out. Ask… rest… ask… rest… as a way of being, so that you are asking yourself to open to the sense of rightness, the sense of resonance that you may get through your body and any of your senses, within your heart and various energy centers, in those signs and wonders which mean something subjectively to you personally. When the asking has become a part of the in breath and the resting has become a part of the out breath and the time between breaths, then you have entered a state of mind, a way of being, that has the best possibility of bringing to you a richer load or harvest of information concerning the issue about which you are asking. Sometimes it is a very subtle thing and occurs over a period of time, while in other cases there are sudden and sharp epiphanies in which whole systems of the future are seen for the first time in wonderful delineation.

It is never known ahead of time what pattern shall emerge from the chaos of asking without expectation. Yet, when it comes, there is that sense of a converging pattern that will let you know that the pieces, as the one known as S said, seem to be coming together. Chaos seems to be melting into a certain quantum, a certain situation that has, to say it one way, the blessing of guidance; to say it another way, the resonance of a good pattern that fits within those parameters of your incarnation which you set up before birth. It is not that there is a fate laid out for you. The possibilities are always infinite. It is that you have created for yourself what this instrument would loosely call a mission, a personal plan of service and learning. And, when that mission is being materially addressed, with whatever success, there is a sense of being in the right place that is unmistakable

Youare consciousness. It is not something you possess. It is not a characteristic of you. Consciousness lives your life to the extent you can get the details of your personality out of the way. And yet the details of your personality are all valuable. Therefore, the perfectly natural desire of the intensely devoted student to cast aside the personality and devote the self entirely to the silence is, for most entities, a solution that shall not be satisfying. For most entities, each coloration and quirk of the personality is there for a reason. Each seeming challenge, difficulty, and sorrow that occurs in the life has been placed there not to make you stumble but to help you learn.

Entitieswho give themselves over to a religion and accept its dogma simplify their path in a certain way. And if they are able to dwell within that simplified structure of thought without falling into the trap of judgment of the self and other selves when they do not believe as do you, they are very likely to be able to use that religion as a way to the infinite Creator that works well. For each religion teaches the basic love of other people and the Love of the one infinite Creator. And if an entity loves the Creator and loves the neighbor as the self, however that is put, the path to graduation from third density is clear. The choices to serve others has been made. The work is good. More and more, however, as entities have matured after many, many incarnations within third density, entities find themselves unable to restrict themselves to the dogma and the canon law of a particular religion. And when entities find themselves unable to do this, then they are set on a new path, a path of their own choosing, a path which they will create themselves. Any entity can create within himself a way, a truth, and a life if he begins and ends with Love.

We would not for all the world criticize or undermine those who are in any religion or believe any philosophy. The paths to the one infinite Creator are as many as the self-conscious beings who seek that Creator. Your way will be unique to you, just as everyone else’s way is unique to them. It helps to see religion for the kind of powerful influence that it is. If you may see the forces of religion to include that of the world as well as that of the starry heavens, then you may see how quickly the energy of a new religion can become heavy and bogged down with dogma and politics. Look at the religion that this instrument understands the best, for it is her own: the Christian church. It began in the mysticism of the Essenes. The one known as Jesus the Christ was trained and trained in the Essene way as well as in the scholarship of the Jewish religion. This entity’s stories and parables were about simple things: being a peacemaker; understanding that he who loves the prisoner, the orphan, the widow, is loving Jesus the Christ; understanding that he who feeds the hungry is feeding Jesus the Christ.

Q’uo went on to say that we are consciousness, but it is not something we possess because consciousness lives our life to the extent we can get the details of our personality out of the way even though the details of our personality are valuable, so the natural desire of the devoted student to cast aside the personality and devote the self entirely to the silence is a solution that shall not be satisfying, for most of us each quirk of our personality is there for a reason, so each challenge that occurs in our life has been placed there to help us learn. Then Q’uo said those who give themselves over to a religion and accept its dogma simplify their path, and if they are able to dwell within that simplified structure of thought without falling into the trap of judgment of the self and other selves when they do not believe as they do, then they are able to use that religion as a way to the infinite Creator that works well, for each religion teaches the basic love of other people and the Love of the one infinite Creator, so if we love the Creator and the neighbor as the self, the path to graduation from third density is clear since the choices to serve others have been made, and the work is good, but as we have matured after many incarnations within third density, we find ourselves unable to restrict ourselves to the dogma of a particular religion, so when we find ourselves unable to do this, then we are set on a new path of our choosing, which we will create, and anyone can create within himself a path of truth and life if they begin and end with Love. Q’uo continued by saying they would not criticize those who are in any religion or believe any philosophy since the paths to the one infinite Creator are as many as the self-conscious beings who seek that Creator, and our way will be unique to us, just as everyone else’s way is unique to them, and it helps to see religion for the kind of powerful influence that it is, so we may see the forces of religion to include that of the world as well as that of the starry heavens, so then we may see how quickly the energy of a new religion can become bogged down with dogma and politics, so if we look at the religion that Carla understands the best, for it is her own–the Christian church–and it began in the mysticism  of Jesus the Christ who was trained in the Essene way as well as in the scholarship of the Jewish religion, so His stories and parables were about simple things: “being a peacemaker; understanding that he who loves the prisoner, the orphan, the widow, is loving Jesus the Christ; understanding that he who feeds the hungry is feeding Jesus the Christ.” On March 13, 1988, Q’uo spoke of the life of Jesus the Christ:

That which the one known as Jesus the Christ exemplified was above all else unconditional Love, a Love so great that It was willing to lay down the Earthly life that others might live eternally. Thus, the pattern was given in a manner which each will approach from a unique point of beginning. Many will find the journey seems to lead in lands far distant from that spoken of by the one known as Jesus the Christ, and yet as each through experience and time moves closer and closer in its seeking towards greater and more refined expressions of that which you call truth, each will find that it moves closer to the heart of that which the one known as Jesus the Christ exemplified, the unconditional Love and compassion that is the gateway through which each shall pass at some point within the evolutionary process.

Jesusasked entities to care for each other and to hold all things in common. There was not in any of his teaching instruction on making a church. Indeed, this entity had no home, and during his peripatetic  ministry, he walked on dusty trails with very little of worldly goods at all. In his name, and in his memory, humankind has created a monstrous, rich, arrogant, political organization with many beautiful buildings which reach to the heavens with their spires and their crosses. Yet within them there is no virtue, except in the hearts of those who still seek the infinite Creator and use those sacred spaces to do so. Look at any new idea and it is alive! It has a dynamic energy to it that excites people, and people want to capture that and pass that on to their children and their children’s children. And so, they make another building, another religion, another code to try to capture that which cannot be captured.

At the same time you must appreciate what religion has done for entities on planet Earth. It has given the intellect something to gnaw on. In many different ways it offers people a chance to meet the Creator. Whether you seek within the bounds of a religion or whether the path upon which you walk is one you have created yourself, your very nature demands that you will meet the Creator, again and again. Things will happen to you that are meaningful to you personally and that move your consciousness from one point to another. Whether you are an indigenous entity that has never read a book, an auto mechanic, a college professor, or the most rarified mystic meditating upon the roof of the world in Nepal or Tibet, you have an equal opportunity to meet the Creator upon the road of your everyday life. Appreciate religion for what it has offered to you and to all. In the mystery of the one infinite Creator there are no roads. There is no way to think upon the sacred. The only opportunity you have is to be the sacred, and therefore to know it from the inside out.

Within churches, and temples, and synagogues, and mosques the world over, you have entities and groups of entities who are dedicated to preserving a certain structure which has been helpful to many entities in their search for the infinite Creator. This instrument, for example, chose long ago, in her childhood, to live a life of faith within the Christian church as the path of her life. As she understands it—as she understood it then and as she understands it now—there was a particular virtue to dedicating her life to Christ. This entity was a devotee in a religion that does not usually have devotees, of that particular kind which this entity is. That is, she was not hungry to soak up the dogma, but rather hungry for the mystery that she felt bursting the bonds of dogma.

Q’uo continued by saying Jesus asked us to care for each other and to hold all things in common, but there was not in any of His teaching instructions on making a church, and He had no home, and during His ministry, He walked on dusty trails with very little of worldly goods, and in His memory humankind has created rich, arrogant, and political organizations with beautiful buildings which reach to the heavens with their spires and their crosses, yet within them there is no virtue, except in the hearts of those who still seek the infinite Creator and use those sacred spaces to do so, and if we look at any new idea it is alive, and it has an energy to it that excites people, and people want to capture that and pass it on to their children and their children’s children, and so they make another building, another religion, another code to try to capture that which cannot be captured. Then Q’uo said at the same time we must appreciate what religion has done for entities on planet Earth by giving the intellect something to think about, and in many ways it offers people a chance to meet the Creator, so whether we seek within the bounds of a religion or whether the path upon which we walk is one we have created our self, our nature demands that we will meet the Creator, again and again, and things will happen to us that are meaningful personally and that move our consciousness from one point to another, so whether we are an indigenous entity that has never read a book, an auto mechanic, or the most rarified mystic meditating upon the roof of the world in Nepal, we have an equal opportunity to meet the Creator upon the road of our everyday life, so we should appreciate religion for what it has offered all of us because in the mystery of the one infinite Creator there are no roads and no way to think upon the sacred, so the only opportunity we have is to be the sacred, and to know it from the inside out. Now Q’uo said within churches, temples, synagogues, and mosques we have groups of entities who are dedicated to preserving a certain structure which has been helpful to many entities in their search for the infinite Creator, and Carla chose in her childhood to live a life of faith within the Christian church as the path of her life, and as she understands it now there was a virtue to dedicating her life to Christ, and she was a devotee in a religion that does not usually have devotees that are not hungry to soak up dogma, but she was hungry for the mystery that she felt bursting the bonds of dogma. On June 24, 2005, Q’uo described the basic nature of dogma:

This instrument was very fortunate. For many people, the only way that they have found to approach their love of the one infinite Creator is to buy, as this instrument would say, hook, line, and sinker, the dogma of a particular sect of a particular religion. For those entities who wish to do this, we may say that it is a valid path to the one infinite Creator. We would point out, however, that it is trammeled and slowed by the dogma which it carries and by those entities which are excluded from the Love and the Light of their Creator, in their story of the Creator, by judgment.

When you see judgment, you know that you have, somehow, lost the way to a true understanding of unconditional Love. The one known as Jesus, this instrument’s Master, hung from the cross, unjustly judged, in the story of its Crucifixion. And, in that story, two thieves and murderers hung, one on each side. And one of those thieves said to the one known as Jesus the Christ, “I know I don’t deserve it, but, Lord, when you come to paradise, will you think of me?” And the one known as Jesus said, “This day you shall be with me in paradise.”

Does your Creator open Its arms and say, “Everybody in”? If so, my friends, you are on the right track. And if you run into an entity whose fear of not making that heavenly gate is such that it must cling to judgment, then bless that entity on its way and find ways to relate to that entity as a soul and not as a personality. Lift up beyond the details of its judgment of you and focus on your total acceptance of it. For it, too, is the Creator. It may have descended into fear. It may have chosen to judge others. And so that entity is creating an Old Testament Creation. But for you, it is a completely different Creation, and you get to judge.

Shall you open your heart in compassion or shall you close it because you can see something that might be amiss in another? You have the power! Forgive, and that entity is forgiven, that entity is lifted up. Choose your judgments well.

[Side one of tape ends.]

(Carla channeling)

Andshe understood that, in any sacred writing, there is a database of inspired thought which bursts the bonds of words when heard again and again in different circumstances of life. And so, this entity lives her “rule of life.” She continues to study the same database, the Holy Bible, which she has studied for her entire life. And yet she has rejected all dogma by conscious decision. Now, each entity can make this kind of choice for himself. And indeed, it is necessary to look carefully, and with the artist’s eye, at how to live a rule of life. We do recommend that each entity create a kind of rule of life for himself. What we cannot recommend is how that rule of life goes. You need to walk your own path, paying attention for that which the moment brings to you.

Some entities are drawn irresistibly to the Christian faith. Some entities are drawn just as irresistibly to the Buddhist faith. There is a path for just about every personality type. And yet all of these paths hold the barest skeleton of truth in its ineffable and mysterious form. All of those structures of thought that religions represent fail. None of them satisfies that thirst to know the truth. This instrument is informing us that we must stop this discussion at this point, so we would end with this thought: you are the possessor of truth, but you do not know that you are. However, the Creator is generous in arranging for you within third density an illusion in which nothing can be known, and yet in which you can come to know with a particularly resonant awareness what your path is or what your truth is. You cannot make it happen. What you can do is to set yourself up in an environment which is capable of holding gnosis, or knowing. Therefore, trust in your own senses, sensings, thoughts, and feelings. As you seek to awaken, to seek and to serve, listen and look for the resonances that tell you that you are on the path that is for you. Once you start looking for resonance, you will find that the creation is full of information for you. And the more that you practice listening, the more that you can hear of the voices that are speaking to you in every moment. We lift you up and honor you in our thoughts and in our hearts. For you have the courage to probe the darkness, knowing that there is nothing but Light. We wish you well on your seeking, and thank you for the opportunity to share these humble thoughts with you as you go upon your way.

Q’uo said Carla understood that, in any sacred writing, there is a database of inspired thought which bursts the bonds of words when heard again and again in different circumstances of life, and she lives her “rule of life” by continuing to study the Holy Bible, which she has studied for her entire life, and she has rejected all dogma by conscious decision, and each of us can make this kind of choice for our self, and it is necessary to look carefully with the artist’s eye at how to live a rule of life, and Q’uo recommended that each of us create a rule of life for our self, but what they cannot recommend is how that rule of life goes because we need to walk our own path, paying attention to that which the moment brings to us. Then Q’uo said some entities are drawn to the Christian faith, and some are drawn to the Buddhist faith, so there is a path for just about every personality type, but all of these paths hold the barest skeleton of truth in its mysterious form because all of those structures of thought that religions represent fail as none of them satisfies our thirst to know the truth, and we are the possessor of truth, but we do not know that we are, but the Creator is generous in arranging for us within third density an illusion in which nothing can be known, and yet in which we can come to know our path is, but we cannot make it happen. Q’uo completed their reply by saying what we can do is to set our self up in an environment which is capable of holding knowing, so we should trust in our thoughts and feelings, and as we seek to awaken and to serve, look for the resonances that tell us that we are on the path that is for us, and then we will find that the creation is full of information for us, and the more that we practice listening, the more that we can hear of the voices that are speaking to us in every moment, and: “ We lift you up and honor you in our thoughts and in our hearts. For you have the courage to probe the darkness, knowing that there is nothing but Light. We wish you well on your seeking, and thank you for the opportunity to share these humble thoughts with you as you go upon your way.” On April 17, 1983, Hatonn spoke of how there is nothing but Light:

As you sit in meditation, parts of that journey flash before you, colors and visions and the sensation of speed, and any experiences you have had to come to this moment of peace. This is the precious moment of all creation. This instant is the excellent instant, far excelling past or future, for here your heart lies, and your consciousness rests, and you can receive and give forth the breath of creation, Love and Light. In and out you are filled with nothing but Light, nothing but Love. How interesting that you arranged this illusion so that it would be impossible for you to go through your incarnation in this state without renouncing nature, the nature of your body, your mind, and your emotions. Do you trust yourself? If you do, then you must know that you had good reason to hide from yourself the perfection of this moment. There were some points that you wanted to learn better than you knew them before. There were some parts of the spectrum of your Light and your Love that you wished to emphasize and explore.

May we ask if there are other queries at this time? We are those of

Q’uo.

[No further queries.]

We are those of Q’uo, and find that we have exhausted the questions of this group at this time. This leaves us only to say what a pleasure and a privilege it has been to be with you this evening. Your beauty astounds us. Your love of the Creator encourages us. And to be a part of this circle of seeking is a great blessing to us. We leave this instrument and this group in the love and the light of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.

This morning I re-recorded the section on Synchronicity, Watch the Magic of the Holistic System Unfold from Chapter Eight of 102. Then I ran some errands with my first stop at Big O Tires in Middletown to see if it would be OK for me to have AAA tow Stanley to their parking lot to be worked on at some point this week. So, when I got to my rental car, I called AAA and arranged for a tow truck to tow Stanley to Big O Tires. Then I stopped in at Paul’s Fruit Market to buy some food and some Morning Glory Seeds. It was about 15 minutes after I got home that the tow truck arrived, and it towed Stanley to Big O Tires and left it in their parking lot. I gave Big O Tires the keys to Stanley and then drove out to Enterprise Rental Cars to return the Mirage rental car. Before I went in I called for a taxi to take me back to Big O Tires because I had just gotten a call from Big O Tires telling me that the problem with Stanley was the battery that was installed in February. I waited over half an hour, but no taxi showed up, so I was lucky that Enterprise Rental had a fellow who drove their van to take a couple of fellows to their hotel, and they said he could take me back to pick up Stanley. After I paid for the new battery the Big O Tire employee told me that it was well known that AAA installs used batteries in cars that they have been called to replace batteries in.

This afternoon I went out to the center of the cross in the back yard and took down the old netting on the four 8-foot poles that made a pyramid that I planted Morning Glories on last year, and then I dug up the ground in preparation for planting the Morning Glory seeds that I bought this morning. Then I went to get a tool to finish the putting up of the poles in the pyramid, and I noticed the fishpond pump had come apart from the tube that leads to the fountain, and it was pumping water out of the fishpond. So, I used a razor blade to cut a line through the duct tape around the tube and then used pliers to pull the duct off the tubing. Then I put super glue in the end of the tube and stuck it in the pump opening and taped it all together with new duct tape, and then I filled the pond with enough water to keep the fountain from shooting the water out of the pond.  

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

April 14

May Your Spirit Speak

I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ. I greet you in the full consciousness of Love and in Its Spirit.

As one person looks upon another, creature looks at creature, and Spirit looks at spirit. In the eyes of some the creature is awake and the spirit quite asleep.

In the eyes of others, the spirit has so far awakened that the creature needs no expression, for all has been sublimated to the transformation of spirit. In each glance, in each touch, and in each word with other entities, may your spirit speak mutely and creatively to those about you, and may you rejoice to find the lively Spirit when and where you will.

Indeed, the Spirit is in all. And it is well that all encouragement be given by you, that it may be awakened. To each creature which has the spirit underneath there are awakening and enlivening words and graceful gestures of love and compassion which can be made which do not preach in words but speak volumes to the spirit within others in a sense which goes far deeper than words. Thus, may your spirit speak, and thus may you aid in recreating and transforming all to Spirit.

We leave you in the lively, creative, and transformational peace of the Spirit of Christ.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from January 21, 2007:

We saw a movie last week where the hero gave his life to save a friend from a gang of bad guys but he killed a number of bad guys in the process. His intentions were pure to serve and save his friend but his actions were mixed. We would like to ask Q’uo how our polarity is affected when our intentions are good but our actions are mixed.

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as Q’uo. We greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we come to you this day. Thank you for asking us to join your circle of seeking and to share our thoughts on the workings of intention, action, and polarity. Certainly today, my friends, you ask a rich question and we will attempt to mine this lode of questing as best as we can. As always, we would ask for you to be guardians of your own temple, to be the lions at the gate that do not accept information unless it resonates. If our thoughts resonate to you, then they are yours to work with. If they do not, my friends, please leave them aside. In this way you will safeguard your own free will and make sure that we do not have an undue influence upon your spiritual process. We thank you for this consideration as it allows us to rest in the knowledge that we are not infringing upon free will.

You ask this day concerning the motion picture which this instrument calls The Ninth Configuration and the issues which it raises. Many are the times, when violence is involved, that the intention is relatively pure, as was the anti-hero’s in The Ninth Configuration. Most entities involved in violence, whether personally or on behalf of a group such as a nation-state, are not habitually in a state of rage, anger, or other violent emotions. Most have responded to the need to defend that which they hold dear. In the end, many involved in violence on behalf of their nation-state die attempting to protect their loved ones at home and the safety of the home environment.

While there are those who delight in violence and look for opportunities to be cruel and destructive, by far the majority of entities upon your planet strive towards goodness, truth, and beauty and do not love violence or the dark emotions that surround the physical acting out of aggression against fellow human beings. Your entire planet has a population with ideals and intentions that are far purer and more positive than the actions which they undertake might lead one to believe. In this regard we would note that your culture, with its menu of television shows and motion pictures which demonstrate and even glorify violence, is not geared to aiding its population in the ways of spiritual seeking. Your young ones have violence shown to them in their toys, their programs, and movies, the stories of heroism and valor on the battleground and their video games, in which they are able to achieve a sense of invulnerability as they pretend to kill target after target after target, thereby predisposing their growing minds to the numbing affects of the acceptance of violence as a way of behavior.

And indeed, how many of you have seen violent acts? How many of you, my friends, have had parents who abused either you or those near to you? How many of you in your school days have experienced the bullying on the playground or the less obvious but equal violence of words, meanness, pettiness and rumor spread with delight by those who enjoy victimizing the outsider, the one who does not fit in? This adds up to an atmosphere or environment which is pervasively accepting of violence. We do not wish here to move into discussion of a nation’s right to make war in order to defend its principles. This is not the place for that discussion. We look at violence here from the standpoint of the soldier in the trenches and the person on the street, not the society or the governing institutions which help to create the environment which you find yourselves enjoying at this time.

Into this atmosphere and this environment you came, as the one known as William said, “trailing clouds of glory,” from a place of perfect love into the violence-strewn environment of Earth as you find it this day. The clouds of glory depart, the veil falls, and the young child begins to wend its way from absolute unawareness, unconsciousness, and ignorance towards consciousness, awareness and understanding. You are not your environment. Your heritage is not only Earthly. Your genealogy is not only of the blood of Earth. You are citizens of the starry heavens. You hold within you the truth you seek. Safely is it buried beneath the drifts of memory and habit that you have accumulated in this incarnation. Some of you have investigated yourselves enough to have become aware of who you are and why you are here. Some of you have scented that prey of understanding and awareness that you seek and you are after it like a dog on the scent of a fox.

The group question for this session was: “We would like to ask Q’uo how our polarity is affected when our intentions are good, but our actions are mixed.” Q’uo began by saying we ask this day concerning the motion picture which Carla calls The Ninth Configuration and the issues which it raises, and many are the times, when violence is involved, that the intention is pure, as was the anti-hero’s in The Ninth Configuration, but most entities involved in violence, whether personally or on behalf of a group are not habitually in a state of rage or other violent emotions since most have responded to the need to defend that which they hold dear, and in the end, many involved in violence on behalf of their nation-state die attempting to protect their loved ones at home and the safety of the home environment. Then Q’uo said while there are those who delight in violence and look for opportunities to be cruel and destructive the majority of entities upon our planet strive towards goodness, truth, and beauty and do not love the dark emotions that surround the physical acting out of aggression against fellow human beings, and our planet has a population with ideals that are purer and more positive than the actions which they undertake might lead us to believe, so in this regard Q’uo said that our culture, with television shows and motion pictures which glorify violence, is not geared to aiding its population in the ways of spiritual seeking, and our children have violence shown to them in their toys, movies, and their video games, in which they are able to achieve a sense of invulnerability as they pretend to kill target after target, thereby predisposing their minds to the numbing effects of the acceptance of violence as a way of behavior. Now Q’uo asked: “How many of us have seen violent acts? How many of us, my friends, have had parents who abused us or those near to us? How many of us in our school days have experienced the bullying on the playground or the less obvious but equal violence of words, meanness, pettiness, and rumor spread with delight by those who enjoy victimizing the outsider, the one who does not fit in?” So Q’uo said this adds up to an environment which is completely accepting of violence, and they did not wish to move into discussion of a nation’s right to make war in order to defend its principles since this is not the place for that discussion, and we look at violence here from the standpoint of the soldier in the trenches and the person on the street, not the society or the governing institutions which help to create the environment which we find our selves enjoying at this time. In 33.10-.11, Ra spoke of the principle of using violence to defend a friend in the movie The Ninth Configuration:

Questioner: I will ask you if you are familiar with the motion picture called The Ninth Configuration. Are you familiar with this?

I am Ra. We scan your mind complex and see this configuration called The Ninth Configuration.

Questioner: This motion picture brought out this point of which we have been talking. And the entity, the Colonel, had to make a decision at that point. I was just wondering, with respect to polarity, his polarization. He could have either knuckled under, you might say, to the negative forces, but he chose to defend his friend instead.

Is it possible for you to estimate which is more positively polarizing: to defend the positively oriented entity or to allow the suppression by the negatively oriented entities? Can you answer this even?

I am Ra. This question takes in the scope of fourth density as well as your own, and its answer may best be seen by the action of the entity called Jehoshua, which you call Jesus. This entity was to be defended by its friends. The entity reminded its friends to put away the sword. This entity then delivered itself to be put to the physical death.

The impulse to protect the loved other-self is one which persists through the fourth density, a density abounding in compassion. More than this we cannot and need not say.

We would encourage all of you to persevere in your seeking, taking each day as it comes and letting wisdom and understanding drip into your environment as the dew of heaven falls upon the grass, just as manna fell upon the grass for those who followed Moses. You are not your surroundings or the ideas of those around you. You are one who can take nourishment directly from spirit. You do have a plethora of what this instrument would call bad information. Some of you wonder if there is any possibility of an entity being a truly ethical human being, so compromised is each soul in his own estimation. However, you have sources of good information as well. And so we ask you to take heart. There are several ways to look at ethics. There is the Rhadamanthine way. It is severe and stark. In that system of judgment, which is completely earthly and not at all taking the characteristics of consciousness or infinity, a man who has murdered another is guilty.

In this Rhadamanthine system which informs your present system of courts, justice, checks and balances and so forth, there would be a representative from the victim stating that this man was guilty because he had committed murder. There would be another entity defending the rights of the man on trial saying that this man was acting in self-defense. In this system of justice, the twelve good men and true, as the jury in your legal system is often called, would weigh the sin of murder against the extenuating circumstances and call the entity either guilty or not guilty. In your Earth world, such questions must be settled one way or another, even if there is truth on both sides. And so, a judgment would have been made, the entity undoubtedly being imprisoned for his crime and perhaps himself being killed as part of the severe justice of this type of system.

There is a second way of valuing: intentions versus actions. The one known as Jim was speaking earlier of that segment within the sessions of this group with the one known as Ra where the Ra group stated that the one known as Jesus the Christ was only absolved of his childhood violence when he forgave the thief on the cross beside him and said to him, “This day shall you be with me in paradise.” At this level of looking at the workings of polarity, the one known as Jesus the Christ was in karmic debt from the point in his boyhood where he had done violence to another human being, however unintentionally. Because he had not forgiven himself for that action, he was karmically tied to that action and that entity because of his unwillingness to release himself from the burden of guilt. He was unwilling to forgive himself of his sin. And we use that word “sin” advisedly. That would be a topic upon which we could speak in and of itself! Perhaps you could substitute the word “error” in order to create a more neutrally emotional word for a lapse in judgment that results in unfortunate consequences.

When the one known as Jesus was faced with this self-confessed thief and murderer who asked him for forgiveness, Jesus the Christ not only forgave him but he realized with a flash of insight that pierced his very heart that he had the ability to forgive all others in the world but he was holding himself away from the redemptive power of the forgiveness that he himself came, in his own intention, to offer to the world. And so, finally, joyfully, thankfully, he released himself from his mistake. He forgave himself and he was free. Note here that we are not talking about the level in which some things are right and some things are wrong and the wrong things must be punished. That is the Rhadamanthine system of justice upon your planet. We are talking here about the world of karma where bonds are made between people when they interact in an unbalanced way and do not work out that imbalance. The workings of karma are only very partially outward.

Now Q’uo said they would encourage all of us to persevere in our seeking, taking each day as it comes and letting wisdom and understanding drip into our environment as the dew of heaven falls upon the grass because we are not our surroundings or the ideas of those around us, but we are one who can take nourishment directly from spirit since we have an abundance of what Carla would call bad information, so some of us wonder if there is any possibility of being an ethical human being, so compromised is each soul in our estimation, but we have sources of good information as well, and Q’uo asked us to take heart since there are several ways to look at ethics such as the severe system of judgment which is earthly and not taking in the characteristics of consciousness or infinity, so a man who has murdered another is guilty. Now Q’uo said in this severe system which informs our system of courts of checks and balances, there would be a representative from the victim stating that this man was guilty because he had committed murder, and there would be another entity defending the rights of the man on trial saying that this man was acting in self-defense, so in this system of justice, the twelve good men, as the jury in our legal system is called, would weigh the sin of murder against the extenuating circumstances and call the entity either guilty or not guilty, so in our Earth world such questions must be settled one way or another, even if there is truth on both sides, and a judgment would have been made, the entity being imprisoned for his crime and perhaps himself being killed as part of the severe justice of this type of system. Q’uo went on to say there is a second way of valuing: intentions versus actions, and Jim was speaking earlier of that segment within the sessions of this group with Ra where they stated that the Jesus the Christ was absolved of His childhood violence when He forgave the thief on the cross beside Him and said to him, “This day shall you be with me in paradise.” So at this level of looking at the workings of polarity, Jesus the Christ was in karmic debt from the point in His boyhood where He had unintentionally done violence to another human being, but because He had not forgiven Himself for that action, He was karmically tied to that action and that entity because of His unwillingness to release Himself from the burden of guilt, and Q’uo use that word “sin” advisedly because that would be a topic upon which they could speak in and of itself, so we could substitute the word “error” in order to create a more neutral word for a lapse in judgment that results in unfortunate consequences. Q’uo continued by saying when Jesus was faced with this self-confessed thief and murderer who asked Him for forgiveness, Jesus the Christ not only forgave him but He realized with a flash of insight that pierced His very heart that He had the ability to forgive all others in the world but he was holding Himself away from the redemptive power of the forgiveness that He came to offer to the world, and joyfully and thankfully, He released himself from His mistake and was free, and Q’uo said that they are not talking about the level in which some things are right and some things are wrong and the wrong things must be punished in the severe system of justice upon our planet, but they are talking about the world of karma where bonds are made between people when they interact in an unbalanced way and do not work out that imbalance so the workings of karma are partially outward. In 18.12, Ra explained how karma may be alleviated:

Questioner: You stated yesterday that forgiveness is the eradicator of karma. I am assuming that balanced forgiveness for the full eradication of karma would require forgiveness not only of other-selves but forgiveness of self. Am I correct?

Ra: I am Ra. You are correct. We will briefly expand upon this understanding in order to clarify.

Forgiveness of other-self is forgiveness of self. An understanding of this insists upon full forgiveness upon the conscious level of self and other-self, for they are one. A full forgiveness is thus impossible without the inclusion of self.In other words, the entity known as Jesus could go to the family of the entity whom he hurt in his childhood and ask them to forgive him. It would be hoped that they would find it in their hearts to do so. But the wheels of karma are stopped not by the forgiveness of another but by the forgiveness of the self by the self. There is a curious unwillingness in entities to let go of their guilt. What is past is past and what was wrong will never be right in the earthly sense. But it is fear that keeps the soul from standing in the light of ethical day and confessing that error, that darkness within, to the infinite Creator and asking forgiveness. That is an externalization of the process in which you ask yourself for forgiveness. It is helpful to have that outer machinery of the structure of the Creator above and you below so that you can lift your hands up in supplication to a forgiving and loving Father and ask for forgiveness. Yet, in truth, this process is internal and the Creator you ask for forgiveness dwells already in your heart of hearts.

Thusly, on this level of karma, the disposition of this anti-hero who had striven with all of his heart to be totally positive and yet had, in the end, acted out tremendous violence and done murder, would hinge upon whether he forgave himself as he died. He had condemned himself by refusing to allow anyone to know that he was hurt. He wished to die for that which he had done. Thusly he drew down judgment upon his own head in the Rhadamanthine fashion, in this instrument’s mind, at least. The film did not make it clear whether or not the anti-hero forgave himself. If he did not forgive himself, he remained tied through karmic bonds to those whom he hurt and killed. If he forgave himself, karmically speaking, he was no longer in karmic debt, for such debts are put “Paid” when forgiveness offers its redemptive value to the equation.

There is a third level upon one which may consider intention and action and how that affects polarity. And this is perhaps closer to the crux of your query than either of the other two levels we have discussed. This level of consideration is entirely metaphysical. At this level of consideration, one is not looking at the facts on the surface. “Who did what to whom?” is not a consideration here. For at this level, each entity is dwelling within its own completely whole and three-dimensional creation. It is no shadow world, this world that you are in, metaphysically. It is indeed an environment more real than the consensus reality of planet Earth in terms of your being a citizen of eternity. In the environment of consciousness and the heart, we are looking not at manifestation but at energy expenditures. We are looking at the vibration which an entity has. This vibratory complex is as your fingerprint or your DNA, on a metaphysical level. Let us explain this briefly.

Consciousness is, at base, precisely the same in all of you. And as you move into more and more maturity, spiritually speaking, you will begin to discover that consciousness is impersonal, carrying the nature and quality of the Creator Itself which is the Logos or unconditional Love. Each of you has this consciousness and works, either fitfully or steadily, with this consciousness in moments of insight, in dreaming, and so forth. That which you are doing at any particular moment may be affecting your vibration. You have the ability and the capacity to change your vibratory nature, to lift it up. Indeed, you will gradually change in vibration through the effects of life experience, whether or not you intend to progress. If you do intend to progress and take steps to focus in on your energy body, the expenditures of energy for which you are responsible, and the decisions which have ethical implications, you are accelerating the pace of your spiritual evolution.

Then Q’uo said Jesus could go to the family of the entity whom He hurt in His childhood and ask them to forgive Him, and it would be hoped that they would find it in their hearts to do so, but the wheels of karma are stopped, not by the forgiveness of another, but by the forgiveness of the self by the self, and there is an unwillingness in entities to let go of their guilt because it is fear that keeps us from standing in the light of day and confessing that error within to the infinite Creator and asking forgiveness which is an externalization of the process in which we ask our self for forgiveness, so it is helpful to have that outer structure of the Creator above and us below so that we can lift our hands up in supplication to a forgiving and loving Father and ask for forgiveness, yet in truth this process is internal, and the Creator we ask for forgiveness dwells already in our heart of hearts. Q’uo continued by saying on this level of karma, the disposition of this anti-hero [from The Ninth Configuration] who had tried with all of his heart to be positive and yet had committed murder would depend upon whether he forgave himself as he died, and he had condemned himself by refusing to allow anyone to know that he was hurt since wished to die for that which he had done, so he drew down judgment upon his head in a severe fashion, but the film did not make it clear if the anti-hero forgave himself because if he did not forgive himself, he remained tied through karmic bonds to those whom he hurt and killed, but if he forgave himself, he was no longer in karmic debt. Now Q’uo said there is a third level upon which one may consider intention and action and how that affects polarity, and this is closer to the heart of our query than either of the other two levels that have been discussed, and this level of consideration is entirely metaphysical, so at this level of consideration we are not looking at the facts on the surface of “Who did what to whom?” because that is not a consideration here, for at this level each of us is dwelling within our three-dimensional creation, and it is no shadow world metaphysically because it is an environment more real than the consensus reality of Earth in terms of our being a citizen of eternity, so in the environment of consciousness and the heart, we are looking not at manifestation but at energy expenditures, and this vibratory complex is like our DNA, on a metaphysical level. Q’uo continued by saying consciousness is the same in all of us, and as we move into more spiritual maturity we will begin to discover that consciousness is impersonal, carrying the nature of the Creator which is unconditional Love, and each of us has this consciousness, and we work with this consciousness in moments of insight and dreaming, so that which we are doing at any moment may be affecting our vibration since we have the ability to change our vibratory nature through the effects of our life experience, whether or not we intend to progress, but if we do intend to progress and take steps to focus in on our energy body, the expenditures of energy for which we are responsible, and the decisions which have ethical implications, we are accelerating the pace of our spiritual evolution. On September 10, 2010, Q’uo described the nature of our energy body:

The love and the light of the infinite Creator is moving through our energy body in inexhaustible supply at all times. We can’t run out. By stopping the flow of Love through us, by clutching and contracting around our woes and our problems—which we all have—what we can do is stop that flow into the heart, and then we can’t get our hearts open all the way. The fuel is Love. It’s right here. It is inexhaustible. We don’t have to hoard it. All we have to do is live in such a way that our energy bodies are clear so that we get that energy through us at all times.

The more ways that you can find to bring ethical considerations into your thinking, the more lucid your ability to evaluate situations will become. The more you ask for guidance in looking at ethical questions, the more accurate your web of perceptions can become. Yet in the end you are responsible only for doing your best. You cannot entirely corral or control your own vibrations. They are like your breathing or your heartbeat. You can consciously stop breathing for awhile, but unconsciousness will soon come, and you will begin breathing again. You can race your heart until it is beating as fast as two hundred times a minute by doing intense physical exercise but when you stop that exercise it will find again its own level.

However, if you hold your breath repeatedly you will eventually develop that system of lungs that will therefore be stronger because of your practice. And if you exercise regularly, running your heart up and letting it cool back down again, you’ll find that your heart is pumping more efficiently and is able to move the blood around your body with fewer beats of the pump of that heart per minute. So, you have some effect, as a physical person, upon how your body works. But you are cooperating with nature. You do not have the final decision as to whether your heart shall beat and your breath shall respire. It is the same kind of situation in your energy body. You can be attentive and watchful and look as the hunter for his prey for situations that can be considered for their ethical values. You can ask your highest and best self, your guidance system, to help you make ethical choices that lift you from where you were to a new level of acting out the thoughts that you understand to represent virtue.

You are able to walk your talk. And this exercise, too, strengthens and changes the energy body so that it more efficiently is able to allow the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator to flow through into the heart chakra, where lies the stunning mystery of the one infinite Creator. In this system of judging the dynamic between intention and manifestation, it is not precisely that intention is all. It is that intention is the only metaphysical portion of the equation. So, intention figures into the vibratory nature of yourself as a result of the action that you have done. In this system of evaluating the anti-hero’s situation, we would say that this entity was clearly vibrating in service to others at the time of his death and would guess that the screenwriter intended to portray an entity who was extremely service-to-others oriented by nature. So, dealing with this hypothetical and fictional anti-hero, we would say that, undoubtedly, as he was represented by the author and the actor that acted his part in the motion picture, this entity graduated in service-to-others polarity.

And indeed, again, it was not simply his intention that moves into that estimation by us but rather his entire being as it vibrated naturally beyond his control, expressing the truth of himself, including all of the mysteries and the secrets that he had not discovered yet about himself or had discovered and then buried. It is a relativistic ethic indeed that we offer you for consideration this day. Pure ethic, that Kantian search for the categorical imperative where, if something is right once, it is right always, cannot work either in Earth or in the starry heavens. Certainly, ideals themselves are pure. But ideals are called ideals because they are not earthly. They are the thoughts that lift us up and inspire us. They are those fields of purity that attract us and enchant us, but their nature is such that they are entities, living entities. Living, certainly, not as humans, but as the angels or fairies or gods and goddesses of myths. They are ideas and concepts. And in their own world they are living beings.

Q’uo went on to say the more ways that we can find to bring ethical considerations into our thinking, the more clear our ability to evaluate situations will become, and the more we ask for guidance in looking at ethical questions, the more accurate our web of perceptions can become, but in the end we are responsible only for doing our best because we cannot control our vibrations since they are like our breathing or our heartbeat where we can stop breathing for a while, but unconsciousness will come, and we will begin breathing again, and we can race our heart until it is beating two hundred times a minute by doing physical exercise, but when we stop that exercise it will find its own level. Now Q’uo said if we hold our breath repeatedly we will eventually develop lungs that will be stronger because of our practice, and if we exercise regularly, running our heart up and letting it cool back down again, we will find that our heart is pumping more efficiently with fewer beats of the pump of that heart per minute, so we have some effect upon how our body works, but we are cooperating with nature, and we do not have the final decision as to whether our heart shall beat and our breath shall respire which is the same kind of situation in our energy body, and we can be watchful and look as the hunter for his prey for situations that can be considered for their ethical values, and we can ask our higher self and our guidance system to help us make ethical choices that lift us from where we were to a new level of acting out the thoughts that we understand to represent virtue. Q’uo continued by saying we are able to walk our talk, and this exercise strengthens our energy body so that it is more able to allow the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator to flow through into the heart chakra, where lies the stunning mystery of the one infinite Creator, and in this system of judging the dynamic between intention and manifestation, it is not that intention is all, but it is that intention is the only metaphysical portion of the equation, so our intention figures into the vibratory nature of our self as a result of the action that we have done, so in this system of evaluating the anti-hero’s situation Q’uo said that this entity was vibrating in service to others at the time of his death and that the screenwriter intended to portray an entity who was service-to-others oriented by nature, so in dealing with this fictional anti-hero, they said that as he was represented by the author and the actor that acted his part in the motion picture, this entity graduated in service-to-others polarity. Then Q’uo said it was his being as it vibrated naturally beyond his control, expressing the truth of himself, including all of the mysteries that he had not discovered about himself or had discovered and then buried, and it is a relativistic ethic that they offered for our consideration this day because the Kantian search for the categorical imperative where, if something is right once it is right always, and it cannot work either in Earth or in the starry heavens, but the ideals are pure, and they are called ideals because they are not earthly, for they are the thoughts that inspire us, and they are those fields of purity that attract us, but their nature is such that they are living entities living not as humans, but as the angels or fairies of myths, and in their own world they are living beings. On April 17, 1983, Latwii spoke of the value of having ideals:

Indeed, when the situations which we have termed “catalyst” present themselves to the seeker, the seeker may look upon such catalyst with a polarity viewpoint, that is to say, one may look upon the situation and see people and events not in keeping with the desires of the seeker, and the seeker may wish to change those people and events and maintain faithfulness to the ideals of service to others. This is a great dilemma, for in truth, if one wishes to be pure in what you have called the positive polarity, there can be no wish to change another person or event, for each must be accepted as each is, for each is whole and perfect. Each is the one Creator. This is a great lesson, which takes much of what you call time to learn. Therefore, as a portion of remaining faithful to those positive ideals which each in this group upholds, then it might be recommended that the viewpoint include the possibility that no person or situation be asked to be other than it is, that each indeed be accepted, loved, forgiven, that the same be done with the self, and that then the self is taken by the seeker as the primary tool for upholding the ideals of service to others, and the self is transformed by acceptance of self and others so that love is given no matter what. In such a way does the positive polarity become purified and refined, that the beacon of love and light within the heart of self might shine more brightly.

You may dip into truth, dip into justice, dip into fairness, and so forth, to take on the energy of that pure idea. But as it moves into your energy body, it is colored by your presuppositions and biases, the distortions that you have made in this consciousness that is common to all. It is good, in terms of lifting your vibrations from day-to-day, to ponder and remember these wonderful ideals of truth, unconditional Love, beauty, hope, charity, justice, and fairness. It is good to invite them to be through you a beacon unto the world. But it is well to realize that in a very complex series of energy exchanges, the finished product of what you have done by praying is a minute but significant adjustment in the balances, the clarity, the amount of energy, and so forth in your energy body. And it is your energy body, specifically the read-out of the entire energy body that is seen within the seventh chakra or energy center, that determines your polarity at any given moment.

You cannot bank polarity. You cannot do so many good things and so many bad things and add up the difference. You are involved in an illusory progress through time. The one known as Thales  said, “You cannot step in the same river twice.” And we say to you that you cannot step in the same action or thought twice. It happens and you move on. It is gone forever. That chance that you had to think, to pray, and to act is gone forever. In its place is an equally precious present moment. And so, this continues throughout each heartbeat of your incarnation. You are always experiencing the final moment of your life and then discovering that you have outlived that moment. But it is well to act as if each moment were your final moment. For this points out the gravity and the substance of your ethical choices and how important it is to pay attention to them. For only by making these ethical choices, one upon another upon another, so that you get the habit of fielding the ethical implications of the present moment, can you maximize the use of your time.

[Side one of tape ends.]

When you go to graduation you shall not have a grade of 100% of service to others. However, the Creator seems to grade on a curve here. If you even have 51% of service to others, you are ready to graduate. Each time you consciously choose to serve others, you have moved above 51% and into positive polarization comfortably sufficient to graduate from planet Earth. The more habitual your realization of choices is and your determination to choose the highest road, the most compassionate and loving response, the more positively you will be able to affect the tuning of your energy body so that it vibrates more and more in service to others in terms of polarity. You shall never be able to untangle the good from the evil within humankind, my friends, because you, as a member of the human race, are both good and evil. You contain all the shades of virtue and vice within one global entity.

By a series of choices, you have found ways to be yourself to the outer world and to yourself. You have shut much of the shadow side of your nature away because it is unpleasant to see, and it is very difficult to bear. Unusual situations such as occurred in the case of this anti-hero in The Ninth Configuration create situations that take us all by surprise, as this fight took the anti-hero by surprise. We ask you, then, not to dwell in judgment of yourself or others. You cannot help being judgmental and we do not discourage the practice of judgment. We simply ask that you begin with the judgment that is inherent in your nature as a human being, but that you do not stop there. Move forward into the blessed light-strewn fields of the Creator and invite the sunshine of wisdom and unconditional Love as you find ways to spend your precious energy and your precious time within the school of planet Earth.

Q’uo continued by saying we may dip into truth, justice, and  fairness to take on the energy of that pure idea, but as it moves into our energy body it is colored by our biases that we have made with our consciousness that is common to all, and it is good, in terms of lifting our vibrations, to remember these ideals of truth, unconditional Love, and beauty, and it is good to invite them to shine through us as a beacon into the world, but it is well to realize that in a complex series of energy exchanges, the finished product of what we have done by praying is a tiny but significant adjustment in the balances and the amount of energy in our energy body because it is the read-out of the entire energy body that is seen within the seventh chakra that determines our polarity at any given moment. Q’uo went on to say we cannot do good things and bad things and add up the difference because we are involved in an illusory progress through time, and they said that we cannot step in the same action or thought twice since it happens, and we move on, and the chance that we had to think, to pray, and to act is gone forever, and in its place is an equally precious present moment, and this continues throughout each heartbeat of our incarnation, so we are always experiencing the final moment of our life and then discovering that we have outlived that moment, but it is well to act as if each moment were our final moment, for this points out the substance of our ethical choices and how important it is to pay attention to them, for only by making these ethical choices do we get the habit of feeling the ethical implications of the present moment, so can we maximize the use of our time. Then Q’uo said when we go to graduation we shall not have a grade of 100% of service to others,  but the Creator grades on a curve, so if we have 51% of service to others, we are ready to graduate, and each time we choose to serve others, we have moved above 51% and into positive polarization to graduate from Earth, and the more habitual our realization to choose the most loving response, the more positively we will be able to affect the tuning of our energy body so that it vibrates more in service to others in terms of polarity, but we shall never be able to untangle the good from the evil within humankind because we all are both good and evil, and we contain all the shades of virtue and vice within one global entity. Q’uo completed their reply by saying by a series of choices, we have found ways to be our self to the outer world and to our self, and we have shut much of the shadow side of our nature away because it exists, and it is difficult to bear, so unusual situations such as occurred with the anti-hero in The Ninth Configuration create situations that take us all by surprise, as this fight took the anti-hero by surprise, so Q’uo asked us not to dwell in judgment of our self or others, but we cannot help being judgmental, so they do not discourage the practice of judgment, but they ask that we begin with the judgment that is inherent in our nature as a human being, and that we do not stop there, but move forward into the light-strewn fields of the Creator, and invite the sunshine of wisdom and unconditional Love as we find ways to spend our energy and our time within the school of Earth. On April 27, 2006, Q’uo described the nature of the school of Earth:

If you look at the Earth world as a kind of school, this is the time of the final exam. It is a time when a lot of entities have completed their schoolwork, and they are ready to take that final test. It is a transition time for many – indeed, for many of those who have passed through the gates of death. It is a time of great celebration and rejoicing, for they have graduated from the school of Earth. Their next incarnation will most likely be on planet Earth in a fourth-density physical vehicle enjoying the new fourth-density Gaia, which is almost full… fully complete at this time.

This instrument is informing us that we need to move on. We must admit that we are sorry to leave this interesting question! And so often we are sorry to get off of our soapbox, tuck it under our arm, and trundle out of Hyde Park. May we ask if there are any follow-up queries or any other queries at this time?

R: Not from me, Q’uo.

[Pause]

We are those of Q’uo, and we find that we have exhausted the curiosity of those present in this circle of seeking for now. We reiterate that it is a blessing to us to be with you. You help us in our service to others at this time by asking for our humble opinions, and it opens our heart to be able to share thoughts with you. We share also a great love and affection that passes between each of you and us, and that, too, is a blessing to us for which we are most thankful. And the blessing of being with you and of seeing the beauty of your articulated energy is wonderful. We are amazed at the courage and the goodness within each of you. We leave this instrument and this group in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai.

This morning I ran some errands with my first stop being at Feeder’s Supply where I bought two bags of bird seed. Then I stopped at Paul’s Fruit Market where I bought some food for myself. My last stop was at Walgreen’s Drug Store where I bought some non-food items and some Pepsi-Zero.

This afternoon I cleaned Benny’s apartment upstairs. I began by using the carpet sweeper to clean the hall carpet. Then I used the broom and dustpan to sweep up the kitty litter boxes in the room where Benny stays in the cat tower. Then I used the dust mop in all three rooms and the hall.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

April 10

Offering The Self

I am of the consciousness of Love, and I greet you in that love which is Jesus the Christ.

Gaze upon the qualities of Love divine. See the body broken, the life split and sacrificed. See that in the breaking and in the offering lie the secret of infinite Love. Each life may be offered up and thus broken, and from that break may come an infinity of gifts.

We do not suggest for one instant that all sacrifice is good. Rather, we suggest, for one who would love, that there is a blessing and sanctification in offering the self to be used, to be broken, to be opened, and to be shared that is most godly. “When He had given thanks,” it is written, “He took the bread and broke it and gave it to each of His disciples, saying, ‘Take. Eat. This is my body. Do this in remembrance of me.’” May your day and your life, day by day, be a process of thanksgiving, breaking, offering and remembering.

We leave you in the peace and love of Jesus the Christ, now and ever. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.

LI did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. The Q’uo quote today comes from December 10, 2006:

The question today has to do with discrimination. How or what is the root cause of the prejudice that various groups of people have against other groups, whether it be because of race, creed, color, national origin, religion, the place where they live? Whatever the reason, everywhere around the world there are groups of people that discriminate against other people because they are different. Q’uo, could you give us some idea about what really are the roots of this type of discrimination and disempowerment of other people by majority groups? And what can we do about it as individuals?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we come to you this day. May we say what a privilege and a pleasure it is to join your circle of seeking. We are most happy to share our humble thoughts with you on this subject of prejudice and its roots and what people can do when finding that situation in their environment. But first we would, as always, request of each who is aware of our words the careful and conscientious use of your discriminatory powers. You and you alone know what thoughts are helpful to you. If our thoughts are not helpful to you, please cast them aside and move on, for the thought that is helpful to you is right around the corner. If our thoughts are resonant to you, then you are welcome to them. We thank you for this consideration. It enables us to speak our mind clearly without fearing that we shall infringe upon your free will.

My friends, in speaking with you about prejudice and its roots, we speak with you about two main levels of thought. Those levels of thought are the dynamic between love and fear and the dynamic between unity consciousness and the consciousness of form. Before we move into those thoughts, however, we would talk just a bit about the traps of your Earth world and how they came about. When this creation was younger and worlds closer to what this instrument calls the central sun were maturing, the work done by a planetary population was a work done by a population of one kind or race or being. In the course of many graduations from many planets, there gradually began to build up populations from Earths such as yours which had finished their third density, the density of choice, and had not been able to graduate into the density of love. These population groups then needed to move to another third-density experience to take up once again the lessons of making the choice. This choice is a choice of polarity. It is a choice between choosing to love, include and accept, with compassion for all things and beings as part of one Creator, and the choice of seeing all entities as those who may be able to serve you. It is a choice of service to others or service to self.

It is a simple choice. It is not an intellectually staggering thing to determine when you are being kind, inclusive and compassionate, and when you are being unkind, un-inclusive, and non-compassionate. As simple as this choice is, it is not a choice that many of your peoples have found easy to penetrate with a stable determination to follow either the ways of service to others or service to self. Therefore, as the creation has matured and consciousness has spread throughout the infinite creation that you see in the starry night sky, planetary population after planetary population has found a portion or all of its tribe unable to graduate when the harvest of their third density came due. At first, the answer was simply to move through another time of harvest on the same planet. However, planets also have their periodicity. Each planet is different. But each planet has a limit to the amount of third density that is available. It is as if we were to say that there are a certain number of 30-watt bulbs for each planet and when that supply runs out, they must put in 40-watt bulbs. The light changes when a stronger bulb is put in. That stronger light will not support third-density life.

Consequently, the creation began to move planetary populations to a second-chance planet where they would mix with the native third-density population, and together those two tribes would seek to learn how to make the choice of service to others or service to self. This is the situation upon your planet. You have a very, very small population of native third-density Earth entities. Virtually all of your tribes are tribes who have come to this second-chance planet to have another try at the school of third-density life. Each sun or sub-Logos, as this instrument would say, has made choices in how the fundamental consciousness of the planetary population will express itself. We are not talking about the level of conscious choice, but rather the level of the archetypal mind and the roots of consciousness. For each planetary tribe, there is a unique flavor and quality to the archetypal and mythical aspects of that tribe. When coming to the second-chance planet of planet Earth, those populations carried the uniqueness of their archetypal minds, their roots of consciousness, with them.

The first question was: “Whatever the reason, everywhere around the world there are groups of people that discriminate against other people because they are different. Q’uo, could you give us some idea about what really are the roots of this type of discrimination and disempowerment of other people by majority groups? And what can we do about it as individuals?” Q’uo began by saying in speaking with us about prejudice and its roots, they would speak with us about two levels of thought which are the dynamic between love and fear and the dynamic between unity consciousness and the consciousness of form, but before they move into those thoughts they would talk about the traps of our Earth world and how they came about, so when this creation was younger and worlds closer to what Carla calls the central sun were maturing, the work done by a planetary population was work done by a population of one race, and after many graduations from many planets there were more  populations from Earths such as ours which had finished the third density of choice, and they had not been able to graduate into the density of love and needed to move to another third-density experience to take up again the lessons of making the choice of polarity that is a choice of service to others or service to self. Then Q’uo said it is a simple choice because it is not an intellectually difficult thing to determine when we are being compassionate, and when we are being angry, but this is not a choice that many of our people have found easy to make with determination to follow either the ways of service to others or service to self, so as the creation has matured and consciousness has spread throughout the infinite creation that we see in the night sky, many planetary populations have found a portion or all of their tribe unable to graduate when the harvest of their third density came due, so at first the answer was to move through another time of harvest on the same planet, but planets also have their cycles, and each planet is different regarding the limit to the amount of third density light that is available, and when that supply runs out the stronger light of fourth density will not support third-density life. Q’uo went on to say the creation began to move planetary populations to a second-chance planet where they would mix with the native third-density population, and together those two tribes would seek to learn how to make the choice of service to others or service to self which is the situation upon our planet because we have a small population of native third-density Earth entities, and nearly all of our tribes have come to this second-chance planet to have another try at the school of third-density life, and each sun has made choices in how the fundamental consciousness of the planetary population will express itself, but Q’uo was not talking about the level of conscious choice, but the level of the archetypal mind, for each planetary tribe there is a unique flavor and quality to the archetypal aspects of that tribe, and when coming to the second-chance planet of Earth, those populations carried the uniqueness of their archetypal minds with them. On July 31, 2007, Q’uo spoke of how the planetary tribe of Earth is working to aid the harvest into the fourth density:

As far as Planet Earth is concerned, Gaia itself is moving into fourth density and in fact is all but completely immersed in fourth-density vibrations at this time. The shift that has been such a cause of fear among your people is happening now. It has been happening for some time. It will continue to happen for some time yet to come. We cannot see the way ahead. We would not have predicted that you would be, as a planetary tribe, in such excellent shape as you appear to be at this time.

Masses of people all over the globe are awakening to the rightness of Love, unconditional and compassionate Love. The forces of life are engulfing with theirLlight the darkness that can never deny Light. And so darkness is scurrying into corners and attempting to put out the Light by creating an atmosphere of fear. Thusly, you are of great service to the planet and to yourself if you cultivate the habit of fearlessness. 

When you look at races upon your planet, those who look a certain way and are called Caucasian, those who look a certain way and are called Hispanic, those who look a certain way and are called Native Americans, and so forth, you are looking at entities that don’t simply look a bit different on the surface. They are different, at the roots of their consciousness, in ways that they can never consciously express except by art or music or some craft which escapes the bondage of words and the intellectual or analytical mind. Consequently, upon planet Earth at this time you have many tribes who are having their second chance at making the choice between love and service to others or that love which is turned into fear and service to self. We offer this thought as prelude to those principles of which we spoke because we do not wish simply to say that all are one, which is true enough. We also wish to celebrate the differences in myth, culture, and archetype which create ways in which each tribe has a unique perspective to add to the simmering stew of harmony and unity which may blend all the tribes of Earth into one while retaining each excellence of each planetary population.

Letus now look at the dynamic between love and fear. There is the surface tendency in many entities’ minds which seeks to call something right and something else wrong. Whence does this stem? It stems from the fear of an individual who is not at peace with himself. He is not secure within his own sense of self. Rather than being able to rest in that love which sees all things as one, he feels fear because of the differences between himself and others. This fear is natural. It is not to be condemned. It is to be seen as the first step of many. When you are an infant, your world is bound in fear. You are thrust forth from the unity and the peacefulness of the womb into the cold air which you have not yet learned to breathe. You are more than terrified. You are sure that you are going to die. Your first experience is likely to be terror. This is a difficult start to an incarnation, but it is part of the very nature of incarnation itself. It is built into the structure of the human experience.

Naturally, in most cases, the parents reassure and protect, cuddle, and rock the infant, and the baby becomes peaceful. But terror awaits at every door in every hour, for the baby is unable to care for itself. When it is hungry it must depend upon the kindness of others. When it is wet it must depend upon others giving it a new diaper and a bath. When it is in pain with colic or cutting teeth, it does not know why it is in pain. It knows only that it cannot get away from the suffering that it feels. Gradually, oh so gradually, the human leaves infanthood and enters childhood and the fear recedes somewhat. A child has learned to speak. It can ask why. It can defend itself with words to some extent. But the patterns of fear are deep. They are not evil. They are natural. Throughout the lifetime of an entity in third density, fear is around the corner, outside the door, under the bed, in the closet: the boogeyman. Yet the true location of this fear is in the experiences of being born and of being helpless.

Then Q’uo said when they look at races upon our planet, those who look a certain way are called Caucasian; those who look a certain way and are called Hispanic; those who look a certain way and are called Native Americans; and so forth, and we are looking at entities that don’t look a bit different on the surface since they are different at the roots of their consciousness in ways they can never express except by art or music which escapes the bondage of words and the analytical mind so that upon Earth at this time we have many tribes who are having their second chance at making the choice between service to others or service to self, so Q’uo offered this thought as prelude to those principles of which they spoke because they do not wish to say that all are one–which is true—but they also wish to celebrate the differences in culture and archetype which create ways in which each tribe has a unique perspective to add to the stew of harmony which may blend all the tribes of Earth into one while retaining the excellence of each planetary population. Q’uo went on to look at the dynamic between love and fear because there is the tendency in our minds which seeks to call something right and something else wrong, and it comes from our fear when we are not at peace with our self, and rather than being able to rest in that love which sees all things as one, we feel fear because of the differences between our self and others, but this fear is natural, and it is to be seen as the first step of many, so when we are an infant, our world is bound in fear, and we are thrust forth from the peacefulness of the womb into the cold air which we have not yet learned to breathe, and we are sure that we are going to die, so our first experience is likely to be terror, and this is a difficult start to an incarnation, but it is part of the very nature of incarnation itself, and it is built into the structure of our human experience. Q’uo continued by saying in most cases the parents reassure and rock the infant, and the baby becomes peaceful, but terror awaits at every door in every hour, for the baby is unable to care for itself, so when it is hungry it must depend upon the kindness of others, and when it is wet it must depend upon others giving it a new diaper and a bath, and when it is in pain with colic or cutting teeth, it does not know why it is in pain, so it knows that it cannot get away from the suffering that it feels, but gradually it leaves infanthood and enters childhood and the fear recedes somewhat, and the child has learned to speak, so it can ask why and can defend itself with words to some extent, but the patterns of fear are deep and natural so that throughout the lifetime of an entity in third density, fear is everywhere, yet the true location of this fear is in the experiences of being born and of being helpless. On February 12, 1995, Q’uo spoke of the nature of incarnation:

The nature of living is that it is fullest in the first instant of life and is steadily eroded until its end in death. It arises. It falls away. That is the nature of incarnation. Seen from this standpoint it may be clearer why suffering is the common lot. Each arises on the Earth scene full of a life and the nature of that life’s manifestation is that the coin of time, the treasure of attention, is spent and eventually the personality is completely bankrupt and out of time, out of treasure, out of lessons, and out of school. And the incarnation ends. Loss upon loss, limitation upon limitation until that final expulsion of breath and the ceasing of existence within third density.

The Creator does not need your suffering. The Creator wishes your experience, and if suffering is involved the Creator may gladly take that also, for that is your truth. It is accepted without judgment. It is loved. It is blessed. It is not desired. All that is desired is that the unique spark which is yourself do as it pleases to find out to the deepest level possible what that essence of self is. The journey of discovery lies within, and it is a long voyage.

What child has ever had all of its needs met? What growing teenager has ever been able to plumb the depths of its own passage? My friends, you arrive at adulthood battered by the experiences you have undergone. Some, indeed most, entities cover their pain with that thin veneer of civilization: the clever words, the appropriate actions, the right clothing. But within the deep mind of each entity lies many a doorway into fear. And fear has many friends. Fear can produce anger. It can produce unworthiness. It can produce guilt. It can produce many difficult and dark emotions and feelings. When we greet you in the Love and in the Light of the one Creator, we are greeting the heart of you and the heart of you is Love. We penetrate through the shell of conscious experience garnered by your personality and we see your souls. You are beautiful. You are beautiful beyond any words. You bloom in the air of faith. Your roots are fed with the rain of hope. And you stand up strong because you are. You cannot be denied in your essence. But these qualities of you are those that come through the surface disturbances of personality and prejudice and fear.

Wecan say that you are creatures made of Love, but in so many cases your experience does not feel like that. In so many cases you experience yourself not as the perfect flower that you are but as a weed, or at least as something to be groomed and done unto. So, in a way, finding yourself to be a creature of Love is an act of faith which has no proof of being the right choice. It is into this environment of entities living in their own private suffering and fear that the challenges and the lessons of third density are aimed and experienced. The Earth experience is a refinery. Again and again you receive catalyst that causes you to question who you are and why you are here. These questions and these feelings can pound and shake you until eventually you begin discovering that the process has uncovered some of the gem-like beauty of your deeper nature.

And so, for the first time, as you move through this refining fire of incarnation, you begin to have a sense, a genuine sense, of who you really are, and it does not sound so foreign and alien to say, “I am a child of Love. I am a being of Light. I am a creature of infinite power because I am part of the one infinite Creator.” What a journey it is from the beginning of life to that moment when you first awaken to the unitary nature of consciousness. What a joy it is when you first feel at one with another person. What an accomplishment it is, my friends, when you are able to move from feeling at one with another person to feeling at one with groups of people and finally with all of the people that make up the very variegated tribe of humankind.

Q’uo went on to say we arrive at adulthood battered by the experiences we have undergone as a child, and some entities cover their pain with that thin veneer of civilization: the clever words, the appropriate actions, the right clothing, but within the deep mind of each of us lies many a doorway into fear which has friends that can produce anger, unworthiness, and difficult emotions, so when they greet us in the Love and in the Light of the one Creator, they are greeting the heart of us which is Love, and they penetrate through the shell of conscious experience gathered by our personality, and they see our souls and: “We are beautiful. We are beautiful beyond any words. We bloom in the air of faith. Our roots are fed with the rain of hope. And we stand up strong because we are. We cannot be denied in our essence. But these qualities of ours are those that come through the surface disturbances of personality and prejudice and fear.” Then Q’uo said that we are made of Love, but in many cases we experience our self–not as the perfect flower that we are– but as a weed, so finding our self to be a creature of Love is an act of faith which has no proof of being the right choice, and it is into this environment of entities living in their private fear that the lessons of third density are experienced because the Earth experience is a refinery, so again and again we receive catalyst that causes us to question who we are and why we are here, and these questions can shake us until we begin discovering that the process has uncovered some of the gem-like beauty of our deeper nature. Q’uo continued by saying for the first time, as we move through this refining fire of incarnation, we begin to have a sense of who we really are, and it does not sound so alien to say: “I am a child of Love. I am a being of Light. I am a creature of infinite power because I am part of the one infinite Creator.” Then Q’uo said what a journey it is from the beginning of life to that moment when we first awaken to the unitary nature of consciousness, and what a joy it is when we first feel at one with another person, and what an accomplishment it is when we are able to move from feeling at one with another person, to feeling at one with groups of people, and finally with all of the people that make up the variety of the tribe of humankind. On May 20, 2007, Q’uo described the nature of consciousness:

Consciousness is the other mind which you have as a mind/body/spirit complex, as the one known as Ra calls a person on this Earth. Unlike the mind which is particularly and solely your own, you share the faculty of consciousness with all beings. We are not simply saying that you share consciousness with all other human beings. We are saying that you share consciousness with every iota within the infinite creation of the one Creator.

This is the second key. The nature of consciousness is not particular to you. Rather, because of your innate nature as a part of the godhead principle, your heart beats with the pulse of the one infinite Creator.

That which created all that there is is a certain vibration of consciousness that, for lack of a better term, we have called unconditional Love or Logos. That one, great, original Thought or Logos has created the starry heavens, the vast spaces within each molecule of your body, and you, a unique point of intersection that catches two worlds, that of the everyday, waking consciousness of your people, skating across the pond of life, and that of the one infinite Creator whose Thought is a Thought of unconditional Love.

At every turn, there will be that call to fear what is happening. And why is that, my friends? It is because there is a tendency towards inertia in the mind of humankind, whereas there is an implacable tendency towards progression in evolution in the energy of the planet itself. People tend to fight change and yet change is the essence of the incarnational experience. The body changes continuously, shedding its cells so that in seven years there is not one cell in the human body that was there seven years ago. The outer look of the human body changes, if not continuously, then rapidly, from infanthood, to toddler-hood to childhood, to teenage-hood, to young adulthood, to middle age, and then to those varieties of old age that entities wish not to label so as not to acknowledge. In the end, each entity is transformed from the womb through the bloom to the grave. Change is inevitable, and yet change seems to be feared. And if one is identifying oneself with one’s body, then there is every reason to have fear, for the death of the body is inevitable. Thusly, it is easy to make fear-based choices when confronted with change.

One way that things change for an entity is that they are placed in new contexts, meeting different kinds of people. If one has already made the choice for service to others, then one tends to see others as an opportunity to be of service. The well polarized entity sees all entities as opportunities to be of service. That entity which is polarized in a negative sense also has no prejudice because it sees all entities as equally useful in serving the self. It is to those who have not yet made the choice that prejudice seems a good choice to make. If “they” are correct and acceptable, then the way they are is the way things should be. When entities come into their environment and express differences, then the fear-filled entity is simply going to feel that those other selves need to conform to the way they think.

Q’uo continued by saying there will always be that call to fear what is happening, and it is because there is a tendency towards inertia in the mind of humankind, whereas there is a tendency towards progression in evolution in the energy of the planet, so we tend to fight change, yet change is the essence of our incarnational experience since the body changes continuously, shedding its cells so that in seven years there is not one cell in the human body that was there seven years ago, and the outer look of the human body changes from childhood, to young adulthood, to middle age, and then to old age that entities wish not to label so as not to acknowledge, but in the end, each of us is transformed from the womb, through the bloom, to the grave because change is inevitable, and yet change seems to be feared, so if we are identifying our self with our body, then there is every reason to have fear, for the death of the body is inevitable so that it is easy to make fear-based choices when confronted with change. Then Q’uo said one way that things change for us is when we are meeting different kinds of people, and if we have already made the choice for service to others, then we see others as an opportunity to be of service, but that entity which is polarized in a negative sense also has no prejudice because it sees all entities as equally useful in serving the self, so it is to those who have not made the choice that prejudice seems a good choice to make, and if they are correct, then the way they are is the way things should be, and when entities come into their environment and express differences, then the fear-filled entity is going to feel that those other selves need to conform to the way they think. On August 9, 2002, Q’uo described the nature of the death of the body:

There is not a point at which one may say, “Now I understand; now I am through with my seeking process; now I am a realized and blissful human being who has entirely awakened and who now is a creature of fourth density, not third density.” This is in fact never so. The learning within third density does not stop until the breath is removed from the body, and the consciousness moves on from the physical body to that which this instrument would call Etheria through the processes of the death of the body.

It is as though there were a certain amount of food that is on the table, and the food will continue to be brought to the table until the meal is over. When the meal of life is over, the Creator calls the soul out of incarnation and into the beginning of its next experience. Once this incarnative process has been accomplished, once the plan has been completed, the spirit moves on, freely, easily, indeed effortlessly.

Now let us look at the other leg of this two-legged entity of prejudice, that is, the dynamic between form and formlessness, or unity and diversity. It is entirely understandable that entities at all times and in all places should be seduced and swayed by the appearances of form. The five senses of which you are aware consciously have to do with form. You see form. You hear form. You touch, smell, and taste form. There’s nothing on the surface of things that would tell you that there is anything other than form in your universe. It is very helpful to call upon the knowledge that each has of the scientific nature of form. Each form which you may consider is almost entirely made of space. You as an entity are a collection of energy fields holding cells together in a certain configuration. Each cell is almost entirely space. Your body looks like the Milky Way to an entity that is able to look into the microscopic structure of your world. The chair upon which you sit is mostly space, but its energy field holds it together so that you do not fall through the chair or the floor. And so the illusion remains intact.

And yet who you are has nothing to do with your form. What you think as a soul has nothing to do with forms. Again, this is not obvious on the surface of things. It is no wonder that you begin your incarnation completely beguiled by form. “Am I pretty?” “Am I rich?” “Am I smart?” “Am I strong?” “Am I good?” “Am I powerful?” These questions are asked and answered on the level of the illusion and no wisdom comes from the questioning and the responses as long as the questions remain on the level of form. In form there is always relativity. If you are smart, someone is smarter. If you are rich, someone is richer, and so forth. In order to penetrate to the level of the school of third-density life where the lessons are truly learned, you must penetrate through form into consciousness.

Consciousness has its home in all of the spaces that we have mentioned. Consciousness interpenetrates every cell of your body and every cell of everyone else’s body. It penetrates the Earth itself, and the heavens and it are all one thing. You, as a spark of the infinite Creator, are a focusing spark, an observation point. You are a witness to the Love and the Light of the infinite Creator. You are here to bear witness, to experience, to collect those experiences as you would a bouquet of flowers, and then to offer that bouquet to the infinite Creator. When we see you, we do not see form. We see a different level of illusion which we would call vibration. We see your vibratory display as if it were the petals of a flower of infinite beauty unfurled for us to see. Every quirk, every imbalance that colors you in this or that way, we see not as mistakes or errors in thinking but as your own individual beauty. To us you cannot make a mistake. To the Creator you cannot make a mistake. For just as you are, exactly as you are experiencing, you are gathering up information to offer to the Creator.

Q’uo said let us look at the other leg of this entity of prejudice which is the dynamic between unity and diversity, and it is understandable that entities at all times and in all places should be seduced by the appearances of form since the five senses of which we are aware of have to do with form, and there is nothing on the surface of things that would tell us that there is anything other than form in our universe, so it is helpful to call upon the knowledge that we have of the scientific nature of form which is almost entirely made of space, and we are a collection of energy fields holding cells together in a certain configuration, and each cell is almost entirely space, so our body looks like the Milky Way to an entity that is able to look into the microscopic structure of our world, and the chair upon which we sit is mostly space, but its energy field holds it together so that we do not fall through the chair or the floor, and the illusion remains intact. Then Q’uo said who we are has nothing to do with our form, and what we think as a soul has nothing to do with forms, but this is not obvious on the surface of things, so it is no wonder that we begin our incarnation completely beguiled by form: “Am I pretty?” “Am I rich?” “Am I smart?” “Am I strong?” “Am I good?” “Am I powerful?” Q’uo said these questions are asked and answered on the level of the illusion, and no wisdom comes from the questioning and the responses as long as the questions remain on the level of form since in form there is always relativity so that if we are smart, someone is smarter, and if we are rich, someone is richer, so in order to penetrate to the level of the school of third-density life where the lessons are truly learned, we must penetrate through form into consciousness. Q’uo went on to say consciousness has its home in all of the spaces that we have mentioned, and it interpenetrates every cell of everyone’s body, the Earth itself, and the heavens and it are all one thing, so that as a spark of the infinite Creator, we are an observation point, and we are a witness to the Love and the Light of the infinite Creator because we are here to experience and to collect those experiences as we would a bouquet of flowers, and then to offer that bouquet to the infinite Creator, so when Q’uo sees us they do not see form, but they see a different level of illusion which  they would call vibration which they see as if it were the petals of a flower of infinite beauty unfurled for them to see, and every imbalance that colors us in this or that way, they see not as mistakes but as our individual beauty, so to them we cannot make a mistake, and to the Creator we cannot make a mistake, for just as we are experiencing we are gathering up information to offer to the Creator. On March 30, 1993, Q’uo spoke of the nature of our consciousness:

The phenomena which you experience at this time is to a great extent coming from that high subconscious level. There are some who consider that there dwells within this level of mind that higher self or guidance which can move from the subconscious up through the threshold of consciousness into the living day of conscious mind. This is a process to be encouraged. Further, there are levels of mind progressively more profound and progressively more spacious in terms of the amount of light which illuminates and fills consciousness. These levels are of the lower subconscious and contain that racial history which is the consciousness of the second-density physical vehicle which supports and carries your consciousness. There are inner guides within these darker and more obscure levels of consciousness. There in the deep portions of mind exist the mind of the archetypes, and, indeed, ultimately the ground of consciousness becomes that which is and that which is is the Creator Itself.

In terms of using the environment of planet Earth, of third density in general, however, it is well for you to gather these various descriptions of self and to form an intention to penetrate the more shallow levels of perception so that you may begin to stand upon the good Earth of who you are as a spirit.

[Side one of tape ends.]

(Carla channeling)

In terms of what you can do in the outer world to alleviate the forces of prejudice, the impact of information is great. This instrument was saying before this communication began, in the discussion around the circle of seeking, that she would like to learn Spanish and has planned on taking a course in Spanish because of the fact that there are more and more Spanish-speaking people with whom she comes in contact. When something is different, the way out of prejudice is to collect information and begin to understand the differences. And we do not leave this idea of differences to include simply racial differences, although certainly race and language seem to be barriers of otherness that stop many entities cold in fear.

We would suggest that there are many, many ways of experiencing fear when faced with differences. The dynamic between men and women, for instance, is often the occasion of fear and the acting out of that fear in cruelty of various kinds. Always, though, the inner workings of prejudice depend upon your continued seduction by fear and by form. When you choose to live in faith that all is well, and that you are where you need to be, then you may drop whatever fears that you may have and you then have the freedom and the space in your mind and heart to consider the needs of others around you. What are your gifts, my friends? How can you be a lighthouse to others? It is in first knowing who you are and gaining confidence in your own power as a person and then in turning to the infinite Creator, dropping to your knees, and saying, “Infinite Creator, how may I serve the greater good this day? Show me your ways. Teach me your ways.” Open your eyes after saying that prayer and behold a world made new, sparkling with opportunities to serve, to include, and to embrace. 

Now Q’uo said in terms of using the environment of third density Earth it is well for us to gather these descriptions of our self and to form an intention to penetrate the shallow levels of perception so that we may begin to stand upon the Earth of who we are as a spirit, and in terms of what we can do in the outer world to alleviate the forces of prejudice, the impact of information is great, and as Carla was saying before this communication began, she would like to learn Spanish and has planned on taking a course in Spanish because there are more and more Spanish-speaking people with whom she comes in contact because when something is different, the way out of prejudice is to collect information and begin to understand the differences, and Q’uo did not want this idea of differences to include only racial differences, although race and language seem to be barriers of otherness that stop many entities cold in fear. Then Q’uo said that they would suggest that there are many ways of experiencing fear when faced with differences since the dynamic between men and women is often the acting out of that fear in cruelty of various kinds, and the inner workings of prejudice depend upon our continued seduction by fear and by form, so when we choose to live in faith that all is well, and that we are where we need to be, then we may drop whatever fears that we may have, and then we have the freedom in our mind and heart to consider the needs of others around us so: “What are your gifts, my friends? How can you be a lighthouse to others?” Q’uo said it is in knowing who we are and gaining confidence in our own power as a person and then in turning to the infinite Creator, dropping to our knees, and saying: “Infinite Creator, how may I serve the greater good this day? Show me your ways. Teach me your ways.” So Q’uo said to open our eyes after saying that prayer and behold a world made new, sparkling with opportunities to serve, to include, and to embrace.  On December 14, 2019, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the greater good:

The intention, then, is that which drives the positively oriented entity in continuing its service in whatever manner it provides it, so that the greater good is realized for all about this entity, and the concerns then are always pointed towards enhancing the well-being of the One Infinite Creator at all times. This will find the seeker, then, having to decide for itself, what it feels is most appropriate in every experience, for there is nothing but the One Creator all about every entity everywhere at all times. Thus, it is a personal choice that must be made upon the basis of the recognition of the omnipresence of the One Creator within all things.

May we ask if there is a follow up to that question or another query at this time?

R: I have a question, Q’uo. As you were describing the different tribes that came to Earth as their second third-density planet, you said that these groups bring their own archetypes and consciousnesses from their first planet. How does that mesh with this planet having its own archetypes put into place by the Logos of our galaxy? Can you speak to that? I have a difficult time making it more clear than that.

Weare those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. When there is one archetypal system in place, it is a system of waterways in the deep mind which are calm and serene. Even the darkest of emotions runs along a channel that is simple. When entities from another planet enter into the archetypal energies of Earth, carrying with them the archetypal energies of another sub-Logos, another sun, it is as if there is the same basic waterway system. However, each sub-Logos has made differences here and there. They are small differences, but, all taken together, they add up to a rich array of rivulets, small streams and sometimes so many streams that there are swamps or morasses where dark emotions of different cultures have developed into less of a clear form and more of an amorphous or unembodied form.

This entire creation contains one basic blueprint of the archetypal mind of its people. It is up to each sub-Logos, however, to tinker with that design a bit so as to increase the variety of experiences available to the infinite Creator. So, when an entity on its first planet falls into the emotions of suffering or joy, those waterways move smoothly, and the myths are of a piece. When there is superimposed upon the basic plan of waterways, shall we say, that the archetypal mind represents in the roots of consciousness, the archetypal mind of another sub-Logos, you see the enriching and the somewhat interesting rapids and morasses that occur with the overlay of more than one sub-Logos.

It is as if when you sink into an expression of deep feeling, you as a second-chance Earth being have the capacity for more different kinds of emotion and each subtle difference in emotion is authentic. You have richer choices of ways to feel your authentic essence and the Creator has an enhanced opportunity to know Itself as these tides and rivers of archetypal emotion sweep over streambeds made uneven by the pebbles of different archetypal influences. It does not muddy the experience but rather enriches the experience of positive emotion. Because of the nature of darker emotions there is the tendency to find a muddying effect in emotions like anger and fear. Consequently, those working on the path of service to self have a real disadvantage at this time for they must, with exquisite care, find the true heart of those purified emotions. However, for those on the path of service to others, the differences are seen as articulations or waterfalls or linns or cascades. And as you watch the water flowing from these linns and catching the light, you may see the rainbows of different effects as they fall through you, and you become one with these purified rivers and streams of emotion.

R’s question was: “As you were describing the different tribes that came to Earth as their second third-density planet, you said that these groups bring their own archetypes and consciousnesses from their first planet. How does that mesh with this planet having its own archetypes put into place by the Logos of our galaxy? Can you speak to that? I have a difficult time making it more clear than that. Q’uo began by saying when there is one archetypal system in place, it is a system of waterways in the deep mind which are calm and serene, and even the darkest emotions run along a channel that is simple, and when entities from another planet enter into the archetypal energies of Earth, carrying with them the archetypal energies of another sub-Logos it is as if there is the same basic waterway system, but each sub-Logos has made small differences here and there, and they add up to many small streams so that there are swamps where dark emotions of different cultures have developed into less of a clear form and more of an unembodied form. Q’uo went on to say this creation contains one blueprint of the archetypal mind of its people, and it is up to each sub-Logos to tinker with that design to increase the variety of experiences available to the infinite Creator, so when an entity on its first planet falls into the emotions of suffering or joy, those waterways move smoothly, and the myths are of a piece, and when there is superimposed upon the plan of waterways that the archetypal mind of another sub-Logos represents in the roots of consciousness, you see the enriching and interesting rapids that occur with the overlay of more than one sub-Logos. Q’uo continued by saying when you sink into an expression of deep feeling, you as a second-chance Earth being have the capacity for different kinds of emotion, and each subtle difference in emotion is authentic so that you have richer choices of ways to feel your authentic essence, and the Creator has an enhanced opportunity to know Itself as these rivers of archetypal emotion sweep over streambeds made uneven by the pebbles of different archetypal influences, and it does not muddy the experience but enriches the experience of positive emotion, but because of the nature of darker emotions there is the tendency to find a muddying effect in emotions like anger and fear so that those working on the path of service to self have a disadvantage at this time for they must find the true heart of those purified emotions, but for those on the path of service to others, the differences are seen as waterfalls, and as you watch the water flowing from these linns and catching the light, you may see the rainbows of different effects as they fall through you, and you become one with these purified rivers and streams of emotion. On January 21, 2001, Q’uo spoke of the nature of streams of emotion:

For faith, a sense of humor, persistence, and compassion are certainly those qualities which are often sought but usually imperfectly found, and yet how blessed it is when the seeker can find a moment of utter patience, utter humor, utter acceptance, or utter love. And all of these streams of emotion flow through the channels of the deep mind in pure and undistorted vibrations, for they are part of what this instrument would call the default setting of the vibration of creation itself, the Logos of the one infinite Creator which is Love.

May we answer you further, my brother?

R: Thank you Q’uo. There are no more questions from the online circle members, so I will ask one. The last question I have is if there are entities who choose to continue their third-density experience on planet Earth because of the muddying and the possibilities it offers? Or is the assignment of the second-chance third-density planet something that the entity itself does not actively partake in?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. Your latter supposition is correct. The placement of a planetary population in a second third-density environment is made at a level where the guardians responsible for that entire planet make that choice of placement. The individual is moved as a part of the planetary tribe.

We find that this instrument’s energy wanes and so we would take our leave of this instrument and this group, thanking each for the incredible beauty of your vibrations. We are humble before you, you who have the veil covering your eyes, keeping you from the clear sight of the Creator. Yet you move forward, gracefully, courageously, and gallantly, never giving up, but always, as the ones known as T and R have both said, just giving it another try, starting over tomorrow morning. Day by day your beauty astounds us, your courage amazes us, and we cheer for you and love you. We are always here if you would ask us mentally to deepen your meditations. Again, we thank you for calling us to your circle. We are known to you as those of the principle of Q’uo. We leave you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. Adonai. Adonai.

This morning I arranged the chairs in the living room for our public channeling meditation this afternoon. Then I turned the printer and house phone off so that no telephone calls would interrupt the meditation.

This afternoon we had a total of 16 seekers at our public channeling meditation. The round robin was a very beautiful sharing of open hearts as each seeker spoke of some portion of their recent spiritual journeys were most important to them. I shared more information about Carla’s life as a channel both conscious and trance, writer, singer, lover of music, counselor, and the love of my life. The some of the questions for Q’uo were about how to be empathic for someone who rejected this service, and the value of being a monk.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

April 12

The Healing Love Of Christ

I am the spirit of living Love. I greet you in the full consciousness of that love which is Christed.

The Light of your world comes only physically from the sun and shines in truth more greatly from the eyes of those who have the consciousness of Love than from any other source.

Worlds of darkness vanish before the morning Light, and the most obscene horror grows pitiful in the gentle rays of sunlight. So, too, let the light of your eyes rest on things seemingly good and seemingly evil, seeing the Christ in all and the good in each. Whatever sadness or horror there has been, let your eyes heal it. Let your heart know the healing has occurred. For within each is the power of the Spirit; within each, the healing Love of Christ.

We leave you in the peace of infinite Love. May you never grow weary of the Spirit of Love.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from November 19, 2006:

The question this week has to do with the conflict between what we project as a personality in our daily round of activities and our soul essence that moves with us through various incarnations and really has the basic plan for evolution in mind. Frequently, our personality seems to be at odds with this deeper self that knows what we need to do. When we are in catalyst situations in our daily round of activities and we’d like to punch somebody out, there’s this little voice that says, “That’s probably not a good idea.” We were wondering if Q’uo could give us some information on how we can deal with our personality. Because it is our personalities that we would use to deal with it. Do we need to refine our personalities? Do we need to get rid of our personalities? Do we need to balance our personalities? How can we most skillfully deal with what seems to be a conflict between the personality that wants to do certain things in this illusion and the deeper soul-self that really knows what we ought to be about and what we ought not to be about.

(Carla channeling)

We are those of the principle known to you as Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we come to you this day. It is a delight to be called to your circle of seeking and we are most glad to share our humble thoughts with you concerning the dynamics between the personality and the soul or spiritual essence. As always, however, we would preface our remarks by the request that you not take them too seriously. We offer our opinions hoping that they will be of use to you. We cannot know what of our thoughts will prove useful to you, and what of our thoughts will not prove of any use at this time. We would ask of you to use your discrimination and carefully and consciously select those thoughts that you wish to follow up, using those thoughts as resources. We would ask that you forget all of those thoughts with which you have not specifically felt resonance. In this way we would have the opportunity to speak freely without being concerned that we shall in some way infringe upon your free will and the rhythm of your spiritual process. We thank you for this consideration.

Perhaps you have seen a type of mollusk that creates a shell that is called the chambered nautilus. The animal that creates this shell first creates one shell which is in the nature of a scoop or an amphitheater. As it lives and gains in time and experience it gradually creates a second, larger amphitheater for itself. As this sea creature matures and gains in age, it creates house after house after house, always spiraling into a larger area, always creating a vaster domain, always bringing the self into a more spacious point of view or range of view. The personality, as you have termed it, can be seen to be this kind of being. It must have a house. It must create and form and erect and maintain a façade of some kind. That is the nature of what you call the personality.

Now let us talk a bit about the personality. In its own way, your essence has a personality. There is a flavor to the vibrations that are uniquely your own. However, this flavoring of sweetness and spice is extraneous to the basic vibration of your being. In contrast to your personality on Planet Earth—that is, your earthly personality—your soul essence does not have that kind of personality. For the moment we are focusing on the personality because, as the one known as Jim said in his query, one must deal with this concept, this perception of a dynamic between the personality and the soul, with the personality itself as a conscious being, in a third-density physical vehicle, living a life on Planet Earth. The personality is that which gives voice even to the most deep and profound of spiritual truths. Indeed, that is why artists, prophets, priests, and other visionaries so often cry out in anguish. For they can feel and taste the truth, but to move it into words is more work than many can ever encompass. Therefore, one must work with the personality in order to aid the spiritual seeking of the self.

One cannot simply work within silence and allow that to be the spiritual practice. There needs to be a structure of thought that is able to hold and order the concerns of the lifetime. The house or chamber of the nautilus that you are born with is a small house. Its structures are simple. When you are a very small child you gain the concept of “me” and “mine” and the nurturer, and the one who is loved, and the one who loves you. These are very simple structures, but they are very meaningful. You barely begin to realize that there are other entities in the world until you are first told to share. That is perhaps the beginning of your career of one who grows on Planet Earth. For that concept of someone else to whom you are kind makes a shift and a change in consciousness that moves you to a larger house, to a larger point of view. Throughout your life then, cyclically, when you have prepared to move house, spiritually, emotionally, and mentally speaking, you shall find yourself in a more spacious palace and a more panoramic view shall be yours as well. Such houses are not built of nothing. In the case of the personality upon planet Earth, the move from a smaller to a larger house, a smaller to a larger point of view is costly. You pay the price in whatever suffering you do as you work on what you conceive of as your spiritual process. You also work upon it with every consciously received moment of thanksgiving and joy.

The group question for this session was: “How can we most skillfully deal with what seems to be a conflict between the personality that wants to do certain things in this illusion and the deeper soul-self that really knows what we ought to be about and what we ought not to be about.” Q’uo began by saying perhaps we have seen a type of mollusk that creates a shell that is called the chambered nautilus, and the animal that creates this shell first creates one shell which is in the nature of a scoop, and as it gains experience it creates a larger amphitheater for itself, so as this sea creature matures, it creates house after house, always spiraling into a larger area, always bringing the self into a more spacious point of view, and the personality can be seen to be this kind of being which must have a house, and it must create and maintain a façade of some kind, so that is the nature of what we call the personality. Then Q’uo said let us talk about the personality because in its own way, our essence has a personality, and there is a flavor to the vibrations that are uniquely our own, but this flavoring of sweetness and spice is unrelated to the basic vibration of our being so that in contrast to our personality on planet Earth our soul does not have that kind of personality, and for the moment Q’uo wanted to focus on the personality because, as Jim said in his query, we must deal with this dynamic between the personality and the soul, with the personality as a conscious being, in a third-density body, living a life on Earth so that the personality gives voice even to the most deep spiritual truths because that is why artists, prophets, priests, and other visionaries so often cry out in anguish, for they can feel and taste the truth, but to move it into words is more work than many can ever encompass, so we must work with the personality in order to aid the spiritual seeking of our self. Q’uo continued by saying its structures are simple since when we were a small child we gained the concept of “me” and “mine,” the nurturer, and the one who is loved, and the one who loves us, and these are simple structures, and they are meaningful, but we barely begin to realize that there are other entities in the world until we were first told to share, and that was the beginning of our career of one who grows on Earth, for that concept of someone else to whom we were kind makes a change in consciousness that moves us to a larger point of view so that through our life when we have prepared to move house, spiritually, emotionally, and mentally speaking, we shall find our self in a more panoramic view that shall be ours as well, but such houses are not built of nothing, so in the case of the personality upon Earth, the move from a smaller to a larger point of view is costly, and we pay the price in whatever suffering we do as we work on what we conceive of as our spiritual process, so we also work upon it with every consciously received moment of thanksgiving and joy. On May 7, 1989, Q’uo described how we can obtain a larger point of view:

The matter of redemption plays a vital role in this process, for as the hero begins to identify the self with a growing viewpoint of the self to include more of that which it views or has viewed as exterior to the self, there is the necessity for allowing the smaller viewpoint to fall away, which is another way of saying that as the hero continues upon this journey, it finds that that which has impeded its progress is its own definition of itself in various modes or manners of expression that have taken root within the perception of the self by the self within the incarnation.

Thus, as these limiting definitions are discarded, there is the need to forgive or to redeem the self which has held these limiting points of view, limiting only as the hero has felt the necessity to move beyond them. For each new point of view or definition of the self will serve the hero for a certain portion of its experience, until it is ready to move beyond this point of view as well. At that time, that point of view will become a hindrance to further progress until a larger point of view is found and the smaller point of view is discarded. This is a simplistic means of describing the process of redemption or redefining of the self.

This instrument has said to herself and others many times that if she can focus on giving thanksgiving and praise for what is happening, she finds there is less of the difficult work to do that seems to involve suffering, either mental, emotional, spiritual or physical. The pressure to grow is indelibly etched into your very essence. You are, by your very nature, a life form in the midst of an evolutionary process. You may dig in your heels and attempt to resist growing and you will slow the rate of growth, but you cannot stop growing. What entities can do, and often choose to do, being unaware of a spiritual dimension to their lives, is attempt to remain as deeply asleep as possible, softening the blows of life with pleasure, distraction, and sleep. We are not speaking to those who wish to sleep. Therefore, we sympathize with you! For you are awake. You cannot go back to sleep. You truly do wish to grow, and you truly are weary at times of the amount of suffering that seems to be involved.

Andthe catalyst, as the one known as C, as the one known as Carla, and as the one known as Jim all said, does not stop simply because you become aware that it is catalyst. You do the work of becoming grateful for the good catalyst and thankful for the good work to do. You can only manipulate your true feelings so far. This instrument was speaking earlier, for instance, of how she must remove from her consciousness all of the details of her present moment before she can come to that formless awareness of self that is the real self, the consciousness that is shared with the infinite Creator and with all the forces of love and light within her world. It is possible to become that emptied, open vessel, but it takes work. It takes a deliberate and ruthless willingness to release pain and, more than that, to release the resentment that grows up around having to feel the pain. We realize that we are talking to a wide range of entities. For some of you, the pain is emotional. For some of you the pain is physical. And for some the pain is spiritual. In all cases there is a mixture of each, but always there is an emphasis on one of those three.

Whatever the kind of suffering that you are experiencing, it has the same function within the growth processes of your soul. It is designed, as the one known as C said, to target specific issues which you came into this incarnation fairly determined to balance. You had to give up the memory of all this good planning, so the actual agenda of your life only comes to you little by little unless you are very lucky, and it strikes you all at once. If you receive a whole vision like that, almost nothing can stop you. But for most entities, the vision is acquired slowly and in stages. And there is a lot of self-doubt. There is the wondering if you are on the right track. Could you be doing something better? Could you be doing something else? Could you be more honest with yourself? And so forth and so on. These are questions that are good to ask, questions that are needful to ask, but questions that distract you from the process of letting faith be your keel and hope your rudder.

Then Q’uo said Carla has said many times that if she can focus on giving thanksgiving and praise for what is happening, she finds there is less difficult work to do that involves suffering, either mental, emotional, spiritual, or physical since the pressure to grow is etched into our being, and we are a life form in the midst of an evolutionary process, so we may dig in our heels and attempt to resist growing in order to slow the rate of growth, but we cannot stop growing so that what we can do, being unaware of a spiritual dimension to our lives, is attempt to remain as deeply asleep as possible, softening the blows of life with distraction and sleep, but Q’uo is not speaking to those who wish to sleep because they sympathized with us, for we are awake, and we cannot go back to sleep since we do wish to grow, and we are weary at times of the amount of suffering that seems to be involved. Q’uo went on to say the catalyst, as C, Carla, and Jim said, does not stop because we become aware that it is catalyst because we do the work of becoming grateful for the good catalyst and for the good work to do, but we can only manipulate our true feelings so far as Carla was speaking earlier of how she must remove from her consciousness the details of her present moment before she can come to that awareness of self that is the real self, the consciousness that is shared with the infinite Creator and with all the forces of love and light within her world, and it is possible to become that open vessel, but it takes work to release pain and, to release the resentment that grows up around having to feel the pain, and Q’uo realized that they are talking to a wide range of entities since for some of us the pain is emotional, or physical, or spiritual, and in all cases there is a mixture of each, but always there is an emphasis on one of those three. Q’uo continued by saying whatever the kind of suffering we are experiencing, it has the same function within the growth processes of our soul, and it is designed to target issues which we came into this incarnation determined to balance, so we had to give up the memory of this planning, and the actual agenda of our life comes to us little by little unless we are lucky, and it strikes us all at once, and if we receive a vision like that, nothing can stop us, but for most of us, the vision is acquired in stages, and there is a lot of self-doubt, and there is the wondering if we are on the right track, and these are questions that are good to ask, but they distract us from the process of letting faith be our keel and hope our rudder. On April 15, 1990, Q’uo spoke of the causes of self-doubt:

Many entities within the childhood experience are cut off from the feeling of self-love. This is perhaps the most common of those limitations which are chosen before the incarnation, in order that the entity may experience and exercise the lesson that one is not here to be loved but to love. One is not here to be pampered, but to console others. One is not here to be praised, but to support, cherish, and nurture those about one, seeing in them the infinite Creator. The inability to feel the worth of the self derives its strength, for the most part, from the childhood wherein the child is not accepted as it is, in which the child is not appreciated, feels itself not to be fully loved, feels itself to be criticized, feels itself to be unable to please those first witnesses and embodiments of the Creator, the parents.

As the parents cut the child off from the spontaneous giving and taking of love, so in the mature spiritual search the pilgrim shall find itself laden with a burden of self-doubt, and that even heavier burden of unidentified guilt, for in such a childhood one is given the feeling that one is somehow guilty, but of what, the child knows not. One is given the feeling that the child is unwanted, and there is no defense possible to that child, for in the young years of incarnation the child is too purely that spirit which incarnated into the world to have defenses against lack of self-perceived love, worth and righteousness.

You can only go so far with your chamber, given that we continue to use the image of the chambered nautilus. The most marvelously expansive palace with the widest point of view possible will give to you everything right up to the limit of the rational and the known. You will look upon physical things from this personality shell. You will see stars, but they will not live. You will hear the wind, but you will not hear it speaking to you. You are trapped, as a personality, in a world of thought and form. You cannot see that the forms and the thoughts are common to you all. You cannot see beyond the uniqueness of your body and its obviously physical separation from all other bodies. You cannot see the dance of your auras as they dance upon each other and form harmonics and combinations of woven color that are quite remarkable in their beauty. You cannot see all of the entities of Earth: the flowers, the trees, the animals, the water, all the elements with their characteristic vibrations and their characteristic auras, all merging and flowing in and out of each other in an endless harmony and a beautiful symphony. That is the limitation of that entity that you are when you use the word, “I.”

You moved into incarnation in this very limited physical vehicle with its very limited instincts and mentality because you as a soul had work to do. It may well help, when you are in the midst of suffering, to remember and validate for yourself the simple fact that you chose the work you are about now in the world. You wanted it very much. You wanted the opportunity badly. Not only did you want to help others, but you also wanted to work on your vibration. Some of you felt that you were overbalanced toward love and tended towards becoming martyrs rather than applying the wisdom that balances martyrdom and creates of it continued life and continued teaching and an expansion of possibilities.

Some of you came into this incarnation with the opinion that you had far too much wisdom and that it was keeping you from coming into the full openness of heart that you truly wished for yourself. From whichever dynamic you are approaching balance, you will be drawn to certain lessons. Those who wish to gain wisdom will be offered opportunities to use wisdom. Those of you who wish to become openhearted will find those themes of catalytic event occurring again and again that challenge you to open your heart at the expense of rationality and the perceived wisdom. Realize that when you do this work, your responsibility is to form an intention and to offer it up to the spirit within you. There is much that is hidden in mystery about your guidance. Do not attempt, then, to reason out these moments of suffering and learning. Certainly, apply the wisdom of analysis as you wish. But realize always that skillful work with the personality involves moving back into the silence, allowing the personality to fall away, becoming empty, as this instrument was talking about doing earlier, and receiving in that silence things that are and will remain a mystery but which will, nevertheless, create for you the possibilities of new structure, a larger home, a more capacious and compassionate personality.

Now Q’uo said we can only go so far with our chamber, given that they continued to use the image of the chambered nautilus, but the most expansive palace with the widest point of view possible will give us everything up to the limit of what is known, and there is the limitation of that entity that we are when we use the word, “I,” so when we look upon physical things from this personality shell we: “will see stars, but they will not live. We will hear the wind, but we will not hear it speaking to us. We cannot see that the forms and the thoughts are common to us all. We cannot see beyond the uniqueness of our body and its obviously physical separation from all other bodies. We cannot see all of the entities of Earth: the flowers, the trees, the animals, the water, all the elements with their characteristic vibrations and their characteristic auras, all merging and flowing in and out of each other in an endless harmony and a beautiful symphony.” Q’uo went on to say we moved into incarnation in this limited body with its limited instincts and mentality because we had work to do, so it may help, when we are suffering, to remember the fact that we chose the work we are doing in the world because we wanted the opportunity to help others, but we also wanted to work on our vibration, and some of us felt that we were overbalanced toward love and tended to become martyrs rather than applying the wisdom that balances martyrdom and creates our life of teaching and an expansion of possibilities. Q’uo continued by saying some of us came into this incarnation feeling that we had too much wisdom, and that it was keeping us from coming into the openness of heart that we wished for ourself, so from whichever dynamic we are approaching balance, we will be drawn to certain lessons, and those of us who wish to gain wisdom will be offered opportunities to use wisdom, and those of us who wish to become openhearted will find those catalytic events occurring again and again that challenge us to open our heart at the expense of wisdom, so when we do this work, our responsibility is to form an intention and to offer it up to the spirit within us because there is much that is hidden in mystery about our guidance, but we should not attempt to understand these moments of suffering and learning although we can apply the wisdom of analysis as we wish, but we must realize that skillful work with our personality involves moving back into the silence, allowing our personality to fall away, becoming empty, and receiving in that silence things that will remain a mystery but which will create for us the possibilities of a larger home and a more compassionate personality. On January 5, 1997, Q’uo spoke of how we can use our personality metaphysically to express our nature as the Creator:

The entity which seeks to discipline the personality, to become a metaphysical being, to exercise the way of the magician in attempting to arrive at changes in consciousness, these things are done primarily through those qualities which you have spoken of when you spoke of faith and love.

The entity which seeks to become a metaphysical being and to exercise the expression of its personality finds in the positive polarity that the ability to love comes forth from the primary faith that the entity has been able to nourish and to cause to grow within the self. All of these elements of the personality and the ingredients that make up the multifaceted being that each is find the necessity to give and receive love the primary building block and energy of all creation with each portion of the life experience. Thus, the entity who wishes to be a metaphysical personality stokes its internal furnace with faith, and the energy which is output is likened unto love, the means by which it is done, the many facets of the personality that has been disciplined and is available as a resource, that one may write the tone poem of life with an unique and distinctive flourish, that gives a glorification to the one Creator in that it is a means by which a metaphysical entity begins to express its nature as the Creator.

We would say, “No,” to the question would we suggest for you to lose the personality. You do not wish to lose the personality, although as various parts of it fall away naturally, it is a wonderfully freeing experience. Your personality is a perfectly good structure. You are, however, working to refine your personality. Now the word “refine” means to purify, and it calls up images of the fiery furnace and being reduced to your liquid components of this metal, that metal, and so forth, and the dross being drained off and the good part being made into some fine steel or creating something metallic. Yours is not that kind of refinery. If you will notice your physical vehicle, it is a chemical refinery. It takes in raw foods. It uses the good, and it excretes the waste. It may help you to think of your mental and emotional appetites in the same way. You’re going to be eating a lot of raw food when it comes to food as experience. It will hit you sometimes like a French au cuisine dinner, sometimes like an unfortunate trip to a greasy burger place, and sometimes somewhere in between.

Some of the experiences that you receive will be sweet to your tongue and delicious to process: your lover’s touch, the cry of your baby, those wonderful times when you see the beauty of the moment in the sunshine and shadow. Treasure and store up those moments of pure awareness. The kind of refinery you are as a soul is one who takes all that hits the self in the present moment and gazes at it with an eye to response. If you are too quick to respond, then you have quickly used up that opportunity. If the response is not complete or well thought out, or on the level you would have preferred if you thought about it further, then you have minimized the effectiveness of this particular catalyst.

Consequently, in terms of dealing with difficult catalyst, it is helpful that you become aware of your resistance to it. It is understandable for you to resist by instinct anything that will make you uncomfortable. Whether it is a physical discomfort because of a physical condition or an emotional discomfort because of a difficult relationship, the discomfort is there and the instinct of your physical vehicle with its intellect is to resist it. You wish either to change it or to eliminate it. The last thing you want to do is accept it, appreciate it, bless it, and use it. Yet for those who have the presence of mind to go through that process of separating the self from the immediacy of the catalyst and becoming that self that is aware of the catalyst and wishes to choose how to respond, such catalyst can begin to be seen as the gift that it truly is.

It is the work of a lifetime to learn not to resist seemingly difficult catalyst. Yet as each of you has at times discovered, when you release all resistance and embrace the situation your environment lightens as if dawn had just broken on a new day. You are able to say, “All right, I see this, and I welcome it. Help me learn how to receive this gift. Help me to have insight into its purpose in my life. Help me to look in the mirror of this discomfort and see the face of the infinite Creator.” We believe that this is a good stopping place for this particular topic and we would, at this time, ask if there are other queries that this group may have. We are those of Q’uo.

Q’uo went on to say “No,” to the question if we should lose our personality because we do not wish to lose our personality, although as various parts of it fall away it is a freeing experience as our personality is a good structure, but we are working to refine our personality, so now the word “refine” means to purify, and it calls up images of the fiery furnace and being reduced to our liquid components of this metal and the dross being drained off, and the good part being made into some fine steel, but ours is not that kind of refinery, and if we will notice our physical vehicle, it is a chemical refinery that takes in raw foods, uses the good, and excretes the waste, so it may help us to think of our mental and emotional appetites in the same way since we are going to be eating a lot of raw food when it comes to food as experience, and it will hit us sometimes like a French elegant dinner, sometimes like an unfortunate trip to a greasy burger place, and sometimes somewhere in between. Then Q’uo said some of the experiences that we receive will be sweet to our tongue : our lover’s touch, and those times when we see the beauty of the moment in the sunshine and shadow that we can treasure and store up in moments of pure awareness because this is the kind of refinery we are as a soul who takes our experience in the present moment and gazes at it with an eye to response, but if we are too quick to respond, then we have used up that opportunity, or if the response is not complete then we have minimized the effectiveness of this catalyst. Q’uo continued by saying in terms of dealing with difficult catalyst, it is helpful that we become aware of our resistance to it, and it is understandable for us to resist by instinct anything that will make us uncomfortable whether it is a physical discomfort or an emotional discomfort, the discomfort is there, and the instinct of our physical vehicle with its intellect is to resist it, so we wish to change it or to eliminate it, but the last thing we want to do is accept it and use it, but for those of us who have the presence of mind to go through that process of separating our self from the immediacy of the catalyst and becoming that self that is aware of the catalyst and wishes to choose how to respond, such catalyst can begin to be seen as the gift that it truly is. Now Q’uo completed their reply by saying it is the work of a lifetime to learn not to resist seemingly difficult catalyst, yet as each of us has discovered when we release all resistance and embrace the situation our environment lightens as if dawn had just broken on a new day, and we are able to say: “All right, I see this, and I welcome it. Help me learn how to receive this gift. Help me to have insight into its purpose in my life. Help me to look in the mirror of this discomfort and see the face of the infinite Creator.” On March 18, 2017, Q’uo spoke about our work of a lifetime:

The process that we described in the opening response to your primary question was how to utilize the catalyst of your experience, the catalyst of your world, the catalyst of your daily round of activities, in order to be able to eventually utilize the shuttle in such a fashion. This is the work of the adept; this is the work of a lifetime; this is the work that requires great dedication, concentration, repetition, and, shall we say, imagination, for that which stands before the doughty seeker of truth is a gauntlet of catalyst that shall test one’s ability to be able to find love where there seems to be no love at all; to find wisdom where there seems to be only ignorance; to find companionship where there seems to be only separation; to find unity where there is nothing but separation. This is the work of the magician; this is the work of the conscious mind; this is the work of the adept, my brother. This is what each of you is here to do; this is what each of you is doing quite well, in our estimation. We would recommend to each of you that you keep doing what you are doing.

We believe that this is a good stopping place for this particular topic and we would, at this time, ask if there are other queries that this group may have. We are those of Q’uo.

[No further queries.]

We are those of Q’uo. As we seem to have exhausted the questions in this group at this time, we shall thank you once again for calling us to your circle and for allowing us the privilege of sharing your vibrations. We leave you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai.

This morning I vacuumed the first floor of my home, and then I went outside and used the garden hose to put more water in the fishpond in order to lower the height of the fountain that had begun to splash water outside of the pond.

This afternoon I went outside and started up Venus, my large lawn mower, and went around to the street where the brick foundation to my mailbox had been accidentally run into by the friend of my neighbor as she was backing our of their driveway. I used the front of my mower to push the brick foundation back into its proper location.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

April 11

A Fine Pilgrimage

I am the spirit of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.

I am the Comforter. Come, take my hand. Together we may walk through the land of experience. Together we may see the illumination of day and rejoice in the velvet darkness of night. Together the soul and its Comforter may make a fine pilgrimage of any road and any weather.

Seek the consolation and the comfort of the consciousness of Love. It lies waiting for the touch of your hand, the invitation of your heart. Perhaps you may want to travel for awhile, experiencing the feeling of aloneness and calling to feelings of helplessness and despair. These experiences, too, are most wonderful. Yet when the pitch of experience becomes too keen to bear alone, hold in remembrance that you are not without comfort at any time, in any place.

For the peace and the Love of Jesus the Christ are in the world in which you truly live. And in that kingdom of consciousness we leave you, now and always. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from November 12, 2006:

Question from M: Ever since 9/11, I’ve been concerned that this planet may be heading towards a catastrophic war. I feel a sense of failure, helplessness, and hopelessness. I feel myself heading towards complete despair. I’m beginning to question whether all is well with the birthing of fourth-density Earth. Has the planetary experiment gone awry? If so, what spiritual principles are involved in transmuting despair into hope and doubt into encouragement?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we come to you this day. Thank you for calling us to your circle of seeking. It is a great privilege to share in your meditation. As always, we would ask your kind consideration in being very careful what thoughts of ours you use as you move through thinking about your spiritual process. Please disregard any thought that we offer that is not immediately helpful to you. We would not wish to be a stumbling block before you. We thank you for that consideration, for it allows us to speak freely without being concerned that we might infringe upon your free will. We are emphatically not authority figures but rather travelers with you upon a certain kind of path that goes on forever.

This day you have asked about feelings that you have about the society and culture in which you live and about the government which rules your particular part of the world. You express feelings of deep concern, despair, and hopelessness. You express a feeling that you are not able to help the situation by anything that you can do. And you ask what the spiritual principles are in dealing with these thoughts and in looking for ways to transform the inner landscape of your thoughts. My sister, we thank you for this query. Our response must be somewhat indirect as we cannot make a frontal approach to your query. We are those who come on a vibration of unconditional Love. Our contact, and our type of contact in general, does not have the facility with detailed, earthly information of a practical nature that, say, an inner-planes entity might have. It is not our place to interfere with the governance or the affairs in general of planet Earth.

For good information on how to affect your government, your politics, your economics, or your society in general by practical and worldly means, we would strongly suggest that you inquire from other sources than we. We are a carefully tuned contact that focuses upon spiritual principles. From that level, my sister, we may answer you, but it is perhaps an answer other than you would have wished. And for that we can only say that our ability to speak through this instrument is based upon her preserving a certain tuning. Were she to slip out of this tuning range, we would be unable to continue offering her information. However, she might be able to continue receiving information from an entity of a negative nature that was able to ape or imitate the vibration of those of the Q’uo group.

We say these things to you so that you will understand if we do not roll up our sleeves and dig into the cleaning up of planet Earth. Indeed, my sister, we do not see that picture. Let us talk a bit about what we do see upon your planet at this time. Firstly, you were concerned that there may be a conflagration caused by humans setting off bombs in a nuclear holocaust that would strip the planet of its atmosphere or, were it not so horrendous a conflagration, would simply cloud the atmosphere so that life upon planet Earth would become extinct from its inability to function in the new environment. There are many peoples upon your planet who have access to such bombs and weapons of mass destruction and there are more who have the capacity to acquire them if they see the need. Therefore, my sister, your concern is valid. What shall you do then with that concern?

Question from M: “Ever since 9/11, I’ve been concerned that this planet may be heading towards a catastrophic war. I feel a sense of failure, helplessness, and hopelessness. I feel myself heading towards complete despair. I’m beginning to question whether all is well with the birthing of fourth-density Earth. Has the planetary experiment gone awry? If so, what spiritual principles are involved in transmuting despair into hope and doubt into encouragement?” Q’uo began by saying that we have asked about feelings that we have about the culture in which we live and about the government which rules our part of the world, and we express feelings of concern, and hopelessness, and we express a feeling that we are not able to help the situation by anything that we can do, so we ask what the spiritual principles are in dealing with these thoughts, so Q’uo said they cannot take a direct approach to our query because they are those who come on a vibration of unconditional Love, and their type of contact does not deal with information of a practical nature since it is not their place to interfere with the governments of Earth. Q’uo went on to say for information on how to affect our government, our economics, or our society by practical means, Q’uo suggested that we inquire from other sources because they are a tuned contact that focuses upon spiritual principles, and from that level they may answer us, but it is an answer other than we would have wished, and for that they can only say that their ability to speak through Carla is based upon her preserving a certain tuning, and if she to slipped out of this tuning  Q’uo said they would be unable to continue offering her information, but she might be able to continue receiving information from an entity of a negative nature that was able to imitate their vibration. Then Q’uo said these things to us so that we will understand if they do not roll up their sleeves and dig into the cleaning up of planet Earth because they do not see that picture, and what they do see upon our planet was our concern that there may be a war caused by countries setting off bombs in a nuclear holocaust that would strip the planet of its atmosphere, or it would cloud the atmosphere so that life upon Earth would die from its inability to function in the new environment, and there are many countries upon our planet who have access to weapons of mass destruction, and our concern is valid, so what shall we do with that concern? On January 1, 2006, Q’uo spoke about how we can deal with the possible use of weapons of mass destruction:

In terms of your living out your natural life, there is no physical catastrophe that is necessary in order to express the changes that the planet is going through. Humankind is another story in terms of the possibility of planetary disaster. The planet itself does not need to extinguish itself in order for fourth density to emerge. However, there is a troubling tendency within humankind to use violence and the expressions of violence of which your people are capable at this time. The only reason for fear that we would see in the picture that we look at at this time is that tendency among your people to feel that it is possible to create a better situation than the one that is currently had by destroying people, buildings, and the environments with your weapons of mass destruction. Enough of those weapons of mass destruction going off at one time could indeed remove life from the planet entirely.

We are without concern as to whether this happens because of our being unable to do anything about it. We hope that each of you can take into your prayer life, your meditations, and your interactions with others the awareness of that shadow side which lies within the heart and the makeup of each human being on planet Earth. Where in your energy do you see the desire to destroy rather than communicate, to blow something up rather than take the long and sometimes messy route of discussion and heartfelt reaction that results in creating light where there was darkness, love where there was bitterness, and so forth?

Thisinstrument recently read an article which described an Hawaiian healing technique called oponopono. In this healing technique, the healer never touches the patient and may not even see the patient. He may simply be told about the patient. This healing technique is intended to be used in healing mental illness, emotional distress, and the criminal mentality. The healer receives all the information concerning the patient. He then looks within to discover that condition within himself. When he has found that condition within himself, he sets about healing that condition within himself. When he has healed himself, quite often the prisoner or mental patient is found to require no more medication or to have been healed of criminal tendencies. The spiritual principle that is behind this healing technique is the very basic principle of unity. All things are one. It is interesting that we see all of you, individually and collectively, as enormously greater in substance than any other details of your Earthly environment whereas you see yourself as the smallest portion of an environment that towers above you, beneath you, and on all sides of you, making you insignificant, helpless, hopeless and full of despair.

Wewould encourage those who wish to make a difference on planet Earth to gaze at the planetary dysfunction and then to internalize that gaze and find the dysfunction within. It is not difficult for most humans to do. Both the one known as J and the one known as T were talking (during the round-robin discussion that typically precedes a Sunday Meditation) about how easy it is to move from a mental and emotional attitude of unconditional Love to an attitude of irritation and hostility when the catalyst of an unhappy and abrasive person breaks into the peaceful world of home and family.

What dysfunction is there in the world this day that might lead to the self-destructive and utterly irrational decision to set off nuclear bombs? What is that distortion but the belief that there is separation between people? How often, my sister, do you think that you will be able to work on healing that sense of separation between yourself and others that you see in the world’s dysfunction? We ask you to realize that we are speaking on the level of a causality that is far beyond the causality of worldly things. We are not saying that if you heal your sense of separation today, the world will change tomorrow. We are saying that when individuals who belong to the tribe of humankind choose one, upon another, upon another, to serve the Love and the Light and to refrain from fear, that attitude will spread. That emotional safety net will begin to spread out. And the more people that are doing this kind of work within themselves, the more the environment will shift on the inner planes in such a way that those who come after you will be able to do this work in consciousness more and more easily.

Then Q’uo said Carla recently read an article which described an Hawaiian healing technique called oponopono, and in this healing technique, the healer may not see the patient, and this healing technique is intended to be used in healing mental illness, emotional distress, and the criminal mentality, so the healer receives all the information concerning the patient, then he looks within to discover that condition within himself, and when he has found that condition within himself, and when he has healed himself, the prisoner or mental patient is found to have been healed of criminal tendencies so that the spiritual principle that is behind this healing technique is the principle that all things are one, and it is interesting that Q’uo sees all of us, individually and collectively, as greater in substance than any other details of our Earthly environment whereas we see our self as the smallest portion of an environment that surrounds us on all sides making us insignificant and full of despair. Q’uo went on to say that they would encourage those who wish to make a difference on planet Earth to gaze at the planetary dysfunction and then to internalize that gaze and find the dysfunction within, which is not difficult for most of us to do, and J and T were talking about how easy it is to move from a mental and emotional attitude of unconditional Love to an attitude of irritation when the catalyst of an abrasive person breaks into the peaceful world of home and family. Then Q’uo asked what dysfunction is there in the world this day that might lead to the irrational decision to set off nuclear bombs but the belief that there is separation between people, and how often do we think that we will be able to work on healing that sense of separation between our self and others that we see in the world’s dysfunction? So Q’uo asked us to realize that they are speaking on the level of a cause that is beyond the cause of worldly things because they are not saying that if we heal our sense of separation today, the world will change tomorrow, but they are saying that when individuals who belong to the tribe of humankind choose to serve the Love and the Light and to refrain from fear, that attitude will spread, and the more people that are doing this kind of work within themselves, the more the environment will shift on the inner planes in such a way that those who come after us will be able to do this work in consciousness more easily. On July 11, 1993, Hatonn described the sense of separation that could lead to warlike behavior:

The sense of loss bespeaks a separation. It is a separation, in the case of one who has died, that is easily understood, for one is no longer able to communicate in those old familiar ways with the beloved one. At a deeper level, however, the sense of separation registers as a kind of disharmony with all that is. One perhaps feels torn out of the sense that one may have had of being rooted in, or belonging to, an environment that is nurturing and welcoming, staring now at a hostile and unforgiving land. The separation then cuts quite deep.

It is understandable that entities gazing upon the world scene would feel helpless, hopeless, and despairing. Certainly, my sister, we, too, see the broken bodies of the children and other innocents carelessly killed by those who do not see that they and their brothers are one. We do not intend to downplay or shrug off the suffering of the world. At the same time, we do see from a point of view which encompasses a larger pattern than you can see from within incarnation. The fourth density is being born normally and in a healthy way. The efforts of many groups, including this one through whom we speak this day, have spoken of Light and Love and the word has been passed, more than perhaps you might realize, at the grass-roots level, at the level of indigenous peoples; and at the level in civilized worlds of the first fumblings and reachings for something that has substance. We see the world waking up to Love. We see it beginning to identify the hunger that it has. We see it beginning to respond, Love being reflected in Love. There is great hope at that grass-roots level, below the radar of politics and empire.

We cannot tell you not to be concerned about politics, society, economics, and culture. Depending upon your own judgment and your own free will, we encourage you and all entities to follow your heart, to define those gifts that you might feel to share with your society and your culture that might make it better. This is your free will and your good work to do if you wish it. What we are here to speak with you concerning is something far simpler and at the same time something far greater. We come to tell you a story about Love: Love unconditional, Love unlimited, Love that creates and destroys. It is a simple concept: this one great original Thought of unconditional Love creating the universe in order to know more about Itself. If you can look at your experience in the context of the Creator’s desire to gather experience and information about Itself, then you will see that the Creator is perfectly happy with you whatever you are doing and especially delighted with you when you are attempting to know yourself at an ever deeper level.

If a third-density experience ends not with a bang but with a whimper by humanity polluting its air and its water until it can no longer find a way to live, this will not overly trouble the Creator, for the Creator is gathering the information about the entire range of experience that is had by this population or tribe of humanity on the third planet from your sun. Indeed, if you were to destroy your planet, as has been done elsewhere in this solar system, on Mars, for instance, the Creator would still feel that it had received good information from you. Consequently, to the Creator you basically can do no wrong as long as you are authentically acting and gaining experience.

Now Q’uo said it is understandable that entities gazing upon the world scene would feel helpless and despairing because we see the broken bodies of children and other innocents carelessly killed by those who do not see that they and their brothers are one, but we do see from a larger point of view than we can see from within incarnation that the fourth density is being born in a healthy way because the efforts of many groups, such as this one, have spoken of Light and Love, and the word has been passed at the grass-roots level, at the level of indigenous peoples, and at the level in civilized worlds of the first reaching for something that has substance, and they see the world waking up to Love, and there is great hope at that grass-roots level, below the radar of politics and empire. Then Q’uo said they cannot tell us not to be concerned about politics, and economics, and depending upon our free will, they encouraged us and all entities to follow our heart to offer those gifts that we might feel to share with our culture that might make it better, and they are here to speak with us concerning something simpler and far greater because they come to tell us a story about Love unconditional, Love unlimited, Love that creates and destroys, and it is a simple concept of the one great original Thought of unconditional Love creating the universe in order to know more about Itself, so if we can look at our experience in the context of the Creator’s desire to gather information about Itself, then we will see that the Creator is happy with us whatever we are doing and especially delighted with us when we are attempting to know our self at a deeper level. Q’uo continued by saying if a third-density experience ends not with a bang but with a whimper by humanity polluting its air and its water until it can no longer find a way to live, this will not trouble the Creator, for the Creator is gathering the information about the range of experience that is had by this population on the third planet from our sun, and if we were to destroy our planet as did those of Mars, the Creator would feel that It had received good information from us, so to the Creator we can do no wrong as long as we are authentically gaining experience. On June 22, 1993, Q’uo described the nature of the one great original Thought of Love that created the universe:

The Creator created a great original Expression or Thought. This we have called the Logos or Love. This principle, this Love, created all that there is by the quantizing articulation of Light. Yet all that is created is of the nature of its parent source, which is Love. The reason for offering love, appreciation, a blessing and thanksgiving to the infinite One is that the entity within incarnation is attempting to form its vibratory frequency more and more like that of the vibrational frequency of the one great original Thought, which is Love. The closer the seeker comes to matching that vibratory frequency, the more that entity will be perceived as offering praise and thanksgiving. This is true far beneath any articulation of words or even what you consider thoughts. Rather, it is in the nature of the way creation is built. That is, original Thought expresses in Love, thanks, blessing, praise and rejoicing. Thusly, it is not a Creator hungry for praise and thanks that requires homage of its worshippers, but rather it is Love, it is reflected in Love, and in that infinite reflection lies truth.

Now, to your own consciousness and conscience, you have much more accountability. For you sent yourself forth into incarnation with a plan. And there is a part of you that is hoping day by day, as you go through your entire life, that you are on track with your mission, your plan, and your purpose. There are those who attempt to nail down the nature of that plan. Yet you as a spirit did not plan specific activities. You planned opportunities and relationships. Those are the keys. When you are tempted to feel helpless, hopeless, and despairing, we would encourage you to remember that you do not need to relate to some idea of the Creator and please the Creator. Neither do you need to relate to the world and in some way please the world. In terms of your spiritual work, you have only yourself to please. When you see before you your own statement, “I feel helpless; I feel hopeless; I feel despair,” how do you think your highest and best self would respond to that complaint? You see, my sister, the answers lie within you already. By merely encouraging your own process a bit, we believe you may see the answers flowing into place before you.

You are not helpless. You are a person of infinite power. You are not hopeless, unless you choose to take that pose and stand as a statue, ignoring the movements of life. You may well be despairing because you have allowed yourself to identify the illusion as the realest portion of your life. In actuality, in terms of spiritual evolution, that which occurs outside of your mind is food for the mill. The pay dirt of spiritual seeking lies not in circumstances but in how you choose to respond to them. There are always reasons to despair. There are always reasons to be intimidated. That which this instrument calls the loyal opposition would be delighted to see entities give up those faculties of hope and faith that make people unreasonably optimistic.

We, on the other hand, would encourage you to see that if you choose to stand knowing who you are, your feet planted upon the soil of your life and your experience and your arms stretched in praise and thanksgiving to the Creator of all things, you are a person of great power. If you so choose to adopt and embrace faith, no suffering can break you, for you choose the truth, and all else is illusion. If you choose hope, those wings shall fly you where you need to go. For each entity, morale and attitude are a matter of choice. There is no limitation which can keep an entity from grooming and settling his own mind and his own heart along the lines of peace, and joy, and thankfulness if he so desires to seek those levels of being within himself. And, my sister, as each entity does these things, so the world will change.

Q’uo went on to say we have more accountability to our own consciousness, for we sent our self forth into incarnation with a plan, and we are hoping that we are on track with our mission, so there are those who attempt to nail down the nature of that plan, but as a spirit we did not plan specific activities because we planned opportunities and relationships, and when we are tempted to feel hopeless Q’uo encouraged us to remember that we do not need to relate to some idea of the Creator and please the Creator, nor do we need to please the world because in terms of our spiritual work, we have only our self to please, and when we see our statement, “I feel helpless; I feel hopeless; I feel despair,” how do we think our highest self would respond to that complaint? So Q’uo said the answers lie within us already, and by encouraging our own process they believed we may see the answers flowing into place before us. Now Q’uo said we are not helpless because we are a person of infinite power, and we are not hopeless, unless we choose to stand as a statue, ignoring the movements of life, so we may be despairing because we have allowed our self to identify the illusion as the real portion of our life when, in terms of spiritual evolution, that which occurs outside of our mind is food for the mill, and the value of spiritual seeking lies not in circumstances but in how we choose to respond to them, and there are always reasons to despair, for that which Carla calls the loyal opposition would be delighted to see us give up hope and faith that make us optimistic. Q’uo continued by saying they would encourage us to see that if we choose to stand knowing who we are, our feet planted upon the soil of our life and our arms stretched out in praise and thanksgiving to the Creator of all things, we are a person of great power, and if we choose to embrace faith, no suffering can break us, for we choose the truth, and if we choose hope, those wings shall fly us where we need to go, for each of us attitude is matter of choice, and there is no limitation which can keep us from settling our mind and heart along the lines of joy and thankfulness if we desire to seek those levels of being within our self, and as we do these things, so the world will change. On January 28, 1981, Latwii suggested ways that we can contact deeper level of our being:

First of all, may we say that meditation is the most accessible way for most of the people of your planet to obtain contact with their inner being, their higher self, and the many guides which wait upon the seeking of the seeker. That it is the best way cannot be said for certain for many ways there are for those known as the [inaudible] to make such contact. But many steps of preparation are necessary for the utilization of these other techniques. So, we feel we might be most accurate in our response by suggesting that meditation is the most accessible means at this time for obtaining a contact with your deeper, or shall we say, higher levels of being including your higher self.

May we ask if there is another query at this time?

M: We see a lot of lies and corruption in government in these times. What spiritual principles are involved in holding a vision of peace in the face of rampant corruption?

We are those of the Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my sister. There is a saying among your people, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This tends to be a true statement. You may see power in one of two ways. You may see power as coming from the outside in or you may see power coming from the inside out. The power that comes from the outside in is the power of government and authority, the usual suspects in your world. There are many ways in which people can be persecuted by authority figures. You have seen evidence of many of these kinds of persecution. You recoil before the stink of empire. It is understandable that you would see this power as being very vast and hanging over you somehow. This is the way of things upon the level of consensus reality.

We are witnesses to another kind of power. It is not the power that changes governments or topples armies. It is not a power that has weaponry or clever disguises or plans and protocols. The power that comes from the inside out is the power, firstly, of knowing who you are and, secondly, of emptying out the content of who you are to the extent that you are able to follow the changing currents and eddies of the present moment. We would encourage you to see yourself as a lighthouse. The lighthouse lights its lamp and keeps its windows transparent. It gives to that lamp the power to turn in endless circles, so that those coming in from the open water may see the rocks and avoid them and come to a safe harbor. A spiritual lighthouse has its own kind of Light and when you become aware of the power of your beingness, you may, if you wish, consciously become that kind of lighthouse that radiates Love and Light into the spiritual space around you.

All the speaking that you might do is not one-thousandth as powerful as the focus of your very nature when it is focused upon unconditional Love. Let your answer to fear be an openhearted, sunny, carefree, joyous, confident feeling of Love and rightness. Develop that environment within yourself: lightening up, looking for the laughter, looking for the fun. And although the world may seem to wag on as before, no better and no worse, do not be deceived. What you do within the precincts of your own sacred heart and mind affects your world. Please know, my sister, that people by the millions are asking these questions, coming to this same kind of conclusion and taking up the power that is theirs by spiritual birthright.

M: “We see a lot of lies and corruption in government in these times. What spiritual principles are involved in holding a vision of peace in the face of rampant corruption?” Q’uo began by saying we are aware of your query, and there is a saying among your people, “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” and this tends to be a true statement, so we may see power in one of two ways: we may see power as coming from the outside in, or we may see power coming from the inside out, and the power that comes from the outside in is the power of government, and there are many ways in which people can be persecuted by authority figures, so we have seen these kinds of persecution which cause us to recoil before the stink of empire, and it is understandable that we would see this power as being vast and hanging over us since this is the way of things upon the level of consensus reality. Q’uo went on to say they are witnesses to another kind of power, but it is not the power that changes governments, or topples armies, or a power that has clever disguises, but it is the power that comes from the inside out and is the power of knowing who we are and, secondly, of emptying out the content of who we are so that we are able to follow the changing currents of the present moment, so Q’uo encouraged us to see our self as a lighthouse that lights its lamp and keeps its windows transparent, and we give to that lamp the power to turn in endless circles, so that those coming in from the open water may see the rocks and avoid them and come to a safe harbor because a spiritual lighthouse has its own kind of Light, and when we become aware of the power of our beingness, we may consciously become that kind of lighthouse that radiates Love and Light into the spiritual space around us. Q’uo continued by saying all the speaking that we might do is not as powerful as the focus of our nature when it is focused upon unconditional Love, so let our answer to fear be an openhearted feeling of Love and rightness, and develop that environment within ourself of looking for the laughter, and although the world may seem to wag on as before, no better and no worse, we should not be deceived because what we do within the precincts of our sacred heart affects our world, and people by the millions are asking these questions, coming to this same kind of conclusion, and taking up the power that is theirs by spiritual birthright. On May 20, 2005, Q’uo spoke of what it is like when we become a lighthouse:

You are as the lighthouse and you shine over stormy waters, giving your love and your light that is as a beacon. Your fidelity to unconditional Love, by its very nature, is able to create awareness within entities which may be being tempted to join what you would call the darker side of the left-hand path of service to self in such a way that such entities cannot deny the truth of that light which they see before them.

May we ask if there is another query at this time? We are those of Q’uo.

M: I am concerned that people on planet Earth do not have good information and that their ignorance could jeopardize the entire planet. Ra said of those unawakened beings in their third-density experience that, “To those who wish to sleep we could only offer those comforts designed for the sleeping.” What if Earth’s sleepers endangered the entire planet by creating the conditions which could precipitate nuclear war by failing to counteract the control that the service-to-self leadership exercises on such a wide and pervasive scale?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my sister. We have no pat answer for you in this wise except to assure you that there are avenues of information available globally to those civilized entities who are equipped with electricity and computers. The amount of information available to those who have access to your internet is astronomical. The information is available for those who seek it. The Earth is not being threatened by those who do not seek. The patterns which present themselves to your eyes at this time are strong patterns that have repeated within your history quite a few times. They are patterns of empire: the gathering of resources, the subjugation of peoples, and the turn of the wheel, so that the conqueror becomes the conquered, and another world balance of power is set up. This wheel has turned before. It shall turn again. We would suggest, my sister, that knowledge is not the problem. Indeed, there is only a problem within the illusion. It is difficult to communicate in words how helpful it is to release worry and concern. These energies are energies of exhausting power. They rob you of your natural optimism and confidence.

It may seem that we are suggesting that you turn your back on the facts and dwell in an ivory tower. We do not intend to suggest this. We intend rather to suggest that you love the world and accept it as it is.  Once you have chosen that fundamental attitude of loving the world no matter what, then it is not going to unbalance you to investigate as much as you wish into the structures of politics, economics, social living, culture, and the formation of myth. Learn all that you can. Absorb and consider and mull over information as long as you wish, as long as you are able to do this within the context of loving that which you understand ever better. Understanding is a positive thing. When you gather information so that you can find more things about which to worry, then you have begun to take the world too seriously.

May we ask if there is another query at this time?

M: I want to alert people to the information they don’t have, but I am concerned about preserving their free will. What spiritual principles are involved in desiring to share information which may open their eyes to the reality of the planetary game without a prior request to do so?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my sister. The spiritual principle involved in communication of ideas is what this instrument would call the Johnny Appleseed Principle. All thoughts that you feel are helpful and useful for others remain so only in your own mind, just as other people may tell you all manner of things which you do not find relevant or interesting. So, you may talk until you are, as this instrument would say, blue in the face without ever making sense to anyone else or doing them any good. Spiritual information is sensitive to context and environment. You cannot simply take the world by the throat and say, “Listen to me. I have information that is helpful.” Those who force information on others are acting in a way that they feel is helpful, yet, in effect, it is service to self, for they are teaching what they believe is good for you without regard to what you think about it or how you react to it.

The Johnny Appleseed Principle is one of dropping seeds. This instrument, for instance, and the research group with which she is associated, maintains a website with thousands of transcripts and speeches that this instrument has created through her work throughout several decades. It lies there, waiting to be found by those who have a spiritual impulse. Many, many other beautiful and inspiring sources of information also lie waiting. There is no shortage of information. We ask you to rest your concern and internalize that desire to help so that you see the very living of your life as an emblem and a symbol of the living of the life of the world. Consciousness is not yours alone. You share the innermost identity of yourself with all that there is.

Walk, my sister, out of the small rooms and dim hallways of fear and come out into the outdoors of wind and water and fire and earth. Come from the local to the infinite. Come from the world of detail to the world of the four directions, the elements, and the powers. Come to the great cross of life: the vertical reach to the infinite; the horizontal reach within incarnation to loving and being loved. And know that it is in the little things that you shall create a new heaven and a new Earth. May you do each little thing as if it were a great honor and privilege! May you shine as the lighthouse you are!

M: I want to alert people to the information they don’t have, but I am concerned about preserving their free will. What spiritual principles are involved in desiring to share information which may open their eyes to the reality of the planetary game without a prior request to do so? Q’uo said that the spiritual principle involved in communication of ideas is what Carla would call the Johnny Appleseed Principle, so that all thoughts that we feel are helpful for others remain so only in our mind, just as other people may tell us many things which we do not find or interesting, so we may talk until we are blue in the face without making sense to anyone or doing them any good, and spiritual information is sensitive to context, and we cannot take the world by the throat and say, “Listen to me. I have information that is helpful.” Because those who force information on others are acting in a way that they feel is helpful, yet it is service to self, for they are teaching what they believe is good for us without regard to what we think about it or how we react to it. Then Q’uo said the Johnny Appleseed Principle is one of dropping seeds, and Carla, and the research group with which she is associated, maintains a website with thousands of transcripts and speeches that she has created through her work over several decades, and it lies there waiting to be found by those who have a spiritual impulse, and many other inspiring sources of information also lie waiting as there is no shortage of information, so Q’uo asked us to rest our concern and internalize that desire to help so that we see the living of our life as a symbol of the living of the life of the world because consciousness is not ours alone, and we share the innermost identity of our self with all that there is. Now Q’uo said walk out of the small rooms and dim hallways of fear, and come out into the outdoors of wind, and water, and fire, and earth, and come from the local to the infinite, from the world of detail to the world of the four directions, the elements, and the powers, and come to the great cross of life: “the vertical reach to the infinite; the horizontal reach within incarnation to loving and being loved. And know that it is in the little things that you shall create a new Heaven and a new Earth. May you do each little thing as if it were a great honor and privilege! May you shine as the lighthouse you are!” On January 20, 2006, Q’uo spoke of a new heaven and a new Earth:

There are indeed cycles upon your sphere, within your solar system, and within your galaxy that are impinging upon your Earth at this time. It is an amazing time of the collection of the old and its eventual disposal and the dawning of a new Heaven and a new Earth. It is, indeed, that time that has been predicted and discussed for many of your centuries and even millennia. It has been a part of the indigenous culture of several of your religious and cultural systems.

Depending upon the source who is studying these systems, they are classified as either religious or mythical. However, the basic concept, of there being cycles of time that cover thousands of your years and that have to do with the perception of the stars and their courses, is a part of the very fabric of all of the cultures of your planet. There are very few of your people that do not have, in one way or another, the stories of large portions of time within which entities proceed until they come to the end of the perceived time of things being as they are. There is at that time a sea change. One tide goes out and another comes in. And there is a new way of experiencing time and space, as we have discussed with this particular group.

May we ask if there is another query at this time?

Jim: Not from here.

Q’uo: If there is no further query, then we shall leave this group and this instrument in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. Adonai. Adonai.

This morning I went upstairs and re-recorded the section on When We Go Too Far From Normalcy in a System it Acts Oddly from Chapter Seven of 102. Then I went outside and pumped half of the water out of the fish pond, and while it was pumping out I cleaned the filters for the fountain in the fish pond and then I used a squeegee and some Windex to clean the outside of the windows in the living room which are under the bird feeder. Then I filled the pond with fresh water and put in some AquaSafe to neutralize the chlorine in the water.

This afternoon I drove down to Walgreen’s and bought some Super Glue, Kleenex, Hair Thickener, and some Glucosamine Condroiten.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

April 10

Offering The Self

I am of the consciousness of Love, and I greet you in that Love which is Jesus the Christ.

Gaze upon the qualities of Love divine. See the body broken, the life split and sacrificed. See that in the breaking and in the offering lie the secret of infinite Love. Each life may be offered up and thus broken, and from that break may come an infinity of gifts.

We do not suggest for one instant that all sacrifice is good. Rather, we suggest, for one who would love, that there is a blessing and sanctification in offering the self to be used, to be broken, to be opened, and to be shared that is most Godly. “When He had given thanks,” it is written, “He took the bread and broke it and gave it to each of His disciples, saying, ‘Take. Eat. This is my body. Do this in remembrance of me.’” May your day and your life, day by day, be a process of thanksgiving, breaking, offering and remembering.

We leave you in the peace and Love of Jesus the Christ, now and ever. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. The Q’uo quote today is from October 1, 2001:

The first question today is from J: “Exactly what is the central sun of our galaxy around which all the stars revolve? P considers it to be a super-dense mass equivalent to thousands of our suns. It is constantly emitting powerful, omnidirectional rays, punctuated by periodic mega-bursts that flow out to all parts of the galaxy. “He feels that these travel just below the speed of light. Do any emissions, these so-called trigger points, travel at the speed of thought, in other words, instantaneously? “I’ve considered that the central sun was another name for a black hole. Are they or are they not the same thing? Can these be compared and discussed as to the role that each plays in creation and the evolution of consciousness? I want to know what the central sun is. Does it have anything to do with black holes? And what is the effect of the central sun and of black holes upon the evolution of consciousness?”

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we come to you this day. It is a great privilege and pleasure to be a part of your circle of seeking. The beauty of your vibrations is stunning and the combinations of energies, as your auras blend in your sacred circle, is a wonderful bouquet of sight, and texture, and tone. It is indeed a privilege to be called to this circle and we thank you.

It will aid us greatly in offering our opinions if each of you would take responsibility for discriminating between those thoughts which we offer that seem helpful to you and those thoughts which we offer which do not seem helpful to you. Please take those that seem helpful and leave the rest behind. If you will use this discrimination then we shall be much more comfortable with the concept of sharing our thoughts with you. Our concern is to preserve your free will. We are not those of your planetary influence. We do not have the right to infringe upon your free will as would, say, a family member or a close friend. It is important for our own preservation of polarity that we be very sure that we remain those who share opinions and not become those who cross that line into telling people what to do. This we would not wish to come close to doing, and we thank you for this consideration in this regard.

We thank the one known as J for this query. We must proceed with exquisite care in our response. There are several reasons for this need for care. We will enumerate them. Firstly, as this instrument said to the one known as Jim before the session, the request that is specifically placed before us for information is not a request for spiritual principles but rather a request for information on how things work in the physical illusion. This constitutes, in the normal run of questions, a question that we are unable to answer. The substantive difficulty here is that this represents an active phase of a seeking entity’s learning process at this time. Rather than asking for spiritual principles which would be helpful in approaching this question, the query was simply to explain the situation as regards the central sun and to compare and contrast this central sun or the idea of this central sun with the idea or concept of black holes. That is our first problem with this query as it was asked.

Oursecond and equally substantive challenge in responding to this query is that the instrument which we use at this time has virtually no scientific background and therefore we would be completely unable to fulfill the parameters of your query, my brother, in that we cannot say anything exact through this instrument having to do with scientific questions. The concepts and the vocabulary for such exactitude are missing in this instrument’s make up. Therefore, our response shall be inexact and shall contain that flow of information which we are able to offer which we feel may be of use to you, my brother.

The concept of a central sun is one which many sources, including us, have used in discussing the energies that pour from the center of a galaxy or the creation itself. It is a challenge to discuss this concept of the central sun because of the relationship of the space/time or physical world, which is that which houses your consensus reality, and the metaphysical universe or time/space which houses your consciousness, infinity, eternity and the great mystery of non-locality. In the space/time universe, there are layers of physical laws which, to some extent, work in order to create information which is helpful in making the gadgets that your civilization enjoys. In a time/space universe, the work done is unseen. The values are not local and one is freed from the relativity of space/time. Nevertheless, as the creation presents itself to the physical eye, especially that physical eye that is enhanced by those instruments that enable you to see farther and to see closer, there are an increasing number of ways in which scientific eyes have been able to see things that they cannot explain. In some part, this is eternally the situation in any expanding universe of knowledge. That which is not yet known is that which has perhaps not even been imagined. Or, if it has been imagined or dreamt, there may be no way to measure or test the concepts and structures involved in the theories that are created to explain observations that have been made.

J asked: “I want to know what the central sun is. Does it have anything to do with black holes? And what is the effect of the central sun and of black holes upon the evolution of consciousness?” Q’uo began by saying they must proceed with care in their response, and there are several reasons for this need for care, and as Carla said to Jim before the session, the request that is placed before them is not a request for spiritual principles but a request for information on how things work in the physical illusion, and this is a question that they are unable to answer because the difficulty here is that this represents part of a seeking entity’s learning process at this time, and rather than asking for spiritual principles which would be helpful in approaching this question, the query was simply to explain the situation as regards the central sun and to compare the idea of this central sun with the idea of black holes, and that is Q’uo’s first problem with this query as it was asked. Then Q’uo said their second challenge in responding to this query is that Carla has no scientific background, and they would be unable to fulfill the requirements of our query in that they cannot say anything exact through Carla having to do with scientific questions, so their response shall be inexact and shall contain that flow of information which they are able to offer which they feel may be of use. Q’uo went on to say the concept of a central sun is one which many sources have used in discussing the energies that pour from the center of the creation itself, and it is a challenge to discuss this concept of the central sun because of the relationship of the space/time, which is that which houses our consensus reality, and the time/space universe which houses our consciousness, infinity, and the mystery of non-locality, so in the space/time universe there are layers of physical laws which work to create information which is helpful in making the gadgets that our civilization enjoys, and in a time/space universe, the work done is unseen so that the values are not local, and one is freed from the relativity of space/time, but as the creation presents itself to the physical eye, especially that physical eye that is enhanced by those instruments that enable us to see farther and to see closer, there are a number of ways in which scientific eyes have been able to see things that they cannot explain, and in some part, this is eternally the situation in any expanding universe of knowledge because that which is not yet known is that which has perhaps not even been imagined, or if it has been imagined there may be no way to test the concepts involved in the theories that are created to explain observations that have been made. On August 12, 2007, Q’uo described the nature of the time/space universe:

In the world of spirit, in the time/space universe, you are the citizens of eternity, even while within the world of space/time and incarnation. That which you create is powerful. And as you understand that, you can link up with those who are of like mind. Even at great distances you can continue to create light.

This instrument was speaking earlier in this weekend of being instruments, receivers, and emitters of vibration. And so, you are in the unseen realms. And we encourage you to think of yourselves as lighthouses. It is said in your holy work, “Do not hide your light under a bushel but place it on a lamp stand where all may see it.”

Inthe case of the concepts of the great central sun and the black hole, you are looking at a phenomenon that is partially within the world of space/time and partially within the world of time/space. This may be seen to be logical in the same way that a circle is round. The circle is round. Therefore, it has no beginning and no end, except that it does! Each creation of the Father has a beginning and an ending. However, because of the fact that the beginning and the ending are firmly in the precincts of time/space, what you are gazing at as you gaze at the central sun and at the black hole are the alpha and the omega of an unending circle. There is within this instrument’s mind the concept of the Big Bang that supposedly began the creation. Through this instrument in the past we have spoken several times of the beating of the great heart as a model to use when thinking of the creation. Certainly, when the heart beats, there is that moment when the pumping action of the heart occurs, and blood is moved forward, not only through the heart but through every vein and artery in the body. And each heartbeat is, in a way, a new world, a new situation for the circulatory system of that body.

The great central sun, which is gaining a great deal of attention within your scientific world as instrumentation becomes more sophisticated and more details and facts are able to be gathered by your scientists, is that portion or phase of the Big Bang that exists after the heart has first pumped; that is to say, after the Creator has decided to found and furnish a creation so that It may know Itself. The so-called black hole, similarly, is that shadow of a time/space event that exists in space/time which marks the progress to and the point from which there is no exit from the return to the one infinite Creator. This arrangement of energy expenditures is a part of the structure within which all of those parts of the Creator which you represent may move through the dance of the densities, seeking the truth, learning what it is to be, to be aware, to be aware of the self, to be aware of love, to be aware of wisdom, and to be aware of unity. To attempt to understand the Creator by understanding the Creator’s house is, in our humble opinion, an indirect attempt.

Before we leave this particular query we would simply say that there are points of energy throughout the creation which are created by thought when a galaxy, a sun system, or a planet such as yours is at a particular stage of evolution. Some situations or cruxes within the evolution of an entity, a planet, a sun, or a galaxy, call for the availability of certain kinds of information and you may, in some cases, see these pulses as being filled with information.

Then Q’uo said in the case of the concepts of the great central sun and the black hole, we are looking at a phenomenon that is partially within the world of space/time and partially within the world of time/space, and this may be logical in the same way that a circle is round, so it has no beginning and no end, except that each creation of the Father has a beginning and an ending, but because the beginning and the ending are in the area of time/space, what we are gazing at as we gaze at the central sun and at the black hole are the alpha and the omega of an unending circle, and there is within Carla’s mind the concept of the Big Bang that began the creation, and through her in the past Q’uo has spoken of the beating of the great heart as a model to use when thinking of the creation so that when the heart beats, there is that moment when the pumping of the heart occurs, and blood is moved forward, not only through the heart but through every vein and artery in the body, and each heartbeat is a new situation for the circulatory system of that body. Q’uo went on to say the great central sun, which is gaining attention within our scientific world as instrumentation becomes more sophisticated and more facts are gathered by our scientists, is that phase of the Big Bang that exists after the Creator has decided to found a creation so that It may know Itself, and the black hole is that shadow of a time/space event that exists in space/time which marks the progress to and the point from which there is no exit from the return to the one infinite Creator, and this arrangement of energy expenditures is a part of the structure within which all of those parts of the Creator which we represent may move through the dance of the densities: “seeking the truth, learning what it is to be, to be aware, to be aware of the self, to be aware of love, to be aware of wisdom, and to be aware of unity. To attempt to understand the Creator by understanding the Creator’s house is, in our humble opinion, an indirect attempt.” Q’uo continued by saying before they leave this query they would say that there are points of energy throughout the creation which are created by thought when a galaxy, a sun system, or a planet such as ours is at a particular stage of evolution, and some situations within the evolution of an entity, a planet, a sun, or a galaxy, call for the availability of certain kinds of information, and we may see these pulses as being filled with information. On January 16, 2000, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the Creator’s house:

The yearning for absolute purity, absolute truth, and absolute Love is a yearning that was within you when you chose to move forth from what this instrument would call the Creator’s house. That Love has been with you as you have moved through many densities and many experiences, through many worlds, through many lifetimes, and it is that undistorted Love that draws you ever onwards towards the source and ending of all that is.

So you may consider yourself as a distorted version of the Creator, each of you distorted in unique and fascinating ways, each of you having chosen the gifts that you would bring into manifestation with your personality shell, the limitations that you would set for yourself so that you may learn, the relationships that you chose specifically for their friction, for their catalyst, that you might experience that process of distillation wherein all of those things that move before the eye of mind bloom, stutter, and fail. There are many tools that each of you has available in this journey that you take together and, yet, always alone.

May we ask at this time if there is a further query?

Jim: J2 asks if you could tell us what crop circles are. Why does no one seem to see them being made? Is there a spiritual principle behind crop circles?

Weare those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. The phenomenon of crop circle is just as the great central sun and the black hole phenomena: a phenomenon that has its roots in the world of time/space rather than space/time. The energies of evolution move from thought. There are planetary entities, which we have before called social memory complexes, whose mode of service it is to create points of coherent mystery. The same energies are involved when an entity or a group of entities creates a notation such as the Celtic runes. Such a notational system blends the mysterious and unknowable with everyday shapes, designs and images. A rune may be a series of simple lines. It may be associated with a certain kind of tree. It may be intended to indicate a magical energy of such and such a vibration.

When a system of such notation is worked out, it creates a kind of language. Your alphabet is such a notational system. The modern way of writing down music is such a notational system. And crop circles are a rudimentary notational system that is being created, not by a person but by an entire planetary group of entities who attempt to serve as those who alert the people of your planet to the fact that there is more of a mysterious and unknown quality to existence than could be surmised by an examination of the physical world. UFOs or unidentified flying objects, themselves, in some cases, are the result of the precise same energy. However, in the case of the unidentified flying object, when it is in fact an image rather than a flying object, it has been created by thought; that is, the deeper thoughts of an entire planet full of entities.

Interestingly enough, when a certain amount of the awareness of a planetary group of people such as yourselves reaches a critical mass of consciousness, the people themselves, from their deep unconscious minds, begin to collaborate without knowing in their conscious minds that they are doing so. The result of these collaborations is a tear or a break in the continuity of the illusion of consensus reality. And in that hiatus, images may appear that bring forward into outer expression the hopes, the dreams, and the fears of an entire culture or population of a planet. Crop circles, for the most part, are created not by planetary consciousness but by the consciousness of planetary groups from elsewhere who wish to help the people of Earth to wake up at this time from the sleep of consensus reality.

J2 asks if you could tell us what crop circles are. Why does no one seem to see them being made? Is there a spiritual principle behind crop circles? Q’uo began by saying the phenomenon of crop circles is just as the great central sun and the black hole phenomena: a phenomenon of the world of time/space rather than space/time because the energies of evolution move from thought so that there are social memory complexes whose type of service it is to create points of mystery, and the same energies are involved when we or a group of entities create a symbol such as the Celtic stones, and such a symbolic system blends the mysterious with everyday shapes and images, and a rune may be a series of simple lines, a certain kind of tree, or it may indicate a magical energy of such a vibration. Q’uo went on to say when a system of such notation is worked out, it creates a kind of language, and our alphabet is such a system, and crop circles are a simple notational system that is being created by planetary group of entities who attempt to serve as those who alert the people of our planet to the fact that there is more of a mysterious quality to our existence than could be surmised by an examination of the physical world, and UFOs are the result of the same energy, but in the case of the UFO when it is in fact an image rather than a flying object, it has been created by thought; that is, the deeper thoughts of an entire planet full of entities. Now Q’uo said when a certain amount of the awareness of a planetary group of people such as ourselves reaches a critical mass of consciousness, we begin to collaborate with each other from our unconscious minds without our consciously knowing that we are doing so, and the result of these collaborations is a break in the continuity of the illusion of consensus reality, and then images may appear that bring into outer expression the hopes, the dreams, and the fears of the population of a planet, but crop circles are created by the consciousness of planetary groups from elsewhere who wish to help the people of Earth to wake up at this time from the sleep of consensus reality. On March 28, 1982, Latwii described how communication can happen between our conscious and unconscious minds:

The ability of each entity to function within the state commonly called the hypnogogic state is well known and widespread while the entity sleeps. To manifest this condition in what seems to be a waking state to those present and witnessing the action is not so common but does occur on occasions for entities who have prepared their minds, shall we say, in a certain manner which meditation does allow. This is to say, there is an opening, or a channel made between the conscious and unconscious minds, a piercing, shall we say, of the veil which divides these two portions of your mind complex. This, then, allows the communication between the two portions of your mind to flow more easily without the restrictions common to those of your peoples who have yet to seek the mysteries and their solutions.

May we ask if there is another query at this time, my brother?

Jim: I and P sent in this question: “In July of this year, the British Study Group took part in a sweat lodge ceremony in Forest Row, England. The ceremony included the gathering of natural materials from the immediate environment, the building of the structure, a statement of intention, and several hours of silence and contemplation prior to entering the lodge.

“Into the lodge was placed hot rocks. Water was poured onto them, creating a great deal of steam. In this uncomfortable environment, each member took turns to express gratitude, ask a question, sing with the leader, and enjoy silence during a series of rounds of indeterminable length.

“We found this to be a powerful experience which felt like a death of sorts and a rebirth into which our group merged together on some level. The man leading the ceremony commented that it was one of the ‘hottest’ lodges he had ever taken part in. A lot of energy had been released by the group.

“Would Q’uo please comment on the metaphysical implications of the sweat lodge and what energies were put into motion? Was there any unseen help? Did our ceremony have any effect on the lodge and the land around it?”

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. As we respond to this query, we would ask the one known as Jim to re-ask any parts of the query that we have not covered at the time that we finish that which we have to say. We would appreciate this aid, my brother.

When entities are conscious, awake, and aware of their true nature, and they wish to create a change in consciousness—their consciousness and the group consciousness—they have various ways to create a ritual that will embody their desires for transformation. One line of movement of energy in this regard is known as the tradition of western ceremonial white magic. It creates a structure for transformation that is essentially mental, and it intends to connect to the emotional and heart-centered part of the seeking souls that use rituals of white magic by the use of profoundly moving, poignant icons or images, thus making this an essentially mental path to open the heart. It is extremely effective for a certain type of personality.

For many other types of personalities, it is inappropriate. The way a sweat lodge is created moves much more from the heart than from the mind, and consequently it is much more accessible as an instrument of transformation than is the creation of a magical ritual. Instead of occult patterns, the circle builds the sweat lodge. They are not drawing symbols in the air. They are using stones, wood, and fabric and creating a building for their transformation. The choice of the heat is an excellent choice for moving seekers out of consensus reality. How does one move the mind from consensus reality? One changes the parameters so that an entity is no longer comfortable. It is the same kind of technique that is used in a fast. Instead of giving up food and thereby becoming uncomfortable, the seeker of a sweat lodge places itself in excessive heat and thereby becomes uncomfortable.

Now, the discomfort by itself would be meaningless. But the mind sets an intention and thereby creates a pattern that is metaphysical in nature and gives meaning to the discomfort. What the circle is doing as it enters a sweat lodge is telling its deeper self that it is ready and willing not only to seek the truth but to accept and act on the truth. The truth is generally not something that can be expressed in language. The truth that is sought in a sweat lodge, in a magical ceremony, or in any seeking to find the truth of the self, is a truth without words. The truth of the deeper self has no words. It is an essence. It is.

“Would Q’uo please comment on the metaphysical implications of the sweat lodge and what energies were put into motion? Was there any unseen help? Did our ceremony have any effect on the lodge and the land around it?” Q’uo began by saying when we are conscious and aware of our true nature, and we wish to create a change in consciousness and our group consciousness, there are ways to create a ritual that will contain our desires for transformation, and one way to create movement of energy in this way is known as the tradition of western ceremonial white magic because it creates a structure for transformation that is essentially mental, and it intends to connect to the heart-centered part of the seeking souls that use rituals of white magic by the use of poignant images making a mental path to open the heart, and it is effective for a certain type of personality. Then Q’uo said for other types of personalities, that is inappropriate, and the way a sweat lodge works moves more from the heart than from the mind, and it is more accessible as an instrument of transformation than is the creation of a magical ritual, so instead of drawing symbols in the air the circle builds the sweat lodge, and they are using stones, wood, and fabric and creating a building for their transformation, and the choice of heat is a good choice for moving seekers out of consensus reality by changing the parameters so that we are no longer comfortable, and it is the same kind of technique that is used in a fast so that instead of giving up food and becoming uncomfortable, the seeker of a sweat lodge places itself in excessive heat and thereby becomes uncomfortable. Now Q’uo said that the discomfort by itself would be meaningless, but when our mind sets an intention and creates a pattern that is metaphysical in nature, it gives meaning to the discomfort by what a group is doing as it enters a sweat lodge and telling their deeper self that they are willing not only to seek the truth but to accept and act on the truth, and the truth is not something that can be expressed in language because the truth that is sought in a sweat lodge, in a magical ceremony, or in any seeking to find the truth of our self, is a truth without words, and it simply is. On February 25, 2023, Q’uo described the nature of our deeper self:

So, it is more likely that these qualities of medical difficulties would yield to the inner realization that the true nature of any being suffering medical difficulties is whole and perfect, that there is no true medical emergency, there is only the experience of what you may call the surface reality of your illusion which sees various states of being as separate instead of being unified with your deeper self, your higher self with the one creator within.

This is a more appropriate and effective technique for resolving such situations that you would describe as medically induced. For each of you is the One Creator. Each of you has contact with your higher self. Each of you has a pathway to the realization of your own perfection, and it is buried deep within the heart of your being where the seeking for it may be accomplished when it is recognized.

That this is the nature of your being. You look beyond the seeming separation. You look beyond illusion. You look beyond the veil of forgetting. You pierce the obstructive and obfuscating qualities of the illusion around you and within your mental complex, and move thereby into your spirit, and look there to find the true nature of your being.

The structure of this particular illusion that you call life in third density is a structure that is designed with many secret places. They are tucked into the folds and the pleats of your everyday. These folds are bursting with truth and many are the entities who have come upon these little pockets of truth and realization in the midst of the most mundane and everyday chores. Usually, however, the seeking soul must alert itself as to how serious it really is about accelerating the pace of its own spiritual evolution. And that is the basic function of a sweat lodge. Indeed it is very true, my brother, that there is a death and a rebirth involved when this ritual is done correctly. There is that giving of the self to the heat, knowing that the heat will destroy and burn away all the dross and the chaff of the being, leaving only the shining, glowing, glorious essence of unconditional love. That is the truth of your nature.

The problem of everyday life is that it so blocks your senses with detail that you cannot find your way to the truth of your being. It is well, in whatever way seems good to you, to form these intentions to grow and then to create a structure that will manifest that intention and alert your deeper nature to your seriousness. Any time that a group of people create an event that is metaphysical in nature and focused upon the Creator, that event does indeed have an impact upon the environment around it. To the creation—to the trees, the wind, the Earth itself, and the sunlight—all is one. You are dancing with them. There is no sense of separation. So naturally, when a group event occurs that has a profound effect, such as yours did within the group of which you are a part, that process of energy sharing and energy expenditure was taken out and made part of the dance of the land, the sky, the elements, and the flora and the fauna of Gaia in that local area in which you offered your ritual.

Then Q’uo said the structure of this illusion that we call life in third density is a structure that is designed with secret places that are tucked into the folds our everyday life, and these folds are bursting with truth, and many are the entities who have come upon these pockets of truth in the midst of the everyday chores, so the seeking soul must determine how serious it is about accelerating the pace of its spiritual evolution, and that is the function of a sweat lodge, so it is true that there is a death and a rebirth involved when this ritual is done correctly, and there is that giving of the self to the heat, knowing that the heat will burn away all the dross in our being, leaving only the glorious essence of unconditional Love, and that is the truth of our nature. Then Q’uo said the problem of everyday life is that it blocks our senses with details, and we cannot find our way to the truth of our being, so it is well to form intentions to grow and then to create a structure that will manifest that intention and alert our deeper nature to our desire, and any time that a group of people creates an event that is metaphysical in nature and focused upon the Creator, that event has an impact on the environment around it, so that we are dancing with the trees, the wind, and the Earth, and there is no sense of separation, so when a group event occurs that has a profound effect, such as ours did within the group of which we are a part, that process of energy expenditure was taken out and made part of the dance of the land, the sky, the elements, and the flora and the fauna of Gaia in that area in which we offered our ritual. On January 12, 2008, Q’uo described the value of the sweat lodge:

The great vigor available to the shaman comes from that entirely organic and spontaneous delight which one who has been dead takes in life, after experiencing the deprivation of the dark night of the soul. Whether by the vision quest or by the steam and the heat of a sweat lodge, or by any of those transformative experiences that can be found throughout the various cultures of your planet, there is the completely novel experience of new life, new growth, new hope, and new beingness.

With each transformation there is more of an appreciation for the gift of awareness and an ever more transparent ability to allow things to move through one. One becomes a radiant being, not because one has more light within the self, but because one is more able to allow light to move through the energy body and out into the world. It is not that one becomes a more powerful ego, but that one has allowed to drop away from the self many things which were either blocking or dimming the light which moves through each entity within creation.

We are those of Q’uo, and would ask the one known as Jim if there are parts of this query to which we did not respond at this time?

Jim: Was there any unseen help that was present during the ceremony?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query. My brother, there is always unseen help, and that is not simply when there is a sweat lodge. There is unseen help in every breath you take. It is said in your holy works that the Creator knows when a sparrow falls. This is true; this is abundantly true. For the Creator is everything that there is. It is a system of reportage that is unparalleled. If the Creator is in all parts of the creation, how shall It not know all of the rhythms and rightnesses of the patterns of the dance of creation? As to what types of unseen help that you have there, we would ask you to consider all of the various kinds of help which are available in creation. There are the forces of nature that were contacted and alerted by the ceremony of the sweat lodge. Many of those energies you call devic were dancing with you at that time.

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There are those energies of the primeval land as it existed at the beginning of its time and those entities who lived upon that land when the land was new and of whom you and your kind are descendants. They were as elder brothers, standing like trees about you, a forest of witnesses. There was the guidance system of each of those present. And there was the higher self of the group as it is beginning to form, that higher self that is formed of the higher selves of all in the group. And yet in that gathering of higher selves, another entity is born that is a resource for the entire group, and, indeed, much more than the sum of the parts.

And because there are those in the group who come from elsewhere, there is the family connection to the social memory complex from that culture which was left in order that the wanderer might come to Earth and serve as a lightbringer at this time. So, my brother, there was a host of witnesses and there always will be, not only for positive things but for negative things and all things in between. Whatever you do in the manifested world attracts the attention of those unseen energies that are complementary to or attracted by that vibration which you are exuding at the moment.

The last part of the question was: “Was there any unseen help that was present during the ceremony?” Then Q’uo said there is always unseen help in every breath we take, and it is said in our holy works that the Creator knows when a sparrow falls, for the Creator is in all parts of the creation, so It shall know all of the rhythms of the dance of creation, and as to what types of unseen help that we have there, Q’uo asked us to consider all of the kinds of help which are available in creation such as the forces of nature that were contacted by the ceremony of the sweat lodge, and many of those energies we call devic were dancing with us at that time. Then Q’uo said there are those energies of the primeval land as it existed at the beginning of its time and those entities who lived upon that land when the land was new and of whom we and our kind are descendants, and they were as elder brothers, standing like trees about us, a forest of witnesses, and there was the guidance system of each of us present, and there was the higher self that is formed of the higher selves of all in the group, so in that gathering of higher selves, another entity is born that is a resource for the entire group, and, indeed, much more than the sum of the parts. Q’uo continued by saying because there are those in our group who come from elsewhere, there is the family connection to the social memory complex from that culture which was left in order that the wanderer might come to Earth and serve as a light bringer at this time, so there was a host of witnesses, and there always will be, not only for positive beings but for negative beings and all things in between because whatever we do in the manifested world attracts the attention of unseen energies that are attracted by that vibration which we are exuding at the moment. On March 19, 2011, Q’uo spoke of unseen energies and how to deal with them:

For those who work with unseen energies in order to serve the Creator by collaborating with those energies to create material that may be of use to those seeking spiritually, the challenge is always how to ride the waves of energy that are coalescing and dispersing around a particular instant in time and a particular person who is acting as channel in order to maintain a stable environment for reception in translation of concepts.

The entity who has worked to tune itself as a channel, that is, as an instrument for producing thoughts that may be helpful, has certain work that he or she may do in order to maximize stability and accuracy. Instruments may work to tune themselves to be sure that their energy bodies are open and functioning well for doing the work and they are able to challenge the spirits who wish to speak through them in order to ascertain whether or not to accept contact.

May we ask if there is a final query at this time?

Jim: What effect did the ceremony have upon the land on which the lodge was built?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We addressed this partially, previously, when we stated that whenever entities create a change in their consciousness, it also creates a corresponding change in the environment around them. Let us simply say that, as you were recreated, so the Earth around you was recreated as well and received the blessing that you received of new life, new hope, and new awareness.

We find that this instrument’s energy wanes and so we would take our leave of this instrument and this group, thanking you once again for the privilege of this conversation and the beauty of your beings. We leave you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as those of Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai.

This morning I re-recorded the section on Feelings and Intuition: Like Artists from Chapter Two of 102. Then I went outside and filled the fishpond with just enough more water to keep the fountain from splashing onto the walkway around the pond. While the pond was filling I used a hoe to weed the Peony Garden next to the fishpond.

This afternoon I re-recorded the section on The Discrete Nature of Choices from Chapter Two of 102. Then I went across the street to my neighbor’s back yard and used my hedgeclippers to trim the old, dying leaves from the Lenten Roses. Then I filled her birdfeeders with birdseed and sprinkled some on the ground for the squirrels and deer.

From A Book of Days, by Carla L. Rueckert:

April 9

The Moment’s Inspiration

I am the Spirit, the breath, of the consciousness of pure Love and I radiate the name of Jesus the Christ and greet you in Its fullness and glory.

When things done by others seem to have been done so beautifully and well, it may seem to the one who beholds that there is no need for fresh inspiration, for that which is and can be held in the hand is already enough.

For Spirit, that which is in the past is never enough. For the Spirit lives in the moment. Thus, it is to the moment that the mind is to be made open, that the freshness and the glory of the creation may astound and stun the senses and the intellect anew each moment.

There is a peace in the resting in beauty that is full of the lively excellence of the word, “Love.” May all that you conceive and manifest be filled with the present gift of Love, for there is no need to rely upon the past for the moment’s inspiration. Turn only within and seek peace and Love.

We leave you in peace, now and forever.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from May 22, 2006:

(Question chosen by PLW poll) I noticed sort of solar flares for a moment or two after they happen. I will be interrupted by a tingling sensation of the nerve endings over a large part of my body. Mentally, I often notice a type of rift in consciousness, where a moment in time seems to expand dramatically, stretching five minutes into two or three hours. It feels tangible. The problem is not the flares, but the geomagnetic storms a couple of days later. Is there any way to combat the physical fatigue and mental stimulation and sleeplessness problems associated with it? It disrupts my life dramatically.

(Carla channeling)

We are those of the principle known to you as Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the One Infinite Creator, in whose service we come to you and your people. Thank you for the beauty of your vibrations, and for calling us to your circle of seeking. It is a privilege to be so called, and a pleasure to share our humble opinions with you. However, as always, in order to allow us to feel free to share those opinions, we would ask that you guard the gates of your perceptions carefully. Do not accept our words or anyone’s as true, but rather look for the resonance that attracts you to certain thoughts and not to others, and work with those thoughts that are resonant to you. We greatly appreciate your helping us in this way, for it does allow us to feel comfortable about speaking with you. We would not wish to trample upon your will or to take over your process or spiritual evolution inadvertently.

Youask us this day concerning the solar flares and the geomagnetic storms that follow such flares, and how you can deal most skillfully with the effects that such things have on the sensitive individual. Naturally, these effects are planet-wide and can be assumed to have an effect on each and every person in the tribe of humankind. However, there are dramatic differences between people in terms of how they perceive and structure those perceptions. Consequently, not all people experience the acute symptomology connected with these flares, such as the questioner has described herself feeling. However, we do confirm that there is every possibility that sensitive entities will indeed have the reactions and the responses that you have been having.

You have asked us how to cope with and how to deal with these experiences of sleeplessness and distraction. And so, we would talk a bit about energy and how that works. All entities that are self-conscious beings – that is all of the tribe of humankind – possess energy systems that have integrity. And within that integrity the mind, body, and spirit of an individual are knitted together as three flaps of a rope, making a very strong, very sturdy, and yet very sensitive instrument through which to view the experiences of an incarnation, and to use those experiences to glean a harvest of beauty, joy, sorrow, suffering, service, learning, and enhanced feelings of balance and understanding. This energy is uniquely yours. It is no one else’s. Only you, of all of the bits of the Creator in the universe, have your signal, your strength, your power, your balance, and your web of perception. You are so special. Each and every being upon the planet is just as special, just as unique, and just as necessary a part of the intricate weaving together of a plan of the Creator.

The planet herself has an energy system, which is in the midst of a tremendous ending and beginning, shall we say. For the energies of third density, as this instrument was saying before this contact began, are so heavily interpenetrated now with fourth-density energy, that the vibrations of love are having a powerful unseen effect on all entities in their inner energy systems, or what this instrument would call the chakra system. Because of the fact that fourth-density energy contains truth without reserve, the effect upon third-density entities is a marked increase in those entities receiving into their conscious awareness material with which they do not wish to be in. This energy of truth sometimes does not feel like unconditional Love. Indeed, in third density, unconditional Love cannot be seen to contain that truth; rather, it contains the creative structures of those yearning for truth. The yearning is very helpful to entities who wish to cooperate with the interpenetrating energy of fourth density.

The PLW question for this session was: “The problem is not the flares, but the geomagnetic storms a couple of days later. Is there any way to combat the physical fatigue and mental stimulation and sleeplessness problems associated with it? It disrupts my life dramatically.”  Q’uo began by saying we asked them concerning the solar flares and the geomagnetic storms that follow such flares, and how we can deal with the effects that such things have on the sensitive individual, and these effects are planet-wide and have an effect on every person in the tribe of humankind, but there are differences between people in terms of how we perceive and structure those perceptions, so not all people experience the acute symptomology connected with these flares, but Q’uo confirmed that sensitive entities will have the reactions that we have been having. Then Q’uo said we asked them how to deal with these experiences of sleeplessness and distraction, and they said they would talk about energy and how that works because all entities that are self-conscious beings-–that is all of the tribe of humankind–possess energy systems that have integrity, and within that integrity our mind, body, and spirit are knitted together as three strands of a rope, making a strong and sensitive instrument through which to view the experiences of an incarnation, and to use those experiences to glean a harvest of joy, sorrow, service, and feelings of balance and understanding, and this energy is ours, and of all of the bits of the Creator in the universe only we have our power, our balance, and our web of perception, and every being upon the planet is just as unique and as necessary a part of the intricate weaving together of a plan of the Creator. Now Q’uo said the planet herself has an energy system, which is in the midst of an ending and beginning, for the energies of third density, as Carla was saying before this contact began, are so interpenetrated now with fourth-density energy, that the vibrations of Love are having a powerful unseen effect on our chakra system, and because the fourth-density energy contains truth without reserve, the effect upon us is an increase in receiving into our conscious awareness material with which we do not wish to be in so that this energy of truth sometimes does not feel like unconditional Love, and in third density, unconditional Love cannot be seen to contain that truth since it contains the creative structures of those yearning for truth, and the yearning is helpful to us when we wish to cooperate with the interpenetrating energy of fourth density. On March 2, 2003, Q’uo described the nature of fourth density energy:

The information coming into your very body, into the energy system of the body at this time is information that is Light, that is the limitless Light of the one infinite Creator, carrying with it overlays of the increasing fourth-density energy which is, as this instrument said in the discussion prior to this “cosmic sermonette,” bringing things to the surface that were hidden and making the rough places plane.

The energies of fourth density are those energies which look at distortion with full awareness of the beauty of each distortion and awareness also of those harmonics and harmonies of undertone and overtone that create avenues of progression in which the biases, which may seem less than harmonized, may blossom and open in the sunlight of compassion until a fuller view is seen, a larger area constituting a point of view in which not only can a distortion be seen but also the surrounding energy that creates the distortion and that place which seems to be blocked.

Whenyou know why you are being faced with that about yourself which you particularly did not wish to deal with, then it becomes easier to accept the fact that it is now time to deal with that issue and simply get on with doing that. How you do that is certainly up to you. We do not have advice for you on the techniques of coming to terms with what is in your picture right now. We can only say to you that the way of energy is to attract to the self that which is needed for spiritual growth. You have entered and have been experiencing for some time a profoundly effective growth environment. This time of dusk and dawn on Planet Earth is a tremendous growth environment – a hotbed, if you will – where the soil is just right, the seeds in your heart are planted, and everything is laid on for growth. However, in growth there is always surrender. Surrender of those things which no longer serve you. Surrender to change and transformation.

What we would encourage in each is the awareness that it is possible to cooperate, even with seemingly harsh energy. Understanding the nature of the metaphysical component of the solar flares is helpful in being able to better deal with the effects of them upon your system. The core of the solar flares is not connected intimately with you, as a person or as a tribe of humankind, as a group. It has more to do with the turn of the clock from planetary third density upon Planet Earth to planetary fourth density. The time of choice is coming to an end on Planet Earth, and the time of the density of love and understanding is dawning.

There have been difficulties within Planet Earth which have been caused, metaphysically speaking, by the tremendous amount of heat which the unhappy and restless spirits of those who have lived upon your planet have offered to the planet as the harvest of their incarnation. The planetary tendency towards repetition of cycles of wars, aggressions, and entities being consciously and purposefully unloving to each other, have created an environment within the inner planes of Planet Earth which has more of a direct connection with the solar flares. The imbalance is expressing both from Earth to sun and from the galaxy as a whole down into the sun’s sphere and then down into the Earth’s sphere. There is a feedback that is bleeding or venting energies in such a way that the planet and the solar system remain more in balance and is more stable. The necessary concomitant effect of this, however, is certainly difficult, not only for the planet, but for its population of souls.

Cooperation with what these energies bring up is very helpful, we believe, in terms of skillfully dealing with these experiences. If there is sleeplessness, allow it and use it. Take the time of sleeplessness, and turn it into a sacred time. Do not attempt to move into a normal schedule, but rather accept that there are feast days and days of penitence that are not on the Christian calendar or any calendar. They come up for you, because of your awareness, as immediate insight of the changes that are taking place on the planet and in the entire sun system of which Planet Earth is a part. Indeed, some of these energies that are creating solar flares are galaxy-wide and even further than that, coming from the Central Sun, which is helping to balance the entire system of the infinite creation. Therefore, it is helpful in terms of normalizing the unusual to embrace it and to explore it creatively for its harvest. It is not necessarily a negative thing to have one’s awareness taken. We believe that we may, without infringing upon your free will, share with you the perception that we have. That this rift in the moment of which you speak is very hopeful, helpful, and useful to you. You are being pulled by this blend of energies that is coming into your system very close to the gateway to intelligent infinity. It is almost the same kind of energy that you would experience in a psychic UFO encounter, where you have the perception of losing time.

Then Q’uo said when we know why we are being faced with that about our self which we did not wish to deal with, then it becomes easier to accept the fact that it is now time to deal with that issue, and how we do that is up to us, but Q’uo did not have advice for us on how to deal with what is in our picture right now, so they could only say that the way of energy is to attract to the self that which is needed for spiritual growth, and we have been experiencing an effective growth environment because this time of dusk and dawn on Earth is a tremendous growth environment where the soil is just right; the seeds in our heart are planted; and everything is laid on for growth, but in growth there is always surrender of those things which no longer serve us and surrender to transformation. Q’uo continued by saying what they would encourage in each of us is the awareness that it is possible to cooperate with harsh energy, and understanding the metaphysical nature of solar flares is helpful in being able to deal with the effects of them upon our system so that the core of solar flares is not closely connected with us as a person or as a group, but it has to do with the turn of the clock from third density upon Earth to fourth density, so the time of choice is coming to an end on Earth, and the time of the density of love and understanding is dawning. Q’uo went on to say there have been difficulties within Earth which have been caused, metaphysically speaking, by the amount of heat which the unhappy spirits of those who have lived upon our planet have offered to the planet as the harvest of their incarnation, and their  tendency towards repetition of cycles of wars and entities being consciously unloving to each other have created an environment within the inner planes of Earth which has a connection with solar flares so that the imbalance is expressing both from Earth to sun and from the galaxy down into the sun’s sphere and then down into the Earth’s sphere, and there is a feedback that is venting energies in such a way that the planet and the solar system remain more in balance and are more stable, but the side effect of this is difficult, not only for the planet, but for its population of souls. Now Q’uo said that our cooperation with what these energies bring up is helpful in dealing with these experiences, so if there is sleeplessness we can turn it into a sacred time and accept that there are feast days and days of penitence that are not on any calendar, and they come up for us because of our awareness of the changes that are taking place on the planet and in the sun system of which Earth is a part, and some of these energies that are creating solar flares are galaxy-wide and coming from the Central Sun, which is helping to balance the entire system of the infinite creation, so Q’uo wanted to share with us the perception that this rift in the moment of which we speak is useful to us because we are being pulled by this blend of energies that is coming into our system close to the gateway to intelligent infinity, and it is the same kind of energy that we would experience in a UFO encounter where we have the perception of losing time. On November 24, 2007, Q’uo gave a general outline as to how we can open the gateway to intelligent infinity:

You are marvelous creatures. Each of you is incredibly complex and at the same time utterly simple. Your energy bodies are those unseen parts of you that have molded your physical body. And the energy body is the essence of you as a person or, as those of Ra call it, as a mind/body/spirit complex. The seven chakras of the energy body are all-important to the functioning of your physical body as well as your finer bodies.

The gateway to intelligent infinity is at the very top of those chakras, involving the indigo and violet-ray chakras. Springing from the open heart, the seeker may open the gateway to intelligent infinity by moving into the violet ray, through the indigo ray, with the desire and will focusing in firm intention and asking that work may be done in consciousness.

So, you open the gateway to intelligent infinity, the door to those specific inspirations which are desired, as opposed to the general and ever-flowing inspiration of the open heart which abides in love itself, love complete, and love untouched by any other energy. With the gateway open you become able to work with more specific types of guidance that, though specific, are in general unheard and pouring into the heart itself in concept and essence rather than in thought and in words.

The nurturing and care of the energy body is very important to those who wish to use the gateway to intelligent infinity in their seeking. Indeed, entities who are blocked in the lower three chakras are not able to sustain a full flow of the infinite Creator’s energy that comes from the bottom of the chakra system upwards and moves through the chakras exiting at the crown of the head.

The first requirement for working with the gateway to intelligent infinity is that the heart be open. Consequently, although many seekers do not wish to continue to work intensively with the lower three chakras, it is our opinion that it is essential to continue to work with those three chakras, giving them all of the honor and respect that you give the higher chakras.

Using words and this instrument’s awareness of how things are, we cannot give you an accurate representation of the full dimensions of this experience that you are having. But we can say to you that it is wholesome and a helpful part of the learning experience that you created for yourself when you came to Planet Earth. You are not one who must do anything with these perceptions or this energy. Rather, your mission here, as one who is much more aware than most of what is going on with the planet, the sun, and the whole system, is to enter in as a loving minister of light to what may seem to be terribly impersonal energy. They are not impersonal; they simply are not human. The essences involved are extremely loving and are looking with care, wisdom, and compassion at the entire system of this local part of the infinite universe, and creating what balance they can from moment to moment, from sun to planet to souls.

Your part in this is to embrace that which seems to be such a dramatically difficult thing. To accept those of times when you are aware as times when your true heart needs to be found. Let that sleepless time be a time of grounding, centering, and focusing, so that you become that which is stable, that which is crystalline, and that which is capable of receiving, transmuting, and passing on, with your blessings and your love, that one great Original Thought, which is pouring through you at all times in infinite supply. Let yourself be the lighthouse that is not dismayed when the waves crash upon the shore, but serenely shines in sure faith, in peaceful mind and a faithful heart, so that others who are concerned and distraught may catch some of that light, and be oriented and steadied by the energy that you do not need to express, but only to radiate.

We would also encourage you, and all who feel in any way concerned or disturbed by the world which you see, to ask for help. We cannot say often enough that the nature of metaphysical seeking is such that it is necessary to ask for help in order to receive it. Positively oriented guides will not insist upon being heard; rather, it awaits the asking. Remember to ask. Remember to ask not once and not simply when there is a need; but rather, create for yourself a very stable daily time where you can depend upon having a few moments in the silence in which the Creator speaks. Your guidance is hoping for you to create that time. When you have a sense of that rift in time, know that because of the work you have done and the spiritual maturity that you have gained, your higher chakras are functioning very well. And you have the capacity at those times to do great work in consciousness, not only for yourself, but for the entire planet. It is a simple act to dedicate that which is in your full and loving heart to the Creator and to the planet of which you are a part. Truly, that light which you dedicate from your heart pours out into a hungry world. The world is starving for love and light, and all entities are capable of being lighthouses. Be light to each other. Be love to each other. The times are inconvenient because they are profoundly transformational. You came not to enjoy the inconveniences but to serve and to learn. These are times to walk with focus and faith.

Now Q’uo said using words and Carla’s awareness of how things are, they cannot give us an accurate representation of the  nature of this experience that we are having, but they said that it is a helpful part of the learning experience that we created for our self when we came to Earth, but we don’t have to do anything with this energy because our mission here, as one who is more aware than most of what is going on with the planet, the sun, and the whole system, is to enter in as a loving minister of Light to what may seem to be an impersonal energy, but they are not impersonal; they are not human, and the essences involved are loving and are looking with wisdom and compassion at the system of this local part of the infinite universe, and creating what balance they can from moment to moment, from sun to planet, to souls. Q’uo continued by saying our part in this is to embrace that which seems to be a difficult thing, and to accept those of times when our heart needs to be found, and let sleepless times be times of grounding and focusing, so that we become that which is stable, and passing on, with our blessings and our love, that one great Original Thought, which is pouring through us at all times in infinite supply, and let our self be the lighthouse that is not dismayed when the waves crash upon the shore: “but serenely shines in sure faith, in peaceful mind and a faithful heart, so that others who are concerned and distraught may catch some of that light, and be oriented and steadied by the energy that we do not need to express, but only to radiate.” Then Q’uo encouraged us, when we are disturbed by the world which we see, to ask for help because they cannot say often enough that the nature of metaphysical seeking is such that it is necessary to ask for help in order to receive it because positively oriented guides will not insist upon being heard, but will await our asking, as we need to remember to create for our self a stable daily time where we can have a few moments in the silence in which the Creator speaks because our guidance is hoping for us to create that time, and when we have a sense of that time to know that, because of the spiritual maturity that we have gained, our higher chakras are functioning well, and we have the capacity at those times to do work in consciousness, not only for our self, but for the planet, so it is a simple act to dedicate that which is in our loving heart to the Creator and to the planet because that light which we dedicate from our heart pours out into a hungry world that is starving for love and light, and all entities are capable of being lighthouses, so: ”Be light to each other. Be love to each other. The times are inconvenient because they are profoundly transformational. You came not to enjoy the inconveniences but to serve and to learn. These are times to walk with focus and faith.” On February 4, 1990, Q’uo spoke to how we are all here to serve and to learn:

However, if it is recognized by the entity that its opportunity to serve and to learn are with it always, and that any future opportunities that shall be added unto it are additional to that which is, then the life pattern can be seen as that of abundance, for that indeed is true for each. There is but one Creator in many faces. Each face one encounters is the same Creator. All faces need service. All may instruct. All may receive. Thus, there is nothing but opportunity to learn and to serve. The attitude of the entity in its breadth or in its narrowness determines the abundance of opportunity for that entity.

We would at this time ask if there are follow up queries or any other queries that we may answer before we leave this instrument. We are those of Q’uo.

[Thirty-second pause]

Q’uo: We seem to have exhausted the questions for the day, and we thank you once again for the pleasure and privilege of your company. We leave you in the love and in the light of the One Infinite Creator. We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai.

This morning I re-recorded the section on Creating a New Paradigm in Chapter Seven of 102. Then I went outside and used my trimmer to weed all the areas in the back yard that had any weeds.

This afternoon I ran a couple of errands with my first stop being at Paul’s Fruit Market to buy some food. My second stop was at Walgreen’s Drug Store where I bought some Pepsi-Zero and some Duct Tape. When I got home I used my trimmer to weed any weeds in the side yard and then the front yard.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

April 8

Easter Is Yours

I am the spirit of the living Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of divine Love.

All the seasons of the outer and inner year are valid. Yet too often we find that you have the fondness for Lent, the interior atmosphere of negation, deprivation, searching and dark wondering. Yet the Easter mentality is yours as well. And we would not wish to leave you without that comfort.

Experience the imprisonment of your captive heart, caught in a net of shadow and wondering. And, at this moment and for this day, release it, insofar as you feel comfort in doing so, into the glad light of Easter. Allow your spirits to rise and life to be resurrected within you. For you have not followed Jesus the Christ only through the suffering portion of life’s great passion. You have gone on with Him and walked the path of eternity. Easter is yours.

We leave you in the great joy and peace of Jesus the Christ, now and ever. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from April 27, 2006:

Q’uo: If you look at the earth world as a kind of school, this is the time of the final exam. It is a time when a lot of entities have completed their schoolwork, and they are ready to take that final test. It is a transition time for many – indeed, for many of those who have passed through the gates of death. It is a time of great celebration and rejoicing, for they have graduated from the school of Earth. Their next incarnation will most likely be on planet Earth in a fourth-density physical vehicle enjoying the new fourth-density Gaia, which is almost fully complete at this time.

(Carla channeling)

We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the One Infinite Creator. It is a great privilege and pleasure to be with this circle of seeking. We thank you for calling us to share our humble thoughts with you. We are delighted to do so. But, as always, we would ask for each of you to be very careful about what you take in of those things that we offer. Wait for those thoughts of ours that resonate to you, and use those thoughts, leaving the rest behind. We would greatly appreciate your using your powers of discrimination and listening to these thoughts and, indeed, any thoughts that come to you. For outer authorities do not hold when it comes to spiritual seeking. The only authority for a seeking soul is that soul itself. You will know what thoughts are for you and what thoughts are better left behind. We thank you for this consideration, as it will enable us to share our thoughts freely without being concerned with infringing upon your free will or the sacred process of your evolution.

Yourquery has to do with the entities who have passed through the gateway of death into larger life in the last few months. We realize that you are not asking about physical causes. There is a certain amount of cyclic rhythm which accounts for a certain percentage of the entities dying in the winter days and in the early days of spring, before the light has waxed to its midpoint. The days of darkness, your time of winter, is traditionally a good time for entities to exit your earth world having completed their incarnations. There is something about the lack of light that encourages the soul who is ripe to harvest itself through the gates of death.

However, we feel that your query has to do as well with metaphysical comments which we might make upon this subject. And so, we will go a bit deeper with you and take a look with you at the way your earth world is situated at this time. As you know, it lies upon the very brink of the beginning of the Age of Aquarius and the end of the Age of Pisces, which has now passed as of 2012. This is also a time in your counting where other systems, such as the Mayan system of calendrics, posit an enormous birth – the end of the old age and the birth of the new. Although the two systems are extremely different, the information as to this shift of the ages is congruent between not only these two systems, but also other systems of mythology and philosophy, as well. In this transiting time, it is a natural time of harvest for your earth world, which we call a third-density planet. The business of third density is to make a choice. The choice has to do with how to love. Entities have incarnated many times in the last three minor cycles of the Age of Pisces, and before that were two other ages, culminating in the harvest at the end of this major cycle of somewhat over 75,000 of your years.

If you look at the earth world as a kind of school, this is the time of the final exam. It is a time when a lot of entities have completed their schoolwork, and they are ready to take that final test. It is a transition time for many – indeed, for many of those who have passed through the gates of death. It is a time of great celebration and rejoicing, for they have graduated from the school of Earth. Their next incarnation will most likely be on planet Earth in a fourth-density physical vehicle enjoying the new fourth-density Gaia, which is almost full… fully complete at this time. These fourth-density energies are heavily interpenetrating third-density Earth as you know it at this time. The fourth-density energy is unseen, yet its effects are felt by those with a sensitivity to finer and subtler energies that enables them to pick up on these new vibrations. The result or effect of this interpenetration of third- and fourth-density energies is to point out and make very clear the delineation between the different ways of loving. There are three ways of loving. Two ways lead to graduation, one way does not.

The group question for this session was: “Tell us about the entities who have passed through the gateway of death into larger life in the last few months.” Q’uo began by saying your query has to do with entities who have passed through the gateway of death into larger life in the last few months, and we realize that you are not asking about physical causes, so there is a cyclical rhythm which accounts for some of the entities dying in the winter days and in the early days of spring, before the light has attained its midpoint so that the days of winter are traditionally a time for entities to exit your Earth, having completed their incarnations, because there is something about the lack of light that encourages the soul who is ripe to harvest itself through the gates of death. Q’uo went on to say your query has to do with metaphysical comments which we might make upon this subject, so we will take a look with you at the way your earth world is situated at this time because it lies upon the beginning of the Age of Aquarius and the end of the Age of Pisces, which will have passed as of 2012, and this is also a time in your counting where other systems, such as the Mayan system of calendrics, posit an enormous birth – the end of the old age and the birth of the new, and even though the two systems are different, the information as to this shift of the ages is congruent between not only these two systems, but also other systems of mythology, as well because in this transiting time it is a time of harvest for your Earth which we call a third-density planet, and the nature of third density is to make a choice of how to love, and entities have incarnated many times in the last three minor cycles of the Age of Pisces, and before that were two other ages, culminating in the harvest at the end of this major cycle of somewhat over 75,000 of your years. Q’uo continued by saying if you look at the earth world as a school it is a time when a lot of entities have completed their schoolwork, and they are ready to take that final test, and for many of those who have passed through the gates of death it is a time of celebration, for they have graduated from the school of Earth, and their next incarnation will likely be on Earth in a fourth-density body enjoying the new fourth-density Gaia which is fully complete at this time, and these fourth-density energies are interpenetrating third-density Earth, and the fourth-density energy is unseen, but its effects are felt by those with a sensitivity to subtler energies that enable them to pick up on these new vibrations so that the effect of this interpenetration of third- and fourth-density energies is to make clear the delineation between the different ways of loving, and there are three ways of loving with two ways that lead to graduation, and one way does not. On November 13, 2010, Q’uo describes the nature of fourth-density energies:

Third density light is waning. You are experiencing not only the sunset but shall we say, the gloaming—the indigo twilight-time of third density light. And as it sets, fourth-density light dawns. And it is those fourth-density energies that create the feeling of the clarity of the catalyst that you are experiencing now. It may not seem that it is a great advantage to be so aware of catalyst, and so able to see through it, and yet you may count it as a great resource. For it enables you to know that you are not fooling yourself. You are not dreaming. You are on task and on your job, whether it feels as if you are or not.

Indeed, my friends, you cannot help but be about your business because you have carefully set your life up so that the issues which you felt would help you to balance the energies of love, wisdom, and power would be with you throughout the incarnation.

The first way to love that leads to graduation is loving the Creator and loving other people as much as you love yourself. This way of loving is called service-to-others polarity. You will recognize such people by their tendency towards offering themselves in service to other people. They tend to be radiant beings whose thoughts are for the comfort and the safety of those about them.

Thesecond way of loving that leads to graduation is the service-to-self polarity. In this way of loving, the object of love is the self. It is as valid a path as the service-to-others polarity and is as effective at bringing one forward in the evolutionary path, spiritually speaking. It is not, to those of service-to-others polarity, an attractive path. Indeed, it is very difficult to graduate from the earth world in this polarity. Even the one known as Hitler was not evil enough to attain graduation on the service-to-self path because the one known as Hitler believed that he was being of service to his country and his race. Therefore, his energies had a positive cast to them, which kept him from graduating along the lines of service-to-self. This entity, therefore, had to undergo quite a bit of healing after he passed through the gates to larger life, for he was very deeply confused.

The third path is a path which does not lead to graduation. It is the path of indifference. It is the path of those who do not try particularly to be of service to others or to be of service to self. They do not either attempt to radiate or to control others, and so attract a circle of those who would serve them. Were we to encourage each of you to focus on one thought, in that which we have to offer this day, would be that thought of encouraging each of you to make that choice of how to love. You have great power as entities. We encourage you to use that power and to become magical as you polarize. We believe that those to whom we speak are those who wish to polarize along the lines of service to others. Such was the polarity of the one known as Jesus, the one known as Martin, the one known as Abraham, and the one known as Mother Teresa. Follow in the footsteps of those whose love radiated, and you cannot go wrong, my friends.

Then Q’uo said the first way to love that leads to graduation is loving the Creator and loving other people as much as we love our self, and this way of loving is called service-to-others polarity, and we will recognize such people by their tendency towards offering themselves in service to other people so that they tend to be radiant beings whose thoughts are for the comfort of those about them. Q’uo went on to say the second way of loving that leads to graduation is the service-to-self polarity, and in this way of loving, the object of love is our self, and it is as valid a path as the service-to-others polarity and is as effective at bringing us forward in the evolutionary path, but it is not, to those of service-to-others polarity, an attractive path because it is difficult to graduate from the Earth world in this polarity, and even Hitler was not evil enough to attain graduation on the service-to-self path because Hitler believed that he was being of service to his country and his race, so his energies had a positive cast to them, which kept him from graduating along the lines of service-to-self, so he had to undergo healing after he passed through the gates to larger life, for he was deeply confused. Q’uo continued by saying the third path is a path which does not lead to graduation since it is the path of indifference, and it is the path of those of us who do not try to be of service to others or to be of service to self, and Q’uo said if they were to encourage each of us to focus on one thought it would be that thought of encouraging each of us to make that choice of how to love because we have great power as entities, and they encouraged us to use that power and to become magical as we polarize, and they believed that those to whom they speak are those who wish to polarize along the lines of service to others, for such was the polarity of Jesus, Martin, Abraham, and Mother Teresa, so follow in the footsteps of those whose love radiated, and we cannot go wrong. In 35.8, Ra spoke of Abraham Lincoln:

The one known as Abraham had an extreme difficulty in many ways and, due to physical, mental, and spiritual pain, was weary of life but without the orientation to self-destruction. In your time, 1853, this entity was contacted in sleep by a fourth-density being. This being was concerned with the battle between the forces of light and the forces of darkness which have been waged in fourth density for many of your years.

This entity accepted the honor/duty of completing the one known as Abraham’s karmic patterns, and the one known as Abraham discovered that this entity would attempt those things which the one known as Abraham desired to do but felt it could not. Thus the exchange was made.

The entity, Abraham, was taken to a plane of suspension until the cessation of its physical vehicle, much as though we of Ra would arrange with this instrument to remain in the vehicle, come out of the trance state, and function as this instrument, leaving this instrument’s mind and spirit complex in its suspended state.

The planetary energies at this time were at what seemed to this entity to be at a critical point, for that which you know as freedom had gained in acceptance as a possibility among many peoples. This entity saw the work done by those beginning the democratic concept of freedom, as you call it, in danger of being abridged, or abrogated, by the rising belief and use of the principle of the enslavement of entities. This is a negative concept of a fairly serious nature in your density. This entity, therefore, went forward into what it saw as the battle for the light, for healing of a rupture in the concept of freedom.

This entity did not gain or lose karma by these activities due to its detachment from any outcome. Its attitude throughout was one of service to others, more especially to the downtrodden or enslaved. The polarity of the individual was somewhat, but not severely, lessened by the cumulative feelings and thought-forms which were created due to large numbers of entities leaving the physical plane due to trauma of battle.

Theenergies of the interpenetration of third and fourth density have created an ever increasing, completely subliminal, and unconscious energy, which encourages those who have finished their work on Planet Earth to make the choice to move on. Third-density energy is beginning to wane on your planet, and it is only natural that the harvest has begun. Many of those who have died have walked the steps of light and found themselves harvested into fourth density. This is wonderful news for them. They shall, in their next incarnation, be able to choose from a much wider list of options as to how they want to serve the One Infinite Creator and their fellow beings. The light of fourth density is much richer in information. The veil of forgetting, which has kept third density entities unaware of their soul stream’s history, is lifted in fourth density. And entities have reconnected with their soul stream, as well. The lack of the veil enables all entities to know the thoughts about other entities.

To the third-density mind, this would be terrifying or perhaps simply highly inconvenient. However, to the fourth-density point of view, it is well understood that all entities have both the light and the dark in their makeup. So, it does not dismay entities of fourth density to see the range of thoughts of those about them. Therefore, entities may be just as they are, without any artifice or pretense of any kind. It is a much more comfortable, light-filled, and pleasant environment than third density. We therefore encourage those who have lost beloved friends and family members at this time to rejoice. Truly, the news is good. Those who have gone on are starting a brand-new adventure.

Each of you, as you come to the end of your lessons here on Planet Earth, may look forward to the same light-filled experience of walking through the gates of death, along the path of light, and into graduation into fourth density. For those of you who do not feel that they have in any way made the grade, we wish to encourage you as well to take heart. For as we understand the process that one goes through at death, there is no downside to the experience. If you walk the path of light and where you stop is still in third density, you will simply reincarnate for another cycle of learning on another third-density planet. It will not be Earth, as Earth’s third-density energy is just about to be extinguished. It may be a few more 100 years before it wanes to the point of extinction, but that is very short time in terms of the cosmology of your galactic spiral. What we are saying will not affect your lifetime – it will affect what happens to you when you make the transition through the gates of death. We encourage you to lose all fear of this process. However, between now and the time of your death, you have a precious span of moments, days, and years, in which you can refine upon your initial choice of how to love. Think of yourself as an instrument and allow love to play you. Let your tune be sweet and clear.

Now Q’uo said the energies of the interpenetration of third and fourth density have created an  increasing unconscious energy, which encourages those  of us who have finished our work on Earth to make the choice to move on, and third-density energy is beginning to wane on our planet, so it is natural that the harvest has begun, and many of those who have died have walked the steps of Light and found themselves harvested into fourth density so that they shall be able to choose from a wider list of options as to how they want to serve the One Infinite Creator and their fellow beings since the Light of fourth density is richer in information, and the veil of forgetting, which has kept third density entities unaware of their soul stream’s history, is lifted in fourth density, and entities have reconnected with their soul stream because the lack of the veil enables all entities to know the thoughts about other entities. Q’uo went on to say to our third-density mind this would be inconvenient, but to the fourth-density point of view, it is understood that all of us have both the light and the dark in our makeup, so it does not discourage entities of fourth density to see the range of thoughts of those about them, and entities may be just as they are, without pretense of any kind because it is a more light-filled environment than third density, so Q’uo encouraged those who have lost friends and family to rejoice because the news is good, and those who have gone on are starting a brand-new adventure. Q’uo continued by saying each of us, as we come to the end of our lessons on Earth, may look forward to the same light-filled experience of walking through the gates of death, along the path of Light, and into graduation into fourth density, but for those of us who do not feel that we have made the grade, Q’uo encouraged us to take heart, for as they understand the process that we go through at death, there is no downside to the experience because if we walk the path of Light and where we stop is still in third density, we will reincarnate for another cycle of learning on another third-density planet, and they encouraged us to lose all fear of this process because between now and the time of our death, we have a precious span of time in which we can refine our initial choice of how to love, so we can think of our self as an instrument and allow Love to play us and let our tune be sweet and clear. On November 19, 2000, Q’uo described the path of light:

However, the mechanism for moving from third density to densities which are more fully packed with Light is what this instrument has called the steps of Light. This is not quite an accurate description, but it is as close as this instrument can come to expressing what we offer her. What we offer her is a vision of a walkway, a broad and beautiful path of Light.

The Light along this path is most fastidiously guarded by entities which are extremely close to the one great original Thought, yet which still have some individuality. These are what we would call seventh-density entities. They make absolutely sure that the boundaries between the densities of third and fourth of Light are precisely accurate and that higher densities as well along this path are fastidiously accurately observed. The consciousness, then, without seeing any boundaries or partitions in this Light, is asked to walk along the path of Light. When the entity gets to the place where the Light is too much to bear, then that entity stops. The fullest amount of Light that that entity can enjoy and work with defines the next density of that entity’s experience. If it is third density, that entity will continue in third density. If it is fourth density, that entity will move into the inner planes of a fourth-density planet and prepare to start a cycle of fourth-density experience there. If the entity stops in fifth or sixth density, then that has become the native density of that entity, for that is the place that that entity can enjoy the experience of incarnation the most and can get the most out of it.

Is there a follow up query at this time? We are those of Q’uo.

A: The separation [inaudible].

We are those of Q’uo and are aware of your query, my brother. It is impossible for us to predict with any certainty, what shall occur in your future. The energies that are vibrating in your Earth World at this time are muddied and unclear. There is, not unexpectedly, a certain amount of energy coming from those who are negatively polarized and who realize that their time is gone. They have nothing more to conquer. They have no way to control more than they have already controlled, except to repeat patterns of ancient misconduct and to literally blow up their world. Those who were in positions of power on what you call Mars, Maldek, and Atlantis have once again surfaced and attempted to complete that pattern of destruction. For the most part, they are acting out of old instinct, repeating patterns of empire and destruction that have not served them in the past and do not serve them now, yet they persist.

Workingagainst this energy is a tremendous awakening and outpouring of those who are polarized service-to-others. Again, in many cases, these energies are instinctual and unconscious. But the fruits of incarnation after incarnation of loving, and serving, and being faithful are coming home to roost. And my friends, we cannot tell you how beautiful is the sight of so many awakening souls that are blooming very quickly and acquiring a great deal of polarity as they strive with all of their hearts to love and serve the One Infinite Creator as best as they know how. Intention is everything.

The energies apart from the energies of war and destruction that might bring more and more souls to the point of deciding to create an exit strategy by means of cancer, AIDS, or other diseases of your planet, which reliably tend to remove the physical body from its life, are available to those who, in terms of their subconscious, metaphysically oriented natures, feel that they are ripe and ready to be plucked from the Earth in the harvest of graduation. Since it is an unconscious process, and since it depends upon those entities finishing their work, we cannot say for sure that there will be an increase. But it is likely in terms of the probability/possibility vortices that we see at this time, that there will be an ever-increasing number of those whose work upon Planet Earth is finished, whose lessons have been learned, whose missions have been completed, and whose service has been offered with a glad and full heart, with gratitude, with joy, and with Thanksgiving. Consequently, trust when a death occurs among those near to you that this is very likely cause for rejoicing, for your friend or loved one has moved through the gates into a new heaven and a new Earth, a new set of lessons to learn, and a new way to explore being of service to the One Infinite Creator.

The question was inaudible. Q’uo said that it is impossible for them to predict what shall occur in our future because the energies that are vibrating in our Earth at this time are unclear, and there is energy coming from those who are negatively polarized and who realize that their time is gone since they have nothing more to conquer, and they have no way to control more than they have already controlled, except to repeat patterns of ancient misconduct and to blow up their world as those who were in positions of power on what we call Mars, Maldek, and Atlantis have once again surfaced and are repeating patterns of empire and destruction that have not served them in the past and do not serve them now, yet they persist. Now Q’uo said working against this energy is an awakening and outpouring of those of us who are polarized service-to-others, and in many cases these energies are unconscious, but the fruits of incarnation after incarnation of loving and serving are coming home to roost, and Q’uo said they could not tell us how beautiful is the sight of so many awakening souls that are acquiring a great deal of polarity as we strive with all of our hearts to love and serve the One Infinite Creator as best as we know how because intention is everything. Q’uo went on to say the energies apart from the energies of war and destruction that might bring more souls to the point of deciding to create an exit strategy by means of cancer, AIDS, or other diseases of our planet are available to those of us who, in terms of our subconscious natures, feel that we are ready to be plucked from the Earth in the graduation of souls since it is an unconscious process, and since it depends upon us finishing our work, and Q’uo cannot say for sure that there will be an increase, but it is likely in terms of the probability/possibility vortices that they see at this time, that there will be an ever-increasing number of those whose lessons have been learned and whose service has been offered with a glad and full heart, with joy and thanksgiving, so we can trust when a death occurs among those near to us that this is a cause for rejoicing, for our friend or loved one has moved through the gates into a new heaven and a new Earth, a new set of lessons to learn, and a new way to explore being of service to the One Infinite Creator. On April 17, 2005, Q’uo described the energies of the new heaven and the new Earth:

Some of the energy is what this instrument would call the highest and best, and it enlivens and energizes you. Others of the waves of energy are those which are shrinking from the Light and the Love of the one infinite Creator, energies that are fleeing from the lucidity and the clarity of these times that are among you now. The new heaven and the new earth lives upon the planet Earth. It is being born, more and more. And so, there are retroactive energies that are shrinking away from this clearer and brighter Light, shall we say, not very accurately.

When these waves of energy hit you, it will feel to you as if all things are resisting and are failing. We ask you to know that this is baffled and confused energy that does not tell you the truth, for you are succeeding. You are thriving. You are growing. And in that growth, things must fall away so that new things can emerge. We can only say to you: let it flow through you; let it fall away as it will; cling not and do not reach; but be. And allow the energies that are yours to come to you. Your desire is honed; your focus is becoming more and more clear. Trust yourself. Trust the system of guidance that surrounds you. Trust the Earth beneath your feet which is learning little by little to trust you. You are becoming creatures of Love involved in a loving environment, and from the earth to the sky, from the East to the West, and the North to the South, your planet is coming alive with Love. Can you hear it in the politics of the day? Only if you listen carefully and with selective ears.

May we answer you further, my brother?

A:L You kind of answered it, but I’ll re-ask the question: For those of us who like to serve [inaudible].

We are those of Q’uo and are aware of your query, my brother. There is no special way to be of service at this time to those who may be thinking of going on in terms of their subconscious mechanisms of judging. Be yourself, my brother. Love the light. Open your heart and keep it open. And respond to what people say and how people feel. Not relating to them by means of your belief system, but only by loving them and supporting them just as they are. This is always the heart of service-to-others. It is not for clever people to be of service to others, but for those whose hearts are full of the love and the light of the One Creator.

May we answer you further, my brother?

A: No. Thank you.

Q’uo: And we thank you. Is there another query in this group before we leave this instrument?

[Thirty-second pause]

We are those of Q’uo. And as there are no more sounds coming through this instrument’s ears, we assume that we have exhausted your questions for this particular session. We are always with you, if you would wish us to be. You have but to request us mentally by mentally vibrating our name, and we shall be with you to share in your meditation, to strengthen that deep stability that keeps you in a better state of meditation. The silence, my friends, is your most powerful resource for becoming more and more grounded into these new energies.

You may consider yourself at this time to be pilgrims of fourth density. You shall not see it, but you are part of what is bringing it about. As you yourself begin more and more to live with an open heart, living by fourth-density values of truth, love, wisdom, and justice, you are helping to shift consciousness on this planet so that it may welcome fourth density. With every kind word that you offer, you are softening the difficulty of the transition of the Earth itself. With every open-hearted thought, you are sweetening the golden glow of this transitioning time, so that the sunset becomes the sunrise and the old becomes new.

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. We leave you as we greeted you – in all that there is – the love and the light, the thought and the substance, of the One Infinite Creator. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.

This morning I re-recorded the section on the Stewardship of the Tribe of Humankind from Chapter Seven of 102. Then I called a taxi to take me to Enterprise Car Rental to rent a car since Stanley, my 2005 Outback Subaru, won’t start, and Bachman Subaru said that it will be a month before I can have Stanley towed to them for repairs.

This afternoon I recorded the section on Creation of a New Paradigm from Chapter Seven of 102. Then I went outside and used my trimmer to weed the last half of the Moss Garden and the Striped Lariope Garden in the back yard.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

April 7

Repentance

I am of the principle of the essential and divine Love that is full consciousness, and I greet you in the name of Christ, hollowed out and filled up from man to Christ in Jesus.

This day we encourage each seeker to forgive, accept, and, if possible, forget the agony of every misdeed, however tiny or large; every error and every misstep.

The Comforter is not named solely as a paradox, for indeed comfort there is in the knowledge that the folly of man can never equal the comfortable Love and divine grace of God in Christ.

We leave you in hope of repentance and new life. In every moment of the pilgrim’s step, such is the reality. Peace be with you, now and always. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.