I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from June 13, 1993:
Group question: The question this afternoon has to do with solitude. We would like to know what the value of solitude is to the seeker of truth; and why it is that some people seem to need more solitude or others less; and are there any problems or pitfalls with too much or too little solitude? Is it sort of like dreaming in the sleep stage? Do you need so much of it?
(Carla channeling)
I am Q’uo. I greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. Thank you for calling us to your circle of seeking that we may offer our thoughts to you on the subject of solitude.
[Pause]
We are those of Q’uo and apologize for refraining from speaking. This instrument is experiencing flares of pain which temporarily removed the instrument from tuning. We shall proceed but we’ll attempt to be shorter than our usual lengthy discussion. This instrument feels that [inaudible] remains unlikely.
The uses of solitude are various. Thusly, there is not one clear answer to a question attempting to evaluate this condition. If the goal of the seeker is to assimilate truth, then certainly it may be seen that solitude has a part to play to some extent in this search. Perhaps looking at the question from the standpoint of what a seeker is working toward is helpful. If a seeker seeks to move its vibration more and more nearly into attunement with the one great original Thought whose vibration is called Love; if the seeker already is feeling that it needs to seek more this growing attempt at a congruency between the vibration of the self and the greater Self, then the entity will look more favorably upon solitude and its right uses spiritually. If a seeker is considering itself as moving well in attunement, but needing the work of service for others, then the seeker will find solitude less spiritually appropriate. This is one clear and simple way of evaluating the spiritual uses of solitude in that, to be of manifested service to others, the servant usually must spend time with those others whom he serves.
However, within the cultural attitude—we correct this instrument—attitudinal ambiance which you enjoy at this space and time, it is very nearly guaranteed that those seeking solitude will not already be in a vibratory state congruent with the one great original Thought. It is probably that the entity may not even be seeking solitude for a spiritual reason, but rather seeking solitude as a surcease from suffering and pain of some kind. So let us look at the right use of this gift.
Perhaps the solitude which is often spoken of in your literature as the “desert experience,” or “forty days and forty nights in the wilderness,” in this situation, the seeker is in crisis. The seeker has been stimulated and its sensory systems overtaxed by wisdom, by sense perceptions, by the opinions of others. In this crisis, the seeker often typically must needs walk by itself in terms of sharing with another third-destiny entity the verdance and thirst of this journey.
As the old folk song says, “You’ve got to walk that lonesome valley. You’ve got to walk it by yourself. Ain’t nobody else gonna walk it for you.” This, my friends, is true to the best of our knowledge. You walk though the valley of the shadow of death as your holy work is quoted. And although you have your higher self and the inner planes, entities who come to your request, although in fact you are not alone ever nor cut off from the love of the infinite One, yet in terms of someone to help with the burden of the learning, each seeker perforce must do this work for and by itself.
The next great category of reasons people yearn for solitude is the category which is a dynamic of sensitivity. There are many to whom relating to the self has been in some way blocked. This usually occurs in the younger years of incarnation. Part of the young experience has caused the entity to seek solitude in order to be comfortable, for there is perceived the discomfort in company, and this discomfort builds up within such an entity. When such a one reaches a solitary place, there is the feeling of safety and of relaxation. It is almost as though the mind and emotions constituted another organ such as the lungs, and as the lungs need to breathe for the organism to live, so the entity must be solitary in order for the emotional and mental faculties to remain acute, for if this need is ignored, there is the equivalent lack of oxygen to the brain—that is, oxygen to the emotions and mind.
Such an entity is correct in assessing the need for solitude. However, it is well for a seeker of this character type to look well to the right use of solitude, for the potential is there for distraction and the lessening of the impact of this gift to the self by a lack of considered thought as to how to create within solitude.
“Create what?” this instrument asks us irritably. However we leave this a blank on purpose, for those who seek solitude are often given within that solitude, when it is used well, creations and fantasies of the heart, the mind, the emotions, and of the spirit.
Thusly, we say to those seekers whose way is solitary, be aware of the joy of this gift, and if riches pour into you, pour them through yourself and into manifestation, so that that which has been given you and you alone in the darkness of the sanctum sanctorum within you may open-handedly allow such creation to occur through yourself and bless all who may hear or see.
The group question for this session was: “We would like to know what the value of solitude is to the seeker of truth; and why it is that some people seem to need more solitude and others less; and are there any problems or pitfalls with too much or too little solitude?” Q’uo began their response by saying that if the seeker desires to become one with the Source of all, then solitude would be the way to achieve that goal, but if the desire is to be of service to others that less solitude would be appropriate. Q’uo continued by saying that when the seeker is in crisis it may seek solitude because it is overtaxed in its sense impressions, and it must walk through the valley of the shadow of death by itself although it does have its higher self and inner guides to provide it the love of the infinite One. Then Q’uo said that another reason that solitude might be sought begins in the younger years where the seeker is overstimulated by feeling the discomfort of the presence of others, so it would seek solitude so that its emotional and mental activities could function more effectively. However, Q’uo suggested that the seeker should pursue the right use of solitude so that whatever riches of the heart that are gained by the use of solitude are manifested in a way that becomes a blessing to all who hear or see. On September 28, 1986, Q’uo spoke of the value of solitude:
However, there is a function of your spiritual evolution which it is impossible to fulfill unless you are to a significant extent empty instead of full, and doing nothing instead of keeping all the balls in the air. Have you ever wondered why there are so many of your people who have turned to solitude, fasting, and silence as means of spiritual growth? They are attempting to empty themselves, that there may be room in their lives for the fulfillment of the spiritual function of polarizing by turning the attention to the search for the perception of the infinite Creator.
How much of yourselves are you willing to empty in order that you may behold the perception that is possible for all of the infinite Creator? We assure you that it is not necessary to give up all the responsibility except the responsibility to engage in any specific spiritual activity, for many entities, having made contact with a consciousness of love, are then capable of keeping that relationship with direct perception of the Creator as a part of the point of view which is used to evaluate all those things within the illusion. May we suggest that this is indeed a worthwhile process. It will intensify experience from the point of view of generating more catalyst for your heart to digest than meditation in a cave would.
There is that to be considered which is inclined towards the negative path of service to self in most desires for solitude, and the threads or the strain of this can be picked out and discovered by the seeker, that the times of solitude may become more productive. And we use the term “productive” to include, first of all, the lightening of the planetary consciousness. These service-to-self portions or threads or melodies, entwined within the tapestry of incarnational experience in solitude, occur naturally. This tendency to desire to be distracted is an artifact of the blockage of energy which is almost inevitable within the dense chemical distillery of the human frame.
The exhaustion of living occurs frequently, and certainly more frequently as the physical vehicle becomes more aged and less able. This is not to say that it is always service to self to allow the self to be distracted. Occasionally, and more for some than others, such distraction within solitude is salutary and salubrious, for this method enables one who is uncomfortable to achieve a more pleasant state of mind. However, the seeker may look carefully at the service-to-self entity’s habit and custom of considering the self separate from all else. Solitude, you see, is among many other things, an illusion. There is no solitude in a full, teeming, living creation. The force of life about all is unbelievable, literally. You cannot even imagine how crowded the universe is. It bursts with life.
You dwell within a deep, deep illusion. Out of the unknown, yet felt, glory of the great Self within, you come to a realization that you wish to walk what this instrument would call the “King’s Highway.” You put your pack on your back, your walking stick in your hand, and you set out with one tunic and one pair of sandals. Your situation grants to you one opportunity after another to so choose your environment and your actions that you may be the most aware of the love of the infinite One, and may be most able to be a channel for that infinite vibration to others. It is completely dependent upon each situation, each entity, as to the appropriate amount of solitude. There is no one best way, just as there is no one best path.
However, there is one form of solitary practice which deserves notice above all else, and that is the solitude within in which one turns to the holy of holies within the self. In meditation, a link is sought in spiritual solitude. Through that solitude the seeking soul stretches out its purified desire, and the silence answers in thought too poignant, too profound, too deep for words. Treasure those moments with the infinite One, and know that each moment wherein the Creator has been sought is lightening the consciousness of your people and doing needed work in establishing the generation of an ever fuller light upon your sphere.
Now Q’uo said that it was easy to use solitude in the negative sense of service to self and become distracted from serving others and lightening of the planetary vibrations. Then Q’uo said that sometimes it is well to become distracted as one ages so one can feel a more pleasant state of mind. Q’uo also said that actually solitude is impossible as we live in a universe that is bursting with life, but since we live in an illusion in third density, and are still feeling the infinite Creator within us, we become seekers of truth on a long journey of sharing the Love of the Creator with all those around us. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that we use the practice of spiritual solitude in meditation to seek the answers to our questions from the silence of the Creator as to how we may lighten the vibrations of our planet. On May 1, 1994, Q’uo described how we can use solitude to live with others in a loving way:
So, to begin to be able to make the transformation about which your query spoke one must first begin to allow the judgment of the self concerning the self to fade away and become unimportant, for there is no possibility of accurate judgment of the self by the self. It is well to examine the life as much as is possible but only in that it enables one to see into the uppermost layers of selfhood. Certainly this is valuable, however, it does not make you a judge. When one is able to lay self-judgment aside and instead to take up the solitude and the dust of the spiritual path taken on faith then is one beginning to be able to dwell and abide with others in a creative and loving way.
We would at this time transfer to the one known as Jim. We are those of Q’uo and we leave this instrument with thanks in love and light.
This morning I went outside and rolled up the various extension cords which were plugged into an outside electrical outlet that have provided me power for my sump pumps, computer, cell phone charger, and electric toothbrush for the last three days but which seems not to be providing power anymore. Fortunately, the technician that is in the process of installing my new generator brought me a gas-powered generator that I can now use for all of the above as well as my microwave oven, refrigerator, and L/L refrigerator. Then I went back over to my neighbor’s house across the street to finish up cutting and bundling the small tree limbs that the fellow threw into her yard yesterday as they were in the process of getting the huge tree that fell down in the windstorm Sunday out of the road.
This afternoon Gary came over to complete the cleanup of the house after our Homecoming Gathering, and while he was here he showed me how I could get internet access and post the Camelot Journals for the last three days. It seems like such a long time since I have been able to post my Camelot Journal entries, and I am so grateful that Gary showed me how to do so while I am still without power and am using a gas-powered generator that was loaned to me by the technician that is installing my new generator.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
May 29
Use The Light Of Christ
I am of that principle known to you as the consciousness of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in full and divine Love.
This morning, as we sit with you in meditation, we who comfort urger you to feel the Love of Christ moving and the Light of Christ as it is with us at this moment.
Know that the Light of Christ moving through your eyes shall enable them truly to see.
Know that through the perfect Light of Jesus the Christ our ears may be made truly to hear. Know that as the divine Light of the Spirit of Christ plays through your mind, disturbances shall be blessed by the addition of light. And the fire of divine Love shall burn out the rush fires of petty emotion.
Visualize, acknowledge, and use the Light of Christ when you pen your mouth; when you extend your hand; when you learn and when you teach. For the Light of Christ renews all things.
And each thing that is renewed, in turn may then rerate that which seems, in this light, to be able to become more blessed and more whole, more at balance and more at peace.
May the Light, the Love, the Joy, and the Peace of Jesus Christ be with you now and evermore. Amen.
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