I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from December 11, 1994:
Group question: The question this afternoon has to do with the so-called mirroring effect, where if you notice a feature, characteristic or behavior of another person that you do not like and you dislike the person for that behavior, what really is happening is that you are disliking some behavior or portion of yourself that is reflected back to you in the other person’s behavior. This could be an indication to you of an area where you have some work to do in acceptance of yourself, and what we are wondering is as you are more and more able to accept yourself for various types of previously unacceptable behavior that you have seen in yourself and in others, do you then begin to see others and the rest of the world and are able to accept yourself and others more easily? But is there a point beyond which you are observing correctly, and the behavior is truly repugnant or that which deserves criticism and stands objectively by itself? How does one look at the self with this mirroring effect in mind when determining what is acceptable and what is not? We would appreciate any information that you could give us on this mirroring effect.
(Carla channeling)
We are known to you as Q’uo. Greetings and blessings to each in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are most honored and privileged to be called to speak with this circle. We thank you for the beauty of your vibrations, for the dedication of yourselves to service and seeking the truth. We thank you most of all because we are those who have offered themselves in service by this communication as those upon your sphere begin more and more to awaken and find the heart hungry for truth and wholeness in a broken world, in a crumbling religious group of systems, in a fragmenting cultural nexus. We join many other energies and essences in our concern for your people, for there is an agony of the spirit that moves outward from those who are seeking, as do the ripples of the wave moving in time from one continent to another. So, these ripples of distress came to our ears, and we responded with this effort at continued communication through instruments such as this one.
We have only one truth to offer, one thought. All the rest is embellishment and various ways of discussing that thought and its implications. This thought is that which is a Logos, a Thought so creative and so primary that it forms that which is both Creator and created. That one great original Thought is Love. Within the system of organized religion that you call Christianity there are the words, “In the beginning was the Word.” This is the Word of which we speak. That word that created all was, and is, and shall be love, yet love as you understand it is most pale and weak compared to that vital Love which both creates and destroys.
Within this Love are all things visible and invisible. Each consciousness listening to these words is a complex which is Love and which manifests in various forms of Love. Many are the distortions of that Love, yet the energy within them, no matter how great the distortion, is that of Love. Often in the attempts to progress either emotionally, mentally, physically, or spiritually various things are attempted, tested, and tried to see whether they be resources or be found wanting. And so, as the seeking soul moves through the moment by moment living out of that Love which is all that there is, many structures are tried within which the experience of living makes more sense.
The query this evening concerns one such structure. Within this structure which is not original to us but [is] an amiable portion of the perennial philosophy [that] that which meets the physical senses is to be seen as the reflection of self, your medical doctors consider that various people are seen by the self to be, as the one known as Jim said in his query, projecting onto others that which is actually within. This can be taken too far quite handily, and we would suggest a tempering of the ease with which generalities are made, for indeed all possible actions, motives, and ideas whatsoever are a portion of each consciousness which hears these words. All things are one. The self seems to be separate and seems to have a certain personality. This is largely an illusion, the illusion having been created so that the consciousnesses within it could do work and thereby progress spiritually. Within this illusion other entities shall almost always seem to be other, for it is only within the intimacy of intense catalyst, the love-making, or the shared creative experience or the laughter that ends in tears, that hearts become so close as to perceive their actual unity, one with the other.
It is not necessary for progressing spiritually that there be the continual focus upon the judgment of how the self is doing, and we find in the attitude of seeing all that comes before one as the mirror that generalization which has moved beyond its heart into that rarefied area which logicians are pleased with, but the heart does not find useful.
The question for this session regarded how the mirroring effect was how we perceived another entity’s behavior as actually reflecting our own behavior, but was it ever possible that the behavior we perceived was actually offensive and not a reflection of our behavior? Q’uo began by saying that the one great original Thought of Love was the Creator, the creation, and all conscious entities that are distortions of that Love that manifest emotionally, mentally, physically, or spiritually. Q’uo continued by saying that as the seeker lives within each moment of Love it creates various structures to try to make sense of its life, and one such structure is the seeing of those around one to be reflecting back to the seeker an image of itself. Then Q’uo said that entities only seem to be separate from each other, but this is an illusion that is created by each entity as a means of progressing spiritually while the ultimate truth is that all are one. Q’uo said that it is in the shared intense catalyst with others that it is possible to go beyond the feeling of separateness from others into the heart of shared love. On December 29, 1997, Q’uo revealed how we can use the illusion of separation to discover the heart of shared love:
You are correct in your assumption that the illusion is that which is more than it appears to be, for each does appear to be separate from each other entity and from your environment itself. The unity of all things is the underlying truth in this matter. The illusion of separation exists so that each portion of the one Creator, the personalities who each of you are, may have the opportunity to explore within the one Creator’s boundless field the opportunities for discovering love and service for each other, though these may not seem to be the primary reasons for which each was incarnated. The illusion offers many other alternate answers for why each is here: to gather wealth, to be powerful, to do this or that great thing. All of these are but means by which each entity may find the heart of love and unity within itself. Each uses the artifacts of the illusion to travel the spiritual journey, though all around one the material world is given ascendancy.
This is the illusion so finely created by each portion of the one Creator for the purpose of finding the one Creator’s Love and Light in each heart and also providing that one Creator within the opportunity to know Itself in ways that would not be possible were this illusion and your choices within it not creative.
Let us redirect our thoughts to see where this mirroring effect might be the best tool to use for the aid of the self. In the working of self with self it is frequently useful to take that which sticks within the mind like a burr, that which will not stop bothering the mind, and examine it. Gaze at it as if it were a mineral mined out of your soil to be gazed at and evaluated for its purity, its type of mineral, and so forth. Just this kind of eye may see a fairly accurate version of that mirroring effect if the mirror is not seen to be too large.
In other words, when there is an entity which has, over a period of time, continually created aggravation as catalyst for you then it is well to gaze at that feeling complex regarding that entity with the eye to see where the true source of pain and fear is that is creating the need within to make the separating judgment, for one cannot truly judge another or the self. However, it is a portion of the seeker’s life work to attempt to discriminate for the self, avoiding judgment in the pejorative sense if possible, but focusing carefully to attempt to draw the inner picture which has the least distortion in it. However, when one experiences the reactions within to that which a stranger or a passerby might do one is doing work where there is no work to do. For the truth, whatever that mysterious word is, is not within the chances of desire-driven destiny.
We attempt to give this instrument a concept which it is having difficulty putting into words. If you may allow us a pause. We are those of Q’uo.
[Pause]
We show this instrument a bright and shining hall. The aspect of this hall is grand, and mirrors line both sides and both ends. Into this stage in the dress of the costume ball walk ladies and gentlemen in their finery. The conversation is brilliant. The lights glitter, and images repeat themselves endlessly, depending upon this location within this hall of mirrors upon which one stands. Where lies the truth in this gathering? In the flat images within the mirror? In the conversation? In the clothing so grand and lovely? We suggest a turning from all mirrors that seem to reflect and let the discrimination within you choose that time in which you shall invoke the simile or the parable of the mirror.
Choose carefully that time in which you are involved in judgment of others or of self and keep within logical bounds and intuitive baby steps the tendency to destroy that within you which is unfinished by creating harsh or over-generalized judgment. The desire to judge remains compelling throughout the experience of your third density. The ability to judge correctly is not given to any which draws the breath. There is no spiritual use in judgment. When that desire to judge comes upon you, attempt to see it for that which it is, the small self within incarnation attempting to put into order the chaos of perceived stimuli. Release, when possible, that desire to control which has you judging, and turn instead within to that fire which burns at the heart, at the holy of holies, locked within you by silence.
When you can be silent enough to enter that heart, there lies the truth that can only be expressed by the living. Let that journey begin each time the effort is made to look at the self in the mirror of a projected opinion. Yet, always, turn at the end of such logical discourse to that which is underlying and overarching all logical considerations: the infinite Love of the one infinite Creator. Intelligent infinity calls each locus of consciousness to live vividly, to open the heart and to choose the manner of living to begin to seek to be of service. We ask each to be gentle with the self while attempting to seek the truth within, to be gentle with others as they mirror to you some portion of the universal self out of which pot all soup is drawn, that is, each variety which comes in the physical can you call the body.
My dear ones, that which is within you is impossible to express, yet we feel that each has experienced that essence of self which merges with all and becomes the created and the Creator. Always, at the end of such discourse, turn to the Creator which tabernacles within you and within all. Warm your hands at the flame of this Source, for beyond all attempts to grasp the truth there is that consciousness which is the truth, and into Its silence you may dip. It is yours to choose when and how, whether it be the contemplation, meditation, or prayer. Take the time within each day, if it be only thirty seconds, to turn to the truth which lies within and which all that is without merely suggests, and open the self to the Being that is that which you seek, but with no words.
Then Q’uo said that we should take that which we see in another self that has caused us aggravation, and we should look at it without judgement, and use it as catalyst and a way to see more clearly the picture of ourselves that burns within our heart, in that holy of holy places that is locked within us in the silence of our being. Q’uo went on to say that when we see ourselves mirrored within another person that we should be gentle with our mental reactions, and see the Love of the infinite Creator within us so that we may open our hearts to be of service to others. Q’uo completed their thoughts by saying that the infinite One that resides within us cannot be defined, but we should take time daily to commune with It in meditation, contemplation, and prayer, and open ourselves to that Being which we seek without words. On June 17, 1984, Latwii spoke of finding the Creator within us:
We feel we might be of the most service by affirming that, indeed, the purpose of each experience is to find the Creator. The finding of the Creator may occur in various ways. The beginning for some people is to see that Creator and to find the Creator’s love within another being. Yet each being and each experience that one encounters is a mirror. One will finally see the self within that mirror. If one has been able to see the Creator in that mirror, one may then see the Creator in the self. Others, on the other hand, may begin by finding the Creator within the self and then radiating that image onto the entities and experiences that it encounters.
[Tape ends.]
This morning I made an errand run with my first stop being at The Home Depot to buy a third bag of cement and some fertilizer for my flower gardens. Then I went to Feeder’s Supply to buy more low-carb food for Bosco as my last two Amazon orders for his food are extremely late. My third stop was at the post office in Middletown to mail the pictures of Coach Monte Kiffin receiving the trophy for our state championship baseball team in 1963 while a few of us are also in the photo. When I got home, I mixed the cement and poured it over the mound in front of the garage that keeps rainwater that comes down the driveway from running into the garage. Then I used my air compressor to fill all of the tires in my car, Stanley, in preparation for my trip to Nashville tomorrow.
This afternoon I put the flower fertilizer into one of my watering buckets and went around to all of my flower gardens in the front and side yards to water and fertilize the flowers in hope that this will cause them to produce more flowers since I have already dead-headed them. I will water and fertilize the flowers in the back yard Monday.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
July 27
Ground Your Joy
I am the Spirit of the perfect consciousness of Love and I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ, the emissary of gladness and the emissary of travail.
We ask you at this moment to pause and refrain from considering the bountiful dualistic aspects of your journey; of your day; of your thoughts, and of your self. Flowers are giving their beauty to the air and to the trees, flowers unseen by minds intent on the business of the world. The sky dances above you, tossed to and fro by the winds of summer. And in the changes of the weather birdsong ceases and the butterflies find their protection. Second density is for you a rest, a refreshment and a healing.
Imagine always that your feet are planted in the earth, that your soul may grow to heaven. And keep not your attention on worldly matters but take some time to gaze at the mute prayers and silent orisons of the world of the Creator.
Beauty is enormously important food. Eat of it, for it is all around you. And so find beauty also; the flower behind the disruption; the bobbing leaves of a tree beneath the changing situation.
Let not your joy be shallow but grounded as passionately as you ground your sorrow and you will find that joy and sorrow have much in common. Allow them both their beauty but seek always the food of the Creator’s positive beauty to comfort, refresh and bless the living soul.
In silence, praise and quietude we leave you, 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.
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