I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from April 16, 1995:
This is Easter Sunday, and it is also the time of spring where the new flowers and new grass and plants start poking their heads out of the ground. We are all feeling rather inspired and inspirited, we would like to have some information upon this general concept of resurrection or rebirth, the coming into being of a new self, the inspiration bringing a new being, a risen being, more inspired and full of light. And we would like to have whatever information you could give us on how this process happens in our own lives, how it happens in the world around us, the interrelationship between the two and anything that you could say on rebirth or resurrection.
(Carla channeling)
We are those of Q’uo, and we greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. It is both a privilege and a blessing for us to be sharing in your vibrations. We would thank each which has come to this circle this day for the quality and depth of the preparation of desire, for considering new thoughts and looking for new truths. Truly, when desire has been so purified that it becomes a fine instrument, then it is that the call sent out becomes clearer and stronger. And this aids us, for as the preparation is, so the energy is; and as the energy of the circle is, so the communication is. So those hours spent in thought, in prayer, in review, in contemplation, in meditation and as this instrument would say, in the sacred practice of chilling out and taking it easy, each of you has done good work, and work that enables us to do our work better. And we thank you for this most profoundly.
As we view the thrust of your opening question this day, we reflect upon how to lay the groundwork for that which we have to offer in the way of opinion. As always, we ask that each discriminate carefully and choose those things which we have to say that are useful, leaving the rest behind. Perhaps we shall begin in the dark. For the preparation for light is all important to the appreciation and resonance with that light that comes at the end of a period of watching and waiting. How necessary it is that the concepts of spirit first be nurtured and fed within the earth and ground of being.
That spiritual self that within the mythological system you call Christianity has its beginning at the birth of the Christ. The small child is deep within that darkness of winter. The beginning of spiritual seeking, or perhaps we should say spiritual learning, is always in darkness. This is quite necessary, for much ground must be laid within that darkness. Much development of the spirit takes place only within the shadows of that inner darkness which so fructifies and feeds the spirit that it gains the energy, which it then can use to seek the light.
So, as always, the beginning of discussion of equality includes its dynamic opposite. Those opposites, that seem so different one from the other, and yet are each other as two sides of the coin, in truth one object. All opposites may fruitfully be seen as unified. This practice is instructive. Now when the light lengthens upon your planet, when the sun rises earlier and sets later, the effect upon your Earth world is astounding. It is a food to green and growing things, that light which seems intangible and yet is literally food and drink to your companions of second density, that reach their leaves to the light of the sun as it rains down in a golden shower. And in that plane of the Earth world, indeed your entire planet is moving at this time within a new and previously unexperienced portion of space/time. As the inevitable cycles move, some cycles are very brief, others ponderously long. But at this particular time in your Earth history, this present moment is witness to unprecedented amounts of spiritual light and this shall continue to expand, as the cycles of time and space move relentlessly and benevolently to create ever new opportunities for seeking, for learning, for the giving and receiving of unity by unity, love by love, any quality whatsoever by its reflection in all that is seen and felt.
In a universe in which the Creator moves with such order and precision it is not surprising that the rhythms of human beings move in sympathy with the rhythms of the planet and its seasons. Many of your planet’s peoples celebrate a resurrection of that which was dead and is now alive. This choice, of that religion that you call Christian, of the spring as the time in which to celebrate death and resurrection of the Christ is peculiarly apt and very accurately placed, is that date that so coincides not with the rhythms of created mankind but with those fey and restless rhythms of moon and tide, of earth and the dark heart of the womb. Now is the time when that which has been in the womb, whether it be seed or embryo or spirit, has the opportunity to respond to the enlarging of the light. This is a precious time, a time to celebrate the self that is not yet unfurled, to celebrate that which is in bud, young, vulnerable and infinitely tender.
The exercise of celebration is deeply helpful to the spirit as well as being most helpful to the body and to the life of that body. For it is possible to experience the catalyst of the increasing light in such a way that there is no heightened awareness which results within the being. The preparation in the darkness is the key to the use of light. Why is that? We feel that it has to do with the nature of evolution. In the seeking for truth that which is new cannot come, cannot be realized until that which is in its place has been released. Through the cycles that are within, each seeker has moved through periods deep in the mire of personal misery and pain. And whether this has been accounted as suffering or as nothing, yet still, the work has been done. That which is dead has been released, making room for evolution. The pain of change feels like a death. The releasing of old opinion feels mortal. And the wound of leaving behind old ways of thought is fell and fatal. There is literal truth in death and resurrection in terms of the spirit. There must be the willingness to die to the old in order for that which is written already upon your heart to become visible, to become illuminated, to be in the light. Even when that which is old is a rending and separating truth, even when the new is gentler and sweeter, the death of the old is very hard to bear. And we do not wish to quibble with how hard it is to progress in relation to the letting go of that which is dead.
This was Easter Sunday, and the question for this session was: “We would like to have some information upon this general concept of resurrection or rebirth, the coming into being of a new self, the inspiration bringing a new being, a risen being, more inspired, and full of light.” Q’uo began by saying that the spiritual self is born in darkness, and its growth and learning continues in darkness as it seeks the light. Then Q’uo used the analogy of the light and dark seasons on Earth which provide growth for the second density plants to express how the planet itself is moving into a new portion of space/time that is more filled with spiritual light for seeking, learning, giving, and receiving love and unity in all that is seen and felt. Q’uo went on to say that the spring time of the Earth is the equivalent of the resurrection of the Christ as that which is in the womb as the new self that is young, vulnerable, and infinitely tender, so that the seeker who has experienced much pain and suffering must release it so that which is dead can evolve into the resurrected being that is written in the love of the heart to become visible, to become illuminated, and to be in the light. On December 14, 1986, Q’uo spoke of how each of us can go through the process of resurrection:
This is indeed the mystery, my sister, for within the third-density illusion, each seeker of what you call the truth places itself in a position of receptivity to that truth by the intensity of the seeking, the strength of faith and will, so that at some point within the cycle of incarnations, it is possible for such a seeker to not only discover that which it seeks, but to become that which it seeks. Thus is the meaning of the resurrection within third density. The seeker builds with mortal hands a manifested life that may be constructed in such a fashion in metaphysical terms that that known as Love may move through the being in such a pure fashion as to shine as that which it is, the pure and virgin consciousness of the one Creator, moving to gain the experience of the creation which it has made of Itself, and doing this within the life pattern of incarnate third-density beings who have prepared this place within their life patterns and, thus, not only receive that which was sought, but become that which was sought.
It is into this atmosphere that the one known as Jesus the Christ deliberately sets out to move into utter darkness, as this entity willingly and knowingly walks to its Jerusalem, to its Golgotha, to its own resurrection, which comes only after a death—a crucifixion of the entire mortal man—a going down into the darkness of the grave then, which no darkness could be blacker than in human consciousness. This is the fear that is beyond all fears, human: that terror of the dark which does not end. It is into this infinite darkness that the one known as Jesus moves. And when this entity again rejoins the creation of Light, this entity simply expresses the normalcy, the everyday quality of the conquering of death. [Inaudible] life—the battle—one of darkness by light.
It is not only that there is no longer within this mythological system any death to fear, paradoxically it is also that this entity moves completely into the human condition of mortality, so completely that it accepts and undergoes the death. Now for all this entity could prove, for all that any entity can prove, this entity gave itself up to a death that had no end. Yet, words of life were given by the one known as Jesus, and it is well to heed them. The key to moving from darkness to light was given by this entity when it said of those who crucified it: “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
The key to using the light is forgiveness, mercy, charity, love. One may walk into the light and yet not see light. If one has confusion and puzzlement upon the mind, one can move through an entire beautiful day and see no light. And just so within. One can walk into one’s own season of blossom and yet blossom not, nor see the sun, nor take food and drink from it. If one has closed one’s heart, the light cannot survive and will simply be reflected and used elsewhere. Think of the darkness of winter and feel the contraction that occurs as the roots of being curl down into the earth, seeking water and nutriment. So are the roots of the self contracted and turned and curled inward, seeking and not finding nutriment. And then light comes, and the decision is made to let go of all things, save the reaching toward that light. There is expansion of self, there is the opening of the heart with these magic words: “I forgive.”
Each seeker has its own seasons within, its own time of darkness, and its own time of light. It is well to be most respectful towards and sensitive of these inner movements of the Spirit, these trustworthy and helpful times within. As you move through your days and nights, try to remain sensitive to those rhythms, those ripples in the pond of self, those changes of weather. For all seasons, from the coldest to the hottest, from the most contracted to the most expansive, are equally useful, not equally comfortable, but equally useful. However, as this instrument has said, it is possible to experience a lengthening of that inner season of light, and this instrument, however, did not find the second key to enjoying more and more light. This instrument had noted that the more one gives praise and thanksgiving for the good times the longer they are likely to stay around. But there is another truth also here.
This instrument is creating a blockage for it was concerned it would not be able to channel the other idea which it did not personally know, and this has made this instrument come out of its tuning, and so we would appreciate the circle re-tuning, by perhaps singing the “Row, row, row your boat.” We are those of Q’uo.
[All sing “Row, row, row your boat…”]
(Carla channeling)
We are again with this instrument, and we feel that perhaps we may say what we have to say another way, and so allow this instrument the luxury of not having to know what the other part was. For the enjoyment of the good times has its basis laid in the enjoyment and positive possession of those times when all is dry and dark and without merit, seemingly. How precious it is when entities can gaze upon their pain and suffering and enter into the darkness without fear, knowing that all is illusion, knowing that both dark and light are useful, knowing that there is no place that the light is not, knowing that there is no light in which there is not the darkness of some degree of illusion.
For we ourselves are illusions. We are developed and articulated, and our experience is vast, for we have been since the beginning, and we shall always be, and yet we are illusion. For all that can be spoken, all that can be self-realized is by definition illusion, fields of energy, that come and go, while the Creator is in the one momentary now, that eternity in actuality is. Yet, the journey made each time the Creator flings out of Its vast and infinite potentiality those sparks of being that have become each of you, It receives in the end of that journey such a gift of whole and integrated consciousness that to the infinite riches of creation are added infinite richness more. The gift of that journey to the one infinite Creator is a perfect gift, a gift of love, that which has been reflected from Love reflects at last to love and becomes One again in that sweetness of unity in which all sense is lost.
Now Q’uo said that Jesus the Christ was one who was able to go down into the darkness of death and then to be resurrected, having conquered the darkness of death by living in the Light. Q’uo continued by saying that the key to Jesus’s being able to conquer the darkness of death was while He was upon the cross, He spoke the words, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And the key to His being able to use the Light to conquer the darkness was His opening His heart in love and to simply say “I forgive.” Q’uo went on to say that each seeker has its seasons of light and of darkness, and it should become respectful of these movements of the Spirit within as these seasons are most helpful on the spiritual journey, but perhaps not always pleasant, and it is possible to experience a lengthening of the season of light by giving praise and thanksgiving for the seasons of light. Then Q’uo said that it also would be helpful to look at the times of pain and suffering, and move into the darkness without fear and with the knowledge that all is illusion, and that both darkness and light are useful for spiritual growth. Q’uo said that all is illusion, fields of energy flung out into the universe by the one infinite Creator, and as each entity returns into unity with the Creator it brings a gift of love that is returning to Love, and it becomes one once again with the sweetness of unity in which all sense of separation is lost. On December 2, 1979, Hatonn spoke of the gift of love we all give to the Creator:
As we were saying, a broken spirit and a contrite heart, my brothers and sisters, seem to be things that would sadden an individual, but in truth, a spirit which is not broken, a heart which is not contrite on its own behalf cannot forgive the infirmities of others, cannot be gracious and kind when compassion is surely needed. How can your heart become sorry for all that it may have done, or thought, or felt, without feeling guilty, for sadness and guilt were never required by the Creator, only love my friends. But a broken spirit and a contrite heart are the gifts of love. For in love, we know that all things that move and have their being in our illusion and in all illusions are part of us. Whatever you see, whatever you hear, whether it be bad or good, whether it stems from your thinking or the thinking of someone halfway around the circle of your globe, all of these things are part of you. The Spirit of Love is alive in every man and every woman, but its expressions are often distorted.
We would at this time transfer this contact to the one known as Jim, leaving this instrument with thanks and in love and light. We are those of that principle known to you as Q’uo.
This morning I took Bosco back out to the Metropolitan Emergency Veterinary Clinic because he hasn’t been able to eat for the last day and swats at both sides of his mouth with both paws and then falls over. The vet will try to determine the problem, and if he does, I should be able to bring Bosco home this afternoon. Later this morning I went outside and used my chainsaw to cut up a large Ginko Tree limb that fell in my back yard a couple of days ago.
This afternoon I went back to the Metropolitan Emergency Veterinary Clinic and brought Bosco home as he had been given an antibiotic which helped him start eating again. I will call the vet tomorrow morning and let him know how Bosco is doing, and then he will begin working on how to treat Bosco’s kidnesy problems. After I got Bosco situated in the house with some food and petting I went outside and used the backpack blower to blow the leaves from the Moss Garden into the back yard, and then I used Venus to cut the grass in the front, side, and back yards.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
August 12
The Universality Of Suffering
I am of the spirit of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.
You have pain in your heart. Is that so remarkable? It is given to each to suffer pain and, through suffering, to learn and grow.
The Spirit of Love wishes most greatly to comfort and relieve the heart’s suffering and asks you to gaze about at each person with whom you come in contact. Open the windows of the heart and be vulnerable before the pain of each other person and so see the universality of suffering. Then turn your hearts to the great fruits of suffering: compassion and joy.
For do you not see entities, day after day, sacrificing their concerns for the needs of others: mothers and fathers for their children, friends for friends, and, in the heart which has grown sweet with compassion, stranger for stranger? The Spirit sees the whole without boundaries of geography or personality.
You dwell in boundaries and limits. Yet by seeing the pain of another soul, you may see that your lot is not unlucky. Then open yourself to the healing movement of the Spirit of Love within which answers the call of the pain of others. And join in that harmony of compassion that forms a net of love about your beautiful planet amongst all peoples.
We leave you in the peace of true wholeness, both 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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