I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from May 21, 1995:
The question this week has to do with the difference between what we hold as our ideal and what we experience as our actual experience. We would like to know the most efficient way of looking at that difference that would help us most in our growth, and what Q’uo’s opinion about that difference would be?
(Carla channeling)
We are those of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We thank each person in this circle of seeking for turning to the solace of the search for wisdom and truth and meaning. The faith and tenacity of this group is commendable. And you make it very easy for us to perform our service by your unflagging concern and dedication for and to the devotional life.
The question which plagues all entities who wish to excel is the question of the human failings to which the spirit does not have to be heir. The physical vehicle is an oddity, that way station betwixt nothing and infinity, that shadow world of limits and quantity. This shadow world is delicately and elegantly aligned with the needs of your density, the need to be confused, the need to strive, the need to associate with other human beings while the far reaches of intuition and dreaming discover great new galaxies every day of thought and structure and imagination.
The physical vehicle that carries this consciousness moves through one decision after another. In that gray area in which most human functions seem to take place the polarity of much of the daily round is not obvious to the physical eye. The seeking soul then moves through each day without sensing the quality which is its most fundamental, that quality which perhaps you would call ideal but we would rather term metaphysical, for it is the same quality that within the mind furnishes the touchstone, that imaginary perfection. And yet what does this perfection have to do with the everyday?
The mind is a curious tool, a great resource. Its powers of discrimination are usually well developed in humankind, and this is as it should be, for of all the incoming sense data, the trained mind selects according to priorities and judgments that have been hard won. It is only natural that there would be judgment turned towards the self, that there would be distance seen between ideal and actual. Yet the truth is neither with the judge nor with the one who refrains from judging, but rather the truth lies ineffably in the present moment.
It is difficult in words to express this concept but if you can conceive of that present moment as full of light of all that there is, full to bursting with all that ever has or that ever will be. This moment of orgasm, this moment of delight, this is the closest we have come to a knowledge of reality—no time, no space, no judgment, but pure white Light, a naked manifestation of Love. This is a truth available to each seeking entity, and yet the door into this present moment is locked fast against those who would judge the self or others in such a way as to injure or harm, for a judgment is in many cases an injury, whether it be inflicted upon the self or upon another. It is not to say that judging and expressing that judgment are not perfectly normal activities, and within the worldly purview judgments are expected and necessary. But if you wish to work upon yourself at the highest degree of purity then it is that the eyes turn away from the self that dangles betwixt eternity and eternity, a parenthesis of manifestation within illusion. Your situation while incarnate is that of a soul who has to leave the room for just a moment. You have such a tiny instant of time in your incarnation. This is the higher truth.
Now, we would not take the power of discrimination from any, for the ability to have insight is a valuable one and it is hard-earned. However, we do encourage each first to examine judgment for kindness and compassion and then to apply that judgment sparingly and accurately, for each within incarnation is a bruised reed, a wounded and fragile living being, and to place the burden of unflinching judgment upon such a precariously alive creature is a cruelty.
We ask each to learn the value of mercy, of pity, of softness of heart and humbleness of spirit, for the judge is a proud entity, yet wisdom lies in accepting a humble, even humiliating estimate of self and self-importance. It is most healthful to abandon that effort to judge accurately the self. Or, if not abandon, moderate, de-emphasize, for you are seeking to become lighter and emptier. You are moving through a thick etheric medium, breathing the life-giving air. Metaphysically speaking, that breath is labored and thick compared to metaphysical experience. It is not at all easy to turn from the judging to look away from that comparison betwixt that which is hoped for and that which has occurred. Yet wisdom, we believe, lies not in examining that distance but rather in turning to the light and abandoning judgment for praise of the one infinite Creator, for you are equally praiseworthy when you have achieved the ideal and when you have utterly failed to achieve the ideal.
For what is more basic, more over-arching, than the sense data and all that spins therefrom is that consciousness which has half an eye upon the incarnation and the other half upon the Creator. Great peace of spirit comes to the one who is able to locate the other half of the self, the half that does indeed dwell in eternity, the half that is beyond judgment and exists rather with the eyes turned to see what may be done to serve and not that mind which looks back upon the self to find what the score was, what percentile of achievement has been achieved.
We are aware that much value has been given throughout your experience in third density to achievement, to the achievements of far-seeing men and women who have seemed to achieve their ideals, to experience and express excellence. Nor do we deny that there is value in seeing with the eyes of the world, but we ask you to consider whether or not that value is as fundamental as the turning to the present moment, to the one infinite Creator, to love, for love is the overarching truth. And if the emotional self can turn to that love and bask in it for one moment, that moment of truth shall cry, “Peace, peace,” to the self-judgments of the one who wishes to run the straight race.
The group question for this session was: “The question this week has to do with the difference between what we hold as our ideal and what we experience as our actual experience. We would like to know the most efficient way of looking at that difference that would help us most in our growth, and what Q’uo’s opinion about that difference would be?” Q’uo began their reply by saying that our physical bodies were a meeting point between nothing and infinity which meets the needs of third density to be confused in our relationships while our intuition and dreaming discover new worlds of thought and imagination. They went on to say that the seeking soul moves through the daily experience with its mind making choices without any knowledge of their metaphysical implications as choices of polarity, and in this process the mind makes judgements of itself according to its achievements of the ideal versus the actual experience of the soul when the truth rests in the present moment. Then Q’uo defined the present moment as the Light that contains all that was, is, or ever will be with no time, space, or judgement: a pure reflection of Love. Q’uo went on to say that this reality was available to all, but it would not be experienced if judgement was used in a harmful way against the self or any other self. They realized that judgements were a common practice in the third density, but they recommended that any judgements be applied sparingly, with kindness and compassion and eventually, if possible, to abandon judgements and replace them with praising the one infinite Creator as each is praiseworthy whether they have achieved the ideal, or if they have failed to achieve the ideal. They went on to say that great peace would come to the one who can take the eye from the judgements of the incarnated self and put it upon the part of the self that rests in eternity with the Creator, focused on how to be of service to others in the present moment of the peace and Love of the Creator. On November 30, 1986, Q’uo described how we may find the Creator in the present moment:
I am Q’uo, and, my sister, since all are indeed portions of the one infinite Creator and move in harmony with that Creator, whether the harmonious pattern of movement is known consciously or not known consciously, one may have faith that the life pattern has been described and conceived in a fashion which will bring to one those opportunities to be of service to all which come before one’s notice and to share what you call love in a fashion which is most appropriate for each moment. Thus, it is not necessary, my sister, to look past the present moment and wonder at how it shall be possible to be of service and to radiate that love which one seeks in one’s life pattern, for that has been given to you to recognize in each moment if one will but turn the desire to seek the truth toward each moment and continue to find the face of the Creator in each face which meets yours, and, indeed, within your own face and within each portion of the environment which supports and surrounds you at all times. Thus, you have as a life pattern that which has been designed to provide you with opportunity after opportunity to give that which is possible and to find that love which is there.
This instrument knows a poem that goes: “Run the straight race with God’s good grace. Lift up thine eyes and seek His face. Lay hold on life and it shall be thy joy and crown eternally.” My friends, we feel there is wisdom in those lines. Lift up your eyes and seek His face. That face is Love. It is personified within this instrument’s religious system as the one known as Jesus. This entity knew that its life was symbolic and conformed Himself to that symbology. There are many other faces of that Love. We encourage each to seek the face of that which most centrally symbolizes to the self that present Love, that overarching compassion, that resounding cosmic “yes.”
The physical vehicle, the physical brain, and much of the surface of all of the bodies which you possess within incarnation are tuned to give you a certain kind of data in such a way that you shall inevitably become unable to do that which you see as perfect. The entire structure of your physical environment has as one of its characteristics the inevitable tendency to demonstrate the uselessness of the attempt to remain logical, sensible, rational, and malleable. Although it is natural for humankind to try to control the environment, the personal behavior, and so forth, energies inherent within third density inevitably steer the seeking spirit into a trackless, directionless and utterly confusing frame of reference, for that which is prideful must be cast down, and that which is humble and lowly within must be lifted up.
The spiritual journey is a simple thing, yet it confounds intellectual examination, for it is, among many other things, the yielding up of that pride of self which manifests as the excellent worker, the hard-striving soul. There is an inevitability about the fall of each and every hoped for ideal, and all of this mental and emotional suffering has as its condign purpose the pulling of the energies towards the heart in order that the heart may open. Open to the present moment and to the Love that is all that there is.
Honor your ideals. Honor yourself as you continue to seek to come as close as possible to those values set for the self. Yet know and allow yourself to truly to know that the actual virtue lies in doing what the Creator has called you to do, that which is in front of your face, with gladness, with a single mind and with a light heart. That lightness of heart is a gem of immense value. When you feel the sunshine pour into the heart, when you feel the heart straightening up, no longer bent under a heavy load, then you feel and know truth. The deepest truth of your human nature is Love.
My friends, move in the great race. Do your best, and be glad as you fail, for there is joy in accomplishing one more step of the journey from the head to the heart. Open the hand of your compassion. Release that fluttering bird that seeks the light and the love of the one infinite Creator, that bird within the heart that your poet, Emily Dickinson, saw as hope. To hope, to trust, to abide in faith and in peace; these are the characteristics of one who has seen through judgment and pride and has released the self into that present moment. May you open that door into the present again and again.
As the sands of the sea, as the stars in your sky, just so infinite are the shining spirits which are embodied within this creation who turn their glowing faces toward the Creator in praise and thanksgiving. At this time many, many of those not incarnate in physical vehicles flock within the inner planes of your globe. To those who ask for help they flock by the millions to offer their candle power to heighten the inner light of those in need. Yours is third density. Ask for help and help will be given you. Reach out the hand and it will be full of invisible but real love. You are loved, not because you have achieved but because you exist, a child of the infinite Creator. You are enfolded, snuggled, by invisible nurturing arms. Every cell of your body is perfect. Your truth is that all is perfect. There is no striving necessary, for all is well.
We are motes that dance in the sunlight, but we love you with our whole heart. Ask for help. Serve each other. And the light generated shall be beautiful indeed. As you suffer, as you experience loss and limitation, all is well. Turn often to the perfection, to the integrity, and to the healing health of praise and thanksgiving within the present moment, for all that you see, and know, and do is done upon holy ground. That is the floor beneath the scenery.
Then Q’uo suggested that the seeker should seek the face of Love which is a cosmic “yes” to life that is at variance from one’s physical body and brain which demonstrate the uselessness of being logical, sensible, and rational. Q’uo said that they are a part of the third density energies which requires that the spiritual seeker cast its pride away and lift up the nature of humility within it. Then Q’uo said that this was the way to open the self to the present moment of Love which is all that there is, so we should honor the ideals that we have set for ourselves, but we should do what the Creator calls us to do with a light heart so that we can know that our true nature is Love. Q’uo continued by saying that this is the great race: to give our best effort; to rejoice when we fail; to release judgement and pride; for each of these is one more step from the head to the heart and opening the door to the present moment again and again. Q’uo also said that there are millions of souls that are not incarnate who will come to our aid if we but ask them to do so, and they will give us nurturing love so that striving is no longer necessary, for all is well, and we are perfect. They completed their response by saying that even if we experience suffering, that all is well, and we should turn with praise and thanksgiving to the present moment because we stand on holy ground. On March 4, 1979, Latwii said that we are love and that we stand on holy ground:
Find the holy ground. Find the jewel, that which is love. Upon this ground you can stand without fear of falling, losing your footing, or being cast away from your place, for this is your birthright. Love is what you are. What you think you are, if you think you are not Love, is an illusion, a mass of distorted detail that can be slowly weeded or quickly weeded from your life—as you would weed from a garden those things which were not pleasant or helpful.
We leave you in that ground of being, in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are those of the principle known to you as Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai.
This morning I vacuumed the first floor of the house, and then I ran a couple of errands with my first stop being at Paul’s Fruit Market where I bought some food for myself. My second stop was at Walgreen’s Drug Store where I bought some Pepsi Zero, some treats for Bennie and Bosco, and some Kleenexes.
This afternoon I went outside and began weeding the Ruins Mound, the flower garden in the middle of the Moss Garden, and the Astilbe garden by hand as we got enough rain this morning for me to be able to pull the weeds out roots and all.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
August 16
Those Born Of The Spirit
I am the spirit who comes with quiet feet, walking in perfect Love, sacrificing in perfect peace, showing perfect compassion. I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.
May the Love of Christ come upon you today as a sword and as a peace, excising from you that little self, opening the way for your true and whole creation. For those born of the Spirit, be they gathered together or scattered throughout your societies, may indeed renew the face of the Earth.
Let that consciousness be upon you that is Love, rejoicing in pain and giving up those things which the spirit within you tells you that you no longer need.
May you lose your guilt and anger and be lit by the fire and the truth of Love and Compassion, that you may go forth in activity and yet with a heart full of peace to do the work of Jesus Christ in the world today.
We leave you, encouraging you, as always, in the perfect peace of Jesus the Christ, 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.
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