I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from December 3, 2000:
When we are trying to make a decision that is important to our spiritual lives, we often have to wait patiently, to take the matter to the heart, and we wonder how we can do this more effectively to gain the direction that we need to follow for our greatest growth? How do we discover what our direction is?
(Carla channeling)
We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo, and we greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, whose servants we are. It is our privilege and our blessing to be called to your group this afternoon, and, as always, we thank you for the desire for the truth and the thirst for deity that brings each of you to this circle of seeking. It is a great service to us to be able to share our thoughts with you, for this is the service we hope to offer at this time: to share our thoughts with those on your planet which might find some use in them. As always, we ask that each use her powers of discrimination carefully, for we are not authority but, rather, fellow seekers and although we feel that we have experiences and thoughts that are worthy of sharing, we do not necessarily feel that our opinions are those which will resonate for other spiritual seekers in their particular patterns and processes, so we ask you to discriminate for yourselves and leave behind those thoughts that are not helpful.
The concept of discrimination is sometimes a difficult one for people who have been accustomed at times to feel that they, perhaps, are not entirely competent to judge any particular area or even in general. Many are the factors within your culture which tend to disenfranchise spiritual seekers from trusting in their own opinion and relying upon their own powers of discrimination. The bludgeoning of that blunt instrument known to you as school creates a respect for authority which is perhaps overstated. For in the realm of spiritual seeking truth is not a matter of authority. Truth is not subject to proof. Truth is, in fact, in any linear terms, entirely subjective. To get to a spiritual truth it first must be realized that this spiritual truth will be true only for you. It will not be true for another living human being.
Truly, each spiritual seeker is looking at one unique pattern and picture in looking at the self. It is almost impossible to extrapolate from something that is happening to someone else to something that is happening to you. You are an unique creature. Your incarnational lessons are carefully put in place. Each within this circle has accomplished a good many years of processing information and achieving realization after realization which has, each in its own way, encouraged, supported and helped to move forward that process of spiritual evolution of mind, emotions, and spirit that each of you has thirsted for for many years. And, yet, the process does not end while life is extant within the flesh and bones of the incarnation. The learning process ripples merrily onward.
Let us look for a moment at this process. One thing we would note about this process is that it has themes that recur. For each entity there will be those incarnational lessons which cannot be identified quickly. The first time a crisis situation along certain lines comes up it is overwhelming. There is so much confusion that there is no seeming place where a person might find a place to stand, a ground of being, a trustable foundation from which to look at the situation and the environment of the situation. The second time this same incarnational lesson recurs it may be almost as completely baffling as the first time.
We will give an example that is part of this instrument’s process about which it already knows, thereby avoiding infringement upon free will. This instrument has an incarnational lesson in which it gives without expectation of return. It is so accustomed now to this theme that when this situation occurs where the entity is giving and is not receiving anything back or is even receiving difficulty and resistance back from the loving offering of the self, this instrument simply becomes aware that the incarnational lesson is recurring again, and this instrument assumes, then, that it is recurring at a slightly different level because there are nuances at this level that have not been covered before. And the pressures of spiritual evolution suggest further learning of these nuances. Therefore, this instrument is almost too willing to dash forward into the breach and serve that person who has no ability to offer a loving return that this instrument can recognize. Very well, in the case of this particular incarnational lesson this instrument is unlikely to be confused for very long when the cycle repeats, and the lesson comes up again and that wind chime of the emotions begins to sound its motif and make that certain sound that brings forth the emotions associated with this lesson. So, you see, over the passage of time learning occurs, and the level of confusion ameliorates so that even though there is discomfort in the challenge of the situation there is not an overwhelming level of discomfort or confusion. The ground of being remains, and this instrument is then able to call upon its faculties of will and faith.
Now, we take the liberty of moving to the situation which faces the instrument, which prompted this particular line of questioning this afternoon. In this situation this instrument is dealing with an incarnational lesson concerning what best could be called limitations. It is very easy when there is more than one incarnational lesson involved in an incarnational plan to become puzzled or even confused as to which lesson is actually being recycled. Therefore, in this particular case, one suggestion that we would give to this instrument is to spend time resting in contemplation of the incarnational lesson of limitation, which this instrument has experienced cyclically throughout its incarnation. Much work has been done through the years in working upon this incarnational lesson. Work still needs to be done. There are nuances that need to be considered. This is absolutely normal for the progress of a spiritual seeker. It may not, perhaps, be completely standard that someone would choose more than one incarnational lesson. It is, indeed, a crowded agenda.
However, each personality shell that is chosen for an incarnation comes with certain characteristics. For some personality shells the characteristics include such a desire for working upon one shining goal that the hallmark of the incarnation is simplicity and one theme that recurs to the exclusion of all others. For other personality shells there has been what we might call spiritual ambition: the desire to learn more, the desire to progress at a more efficient and that which is seen subjectively as a more helpful rate. You will notice people with this type of personality shell over-committing themselves in good deeds, taking too many classes for their own comfort in schooling, and otherwise tending to overfill the time allotted for each day with what this instrument would call good things to do. In neither personality type is there more excellence than the other. It is a simple matter of choice. Each way of approaching an incarnation has its advantages. Each has its drawbacks.
For the entity with what may be called spiritual ambition, as well as for the entity who burns with one single flame or thirst, the dangers involved include coming to take this quest so seriously that the perspective of that ground of being is lost, and the seeker becomes overwhelmed with the details of whatever present situation has occupied the interest in mind, the emotions, and the time of the seeker.
The group question for this session was: “When we are trying to make a decision that is important to our spiritual lives, we often have to wait patiently, to take the matter to the heart, and we wonder how we can do this more effectively to gain the direction that we need to follow for our greatest growth? How do we discover what our direction is?” Q’uo began by saying that as spiritual seekers of truth we don’t always have the ability to trust our own judgement in making decisions because of the way we were raised to believe what we were told rather than know our own truth concerning our mind, emotions, and spirit comes from us and may not be true for anyone else, and this process continues for many incarnations. Q’uo went on to say that sometimes lessons come to us in such a state of confusion that we cannot make any sense of them, but over time we are able to make progress in realizing more about their nature each time that they come around by using our will and faith to discern them. Then Q’uo suggested that if we need more clarification about a certain lesson, it would be helpful if we contemplated its nuances, or if there are other lessons that have been experienced in conjunction with each other. Then Q’uo said that the number of lessons that we might choose during our incarnations would depend upon the type of personality shell that we had because some of us would focus upon one life lesson to give it all of our time and effort, while other personality shells would overcommit to many lessons, but Q’uo said that each type of personality shell had its advantages and problems such as losing the perspective and being overwhelmed with the details of the lessons. On April 20, 2019, Q’uo described the nature of our personality shell:
The entity within the incarnation which may be seen as the personality shell may become aware of the deeper levels of its own being through that which you call the meditative state, where there is the seeking for that which is beyond the conscious recognition of the mind/body/spirit complex which has become a personality shell. As this entity becomes aware consciously of the process of evolution, it may utilize those pre-incarnative lessons to move further along its own spiritual path. As this movement along the spiritual path is achieved, there is the continuing realization that the self which thought it knew who it was, becomes aware that there is more to it than what it knew.
Thus, the process of spiritual growth, intellectual understanding, and emotional acceptance of greater and greater portions of the being allows for this process to accelerate, aided greatly by the processing of catalyst within the meditative state. The meditative state also being most helpful for the self to explore even further and deeper the qualities that it discovers along this spiritual path that are related to itself and are indeed a part of itself. As the entity expands its circle of knowledge, it becomes more and more aware of the immensity of the soul identity that is in closer and closer congruency with the One Infinite Creator which dwells within.
Now let us step back and gaze at the actual situation. The actual situation is that there is no time, or process, or pressure to accomplish anything. Each dwells in eternity and all that has happened, is happening, and will happen is happening now, all at the same time, in perfect harmony, in utter perfection, and with an elegance and simplicity of pattern that is stunning, or would be if the pattern could be seen in its entirety. There is no such thing as sequence. Space is an illusion. The bones, the flesh, and the mass of this particular incarnation are of an illusory nature that is very deep. Nothing that seems to be occurring upon the physical level has that kind of deep meaning that engenders fear, guilt, anger, remorse, and all the other emotions that this incarnation creates as an illusion for the learning of the student. In other words, each seeker has put itself in a school of illusion in which things happen that are very strenuous, difficult, and uncomfortable in many ways. And, yet, in the execution of these processes of suffering there is no animus, judgment, or anger upon the part of the one infinite Creator.
The actual situation is that the one infinite Creator is issuing a vibration that is the creation. That creation is made up of the one great original Thought which is the Logos or Love. The Creator is that Love in utter unpotentiated fullness. The creation is that Love in its potentiated form and Light in its manifested form, and each of you as a creature of Love and of Light, of manifestation and of Logos, of Creator and illusion. And each of you dances the dance of Creator, moving to the dream of the illusion of sequence and meaning and living and learning. And yet, each of you is already everything that each seeks to learn. So, the actual process of spiritual evolution is one of subtraction, of allowing things to drop away in order to get to the heart of each perceived crisis or crux which occurs when an incarnational lesson, or a derivative of an incarnational lesson, recurs in the cyclical rhythms of the process of incarnation.
Now, each entity looking at the possibility of an incarnation upon planet Earth and an immersion into the illusion of third density was excited in the extreme about the extravagant possibilities for learning and for service that such an incarnation represents. Each in great anticipation set up what seemed to it to be very fruitful potential relationships, very helpful incarnational lessons which would sharpen the polarity of service to others, advance the evolution of mind, purify and discipline the emotions, and further the spiritual evolution of that soul which the personality shell brought into incarnation is only the shadow of. Each of you felt fairly optimistic about being able to penetrate the veil of forgetting. For the truth was so obvious before incarnation, so penetrating, so perfect. How could we truly forget? And yet, the spirit comes into the flesh. The flesh comes into the world. The voices of the world come into the consciousness of the incarnated being, and confusion begins apace.
Andso, each in the childhood moves through a determined assault on the spirit. By the time that spirit has become mature enough to be able to work through those layers of enculturation the enculturation has become thick, dense, and difficult to penetrate. That surety before incarnation has become utter unknowing. This is the plan. This is the way it is supposed to be. Each within incarnation is supposed to become a true Earth native and the awakening from that sleep of Earth is the hoped-for result of that thirst with which each incarnated in the heart of self, that thirst to know, that thirst to seek, that thirst to worship and simply to be one’s deepest self.
We speak now to thirsty people, and we say to you, while we cannot hand-feed you water to quench your thirst, we can talk about the plan; the plan we see for each of you. For we feel that beyond all illusion, beyond all sequence, beyond all linear proof, beyond all illusion of any kind, it may be trusted by each of you that there is a plan, a carefully created, thoughtfully worked out plan that was created by yourself and by Spirit for this incarnation. Everything that is occurring is part of the outworking of this plan. It is an organic process, taking in great scoops, from anywhere within the illusion that comes into contact with the particular world of one seeker, that material which it needs in order to offer the various incarnational lessons in their various nuances needed as the cycles spiral and the learning and the process evolve. Therefore, what greatly aids the work of an entity in the midst of a perceived crux of incarnational lesson is not linear thought or analysis but, rather, a relaxation of all non-emotional processes, a refraining from intellectual thought, and a program of repetition of affirmations having to do with awakening, supporting and encouraging the faculties of faith and will.
Now Q’uo said that the actual situation is that there is no pressure to accomplish anything because each of us dwells in the eternity of the present moment, and all is happening in perfect harmony that would be stunning if we could see the pattern in its entirety. They said that we have put ourself in a school of illusion where things happen that are very difficult and uncomfortable in many ways, but as we experience these difficulties there is no anger or judgement on the part of the one infinite Creator. Q’uo went on to say that each of us is a creature of Love and Light, a manifestation of the Creator and an illusion because we are already everything that we seek to learn, so: “the actual process of spiritual evolution is one of subtraction, of allowing things to drop away in order to get to the heart of each perceived crisis or crux which occurs when an incarnational lesson, or a derivative of an incarnational lesson, recurs in the cyclical rhythms of the process of incarnation.” Q’uo continued by saying that before we incarnated into the third density we were very excited to use this opportunity to learn our lessons, provide our service, and develop relationships with others that would help us to polarize positively, and we were very optimistic about being able to penetrate the veil of forgetting because the truth was so obvious, but when we incarnated the confusion of the third density became our experience. Then Q’uo went on to say that when we became a true Earth native it was our hope to awaken from that sleep and develop the thirst to know, to seek, and to be our deepest self. Q’uo said that beyond all illusion of any kind we can trust that there is a plan that we carefully created by working with our guides and Spirit so that whatever we come into contact with is the material that we need to learn our lessons in their great variety in our process of evolution. Q’uo suggested that we not engage intellectual thought in learning our lessons, but we should use a program of repetition of affirmations having to do with awakening, supporting, and encouraging our use of the qualities of faith and will. On March 7, 2020, Q’uo spoke about the value of using faith and will:
The quality of faith for any seeker of truth is that quality which sees the rightness and the potential for growth in any present situation. The faith that one is in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing, or observing the appropriate portions of one’s being (and how they add to the potential for growth at all times) is where faith is most salient or important for the seeker.
This faith, then, may also call upon the quality of the will that each seeker has within its being to utilize the perceptions of the day, the catalyst of the experience, the potential within each moment to move forward in growth. This will, then, balances the faith so that there is the opportunity for the seeker to exercise its desire, its will, its potential to realize the qualities of faith that have pointed out the possibilities for growth for each seeker.
Thus, faith and will are the rod and the staff that each seeker carries with it as it moves through this third-density illusion, where the darkness of the illusion hides most of the Creator that is within each moment and each entity, and provides the entity, then, a means by which it may ascertain greater and greater means of moving forward in the process of spiritual growth. Together then, faith and will can utilize any present moment to move forward within the spiritual journey.
Let us look first at faith. What is faith? Many would like faith to be faith in this or faith in that. But we say to you that, as far as we know, faith is the faith that all is well. It is not a belief; it is not a dogma; it is not complex; it does not have an object. Faith is an attitude of confidence that there is a plan, that the plan is working out perfectly, and that any difficulties that we are having with the plan are part of the plan. Therefore, no matter what the suffering, all is well, and all will be well. The only responsibility of the faithful entity, then, is to maintain that faith and to deal with the suffering in a way that has as much as possible of humor, patience, and perspective. For it is hoped that when it is seen that there is a plan, that this may release the spirit to dance within that plan, to look for ways to create style in responding to the nuances of the plan and finding ways to inject humor and a lightness of being into those reactions to the plan. And, above all, that ability to refrain from judging the self as stupid, unworthy, or otherwise less than a perfect partner with the Creator and Spirit in experiencing and responding to the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator.
There may well be the concept that there are things to do that are part of the plan of incarnation, and may we say that it is never part of an incarnational plan to do, but, rather, to be. Naturally, when entities achieve greatly within the illusion that is a cause for rejoicing, but that is part of the illusion. In terms of incarnational plans and incarnational lessons, what each seeker is working with are intentions, thoughts, hopes, and dreams. In terms of metaphysical seeking it is not a matter of finding answers. It is a matter of coming to respect questions. It is never doing. It is always essence.
Faith is the willingness to abide in the essence of self, in the knowledge that the plan is good, and in the willingness to do the best that one can to interpret and respond to the situation as it unfolds. The actual decisions made are not that important. The intentions and the reasons involved for those decisions are important. Consequently, when the one known as Tom asked, “How do we get these crises, these problems that cause worry and the need for patience into the heart?” we would say that the answer involves allowing those things that are not of the heart to fall away, realizing that the issues are not in the physical world or the decisions made in the physical world, but, rather, the issue revolves around finding the most respect, the most honor, support, and encouragement for that heart of self that rests within the plan.
We may see the plan as out figured in that Holy of Holies within the heart which holds the truth of being. In that Holy of Holies, the Creator dwells in Its full original vibration. And the seeker, too, is there in its own heart, if it can remember to go there. With all of the buzzing noises of brain, and intellect, and thought, it is almost impossible to remember to go to the heart. It is only when there is a decision made to release the intellectual thought in the workings of the decision-making mind and to move into faith, trust and hope that the self can become silent, the mind can stop its chatter, and the self can use the key of silence to enter that tabernacle that is the heart. The beauty and the excellence of silence cannot be overrated in this regard. Often, we speak of meditation, but we find that you within third density attempt to make a project out of this meditation and create complexities and difficulties within this practice as well, which is completely normal for those who are within the heavy illusion of Earth. We encourage all movements into silence, whether they be called meditation or simply sitting and soaking in the now. In any case, there is a release involved, a release of control, a surrender to the will that is the Creator’s and at the same time the heart of self’s will.
Then Q’uo said that faith could be described as the knowledge that all is well, and all will be well no matter what difficulties may come up in our lives because they are all part of a plan that is working out perfectly, and we should use humor rather than self-judgement when we are experiencing any difficulties. Q’uo went on to say that the basic part of the plan for our incarnation is being rather than doing, and when it comes to our incarnation’s lessons we are working with our hopes and dreams and respecting questions rather than finding answers. Q’uo continued by saying that faith is our abiding in the essence of ourself, knowing that the plan is good, and in doing our best to interpret and respond to any situation as it unfolds because the decisions that we make are not as important as the reasons and intentions for making decisions are and for the heart of our self that rests within the plan. Q’uo went on to say that the Creator resides within our heart, and it is only when we decide to stop the thoughts of our mind and move into faith that we can use the key of silence to enter that tabernacle that is our heart and then surrender to the Creator’s will. On May 3, 1998, Q’uo described how the key of silence opens the door to the Creator within our heart:
The eyes that see the world see a human being sitting. The heart within knows a different reality. In that world within the self is a pilgrim seeking entrance to an inner sanctum in which the Creator already dwells in full glory and strength; from before time began until there is no more time, this is so. Before you were, before the world was, before all things, the Creator rested in Its universe. And as you are part of this universe of love so that love incarnate dwells within you. See yourself as a pilgrim walking up to the door of that inner sanctum, inserting the key of silence, walking in and sitting, not with other human beings, however worthy they may be, but with the infinite Creator. This communion awaits you constantly. It is not that the Creator is not with you, for the Creator is your companion from the instant of your beginning until the last fell knoll of life’s bells.
Andthis brings us to speaking of will, for it is the faculty of will that supports faith. This will is an interesting phenomenon. It is created from the discipline of the dark side of self. To those who have not begun to work upon the discipline of the self and its personality these words mean little. To the one who has begun the attempt to look at and to work with the emotional and intellectual responses and to begin to learn more and more about the self in this way it will make more sense. For it will be seen that each and every seemingly negative characteristic of self has its own strength when it has been tamed and placed in a configuration in which it lies within the deep heart and self, acknowledged as part of the self, but disciplined as to its expression within the outer expression of a daily life. This is not the same as the repression of unfortunate thoughts, for it demands that each thought that is seen by the self to be angry, or in some way unacceptable as seen by the self, as that which can be worked upon, that which can yield fruit, that which can become that which it does not seem to be.
In this work the creative principle is used by the self, not to tear the self down or to judge the self, but, rather, to accept the self as it is, to balance the emotions that seem to be unbalanced by seeing their opposites, and then to integrate that whole range of being represented by that seeming negative emotion into the universal self that is the Creator. For you and the Creator are truly all that there is, and often much will be seen in the experience that is within that universal self along the lines of the dark side as perceived by the self. Thusly, will is honed by forgiveness as the self works on the self to come into self-acceptance, self-love, self-forgiveness, and self-worth.
The one known as J suggested that, in a situation where there was a decision to be made, that an entity simply choose what it really wishes to do. It may be seen that in incarnational lessons that crises may have nuances that are so puzzling that it is not immediately clear to an entity what it wishes to do. However, we suggest that in these situations the faculty of will be called upon to hone the desire to invoke faith, and then that the faculty of faith be called upon in order that the being may rest from strife and may find a peace that dwells in midair, in total unknowing. For what is impatience but a refusal to realize that periods of unknowing occur and are acceptable?
We do not suggest that any of this is effortless. We only suggest that it is a most carefully thought out and a most blessing-filled procedure. We suggest that each of you has created a perfect environment for learning and for service. And each of you has created an excellent plan which is in effect, and that each of you will do well to create within the self more and more ability to invoke faith and will and to know that all is love and, even in the midst of suffering, all is well. Shall you die? Shall you live? Does it matter if you are moving along the lines of spiritual evolution? We ask each to trust. And we assure you that every force of nature and spirit wishes to help and is ready to express the hints and harbingers of synchronicity to speed the awareness of the truth.
Now Q’uo said that it is the concept of our will supporting faith that results when we learn to discipline our dark side because all of our seemingly negative characteristics have their own strength when they have been tamed and placed in a configuration which lies within our deep heart and is seen as part of our self but is disciplined as to its expression within our daily life. Q’uo went on to say that if we can balance our emotions that we can even use negative emotions and integrate them into our self that is the Creator, and then our will is strengthened as we work on our self and come to accept, forgive, and love our self. Then Q’uo said that some lessons are so difficult that we don’t know what to do, so we should call upon our will and invoke faith that we may rest from the difficulty and find peace in unknowing because times of unknowing are acceptable. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that each of us has created the perfect environment and plan for learning and for service, and if we continue to invoke faith and will that even in suffering all is love and all is well, and: “every force of nature and spirit wishes to help and is ready to express the hints and harbingers of synchronicity to speed the awareness of the truth.” On December 17, 2000, Q’uo spoke of the value of our times of unknowing:
As we look back on our own third-density experience we see the gift of unknowing for what it is: a necessary prerequisite to the free choice of faith. We do not at all discourage the worship and Love of the one known as Jesus the Christ. This entity is as the most excellent of models for Love. We encourage each to gaze long into the stories of this entity and to see how this entity was able to love. But more, we ask that you look into your own hearts and see the spirit of Love within that is the essence of each of you. And know that you have within you the Love that you seek, the truth that you seek, and the beauty that you thirst for. We encourage each of you to value each hard choice and each time of apparent darkness.
The choices that you make during these incarnational times of unknowing have a weight, potentially, that can change the course of the development of your soul. We encourage each to know that you have the resources within you to be that candle that is lit within the darkness, that the darkness shall never overcome.
This instrument informs us that we simply cannot speak further, and we will even, with your permission, forgo the usual further questions, for we are aware that we have spoken far beyond our normal time. May we have your permission to leave this instrument, or are there some questions that we would answer through the instrument known as Jim? We would ask the ones known as Jim, J, and T to indicate.
[No further queries.]
We felt sure that this was the case, but we thank you for confirming that which we felt was so. We want to thank you for raising this question, which was very interesting and for allowing us to speak through this instrument. We leave each, as we found you, in the most beautiful and ineffable love and creative light of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as those of Q’uo, and humbly we say to you, adonai, Adonai vasu borragus.
This morning I began blowing the leaves in the front and side yards towards the two piles of leaves by the driveway.
This afternoon I had an appointment with my eye doctor, and all of the tests that she gave me show that my eyesight hasn’t changed since a year ago. When I got home I finished blowing the leaves into the two piles of leaves beside the driveway and covered them with tarps to keep them from blowing away. I am hoping that David’s Lawn Service will come by later this week and suck all the leaves up and take them away.
From A Book of Days channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
December 10
Like Minerals In Soft Rains
I am the Spirit of the consciousness of the Love of Christ, and I greet you in the Love that is power and might and glory, creating without end all that there is and rejoicing in the creation.
I come in the vibration which comforts this child of God, and I come to each who calls me in each seeker’s own need, with each seeker’s vibrations and necessities of consciousness in mind. For we would not distress any by teachings which are confusing but would rather speak in the native tongue of each heart, our feet planted in the native soil of each seeker’s fertile ground.
For each seeker is a garden wherein is planted the Word: Love. And Love may create for each seeker a wonderful garden of fruit and harvest that blooms and yields forever. Yet without Love, the ground wherein the seeds of Love lie is barren and lifeless.
We who comfort are like minerals in soft rains, adding to the soil what is needed of the consciousness of Love. Seek, then, in your own native tongue, to know the will of Christ in your life, and we shall fall upon you like rain, and the seeds of Love within you shall rejoice.
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.
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