I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from November 13, 2003:
Question from Y: The question today comes from Y, who asks: What do I need to do to have conscious contact, other than in sleep, with my higher self and channel the light beings who are assisting and others in this incarnation?
(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 in Whose service we are. It is our great delight to be with this group this afternoon. We thank each of you for setting aside that precious time that you have so little of within your incarnation for the sole purpose of seeking the truth. We are that vibration which has been called to this group by this question and this channel, and we express our great gratitude to you for so calling us. It is our pleasure to share our opinion with you, and we would ask but one thing: that being that you listen to those things which we have to say with the greatest care and discrimination, rejecting all of those things which do not seem correct to you and only embracing that truth which seems to resonate within your very heart and soul.
Within you there blooms a flower of great beauty, its petals moving towards the sun with great awareness and intelligence, its blossom opening, and the work proceeding as your higher self had indeed hoped before your incarnation at this time. The gifts that you brought in with you into incarnation have brought you far, both in terms of the gifts of the personality shell, such as intelligence and sensitivity, and those gifts which are perhaps not so obvious to the outward eye, those gifts of inward intensity, deep searching, and a discontent with that which seems to be, all those things which appear. There is within you a great yearning for purity, that which is not a little of the light and a little of the dark but all together, that which has been lifted above the seeming muck and mire of consensus reality and some of its more shadowy aspects.
And yet we would assure you, my brother, that it is well planned that you observe, and to some degree, participate in that muck and mire, that stress and tension of consensus reality. For there is within you the incarnational lesson which is to be addressed, which has to do with working with that which this instrument calls the “shadow” side of self. In the yearning for purity, ofttimes that shadow side of self has this tendency to be separated in thought from the so-called “light” side of self, shall we say, that side which seeks purity, which loves the Light, which is a creature of Love, a creature of eternity, and which truly wishes to experience only that which is beautiful, true and honest. So much that you see seems to lack in this quality, so much in which you participate has its disappointments, as far as that judgmental and intellectual side of you goes. And yet, for what reason would a true seeker wish to put himself into close association with the darker side of life? What would encourage such an entity, before taking up an incarnation, to place this in his way? We do not answer this query. Rather, we leave it for you, for this is yours to ponder and yours to learn, little by little, as though you were in a maze or a puzzle and you were attempting to track your way out of the maze or to fulfill the pieces of the puzzle in such a way that the picture becomes whole.
Perhaps we like the latter simile better, for rather than seeming to escape the page of consensus reality, shall we say, by taking oneself out of the maze, rather, it is easier to see in the puzzle simile that you are simply putting the pieces together, not attempting to escape the puzzle but, rather, attempting to see it as a whole, in its entirety. As you work the pieces of the puzzle, in some cases you will be granted great light, in other cases you will be granted none, and the puzzle will seem quite murky and difficult. It is then that the incarnational lesson comes directly into play. We may say about that lesson that it does involve the active use of the will, in the absence of proof, when there is a choice between that which is seen and is unacceptable, and that which is unseen and is acceptable. Within any incarnation, there are many times when a choice to believe or have faith in the entirety of self is to shift the way of attending to the self when it is seen as the shadow side of self, when it is seen as that part of self that is less perfect or less than perfect and therefore, less than desirable.
We cannot offer more clues than this. However, the general gist of that which we wish to offer here is that within that which has already occurred, within that which is now your present experience, there lie great gifts which have been given as a puzzle for you to solve, piece by piece, or as the maze for you to solve, one wrong direction after another discovered and turned back from in order to explore another way. May we say to you, especially in this regard, that it is never necessary to be at all discouraged or in any way to lack confidence. It is not the darkness of a night; it is not the depth of a suffering that reflects the degree of one’s success at apprehending the catalyst that is offered. Indeed, the darker the night, the more difficult the experience, the more completely the incoming catalyst may have been received.
Question from Y: “The question today comes from Y, who asks: What do I need to do to have conscious contact, other than in sleep, with my higher self and channel the light beings who are assisting and others in this incarnation?” Q’uo began their reply by saying that the question today is what you can do to come into conscious awareness of the communication that is going on betwixt you and your guidance system and all of those who gather around you wishing to help as you move through your incarnational learning and service at this time, and from the way that you have phrased your query, you already know that you are in communication with your guidance, and it has given you many gifts, so we feel that your question has two parts, and we would address the more general part first, and that is that situation which already exists, and which it is possible that you may not have fully appreciated. Q’uo went on to say that within us a flower of great beauty is blooming with its petals opening towards the sun with awareness and intelligence and our work proceeding as our higher self has hoped before our incarnation began, and the gifts that we brought with us into this incarnation have brought us far, both in terms of the gifts of our personality shell, such as intelligence and sensitivity, and those gifts which are not so obvious: those gifts of inward intensity, deep searching, and a discontent with that which seems to be our experience, and there is within us a great yearning for purity, that which is not a little of the light and a little of the dark but all together, that which has been lifted above the confusion of consensus reality and some of its darker aspects. Q’uo continued by saying that they would assure us that it is well planned that we participate in that confusion of consensus reality because there is within us the incarnational lesson which is to be addressed which has to do with working with the “shadow” side of ourself because in our yearning for purity often that shadow side of ourself has a tendency to be separated in thought from the “light” side of ourself which loves the Light and which is an eternal creature of Love and which truly wishes to experience that which is beautiful and honest so that much that we see seems to lack in these qualities, so much in which we participate disappoints us as far as our judgmental side goes, and for what reason would we wish to put ourself into close association with our darker side of life? What would encourage us to place this in our way before beginning our incarnation? Q’uo left this answer for us, for this is ours to learn as though we were in a puzzle, and we were attempting to assemble the pieces of the puzzle in such a way that the picture becomes whole. Now Q’uo said that they liked the latter analogy better, for rather than seeming to escape the nature of consensus reality and take ourself out of the maze, it is easier to see in the puzzle analogy that we are putting the pieces together and attempting to see it in its entirety so that as we work the pieces of the puzzle we will be granted great light, and in other cases we will be granted none, and the puzzle will seem quite difficult, and then our incarnational lesson comes into play, so Q’uo said that our lesson involves the active use of our will, in the absence of proof, when there is a choice between that which is seen and is unacceptable, and that which is unseen and is acceptable so that within any incarnation there are times when a choice to have faith in the entirety of ourself is to shift the way of perceiving ourself when it is seen as the shadow side of ourself which is less than perfect and less than desirable. Then Q’uo said that they could not offer more clues than these, but it is that which is now our present experience where there are great gifts which have been given as a puzzle for us to solve as one wrong direction after another is discovered and turned back from in order to explore another way, and Q’uo said that it is never necessary to be discouraged because it is not the darkness of the night that reflects the degree of our success at using the catalyst that is offered, but the darker the night the more completely we will have received the incoming catalyst. On September 19, 2004, Q’uo spoke of how we may deal with incoming catalyst:
And this instrument was saying to the one known as J that indeed it is interesting to reflect upon the difference between coal and the diamond in terms of emotions. For if the reaction of emotional nature to incoming catalyst is that of the coal, it will have generated heat; whereas if one’s reaction to the incoming catalyst has the emotive qualities of the diamond, it will reflect and refract light. One quick way to determine where you are as a person with respect to the catalyst of the day, is to evaluate your emotional set. Has it generated heat, or has it generated light? Have the emotions of the self been fiery, and bright, and sharp? Or has it been that emotional set which is as the diamond in taking the incoming catalyst and being with it in such a way that light is refracted through you from the catalyst to express light, color, beauty, and those ineffable qualities that are part of a system of color and light. As the one known as T was saying earlier, the effort that this entity is making at this time is to decrease that heat and to increase the light that is produced in the soul’s response to catalyst. When the self experiences heat, that in and of itself may be a good marker for activating that alarm clock that says, “There is work that I need to do on who I am and why I am here.”
What remains then is that subtle, complex, and fascinating work of unlocking the self, opening the self to the self, piece by piece, step by step, within an inner atmosphere which partakes more and more of that trust and faith of which we were speaking earlier. That gift is one which has been offered you as part of your incarnational personality shell. You have within you already a gift for the use of the will, but is it for faith, or is it for other sorts of seeking which rely more on the physical world than on the metaphysical? As you move back in mind through your childhood, through your early experiences, we simply ask you to cast your mind into those recurring themes of light and darkness, to begin to see that incarnational pattern that you have given yourself. You have many good clues, as this instrument would call them, many pieces of the puzzle. And we encourage you to move forward with confidence, self-assurance and a quietness of spirit that comes from a lack of striving. For what, my brother, is there against which to strive?
The second part of our response concerning conscious communication with that system of guidance which is yours is more literally connected with your question. We are aware that you would very much like to make some sort of positive, absolutely certain contact in the way that we are speaking to you through this instrument. In terms of that particular way of becoming more in touch with your guidance, we would recommend never attempting the technique used to come into conscious communication such as this instrument is now using, without the careful dedication of self for a fairly long period of training and a process of the initiation during which we, as members of Confederation, offer to those who wish to learn the channeling of spirit such as this instrument does, that which they wish to learn. It is impossible to say how long it would take, but we may say certainly that it is never a project which one may safely undertake alone. The strength of a group and the experience of a more seasoned channel are both necessary in order to regularize and protect the energies that are involved in communication such as we offer through this instrument at this time. We do not wish to be those who create fear, we are simply saying that because of the nature of the physical instrument that is your body and those linkages to the finer sensibilities of the energetic bodies, such communication is almost reliably guaranteed to, as this instrument would say, “come a cropper.”
The problem is a simple one, my brother. It is the problem of an entity who contains a powerful tool but who does not know how to use it. Attempting to learn to do what this instrument calls channel is like a toddler attempting to pick up a power tool, turn it on, and use it correctly. The chances for accident or disaster are high, and we would not in any way encourage such a rash and thoughtless method of attempting to gain contact. We do not suggest that you avoid it because you have no possibility of success. Quite the opposite. We suggest that you bate this desire in any outward verbal form because you have great possibility of success and yet without training, without a good long time of consideration and dedication of self—the practice, the self, and the life—the experience would be as that entity who wishes to tune to a certain radio station but yet who is incapable of moving the dial, so that the dial moves without your conscious ability to tune it, moving you from one source to another depending upon various situational details about which you cannot know and which cannot be taught but rather, can be learned without the words during the process of such initiation as that of which we speak.
Were you as an entity enough desirous of following this particular way of coming into conscious contact with guidance, there would need to be a geographical relocation, or at least the ability to visit within those areas where this instrument dwells and this group dwells, not once, but numerous times. Therefore, we might suggest that this be considered with great care and over a long period of time. For that which you would be asking of yourself would be that the life experience be dedicated, from beginning to end, from top to bottom, waking and sleeping, until the time that you separated from your physical vehicle. You would need to be able to dedicate yourself, your time, your essence, and your heart to living the life that you are learning from those things which are channeled to you and which you channel. This is the kind of responsibility that this particular outward expression of the gift of channeling requires in order that the self is protected.
Then Q’uo said what remains is that subtle and fascinating work of unlocking ourself and opening ourself to ourself, step by step, within an inner atmosphere which partakes more of that trust and faith of which they were speaking earlier, and that gift is one which has been offered to us as part of our incarnational personality shell so that we have within us a gift for the use of our will, but is it for faith, or is it for other sorts of seeking which rely more on the physical world than on the metaphysical? Q’uo said that as we move back in mind through our childhood they want to ask us to consider the recurring themes of light and darkness and to begin to see that incarnational pattern that we have given ourself because we have many good pieces of the puzzle, and they encouraged us to move forward with confidence and a quietness of spirit that comes from a lack of striving, for what shall we strive against? Q’uo went on to say that the second part of their response concerning conscious communication with that system of guidance which is Y’s is more literally connected with his question since they were aware that he would like to make a positive contact in the way that they speaking to him through Carla, in terms of his making contact with his guidance, so Q’uo recommended that Y never attempt the technique used to come into conscious communication such as Carla is now using without the careful dedication over a long period of training and a process of the initiation during which Q’uo, as members of the Confederation, offer to those who wish to learn the channeling of spirit such as Carla does, and it is impossible to say how long it would take, but they said that it is never a project which one may safely undertake alone because the strength of a group and the experience of a more seasoned channel are both necessary in order to regularize and protect the energies that are involved in communication such as they offer through Carla at this time. Q’uo continued by saying that attempting to learn to channel is like a toddler attempting to pick up a power tool, turn it on, and use it correctly, and the chances for a disaster are high, and they would not encourage such a thoughtless method of attempting to gain contact, but Q’uo did not suggest that Y avoid it because he had no possibility of success, but Q’uo suggested that he hold back on this desire in any verbal form because he had the possibility of success, and yet without training and dedicating himself to the practice of channeling his experience would be as that entity who wishes: “to tune to a certain radio station but yet who is incapable of moving the dial, so that the dial moves without your conscious ability to tune it, moving you from one source to another depending upon various situational details about which you cannot know and which cannot be taught but rather, can be learned without the words during the process of such initiation as that of which we speak.” Now Q’uo said that if Y desired to follow this way of coming into conscious contact with guidance, he would need to move from his present home, or at least be able to visit where Carla lived on numerous occasions, so Q’uo suggested that these possibilities be carefully considered over a long period of time, for that which he would be asking of himself would be that rest of his life experience, his heart, and his time be dedicated to living the life that he was learning from those concepts which were channeled to him because this is the kind of responsibility that this particular outward expression of the gift of channeling requires in order that the self is protected. On February 24, 1991, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the gift of channeling:
Consequently, it is, while literally unnecessary, spiritually efficacious to have gained sufficient knowledge of the self to be able to be responsible stewards of the gift of channeling. It is sometimes felt, especially as many of your peoples are engaged in combat, that words, as this instrument’s old time rhyme says, “cannot hurt one,” whereas bullets and other destructive weapons can hurt one. This is indeed so. Within the relativistic illusion which you occupy, the round sphere upon which you live and abide seems to be one in which there are few true examples of the connective tissue between words and consequences. Certainly, words do not drill a hole in the body. However, metaphysically speaking, they do indeed carry a tremendous weight. Depending upon how listeners are able to have access to the information, whether a teacher is considered a spiritual teacher, an academic teacher or any other kind of teacher, the teacher’s awareness that it is expressing itself with authority may be understood. How, then, can one become responsible stewards of a gift, such as channeling?
As always, the answer lies within the self. Each of you, each of us, and indeed all of creation which is conscious of the self is imbued in a vast ocean of overlapping and various illusions, some of which are brighter than others. In order to be able to find words that are evocative of the truth, the channel is most well prepared who has deeply considered the nature of the self, for the depth of the channeling, in its most appropriate configuration, is equal to the depth of spiritual solidity within the channel.
There are, however, ways in which guidance may be sought that are far safer and far more able to be done on one’s own than the formal gift of channeling. We begin with that which you mentioned first, the dreams. The dreamscape, as you are well aware, has tremendous gifts to offer the conscious self at a level of which very few entities are aware. When awake, that communication is ongoing. It is not stopped because an entity is conscious and working within the world. What has stopped is the awareness of that connection and that communication. However, the spirit portion of your entirety is quite aware of this communication, as is the body itself. Let us look for a moment at the mind and the confusion that entities upon your planet have about this organ. There is a mind that came with your body. That mind is that which was created to make choices for survival. Call it the choice-maker. It thinks in terms, partially, of physical instinct, survival, the gathering of the things that are needed for survival, and so forth. The choice-making mind shall always look for advantage. It shall always look for that which is useful, functional, able to offer advantage. You are very familiar, all too familiar, with this mind. Few of those who are awake and aware of the nature of the spirit are very fond of the mind that is the choice-maker.
However, there is another kind of mind that exists within the same space, shall we say, within the same “gray matter” as the mind of the body, and that is the mind of your heart. It is that portion of the mind that comes from the metaphysical side of the creation rather than the physical, from the time/space portion rather than the space/time portion of the creation of the Father. The mind of the heart is not bound by the need to survive, for it is eternal. It is not bound by the need for advantage, for it knows all things are one. That mind is, when allowed to be completely uncluttered, as free and full as is the universe itself; as aware, as gentle, as powerful, and as all-knowing. This mind has few or no words. There are many times when its nature suddenly springs forth, and you are suddenly aware that your mind indeed has a consciousness that is eternal and that is not bound by those human fleshly desires and needs for advantage. Usually, it is because you have come into the radiant aura of someone who is acting from the open heart.
And, in one way or another, you see an entity that is loving, and you catch it; you pick it up as if it were a communicable disease, which indeed it is. Like any other state of mind, the state of mind that is unconditional love communicates from one entity to another, and it is through contact that most entities within incarnation begin to form their ideas about what it would be like to be a creature of soul, a creature of the spirit, an angel that is here on Earth, but is not of the Earth. Perhaps you have someone in mind that has been to you such a loving presence, that has given you that blessed aura in which the consciousness of your heart can come alive and communicate freely. Does not your heart soar within you when this occurs, when the fetters of earthly thinking fall away, and the only horizon that is yours is the horizon of the highest and best that can be imagined by you?
Inthe dream state many things are offered to you. And we feel that you have some capability already in working with those images that are given to you within the dreams. We would encourage you within this work; it is excellent work. We would ask that you bear in mind that such work is not always literal. In fact, rarely is it completely literal. Usually, the mind has a great deal of whimsy and humor in the way it puts together messages that it wishes for you to receive. So we would suggest that you not only look at the dreams, look at the images and so forth with an eye to what they say literally, but also we would suggest that you look at them sideways, as this instrument calls it, letting the brain sag in the middle and make connections that are not at all obvious or likely, and playing with those images that have been given you, looking for inner resonance and provocative images that turn you in a different direction in thought. These are part of that work of coming to understand the self that is very precious.
Further, we would discuss a second line of work which is very available to you as a person by yourself. That is the work of the meditation. My brother, when we say meditation, we do not define that word to suggest that there is a best way in which to meditate. When we use that word, we are meaning to indicate simply a turning to the silence within. When you turn within, you may silence the outside world by ignoring it, but the first stumbling block for most entities in meditation is that the inner self is not silent but rather it continues its habitual discussion with itself. We cannot help you through this except by encouraging you to ignore that conversation just as you are ignoring the catalyst coming in through the ears and the other senses from the outside world while you meditate. It is not a matter of turning the back upon oneself.
Rather, it is a matter of allowing all thoughts to arise and then allowing them to die away in their own time, not giving them energy, not ignoring them, but sitting with them, observing them as part of what is occurring within the self. Without their being given energy, they will by their very nature die away. It is interesting as you work with the silence within to see those thoughts that arise not once, or twice, but again and again. One may look at these, not within the meditation but at other times. When you are contemplating the thoughts of the day, you may look at those patterns of thought that habitually arise when the mind starts talking. As you begin to see the patterns of your concerns, you begin to see into that nature within you that is emotional, and that has antennae that have been created to stick out into the world, both within and without, to sense when a particular catalyst is coming towards that antennae. When that antenna finds that it is triggered, that antennae begins its work of tracking that thought.
Now Q’uo said that there are ways in which guidance may be sought by Y that are safer and more able to be done on his own than the gift of channeling, and Q’uo began with dreams by saying that the dreamscape has gifts to offer his conscious self at a level of which few entities are aware that communication is occurring when they are awake, but the spirit portion of Y is quite aware of this communication, as is his body itself, so Q’uo wanted to look at the mind and the confusion that entities upon Earth have about this organ that came with our body which was created to make choices for survival, and our mind thinks in terms of gathering those things that are needed for physical survival so that the choice-making mind shall always look for advantage, and few of those who are awake and aware of the nature of the spirit are very fond of the mind that is the choice-maker. Then Q’uo said that there is another kind of mind that exists within the same “gray matter” as the mind of the body, and that is the mind of our heart that comes from the metaphysical side of the creation rather than the physical side of the creation of the Father, and the mind of our heart: “is not bound by the need to survive, for it is eternal. It is not bound by the need for advantage, for it knows all things are one. That mind is, when allowed to be completely uncluttered, as free and full as is the universe itself; as aware, as gentle, as powerful, and as all-knowing.” They said that this mind has no words, and there are many times when its nature springs forth, and we are suddenly aware that our mind has a consciousness that is eternal and that is not bound by human fleshly desires, and usually it is because we have come into the radiant aura of someone who is acting from the open heart. Q’uo continued by saying that when we see an entity that is loving, and we catch its love as if it were a communicable disease, and like any other state of mind, the state of mind that is unconditional love communicates from one entity to another, and it is through this contact that most entities begin to think about what it would be like to be a creature of an angel that is here on Earth, but is not of the Earth, and we may have someone in mind that has been such a loving presence for us and has given that blessed aura in which the consciousness of our heart can come alive and communicate freely, and: “Does not your heart soar within you when this occurs, when the fetters of earthly thinking fall away, and the only horizon that is yours is the horizon of the highest and best that can be imagined by you?” Q’uo went on to say that we have the ability to work with those images that are given to us within the dream state, and this is excellent work, and that we need to remember that working with dreams is seldom literal because our mind has a great deal of humor in the way it puts together messages that it wishes for us to receive, so Q’uo suggested that we look at the images of our dreams in the literal sense but also we should let our brain sag in the middle and make connections that are not obvious, and play with those images to look for inner resonances that turn us in a different direction in thought that will help us to understand ourself better. Now Q’uo said that there is a second line of work which is available to us that we can accomplish by ourself which is the work of meditation which can be done by simply turning to the silence within us, and when we turn within we may silence the outside world by ignoring it and the discussion of our inner self that carries on its habitual discussion with itself. Q’uo said that in meditation it is a matter of: “allowing all thoughts to arise and then allowing them to die away in their own time, not giving them energy, not ignoring them, but sitting with them, observing them as part of what is occurring within the self. Without their being given energy, they will by their very nature die away.” They said that it is interesting as we work with the silence within to see those thoughts that arise again and again, and we may look at these when we are contemplating our thoughts of the day, and we may look at the patterns of these thoughts that habitually arise when our mind starts talking, and as we begin to see the patterns of our concerns, we begin to see into that nature within us that is emotional, and that has antennae that stick out into the world, both within and without, to sense when a particular catalyst is coming towards us, and then that antennae begins tracking that thought. On December 2, 1979, Hatonn spoke of the value of meditation:
Most people upon your plane of existence do not spend hours in meditation, nor do they spend hours in service. The meditation is advisable to all persons due to the fact that it is in meditation that you are made aware of your true relationship to the Creator and the creation. It is in meditation that you become aware that you and your brothers and sisters are one being and to serve them is to serve yourself. Armed with this understanding of service, you may then go forth and serve, given power by the Spirit of Love which is infinite.
If, on the other hand, you go forth to be of service to others without taking on the aspect of the Spirit of Love which is infinite, your ability to be of good cheer in your service will diminish and fail. For that which was given to your personality in this chemical illusion is limited. The only way that you can always be of service is to continually restore your understanding of the holiness of the ground whereon you walk through contemplation of that which is divine.
You must understand that in meditation you are not trying to contact anything. The idea in meditation is one wherein you realize that you are. Not who you are, not where you are, but that you are. That you are aware, that you are in the eternal present. When you feel this, you will feel a sweetness and a closeness to the Creator that come from breaking through the illusions of space and time and coming into that place where you can simply be who you are. That person is greatly loved by the Creator. And that person can greatly love others.
Whatantennae do you have, my brother? Where are the triggers that move you from your silent, infinite self back into the world in which you must make choices, in which there is fear, and in which one must defend, and find an advantage? It is those triggers, when identified, that you may then work on in a conscious manner, consciously doing the work of disciplining the personality so that it begins to recognize, to accept, and to smile at those triggers that would plunge the soul within into that dailyness and everyday world, which is the world of fear and desire. In meditation, in the silence, you move beyond fear and beyond any desire except for that utter focus upon the truth. The seeking that is at the heart of you can then be allowed to have its beingness. And as that seeking is allowed, in the place where desire and fear were before, that focused, inner self becomes an asking, a desiring, a yearning, and a question. Yet that question is within eternity and the answers that come in that muscular, strong silence are the answers of eternity and infinity, moving deeply beneath any possibility of words, moving into the heart of self, the essence, the pith of that part which is as the truest part of you.
It is as though you came into incarnation with a treasure trove inside you, within which lies infinite life, eternal life, complete truth and utter oneness with all things. It is not locked against thieves from the outside. Rather, it is locked against casual entry by yourself. Perhaps you have heard the old saying that there are always guardians at the gate of any temple. You have found an excellent guardian at the gates of the temple of your heart that guards against casual intrusion, shallow caring, incomplete dedication, that guards that which is you in a truer and less fettered state but which does not have form, from that within which partakes of form in your thought processes, that is the choice-making mind, being part of that which is attempting to gain entry into the sanctum sanctorum of your own heart, this treasure trove within in which the Creator awaits. Consequently, as you come into the silence, empty the self, open the self, and allow the self to become utterly humble, utterly quiet. Assume that pose of the one who waits. And listen, my brother, to that silence with all your attention. This is easier said than done and certainly this instrument would say that she is still very poor at practicing the gifts of meditation. Yet the attempt to do such in a purer way is that which gains the ground, that which makes the progress, for so much of the metaphysical process is based in intent rather than in any perceived achievement.
Further, when a practice of meditation has been established in a way that is satisfactory to you yourself, it is entirely possible for you to dedicate a time to what this instrument would call conscious journaling. Perhaps you may be familiar with this method of seeking. It is one in which you either write that which comes to you or in which you write down a question, and then let your pen begin to write as if you knew the answer. Little by little you may find with this way of conscious journaling that you are beginning to be able to hear those inner voices of guidance within you that would wish to speak.
The only suggestion that we would have in order to safeguard you during these times is that you not use them in working with other entities but use them only for your own growth and your own learning. For as they are part of your inner guidance, they are privileged information for you. It is a very intimate and personal connection that you have with guidance, and it is not that which would give guidance to others. Were you to begin giving guidance to others with your own personal guidance, then there would come to be a difficultly with infringing upon the free will of others and offering information that was not, shall we say, tailor-made for them but rather for yourself. Therefore, offering it to others is offering it through distortion which was not intended by the guidance that gave it.
We hope that we have explained the difficultly here, for it is a subtle one. But it does have to do with the free will of all and the very intensely personal nature of truth. Your creation is yours alone. In a way, all is one, but in the way of learning and teaching, each entity has its own creation. Each who sits in this circle has its own creation and the rules, the study, the progress, the evolution of each of you is unique. You cannot transfer truth, wisdom, and perfection as perceived by one person, whole and complete, to another entity. One can only move up from one’s essence to the level of words, to that level which is so shallow and frustrating and, by open communication, share those gifts which have been yours to receive without any attachment as to whether any other soul appreciates or responds to that same information.
Q’uo asked where are the triggers that move us from our infinite self back into the consensus reality where we must make choices and in which we must defend ourselves and find an advantage? They said that when we can identify those triggers that we may consciously do the work of disciplining our personality so that it begins to recognize and to accept those triggers that would plunge our soul into that everyday world which is the world of fear and desire, but in meditation we move beyond fear and beyond desire except for our focus upon the truth so that the seeking that is the heart of us can be allowed to have its beingness, and as that seeking is allowed, in the place where desire and fear were before, our inner self becomes a question, and that question is within eternity, and the answers that come in the silence are the answers of eternity, moving into the heart of ourself which is the truest part of us. Then Q’uo said it is as though we came into incarnation with a treasure trove inside of us, within which lies infinite life and oneness with all things, but it is locked against casual entry by ourself, and we have an excellent guardian at the gates of the temple of our heart that guards against our shallow caring and incomplete dedication, and it guards that: “which is you in a truer and less fettered state but which does not have form, from that within which partakes of form in your thought processes, that is the choice-making mind, being part of that which is attempting to gain entry into the sanctum sanctorum of your own heart, this treasure trove within in which the Creator awaits.” So Q’uo said that as we come into the silence we should empty ourself, and assume that pose of the one who waits, and listen to that silence with all of our attention, but this is easier said than done, yet the attempt to do such in a purer way is that which makes progress, for so much of the metaphysical process is based in intentions rather than in any perceived achievement. Q’uo went on to say that when we have established a practice of meditation in a way that is satisfactory to us, it is possible for us to dedicate time to conscious journaling where we either write that which comes to us, or where we write down a question, and then let our pen begin to write as if we knew the answer, and eventually we may find that using conscious journaling allows us to be able to hear our inner voices of guidance that would wish to speak to us. Q’uo continued by suggesting that in order to safeguard us during these times of journaling that we not use this information in working with others but use it only for our own growth, for as it is part of our inner guidance it represents a very intimate connection that we have with our guidance, and if we began giving our guidance to others then there would be a difficultly with infringing upon the free will of others. Now Q’uo said that they hoped that they have explained the difficultly here because it has to do with the free will of all and the personal nature of truth because our creation is ours alone, and we cannot transfer our truth, wisdom, and perfection to another person because we can only move up from our own essence to that level which is so shallow and frustrating and, by our open communication, share those gifts which have been ours to receive without any attachment as to whether any other soul appreciates that same information. On May 11, 1996, L/Leema spoke of the value of inner guidance:
The source of which you speak may be called the Comforter, for within the service of the Confederation of Planets in the Service of the One Infinite Creator are vibrational complexes which offer themselves according to the quality and nature of the call to those such as yourself who seek what may loosely be called an inner guidance. These sources of comfort move as they are called and speak as they are allowed in a fashion most likely to be understood by the entity who calls. In your particular case at this particular time, the form which this communication takes is the one of the expressing of a heartfelt concern and the awaiting of an answer that takes the form of writing upon the paper. Thus, it is correct to see this communication as a type of channeling, yet do not all entities channel the one Creator in one form or another, thus the form you have chosen is unique to the purpose that you have chosen.
My brother, we believe that this is the extent to which we would wish to speak upon that main question. May we ask at this time if you would like to follow up with another query or if you have another question at this time?
Y: Thank you for your guidance. What advice can you give me about my physical problems—my stomach, my back, and my emotional problems?
We are those of Q’uo, and we are aware of your query, my brother. We make this instrument smile, for she also has her stomach, her back, and her emotions in common with yours. They are not doing her their best, shall we say, either, and yet somehow we shall speak to the both of you.
In the matter of physical ailments, the body is always the creature of the mind. Certainly, this instrument has done a good deal of work, moving back into the early days of her incarnation and discovering those threads of fear, and crassness, and roughness that, even before this entity was born, created for her a disgust of the ways of thinking that exist within consensus reality, or the outside world as you know it. Let us say simply that it is well to become aware of the self as an entity which has come into an environment with which it is not particularly familiar and in which it is not comfortable. The choice to come into this arena of catalyst and choice was a heartfelt one, and it came from a desire to serve, and so you, and this instrument, and many others have come through the densities, knocking at the door of third-density incarnation asking to serve, asking to walk among those native to third density on planet Earth at this time in order to do all that you may, in your humble way, to join in the response that you truly felt to the suffering of the planet Earth and of its people. A call had gone out, you see, not simply today, but for millennia.
Asthis seventy-five-thousand year cycle, that has been talked about often in this group, was coming to its end, the cry was going out from those of planet Earth and from the planet itself, a cry of suffering and sorrow, a cry of seeking and hoping, and it is in response to the suffering of Earth that you decided to apply for the privilege of incarnation in what this entity who channels would call the “heart of the beast,” the crowded byways of your globe in which the business of humankind has for so long included trauma, hardship, war, disease, and suffering of all kinds.
You yearned to help. You examined what could be done without coming into incarnation, and you were not satisfied. You truly wished to make a difference, as did this instrument, as did all those within the circle, and you knew that you could not make that difference unless you had the right to it by birth. And so you took birth. You were born into this situation, this environment, which does not agree with your sensitive nature any more than it agrees with the one known as G, with the one known as Carla, with the one known as V, or with the one known as J. None of those within this circle find it comfortable to experience life as it comes to them from the everyday experience of untuned conversation with others and the everyday, workaday world. It is that mismatch of vibrations that is the root cause of the difficulties that you now feel.
It is well to examine those areas in which you have discussed feeling discomfort. The area of the stomach is that area of orange and yellow chakra energy in which personal relationships and interactions with groups such as family and jobs are experienced. As you sit at the end of the day, it is very helpful to look back upon those things which have moved you one way or the other during that day, which tightened your stomach, which tightened your shoulders and your back, which made your emotions tighten up. In all of these contracting energies lies fear. Where have you picked up that fear? Where are the threads of that fear? That is for you to examine and to probe. And we may say that in some cases, entities have chosen the recurring of physical symptoms to nudge them back on a track towards the inner life during times when they have taken on inappropriate amounts of physical work. In this instrument’s case, this instrument often will take on physical work because the instrument, unconsciously or consciously, realizes how much easier it is to do something in the outer world than it is to turn within and seek service in that way. The instrument has been raised in an atmosphere of the work ethic, and perhaps you also share in that prejudice towards rejoicing in those things that are done, those items that may be checked off of the list of chores, the list of duties. And yet many chores and duties are those things that lie within, that take time and delicacy of thought to plumb, even to begin to understand.
So, we would suggest the evening discipline of moving through the thoughts of the day and seeing how the self is reacting, seeing what is causing those contractions. For every contraction is that which we would call fear. It is the opposite of that expansiveness, that radiancy which is light. When there is no fear, and there is only love, then the energy body is flowing completely. When there is a contraction in any of the chakras, then that infinite light of the Creator that always is flowing through one begins to find its way trammeled, blocked, or partially blocked. This in turn communicates itself to the body so that, if the emotional self has not been able to open the heart, then the physical body will express the imbalance that the mental bodies were not able to work out. When you see physical illness or conditions that do not seem propitious, think of those as the last stand, the last way that your system has of expressing, “Stop. Look. Listen. Think about this, for there is imbalance here.”
Y: Thank you for your guidance. What advice can you give me about my physical problems—my stomach, my back, and my emotional problems? Q’uo began their response by saying in the matter of physical ailments, the body is always the creature of the mind, and that it is well to become aware of the self as an entity which has come into an environment with which it is not familiar and in which it is not comfortable, and the choice to come into this arena of catalyst and choice was a heartfelt one, and it came from a desire to serve, and so you, and this instrument, and many others have come through the densities, knocking at the door of third-density incarnation asking to serve, asking to walk among those native to third density on planet Earth at this time in order to do all that you may, in your humble way, to join in the response that you truly felt to the suffering of the planet Earth and of its people. Q’uo went on to say that as this seventy-five-thousand year cycle was coming to its end, the cry was going out from those of planet Earth and from the planet itself, a cry of suffering and sorrow, and it is in response to the suffering of Earth that you decided to apply for the privilege of incarnation in what this entity who channels would call the “heart of the beast,” the crowded byways of your globe in which the business of humankind has for so long included trauma, hardship, war, disease, and suffering of all kinds. Q’uo continued by saying that you yearned to help, and you truly wished to make a difference, so you took birth, and you were born into this situation which does not agree with your sensitive nature, and you did not find it comfortable to experience life as it comes to you from the everyday workaday world, and it is that mismatch of vibrations that is the root cause of the difficulties that you now feel. Now Q’uo said that it is well to examine those areas in which you have discussed feeling discomfort, and the area of the stomach is that area of orange and yellow chakra energy in which personal relationships and interactions with groups such as family and jobs are experienced, so as you sit at the end of the day, it is very helpful to look back upon those things which have moved you one way or the other during that day, which tightened your stomach, which tightened your shoulders and your back, which made your emotions tighten up, and in all of these contracting energies lies fear. Where have you picked up that fear? Where are the threads of that fear? That is for you to examine and to probe, and we may say that in some cases, entities have chosen the recurring of physical symptoms to nudge them back on a track towards the inner life during times when they have taken on inappropriate amounts of physical work. Q’uo completed their response by suggesting the evening discipline of moving through the thoughts of the day and seeing how the self is reacting, seeing what is causing those contractions, for every contraction is that which we would call fear, and it is the opposite of that radiancy which is Light so that when there is only Love, then the energy body is flowing completely, and when there is a contraction in any of the chakras, then that infinite Light of the Creator that always is flowing through one begins to find its way trammeled, blocked, or partially blocked, and this communicates itself to the body so that, if the emotional self has not been able to open the heart, then the physical body will express the imbalance that the mental bodies were not able to work out. In 61.7, Ra speaks about how our physical body will express imbalances that our mental bodies were not able to work out:
Questioner: Second question: could you give an example of how feelings affect portions of the body and the sensations of the body?
Ra: I am Ra. It is nearly impossible to speak generally of these mechanisms, for each entity of proper seniority has its own programming. Of the less aware entities we may say that the connection will often seem random as the higher self continues producing catalyst until a bias occurs. In each programmed individual the sensitivities are far more active and, as we have said, that catalyst not used fully by the mind and spirit is given to the body.
May we answer you further, my brother?
[Pause]
We are those of Q’uo, and we do not perceive that there is a further query, my brother. Is there a final query at this time?
Y: Yes, there is a final query. What is, if you can tell me, my connection to the sacred place known as the Dome of the Rock?
Q’uo: We are aware of your query, my brother, and we find that we cannot speak upon this subject, that it would interfere with your learning processes at this time. However, we do feel that you are, shall we say, on to something and would encourage you to move into that perceived feeling of connection to see where it might take you. For this is indeed promising in your process at this time.
My brother, it has been our great pleasure to speak with you and we are just sorry that the energy does wane at this time. We thank you for the privilege of speaking with you and for sharing the energy of this group. We would leave you, with all of our blessing, in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator.
Y: Thank you.
We are those of Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai.
This morning I went outside and used my backpack blower to blow about two inches of snow out of my driveway and the parking areas in front of my home and the pet cemetery because we will be hosting a public channeling session in my home this Saturday, and I want to be sure that everyone has an easy time parking and walking to my home for this session.
This afternoon I ran some errands with my first stop being at Feeder’s Supply to buy some bird seed. My second stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market to buy some food for myself. My third stop was at Anderson’s Sales & Service where I picked up my garden tiller. My last stop was at Walgreen’s Drug Store where I bought some hair thickener and Tylenol.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
February 19
Stop, Rest And Listen
I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.
Stop, rest and listen. Let these be the watchwords of your busy day.
Into this day there shall come those sounds which distract the senses, for the world of the city makes powerful noise with its engines and business. And those who dwell in pastures, plains, and mountain farmlands may hear too the distracting noises of nature, that noisy, joyful mistress of the Creator’s manifestation of love and service upon your planet.
Let not these sounds disturb and distract without using this energy to return and to remember Love. May each distraction then become a prayer and each disharmony, harmony, by the realignment of the ear to inner silence.
For the peace of Jesus the Christ is not found without effort; without the turning of the will; without the remembering of the heart. Let these be your works when noise disturbs, and clamor seems to overwhelm the senses. For you are strong within, and within, you tabernacle with the silence.
We leave you in joy and peace, 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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