I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from December 21, 2003:
Today we are taking pot luck, so, Q’uo, we would be glad to hear anything you’d like to share with us.
(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 come to you today. We thank you for the great privilege of calling us to your group by your desire to seek the truth. It is always a pleasure to be called to this group. We would ask only one thing of you and that is, as always, that you listen to those things which we have to say with a jaundiced and careful ear, being quick to discard and toss away any idea or thought that does not suit you and keeping only those things which seem to you to have resonance and a personal meaning that speaks to you specifically. We feel that we are no authority figures but rather those companions who walk with you upon the road of the seeker. If you will guard your own thought processes, we shall feel free to share our thoughts with you without being concerned that we infringe upon your free will.
We find that this group does not have any opening question for us, and that gives us the opportunity to move into those energies that are unspoken and that may perhaps be addressed in a less than specific and direct way by those things that we might share. We are aware that the energy of the time you call Christmas is very much within this group and within your culture at this time. And it is interesting to observe the lack of joy with which many entities approach the dark times of winter solstice, for indeed that is the energy of this particular season of the year, that energy of the dark and the sleep of hibernation and winter. It is a time when it is very easy for those entities who are close to passing from the incarnation to have a more than usual opportunity to greet the dark, with its invitation to all to come and be a part of that darkness.
It is a seduction that brings many to that passage betwixt incarnation through what is called death to the next stage of consciousness for that entity. The inner planes having received all entities who pass through the gateway of death, so it is then the opportunity of each entity, having made that passage, to discover, for himself and herself, what the next step is. Is it a step of healing, a step of review and examination of the life just passed? Or is it, in some cases, that entities who pass through the gates of death are quite conscious of the opportunity being offered to work within the inner planes and so are most eager to move on into new work, new projects, and new service?
Certainly, each within the circle has experienced the hectic nature of this particular season in, as the one known as T said, the cycle of Christmas and Christmas doings. The one known as T was saying that it would seem obvious that entities could wish each other good and send thoughts to each other without the necessity for purchasing items, without the necessity for getting certain items and yet, year upon year, and century upon century, entities faced with the shortest of the days and the longest of the nights of the year turn hungrily towards the festivities that make a brave show in the face of all of that darkness and shadow.
Let us look at the story of Christmas, in that it is a story with darkness within it. The biblical story that this instrument knows from its Sunday school has a beauty to it, the beauty of innocent birth, and angelic visitors, and wise men of the Earth who also come to honor a tiny child. Yet, it is perhaps not emphasized, but certainly part of the story, that the mother of this entity, the one known as Jesus, was brought to childbed without the convenience or the respect of having been married first. Further, this entity was then asked to marry an older gentlemen who was not particularly amused by the pregnancy that presumably happened by Spirit’s hand alone. And further, in the very last extremities of pregnancy, this odd couple was forced to travel in the middle of winter, in inclement weather, to a place where there was no bed waiting for them at the other end, so that when the one known as Mary gave birth, it was in a stable, and the infant Jesus slept in a manger that was full of hay. These details speak of the physical and the metaphysical darkness of the season, the inconvenience of Spirit, the demands of the spiritual life, the demand of this infant to be born—not waiting for marriage, not waiting for propriety, but insisting upon being born, in the darkness, in the cold, in the stable—without convenience, or planning, or foresight. Simply, “It is time, and now I shall appear.”
The group decided to take potluck for this session, and Q’uo began by saying that that gave them the opportunity to move into those energies that are unspoken and that may be addressed in a less direct way by those things that they might share, and Q’uo said that they are aware that the energy of Christmas is very much within this group and within our culture at this time, and it is interesting to observe the lack of joy with which many entities approach the dark times of winter solstice, for indeed that is the energy of this season of the year, that energy of the dark and the sleep of hibernation and winter, a time when it is easy for those entities who are close to passing from the incarnation to have a greater opportunity to greet the dark, with its invitation to all to come and be a part of that darkness. Q’uo continued by saying that it is a temptation that brings many to that passage between incarnations through what is called death to the next stage of consciousness for that entity, and the inner planes having received all entities who pass through the gateway of death offer the opportunity for each entity to discover what the next step is which could be a step of healing, or a step of review and examination of the life just completed, or it could be that entities who pass through the gates of death are conscious of the opportunity being offered to work within the inner planes and are eager to move into new work and new service. Q’uo went on to say that for those who are drawn to the dark, this is that time during the season of the year when that invitation will seem more seductive than usual because it is a time when our deepest impulses are to energize that darkness with gaiety and movement, as if such pleasures might distract us from our preoccupation with the gathering darkness so that seduction of the dark is often set very deeply within the gaiety of our celebrations, and it is as though the energies of humankind, not knowing how to cooperate with the darkness, find it necessary to throw up defenses against the darkness and deny the reality of the darkness, for darkness is not simply the absence of the sun body within our atmosphere, though that physical darkness is a huge part of the way darkness feels, it is also the experience of the lack of light, but the energies of this season are other than physical because the darkness that is physical darkness is paired with the darkness of ourself so that entities would always prefer not to deal with it because it is not considered a desirable part of our personality, so Q’uo felt that this might deserve a good look: this attempt to make all things bright, to lift everything up to the light, and to have a merry and a happy season. Now Q’uo said that each of us within the circle has experienced the hectic nature of this particular season in the cycle of Christmas and Christmas gatherings that we could wish each other well without the necessity for giving gifts, and yet year after year as we are faced with the shortest of days and the longest of nights of the year we turn hungrily towards the festivities that make a brave show in the face of all of that darkness and shadow. Then Q’uo said that they wanted to look at the story of Christmas that has darkness within it, the biblical story that Carla knows from her Sunday school which has the beauty of innocent birth, angelic visitors, and wise men of the Earth who also come to honor a tiny child, and the mother of Jesus did not have the respect of having been married first so that when she was asked to marry an older gentlemen who was not amused by the pregnancy that presumably happened by Spirit’s hand alone, this odd couple was forced to travel in the middle of winter, in inclement weather, to a place where there was no bed waiting for them at the other end, so that when Mary gave birth it was in a stable, and the infant Jesus slept in a manger that was full of hay, and these details speak of the physical and the metaphysical darkness of the season, the inconvenience of Spirit: “the demands of the spiritual life, the demand of this infant to be born—not waiting for marriage, not waiting for propriety, but insisting upon being born, in the darkness, in the cold, in the stable—without convenience, or planning, or foresight. Simply, “It is time, and now I shall appear.” On May 18, 1997, Q’uo spoke of the nature of metaphysical darkness:
In the parables of the one known as Jesus this entity frequently said at the end of a story, “Let him who has ears to hear, hear.” And this is the quest of each seeker, to develop ears that hear ever more accurately the song of love that rushes through each moment of experience. Third density, your Earth plane, is a world of great solitude and sorrow, with each entity shut up from each other entity in ways that do not occur before this density or after it. This is a density of metaphysical darkness lit only by that pale moon of hope and faith. And yet in this dim light there lies a depth of truth that shall never be touched again, for only in this density has the Creator given Itself the luxury of not knowing. Thusly, as each experiences himself, the Creator experiences Itself in an unspoiled and untouched way, totally spontaneous and totally free, and if that entity that is you finds that heart of love that is the deepest truth, that finding is completely real for it is not at the surface of things that this truth is obvious. It is not obvious that all is one. It is not clear at all that each entity is a creature and a child of Love. Indeed, it is only by blind faith that we can begin to apprehend that which we do not know and yet that which we do know, Love itself.
Such is the nature of your own spirit. It is nurtured in the darkness of the season, and you are brought to childbed with it as the timing of your own process pulls you into new birth, the birth of your own spiritual self, within incarnation. For that is one of the great values of being in incarnation. You are able, when you become conscious of the situation of incarnation and its advantages, to determine within incarnation to awaken that sleeping soul within that has been brought along into incarnation within you but certainly hidden, sometimes fairly deeply, within the stuff of personality, culture, and conditioning.
In the darkness within the self lie both the riches of the soul and the less appreciated of the riches of the shadow side of that soul. As you bring this infant that is you as a soul into conscious awareness and begin to nurture that part of yourself as if it were an infant that needed love and tending, you begin to pull that structure within you that is the witness to all that you undergo in incarnation into more clarity. It is that witness that can release thoughts of the darkness and thoughts of the gaiety and simply continue witnessing as that child within begins to express itself, to reach towards the light that it sees, to begin to have the energy and vitality to move upon its own and to begin to grow within incarnation. As you go about nurturing this beautiful portion of the inner self, we would ask you also to look very carefully to find the wolf that bites, to find the murderer, the thief, the adulterer; to find that entity within the self that truly does partake of the darkness of self-good, that part of selfhood that is self-involved, that has the impulse to think first of the self. This is a good time of year to focus into that neglected portion of the self and to invite it into the warm and gently lighted circle of your own heart’s hearth.
It is as though there are parts of the self that have been denied because they are too dark, they are too seemingly selfish, or evil, or harsh, or rough. And yet, that whole entity which you are cannot function without all, both the light and the dark, of its nature. Many times entities who polarize towards beauty, and truth, and purity feel that they must deny and leave behind those shadow portions of self. And yet we would ask you not to leave behind one iota of that 360 degrees of self that you do possess. For all of the voices within you, all of the 180 degrees of “good” and 180 degrees of that which you label “not good,” are necessary to integrate into one peaceful kingdom within.
Many are the times that this instrument has asked the question, “What is peace?” For she meditates on behalf of peace each night. And one of the keys to understanding peace, the concept of peace as a living thing and not as a dead idea, is to realize that peace is the complete and harmonious integration of light and dark, so that all is in balance within the whole entity and all of that entity’s faculties are brought to bear on a situation, not simply those faculties towards the good but those faculties that might be considered towards the negative. For the thief, the coveter, the lazy one, all of those dark voices within, can be charmed into becoming the bedrock of will that puts grit into the expression of love that the “light” part of self has no trouble expressing. Yet when the going becomes rough, it is that dark side of self that is able to take hold in difficult situations and endure. That same darkness that could be the wolf that bites, then has become the best support possible for the light. And this is the hoped-for result of an incarnation full of both the light and the dark as the seasons revolve and as the seasons of inner life revolve as well.
Then Q’uo said that such is the nature of our own spirit that is nurtured in the darkness of the season, and we are brought to childbed with it as the timing of our process pulls us into the birth of our own spiritual self within this incarnation, and this is one of the great values of being in incarnation because we are able, when we become conscious of the advantages of our incarnation, to determine to awaken our soul within us that has been brought along into incarnation within us but hidden within the stuff of our personality and culture. Q’uo went on to say that in the darkness within ourself are both the riches of the soul and the less appreciated of the riches of the shadow side of our soul, and as we bring this infant that we are as a soul into conscious awareness and begin to nurture that part of ourself as if it were an infant that needed love and tending, we begin to pull that structure within us that is the witness to all that we undergo in our incarnation into clarity, so it can release thoughts of darkness and continue witnessing as that child within us begins to have the energy and vitality to move upon its own and to begin to grow within incarnation so that as we go about nurturing this beautiful portion of our inner self, Q’uo asked us to look carefully to find the murderer, the thief, and that entity within our self that does partake of the darkness of that part of ourself that has the impulse to think first of the self, and this is a good time of year to focus into that neglected portion of ourself and to invite it into the warm and gently lighted circle of our own heart’s hearth. Q’uo continued by saying that it is as though there are parts of ourself that have been denied because they are too dark and selfish, and yet that whole entity which we are cannot function without both the light and the dark of our nature, and many times when we who polarize towards beauty, truth, and purity feel that we must deny those shadow portions of ourself, but Q’uo asked us not to leave behind one iota of that 360 degrees of self that we possess because all of the voices within us, all of the 180 degrees of “good” and 180 degrees of that which we label “not good,” are necessary to integrate into one peaceful kingdom within. Then Q’uo said that many times Carla has asked the question, “What is peace?” because she meditates on behalf of peace each night, and one of the keys to understanding the concept of peace as a living thing is to realize that peace is the complete and harmonious integration of light and dark, so that all is in balance within our whole being, and all of our energies are brought to bear on a situation, not simply those energies towards the good but those energies that might be considered towards the negative because the thief and the lazy one, and all of those dark voices within us can be invited into becoming the bedrock of our will that puts grit into the expression of love that the “light” part of ourself has no trouble expressing, but when the going gets tough it is our dark side of self that is able to take hold in difficult situations and endure, so that same darkness has become the best support possible for the light, and this is the hoped-for result of our incarnation that is full of both the light and the dark as the seasons revolve and as the seasons of inner life revolve as well. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that they wanted to take this opportunity to praise the dark as well as the light, and to ask each of us to work on embracing all parts of ourself by loving and respecting each and finding ways each day to come into more conscious harmony within our being, and as we are able to find our kingdom within becoming peaceable, in that same way shall we be a force for peace to those about us, and no matter how we live, if we do not embrace the dark side of ourself, we shall always be less of a messenger for peace and more of a voice that has not the force and directness to project into the Earth plane with all of its inner planes of energy. On November 18, 1996, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the dark side of ourselves:
Unity, when it is absolute, is without awareness. Each of you is a portion of that unborn and undying awareness, that heart of all creation that is the one original Thought. Within that thought of infinite Love there lies no shadow. However, we as well as you walk the path of duality and exist within a series of physical vehicles, enjoying the experience of living within various densities and conditions of body, mind, emotion, and spirit. In all of these densities of unimaginable variety lies duality.
Thusly, it is well to remember that the light side and the dark side of your self alike are portions of that shell of manifestation which represents the totality of your self. The learning, the experiencing, the growing that is done within incarnations throughout the densities is a growth hemmed in on every side by limitation. Within this world of finity the light and dark create a tremendous dynamic. Within this dynamic rest all of those who sleep; that is, all of those who are within incarnation yet who are not yet aware of themselves as Consciousness experiencing Itself. Those who are spiritually unawakened rest in the center of that dynamic betwixt light and dark.
This instrument’s head is full of angels at this time of year, the angels of heaven, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest and peace to men of good will.” We wish you those angels, we wish you the truth of this precious dark time. May each of you move into that time with quietness and confidence, allowing the great washes of emotion and memory to move through your thoughts and your feelings, washing you and leaving you golden and rested and truly at peace. We would ask if there are any queries at this time before we leave this instrument.
J: Yeah, Q’uo, I’ve got a question. The veil is very thin at this time, and I was wondering what your impression is? I know it’s always a good time to meditate. Are there any suggestions that you could make? Is there a way to connect with the thinness of the veil, right now, today, tomorrow? Is there anything that we can do to share in that thinness?
Q’uo: We are aware of your query, my sister. Certainly, there is truth to your concept. It is indeed a time when the energies of the Earth and its inner planes are very transparent to the outer world. The idea of meditation is certainly a good one. We have difficulty imagining a situation in which we would say anything else than that about meditation! However, one item that is possible in order to connect with the energy of this time would be that which this instrument would call a solstice declaration. At the solstice, it is a very efficacious time to express those things which you wish to give to the dark: the greed, the world hunger, the illnesses of the world and so forth, all of those things which you may consider to be less that optimal. These can be named and given to the dark and the health of this action is in releasing those energies from the consciousness within your self. It is as though this is a good time to connect with the energies that this instrument knows of as Shiva the Destroyer, to hand those things to the Mother, as it were, that you wish to release from your self. “World hunger, I give it to the dark! War and the bestiality of war, I give it to the dark!” It is well to create more of a festive party atmosphere to this energy, so that those who take part in it may feel the joy of the release of these impressions.
May we answer you further, my sister?
J: No thank you, Q’uo, and happy winter solstice to you.
Q’uo: We thank you as well, my sister. Is there another query at this time?
As we seem to have exhausted the queries of this group, we shall take our leave of you, thanking each of you for taking precious time to sit in a circle of seeking and asking. We are with you, whenever you would ask us to be, to help you with your meditation or to be a presence that makes you feel safer. You have only to ask mentally, and we shall be with you. We leave each of you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai my friends. Adonai.
This morning I discovered that the fountain on the fishpond had once again shot out of the fishpond, and the level of the fishpond was down about five inches although the fountain was barely running when I went out to check on it. I decided that I would leave it as it is now, with the pump turned off, and hope for warmer weather next week so that all the ice that is encompassing the motor and replace it with a new motor.
This afternoon I ran some errands with my first stop at AutoZone where I bought two containers of 50:1 2 cycle engine oil. My second stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market where I bought some food for myself. My third stop was at Walgreens’ Drug Store where I bought some Pepsi-Zero and some hair thickener.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
February 21
The Key
I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of divine Love.
We who dwell in Love ask that this day be a day of forgiveness.
In each situation betwixt two entities there is the constant opportunity for miscommunication, misunderstanding, and hard feelings.
In every situation where one must wait in traffic or in your stores, there lie many, many opportunities for the forgiveness of rudeness in others and that same impulse in yourself.
Make this a day when there is nothing so terrible that it cannot be forgiven in your heart. Allow your heart to be made soft. For forgiveness, given again and again and again, is the key to the full realization of the Love of Christ.
We leave you in love and peace, now and ever. Amen.
I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:
We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.
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