2025-02-23

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from February 15, 2004:

The question today has to do with changes of various kinds, whether it’s changing a job, or attitude, or invoking a new presence of joy, peace, and harmony. When we attempt these changes, when we make efforts in the third-density illusion to bring these changes about, we’re wondering how we can know if we’re being successful? Is there a predetermined path or way made for us already, or is this a choice we make from moment to moment totally of our own free will? How can we know if we’re exactly on the beam or not?

(Carla channeling)

We are those of the principle known to you as Q’uo, and we greet you with full hearts and happy spirits in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we are. We thank you, each of you, for joining this circle of seeking today. It is our delight to be called to this group, and we would ask, as always, simply that you use your discrimination carefully in listening to our thoughts. For, as we share them, we need you to know that we are not authorities but fellow seekers and that we share opinions rather than proven fact. Please take those thoughts that you like from what we have to say, and leave the rest behind. That will enable us to speak without being concerned that we infringe upon your free will. It is well to guard carefully those portals wherein information is taken, for that which is believed is so. And when that which is believed is sufficiently different from that which is the more natural pattern of truth, the distortion can be difficult to comprehend and difficult to perceive and therefore difficult to extricate oneself from.

Indeed, this is a portion of that which you are asking this day, for you have asked about change and how to know when the appropriate change is manifesting; how to go about making sure that the changes are indeed appropriate in the pattern of your incarnation. This instrument was speaking with the one known as B concerning the piece of the Creator’s creation which she calls “Avalon.” The one known as B was saying that he had spoken with Avalon in that voice that has no words but expresses emotions and feelings, and he felt that the land itself had been somewhat abused in the past, misused and used too hard, so that the soil was depleted of those nutrients that it would wish to have in order to support life, and that it had been neglected and abandoned. Consequently, it was shy of humans and somewhat distrustful.

It had not occurred to this instrument that it was a two-way street, for, in this instrument’s trusting and somewhat childlike way, she relates to all things and all qualities as though they were all very glad to see her, and the consequence that is indeed the reaction of the land called Avalon to the one known as Carla is that it is delighted to see this sprightly spirit and delighted to relate with her in any way she wishes. However, this instrument has not attempted to plant, nor has it asked of Avalon that which it wishes. And indeed, this is something to think about when looking at a change that is large enough that it cannot entirely be imagined. When the question is asked, “What do you want?” or “What do I want?” the question throws the thinking mind back into the world of form and not into the world of substance. However, if the question is asked of the present moment, “What does it want?,” “What does the life’s situation at this moment want of me?” that is a blind and non-intellectual question, and consequently it has a big possibility of reaping a harvest of some sense. But that sense may well be a sense of substance rather than a sense of the form of the appropriate path to take. When the question is opened up so that it is clear that there is a relationship between the self and the creation, it enlists the cooperation of the creation which is, of course, an extension of the self, just as the self is an extension of the creation and just as both are holographic in nature, reflecting the Creator.

We have often said that all is one thing, and yet, when you relate to the outer world, that seemingly outer world of consensus reality, consciously including it in the decision-making process and asking it what it wishes, the question is made whole in a very special way. It is well to consult not only the inner self but that outer self that is the system of mirrors that reflects the Creator to you, that is, the outer creation, the Earth which you inhabit, the people which are your companions upon its surface. These energies and essences also have life, sentience, and will. And, when cooperation is asked, it is immediately received. Then it is a question of continuing to listen, continuing to ask and continuing to have this living and protean dialogue that penetrates all forms and moves into the world of substance. The nature of coincidence, or synchronicity, or the unfolding of fate, if you will, is such that the more cooperation is asked and expected on a continuing basis, the more rich the sources of information will be that are eager to share information with you.

We have spoken many times about the fact that information can come through the natural world, and, indeed, it often does come through animals and elements that are in synch with the energy fields of your bodies, of your intentions, and of your hopes. So let us look at the area of intention and hope. There are two in this group, that is, three entities and two concerns, with an actual commitment of the self to a job or a new business, and there are two other concerns within this group which have to do with attempting to create from nothing a network or cooperative or collaboration which is of a mixed nature, being partially spiritual and partially worldly. The process of visioning or envisioning is important.

The group question for this session was: “The question today has to do with changes of various kinds, whether it’s changing a job, or attitude, or invoking a new presence of joy, peace, and harmony. When we attempt these changes, when we make efforts in the third-density illusion to bring these changes about, we’re wondering how we can know if we’re being successful?” Q’uo began their reply by saying we have asked about change and how to know when the appropriate change is manifesting and how to go about making sure that the changes are appropriate in the pattern of our incarnation, and Carla was  speaking about the piece of land which she calls Avalon, and B was saying that he had spoken with Avalon in a voice that has no words but expresses emotions and feelings, and he felt that the land itself had been abused in the past so that the soil was depleted of those nutrients that it would wish to have in order to support life, and that it had been neglected, so it was shy of humans and somewhat distrustful. Q’uo continued by saying that it had not occurred to Carla that in her trusting and childlike way she relates to all things and qualities as though they were all very glad to see her, and the result is the reaction of Avalon to Carla is that it is delighted to see this lovely spirit and delighted to relate with her in any way she wishes, but since Carla has not attempted to plant, nor has she asked of Avalon what it wishes that this is something for Carla to consider when looking at a change that is large enough that it cannot be imagined, so when the question is asked what Avalon wants or what Carla wants the question causes Carla’s mind to consider the world of form and not the world of substance, but if the question is asked in the present moment that is a non-intellectual question with a possibility of reaping a harvest of some sense, but that sense may be a sense of substance, and when the question is asked that shows that there is a relationship between Carla and Avalon it gets the cooperation of the land which is an extension of Carla just as Carla is an extension of the land, and both reflect the Creator. Q’uo went on to say that all is one thing, and when we relate to the outer world of consensus reality and ask what it wishes, the question is made whole in a special way so that it is well to consult not only our inner self but that outer self that is the system of mirrors that reflects the Creator to us which is the Earth which we inhabit and the people which are our companions on its surface, and these energies also have life and will so that when cooperation is asked, it is immediately received, and then it is a question of continuing to have this living dialogue that penetrates all forms and moves into the world of substance, and the nature of the unfolding of fate is such that the more cooperation is asked on a continuing basis, the more rich the sources of information will be that are eager to share information with us. Then Q’uo said that they have spoken many times about the fact that information can come through animals and elements that are in synch with the energy fields of our bodies and of our hopes, so Q’uo wanted to look at the area of intention and hope because there were three entities and two concerns in this group with a commitment to a new business, and there were two other concerns within this group which have to do with attempting to create from nothing a collaboration of a mixed nature which was partially spiritual and partially worldly, so the process of or envisioning is important. On February 13, 2010, Q’uo spoke of the value of intention and hope:

We thank all of those who asked these queries this evening. It is a great joy to us to feel that this group which sits within these modest walls has become quite large in its actual size. The reason that this is a delight to us is not because we want to attract followers or to become bigger, but rather because it is the nature of groups such as this one that you are lighthouses. And each entity doubles the energy of the entity next to you, so that even in a very modest group, you are creating a focus of light, a focus of intention and hope, that is exponentially greater than any of you could create by yourselves. And when you add all of those who are not physically in this room but who have moved into the energy of this particular circle of seeking by the questioning that they offer, then that lighthouse energy becomes exponentially greater. So, we thank each of those from wherever those queries came upon your globe and appreciate greatly the increase of light that occurs from those who are visiting in thought with this sitting circle.

From the business standpoint, of course, it is well known that one may go through a planning process in which the questions are asked of the self concerning what goals are intended, what resources come to the table to promote those goals, and so forth. It is perhaps less well understood that the same process must be followed with the environment about one and with the energies surrounding the present moment. The nexus of each present moment for each person is the self. This is why truth is so infinitely individual and personal. One is always coming from that place where the environment is known to one that has never been walked in before. The present moment finds each of you and each of us in a new world. It has taken aeons and densities and many, many incarnations, and teachers, and thoughts to bring each of us, each of you, to this precise tuning with which you greet this present moment. Consequently, your world is brand new, and nothing can be taken for granted. So, it is well to look at this new world of the present moment with new eyes, innocent of supposition and without the blinders of cynicism and manic zeal, resting, relaxing, and moving into the center of self.

Move with us, if you will, in the clockwise motion about the circle, feeling the energy of the group moving, growing and forming a temple of light about you. Now continue that exercise, but move only within the orbit of your being, and feel the part of the temple of the group that you are. Feel that smaller temple whose light moves into the group energy. Now, move deeper and deeper within that holy and sacred space within until you come to the very center of that being that you are and rest there. Stop, and sense into that quiet, living center of self which is your heart. Here is your place of rest, recuperation, and healing. Here is your place to reach out your hand to the Creator and to feel Its hand in yours before the reaching has ever been done. This is the center of your connection to guidance, truth, and stability. Were we never to speak with you another word, were there no perceived authority to offer wisdom, this center of self would be entirely sufficient to guide you, in terms of that which your desires for this incarnation were before you ever came into the experience of life with its hectic breath and its beating heart (and we may say, because of this instrument’s allergies, its itching nose). Before all of the sensations of life, the center is the place of rest and the platform from which one may spring into action, spring into expanded being, spiral into those lessons to be learned and those services to be performed.

When one is able to come to the center of self and rest, then one is much more able to ask in that sacred space, “What lies before me? What is right action? What shall I see that will enable me to have more of the sense of who I am and why I am here?” When you open your eyes from this prayer, we would ask you to be open to guidance. Keep a paper and pencil handy, ready to jot down those things that come to you in this particular moment, after this particular time of centering and resting. When you get up from such a rest, keep the center open even as you become active again in the world of consensus reality. The creation is ready to expand into those areas which fascinate you, which draw you. It is sensitive to all kinds of energy, so, if there are conflicts within your desires, these will show up in the seeming cross-purposes and the ambivalent nature of the hints and the inklings that your guidance seems to be giving you. Consequently, there is contemplation involved in attempting to discern right action and right being, contemplation of what cross-purposes there may be.

Ifthere is a dynamic where things seemingly are partially indicating one path and partially indicating another, sit and rest with that dynamic, letting the mind relax away from forms and looking at some of the underlying issues which might surround and inform this dynamic. Allow time for this procedure. Ask not simply on one day or on one occasion. Assume not that you have received the full wisdom that is available. There is a continual questing for those who wish to remain in the center of their beings, for you move on, the stream of time moves on, and the spiral of evolution moves on so that each day there is new information, there are new metamorphoses to be contemplating. And there are what this instrument has come to call distortion leavings to be released. Often that which muddies the picture for those questing for right action or right being is an over-affection for the pain, the pleasure, for the shape in general of the past, those things that have affected one in the past for weal or for woe.

So Q’uo said that from the business standpoint it is well known that we may go through a planning process in which the questions are asked of ourself concerning what goals are intended and what resources we have to promote these goals, but it is less well understood that the same process must be followed with the environment about us and with the energies of the present moment, and the center of each present moment for each person is ourself, so this is why truth is so infinitely personal because the present moment finds each of us in a new world that has taken aeons of time, densities, and many incarnations and thoughts to bring each of us to this tuning with which we greet this present moment so that our world is new, and nothing can be taken for granted, and it is well to look at this new world of the present moment with new eyes innocent of supposition and without the blinders of cynicism, resting, and then moving into the center of ourself. Then Q’uo said to move with them in a clockwise motion about the circle, feeling the energy of the group forming a temple of light about us, and continue that exercise, but move only within the orbit of our being and feel the part of the temple of the group that we are, feeling that smaller temple whose light moves into the group energy, and moves deeper within that sacred space within until we come to the center of that being that we are and rest there, and sense into that quiet center of ourself which is our heart, our place of rest and healing, our place to reach out our hand to the Creator and to feel Its hand in ours before the reaching has ever been done because this is the center of our connection to guidance and truth. Q’uo said that if they never spoke another word to us, or if there were no authority to offer us wisdom, this center of ourself would be able to guide us in the ways of our desires for this incarnation were before we ever came into our life with its breath and its beating heart because this is the place of rest from which we may spring into our expanded being and move into our lessons to be learned and the services to be given. Q’uo continued by saying that when we are able to come to the center of ourself and rest, then we are more able to ask in that sacred space: “What lies before me? What is right action? What shall I see that will enable me to have more of the sense of who I am and why I am here?” So when we open our eyes from this prayer, Q’uo asked us to be open to guidance and to keep a paper and pencil ready to jot down those things that come to us in this time of centering and resting, and when we get up to keep our center open even as we become active in our life because the creation is ready to expand into those areas which fascinate us since it is sensitive to all kinds of energy, so if there are conflicts within our desires, these will show up in the ambivalent nature of the hints that our guidance seems to be giving us, so they suggested contemplation for us to attempt to discern right action and of what cross-purposes there may be. Q’uo went on to say that if we feel a dynamic where things seem to indicate one path and then indicate another path that we sit with that dynamic and look the underlying issues which might inform this dynamic, allowing time for this procedure, asking not simply on one day, but do not assume that we have received the full wisdom that is available because there is a continual questing for us if we wish to remain in the center of ourself because we move on; the stream of time moves on; and the spiral of evolution moves on so that each day there is new information to be contemplating, and there are distortion leavings to be released since: “that which muddies the picture for those questing for right action or right being is an over-affection for the pain, the pleasure, for the shape in general of the past, those things that have affected one in the past for weal or for woe.” On January 12, 2008, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the spiral of evolution:

And there is a kind of purity in that emptiness that is powerful. You become the Holy Grail which you seek because you are that cup which is now empty or that hand outstretched which has nothing in it, ready to receive that which is new, that which comes from the great original Thought to transform you as a creature so that you have become that which is new.

Then that cycle begins again, where you start from a new place in the spiral of evolution. It is if it were, in a flattened spiral, the same place you have been before in this incarnation. Yet, because it is an upward spiral, you are always moving to that place you were before with a new mind, so that you meet that repeating theme or those repeating themes of your incarnation from a new place of observation and experience.

It is just as important to release the self from past excellent experiences as it is to release the self from past misery and suffering. Does the good time in the past create or add into the reality of your present moment? If so, why? Does the pain and the sorrow that are remembered from past experiences affect, in a living and breathing way, the present moment for you? Ask yourself that. It is important to release that which has been harvested in terms of catalyst and experience. It is a natural thing to take in the food of catalyst and to digest it and work with it and get the good out of it. It is equally important to release the distortion leavings of these experiences from the system. Otherwise, they may well clog the system, making it impossible for your evolutionary energy body to absorb the nutrients of experience and be ready to take in more. If there is any lack of hunger for new things, it is entirely possible that it is because that which has been thoroughly and completely digested in one’s life has not yet been eliminated from the system. When the value of the excellent times and the difficult times of one’s past have been completely appreciated, it then becomes far easier to release these experiences.

In terms of knowing that you are on the beam, there is a talent in being able to look without looking, to know without knowing, and to walk between worlds. It is a lifting away from assumption, a lifting away from presupposition, and an opening into the possibilities that surround the moment. These possibilities are literally infinite. But which is that direction which calls? Which is that direction which wants you as much as you wish it? It is a matter of asking, and asking again, centering, and asking, centering, and asking, until the life process contains the centering and the asking, the centering and the asking far beyond even a habit and more into a way of breathing life in and breathing life out. Ask… rest… ask… rest… as a way of being, so that you are asking yourself to open to the sense of rightness, the sense of resonance that you may get through your body and any of your senses, within your heart, and various energy centers, in those signs and wonders which mean something subjectively to you personally. When the asking has become a part of the in breath, and the resting has become a part of the out breath and the time between breaths, then you have entered a state of mind, a way of being, that has the best possibility of bringing to you a richer load or harvest of information concerning the issue about which you are asking. Sometimes it is a very subtle thing and occurs over a period of time, while in other cases there are sudden and sharp epiphanies in which whole systems of the future are seen for the first time in wonderful delineation.

It is never known ahead of time what pattern shall emerge from the chaos of asking without expectation. Yet, when it comes, there is that sense of a converging pattern that will let you know that the pieces, as the one known as S said, seem to be coming together. Chaos seems to be melting into a certain quantum, a certain situation that has, to say it one way, the blessing of guidance; to say it another way, the resonance of a good pattern that fits within those parameters of your incarnation which you set up before birth. It is not that there is a fate laid out for you. The possibilities are always infinite. It is that you have created for yourself what this instrument would loosely call a mission, a personal plan of service, and learning. And, when that mission is being materially addressed, with whatever success, there is a sense of being in the right place that is unmistakable. Wait for that sense, and do not attempt to think it into place or feel it into place or in any way force the swirling mists to clear. If there is to be a misty and mysterious time, enjoy it as you would a great snow storm or a down-pouring and enriching summer rain. The vision goes away, but the heavens have opened to give life-giving moisture to the dry and thirsty soil.

Then Q’uo said it is just as important to release ourself from past excellent experiences as it is to release ourself from past misery and suffering, so they asked if our good times in the past add to the reality of our present moment, and does our pain and sorrow from past experiences affect the present moment for us? They said that it is important to release that which we have harvested in terms of catalyst and experience since it is a natural thing to take in the food of catalyst and to process it and get the good out of it, and it is equally important to release the distortion leavings of these experiences from our system, or they may clog our system and make it impossible for our energy body to absorb the nutrients of experience and be ready to take in more, so if there is any lack of hunger for new things, it is possible that it is because that which we have digested in our life has not yet been eliminated from our system, and when the value of the excellent times and the difficult times of our past have been completely appreciated, it then becomes easier for us to release these experiences. Q’uo continued by saying that in terms of knowing that we are on the beam, there is a talent in our being able to look without looking, to know without knowing, and to walk between worlds because it is a lifting away from assumption and an opening into the possibilities that surround the moment, and these possibilities are infinite, but: “which is that direction which calls? Which is that direction which wants you as much as you wish it?” Q’uo said it is a matter of asking, centering, and asking again until our life process contains this process far beyond even a habit and more into a way of our breathing life in and breathing life out so that we are asking ourself to open to the sense of resonance that we may get through our body and any of our senses, within our heart, and in those signs and wonders which mean something subjectively to us personally, and when our asking has become a part of our in breath, and the resting has become a part of our out breath, and the time between breaths, then we have entered a way of being that has the possibility of bringing us to a richer harvest of information concerning the issue about which we are asking, and sometimes it is a very subtle thing and occurs over a period of time, while in other cases there are sudden epiphanies in which whole systems of the future are seen for the first time in wonderful delineation.  Now Q’uo said that it is never known ahead of time what pattern shall emerge from the chaos of asking without expectation, but when it comes, there is that sense of a pattern that will let us know that the pieces seem to be coming together, and chaos seems to be melting into a resonance of a good pattern that fits within those parameters of our incarnation which we set up before birth so that it is not that there is a fate laid out for us because the possibilities are always infinite since we have created for ourself a personal plan of service, and learning, and when that mission is being addressed there is a sense of our being in the right place that is unmistakable, so we should wait for that sense–and not attempt to think it into place–because if there is to be a mysterious time, we can enjoy it as we would a great snow storm, and the vision goes away, but the heavens have opened to give life-giving moisture to the dry and thirsty soil. On September 5, 2010, Carla spoke at our Homecoming Gathering and described the nature of our energy body:

The Love and the Light of the infinite Creator is moving through our energy body in inexhaustible supply at all times. We can’t run out. By stopping the flow of Love through us, by clutching and contracting around our woes and our problems—which we all have—what we can do is stop that flow into the heart, and then we can’t get our hearts open all the way. The fuel is Love. It’s right here. It is inexhaustible. We don’t have to hoard it. All we have to do is live in such a way that our energy bodies are clear so that we get that energy through us at all times.

Sometimes a great deal of the moisture of spiritual water must come and, for a time, blind the vision, and it is then that faith is a powerful support, that faith that all is well. It is not a faith that things will turn out appropriately, because things actually never turn out. You may have noticed this quality of life. Things spiral continuously, moving through many scenes and moods. Nothing ends or, to put it another way, everything ends, and the story moves on without missing a beat. There is no grand finale; there is no dénouement. There is simply the ongoing spiral of light and dark, laughter, and tears, suffering and joy. Yet, beneath all of those experiences, surrounding all of that seemingly outward miasma of confusion, there remains always the place of center to which you may go. It is the closest thing to you. You may amputate arms and legs and not lose your center. You may glow incandescent as a candle without clothing, without occupation, with only the consciousness with which you came into the world of consensus reality, and you will have that center, that center that links you to all that is, to all that has been and all that will be. All you need is in that center. Perhaps that is the fundamental message we have to share this day. Rest and know all is Love. All is one; all is Love.

You are magical beings, my friends. You are not at risk, as it may seem that you are in terms of a physical life. You are citizens of eternity. You are in a very precious and hard-won place. You have cast aside all else, because you felt that this incarnation was important enough to invest your eternal self in, to go through a great deal of inconvenience and suffering just so that you might improve the balance of your own personality and serve in the consensus reality about you, to fulfill goals which you have set long ago, goals that have to do with being helpful. Rest in the knowledge that these things are in place and that there are many, many sources of information that are very dedicated to communicating with you and with the groups with which you associate.

Notice those groups about you. For this instrument, it has been a year or more of very obvious building up of the group, but, in all of the years of this instrument’s life, there has been that same process going on, and, in each of those in this circle this day, this process has been taking place. Gradually the currents of self and other-self have circled and spiraled until each has met each, and each has been drawn into this group on this day. Each entity that you meet is a portion of a group, a soul group, as the one known as S has called it, or a group of those who have often incarnated together, to work together and to serve together. So, when you are touching entities, you are touching the groups with which they are involved, and you are binding yourself and others in streams of love and mutual hope and ideals. As you go about your daily life, and as you meet each entity, see the relationship in its deeper terms, and know that energies are involved that are far, far below the level of one’s awareness. They may be sensed, and they may be followed, but they may usually not be understood. Follow those relationships, and consider the relationship and your part in it, in each case looking for the ways to support and encourage each other. There are higher selves involved in each of these groups as well and higher hopes that each of these groups may have in terms of the service of the members of that group to the planet and its people. Trust this network to be there, and expect to meet old friends as you move through the days ahead.

Above all, sharpen the energies with which you move through life by offering yourself the solace of meditation. Time in the silence cannot be overrated for returning one to that precious center, what the one known as G would call the “power of now.” Enlist the help of Gaia, as the one known as B calls the planet upon which you dwell. Walk within its precincts and allow the trees, and the wind, and the small animals to sooth you, to connect with you, and to bring you back to that precious center.

Now Q’uo said sometimes a great deal of the moisture of spiritual water must come and, for a time, blind our vision, and it is then that our support comes from our faith in knowing that all is well, but it is not a faith that things will turn out as we wish them to because things actually never turn out  that way because they spiral through many scenes and moods until everything ends, and our story moves on without missing a beat into the ongoing spiral of suffering and joy, yet beneath all of those experiences, there remains always the place of our center that links us to all that is, and all we need is in that center so that we can know all is Love, and all is one. Q’uo went on to say that we are magical beings and are not at risk in our physical life because we are citizens of eternity, and we have cast aside all else because we felt that this incarnation was important enough to invest our eternal self in, to go through suffering just so that we might improve the balance of our own personality, and to serve in the consensus reality about us to fulfill goals which we have set long ago having to do with being helpful, so we should rest in the knowledge that there are many sources of information that are dedicated to communicating with us and with our spiritual groups. Q’uo continued by saying that we should observe those groups about us because each entity that we meet is a portion of a soul group or a group of those who have often incarnated together, to work together, and to serve together, so when we are touching entities we are binding ourself and others in streams of love and mutual hope so that as we go about our daily life, and we meet each entity, we can see the relationship in its deeper terms, and know that energies are involved that are far below the level of our awareness. Q’uo said that these energies may be sensed, and they may be followed, but they may usually not be understood, so we should follow those relationships, and consider the relationship and our part in it, in each case looking for the ways to support and encourage each other, and: “There are higher selves involved in each of these groups as well and higher hopes that each of these groups may have in terms of the service of the members of that group to the planet and its people. Trust this network to be there, and expect to meet old friends as you move through the days ahead.” Q’uo completed their reply by saying that we should sharpen the energies with which we move through life by offering ourself the comfort of meditation because time in the silence cannot be overrated for returning to our precious center, which could be called the “power of now,” and ask for Gaia’s help, the planet upon which we dwell, and walk within its natural surroundings, and allow the trees, and the wind, and the small animals to sooth us, to connect with us, and to bring us back to our precious center. On May 1, 1983, Hatonn described the comfort of meditation:

If you are able through meditation to keep the realization fresh that your beingness does not depend upon anything, but is, and has been, and will be as it is, then you can begin to experience those gifts given to what that same holy book has called the poor in heart. We realize that this may be confusing to those who are attempting with a full heart and sincere purpose to seek the one infinite Creator, for there is a great deal of intention and purpose needed to set one’s feet upon the path and to keep one’s feet moving, to pick oneself up when one falls, to open oneself to the comfort of meditation when one does not even feel worthy of such a state of being. But each of you is already full of purpose, full of desire and seriously seeking. Therefore, the balance is necessary. You seek for yourself, and then you give what you have sought back to the infinite Creator. You can lose nothing. You can gain nothing. You are always on this journey. You are always on the brink of an utterly indescribable joy.

This instrument informs us that we need at this time to open the meeting to questions. Are there questions at this time beyond that which we have spoken?

G: Q’uo, I’m not sure of how exactly it is that the quarantine works around this planet, but, working within those principles, is it possible that an entity or a group of incarnate entities could request and create a physical meeting with beings of an extraterrestrial nature or higher density beings of a positive nature on this planet?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We do not choose to give this instrument any information upon this point for two reasons. Firstly, attempts of this nature create an energy that we do not consider particularly desirable. Secondly, the attempt to create such a meeting is much like sending out a “CQ” on a ham radio. The entities who are monitoring these particular ham radio bands are, however, for the most part negative.

The infringement upon free will in giving further information is such that we find that we are not able to speak further. However we would say that the energies of the one known as B have already brought to you, the one known as G, experiences of meetings with entities that are not human and are certainly very positive, and we speak now of those entities on Avalon which this instrument has often called devas and which have a great deal of life and reality of their own. This kind of open questing is quite desirable, and we would recommend that, instead of attempting to meet an extraterrestrial, you simply attempt to meet the many, many entities around you with which you have not yet become acquainted.

May we answer you further, my brother?

G: No, that was cool. I don’t think I or anybody else has big plans to do so. I was just curious. Thank you, Q’uo.

Q’uo: We thank you, my brother. Is there a query at this time?

B: I have one that’s not directly on this topic. I was wondering what the role of the social memory complex was in the development of consciousness?

Q’uo: We are aware of your query, my brother, but are having trouble with a response because of the fact that, as far as we are aware, consciousness is, and it is not in need of being, shall we say, developed.

B: Growth is perhaps a better term?

Q’uo: Would you rephrase the question, my brother?

B: I was examining the social memory complex, and, as we enter the seventh sub-density of the third density, Ra has said that we can actually form these structures, and I was wondering how that would interact with our conscious spiritual growth? I mean, why does the social memory dominate in the fourth density? What do we learn from this experience?

Q’uo: We are now far more aware of your query, my brother. The social memory complex is as if you had opened your arms and said, “Everybody in,” as if you were the Creator, and you had accepted everyone that was about you into your heaven. The energy of this formation enhances and intensifies the purity and the clarity of the individual’s ability to open into unconditional love, or, in other words, to become a part of the social memory complex. So, as soon as a social memory complex begins to be formed, simply by leaning into the power of that group being or essence, you are allowing the self to become more and more attuned to that sublime or supernal nature of the self which truly feeds into the social memory complex.

You see, my brother, when experience is taken in at the level of consensus reality and conscious thought, much of the detail of the actual transactions taking place between entities is lost. The nuances are washed away by the grossness of words and actions, and the intentions, the energies that are being exchanged between two people, or a person and a place, or a person and a situation, are grossly oversimplified so that they can be consciously understood. Even in the most subtle and quick mind, there is that limit of rapidity of the accumulation of fact and the intuition, the ability for direct insight, is hampered. What the social memory complex does as entities move into it and begin to, shall we say, “get it” is to empower and enable the personal shell of personality to relax and lift away from specificity so that it may become less reactive and more stable. The personality shell of third density is unnecessary in fourth density, and the great gift of the seventh sub-octave of third density is that the social memory complex has enough energy now to be accessed by intention.

May we answer you further, my brother?

B: One quick point. Would the attempts to form a social memory complex here or, more specifically, at Avalon, be in any way disruptive to the non-human life that’s there now, that which you referred to as devas and the plants and animals being of lower densities?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. Indeed, were social memory being attempted, as if in a vacuum, as if only with people, certainly this would be perhaps less than optimal in terms of the energy of that portion of Gaia to which you refer, and this is why the instrument, in its talk with you at an earlier time, had the intuition that the land must be a portion of the questing for the social memory complex being formed upon its sacred ground. To form a social memory complex with the full cooperation of the earth that it contains is to make each place so included a sacred space. It most definitely would be appropriate to include the Earth itself as a part of the social memory complex, for the Earth is a very sentient and very conscious being.

May we answer you further, my brother?

B: So you would see no problem with second-density life being exposed to a fourth-density concept, thinking basically of the plants and things we would like to grow there. Now, my concern is this: a lot of times when higher concepts are introduced too early in a developmental stage, they might bias the development as I see here, when the Confederation introduced entities from other worlds to our planet. Do you understand what I’m trying to get at?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. If it were forced upon this entity, Gaia, that such and such a group wished to do such and such a thing here and it was simply told to the land, then, yes, my brother, there would be the lack of respect. However, the second density and the first density, unlike the third density, dwell within the creation of the Father that the fourth density dwells within, so that in a way, moving into the social memory complex energy is returning to oneness with the creation of the Father. And indeed this works more synergistically than third density is able to with these nature spirits and with the planet itself.

May we answer you further, my brother?

B: That clarified it sufficiently, thank you.

Q’uo: We thank you, my brother. Is there a query at this time?

G: Q’uo, I usually wouldn’t ask a question like this, but I’m just really curious. How did it come to be that the three of us, B, V, and I, all had a dream about a volcano, and two of us had a dream about a Polynesian named Bob? Could you maybe speak to the symbolism and why it was that we had really similar dreams, please?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother, and, as you perhaps surmised, we leave this work to you.

Is there a final query at this time?

S: I have a question. We’ve noticed of late that the difficult times Carla calls psychic greeting, or what has been termed the dark brotherhood, have given very intensive interference to myself and those of my soul family group. I have asked the guidance source whom I call “The Seven Dwarves” about this. They were quite reluctant to give me any specific details. I recall that, similarly, I had asked you at one time, and you were also reluctant to give me specific information and just your opinion and your ideas. What is the meaning or spiritual reason behind that?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. The nature of so-called psychic greeting, or psychic attack, or the influence of darkness is such that it seems to be coming in from without and seems to be a threat that is outer to one’s own self. And yet the mechanism by which these greetings are attracted is the desire to stand in the light. The harder and more fervent the desire to be of the light and to serve at one’s highest and best, the more sharply delineated are those portions of the shadow side of yourself that have not come into full harmony and acceptance within the self as loved, forgiven, and redeemed. Only you as a self, falling in love with the self and going through a full circuit of forgiving, accepting, redeeming of self, can do the work that enables one not to have the chinks in the armor, as this instrument would say, of light. That armor of light shall always have chinks. It shall always, within third-density incarnation, be imperfect, because were you able to be perfect, it would be time for you to move on, and you would simply not any longer be of third density. You would go through the experience of physical death so that your energy body, your soul, would be free to move into a more appropriate garment for continuing your experience.

Consequently, those who seek to stand the closest to the light are those who shall bring about the rightness or readiness for the experience of being tried, tested, greeted, attacked, or overshadowed. These are all subjective terms which describe a situation where one feels invaded or intruded upon or encroached upon. What is encroaching upon the self in a metaphysical sense in psychic greeting is the shadow side of one’s own self. So, when it is experienced from without, then it is well to take that mirror that is the dog barking at one, the wolf biting at one, and look to see within the self what portion of that shadow side, what vagrant part of the past, what relationship that has not been thought upon sufficiently, is truly causing the distortion within that has caused the wolf to bite just in such and such a way, so that responsibility is taken. And then, once responsibility is taken, and it is seen that there is nothing to fear, for it is only the self, then it is helpful to be able to release the fear and the contraction around this greeting, so that it no longer is a threat, it is simply that which is occurring. Then the work towards healing of the situation may be done without the additional stumbling block of fear blocking one’s own path of forward progress.

May we answer you further, my brother?

S: It’s an interesting thing for me to consider. I will have to think on it. Thank you very much.

Q’uo: We thank you, my brother. We find it is time to depart from this group, as this group’s energy wanes somewhat, and it is well to leave this instrument while there is still plenty of energy to make a good farewell. And so we do offer you farewell, reminding you always that we are with you whenever you should mentally request it, to strengthen and support you, without words but with love and energy.

We leave 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. Adonai.

This morning Anna and I synchronized our computers and listened to Carla channel Ra is Session #69 where the entire session was focused on how Carla had almost left her body during a Sunday Night Meditation when she heard a seeker’s question that she did not know the answer to and wished that she was channeling Ra. Ra gave the suggestion that she should not attempt to channel answers to questions and that her hand could be held to keep her from going into trance.

This afternoon I went upstairs and cleaned Benny’s apartment. Then I took a new bag of birdseed to my neighbor’s yard across the street and filled the birdfeeders with the birdseed and scattered some on the ground for the deer and squirrels.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

February 23

Blessedness

I am the living Spirit of divine Love, and I greet you in the blessed name of Jesus the Christ.

Has the concept of “blessed” touched your life, your thoughts, and your feelings in the last little while? Does the sweep of your life include consecration? We surely hope that it may.

And if it does not, we who speak of divine Love and bear the consciousness of that Love urge each seeker to gaze in faith upon the blessedness of that which lies before you this day. For each moment is sanctified to the sanctified eye, ear, and heart.

Surely, we who came to comfort shall comfort still and be with each. And if blessedness is escaping your consciousness, turn within and ask in humility to be shown that vision of beatitude which lies within each event which comes before you.

For those who act are all blessedly loved by the divine consciousness which is Love. That Love strives to move into a world of illusion and shadow. May your consciousness of blessedness lighten the area about you. May your vision, given by grace and produced by your will to worship, bless in turn all those about you.

We leave you in peace, that undergirding strength of Love divine, now and forever. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.