I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from November 6, 2005:
The question today has to do with the kind of problems that we run into in our daily lives that seem to be repeating. After a while they seem to be unsolvable. It looks like the best that you can do is to keep dancing and working with them. We’re wondering if Q’uo has any comment to make that could shed some light on what goes on in a seeker’s life when you run into these problems that may be in relationships and may be with yourself. Is it psychic greeting? Is it something within yourself that wants to show you the dark side so that you can work on it? Could Q’uo comment on these problems that keep recurring in our lives that don’t really seem to go away?
(Carla channeling)
We are those known as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are in the Creator’s service as we speak with you at this time. Thank you for the privilege and the pleasure of being called to your circle this evening. As always, we would ask of you that you employ your discriminatory powers in listening to what we have to say. Use that material that is helpful and seems resonant to you while leaving the rest behind. If you will take responsibility for doing this, it will enable us to speak freely without being concerned that we might infringe upon your free will.
The gaudy jewel and earth tones of your autumn leaves are swirling around in this instrument’s mind as we settle into her question this day. And, indeed, the gaudy and earth tones of your question swirl about as we contemplate our response. We thank you for this query concerning the seemingly insoluble and cyclical challenges of each of your incarnations. It is a characteristic of the density which you now inhabit that nothing is known. Everything is an illusion. The rainbow colors of your supposed problems and challenges have the same seductive value as a display of beautiful clothing in a department store window has to this instrument. The way the human mind works is to gather these garments of thought as if they were apparel and coordinate the garments, one with the other, so that one is wearing a mental and emotional outfit that goes together.
It is to be noted that much of the way patterns of thinking develop is as simple as that habit that entities such as this instrument have of going into the closet and selecting an outfit for the day that coordinates in terms of color and pattern. There is a surreal aspect to reality that cannot be shaken off or gotten rid of. It is part of the human condition. It is a big part of the human condition. It was created that third density be a density in which nothing can be known in order that those who entered into the density would be able to do work intended for this density. That work is the seemingly simple but in fact endlessly painstaking work of choosing what shall be the manner of your being.
Itis a very helpful thing to lose the beliefs of all kinds of thought, feeling, and emotion from time to time and to strip oneself down to the bare branches of one’s true self. This instrument spoke in her journal recently of this need to be naked of the clothing of those garments of emotion and personality that did not seem to her to be very indicative of any real beingness within herself. She was looking for the bare branches and the roots and trunk of her personality to find out more about who she really is. We would suggest to you that it is well to look at these cyclically recurring thematic challenges in this extended context of that image of the essential tree with its many-colored leaves which must fall and come down from time to time to be lost, in order that change and growth may take place.
This is true for all entities regardless of when they come to third-density incarnation. It is especially true of an entity such as this instrument or those within this group, for each within this circle of seeking has made conscious agreements with the self to accelerate the pace of spiritual growth. Therefore, it is to be expected from such entities that these cycles of the self meeting the shadow self, shall we say, would be intensified. And there is another factor, offering another layer or level of intensification. That extra factor is the times in which you are now living. Let us contemplate the times in which you are now living from our point of view. For we believe that this may add a dimension to your own thinking at this time. We have said before that at this time your Earth is being born as a fourth-density planet and indeed is alive and well.
The group question for this session was: “We’re wondering if Q’uo has any comment to make that could shed some light on what goes on in a seeker’s life when you run into these problems that may be in relationships and may be with yourself. Is it psychic greeting? Is it something within yourself that wants to show you the dark side so that you can work on it? Could Q’uo comment on these problems that keep recurring in our lives that don’t really seem to go away?” Q’uo began their reply by saying the colorful earth tones of our autumn leaves are swirling around in Carla’s mind as we consider her question this day, and the colorful earth tones of our question swirl about as we contemplate our response, so Q’uo thanked us for this query concerning the seemingly insoluble and cyclical challenges of each of our incarnations, for it is a characteristic of the density which we now inhabit that nothing is known since everything is an illusion so that the rainbow colors of our challenges have the same seductive value as a display of beautiful clothing in a department store window has for Carla, and the way our human mind works is to gather these garments of thought as if they were apparel and coordinate the garments so that we are wearing a mental and emotional outfit that goes together. Then Q’uo said that much of the way our patterns of thinking develop is like that habit that Carla has of going into the closet and selecting an outfit for the day that coordinates in terms of color and pattern, and there is a surreal aspect to reality that cannot be gotten rid of because it is a big part of the human condition, and it was created that third density be a density in which nothing can be known in order that when we entered into this density we would be able to do work intended for this density which is the seemingly simple but endlessly painstaking work of choosing what shall be the manner of our being. Q’uo continued by saying it is a helpful thing to lose the beliefs of all kinds of thought and emotion and to strip ourself down to our true self, and Carla spoke in her journal of this need to be naked of the garments of emotion and personality that did not seem to be indicative of any real beingness within herself because she was looking for the roots of her personality to find out more about who she really is, and Q’uo suggested to us that it is well to look at these recurring challenges in the context of that image of the essential tree with its leaves which must fall down to be lost in order that change and growth may take place. Q’uo went on to say this is true for all of us regardless of when we come to third-density incarnation, and it is especially true of an entity such as Carla, or those within this group, for each of us in this circle of seeking has made conscious agreements with our self to accelerate the pace of spiritual growth so that it is to be expected that these cycles of our meeting our shadow self would be intensified, and there is another layer of intensification which are the times in which we are now living because at this time our Earth is being born as a fourth-density planet, and indeed is alive and well. On January 1, 1989, Q’uo described the way in which we can accelerate the pace of our spiritual growth:
But this evening you have chosen to gaze at the spiritual journey in terms of time commitment, in terms of whether by taking thought one might accelerate the pace of spiritual growth. My children, if we of Q’uo did not believe that it was possible to accelerate the spiritual growth of careful and persistent students by means of inspirational messages, we would not be working with this instrument, for it is no part of our intention to waste our time. However, the truth is that it is extremely possible; that is, it is possible in almost any degree desired by the entity to accelerate the pace of spiritual growth. The difficulty from within the illusion is that a particularly difficult manifestation of accelerated spiritual growth is emotional pain, irritation with oneself for having failed, and other negative emotions.
The extremely simple reason for the seeming paradox is that in times of greatly accelerated growth, large-scale changes are being made in the road map of various portions of the program and metaprogram of the mind, and, especially when these changes have reached the initiatory or metaprogrammic phase, many, many feelings, actions, and so forth will seem to have been those of an oversensitive, immature, and imbalanced person. This person will consider itself the least of all those who seek, for it is not manifesting cheerfulness, gaiety, merriment, and freedom, but, rather, suffering under a burden.
However, when the memory has wound its golden bands about these times, and that which you call time has elapsed so that one may gaze back upon that golden-shrouded memory, one may see again and again the rapidity of growth side by side and inexorably tied to the most nauseating and humiliating of failures. It is for this reason that within the illusion it is most often felt that there are no short cuts, and that one must simply bumble along by trial and error.
Thethird-density planet which gave birth to baby Gaia, that entity which we may call third-density Gaia, has expressed a great deal of her energies in the nurturing of all of her third-density tribe and family. The Earth being that you call Gaia or Terra is a mother in love with her children and blissfully nurturing of them, always protective of them and yet, at the same time, in harmony with the desire for growth and transformation that exists within the heart and the soul of each one of her children. As she has approached this last decade of her appropriate time to be alive, she has seen that the harvest of those who have chosen is still a slender one. Those who have taken incarnation at this time have taken incarnation knowing full well that time is short upon your planet for making the choice of how to be.
There are those of you who traveled from other densities and other planets to this density and planet Earth in hopes of being a part of that energy which would create the expression of light on planet Earth that would help entities to awaken to the realization of who they are as spiritual beings and of what they are here to do in terms of making the choice of the manner of their being. There are other entities whose hope is to wake up, having been unable to do so within third density in other third-density cycles. The thing that each of you has in common with the other is that, whether you are attempting to awaken from within the third-density dream, or whether you have awakened within the dream but now are hoping to help others to awaken, your awakening is precious to you and central to your reason for choosing to take incarnation at this time. It is as if all of you are under pressure to graduate.
Ifyou will cast your minds back to your last graduation, you may remember the kind of pressure that this situation creates. There is the feeling of being tested and wondering if you have the knowledge to answer the questions on that test appropriately. There is that frantic feeling of not having enough knowledge and knowing that you do not have the time that you would like to have in order to organize your thoughts. It seems as if a great deal is compressed into a very short amount of time. Your entire incarnation has this intensity at this time, and as we said, there are several layers to the reason for this intensity. It is intense because you are intense. It is intense because the Earth is at an intense place. And it is further intensified by the great desire of each of you to do well at this time so that you are in effect your own parents, encouraging and urging you to study harder and get good grades.
The one known as C was correct in saying that the cycling, thematic challenges of an incarnation are not intended to be solved. And the one known as Carla was equally correct in describing the condition of being as that of dancing with the situation without any hope of solving or affecting the situation. These are positive and loving perceptions of a situation that might otherwise seem to be very frustrating. It seems frustrating when one attempts to solve a problem that will not solve. There is the natural desire to create order and beauty in any pattern of living or thinking. And we encourage your efforts to beautify your thoughts, your emotions, and your being as you can. We would ask you to remember that your goal is growth, progress, and transformation. You are asking yourself to change and to become that which you do not yet understand.
Then Q’uo said the third-density planet which gave birth to baby Gaia, that entity which we may call third-density Gaia, has expressed her energies by nurturing of all of her third-density family, and the Earth being that we call Gaia is a mother in love with her children and always protective of them and yet in harmony with the desire for growth and transformation that exists within the soul of each one of her children, and as she has approached this last decade of her time to be alive, she has seen that the harvest of those who have chosen is a slender one so that those who have incarnated at this time have taken incarnation knowing that time is short upon our planet for making the choice of how to be. Now Q’uo said there are those of us who traveled from other densities and other planets to planet Earth in hopes of being a part of that energy which would create the expression of Light on planet Earth and would help us to awaken to the realization of who we are as spiritual beings and of what we are here to do in terms of making the choice of the manner of our being, and there are other entities whose hope is to wake up, having been unable to do so within third density in other third-density cycles so that the thing that each of us has in common with each other is that, whether we are attempting to awaken from within the third-density dream, or whether we have awakened within the dream but now are hoping to help others to awaken, this awakening is precious to us and central to our reason for choosing to take incarnation at this time, and it is as if all of us are under pressure to graduate. Q’uo continued by saying if we will look back to our last graduation, we may remember the kind of pressure that this situation creates because there is the feeling of being tested and wondering if we have the knowledge to answer the questions on that test, and there is that knowing that we do not have the time to organize our thoughts, and it seems as if a great deal is compressed into a short amount of time, so our incarnation has this intensity at this time, and there are several layers to the reason for this intensity: it is intense because we are intense; it is intense because the Earth is an intense place; and it is intensified by the desire of each of us to do well at this time so that we are our own parents urging us to good grades. Q’uo went on to say C was correct in saying that the cycling challenges of an incarnation are not intended to be solved, and Carla was equally correct in describing the condition of being as that of dancing with the situation without any hope of solving the situation, and these are loving perceptions of a situation that seems to be frustrating when we attempt to solve a problem that will not solve, so there is the natural desire to create order in any pattern of living, and Q’uo encouraged our efforts to beautify our thoughts and our emotions, and they asked us to remember that our goal is growth and transformation because we are asking ourself to change and to become that which we do not yet understand. On November 26, 1989, Q’uo spoke of how we can obtain growth and transformation:
To see oneself as a cell in the body of creation is a most helpful concept, because as you gaze in thought at your own anatomy and physiology you may see that each cell is equally important. The skin, the muscles, the mind, the simple reaching out of the hands that is possible because you are in physical existence, these are causes for rejoicing, these are causes for thanksgiving and praise, for you have the opportunity to act as a channel, a worthy and loving channel for the infinite Love and Light of the one Creator. Self-acceptance is a good start upon self-forgiveness. To accept one’s faults as they are, paradoxically, is to open oneself up to the possibility of change, growth, and transformation.
When you ask Spirit for the opportunity to grow, change, and transform, Spirit is ever ready to offer you those opportunities. When the opportunities to grow are offered to you, they will tend to express themselves in terms of your thematic, incarnational lessons. It is not that you are getting a direct repetition each time that such cyclical problems come up. Each situation that you experience, no matter how closely you can identify it in kind with previous occurrences with this same theme in your life, the consciousness that takes in this current, fresh, new version of the thematic challenge is a new being facing a new problem. Fortunately, you have the tremendous advantage of having identified the recurring and thematic incarnational lesson or you would not have asked this question. Simply realizing how growth works and what its mechanisms are is an extremely powerful resource.
Becoming comfortable with this discomfort is a very helpful resource as well. We enjoyed the conversation which took place before this channeling session began, for there was genuine laughter as the ones known as Carla and C spoke of their recurring difficulties. That laughter was not angry or hysterical but rather was the relaxed enjoyment of that which is truly funny. One of your most powerful resources in doing spiritual work of this kind is a sense of proportion or a sense of humor. And we are very glad that you are able to relax with each other and feel comfortable in your discomfort. We acknowledge and sympathize with that discomfort.
It is not a comfortable or easy thing to create within the self that environment that welcomes growth. We have talked recently with this group about the tremendous courage it takes to put down the current pattern of one’s life and thoughts, to empty the mental and emotional pockets of all preconceptions and to say, “I am empty, and I would ask what Spirit would like to say to me now. How may I serve? How may I learn? How may I grow?” Casting those requests to the wind of spirit is a wonderfully powerful act. What occurs thereafter is often what this instrument would call the silly season. The sky seems to fall in on one. All patterns seem to fall into chaos. Entities which normally behave in such and such a way suddenly seem to be behaving otherwise.
Now Q’uo said when we ask Spirit for the opportunity to grow and transform, Spirit is ready to offer us those opportunities which will be expressed in terms of our incarnational lessons, but it is not that we are getting a repetition each time that such problems come up because each situation that we experience, no matter how closely we can identify it with this same theme in our life, the consciousness that takes in this new version of our recurring challenge, is a new being facing a new problem, but we have the advantage of having identified the recurring incarnational lesson, or we would not have asked this question, so simply realizing how growth works is a powerful resource. Q’uo went on to say that becoming comfortable with this discomfort is a helpful resource as well, and they enjoyed the conversation which took place before this channeling session began, for there was genuine laughter as Carla and C spoke of their difficulties, and their laughter was the relaxed enjoyment of that which is truly funny, and Q’uo said that one of our resources in doing spiritual work of this kind is a sense of sense of humor, so they were glad that we are able to relax with each other and feel comfortable in our discomfort, and they sympathized with that discomfort. Q’uo continued by saying it is not an easy thing to create within ourself that environment that welcomes growth, and they have talked with this group about the courage it takes to put down the pattern of our life, to empty our mental and emotional pockets of all preconceptions and to say: “I am empty, and I would ask what Spirit would like to say to me now. How may I serve? How may I learn? How may I grow?” Q’uo said that casting those requests to the wind of Spirit is a powerful act, and what occurs thereafter is often what Carla would call the silly season when the sky seems to fall in on us, and all patterns seem to fall into chaos, and people who normally behave in a certain way suddenly seem to be behaving otherwise. Then Q’uo said whatever the nature of the challenge that we experience because we have asked to grow takes us from the area of orderly living into a darker and more shadowy atmosphere where it is impossible to see very far ahead, and we have the feeling of being unable to discern the shape of the thoughts and feelings of others, and of ourself, so we have feelings of isolation and of being stranded in a place far from comfort, with the ghosts of our past making rude comments upon our current situation, so Q’uo asked us to step back when we begin to feel blocked by this darkness, for help is near, and that help does not exist within the third density illusion, but that help comes from a world which interpenetrates our third-density illusion, and that is a world in which truth, beauty, wisdom, and justice walk as entities, and that is the metaphysical world. On October 11, 2008, Q’uo described the nature of the metaphysical world:
We are happy to give you confirmation of that. In the metaphysical world, when people are talking about you, it is known. So, we are all eavesdroppers, shall we say, of a certain type, and when you are working with the thoughts that those of Ra have offered, we are indeed there and are part of the Confederation of Angels and Planets, as we sometimes call the Confederation. The inner and the outer planes work together, my brother, in terms of supporting and being a good guidance system for those that are moving through this school of souls that is Planet Earth.
It is that place from which your inspiration comes. Your heart dwells at all times in this metaphysical world. The safe place that you need in order to move through these cyclical times of difficulty lies within you. And yet you must journey to you as if you were a stranger coming from afar to the city gates of your own heart. Your inner heart is a world unto itself. It carries your truth. It carries your identity. It is the resting place of the one infinite Creator. When you sleep, your personality shell curls up for some rest, and the truth of you comes out to play, to express, to stretch its muscles and its sensings. And in dreams and visions, this true self of yours communicates with its surface self as best it can. When you meditate and enter the silence, you can hope to enter those precincts of sacredness and truth.
Wefind the phrase or the image of dancing with your incarnational lessons very apt because, in a way, your entire life is truth dancing with the illusions necessary to create an environment in which the shadow of truth may be visible. In a way, that is the nature of third-density life. It is a shadow life. And yet that shadow contains as much truth as is bearable in a learning environment. You have placed yourself in an environment which can be anything you wish to make of it. For many people, so great is their desire for comfort that their every concern is simply to seal up any possibility of letting the light in so that they may remain safely asleep. We are not speaking to those who wish to remain asleep, however. We are speaking to those who genuinely, authentically wish to awaken, to greet the day that has been given them and to take hold and make of the incarnation that which they intended before they set out on this journey from birth to death in third density.
We feel the truth of your great desire to fulfill this pattern of growth and service. We cannot find enough ways to express to you how exciting we find your adventures. We see all too clearly the perfection of the Creator’s plan. And we are aware of your blindness. It is therefore very exciting to us to see how you step forth so bravely into the arena of everyday life, armed only with your faith. Certainly, how to find that faith is a question unto itself, for faith is created out of nothing. Perhaps you are aware of the figure of the twenty-second archetype of the tarot deck of The Fool stepping out over the edge of the abyss into nothingness. That is how you find faith, my friends. And so it is with the dance that you do with the incarnational lessons. When you hear the music and recognize that your leitmotif is playing for you once again, we encourage you not to be concerned that you do not know the steps. Arise and join the dance. The steps will come to you as you free yourself to experience them by giving up the safety of your seated position.
Q’uo continued by saying it is this metaphysical world from which our inspiration comes because our heart dwells in the safe place that we need in order to move through these times of difficulty which lie within us, and we must journey to ourself as if we were a stranger coming from afar to the city gates of our own heart, and our heart is a world unto itself since it carries our truth, our identity, and it is the resting place of the one infinite Creator so that when we sleep our personality shell curls up for some rest, and the truth of us comes out to play, to stretch its muscles, and in dreams and visions our true self communicates with its surface self as best it can, so when we meditate we can hope to enter those precincts of sacredness and truth. Q’uo went on to say they find the image of dancing with our incarnational lessons very apt because our life is the truth dancing with the illusions necessary to create an environment in which the shadow of truth may be visible, and that is the nature of third-density life, and that shadow contains as much truth as is bearable in a learning environment so that we have placed ourself in an environment which can be anything we wish to make of it, for many people have such a desire for comfort that their every concern is simply to seal up any possibility of letting the light in so that they may remain safely asleep, but Q’uo was not speaking to those who wish to remain asleep, but they are speaking to those of us who genuinely wish to awaken and to make of our incarnation that which we intended before we set out on our journey from birth to death in third density. Then Q’uo said they feel the truth of our great desire to fulfill this pattern of growth and service, and they cannot find enough ways to express to us how exciting they find our adventures since they see clearly the perfection of the Creator’s plan, and they are aware of our blindness, so it is exciting to them to see how we step forth so bravely into the arena of everyday life, armed only with our faith, and how to find that faith is a question unto itself, for faith is created out of nothing which we could see as the figure of the twenty-second archetype of the tarot deck which is The Fool stepping out over the edge of the abyss into nothingness. Q’uo completed their response by saying that is how we find faith, and so it is with the dance that we do with the incarnational lessons, so when we hear the music and recognize that our melody is playing for us once again, they encouraged us not to be concerned that we do not know the steps, but we should join the dance because the steps will come to us as we free ourself to experience them by giving up the safety of our seated position. On May 20, 2005, Q’uo spoke of the nature of our incarnational lessons:
In general, we may say that within the incarnational lessons that each wanderer chooses for herself, the goal is not simply to learn a lesson. The goal is to practice a kind of lesson in such a way that the soul stream that is practicing this lesson is, little by little, purified and refined in the fire of planet Earth and the incarnation that you are now experiencing, so that that soul’s essence becomes ever more beautiful and is ever more completely dedicated to serving the one infinite Creator. Thusly, it is not so much that you are learning lessons but that you are learning how to give yourself as a gift in every thought and in every action to the Creator whom you love so unconditionally and who loves you so unconditionally.
Is there another query at this time?
[No further queries.]
We are those of Q’uo, and are aware that we seem to have exhausted the supply of questions in the circle of seeking at this time. It has been our pleasure to work with this question, and we thank each of you for putting aside the time and the energy to spend time in seeking and questing of the truth. We hope that our poor thoughts have been of some small value to you, and we can assure you unequivocally that your questions have been very valuable to us, as has been the experience of your beauty, which always takes our breath away. We thank you from the bottom of our heart and we leave you as we found you, in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai.
This morning I ran some errands with my first stop being at Speedway to fill Stanley with gas. My second stop was at PNC Bank to make a cash withdrawal. My last stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market to buy some food for myself.
This afternoon I cleaned Benny’s apartment by using the carpet sweeper on the hall carpet. Then I swept up the kitty litter in the room where Benny spends most of her time in the cat tower, and where she has two litter boxes. Then I used the duster to dust all three rooms and the hall.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
March 23
Look Again
I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.
Divinity may seem to have no part in your experience as you awaken to yet another day of traffic, work, chores to do, and lists to be made and scratched out. Yet it is the prayer of the Spirit of the living Christ that divinity may be at all times in utterly close proximity to each spirit, however concerned with the mundane, however overwhelmed with the everyday chores of a busy life.
You will find the Spirit between the motes of dust, within the glimmer of moisture upon a cobweb, rounding like fog at the corners of the heart.
Our prayer is our presence. Do not turn from dust and chores and dailiness to seek the living waters of spiritual food but, rather, gaze at them more closely, for there is no day so busy nor prison so closely bound that the Spirit is not within each task and each bar.
We would rescue that state of mind, which does not relish earthly things yet sees none other, from inward blindness by saying, “Look again.” For shall not divine Love penetrate and, with your desire, have strength to transform each and every action which you may take this day?
We leave you in that striving which is the peace of Christ, 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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