I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from February 5, 2006:
Tim: The question today, Q’uo, has to do with distractions. It seems as though whenever anybody wants to seek in a spiritual sense what we loosely call the truth, there are always some distractions that come around and test us as to whether or not we can keep our focus. We were wondering what the best approach is to using the distractions as a catalyst for growth, whether the distraction might be, as discussed in our circle of talking, barking dogs, or a poem that wants to come out, or a computer that won’t work, or just things that pop up to take our attention from where we really want it to be. Are distractions a negative aspect of our seeking? Are they a positive aspect because they test us and make us stronger? What is the best way for us to deal with distractions when we are trying to focus in this specifically spiritual sense?
(Carla channeling)
We are known to you as Q’uo. Greetings in the love and the light of the one infinite Creator. We come in the Creator’s service to offer you our humble comments. We would ask, as always, that each of you be careful stewards of your attention, discriminating between those thoughts of ours that may be of use to you and those which do not ring true. If you will guard your powers of discrimination well, then we will be well satisfied, for we would wish not to infringe upon your free will nor would we wish to disturb the integrity of your progress. We thank you for this consideration.
However, we are aware that it is important in responding to your question to give you stepping stones that move you from one standpoint to the other. Both viewpoints are helpful. It is very helpful for those who wish to accomplish any manifested work to keep a solid, sound focus upon that area of work that is to be done, even though from this focused standpoint, many things may initially come into one’s realm of attention, seeming a great deal like distractions. Therefore, let us move back to our viewpoint, that wider viewpoint with a much broader aspect of eyeshot wherein all of the threads of the Maypole dance of an incarnation are seen to be fluttering, not free in the wind, but in the hands of elfin entities such as fairies or imps. They are dancing with these ribbons or threads of aspects of your journey through incarnation within third density.
At the very center of this pattern, taking the place of the Maypole in this instrument’s imagination, is the Creator. The Creator has chosen to express Itself within that construct which is you. It is not that you play the part of the Creator, but that you are part of the Creator. You are what nails the Maypole to the Earth. You are that center of activity and energy that has created a field wherein space and time may be appreciated and used. By your choosing to come into incarnation, you have linked infinity and finitude, eternity and time. Within that energy field that is your consciousness, then, a dance of life is taking place.
This instrument earlier today took a test that examines various aspects of one’s personality and it was discovered that there is this aspect and that aspect to this particular entity’s personality shell. Each of you has unique structure. You came by it honestly. You have built up that energy field that is yourself, your consciousness, and your projection, shall we say, into the illusions of space and time over many, many incarnations. From each incarnation you have selected certain things that seemed very positive and useful to you, and you have accreted them to yourself. Many of the chances and changes of daily life that seem quite fanciful or strictly by chance were actually planned by you and your higher self before incarnation.
The group question for this session was: “Are distractions a negative aspect of our seeking? Are they a positive aspect because they test us and make us stronger? What is the best way for us to deal with distractions when we are trying to focus in this specifically spiritual sense?” Q’uo began by saying as they gaze at our query this day, they find themselves realigning their conceptualizations in order to share with us in the best way possible so that the question about distractions is asked from a standpoint within which it is assumed that that which we intend is clear, and all of those things which are not contained in the intention are to be valued as a distraction, but that is not the same picture that they see because they view a larger picture in which that which we think of as a distraction is actually a part of a balanced and helpful pattern within which we are not only accomplishing those things that we know that we are accomplishing, but we are also moving forward within a pattern that is larger than the pattern upon which we now have our attention. Q’uo went on to say they are aware that it is important in responding to our question to give us stepping stones that move us from one standpoint to the other, and both viewpoints are helpful for us when we wish to accomplish work to keep a solid focus upon that area of work that is to be done, even though from this focused standpoint, many things may come into our realm of attention and seem like distractions, so Q’uo wanted to move back to that wider viewpoint where all of the threads of the Maypole that dance in an incarnation are seen to be fluttering in the hands of elfin entities such as fairies or imps, and they are dancing with these threads of aspects of our journey through our incarnation within third density. Q’uo continued by saying at the center of this pattern, taking the place of the Maypole in Carla’s imagination, is the Creator which has chosen to express Itself within that construct which is us, and it is not that we play the part of the Creator, but that we are part of the Creator, and we are what nails the Maypole to the Earth since we are that center of activity that has created a field wherein space and time may be appreciated and used, and by our choosing to come into incarnation, we have linked infinity and time, and within that energy field that is our consciousness a dance of life is taking place. Then Q’uo said that earlier today Carla took a test that examines various aspects of one’s personality, and it was discovered that there is this aspect and that aspect of her personality shell, and each of us has a unique structure which we have built up as that energy field that is us, our consciousness, and our projection into the illusions of space and time over many incarnations, and from each incarnation we have selected certain things that seemed positive and useful to us, and we have attached them to ourself so that many of the changes of daily life that seem strictly by chance were actually planned by us and our higher self before incarnation. On September 2, 1979, Hatonn described the nature of the illusions of space and time:
You must understand that in meditation you are not trying to contact anything. The idea in meditation is one wherein you realize that you are. Not who you are, not where you are, but that you are. That you are aware, that you are in the eternal present. When you feel this, you will feel a sweetness and a closeness to the Creator that come from breaking through the illusions of space and time and coming into that place where you can simply be who you are. That person is greatly loved by the Creator. And that person can greatly love others.
We assure you that you have planned at least as many things that seem to be difficulties as you have planned things that would seem to you to be gifts. When you made these plans, you were standing and looking at things from a point of view much closer to our own than to the one you presently enjoy. It can be said safely, we believe, that each person’s plan for incarnation included a good deal of what this instrument would perceive as distraction. Why would each of you so carefully place in your own way seeming distractions? From a ground level point of view, shall we say, let us say that it is a dynamic that is natural to third density, which is designed to have pairs of opposites. When one of a pair of opposites is invoked, there is a natural energy that is, an energy that is natural to the environment rather than to a soul or spirit within the environment, which calls forth the dynamic to that extreme. Therefore, any effort that you make to focus upon a goal will require that you lift your attention from those things, which previously you might have found interesting.
It may not be obvious to you at the start of a new focus that there will be things that will need to be more and more ignored than they were prior to your new interest. Nevertheless, any new focus must take the space and the time, within the mind, within the will, and within the heart, that was previously given over to that upon which you were focused prior to choosing a new focus. Further, the extent to which one’s prior focus creates its own dynamic is often not seen at the beginning of the creation of a new focus. Thusly, not only is an entity who wishes to create a new focus in need of moving into that new focus, but also that entity is in need of becoming aware to a greater extent than is now occurring of the ramifications and the implications of the pattern that is being left.
Asimple example of this lies within this instrument’s mind and has to do with computers. This instrument has been attempting to create a new computer set-up. It was not known to this instrument to what extent her previous habits of computer usage, and her previous methods of working with changes to those computer methods, would need to be released completely in order that a new set-up might occur until she attempted to do this. In something like a computer set-up, where there is an object to which one may refer, it is fairly obvious to see how a situation must be rethought from the inside out before it can become a good solution. It is not so easy to see into that which must be released and left behind when one is moving mentally or emotionally from one focus to another. Things that may seem like real distractions at the beginning of a pattern may well turn out to be an integral part of the movement in evolution from where you were to where you wish to be.
In very simple situations, it can be seen that a certain set of things must be left behind in order to adopt or embrace a new set of values. However, this question was asked by entities who are working in more than one level at the same time. And we feel that we need to address this multilayered situation that most of those to whom these words will seem helpful will have. In a situation where there is more than one level of learning and service occurring at a time, we would ask you simply to move into a space within your contemplation where you are not judging anything about the situation. You are simply attempting to crawl into the heart of it so, as this instrument was speaking earlier, you begin to feel that you are in the middle of a flower whose petals are unfolding all around you.
Then Q’uo assured us that we have planned things that seem to be difficulties just as we have planned things that seem to be gifts, and when we made these plans, we were looking at things from a point of view much closer to Q’uo’s point of view than to the one we enjoy, and it can be said that each person’s plan for incarnation included what Carla would perceive as distraction because from a ground level point of view they said that it is a dynamic that is natural to third density, which is designed to have pairs of opposites, so when one of a pair of opposites is invoked, there is an energy that is natural to the environment rather than to a soul within the environment which calls forth the dynamic to that extreme so that any effort that we make to focus upon a goal will require that we lift our attention from those things which we previously might have found interesting. Now Q’uo said it may not be obvious to us at the start of a new focus that there will be things that will need to be more ignored than they were prior to our new interest because any new focus must take the space and the time, within our mind, our will, and within our heart, that was previously given over to that upon which we were focused prior to choosing a new focus, and the extent to which our prior focus creates its own dynamic is often not seen at the beginning of the creation of a new focus, so not only are we hoping to create a new focus, we are in need of moving into that new focus, and we are in need of becoming aware to a greater extent than is now occurring of the implications of the pattern that is being left. Q’uo went on to say an example of this lies within Carla’s mind and has to do with computers since she has been attempting to create a new computer set-up, and it was not known to her as to what extent her previous habits of computer usage and previous methods of working with changes to those computer methods would need to be released in order that a new set-up might occur until she attempted to do this so that in something like a computer set-up, where there is an object to which we may refer, it is obvious to see how a situation must be rethought from the inside out before it can become a good solution, but it is not so easy to see into that which must be left behind when we are moving mentally or emotionally from one focus to another so that things that may seem like distractions at the beginning of a pattern may turn out to be a part of the movement in evolution from where we were to where we wish to be. Q’uo continued by saying in simple situations it can be seen that a certain set of things must be left behind in order to embrace a new set of values, but this question was asked by entities who are working in more than one level at the same time, and Q’uo felt that they need to address this multilayered situation that most of those to whom these words will seem helpful will have, so in a situation where there is more than one level of learning and service occurring at a time, they asked that we move into a space within our contemplation where we are not judging anything about the situation, but we are attempting to crawl into the heart of it so, as Carla was speaking earlier, we begin to feel that we are in the middle of a flower whose petals are unfolding all around us. In 34.12, Ra spoke of the negative nature of distractions:
In a negative sense many of the gadgets among your peoples—that is, what you call your communication devices and other distractions, such as the less competitive games—may be seen to have the distortion of keeping the mind/body/spirit complex unactivated so that yellow- and orange-ray activity is much weakened, thus carefully decreasing the possibility of eventual green-ray activation.
Others of your gadgets may be seen to be tools whereby the entity explores the capabilities of its physical or mental complexes and, in some few cases, the spiritual complex, thus activating the orange ray in what you call your team sports and in other gadgets such as your modes of transport. These may be seen to be ways of investigating the feelings of power; more especially, power over others or a group power over another group of other-selves.
We are pleased that this instrument has had this experience in looking at her own patterns of distraction because we are able to use this image well, and we thank this instrument for having done enough work that we are able to work from where she has gotten and attempt to make you a little bit more comfortable with the pattern of this flower, which we will call “the flower of distraction.” Picture this flower as a very beautiful, multi-colored, many-petalled flower, much like a daisy but with many more petals. Picture yourself seated upon the center of this flower, gazing at the beauty of this rainbow of thoughts, feelings, issues, and time passing while you move through the recognition process with each petal. Imagine yourself settling into the realization that you do not know precisely how to value these various petals. You do not know whether frustration is part of a petal or your reaction to seeing a petal that you do not yet understand. And so, as you come across these feelings, you focus first on this energy, feeling or sensing it or giving it thought. And then, when you have given it full justice and appreciated it, even honored it, you move on to the next and the next.
At some point, as you are working your way around this many-petalled experience of self, there will come to you a sense that you are beginning to grasp how this flower will bloom. You are beginning to feel where the strong points are in the petal system and where those points are now that you have honored them, which will simply roll up and tuck themselves away because they have been honored. When you have gone through this exercise with a frustrating situation, you shall experience one of two things. Firstly, given that there is no actual countering energy attempting to undo the rhythms that you have discovered or shattering the harmony that you have discovered, you shall simply get enough of the work accomplished that this pattern of distraction was created to offer you that you receive the beauty, the pattern, and the understanding that you sought, not necessarily from the goal you thought you were attempting to reach, but from the pattern of distraction that this attempt to reach the goal has manufactured or created for your enjoyment and your understanding.
Secondly, you may discover an energy that is not part of that many-petalled dance. You may begin to be able to identify the direction from which this energy is coming and, therefore, you may begin to have a little more clarity with regards to the nature of a pattern that is genuinely distracting. We would distinguish here between patterns of distraction that you and your higher self have implanted within your pattern in order to head you away from an extreme that you, as a soul before incarnation, wished not to penetrate and patterns that are not a part of your higher self and your plan for incarnation.
Itis relatively rare that entities within third-density incarnation are highly enough focused within either a mental or an emotional environment that they are able to create the intensity of spiritual energy that calls forth that which this instrument is used to calling psychic greeting and which some have called psychic attack. Because this particular instrument has experienced that rather unusual type of psychic greeting previously, we are able to express through her with a bit more ease the assurance that for the most part, it is unusual to receive psychic greeting from an outside source; that is, a source outside of the balancing mechanisms of the entity who is working the spiritual process and is part of life upon Planet Earth at this time. We hope that it comforts and cheers each to know that it is highly unlikely that the distractions that you are experiencing are of that type of psychic greeting that is independent of the personality of the self. For the most part, the barking dog, the malfunctioning computer, and the poem that must get written are all examples of patterns that are condign, benign and even helpful for your growth.
We would ask you to move with us into the consideration of the difficulties expressed by the one known as T, for here we have a very clear example of a specific issue, which is that of extraneous noise. When an entity is attempting to rest and relax and enter the silence, whether by meditation or by any other type of contemplation, perhaps the least desirable of outcomes is for the environment to become noisy. And yet, as the one known as T said, it was uncannily as if the more he sought silence, the more noise the environment produced in the barking of the dogs and the loud voices of a busload of children.
Now Q’uo said we are pleased that Carla has had this experience in looking at her own patterns of distraction because we are able to use this image well, and we thank her for having done enough work that we are able to work from where she has gotten and attempt to make us a little bit more comfortable with the pattern of this flower, which Q’uo called “the flower of distraction,” so they suggested that we see this flower as a many-petalled flower, and see ourself seated upon the center of this flower, gazing at the beauty of this rainbow of thoughts, and feelings, and time passing while we move through the recognition process with each petal, and imagine ourself realizing that we do not know how to value these petals, and we do not know whether frustration is part of a petal or our reaction to seeing a petal that we do not understand, so as we come across these feelings, we focus on this energy, giving it thought, and then we move on to the next and the next. Then Q’uo said at some point, as we are working our way around this many-petalled experience of ourself, there will come to us a sense that we are beginning to feel where the strong points are in the petal system, and where those points are now that we have honored them, and they will roll up and tuck themselves away because they have been honored, so when we have gone through this exercise with a frustrating situation, we shall experience one of two things–given that there is no countering energy attempting to undo the rhythms that we have discovered–we shall get enough of the work accomplished that this pattern of distraction was created to offer us, that we receive the beauty and understanding that we sought, not necessarily from the goal we thought we were attempting to reach, but from the pattern of distraction that this attempt to reach the goal has manufactured or created for our enjoyment and our understanding. Q’uo continued by saying secondly, we may discover an energy that is not part of that many-petalled dance, and we may begin to be able to identify the direction from which this energy is coming, and we may begin to have more clarity regarding the nature of a pattern that is distracting, so they would distinguish here between patterns of distraction that we and our higher self have implanted within our pattern in order to lead us away from an extreme that we, as a soul before incarnation, wished not to penetrate and patterns that are not a part of our higher self and our plan for incarnation. Q’uo went on to say it is rare that within third-density incarnation we are enough focused within either a mental or an emotional environment that we are able to create the spiritual energy that calls forth that which Carla is used to calling psychic greeting because she has experienced an unusual type of psychic greeting previously, and Q’uo was able to express through her with more ease the assurance that it is unusual to receive psychic greeting from a source outside of the balancing mechanisms of the entity who is working with the spiritual process and is part of life upon Earth at this time, so they hope that it comforts each of us to know that it is unlikely that the distractions that we are experiencing are of that type of psychic greeting that is independent of our personality, and the barking dog, the malfunctioning computer, and the poem that must get written are all examples of patterns that are helpful for our growth. So Q’uo asked us to move with them into consideration of the difficulties of outer noise because when we are attempting to relax and enter the silence, whether by meditation or contemplation, the least desirable of outcomes is for the environment to become noisy. On March 14, 2009, Q’uo spoke of the nature of psychic greeting:
The phenomenon of psychic greeting is a large subject. There are basically two kinds of psychic greeting. By far the most common is the greeting of the integrated personality by those parts of the personality that are not yet integrated and that perhaps have split apart from the integrated personality, so that parts of the self attacks the self as if the self were another. The other type of psychic greeting involves an actual entity other than the self.
In the case of the greeting of the self by the self, the momentary vibration that is occurring at the time may well have something to do with why that greeting occurred. However, if the psychic greeting is coming from an entity outside the self, the momentary polarity of the entity will have almost nothing to do with the greeting. Rather, the greeting will have to do with how closely that entity is standing to the Light.
When an entity is standing close to the Light, attempting to serve in some way that is above the ordinary, healing, teaching, or in some way serving others, that Light reveals any small defect of character and shows to an outer entity the most likely place for a temptation or an incursion into the energy body. Consequently, those who are serving in such a way will find psychic greeting inevitable.
Is there evil involved in such distraction? We can genuinely and honestly assure you that there is no evil. Are there choices implicit in such catalyst? Again, clearly there are choices that are offered when catalyst arises. How shall you accept such a distraction? The one known as T spoke of attempting to embrace the energy of that seemingly random noise, to allow it within the environment of meditation. Was he successful? There were points at which he was completely successful. However, the energy of evolution spirals and so that distraction also varies in its energy.
At times, such a distraction becomes joyful, acceptable and perfectly at peace as a part of meditation. At another point in the spiral, that easiness and relaxation is lost because of a yearning that cannot be quenched for a more pure, refined environment. The one known as T was not incorrect when he felt that yearning for more of a purity of environment, nor was he correct when he was able to roll with the distracting sound. Rather, this entity was creating for himself a moment-by-moment dance. Shall the imps, and fairies, and elves that are directing the strands of ribbon that represent that noise dancing in the sunlight or the moonlight dancing with joy or are they dancing with sorrow? What are the underlying archetypal energies surrounding the entity that rests in the middle of this petal experience?
These are the things that are unknown. These are the mysteries that call forth a certain type of distraction. It is not for us to say from where that energy that is undergirding and supporting the one known as T is drawing its energy. Whence this energy comes will create the potential for various messengers or representatives. It might be noise that those of second density are very happy to express, energies that they feel, not necessarily from you directly, but from those energies around the one known as T, supporting and undergirding the one known as T, those energies that are wiser and more fluid in their ability to move, not only in physical but in metaphysical time and space continua.
What we would suggest, then, in sum is that whether it is a very simple distraction or a very complex and multi-layered one that you are gazing at this day, you may be assured that it is part of the pattern of your life. And the simplest way to express this pattern is to say that you are aware of only a portion of those focuses of attention which you had hopes, before incarnation, of developing. When you see cross-currents and seeming distractions cutting into the smooth ripples of your day, know that you have been blessed with a larger pattern, a larger picture and a larger self than that of which you are normally aware. If you can refrain from arguing and wrangling with the folds and the pleats and the arrangements of the day as time drapes itself across space in order to create your experience, then perhaps you will be able to move more gracefully and more skillfully with those spontaneous cross-currents when they do occur.
This instrument was basically correct in her discussion before this circle of seeking began its session when she said that she felt that there was a larger pattern that she just did not see. Turn your hopefulness and your faith into your best friends when you hit a pattern that you do not understand. Let all of your hope be simply to see a little bit more than you see right now. It is not necessary for you to see the whole pattern. Were it necessary for you to see the whole pattern in order to work within incarnation, you would be given that gift.
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It is actually more helpful for you within incarnation if you do not see the pattern, or if you see a part of it, that you not strive to see farther into it than has been given you in this moment. Rest within a “knowing” and meanwhile take the petal that is closest to you, smooth it out, honor it, and fulfill that which you see in that petal. Then move on to the next and the next, being willing, indeed eager, to look at the next point of distraction, to honor it and to fulfill it.
Q’uo said that they could assure us that there is no evil involved in distraction, but there are choices that are offered when catalyst arises, so we can accept distractions by attempting to embrace the energy of that seemingly random noise, and to allow it within the environment of our meditation, but the energy of evolution spirals and so that distraction also varies in its energy. Then Q’uo said at times such a distraction becomes acceptable and at peace as a part of meditation, but at another point in the spiral, that relaxation is lost because of a yearning that cannot be quenched for a more pure environment, but if we accept the distracting sound we are creating a moment-by-moment dance of the imps, fairies, and elves that are: “directing the strands of ribbon that represent that noise dancing in the sunlight or the moonlight dancing with joy or are they dancing with sorrow? What are the underlying archetypal energies surrounding the entity that rests in the middle of this petal experience?” So Q’uo went on to say these are the mysteries that call forth a certain type of distraction, but it is not for them to say from where that energy that is supporting us is drawing its energy from that will create the potential for various messengers, and it might be noise that those of second density are happy to express as energies that they feel from those energies around us, supporting and undergirding us, which are wiser and more fluid in their ability to move, not only in physical but in metaphysical time and space continua. Q’uo continued by saying they would suggest that if it is a multi-layered energy that we are gazing at this day, we may be assured that it is part of the pattern of our life, and the simplest way to express this pattern is to say that we are aware of a portion of those focuses of attention which we had hopes, before incarnation, of developing, so when we see distractions cutting into the smooth ripples of our day, we can know that we have been blessed with a larger picture and a larger self than that of which we are normally aware, and if we can refrain from arguing with the folds and the arrangements of the day as time drapes itself across space in order to create our experience, then we will be able to move more gracefully with those cross-currents when they do occur. Now Q’uo said Carla was correct in her discussion before this circle of seeking began its session when she said that she felt that there was a larger pattern that she did not see, so we should turn our faith into our best friend when we hit a pattern that we do not understand, and let all of our faith be to see more than we see right now because it is not necessary for us to see the whole pattern, but if it were necessary for us to see the whole pattern in order to work within incarnation, we would be given that gift, but it is more helpful for us if we do not see the pattern, so we can rest within a “knowing” and take the petal that is closest to us, honor it, and fulfill that which we see in that petal, and move on to the next and the next, being willing to look at the next point of distraction to honor it and to fulfill it. On May 25, 1986, Q’uo spoke of how a larger pattern in our incarnations in their overall sense:
The cumulative effects of previous, shall we say, incarnations often decree that the upcoming incarnation provide the arena in which these various distortions may find the opportunity for balance. The choice of one biological gender or another will be made according to these distortions in need of balance. It may be that throughout the full third-density pattern of incarnations an entity would find it necessary to choose one gender over the other more often than not in order to fulfill a larger pattern of learning. The difficulties, as you call them, associated with this choice, in this case, as it has been called, homosexual orientation, are then incorporated into the larger pattern and utilized in the overall growth of the entity. Within the third-density illusion, the great array and degree of limitation is utilized as, shall we say, a force against which to test the spiritual strength, for within your illusion one must rediscover the foundation or fabric of one’s being time and time again.
We thank you for this query, and would ask at this time if there are any follow-up questions or other questions at this time. We are those of Q’uo.
Question: This instrument has mentally requested that we ask a question that she received from the British Study Group. That question, as it is within this instrument’s mind, is, “How can one love unconditionally and yet hold the sword of Michael?”
We are those of Q’uo, and aware of this query. The one known as Jim, when apprised of this question, simply said, “One cannot do both. One either must love, or one must tell the truth.” And we agree that that is the dynamic that this question raises. If one is to be loving, how can one be wise? If one is to be wise, how can one be loving? My friends, this query, in and of itself, is a paradox and cannot be answered in words. Yet, we would call to you, for you know and have in your mind and in your heart, live examples and those examples in history that have embodied both love and wisdom.
How you shall embody both in your life is great challenge. But we urge you to face it fearlessly. Remember that the sword of Michael is an archetypal sword held by an archangel. That word “ark” or “arch” is a word which also creates the word architecture, and what an entity is doing when he presumes to hold that sword is to hold the power of what this instrument would call “fire.” Fire in archetypal terms can sometimes mean the truth. It can sometimes mean that which creates. It can sometimes mean that which destroys.
It is an energy that does not seem to bear a relationship with unconditional Love and yet, the life of fire is Light. Light represents that which was thought by that Thought which created all that there is, which is Love. Michael, as an archetypal presence, holds the sword of truth, but it is a truth that gives life. We cannot encourage you enough, if you are interested in this paradox, to go into a meditative space within your mind, within your consciousness, where you will allow the blazing fire of truth and the absolute blessedness of love to occupy you.
Do not attempt to work with it. These energies are much too powerful for you to command. Rest and allow them to play within the circle of your attention, and you will begin to see, according to the way that your mind and your heart work, images or shapes, colors, or feelings. We do not know what shall arise for you in particular, but allow the canvas of your consciousness to be played upon by the genius of your guidance, using the palette of those energies that you have brought forth in thought. You may see something or it may all occur for you on an unconscious level. Nevertheless, realize that you are doing the work of this question as you submit yourself as an instrument to be taught another note, another song, another melody to sing.
The British Study Group asked: “How can one love unconditionally and yet hold the sword of Michael?” Q’uo began by saying Jim said “One cannot do both. One either must love, or one must tell the truth.” And Q’uo agreed that is the dynamic that this question raises, and this query is a paradox and cannot be answered in words, but they would call to us, for we have in our mind and in our heart examples in our history that have embodied both love and wisdom. Q’uo went on to say that how we shall embody both in our life is a challenge, but they urged us to face it fearlessly and to remember that the sword of Michael is an archetypal sword held by an archangel, and the word “arch” is a word which creates the word architecture, and what we are doing when we presume to hold that sword is to hold the power of what Carla would call “fire” because fire in archetypal terms can mean the truth, or that which creates, or that which destroys. Q’uo continued by saying that it is an energy that does not seem to bear a relationship with unconditional Love and yet, the life of fire is Light, and Light represents that which was thought by that Thought which created all that there is, which is Love, so Michael holds the sword of truth, but it is a truth that gives life, and Q’uo said if we are interested in this paradox, to go into a meditative space where will allow blessedness of love to occupy us. Q’uo completed their thoughts by saying we should not attempt to work with these energies because they are too powerful for us to control, so we should allow them to play within the circle of our attention, and we will begin to see images and feelings, but Q’uo did not know what shall arise for us in particular, but to allow the canvas of our consciousness to be played upon by the genius of our guidance, using the palette of those energies that we have brought forth in thought, and we may see something or it may all occur for us on an unconscious level, but realize that we are doing the work of this question as we submit ourself as an instrument to be taught another song to sing. On September 28, 1991, Q’uo spoke of the Thought of Love that created all that is:
The comfort that we have to offer is a comfort that is not of the mundane world, but that undergirding reality which supports all creation, that Thought of love of the one Creator that expresses itself in your illusion in a manner which is mysterious and elusive. We are aware of the confusions and the frustrations that attend attempting to penetrate the mystery of your illusion, and we can only commend your continued efforts in this regard. For by persisting in your seeking in the face of all the difficulties which you encounter, you bring yourself to the peak of the Creator, humbled in worship of the might and the majesty that can create a universe that contains the stars, the planets, all the galaxies revolving in their time and in their turn, along with all of the energies of your life pattern that move about you as do the planets move about the stars.
We will again ask if there is another query before we leave this instrument. Is there a final query at this time?
Questioner: Q’uo, would you be able to talk about how I might be able to support a more devotional approach to the Creator?
Weare those of Q’uo and are aware of your query, my brother. My brother, we gaze at this question looking for those items that we may offer to you, for we are in a tender area in answering this query as it is part of your active process. Nevertheless, we believe that we may say a few things that may provide resources for you. Firstly, it helps to have an objective referent when you are working on devotion. The best objective referents are unique to you, but we would suggest to you that you look at your memories and your opinions and that large bank of information that is yours and choose one or two or perhaps three, at the most, entities whom to you seem to exemplify and embody the devotion for which you are looking. Here at least, there is an energy that you may recognize. It is the closest that you can come to quantifying something that is actually strictly a quality, but it helps to have in your heart and in your mind the shape and the feeling and the texture of that person or those persons that to you already have caught that energy of devotion.
Secondly, in a strictly intellectual and analytical way, it may help you to reflect upon these entities’ probable feelings. How did this entity become so wholly overshadowed by the Creator that he or she was able to lose his or herself in devotion? Thirdly, we would suggest simply that you avail yourself of devotion. You cannot know the Creator except by being the Creator or seeing the Creator in others. So, you cannot think your way to devotion. Indeed, your best approach to becoming more able to be devoted is to see yourself approaching your own heart. Within your heart, at the very core of your being, lies that part of yourself which is completely and wholly the Creator. The object of your devotion, then, waits for you at the very core of your being.
Within incarnation it is likely that you will not know that you are the Creator without some point of infinite realization, which comes as a gift and not as a plan. But you are well able to approach that within yourself and to know that waiting for you is an entity who loves you with an energy that is indescribable and complete. The devotion is already flowing. You are approaching that place where devotion flows. It flows first from the Creator to you, and it is only reflection, then, to allow that energy to flow back to its source. If you think only the word “Creator,” you may become very close to being able to experience that devotion. If you think the word “devotion,” it may move you to the same place. Play with the words, the feelings, and the various aspects that you can get a handle on in your daily, ordinary mind and thinking.
With this situation where you are approaching your own heart, how you yearn to have uncovered that energy that is so pure and energetic and alive! It is not known how you may have defended yourself from the pure beauty of devotion. You may have to be patient and allow yourself to take the covers away, one by one. You want to honor those sensitive parts of yourself that you may have protected when you decided that perhaps such pure emotion was too much for the human within you to handle. Honor each sensitive point as it comes up, and be sure that you are not moving faster than your physical body and your mental and emotional balance will allow you to move comfortably. You have all the time in creation. You are right, however, my brother, in desiring to penetrate this mystery within incarnation. For those who move from devotion, the goal is to seek wisdom. The goal for those who move from a point of seeking devotion is to move the balance from wisdom more towards unconditional Love.
Questioner asked: “Q’uo, would you be able to talk about how I might be able to support a more devotional approach to the Creator?” Q’uo began by saying we gaze at this question looking for those items that we may offer to you, for we are in a tender area in answering this query as it is part of your active process, but it helps to have an objective referent when you are working on devotion, and the best resources are unique to you, but we would suggest that you look at your memories and your opinions that are yours and choose two or three entities whom to you seem to embody the devotion for which you are looking because there is an energy that you may recognize here, and it is the closest that you can come to determining something that is a quality, but it helps to have in your heart and in your mind the feeling of those persons that you already have caught that energy of devotion. Q’uo went on to say firstly, it may help you to reflect upon these entities’probable feelings, and secondly how did this entity become overshadowed by the Creator that they could lose themselves in devotion, and thirdly, we would say that you avail yourself of devotion because you cannot know the Creator except by being the Creator, so your best approach to becoming more devoted is to see yourself approaching your own heart, and within your heart lies that part of yourself which is completely the Creator so that the object of your devotion waits for you at the core of your being. Q’uo continued by saying within incarnation you will not know that you are the Creator without some point of infinite realization, which comes as a gift, but you are able to approach that within yourself and to know that waiting for you is an entity who loves you with an energy that is complete, and you are approaching that place where devotion flows first from the Creator to you, and it is only reflection to allow that energy to flow back to its Source, so if you think only the word “Creator,” you may become close to being able to experience that devotion, and if you think the word “devotion,” it may move you to the same place, so play with the words, the feelings, and the aspects that you can get a handle on in your thinking. Q’uo completed their reply by saying with this situation where you are approaching your heart, how you yearn to have uncovered that energy that is so pure and alive, but it is not known how you may have defended yourself from the pure beauty of devotion, so you may have to be patient and take the covers away, one by one because you want to honor those sensitive parts of yourself that you may have protected when you decided that such pure emotion was too much for you to handle, so honor each sensitive point as it comes up, and be sure that you are not moving faster than your physical body and your mental and emotional balance will allow you to move comfortably since you have all the time in creation, and you are right in desiring to penetrate this mystery within incarnation, for those who move from devotion, the goal is to seek wisdom, and the goal for those who move from a point of seeking devotion is to move the balance from wisdom more towards unconditional Love. On November 28, 2009, Q’uo described the nature of pure emotion:
To ask the self to allow emotions to be refined and purified is to ask the self to walk into the fire of suffering. For if one defends against pain of an emotional type or a spiritual type, one ceases to be able to go deeper within those many, many levels of self that move into the archetypal mind. Indeed, it is through repeated experiences with such deeply painful emotions such as grief, anger, jealousy, and rage that one, oh so slowly, becomes able to bear the beauty of pure emotion.
As in all things spiritual, the paradox is that as one is able to open oneself to the pain of going deeper within one’s emotional life, one is more and more able to see, to bear, to hold, to accept the emotions of joy, bliss, and peace. For as in all of the levels and ways of understanding the one infinite Creator, the essence is always Love. Consequently, the river of grief, the river of rage, all rivers whatsoever of purified emotion, lead at last into the ocean of bliss, which is the steady state of infinite Love.
May we answer you further, my brother?
Questioner: Thank you, Q’uo. That was a wonderful response.
We thank you, my brother. We thank each of you and would leave this instrument and this group in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. It has been a real privilege to work with this group and we thank you each and all. We are those known to you as Q’uo. We leave you in love and in light, now and always. Adonai. Adonai.
This morning I ran some errands with my first stop being at Feeder’s Supply where I bought some cat food, some fish food, and some bird seed. My next stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market where I bought some food for myself. My last stop was at Walgreen’s Drug Store where I bought some Pepsi-Zero and some non-food items.
This afternoon I used my shovel to dig up the soil in the for small gardens around the Flower Fall in the front yard, the one small garden at the back of the Wuthering Heights Mound on the other side of the front yard, and then I went into the back yard and dug up the top two layers of the flower gardens in the center of the Moss Garden.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
March 29
Your Deepest Name Is Christ
I am of the principle of divine and eternal Love, and I greet you in the most precious name of Jesus the Christ.
You shall, today, meet someone whose name you think you know, and you shall gaze upon the flesh, opaque and mortal, that is the prison of the incarnate soul.
Know as you meet friends, acquaintances or strangers that the name of the body, the personality, and the mind which is used to live a life is not truly the deepest name, but that the deepest name of each is Christ.
For each is Christ. Each eye that meets yours is that of God in flesh. All beings are heirs together in eventual realization of Christhood. Jesus the Christ has said, “If you aid any person, you are aiding me.” Let pure compassion melt the sight of flesh and mortality, that you may serve the Christ in all and find the peace and freedom of infinite Love.
We of the Spirit are here for you that, by grace, you may see the better, hear the clearer, and love the more purely.
We leave you in divine 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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