I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from February 5, 1995:
How do we recognize what we are supposed to learn from our catalyst? Can you recommend any techniques or procedures that we could use to learn from our catalyst?
(Carla channeling)
We are those of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are most thankful for your call to us, and, indeed, we hope that we might share our thoughts with you in a helpful way. If any thoughts which we offer are not pleasing, we encourage you to lay those thoughts aside, for we speak not with ultimate authority but as your brothers and sisters within the beautiful path of spacious existence which lies open to those who seek the spirit within each moment, the life within each instant, the eternity within the now.
To speak concerning catalyst, it is well to gaze first at the way in which the physical, mental, and emotional relationships of persons to others or to themselves are designed, for there is a logic to the moving forces of destiny which lies far beneath that literal logic which distills questions to a proof of an answer. The truths of the seeker are not usually clear, for the mystery that is at the base of all systems inevitably becomes the view in front of the face of one who gazes deeply enough into that which is occurring at any given time and space. This arrangement of logical alternatives cannot be pinned down because each incarnation has a basic plan in terms of areas of learning to love or learning to accept love, and these goals are fairly clear to the seeker who has persisted in inner work for any length of time.
The means of going after these goals, however, is usually very much a free will choice so that there is not one right or correct response to incoming catalyst. The attitude of the seeker in this wise might, perhaps, be skillful to choose the far-seeing eye when gazing at a situation in which there is catalyst, not moving upon impulse, not concluding quickly concerning issues, but, rather, remaining serene in the sure and certain knowledge that your destiny will provide continual opportunities to follow through with the lessons that you have identified for your own self.
Now, what consists of catalyst? To what characteristic should the seeker look to identify it? We might suggest that the experience of discomfort, whether it be physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual, is a hallmark of catalyst, for catalyst, by definition, will create changes although it, itself, is not altered. Therefore, when the seeker finds itself fretting, worrying, and hesitating concerning an issue the student simply steps back and takes note that there is this discomfort. Therefore, there is catalyst.
The next question within the mind of the seeker is, “How shall I respond to this discomfort? Shall I attempt to alleviate my distress? Shall I preserve patience and see what happens?” Again, there is no one answer, for that wind of life within which blows about the inner heart and cleanses the atmosphere of the spirit has a blessed and intimate connection with the discomfort caused by catalyst. There is an instinct deep within that connects in a graceful and grace-filled way with situations in which discomfort is a symptom of the transformation for which the catalyst was supplied in the first place.
There is the model of the world which sees questions and answers in neat compartments. This model of the world works well within your culture. However, it does not work at all well when the seeker is prosecuting that long, long process of seeking to find the heart of self and, therefore, the heart of catalyst.
Perhaps the shortest way of expressing or suggesting a way of dealing with catalyst is to say that each experience is a new one. The type of catalyst becomes ever easier to identify as the seeker continues with the dogged patience which is the hallmark of spiritual health. Eventually the link between the spirit within—which this instrument often calls grace—and the heart of discomfort begins to be perceived ever more flowingly and less rigidly until the happy state becomes possible wherein the seeker is upheld simply by doing the dance of life, and then gazes at all that moves him or her with a trustful and cheerful eye.
The group question for this session was: “How do we recognize what we are supposed to learn from our catalyst? Can you recommend any techniques or procedures that we could use to learn from our catalyst?” Q’uo began their response by saying that each seeker has its destiny of how to give or accept love that will appear as certain relationships with others whose goals are hidden from conscious perception, but which tend to appear to the conscious seeker as time goes on. Q’uo continued by saying that how a seeker obtained these goals was a free will choice, and they said that the seeker might be wise to relax within the experience of catalyst with the confidence that its destiny would provide the opportunities to use the catalyst and learn its lessons. Then Q’uo defined catalyst as physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual discomfort to which the seeker may respond to in many different ways, but the spirit within the seeker has a connection with the discomfort of the catalyst that is a symptom leading to the transformation for which the catalyst was experienced. Q’uo went on to say that the experience of the catalyst becomes easier for the patient seeker to deal with as time goes on so that the link between the spirit and the catalyst is dealt with in a relaxed state of mind, for then all that happens to the seeker is seen as a more graceful dance of life. On October 13, 2019, Q’uo described the efficient way of using catalyst:
Thus, as you take with you these loving vibrations back to those residences and homes within this Earth sphere from which you have come, you have the opportunity to begin to share, in some fashion, these vibrations with those that you meet in your daily round of activities, for each of you has made what you may call the pre-incarnative choices to see the world about you in a certain fashion that allows you to learn those lessons that are most important to you in this incarnation.
Thusly, if you can imbue each experience, each generation, and experience of catalyst with these loving vibrations, you have made a large step forward within the metaphysical realms to bring this power of love into the daily round of existence, into the mundane environment which is the third-density illusion in which you live and move and have your being at this time.
As you are able to do this, you are sowing seeds of love and understanding all about you, within the environment, within the entities you meet, within the air that you breathe, within the soil upon which you walk. These loving vibrations, then, consciously sown, have the opportunity to bloom and grow and bear fruit, as others become either consciously or subconsciously aware of their existence within their own being. Thus, you are, like the Johnny Appleseed of love and light. You wander where you may, seeding the planetary influence and its population with the love vibration.
For suffering and pain, while being necessary concomitants to learning the lessons of love, do not need to be clung to or held within the mind, emotion, body, or spirit. A child playing upon the seashore goes through many instances of temporary discomfort. The sun is too hot. The pail is washed out to sea. The shovel gets broken. The child swallows salt water. To the child these events mean very little, for this young spirit is still being surprised by life itself. That spirit of newness, that allowing of catalyst to move you as if it were the first experience, is a key to finding your own balance within the processes of change and transformation.
Using catalyst is something the seeker cannot avoid. This illusion of yours is created to make evasion of catalyst impossible and full use of catalyst improbable. This illusion leans upon imperfection and forces the mind and the emotions to gaze at that which is not perfect in appearance. This false world-view is designed to be that backdrop against which the common life with its suffering may become a life incandescent with the seeker’s joyful acceptance and eagerness to pursue the processes of change.
So we would suggest that you be eager and hungry for those processes of change. Recognize discomfort as the hallmark of inner work being done, and recollect at all times that this work is not mental. You may think and muse endlessly concerning catalyst, but the way that catalyst is seated in the experiences of the seeker is, for the greater part, functioning within the deep mind of which you are not conscious. The key, then, in this regard is allowing time to pass until the heart feels and senses truth. It cannot be rushed. It cannot be figured out. Although these processes do aid in a growing grasp of the incarnational pattern that you have, they cannot take that essence that is you to a more truthful or genuine expression of self. You are not here to understand and know the self beyond a certain point. You are not here to become perfect. You are here within an illusion which forces you to seek beyond the limits of that which is visible or knowable.
The hungry man has a sore stomach, and when the seeker awakens to the call to walk the path of pilgrimage there is that overriding hunger and the spiritual appetite is keen. Treasure this discomfort. Allow it to continue. Allow the self to see the self with a bit of distance and let that editor or critic of the self reassure and remind the everyday mentality that when one is following the spirit surprises often occur, and the one thing to keep watch on is where the attention is placed, for there is that place within, that inner sanctum sanctorum, wherein that which is holy rests. Moving into this space is that which is the wisest of all resources to choose, for in the end all the catalyst can do is offer you opportunities to learn your own nature and to begin, just begin, to grasp infinite love, eternal life, beingness forever.
And we encourage each to find the light touch, to share the laughter and the silliness of such idealistic and spiritual goals. There is rich humor in every fiber of your density. The less you blink, the less you are overcome by the seriousness of situations, the more humor you shall find, for the Creator is most playful. So allow that spirit within to romp and play, and, above all things, to reach out to others as they ask, as you can serve. For the love you bear each other is that fruit which the other cannot create and love is the great gift, the inner and deeper truth of all being and all relationship.
Then Q’uo said that the most efficient way to balance catalyst was to see it as for the first time whenever it is experienced in order to aid one in going through the process of change and transformation. They said that the third-density illusion presents a false image of the use of catalyst as being imperfect, but we should still be eager for the process of suffering and discomfort to provide us with inner work being done within our deep minds which we are not consciously aware of. They said the key to working with this catalyst is to wait until the heart feels and senses the truth that we are not here to become perfect but to seek beyond what is knowable, so we should treasure this discomfort and utilize meditation to find that inner sanctuary where we can learn our own nature of infinite love and eternal life. Q’uo completed their thoughts by saying that we should use humor to avoid being overcome by the seriousness of our situation, just as the Creator is most playful, so we should reach out to others and serve them with our love which is the deeper truth of all of our being and relationships with others. On February 15, 2023, Q’uo spoke about the true nature of our being:
For we know this as the nature of our own being as well. We are as you, experiencing the spirit as being the very heart of our being so that we are able to rejoice and feel the joy of being enhanced and being multiplied in the pleasure, the joy, the knowledge, the experience of our own being, which is the being of the Creator.
There is so much that can be felt in the various layers of joy; the various levels of realization of the unity with the One Creator, that has been since time began, and before, and shall be, since any time expiration in what you would call your future. This is the state of being at all times and each spiritual seeker has the opportunity, as it travels a spiritual journey, to feel more and more of this joyful nature of the One Creator existing within the self and within all other selves and within all of the Creation about one. This is something that is always true in the present moment, in the past, in the future. All moments become the present moment as one experiences this feeling of joy.
We would at this time transfer this contact to the one known as Jim. We leave this instrument in love and in light. We are those of Q’uo.
This morning I changed out the sheets and pillow cases on my bed, and then after the old sheets and pillow cases were washed and dried I ironed the flat sheet and the pillow cases. Then I went on an errand run with my first stop at Cavelier’s Alterations to pick up a new pair of pants that I had shortened by an inch. My second stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market to buy some food for myself. The third stop was at the PNC Bank to make a cash withdrawal. My last stop was at Feeder’s Supply where I bought some bird seed and cat food for Bosco and for Benny.
This afternoon I pruned back the shorter new-growth limbs and let the tallest limb of the Whippersnapper Dogwood tree remain so that it can regain its appearance and not a bush. A few months after I first planted it a male deer rubbed his new antlers on the tree so that it died from that place upwards, and then it sent out the new sprouts that I pruned this morning. Then I used Venus, my big mower, to cut the grass.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
August 1
Tabernacle Consciousness
I am of the principle of Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.
As you sit in meditation, you dwell within a tabernacle in intimate conversation with the Creator.
Sit upon the mercy seat now and feel the waves of forgiveness.
Stand within the holy of holies. Feel and absorb the Light and the Peace of that which is the highest and best you can imagine and know.
Allow the strength of the tabernacle of the Creator to enter into your being, to give you solace and comfort but also to give you strength.
For each of you with tabernacle consciousness is the city upon the hill. And the windows of your eyes may shine light of a blessed nature through your consciousness and into the world about you. Again and again during your day, return for a moment to the tabernacle. Sit quietly in that inner room and be refreshed.
We are with you in 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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