I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. The Q’uo quote today comes from December 10, 1995:
Group question: For the group question this week we are taking pot luck and will be glad to listen to whatever words of inspiration Q’uo has to offer.
(Carla channeling)
We are those of the principle of Q’uo. We greet you in the light, the clarity, and the love of the one infinite Creator. We are pleased indeed that you have chosen to call us to your circle this evening, and we are most grateful for the privilege of sharing our thoughts. As always, we ask that you evaluate these thoughts as you would any other person’s thoughts, taking what you feel is worth your attention and leaving the rest behind, for we are not infallible but seekers like yourself.
As we merge with your vibrations at this time, we can feel much of the yearning of all of those present for the light that is so absent from your days as the planet you now enjoy moves towards its farthest from the sun. These dark days that weigh upon the spirit are challenges for all who enjoy your density of existence. Those who have distortions towards physical weakness find it harder to shake off those difficulties and enjoy life. Those who have sorrows find the sorrow is greater as the days grow shorter. The physical instrument which you call your body is carefully aligned and attuned to light, and just as do plants, the spirit needs the light for its health.
There is also a spiritual difficulty as the days grow short, and that is that when one is less comfortable, huddled in upon the self, and responding to the increased darkness, one is also apt to become hungry for the food of spirit, for the light that appears as love itself, warmth within the heart, secure openness to the being. These things are more difficult to achieve. The balance is more difficult to find. And as we paint this picture, we are hoping that you can see yourself in this picture and see in better context those concerns which you have brought to this circle. When spirit is turned in upon itself as darkness urges you to do, there is within the self that turning to the shadows of uncertainty and hesitation. Those energies which create the shadow that always follows faith, that shadow is inextinguishable, for the light that casts that shadow is consciousness itself, and that sun does not go down. And yet in dark days it feels as though the inner sun itself has set.
In this atmosphere it is easy indeed to wonder, “Who am I,” and, “Where am I going?” Hopes and dreams seem somehow frivolous, for the energies are heavy and quiet. All this is as it should be, and we do not intend to suggest that the questions of identity and the path of the future are questions that have any negative import, for these are the questions into which you took incarnation to address. Indeed, all the knowledge of self was deliberately laid aside by you before the beginning of this incarnation, for you wished to be affected by the light and the dark. You desired to come among the people of this planet as one of them to experience all that you could and to ask yourself those things which sprang up in the course of the daily life. You had hopes of this bold venture called incarnation. You hoped to serve in the name of love. You hoped to learn those lessons of love which you felt were worth refining and emphasizing in your deep personality. You wished to form relationships with those with whom you have worked before to enjoy companionship with them, to learn with them, to share catalyst together. And each of you is doing all those things.
So, from the standpoint of the work of the spirit all is well. The doubts and inner discords are not only acceptable but also of value. Only the self can dig so deeply into the substrata of a busy and complex personality. Only the self can ask the self these questions with such desire to know. This is, then, a positive and a necessary portion of the rhythm of living an incarnation: the questioning and probing, the lifting up and gazing and putting down again and then lifting and looking from another angle. These things are well. This is good work.
There was no group question for this session, so those of Q’uo decided that the topic that they would speak upon was the dimming of the light in the winter months that made life more difficult in that any weakness of the body, sorrow of the mind, and less light for the spirit seemed to be increased. Then Q’uo said that the increasing darkness of the season created a spiritual problem in that the spiritual seeker craved the food for its soul in the form of the light and love to warm the heart, but these qualities are harder to find in winter and cause uncertainty and hesitation. Q’uo went on to say that actually that shadow that the seeker perceives is cast by its consciousness which does not go down, but to the seeker it seems that the inner sun has set. Q’uo continued by saying that in these dark times it is easy for the seeker to forget who it is, but then Q’uo said that these types of feelings represent the lessons that the seeker chose to learn during its incarnation: to love and to join with fellow seekers, and share catalyst together. Then Q’uo said that this was truly the work of the spirit: to dig deep within the personality to question the nature of the self as it could be seen from a variety of perspectives and to discover the rhythm of living the life, and they said that this is the good work. On September 26, 2006, Q’uo described the nature of the self:
Now, let us look at that word, self. This instrument has been reading a book entitled New World by Ekhart Tolle. This material, which she and the one known as Jim have been reading in their Morning Offering sessions, centers upon the nature of the self. It is synchronistic that your query happens to involve this concept deeply.
My brother, you are aware that in our way of thinking all things are one. The Creator and you are the same. Yourself, therefore, at the deepest level, is the self of the Creator. Your I is the I AM of the Godhead principle.
Moving a bit closer to consensus reality, moving down from an infinite Creator who is a complete mystery to the half-revealed mystery of that expression of unconditional Love that this instrument calls Jesus the Christ, it may be seen that you are one with the unconditional Love and Compassion which Jesus the Christ carried upon his human shoulders as the regal robe of kingship that was His. You also, my brother, are royal. Every soul in the infinite reaches of the creation is heir-apparent to creatorship.
Perhaps you hear our reserve in saying this. Yes, there is also another side to be considered in this issue. And that is that the Creator has placed humankind within the paradox that affects the deep personality, and that is that the self sees the process of learning about the self as one of delving into and clarifying what the self really thinks and feels, thereby adding unto the beingness a higher degree of self-knowledge, while at the same time the Creator has so arranged the processes of learning so that the path to self-knowledge is actually the path of turning the gaze beyond the self and being able to allow the falling away of self. And in spiritual terms this losing of self is also a positive and wise effort to enjoy.
It is not logical that the way to self-knowledge is the allowing of that which may fall away. Yet that entity who knows itself most deeply is the entity who has given much of the personality away. We do not suggest a solution to this paradox of addition and subtraction. The self remains unlimited, being part of all, positive and negative, existing before time and space and existing within time and space so that there is wisdom in working upon the self by addition, by naming the characteristics of the self. And when the rhythm of life is such that the mood is one of peace and relaxation of the personality, that work also is good.
We would ask you to think about who the self is in relation to the teacher known to you as Jesus. This entity’s sense of self was such that when the entity was but a child it studied and learned from its teachers and by the time it was a teenager, as this instrument would say, it was already considered a teacher. This entity had a sense of self that enabled it simply to do what it must, even when those about Him did not understand. That sense of self carried this entity through a wandering ministry that was remarkable for the purity of its teaching. And yet when the one known as Jesus was asked to describe the self, He said that “He who sees me sees not me but the Father.” This entity had learned subtraction as well as addition and He was content to be impersonal and to relinquish much of the Earthly personality. Yet there can be no more sure-footed identity than that attitude which the one known as Jesus had.
We would perhaps encourage more than working one way or another. Rather, encourage the seeker to flow freely and gladly along with those currents and rhythms of life which put one in a certain mood or state of receptivity. We encourage each to trust the intuition of self, that feeling that says, “go here,” or “go there.” We would encourage the sense of proportion, the sense of humor so that one takes oneself seriously but also finds the light touch. The entity that each is, is the one infinite Creation and the one Creator. Due to the illusions of time and space those fields of energy which comprise each entity vibrate, not perfectly in tune with the vibration of that one great original Thought, but rather in some distorted fashion; that is, distorted from perfection. This is as it should be. However, if we were to discuss our own idea of who the entity truly is we simply would look at the vibration, for each self has a vibratory complex which is as distinctive as your fingerprint. You are, before you can think about who you are. You are not inventing yourself, but you are asking yourself to become more than you were. And it is right and good to seek to progress.
Now Q’uo said that they wanted to share another aspect of the nature of the self as the Creator has placed humanity within a paradox which goes beyond what the seeker gains as the knowledge of its deeper self, and then the Creator has arranged the path to self-knowledge as a path of actually a falling away of what the seeker has gained as knowledge of itself, and spiritually this is a positive effort. Q’uo went on to say that in the giving away of what the seeker has found itself to be, it is still infinite and existing before time and space, and that it is still wise to name the various aspects of the self and find peace and a relaxed rhythm of life, and by so doing the seeker has done good work. Then Q’uo used Jesus as an example of how this type of subtraction of one’s nature was accomplished as Jesus felt that He was not a personal identity that others saw when they looked upon Him, but it was His Father that they saw. Q’uo completed their thoughts by saying that the seeker should use its intuition to move in either or both directions of seeing the self with a light touch and sense of humor, and when it could realize itself as a portion of the one great original Thought the seeker will have its own unique way of distorting that Thought and to simply become more than what it was on each step of its spiritual journey. On December 16, 1990, Q’uo suggested that a sense of humor was a valuable part of our spiritual path:
That which your peoples call the sense of humor is, indeed, most helpful to any entity, no matter the position upon the path, or the placement within the life pattern. We see that which you call the sense of humor as being a sense of proportion where an entity is able to gain enough experience within the life that one may see a broader view. One stands upon a somewhat more elevated position, building experience upon experience, until that which you call wisdom is begun.
There is much in every entity’s life pattern and daily round of activities which lends itself to humor, nothing so much as the entity itself as it attempts to make a sense of and to form a cohesion from many disparate parts of the life which seem not to be held together well at all. There are innumerable instances in every entity’s life during which the entity will find itself playing the complete fool. This, in your mundane way of seeing things, often lends to the feeling of insecurity, doubt, and wondering if there will ever be a time where the entity will have control of itself and be able to do that which it wishes, when it wishes, and in the manner it wishes. We would utilize your sense of humor at moments such as this, if we were in your position, in order that we might be reminded that each of us contains those elements which are less than ideal, but are completely acceptable as portions of a personality that one attempts to discipline as one would the wayward child, in order that the lessons set before one might be learned with more efficiency.
However, when those portions of the self, or activities of the self, seem to go awry, it is more nourishing to the small entity that always resides within, much as the child in each entity, to reinforce the concept of wholeness and acceptability, for the divisions and definitions of acceptable or unacceptable behaviors are man-made, and it is always a whole and acceptable entity that places any foot upon the path, whether that foot is solidly placed or not.
Thus, we highly recommend the utilization of your humor, that you may gain a degree of mirth from your foibles, and those of your fellow seekers as well, for in some sense each of you is always exactly where you need to be at each moment, and in another sense each of you is dancing a dance which you do not understand, and which has steps that may puzzle, trip, and fell you. Yet it is all a dance of one piece, and in this dance you move as the whirling dervish, the child which is set upon the careful exploration, the kitten which tumbles with its sibling across the floor, bursts out of the room and runs smack into the radiator. This is all a part of your dance; this is all a part of your learning; and you are whole and acceptable beings that partake in it.
We hope that we can aid in some small way as each goes through that eternal cycle of questioning and resting in faith, moving, and being still that yields to you a life well-lived and service well done. We would continue through the instrument known as Jim. We leave this instrument in love and in light. We are those of Q’uo.
(Jim channeling)
I am Q’uo, and greet each again through this instrument in the love and the light of the one Creator. At this time we would ask if we may speak to any other queries that are present among those in this circle?
Carla: I sensed some kind of sadness in the contact, Q’uo. Could you speak to that?
I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. The topic itself, which deals with the condition of entities upon your planet, is one which feels to be somewhat heavy in that it speaks of beings of light lost, it would seem, in the darkness of the illusion and the confusion that this illusion generates. And this particular aspect of existence is one which has resonance, shall we say, with each in this circle of seeking and therefore there is the feeling/tone of what you would call a certain sadness.
Is there another query, my sister?
Carla: No. Thank you. I was just curious about that.
I am Q’uo, and we thank you again, my sister. Is there another query?
R: I just wanted to say that you are helping me much with your words of inspiration and for others I am sure, too. Knowing that you are there somewhere in the background when things are bearing down heavily is also a comfort to me as a seeker. So, I just wanted to say thanks.
I am Q’uo, and we receive your kind words with a great joy in our hearts, for these words are a confirmation to us that we have made an effort which has borne fruit, and for this we are grateful.
Is there any further query at this time?
[Pause]
I am Q’uo, and as it appears that we have exhausted the queries for this time of working together we would again express our great appreciation for the invitation that is so freely and consistently offered to us to blend our vibrations with yours and to walk for the moment with you upon your journey of seeking. This is always an opportunity and occasion of great happiness and joy for us, for it gives us the opportunity to exercise our great desire to serve and to work with those such as yourselves whose desire to serve is also great. We cannot begin to thank you enough for this privilege, and our humble words and thoughts are mere tokens of the great and bounteous appreciation which exists within our being and resonates with the harmony in this circle of seeking at each working.
We would take our leave at this time of this instrument and this group, and yet we do not truly leave, for all who are of like mind and heart in the seeking and the service of the One are always together in that seeking and in that service. Thus, we only leave in an apparent fashion, and in that leaving we leave in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as those of Q’uo. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.
This morning I took off the green sheets and pillow cases from my bed and replaced them with blue ones. Then I washed and dried the green ones and ironed the flat sheet and the pillow cases. At 11 this morning I was part of the prayer for peace that was offered by Anika in Chicago.
This afternoon I answered an email from a seeker in China that had many questions about healing and how it could be utilized in his spiritual path.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
August 31
The House Of God
I am of the principle which animated Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.
The basilica of your holy temple is most lofty and grand; the chancel of your cathedral most capacious and elegant, built by man as if to invite hosts of angels to dwell therein. Yet we say to you that those lofty spaces arching far above the head of the seeker are created of an instinct concerning the inner light of humankind, not the boarding needs of angels.
Let your thoughts and prayers be those which are uplifting and soaring above the common run of human thought, and know that if you be not in those houses dedicated to the Lord God, yet still have you a lofty arch into which you may throw your heaving joy and groaning sorrow, for the great circle of human consciousness reaches to the very heart of the Creator regardless of your position in the world.
May your prayers be seen as having wings, not only in the house of God but in the greater house of God which is the world. May all places be holy to you this day.
We leave you in utter sanctity 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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