I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from January 12, 1997:
We are taking potluck today. No particular question.
(Carla channeling)
We are of the principle known to you as Q’uo. Greetings, dear ones, in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We thank you, as always, for inviting us to share our thoughts with you at this time. And we must say that the topic this time is interesting. As we chat we ask, as always, that you please take only that which sounds good to you and leave the rest behind. Use your discrimination. We thank you for doing this, for we offer our thoughts to you freely, knowing and trusting that you will not allow them to be a burden or stumbling block but only to use them as possible tools and resources in your path of seeking.
The term “potluck” is interesting, the connotation being that of the meal, the choice of food, for truly we are those who deliver a kind of grocery. There is the food for thought that definitely fills an appetite, and perhaps today we would talk a bit about that appetite for more, that thirst and hunger for the truth. How hard it is even to find the truth of the self. Each of you sits within a framework of flesh and bone, apparently limited and mortal, fenced about by circumstance, with only a marginal degree of control over much of the experience of the incarnation. And as the seeker awakens, as the spirit within stirs and rouses and rubs fists into sleepy eyes and looks about the manifested world, at first glance it would seem to know the self is a simple thing, and yet as the being within incarnation grows in stature, in age, in years, there is that moment when the unthinking child becomes a seeker. There is that moment of awakening, that movement of awareness as if someone had suddenly opened a door and the fresh air from the outside came in and beckoned. And suddenly you do not want to be indoors anymore. You want to be out in the world seeking the truth, looking for it as if one were a traveler searching for a lost homeland.
And who is that person who has awakened, who has walked out of the comfortable, sheltered life of those who sleep? One of the penalties of awakening is the realization that you do not know yourself. And so the seeker seeks to know the self, and each journey that the seeker makes reaching outside for learning, going to the classes, the seminars, the workshops, each of those experiences offers a tantalizing glimpse of a variety of those who also seek, perhaps one or more who teaches, who has a point of view that seems to beckon and have truth, rubbing shoulders with other seekers that have points of view that seem enticing, provocative. Soon the new seeker can be swamped in the projected thoughts of self from teachers, from fellow seekers, and from various portions of the being within that is awakening.
And so, awakening often brings not a simpler or more peaceful mind, but an awakened, searching, uncomfortable mind that is looking for deeper and more lasting truth. What is that self that is seeking the truth? Let us go in search for that self at this moment. Scan that which sits and listens, the skin, the hair, the clothing, the weight of the body. It is this outer shell of manifested being with which each of you meets the world. And for those who sleep it is that simple. That is that person. “I recognize that person’s face, that person’s clothes.” That is that person.
Going a little deeper, we find the roles that each has played: student, teacher, brother or sister, mate, friend, lover of this or that hobby or interest, the froth upon the waves of being. That also is you. Now let us move further into that interior of being. Let thoughts of body go. Let thoughts of roles go. What remains? Allow the mind to ask this question. What remains? And as naturally as waves beat upon the shore the truth comes: Love, Love. That is your truth, your deepest truth of being is that you are a creature of Love called into being by Love, chosen by Love to manifest that the Creator Itself may experience the illusion of a dream. If you have thought recently that life sometimes has a dreamlike quality, we say that you are very much in tune with the way we feel that things are. For even that which lies at the heart of the manifested universe is still an illusion, and the only thing that is not illusion is unknowable, for in the dualism of known and knower the truth has already been abandoned in its pure state.
Yet, if the hand that cast each of you forth has meaning at all, and we feel that it does, then that illusion that holds the most Light serves as the truth. And that, I think, is what each person does seek, that truth that is deepest for that person at that particular time and that particular place. When the seeker has at last relaxed into a sure and certain awareness that the truth will come bit by bit, little by little, realization by realization, then the heart is at last free. What frees the self from its agonizing search for identity is a surrender to the realization that knowledge of the self and knowledge of the truth shall always be partial, with the mystery forever receding before one’s grasp. This realization sets the soul free to play, to reside in peace, and to rest in the natural joy of being aware.
There was no question for this session, so the decision was made to take potluck. Q’uo began their reply by saying that potluck was a term usually reserved for the appetite for food for the body, but when it is used in reference to the mind it is the appetite for the truth of one’s self, and as the seeker is awakened by the spirit within itself and grows in years it seeks to know more than the simple child that it was because now it has the great desire to know more about its lost homeland, which is its true nature. Q’uo went on to say that when the seeker awakens it attempts to know more about who it is, so it begins by going to classes, workshops, and seminars, and it begins getting information from teachers, other students, and from within its own being about this search until it eventually becomes faced with a mountain of possibilities. Then Q’uo said that this search for the nature of one’s being becomes somewhat uncomfortable as the seeker attempts to go deeper than its physical appearance, and it reviews how it has played many roles as parent, friend, brother, teacher, or mate, but there is a deeper role that Q’uo wished to explore. They said that we should go into the interior of our being and to let the thoughts of the body and roles it has played go, and then let the mind ask the self: “What remains?” Q’uo went on to say that the answer was: “Your deepest truth of being is that you are a creature of Love called into being by Love, chosen by Love to manifest that the Creator Itself may experience the illusion of a dream.” They said that this dream-like state was true in that all that is manifested is an illusion, and the only thing that is not an illusion is unknowable, and the illusion that holds the most Light serves as the truth which is what each person seeks. Then Q’uo said that what frees us in this search for the truth is that the knowledge of truth and the knowledge of our self will always be partial with the mystery of truth forever moving beyond our grasp, and this sets our soul free to play and to rest in the natural joy of being aware. On June 22, 1980, Latwii described the mystery of truth:
Ah, my brother, there is truth in everything, but truth with a capital T is found in nothing. We are aware we must be more specific, but this is a very important principle which we would like to share with you. There is no truth in your density. There are intimations of the mystery of truth which you can find in every rock, in every scene, in every face, in every word that you may hear. But truth, as this instrument would see the cartoon character standing upon a pedestal marked “TRVTH” does not exist in your illusion or maya.
When it is winter it is not particularly obvious that nature is a world or a creation which dwells in a state of pure joy, for the trees seem barren and bitten, the blossoms of winter are sticks and dried berries, and it is not clear how joyful the creation is. The winter chill brings that movement of contracting, pulling in the radiant arms of summer and nestling in that period in which rhythms are slow and the resting is paramount. And yet we say to you that in all weathers the natural creation dwells in a state of joy. This level of joy is available to the seeker in third density. However, as was spoken earlier today in your conversation, in order to experience this one must let go.
We give this instrument a vision of the starry sky, of that depth of space in which no planet or sun is near, and we say to you, “This creation is inside you.” This experience of creation that seems outer is actually taking place within your awareness and is an experience which not only comes to you but with which you interact. When first the seeker sets off on this journey of seeking the truth there is that concept of some place to get to, and yet the seeking pulls you out and out and out further, only to disappear into the self. Whether one studies the outer or the inner world, one is studying the same thing.
But it is valuable to be aware of the space and of vast distances with the self. Literally, on a microscopic level, you are a creation with billions of star systems. Even the physical illusion that builds the chair upon which you sit and the body which sits in that chair is largely, if not altogether, empty. What is there is Light, and that is what manifests all things. And that which calls Light into being is the Love that you are.
We have walked you about the universe with these foolish thoughts of ours, and yet always we bring you back to the heart that rests within, within which the Creator resides in glory and holiness and in utter truth. All of the reaching outward ends within the realization that you already have and already are the truth. That truth is always and ever the same. All that there is, is Love. You are Love. And because you are a spark of manifested Love you have the opportunity to become one who deals lovingly. It is as though to those who seek and simply go about their day there is a woodenness, a deadness. It is that quiet of one who sleeps. And to each who sleeps there is an alarm clock set, and when it is time that entity, each entity, shall awaken, so it is not a concern of any to bring another to wakefulness. But only to know the self as having awakened to a life that does not begin with birth and end with death but is eternal, infinite, unitary.
As you breathe in this depth of union, this oneness, it is a life-giving intake. Each of you hungers and thirsts for the truth of your being, and yet the end of all your journeys of seeking shall be your own heart, and you will learn to warm yourself at the fire of creative Love which dwells within you. A tremendous hearth, a blazing fire of being rests in that holy place within where Love resides. There is no cold within the illusion that the warmth of that fire cannot thaw, for the worst that the world can do is render lifeless the body that limits you to time and place. This is a realization that enables the weary seeker to laugh and relax and take the self lightly.
Then Q’uo said that in all seasons the natural creation dwells in a state of joy, and we can experience this joy in the spiritual seeking of truth only when it lets go of the idea that there is some place to get to, and it realizes that on the microcosmic level the creation is inside of us whether we are experiencing our inner or outer world. Q’uo went on to say that we contain billions of star systems that are created by the Love that we are, and which takes the form of Light, and that the Creator rests within us, so we are the truth of Love that we have been seeking. Then Q’uo said that we all have the Creator within our hearts, and all of the reaching out to find our true nature stops when we realize that all is Love; that we are Love; and we can deal in a loving way with all that we meet. Q’uo continued by saying that there would be a time when those who are still sleeping would awaken to this reality of being an infinite and unified being. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that at the end of all of our seeking we will find the warmth of creative Love that dwells in that holy place within us, and the worst that can happen to us in our incarnations is that we shall drop our body when we leave this illusion while we continue as an eternal being, so we should relax, laugh, and take our self lightly. On August 18, 2004, Q’uo described our true nature as that of an eternal being:
It is very helpful to remember that beneath all of the chances and changes of living, the self is as a serene and unchanging stream, changing in surface ways, certainly, as things flow through, but unchanging in the sense of being a citizen of eternity with a certain vibratory nexus that is the pure essence of who you are. That vibration may change a very small bit because of hard work done throughout an incarnation, but you are truly an eternal being, and the magical energy of yourself is only partially brought into incarnation. It is connected through the silver cord into that well of self from which you came and in which you have tremendous power, wisdom, and awareness. This is who you are, only seen through a cloud within incarnation. It is the quest of an entire incarnation simply to penetrate one’s own personality shell so that one is able more and more to rest in the fuller expression of self that this instrument would call Christ consciousness. This is your essence. This is the kind of creature that you are. This is the facet of the Creator which you express.
We would at this time transfer this contact to the one known as Jim. We thank this instrument for its service and leave it in love and in light. We are those of Q’uo.
This morning I went outside and used my backpack blower to blow the Tulip Poplar tree leaves in the back yard into a pile and then put them into two garbage cans for yard waste pickup tomorrow.
This afternoon I ran a couple of errands with my first stop at Paul’s Fruit Market to buy a couple of flats of pansies and some food for myself. My next stop was at Walgreen’s Drug Store where I picked up a prescription for myself and one for Bosco. Then I went to Kroger’s where I bought some Pepsi Zero and some Sharp Shredded Cheddar Cheese. When I got home I used my backpack blower to blow most of the leaves in the front yard into a pile and then put them in three garbage cans.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
September 25
Seek The Wisdom Of Love
Greetings in the Love of the most compassionate Christ.
You have many things upon your minds, judgments to make and tasks to perform this day. It is good to will to do these things if you seek the grace to do them well. Yet you must know that your point of view is ever less informed than the greater will of consciousness in Christ.
Plunge, then, into the waters of everlasting life and seek not the hot and fervent faith that shall cool by evening but the peaceful, calm certainty that wishes only to move deeper and deeper, breathing the waters of rich and unending wisdom and love, forsaking the dry and barren breath of human judgment and decision. Let your decision be to turn to the faith that is your everlasting consciousness.
Peace be with you.
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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