I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from January 19, 2008:
The question this week Q’uo is: What is your opinion of the use which ritual magic makes of repeated ritualized behavior to seek and serve the Creator? It seems to utilize the doubling effect in that each repetition of the ritual seems to increase the seeker’s desire and purity to seek and serve the Creator. Would Q’uo please describe how we, as seekers of truth, can bring this kind of magic into our daily lives?
(Carla channeling)
We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we come to you this evening. May we express to you our delight at the privilege of being asked to join your circle of seeking and take part in this working. We are very happy to share with you our thoughts on the devotional life; that is, how to create a life that dwells within the precincts of White Ritual Magic, as the one known as Jim has asked. However, as always, we would preface our remarks by asking each who hears or reads these words to take responsibility for discriminating as each listens to what we have to say. Take what seems good to you and leave the rest behind. Please do not make the mistake of thinking that all that we say is equally important to you, for spiritual seeking is very idiosyncratic. There will be those thoughts that are helpful to you and those thoughts that do not fit your process as it is. You only need those things that make you feel a resonance and a wish to ponder them further. If you will discriminate, then that will free us to offer our thoughts without being concerned that we might infringe upon your free will or be a stumbling block in the way of your process. We thank you for this consideration, my friends.
We would further preface our remarks by saying that the basis of all of these thoughts which we offer to you this particular evening is Love. One can move into a great many complexities and details in discussing how to live a life that is grounded in love and based upon the awareness that all are one and all things are the Creator. Yet underlying every complexity and every detail is a single, simple truth: the one infinite Creator, and you, and all that there is are one thing. It is a unified creation, and the nature of that unity is Love. Unconditional Love is the one great original Thought that has generated all the seen worlds and all of the unseen worlds as well.
Yourquestion, my brother, moves into that area where the seeker has awakened so thoroughly that he has begun to seek to express the fruits of his new awareness. We do not need to remind each that the prerequisite for working to create a magical ritual of the entire life is an open heart. And the prerequisite for having an open heart is a freely flowing chakra body, with the lower chakras balanced, and open, and full power moving through into the heart and thence through the upper chakras and out the crown of the head. When you become aware that this is not the case, in your momentary estimation of your state of mind, then there is the need to relinquish the magical personality and move into that balancing mode where that trigger which has taken you away from an open energy system and an open heart is identified, loved, accepted, embraced, and balanced. Then and only then is it wise to move back into the ceremonial dance of the devotional life.
We use the term, devotional life, because it is this instrument’s term for a life in which the principles of ritual magic of the white ceremonial kind are brought into the daily life, and it is a phrase that is easier for us to say. Therefore, please understand that when we speak of the devotional life we are not speaking specifically of a Christian life, or any type of belief system that would be behind living a life of devotion to the one infinite Creator. We are simply taking the shortcut of this instrument’s vocabulary for describing the life in which the entity sees not only the possibility but the need for imbuing every aspect of the normal, everyday life with magic. As the one known as Jim has said, the basic work of the magician is to create changes in his consciousness by an act of will. He does this very specifically in order to serve. There is nothing physical connected with the white ritual magical tradition. All the work that is done is work in consciousness. The work consists of invocation. One invokes one’s own magical personality and then one invokes characteristics of the Creator or the Creator Itself.
We may illustrate the principles of this type of magic by looking at the ritual that this instrument calls Holy Communion or the Holy Eucharist. The ritual is conducted by a priest. The priest prepares the congregation by reading from holy works, offering prayers and supplications, and then leading the congregation in a general confession of sins. In this confession, all is laid before the one infinite Creator, given away by the self, emptying the self of all that is past. The priest then absolves those in the congregation, reminding them that Jesus the Christ came to love rather than to judge and that all is forgiven. Thusly he prepares the congregation for the reception of the Holy Communion. He then turns his back to the congregation, or in some churches simply turns his mind and his attention away from the congregation, and he begins to pray directly to the one infinite Creator.
The group question for this session was: “What is your opinion of the use which ritual magic makes of repeated ritualized behavior to seek and serve the Creator? It seems to utilize the doubling effect in that each repetition of the ritual seems to increase the seeker’s desire and purity to seek and serve the Creator. Would Q’uo please describe how we, as seekers of truth, can bring this kind of magic into our daily lives?” Q’uo began their reply by saying our question moves into that area where we have awakened so thoroughly that we have begun to express the fruits of our new awareness, but Q’uo does not need to remind each of us that the requirement for working to create a magical ritual of the entire life is an open heart, and the requirement for having an open heart is a freely flowing chakra body, with the lower chakras balanced, and open, and full power moving through into our heart and then through the upper chakras and out the crown of our head, so when we become aware that this is not the case, there is the need to relinquish the magical personality and move into that balancing mode where that trigger which has taken us away from an open energy system and an open heart is identified, loved, and balanced, and then it is wise to move back into the ceremonial dance of the devotional life. Q’uo went on to say that they use the term, devotional life, because it is Carla’s term for a life in which the principles of ritual magic of the white ceremonial kind are brought into the daily life, and it is a phrase that is easier for Q’uo to say that when they speak of the devotional life they are not speaking of a Christian life, or any type of belief system that would be behind living a life of devotion to the one infinite Creator, so they are taking the shortcut of Carla’s vocabulary for describing the life in which we see the need for imbuing every aspect of the everyday life with magic, and as Jim has said, the basic work of the magician is to create changes in our consciousness by an act of will, and we do this in order to serve, but there is nothing physical connected with the white magical tradition because all the work that is done is work in consciousness which consists of invocation our magical personality, and then we invoke the Creator Itself. Q’uo continued by saying they may illustrate the principles of this type of magic by looking at the ritual that Carla calls Holy Communion which is conducted by a priest who prepares the congregation by reading from holy works, offering prayers and supplications, and then leading the congregation in a general confession of sins, and in this confession, all is laid before the one infinite Creator, given away by ourself, emptying ourself of all that is past, and then the priest absolves those in the congregation, reminding them that Jesus the Christ came to love rather than to judge, and that all is forgiven which prepares the congregation for the reception of the Holy Communion, so then he turns his back to the congregation, and he begins to pray directly to the one infinite Creator. On March 21, 1982, Latwii spoke of the nature of the Holy Communion:
Again, we may return to the magical nature of that which is known as blood, but we now move to the time/space or metaphysical portion when discussing that activity which is known to your people as the Holy Communion.
The entity known as Jesus did possess a knowledge that was deep upon the subject of the magical transfiguration, shall we say, of its source of enlightenment or power unto those whom it desired to serve. It was well aware that the ritual of communion would provide those entities revering it with a means of making an opening within the time/space portion of their beings for the Love and Light of the one Creator to fill that opening, depending upon how efficiently the entity had prepared its being to receive this vital energy, much as a transfusion, if we may continue our analogy.
This particular type of ritual does focus, then, upon the aspects which you might call positive in the transferring of the power of the magical nature of life fluids and life energies which course through all creation. This type of ritual known as the Holy Communion does, then, allow each who partakes of it to drink of the life-giving beingness of the Father, so that those transfers of energy and of power are those which seek to serve the others of the being so that there is an increase in the level of awareness of the unity of all creation within those who partake within the ritual of communion.
He remembers the actions of the one known as Jesus the Christ in which the Christ is breaking bread and drinking wine with his disciples. He tells them, “Take this bread; it is my body. Take this wine; it is my blood.” And as he remembers this, with his priestly hands hovering over the bread and the wine he is about to give the congregation, he invokes the presence of Jesus the Christ, that it may enter into the substance of the bread and the wine. Magically, then, it becomes a living host, a living carrier for new life. As the congregation takes this bread and this wine from his hands, again he says, “The bread of life, the cup of salvation,” and that repetition brings the energy of Jesus the Christ into the awareness of each of the congregation as they eat the body and drink the blood that has set them free to live a new life, unencumbered by past sins.
We describe this ceremony or ritual to you in some detail because we wish you to see the kind of change that a magical ritual is intended to offer. It is intended to create a change in consciousness, or as this instrument would say, a change in vibration. The intent is to lift the natural default vibration of each of the congregation by invoking the presence of the one infinite Creator in the persona of Jesus the Christ. The everyday life is not spent in church and in the workaday world. Each seeker must choose to be his own priest. Each seeker is fully capable of taking on priesthood. Yet we would suggest to the seeker who wishes to live a devotional life that he become more and more finely tuned to an awareness of this momentary decision to become the priest rather than the lay person. For there is a qualitative difference between the actions of a lay person and the actions of a priest.
When one is a lay person, one is framing the self without any particular power, metaphysically or spiritually speaking. When one styles himself as a priest, on the other hand, he styles himself as an entity who has become able to handle sacred things and to pray directly to the one infinite Creator and be heard. You are naturally priests. The unnatural frame of mind, in terms of your deeper nature, is that of the lay person. Yet your culture has trained you all of your life to give your power away to authority figures such as priests. Therefore, as you set out to live a devotional life, we ask that you take seriously the responsibility of priesthood. When you do not feel priestly, then it is well for you to refrain from expressing the form of any ritual. It is essential that the essence of the ritual precede and inform the form. Otherwise, the ritual is dead and does not have power.
Then Q’uo said the priest remembers the actions of Jesus the Christ in which the Christ is breaking bread and drinking wine with His disciples, and He tells them, “Take this bread; it is my body. Take this wine; it is my blood.” And as he remembers this, with his priestly hands hovering over the bread and the wine he is about to give the congregation, he invokes the presence of Jesus the Christ, that it may enter into the substance of the bread and the wine, and then magically it becomes a living carrier for new life, so as the congregation takes this bread and this wine from his hands, again he says, “The bread of life, the cup of salvation,” and that repetition brings the energy of Jesus the Christ into the awareness of each of the congregation as they eat the body and drink the blood that has set them free to live a new life, freed by past sins. Then Q’uo said they would describe this ceremony to us in detail because they wish for us to see the kind of change that a magical ritual is intended to offer by creating a change in our consciousness, so the intent is to lift the natural default vibration of each of the congregation by invoking the presence of the one infinite Creator in the person of Jesus the Christ, and because the everyday life is not spent in church and in the workaday world each of us must choose to be our own priest, and we are capable of taking on priesthood, but Q’uo suggested to us that if we wish to live a devotional life that we become more finely tuned to an awareness of this momentary decision to become the priest rather than the lay person, for there is a qualitative difference between the actions of a lay person and the actions of a priest. Now Q’uo said that when we are a lay person, we are framing ourself without any particular power, spiritually speaking, but when we style ourself as a priest we style ourself as an entity who has become able to handle sacred things and to pray directly to the one infinite Creator and be heard since we are naturally priests, so the unnatural frame of mind, in terms of our deeper nature, is that of the lay person, yet our culture has trained us all of our life to give our power away to authority figures such as priests, and as we set out to live a devotional life, Q’uo asked that we take seriously the responsibility of priesthood, and when we do not feel priestly, then it is well for us to refrain from expressing the form of any ritual since it is essential that the essence of the ritual precede and inform the form, or the ritual does not have power. On July 14, 1994, Q’uo described the nature of the devotional life:
It is the burden and the glory of those who do live a religious, spiritual, or devotional life to live on two levels at once, for the level of the outer world is, indeed, the either/or of service to self or service to others and the dynamics of that life are unforgiving. Yet still, within these outer appearances lies an inner reality which only the heart of humankind can know or experience.
The joy within this illusion you experience flows most freely when it is consciously accepted and visualized within each daily period that these levels are not contradicting each other but rather are the inner and the outer layers of that which is being experienced. Whenever it is perceived that the seeker has focused overmuch upon the Tree of Knowledge then the seeker does well to pause momentarily in order to remember that inner reality, that inner universe and open a shuttle from that inner universe through the seeker’s own heart so that while the seeker is dealing in a practical and intellectually appropriate way with either/or dynamics, yet still that seeker’s heart is open because of that vivid memory and remembrance, which is renewed each moment, of the overriding and overarching reality within, which illumines, transfigures, and reconfigures the whole.
It is not necessary, my friends, to be extremely judgmental or overly critical of the self as to whether or not the self is open-hearted and working with an open energy-body system. Indeed, after a certain amount of practice at remaining in this frame of mind of the priest at all times, it shall become familiar enough to the seeker that there is no longer the concern for whether or not one is in tune. This is due to the fact that once an entity has become accustomed to living in a priestly manner, any aberration from that tenor of mind will be all too obvious to the entity and will constitute that which needs attending as though it were a pain in the body. It is for the beginner that we offer these warnings. We place them here because it is essential that seekers see the difference between actions and essence. One may speak in ritualistic ways and move in ritualistic motions and yet fail to live a magical life because the heart is not open and love is not flowing. As the one known as Paul said, “Without love, I am a clanging gong.”
The most intricate of rituals is always founded on Love. That is the prerequisite. Therefore, we encourage each to do the work necessary to support a devotional life. There are all too many of your people that have sought the life of a religious recluse because of the great yearning for the infinite Creator, yet because the form remained that which was understood and not the essence, the hunger remained and even grew, despite the monastic schedule of six worship services in each day. That being said, let us look at some ways to think about the devotional life lived in the rush of the workaday world. In a way, it seems an odd fit to make of the everyday functions of life a ritual, yet each and every portion of the life is entirely prone to and grateful for sacred use. In order to illustrate this, we would take an example from this instrument’s own life.
Now Q’uo said it is not necessary to be critical of ourself as to whether we are open-hearted and working with an open energy-body system, and after we practice remaining in this frame of mind of the priest at all times, it shall become familiar to us that there is no concern for whether or not we are in tune, and this is due to the fact that once we have become used to living in a priestly manner, any deviation from that tenor of mind will be obvious to us, and it will constitute that which needs attending as though it were a pain in our body, so it is for the beginner that Q’uo offered these warnings, and they placed them here because it is essential we see the difference between actions and essence because we may speak in ritualistic ways and move in ritualistic motions, and yet fail to live a magical life because our heart is not open, and love is not flowing, so as Paul said, “Without love, I am a clanging gong.” Then Q’uo said the most intricate of rituals is always founded on Love, so Q’uo encouraged us to do the work necessary to support a devotional life because there are too many of our people that have sought the life of a religious recluse because of the great yearning for the infinite Creator, yet because the form remained that which was understood and not the essence, the hunger remained and even grew, despite the monastic schedule of six worship services in each day, so Q’uo said let us look at some ways to think about the devotional life lived in the rush of the workaday world, so it seems an odd fit to make of the everyday functions of life a ritual, yet each portion of the life is grateful for sacred use, and in order to illustrate this, we would take an example from Carla’s life. On October 25, 2008, Q’uo described the life of a religious recluse:
The life of a religious recluse is designed to eliminate all possible distractions so that the seeker, the disciple, the student, may do nothing but wind the coil of the intensity of desire to know the Creator day after day and year after year. Nevertheless, there is no escape from humanhood within the bounds of flesh and blood, breath and desire. The most humble and self-abandoned disciple shall still find itself desiring those things which shall bring comfort to the body, the mind, or the spirit.
The initiate does not stop being human. The initiate becomes transparent to its humanhood and is able to gaze upon the requests which the body or the mind may make to the self with a certain amount of detachment and a larger point of view which enables the disciple to act in a more skillful way than one who has not become initiated. It does not remove the business of living from that disciple. That disciple still must find ways to imbue all of those necessary parts of being human with awareness, attention, and often ritual, which all are designed to keep the disciple in a good state of tuning.
Atthe end of their bath ritual they are both clean, the instrument has accomplished all that she needs to accomplish with the help of the one known as Jim, and in all of that intricate movement there have been no words. For each knows the dance and each makes of the dance as graceful and beautiful a thing as can be conceived by both of them. Here it may be seen that the form of the ritual is very homely. There is nothing special about the ingredients of this ritual. They are soap, water, oil, and so forth. Yet the love that streams between husband and wife, as the one known as Jim helps this instrument with her daily cleansing, is palpable, and powerful, and supports and encourages each in his own individual metaphysical life.
There are two things that we would note about this ritual before moving on. Firstly, the one known as Carla, during the whirlpool portion of the bath, actively works with angelic presences, mentally expressing her love, thankfulness and joy and rededicating herself to the service of the one infinite Creator. By doing so, she charges the water, acting as a priestess for both, although this too is never spoken. Secondly, the dance of the bath moves into the succeeding moments of dressing and moving into the next item of the day in ways which link and tie in the energies of love, cooperation, and mutual participation in the dance so that the dance does not end when the bathwater is drained.
Q’uo continued by saying each day Carla and Jim come together at the end of their working day for a bath, and Carla has physical limitations which make it helpful for Jim to interact with her, more than most husbands and wives interact when bathing, so Jim draws the bath, opens the oils and lotions that will be needed after the bath and places them aside and invites Carla into the bathtub, and he helps her sit down, and they enjoy their whirlpool and the cleansing of their bodies, and when they are both clean, before they leave the bathtub, Jim takes two pieces of ice in holders and for two minutes ices Carla’s back which alleviates the arthritic pain in her shoulders and spine, so when this has been done, she lets the water out of the bath and puts the shampoos and other accoutrements of the bath away, and then is helped out of the bathtub by Jim, and he helps her rub oil into her body, dries her off, and puts lotion on her body, working to replenish sensitive skin that is always dry. Then Q’uo said at the end of their bath ritual they are both clean, and Carla has accomplished all that she needs to accomplish with the help of Jim, and in all of that intricate movement there have been no words, for each knows the dance, and each makes the dance as graceful a thing as can be conceived by both of them, so here it may be seen that the form of the ritual is very homely since there is nothing special about the ingredients of this ritual of soap, water, and oil, yet the love that streams between husband and wife, as Jim helps Carla with her daily cleansing is powerful, and encourages each in their metaphysical life. Q’uo went on to say that there are two things that we would note about this ritual before moving on, and firstly, Carla, during the whirlpool portion of the bath, works with angelic presences, mentally expressing her love, thankfulness, and joy and rededicating herself to the service of the one infinite Creator, and by doing so, she charges the water, acting as a priestess for both, although this too is never spoken, and secondly, the dance of the bath moves into the succeeding moments of dressing and moving into the next part of the day in ways which link in the energies of love, cooperation, and mutual participation in the dance so that the dance does not end when the bathwater is drained. On December 29, 2007, Q’uo speaks of angelic presences that are available to help each of us on our spiritual path:
There are angelic presences all around you that have been attracted by your purity of desire and intentions. They wish nothing more than to help you achieve the goals that you have set for yourself this day.
Yet you must ask, for they cannot infringe upon your free will. Therefore, please draw about you that wonderful network of loving presences that are always about you. And do not forget to ask nature to help you, for that, too, is a kingdom of the Father. The very ground loves you beyond all telling. The air, the trees, all that there is in the kingdom of the Father is dancing with you and inviting you to join in that wonderful, harmonious rhythm of the dance of the One. For all within nature, not having self-consciousness, is fully aware of the truth and is very happy to be part of the one infinite Creator in its manifestation in this illusion.
In ritual, there are two kinds of form. There is the form of movement, and there is the form of words. Behind those forms of motion and speaking lie the thoughts of the magician who is speaking and acting. To a magician there is no empty action. The dance is always ongoing. And at the very center of the dance, always, there is Love. The magician invokes aspects of Love, standing on a plinth of Love, surrounded by Love, and seeking only finer and more sensitive attunements of that Love. There are a finite number of movements and words within any day. There are a finite number of repeated activities which lend themselves to ritual. Consequently, to an entity whose mind is focused on filling the form of his day with the essence of worship it is not an exceedingly long process of thought to visualize every single repeated action of a normal day.
Each entity’s day will be unique to him. However, the work he does in a day will have certain aspects of it that are repeated. Therefore, the seeker who wishes to create the devotional life in the midst of the workaday world shall set his mind to analyzing each action of his day, at work, at home, and on the road. The one known as Carla, for instance, has in her work environment the computer. All of her work is done on the computer. The one known as J, on the other hand, has in his working environment various types of large equipment such as mowers, blowers, and weed eaters. It does not seem to the untrained mind that computers and mowers would be likely targets for a devotional life. Yet we would suggest to you that whatever the nature of your work environment is, you can fill it so full of devotional essence that your workday world positively sings.
Q’uo continued by saying in ritual there is the form of movement, and there is the form of words, and behind those forms of motion and speaking lie the thoughts of the magician who is speaking and acting, and to a magician the dance is always ongoing, and at the center of the dance there is Love, so the magician invokes aspects of Love, standing on a base of Love, surrounded by Love, and seeking more sensitive attunements of that Love, so there are a finite number of movements and words within any day, and there are a finite number of repeated activities which lend themselves to ritual, so to an entity whose mind is focused on filling the form of their day with the essence of worship, it is not a long process of thought to visualize every repeated action of a normal day. Now Q’uo said each entity’s day will be unique, but the work he does in a day will have aspects that are repeated, so the seeker who wishes to create the devotional life in the midst of the workaday world shall set his mind to analyzing each action of his day, and Carla has in her work environment the computer, and all of her work is done on the computer, but Jim has in his working environment various types of large equipment such as mowers, blowers, and weed eaters, and it does not seem to the untrained mind that computers and mowers would be likely targets for a devotional life, but we would suggest that whatever the nature of your work environment is, you can fill it full of devotional essence that your workday world positively sings. Then Q’uo said most entities have a transitional environment between work and home, because of the presence of the automobile or other forms of transit, and most entities work in a place that is not their home which is a type of environment that seems contrary to being part of a devotional life, yet Q’uo assured us that creative thought about the essence of the time of driving or the time of riding shall offer to the mind of the seeker repeated actions which may be infused with the invocation of deity because all motions and words may be thought of as sacred dance, but it is in the home environment that most of the repetitive actions of the day are performed such as the washing of clothes, the preparation and eating of food, and the preparation for bed and sleep time are all inevitable in their repetition, and they offer the deepest resource for one who wishes to live a devotional life. On June 12, 1994, Q’uo described the nature of the devotional life:
Indeed, the living of a devotional life is the simplest thing in the world, shall we say, for love may be given every which way, and it may be received in every which way. The most stumbling attempt is still Love. The most error-filled attempt is still full of Light. The mistakes are simply mistakes. They do not change the nature of your gift. In your holy works the prophet known to this instrument as Isaiah cried out to his Lord, “How can I go forth for you? I am a person of unclean lips, and my people are a people of unclean lips.” But the Creator speaks to this entity and to each by saying, “I need a witness.”
The appropriate response, then, to this realization of the need for the Creator to have witnesses is that of the one known as Isaiah, “Here am I. Send me, Lord. Send me.” May each of you continue to have the courage to offer this precious witness.
Thisinstrument and the one known as Jim have long created times of offering and worship at the beginning and end of the day. They have also formed the habit of remembering before food is ingested to thank the one infinite Creator and to thank the food. These are far more outer in terms of type of ritual than the kind of ritual of which we have been speaking, and yet it is helpful in the devotional life to set aside times that are specifically dedicated to worship. This enables the seeker to deepen his base of insight as time goes on. It is possible in this way to create of the entire life a dance that is an invocation of the one infinite Creator. The element of repetition is a substantial part of a magical ritual. Something that is done once, no matter how beautiful, remains single. When that beautiful thing begins to be repeated, there is, indeed, the doubling effect; that is, each doing of that repetition with full awareness of its sacredness doubles the power of that ritual.
The one thing that is missing in terms of this repetition, when the priest is creating his own sacred life rather than being a part of a group ritual, is that he is not calling a significant amount of the entities who have shared in that same ritual. For instance, in Holy Communion or the Holy Eucharist, many of the words of that service have been expressed in relatively undistorted form for centuries on end. Therefore, when an entity begins to pray in any one of the key prayers of that ritual, such as—
“Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts! Heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High”
—a significant amount of those who have been Christians in incarnation and who are now between incarnations living in the inner planes, are drawn to those words, so that one entity saying that particular prayer can excite and attract a tremendous amount of heavenly help with the repetition of that prayer with heartfelt energy.
Contrariwise, one who is living a devotional life that he has created himself is doubling his own power but not calling a large amount of those who dwell in the inner planes between incarnations with one exception. Angels are not drawn to a particular song or a particular set of words. Angels are drawn to pure essence, having never taken part in incarnation. Consequently, any living of a devotional life will attract angelic help, so that there is indeed not only the doubling effect of amplification of one’s personal power, but the supporting and undergirding effect of angelic support and encouragement.
In closing, we would simply say that we cannot iterate often enough the importance of moving from Love and from essence in creating a devotional life. If there is not Love in the repetition of holy things, then that energy, while not wasted, is diminished in its power to comfort, heal, and succor the seeker. Therefore, do not be caught up in the forms of devotional life, but rather be caught up with the emotions engendered by having an open heart and an open energy body and experiencing the self as part of the dance of the One that is ongoing because he exists in that Creation in which all things are indeed one coordinated, eternal dance.
Q’uo said Carla and Jim have created times of offering and worship at the beginning and end of the day, and they have formed the habit of remembering before food is ingested to thank the one infinite Creator and to thank the food, but these are more outer in terms of ritual types than the ritual which we have been speaking of, and yet it is helpful in the devotional life to set aside times that are dedicated to worship because this enables the seeker to deepen their base of insight as time goes on so that it is possible to create of the life a dance that is an invocation of the one infinite Creator, so the element of repetition is a large part of a magical ritual, but something that is done once remains single, and when that ritual begins to be repeated, there is the doubling effect where each doing of that repetition with awareness of its sacredness doubles the power of that ritual. Q’uo continued by saying the one thing that is missing in terms of this repetition, when the priest is creating his sacred life rather than being a part of a group ritual, is that he is not calling a significant amount of the entities who have shared in that same ritual, for in Holy Communion many of the words of that service have been expressed in undistorted form for centuries, so when an entity begins to pray in any one of the key prayers of that ritual, such as—“Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts! Heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High”—many of those who have been Christians in incarnation and who are now between incarnations living in the inner planes, are drawn to those words, so that one entity saying that prayer can attract heavenly help with the repetition of that prayer with heartfelt energy. Now Q’uo said one who is living a devotional life that they have created is doubling their power but not calling a large amount of those who dwell in the inner planes between incarnations, with one exception, because angels are not drawn to a song or a set of words, but angels are drawn to pure essence, having never taken part in incarnation, so any living of a devotional life will attract angelic help, so that there is not only the doubling effect of one’s personal power, but the supporting effect of angelic support. Q’uo completed their response by saying in closing, we cannot say often enough the importance of moving from Love in creating a devotional life because if there is not Love in the repetition of holy things, then that energy is diminished in its power to comfort and heal the seeker, so do not be caught up in the forms of devotional life, but be caught up with the emotions created by having an open heart, an open energy body, and experiencing the self as part of the dance of the One that is ongoing because It exists in that Creation in which all things are one eternal dance. On October 13, 2009, Q’uo described the nature and purpose of our energy body:
When one is able to quiet the self and to get the energy of the energy body flowing at its maximum so that the heart is open, then one is able to do work in consciousness, moving through the blue ray of absolute honesty and the indigo ray of being. As one sits within that open energy body and places the intention with which you seek to enter the gateway to intelligent infinity, the gateway will open in such and such a way because of your intention.
Consequently, we would say to you, my brother, that as you approach these times of seeking in sacred places, that you set your intention specifically and with all your heart, all your mind, and all your strength so that the opening through that gateway is that which you would wish. The gifts of the gateway of intelligent infinity are many. There are those who open it in order to become channels for healing. There are those whose reason for opening it is to become channels for the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator.
We are those of Q’uo, and would ask if there is a follow-up query on this question, my brother?
Jim: Not for me, Q’uo.
We are those of Q’uo, and would asked then if there is any other query this evening before we leave this instrument?
R: Q’uo, I keep racking my brain for some question because I hate to let you go, but I do not have one, so I’ll just say that I appreciate the Brothers and Sisters of Sorrow.
We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your non-question. Yet you have asked for a little more of our time and because this instrument continues to have energy to offer for a few more of your minutes, we would speak freely, if it is all right with you.
R: Please.
Very well, my brother. There is in this season of the year that is winter much joy in the one known as R, while many others have exactly the opposite feeling about the weather being cold. So, there is at all times a multiplicity of people, a multiplicity of opinions, and a seemingly variegated and splintered world where many things seem out of tune and the service-to-self faction of your population dominates the news with wars and rumors of wars, the misuses of power being almost endless. Yet this appearance is an illusion. Certainly, as the days of third density wane and come to a close, those who are seeking to graduate in negative polarity are working very hard to create as much service-to-self polarization in their lives as possible. These are the entities that gather power for its own sake, that enjoy sending men to their death in the pursuit of policy and that do not blink at lying, stealing and cheating, simply saying, “It’s just business.”
Itis easy for service-to-others entities to become distressed when gazing at what seems to be the way of the world. We would suggest that this seeming way of the world is only large in aspect because of the way your culture values information. It is as though your mass media functions by a kind of radar which only picks up certain types of vibrations. In terms of your radar imaging, for instances, that which is metallic and magnetic is picked up and shown on the radar as a blip. Many other things are in the sky, but the radar does not read them. Radar is set to read the objects which occupy a very small amount of the air and report only on them. Nevertheless, all of the sky is still there. In much the same way your mass media only pick up as blips those entities which have disturbed the continuum by the misuse of power, whether it be sending entities off to die for policy, or whether it be one entity who turns and shoots another. These are the things that create and constitute the blips that are reported on in the mass media. Meanwhile, all the rest of human nature remains unreported.
My friends, you are wonderful people. The vast majority of those upon Planet Earth at this time seek with all their hearts to be good people by their own lights. We ask that each of you take the time to be aware of the good people in your life: the person that sold you something at the drugstore or grocery store, the person that helped you repair something that was wrong with your house or your apartment, the person that let you into traffic on a busy street, and the people in your neighborhood whom you see walking their dogs and chatting in their front yards. Each and every one of these entities is suffering and yet seeks with all its heart to live a good life and to serve others. We ask that you begin to deepen your appreciation of that which lies below the radar and begin to give less power to the loud voices of your media as they report on that which, if it bleeds, leads.
Q’uo offered to speak a few words about the winter season and the vibrations of service to others and service to self on Earth at this time. Q’uo began by saying there is in this season of winter joy while others have the opposite feeling about the weather being cold, so there is a variety of people and opinions, and a divided world where many things seem out of tune, and the service-to-self faction of our population dominates the news with wars and the misuses of power, yet this appearance is an illusion, so as the days of third density come to a close, those who are seeking to graduate in negative polarity are working hard to create as much service-to-self polarization in their lives as possible, and these are the entities that gather power for its own sake, that enjoy sending men to their death in the pursuit of policy and that do not blink at lying, stealing, and cheating, simply saying, “It’s just business.” Then Q’uo said it is easy for service-to-others entities to become distressed when gazing at what seems to be the way of the world, so Q’uo suggested that this way of the world is only large in aspect because of the way our culture values information, and it is as though our mass media functions by a kind of radar which only picks up certain types of vibrations where that which is metallic is shown on the radar as a blip, and there are other things are in the sky, but the radar does not read them because radar is set to read the objects which occupy a very small amount of the air and report only on them, but all of the sky is still there, and in the same way our mass media only picks up as blips those entities which have disturbed the continuum by the misuse of power, whether it be sending entities off to die for policy, or whether it be one entity who turns and shoots another, so these are the things that create the blips that are reported on in the mass media, and all the rest of human nature remains unreported. Q’uo completed their thoughts by saying my friends, you are wonderful people, and the vast majority of those upon Planet Earth at this time seek with all their hearts to be good people by their own lights, so we ask that each of you take the time to be aware of the good people in your life: the person that sold you something at the drugstore or grocery store, the person that helped you repair something that was wrong with your house or your apartment, the person that let you into traffic on a busy street, and the people in your neighborhood whom you see walking their dogs and chatting in their front yards because each and every one of these entities is suffering and yet seeks with all its heart to live a good life and to serve others, and we ask that you begin to deepen your appreciation of that which lies below the radar and begin to give less power to the loud voices of your media as they report on that which, if it bleeds, leads. On September 23, 2023, Q’uo spoke of how we can seek with all our hearts to be of service to others:
This is a query that you share with many spiritual seekers of truth, who desire with all their hearts, and intend with all their mind, and put forth every effort of their being to travel the spiritual journey. And in this traveling, there is the hope, the expectation that there will be a result that you can point to, that you can feel, that you can express, that lets you know that you have been successful.
But, my friend, we must let you know that this is only a part, and a small part, of the journey of seeking the truth. For you exist within the third-density illusion where what one expects is not always what one achieves in the conscious sense. We would suggest to you that as you are traveling this journey of seeking and giving your efforts of energy and will and faith into the seeking, that you are awakening in the deeper portion of your mind a facet of this journey that is most helpful to you but which you may not be consciously aware. You are much more than a conscious mind. You are that which is connected to the Creator through your subconscious mind. And as you give forth the effort to seek, to be, to become, to serve, this effort is seeded within your subconscious mind. And it grows. And it multiplies. And it manifests in ways that you may not be aware of.
There is a harvest to the sowing of the seed of intention that always grows, for this is the desire of the Creator to know itself in every facet of His being. And you manifest this knowing, this experiencing in a way which is totally, fully, and powerfully experienced by the Creator within your subconscious mind that may or may not become apparent to you at some point in your spiritual journey. Thusly, we would suggest that you continue, as you have been: to have the faith and the will to progress and to meet the goals that you feel are important. For the intention here is that which powers your journey.
We would at this time take our leave of this instrument and this group, thanking each for creating this sacred space that we may share. It has been a pleasure to speak with you this evening. We leave you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.
This morning I used Venus to mow the grass all around my yard for the first time this year as Carla always asked me to wait until the white snow drop flowers were done with their bloom before I mowed the grass. Then I went on an errand run to Thieneman’s Nursery where I bought more dianthus, garden impatiens, and Angelonia.
This afternoon I transplanted the dianthus in the small garden next to the driveway. Then I transplanted the garden impatiens on the north side of the Wuthering Heights Mound. Lastly, I transplanted the Angelonia in the garden next to the Flower Fall Mound that was half full of snapdragons. Then I watered all of the newly transplanted flower with fertilized water. Then I sprayed all the newly planted flowers with deer repellant.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
April 24
To Your Heart’s Health
I am of the consciousness of Jesus the Christ. I greet you in the midst of paradise, where Love abounds, and Light never fails. So, it is within your heart. Love abounds and Light never fails.
All souls have what you may call a dark side. There are things that lay heavy upon the soul. There are thoughts of past and thoughts of future. And in this heaviness, in this past and this future, the joyful present is lost within your heart and your soul.
Look at the good that comes to you today. Be quiet and sure and aware ahead of time that good shall come to you. Expect it. And if that which you get is unexpectedly difficult, search out the Love that you are to learn and express for Jesus the Christ.
Let this be for you a day of rejoicing; a day of moving into the Love of the Creator; a day lost in praise of Jesus the Christ.
There are those of you who do not wish to reckon with Jesus the Christ. We of the Spirit of the full consciousness of Love suggest only that you need not reckon with the entity Jesus, but to your heart’s health and your soul’s life, you must reckon with Christhood. Gaze at the story of the man and grasp the meaning and the implications of living the full consciousness of Love.
When you have done so, do not despair but rejoice, for we are with you always.
Our peace and Love be with you now and evermore. 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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