I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from November 6, 2005:

The question today has to do with the kind of problems that we run into in our daily lives that seem to be repeating. After a while they seem to be unsolvable. It looks like the best that you can do is to keep dancing and working with them. We’re wondering if Q’uo has any comment to make that could shed some light on what goes on in a seeker’s life when you run into these problems that may be in relationships and may be with yourself. Is it psychic greeting? Is it something within yourself that wants to show you the dark side so that you can work on it? Could Q’uo comment on these problems that keep recurring in our lives that don’t really seem to go away?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are in the Creator’s service as we speak with you at this time. Thank you for the privilege and the pleasure of being called to your circle this evening. As always, we would ask of you that you employ your discriminatory powers in listening to what we have to say. Use that material that is helpful and seems resonant to you while leaving the rest behind. If you will take responsibility for doing this, it will enable us to speak freely without being concerned that we might infringe upon your free will.

The gaudy jewel and earth tones of your autumn leaves are swirling around in this instrument’s mind as we settle into her question this day. And, indeed, the gaudy and earth tones of your question swirl about as we contemplate our response. We thank you for this query concerning the seemingly insoluble and cyclical challenges of each of your incarnations. It is a characteristic of the density which you now inhabit that nothing is known. Everything is an illusion. The rainbow colors of your supposed problems and challenges have the same seductive value as a display of beautiful clothing in a department store window has to this instrument. The way the human mind works is to gather these garments of thought as if they were apparel and coordinate the garments, one with the other, so that one is wearing a mental and emotional outfit that goes together.

It is to be noted that much of the way patterns of thinking develop is as simple as that habit that entities such as this instrument have of going into the closet and selecting an outfit for the day that coordinates in terms of color and pattern. There is a surreal aspect to reality that cannot be shaken off or gotten rid of. It is part of the human condition. It is a big part of the human condition. It was created that third density be a density in which nothing can be known in order that those who entered into the density would be able to do work intended for this density. That work is the seemingly simple but in fact endlessly painstaking work of choosing what shall be the manner of your being.

Itis a very helpful thing to lose the beliefs of all kinds of thought, feeling, and emotion from time to time and to strip oneself down to the bare branches of one’s true self. This instrument spoke in her journal  recently of this need to be naked of the clothing of those garments of emotion and personality that did not seem to her to be very indicative of any real beingness within herself. She was looking for the bare branches and the roots and trunk of her personality to find out more about who she really is. We would suggest to you that it is well to look at these cyclically recurring thematic challenges in this extended context of that image of the essential tree with its many-colored leaves which must fall and come down from time to time to be lost, in order that change and growth may take place.

This is true for all entities regardless of when they come to third-density incarnation. It is especially true of an entity such as this instrument or those within this group, for each within this circle of seeking has made conscious agreements with the self to accelerate the pace of spiritual growth. Therefore, it is to be expected from such entities that these cycles of the self meeting the shadow self, shall we say, would be intensified. And there is another factor, offering another layer or level of intensification. That extra factor is the times in which you are now living. Let us contemplate the times in which you are now living from our point of view. For we believe that this may add a dimension to your own thinking at this time. We have said before that at this time your Earth is being born as a fourth-density planet and indeed is alive and well.

The group question for this session was: “We’re wondering if Q’uo has any comment to make that could shed some light on what goes on in a seeker’s life when you run into these problems that may be in relationships and may be with yourself. Is it psychic greeting? Is it something within yourself that wants to show you the dark side so that you can work on it? Could Q’uo comment on these problems that keep recurring in our lives that don’t really seem to go away?” Q’uo began their reply by saying the colorful earth tones of our autumn leaves are swirling around in Carla’s mind as we consider her question this day, and the colorful earth tones of our question swirl about as we contemplate our response, so Q’uo thanked us for this query concerning the seemingly insoluble and cyclical challenges of each of our incarnations, for it is a characteristic of the density which we now inhabit that nothing is known since everything is an illusion so that the rainbow colors of our challenges have the same seductive value as a display of beautiful clothing in a department store window has for Carla, and the way our human mind works is to gather these garments of thought as if they were apparel and coordinate the garments so that we are wearing a mental and emotional outfit that goes together. Then Q’uo said that much of the way our patterns of thinking develop is like that habit that Carla has of going into the closet and selecting an outfit for the day that coordinates in terms of color and pattern, and there is a surreal aspect to reality that cannot be gotten rid of because it is a big part of the human condition, and it was created that third density be a density in which nothing can be known in order that when we entered into this density we would be able to do work intended for this density which is the seemingly simple but endlessly painstaking work of choosing what shall be the manner of our being. Q’uo continued by saying it is a helpful thing to lose the beliefs of all kinds of thought and emotion and to strip ourself down to our true self, and Carla spoke in her journal of this need to be naked of the garments of emotion and personality that did not seem to be indicative of any real beingness within herself because she was looking for the roots of her personality to find out more about who she really is, and Q’uo suggested to us that it is well to look at these recurring challenges in the context of that image of the essential tree with its leaves which must fall down to be lost in order that change and growth may take place. Q’uo went on to say this is true for all of us regardless of when we come to third-density incarnation, and it is especially true of an entity such as Carla, or those within this group, for each of us in this circle of seeking has made conscious agreements with  our self to accelerate the pace of spiritual growth so that it is to be expected that these cycles of our meeting our shadow self would be intensified, and there is another layer of intensification which are the times in which we are now living because at this time our Earth is being born as a fourth-density planet, and indeed is alive and well. On January 1, 1989, Q’uo described the way in which we can accelerate the pace of our spiritual growth:

But this evening you have chosen to gaze at the spiritual journey in terms of time commitment, in terms of whether by taking thought one might accelerate the pace of spiritual growth. My children, if we of Q’uo did not believe that it was possible to accelerate the spiritual growth of careful and persistent students by means of inspirational messages, we would not be working with this instrument, for it is no part of our intention to waste our time. However, the truth is that it is extremely possible; that is, it is possible in almost any degree desired by the entity to accelerate the pace of spiritual growth. The difficulty from within the illusion is that a particularly difficult manifestation of accelerated spiritual growth is emotional pain, irritation with oneself for having failed, and other negative emotions.

The extremely simple reason for the seeming paradox is that in times of greatly accelerated growth, large-scale changes are being made in the road map of various portions of the program and metaprogram of the mind, and, especially when these changes have reached the initiatory or metaprogrammic phase, many, many feelings, actions, and so forth will seem to have been those of an oversensitive, immature, and imbalanced person. This person will consider itself the least of all those who seek, for it is not manifesting cheerfulness, gaiety, merriment, and freedom, but, rather, suffering under a burden.

However, when the memory has wound its golden bands about these times, and that which you call time has elapsed so that one may gaze back upon that golden-shrouded memory, one may see again and again the rapidity of growth side by side and inexorably tied to the most nauseating and humiliating of failures. It is for this reason that within the illusion it is most often felt that there are no short cuts, and that one must simply bumble along by trial and error.

Thethird-density planet which gave birth to baby Gaia, that entity which we may call third-density Gaia, has expressed a great deal of her energies in the nurturing of all of her third-density tribe and family. The Earth being that you call Gaia or Terra is a mother in love with her children and blissfully nurturing of them, always protective of them and yet, at the same time, in harmony with the desire for growth and transformation that exists within the heart and the soul of each one of her children. As she has approached this last decade of her appropriate time to be alive, she has seen that the harvest of those who have chosen is still a slender one. Those who have taken incarnation at this time have taken incarnation knowing full well that time is short upon your planet for making the choice of how to be.

There are those of you who traveled from other densities and other planets to this density and planet Earth in hopes of being a part of that energy which would create the expression of light on planet Earth that would help entities to awaken to the realization of who they are as spiritual beings and of what they are here to do in terms of making the choice of the manner of their being. There are other entities whose hope is to wake up, having been unable to do so within third density in other third-density cycles. The thing that each of you has in common with the other is that, whether you are attempting to awaken from within the third-density dream, or whether you have awakened within the dream but now are hoping to help others to awaken, your awakening is precious to you and central to your reason for choosing to take incarnation at this time. It is as if all of you are under pressure to graduate.

Ifyou will cast your minds back to your last graduation, you may remember the kind of pressure that this situation creates. There is the feeling of being tested and wondering if you have the knowledge to answer the questions on that test appropriately. There is that frantic feeling of not having enough knowledge and knowing that you do not have the time that you would like to have in order to organize your thoughts. It seems as if a great deal is compressed into a very short amount of time. Your entire incarnation has this intensity at this time, and as we said, there are several layers to the reason for this intensity. It is intense because you are intense. It is intense because the Earth is at an intense place. And it is further intensified by the great desire of each of you to do well at this time so that you are in effect your own parents, encouraging and urging you to study harder and get good grades.

The one known as C was correct in saying that the cycling, thematic challenges of an incarnation are not intended to be solved. And the one known as Carla was equally correct in describing the condition of being as that of dancing with the situation without any hope of solving or affecting the situation. These are positive and loving perceptions of a situation that might otherwise seem to be very frustrating. It seems frustrating when one attempts to solve a problem that will not solve. There is the natural desire to create order and beauty in any pattern of living or thinking. And we encourage your efforts to beautify your thoughts, your emotions, and your being as you can. We would ask you to remember that your goal is growth, progress, and transformation. You are asking yourself to change and to become that which you do not yet understand.

Then Q’uo said the third-density planet which gave birth to baby Gaia, that entity which we may call third-density Gaia, has expressed her energies by nurturing of all of her third-density family, and the Earth being that we call Gaia is a mother in love with her children and always protective of them and yet in harmony with the desire for growth and transformation that exists within the soul of each one of her children, and as she has approached this last decade of her time to be alive, she has seen that the harvest of those who have chosen is a slender one so that those who have incarnated at this time have taken incarnation knowing that time is short upon our planet for making the choice of how to be. Now Q’uo said there are those of us who traveled from other densities and other planets to planet Earth in hopes of being a part of that energy which would create the expression of Light on planet Earth and would help us to awaken to the realization of who we are as spiritual beings and of what we are here to do in terms of making the choice of the manner of our being, and there are other entities whose hope is to wake up, having been unable to do so within third density in other third-density cycles so that the thing that each of us has in common with each other is that, whether we are attempting to awaken from within the third-density dream, or whether we have awakened within the dream but now are hoping to help others to awaken, this awakening is precious to us and central to our reason for choosing to take incarnation at this time, and it is as if all of us are under pressure to graduate. Q’uo continued by saying if we will look back to our last graduation, we may remember the kind of pressure that this situation creates because there is the feeling of being tested and wondering if we have the knowledge to answer the questions on that test, and there is that knowing that we do not have the time to organize our thoughts, and it seems as if a great deal is compressed into a short amount of time, so our incarnation has this intensity at this time, and there are several layers to the reason for this intensity: it is intense because we are intense; it is intense because the Earth is an intense place; and it is intensified by the desire of each of us to do well at this time so that we are our own parents urging us to good grades. Q’uo went on to say C was correct in saying that the cycling challenges of an incarnation are not intended to be solved, and Carla was equally correct in describing the condition of being as that of dancing with the situation without any hope of solving the situation, and these are loving perceptions of a situation that seems to be frustrating when we attempt to solve a problem that will not solve, so there is the natural desire to create order in any pattern of living, and Q’uo encouraged our efforts to beautify our thoughts and our emotions, and they asked us to remember that our goal is growth and transformation because we are asking ourself to change and to become that which we do not yet understand. On November 26, 1989, Q’uo spoke of how we can obtain growth and transformation:

To see oneself as a cell in the body of creation is a most helpful concept, because as you gaze in thought at your own anatomy and physiology you may see that each cell is equally important. The skin, the muscles, the mind, the simple reaching out of the hands that is possible because you are in physical existence, these are causes for rejoicing, these are causes for thanksgiving and praise, for you have the opportunity to act as a channel, a worthy and loving channel for the infinite Love and Light of the one Creator. Self-acceptance is a good start upon self-forgiveness. To accept one’s faults as they are, paradoxically, is to open oneself up to the possibility of change, growth, and transformation.

When you ask Spirit for the opportunity to grow, change, and transform, Spirit is ever ready to offer you those opportunities. When the opportunities to grow are offered to you, they will tend to express themselves in terms of your thematic, incarnational lessons. It is not that you are getting a direct repetition each time that such cyclical problems come up. Each situation that you experience, no matter how closely you can identify it in kind with previous occurrences with this same theme in your life, the consciousness that takes in this current, fresh, new version of the thematic challenge is a new being facing a new problem. Fortunately, you have the tremendous advantage of having identified the recurring and thematic incarnational lesson or you would not have asked this question. Simply realizing how growth works and what its mechanisms are is an extremely powerful resource.

Becoming comfortable with this discomfort is a very helpful resource as well. We enjoyed the conversation which took place before this channeling session began, for there was genuine laughter as the ones known as Carla and C spoke of their recurring difficulties. That laughter was not angry or hysterical but rather was the relaxed enjoyment of that which is truly funny. One of your most powerful resources in doing spiritual work of this kind is a sense of proportion or a sense of humor. And we are very glad that you are able to relax with each other and feel comfortable in your discomfort. We acknowledge and sympathize with that discomfort.

It is not a comfortable or easy thing to create within the self that environment that welcomes growth. We have talked recently with this group about the tremendous courage it takes to put down the current pattern of one’s life and thoughts, to empty the mental and emotional pockets of all preconceptions and to say, “I am empty, and I would ask what Spirit would like to say to me now. How may I serve? How may I learn? How may I grow?” Casting those requests to the wind of spirit is a wonderfully powerful act. What occurs thereafter is often what this instrument would call the silly season. The sky seems to fall in on one. All patterns seem to fall into chaos. Entities which normally behave in such and such a way suddenly seem to be behaving otherwise.

Whatever the shape and nature of the challenge that you experience because you have asked to grow, it takes you from the precincts of tidy and orderly living into a seemingly darker and much more shadowy atmosphere where it is impossible to see around corners or very far ahead. There is the feeling of being in darkness and unable to discern the shape and true form of the thoughts and feelings of others, and, indeed, of oneself. There are feelings of isolation and even of being stranded in a place far from comfort, with the ghosts of one’s past crowding around, making rude comments upon the current situation. We would ask you to step back when you begin to feel blocked in by this darkness, for help is near. That help does not exist within third density and its world of illusion. That help comes from a world which interpenetrates your third-density illusion. That is a world in which truth, beauty, wisdom, and justice walk as entities. That is the world of time/space or the metaphysical world.

Now Q’uo said when we ask Spirit for the opportunity to grow and transform, Spirit is ready to offer us those opportunities which will be expressed in terms of our incarnational lessons, but it is not that we are getting a repetition each time that such problems come up because each situation that we experience, no matter how closely we can identify it with this same theme in our life, the consciousness that takes in this new version of our recurring challenge, is a new being facing a new problem, but we have the advantage of having identified the recurring  incarnational lesson, or we would not have asked this question, so simply realizing how growth works is a powerful resource. Q’uo went on to say that becoming comfortable with this discomfort is a helpful resource as well, and they enjoyed the conversation which took place before this channeling session began, for there was genuine laughter as Carla and C spoke of their difficulties, and their laughter was the relaxed enjoyment of that which is truly funny, and Q’uo said that one of our resources in doing spiritual work of this kind is a sense of sense of humor, so they were glad that we are able to relax with each other and feel comfortable in our discomfort, and they sympathized with that discomfort. Q’uo continued by saying it is not an easy thing to create within ourself that environment that welcomes growth, and they have talked with this group about the courage it takes to put down the pattern of our life, to empty our mental and emotional pockets of all preconceptions and to say: “I am empty, and I would ask what Spirit would like to say to me now. How may I serve? How may I learn? How may I grow?” Q’uo said that casting those requests to the wind of Spirit is a powerful act, and what occurs thereafter is often what Carla would call the silly season when the sky seems to fall in on us, and all patterns seem to fall into chaos, and people who normally behave in a certain way suddenly seem to be behaving otherwise. Then Q’uo said whatever the nature of the challenge that we experience because we have asked to grow takes us from the area of orderly living into a darker and more shadowy atmosphere where it is impossible to see very far ahead, and we have the feeling of being unable to discern the shape of the thoughts and feelings of others, and of ourself, so we have feelings of isolation and of being stranded in a place far from comfort, with the ghosts of our past making rude comments upon our current situation, so Q’uo asked us to step back when we begin to feel blocked by this darkness, for help is near, and that help does not exist within the third density illusion, but that help comes from a world which interpenetrates our third-density illusion, and that is a world in which truth, beauty, wisdom, and justice walk as entities, and that is the metaphysical world. On October 11, 2008, Q’uo described the nature of the metaphysical world:

We are happy to give you confirmation of that. In the metaphysical world, when people are talking about you, it is known. So, we are all eavesdroppers, shall we say, of a certain type, and when you are working with the thoughts that those of Ra have offered, we are indeed there and are part of the Confederation of Angels and Planets, as we sometimes call the Confederation. The inner and the outer planes work together, my brother, in terms of supporting and being a good guidance system for those that are moving through this school of souls that is Planet Earth.

It is that place from which your inspiration comes. Your heart dwells at all times in this metaphysical world. The safe place that you need in order to move through these cyclical times of difficulty lies within you. And yet you must journey to you as if you were a stranger coming from afar to the city gates of your own heart. Your inner heart is a world unto itself. It carries your truth. It carries your identity. It is the resting place of the one infinite Creator. When you sleep, your personality shell curls up for some rest, and the truth of you comes out to play, to express, to stretch its muscles and its sensings. And in dreams and visions, this true self of yours communicates with its surface self as best it can. When you meditate and enter the silence, you can hope to enter those precincts of sacredness and truth.

Wefind the phrase or the image of dancing with your incarnational lessons very apt because, in a way, your entire life is truth dancing with the illusions necessary to create an environment in which the shadow of truth may be visible. In a way, that is the nature of third-density life. It is a shadow life. And yet that shadow contains as much truth as is bearable in a learning environment. You have placed yourself in an environment which can be anything you wish to make of it. For many people, so great is their desire for comfort that their every concern is simply to seal up any possibility of letting the light in so that they may remain safely asleep. We are not speaking to those who wish to remain asleep, however. We are speaking to those who genuinely, authentically wish to awaken, to greet the day that has been given them and to take hold and make of the incarnation that which they intended before they set out on this journey from birth to death in third density.

We feel the truth of your great desire to fulfill this pattern of growth and service. We cannot find enough ways to express to you how exciting we find your adventures. We see all too clearly the perfection of the Creator’s plan. And we are aware of your blindness. It is therefore very exciting to us to see how you step forth so bravely into the arena of everyday life, armed only with your faith. Certainly, how to find that faith is a question unto itself, for faith is created out of nothing. Perhaps you are aware of the figure of the twenty-second archetype of the tarot deck of The Fool stepping out over the edge of the abyss into nothingness. That is how you find faith, my friends. And so it is with the dance that you do with the incarnational lessons. When you hear the music and recognize that your leitmotif is playing for you once again, we encourage you not to be concerned that you do not know the steps. Arise and join the dance. The steps will come to you as you free yourself to experience them by giving up the safety of your seated position.

Q’uo continued by saying it is this metaphysical world from which our inspiration comes because our heart dwells in the safe place that we need in order to move through these times of difficulty which lie within us, and we must journey to ourself as if we were a stranger coming from afar to the city gates of our own heart, and our heart is a world unto itself since it carries our truth, our identity, and it is the resting place of the one infinite Creator so that when we sleep our personality shell curls up for some rest, and the truth of us comes out to play, to stretch its muscles, and in dreams and visions our true self communicates with its surface self as best it can, so when we meditate we can hope to enter those precincts of sacredness and truth. Q’uo went on to say they find the image of dancing with our incarnational lessons very apt because our life is the truth dancing with the illusions necessary to create an environment in which the shadow of truth may be visible, and that is the nature of third-density life, and that shadow contains as much truth as is bearable in a learning environment so that we have placed ourself in an environment which can be anything we wish to make of it, for many people have such a desire for comfort that their every concern is simply to seal up any possibility of letting the light in so that they may remain safely asleep, but Q’uo was not speaking to those who wish to remain asleep, but they are speaking to those of us who genuinely wish to awaken and to make of our incarnation that which we intended before we set out on our journey from birth to death in third density. Then Q’uo said they feel the truth of our great desire to fulfill this pattern of growth and service, and they cannot find enough ways to express to us how exciting they find our adventures since they see clearly the perfection of the Creator’s plan, and they are aware of our blindness, so it is exciting to them to see how we step forth so bravely into the arena of everyday life, armed only with our faith, and how to find that faith is a question unto itself, for faith is created out of nothing which we could see as the figure of the twenty-second archetype of the tarot deck which is The Fool stepping out over the edge of the abyss into nothingness. Q’uo completed their response by saying that is how we find faith, and so it is with the dance that we do with the incarnational lessons, so when we hear the music and recognize that our melody is playing for us once again, they encouraged us not to be concerned that we do not know the steps, but we should join the dance because the steps will come to us as we free ourself to experience them by giving up the safety of our seated position. On May 20, 2005, Q’uo spoke of the nature of our incarnational lessons:

In general, we may say that within the incarnational lessons that each wanderer chooses for herself, the goal is not simply to learn a lesson. The goal is to practice a kind of lesson in such a way that the soul stream that is practicing this lesson is, little by little, purified and refined in the fire of planet Earth and the incarnation that you are now experiencing, so that that soul’s essence becomes ever more beautiful and is ever more completely dedicated to serving the one infinite Creator. Thusly, it is not so much that you are learning lessons but that you are learning how to give yourself as a gift in every thought and in every action to the Creator whom you love so unconditionally and who loves you so unconditionally.

Is there another query at this time?

[No further queries.]

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware that we seem to have exhausted the supply of questions in the circle of seeking at this time. It has been our pleasure to work with this question, and we thank each of you for putting aside the time and the energy to spend time in seeking and questing of the truth. We hope that our poor thoughts have been of some small value to you, and we can assure you unequivocally that your questions have been very valuable to us, as has been the experience of your beauty, which always takes our breath away. We thank you from the bottom of our heart and we leave you as we found 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. Adonai.

This morning I ran some errands with my first stop being at Speedway to fill Stanley with gas. My second stop was at PNC Bank to make a cash withdrawal. My last stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market to buy some food for myself.

This afternoon I cleaned Benny’s apartment by using the carpet sweeper on the hall carpet. Then I swept up the kitty litter in the room where Benny spends most of her time in the cat tower, and where she has two litter boxes. Then I used the duster to dust all three rooms and the hall.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

March 23

Look Again

I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.

Divinity may seem to have no part in your experience as you awaken to yet another day of traffic, work, chores to do, and lists to be made and scratched out. Yet it is the prayer of the Spirit of the living Christ that divinity may be at all times in utterly close proximity to each spirit, however concerned with the mundane, however overwhelmed with the everyday chores of a busy life.

You will find the Spirit between the motes of dust, within the glimmer of moisture upon a cobweb, rounding like fog at the corners of the heart.

Our prayer is our presence. Do not turn from dust and chores and dailiness to seek the living waters of spiritual food but, rather, gaze at them more closely, for there is no day so busy nor prison so closely bound that the Spirit is not within each task and each bar.

We would rescue that state of mind, which does not relish earthly things yet sees none other, from inward blindness by saying, “Look again.” For shall not divine Love penetrate and, with your desire, have strength to transform each and every action which you may take this day?

We leave you in that striving which is the peace of Christ, 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from September 18, 2005:

The question today, Q’uo, has to do with the fact that so many of us who are here on Earth at this time wishing to be of service to others have found a great deal to do. We live at the speed of computers, jets, and commuting. The problem seems to be, for many people, how to get everything done that you want to do. It seems like some things have to be left off! There isn’t enough time in the day for one person to do what that person has set beforehand for herself. How do you go about prioritizing your expenditure of energy in the area of serving other people? Do you listen to your heart that says you give everything you have got to each person that comes your way one at a time? Or do you try to use some wisdom; do you try to tear down, logically, the load that you’ve got so that it’s more manageable? We would appreciate any thoughts that you have in this area of organizing our energies, being of service, and not wearing ourselves out with trying to do everything that’s in front of us.

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo, and we greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we are privileged to come to you this day. We thank each of you for the beauty of your being and the power of your dedication to seeking the truth. We thank you for forming a circle of seeking and for calling us to speak with you concerning the use of your time in the time of your usefulness. As always, we would ask of you one clarion thing and we would be as clear as a trumpet as we say to you to take responsibility for discriminating as you listen to our thoughts. Do not take them into your being if they do not resonate with you. If you will guard your own temple, then we shall feel free to offer our opinion without being concerned that we may infringe upon your free will. Your process of growth is precious and it needs not to be disturbed but to grow very organically.

Your query this day concerns how to maximize the use of your time. It is understood in this question that you are on the path of service to others and so this is not a talk about how to choose between service to self and service to others, yet it is a talk that encompasses the question of how service to others works. Your group has asked us many questions in the last little while concerning the nature of being, and, as we hear this question concerning the use of time, we find ourselves relating this question to the question of being. In the best of all possible worlds, that which you do flows from the fount of being within you.

The one known as Jim has made a vow to invoke the mantra to “relax and enjoy” whenever he becomes aware that he has lost his balance and is no longer resting in his own peace and power. We would begin by saying that this mantra is very apt for anyone who wishes to serve others well. It is not to the fleet of foot that the race against time goes. The winner of that race is the one who remembers to stop running and to rest. Clearly, we do not mean this literally. Even the most abstruse and abstract work involves movement. Once the choice of tasks is made, the fingers move across the computer keyboard, the mind and the body working together to create patterns, thoughts, and ideas where before there was nothing.

Those who work in more physical ways must do their work working with machines or using their bodies to create more order out of the chaos of nature’s bounty, as the one known as Jim does in his gardening. Certainly, the one known as C must take many steps, climb many ladders, and investigate many malfunctions and difficulties as she goes about creating order and beauty in the pattern of her rental business. Whatever the kind of work that you do is, the gist of your query to us this day concerns not the work itself but your choices of two things: precisely what task you shall choose in any given day or moment, and what attitude or point of view you shall choose as you offer yourself in service.

Energy expenditure is little understood among your people. You do not understand where your energy comes from. There is an abiding belief that energy is personal, and that it belongs to you. When you go to sleep, you are thinking in terms of restoring your energy. When you make an effort you think of it as your effort. This is entirely understandable. Nevertheless, your energy is the energy of the Creator. Your life is the life of the Creator. Your path is the path of the one infinite Creator. You are a miracle, astonishing in your perfection, breathtaking in your brilliance, and unknown to yourself.

The group question for this session was: “We would appreciate any thoughts that you have in this area of organizing our energies, being of service, and not wearing ourselves out with trying to do everything that’s in front of us.” Q’uo began by saying our query concerns how to maximize the use of our time, and it is understood in this question that we are on the path of service to others, and so this is not a talk about how to choose between service to self and service to others since it is a talk that reveals how the question of service to others works, and our group has asked questions in the past concerning the nature of being, and concerning this question about the use of time Q’uo found themselves relating this question to the question of being so that in the best of all worlds, that which we do flows from the fount of being within us. Q’uo went on to say that Jim has made a vow to invoke the mantra to “relax and enjoy” whenever he becomes aware that he has lost his balance and is no longer resting in his own peace and power, so Q’uo began by saying that this mantra is good for any of us who wishes to serve others well, but it is not to the fleet of foot that the race against time goes because the winner of that race is the one who remembers to stop running and to rest, but Q’uo did not mean this literally since even the most abstract work involves movement, but once the choice of tasks is made our fingers move across the computer keyboard, and our mind and body create patterns and thoughts where before there was nothing. Q’uo continued by saying those of us who work in physical ways must do our work with machines or using our bodies to create more order out of the chaos of nature’s bounty, as Jim does in his gardening, and C must climb many ladders and investigate many difficulties as she goes about creating order and beauty in her rental business, so whatever kind of work that we do is the nature of our query to Q’uo this day and concerns not the work itself but our choices of two things: what task we shall choose on any day, and what attitude we shall choose as we offer ourself in service. Then Q’uo said energy expenditure is little understood among our people because we do not understand where our energy comes from, so there is a belief that energy is personal, and that it belongs to us, and when we go to sleep, we are thinking in terms of restoring our energy, and when we make an effort, we think of it as our effort, but our energy is the energy of the Creator; our life is the life of the Creator; our path is the path of the one infinite Creator; and we are a miracle, breathtaking in our brilliance, and unknown to ourself. On March 18, 1990, Q’uo spoke of the nature of how our energy expenditure is part of our spiritual journey:

It is well to remain mindful, as you have put it, during your diurnal cycles, of the one Creator and one’s seeking of the Creator, for your illusion is one which is designed to give experiences that move one in and out of the presence or the mindfulness of the one Creator, for when one seems to move away from this mindfulness, there is created within that likened unto the vacuum which pulls the consciousness back again to the seeking, to the questioning, to the asking. Then that which is learned by such questing again allows one to move outward, as it were, only to return again, and again, in what is an upward spiraling path of energy expenditure. Each entity must needs create the pattern for this spiral. That which you create has significance in your journey as it comes from your desires, rather than being imposed by any outside source such as ourselves, beyond the general recommendation that periodic rituals of remembrance, shall we say, are helpful in each entity’s journey.

You are a nexus, a crossroads, shall we say. You have offered yourself to incarnation in order to create this nexus or crossroads of illusory reality within an environment of third-density existence. You chose to enter third-density existence and create this point of potential because you realized in gazing upon the Earth plane, that you wished to express the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator within this precise environment.

Wedo not have to paint the stark picture of your environment. For all of the surpassing beauty of the world of nature that makes up the vast majority of this environment, the passion play of humankind has created a drama that unfolds before you in details and patterns of outworking expressions of the distress and confusion of a lost humanity. You did not come to add to the sorrow and the distress of this environment. Rather, you entered incarnation with a firm intention of being a part of the lightening of planet Earth at this time. You came to offer a local habitation to the ineffable and illimitable values of compassion, wisdom and unconditional Love. It could be said in a way that you came to save the world, and yet you did not in any way say to yourself, “I have to come to save the world.” What you said to yourself, was, “I come to bear witness to the Light and the Love of the One whom I follow, that Logos that is the Creator.”

What is it to bear witness to the Light? What is it to follow the embodiment of Love? It is certainly no tangible thing. It is, however, more real to you than your body and closer to you than your breath. Energy expenditure is only possible, in terms of your present illusion, when there is a local habitation for that energy. Thusly, have you come into manifestation as a mind, body, and spirit which serves the Creator. To move to the depth of such energy expenditure and to investigate its source, one must apply to the Creator Itself.

This instrument has been studying the nature of the archetypal mind as set forth by those of Ra in Book IV in the Law of One series in order to respond to questions in one of her forum e-mail groups. She is aware of the Ra’s statement that the archetypical mind is the blueprint or builded structure of all energy expenditures within incarnation in this local habitation of third density. Therefore, logically, an investigation of the most appropriate choices of energy expenditure would turn to the study of the archetypes.

Then Q’uo said we are a crossroads, and we have offered ourself to incarnation in order to create this crossroads of illusory reality within the third-density, and we chose to enter third-density to create this point of potential because we realized in gazing upon the Earth plane, that we wished to express the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator within this environment. Q’uo went on to say they do not have to paint the dark picture of our environment, for all of the beauty of the world of nature that makes up the majority of this environment is the passion play of humankind that has created a drama that unfolds before us in patterns of expressions of the confusion of a lost humanity, but we did not come to add to the sorrow of this environment because we entered incarnation with an intention of being a part of the lightening of planet Earth at this time, and we came to offer ourselves to the infinite values of unconditional Love, so it could be said that we came to save the world, and we did not say to ourself, “I have to come to save the world,” but what we said to ourself was, “I come to bear witness to the Light and the Love of the One whom I follow, that Logos that is the Creator.” Q’uo continued by asking: “What is it to bear witness to the Light? What is it to follow the embodiment of Love?” They said it is no tangible thing, but it is more real to us than our body and closer to us than our breath, and energy expenditure is only possible when there is a local habitation for that energy in third density, so we have come into manifestation as a mind, body, and spirit which serves the Creator, and to move to the depth of such energy expenditure and to investigate its source, we must apply to the Creator Itself. Now Q’uo said Carla has been studying the nature of the archetypal mind as set forth by those of Ra in Book IV in the Law of One series in order to respond to questions in one of her forum e-mail groups, and she is aware of Ra’s statement that the archetypical mind is the blueprint of all energy expenditures within incarnation in the third density so that an investigation of the most appropriate choices of energy expenditure would be to turn to the study of the archetypes. In 91.37, Ra spoke of the archetypical mind as the blueprint of all energy expenditures in the third density:

Questioner: So for an individual who wishes to consciously augment his own evolution, an ability to recognize and utilize the archetypes would be beneficial in sorting out that which he wished to seek and that which he found— and that which would be found then as not as efficient a seeking tool. Would this be a good statement?

Ra: I am Ra. This is a fairly adequate statement. The term “efficient” might also fruitfully be replaced by the term “undistorted.” The archetypical mind, when penetrated lucidly, is a blueprint of the builded structure of all energy expenditures and all seeking, without distortion. This, as a resource within the deep mind, is of great potential aid to the adept.

Dear brothers and sisters, we realize that the depth of the gap between your present ability to contemplate the archetypical mind and a skillful use of that vast and powerful resource is tremendous. You may perhaps even feel that it is impossible to bridge that gap. We would say to you that in some ways it is literally impossible for you, within incarnation, to be able to have a grasp of archetypal processes, especially as they are ongoing within your energy system. However, the gift of story and myth is that, without knowing what you know or how you know it, in telling each other your story you inadvertently touch upon various aspects of your archetypal mind. It is very helpful, for instance, that this group met today, not simply to ask us a question but also to tell each other your stories.

The listening ear and the understanding heart of those who hear your story create resonances that support and validate your archetypal process. You are not aware that you have solved any problems by sharing your stories, yet you have expended the Creator’s energy in ways that have built up each of you as well as building up the adhering and abiding energy of the group itself in sharing your essence. Moreover, you have alerted vast sources of energy which are unseen within your plane of existence, yet which add tremendously to the available energy within the system that this group creates as it sits in this circle. Any two entities listening to each other in an atmosphere of support have much the same dynamic. Any entity conversing with its guidance system, moreover, creates this same dynamic if the guidance that is requested is then listened to, heard, and responded to within the context of the ongoing, daily life. You do not pray into a void. There is in every prayer a conversation with the divine within you.

We realize that your query is about how to choose what tasks to accomplish in any one day. Perhaps you may begin to see that, to our way of thinking, that question lacks priority. To our way of thinking, the priority in any day needs to be first, “What is the Creator’s will for me this day?” We wish to move your thoughts away from the specific and into the underlying nature of your being who is the self that comes to the moment and begins to do the work of the day. Look deeply into this question in order to retrieve your self in your entirety and wholeness from the shredding influence of detail. When you begin to work, let the self that begins that work be that self which has come to bear witness to the Light. Let that self rest in its own nature. Indeed, dear ones, be intransigent in your determination to retain your identity. Then, that which you do shall be flowing through you and not from you. Your personality may flow and bubble along behind the essential self that you are and enjoy the Light.

But that personality shell needs not to be the one doing the work. Know that the Creator is working through your nexus. This instrument, as part of her tuning process, prays, “Fill the heart of your faithful and kindle in her the fire of your Love. Send forth Your spirit and she will be created and You shall renew the face of the Earth.” Whether you work at mowing a lawn, writing a paper, fixing a window, or responding to a correspondent, you work as an agent of the transformative power of the one infinite Creator. You are magical. And what you do is effortless when you remember that you are only here to bear witness to the Light. You are here to dance, to play the pipe and timbrel and to be a part of the whirling, rhythmic pattern of all that there is.

Now Q’uo said we realize that the depth of the gap between our present ability to contemplate the archetypical mind and our skillful use of that powerful resource is tremendous, and we may feel that it is impossible to bridge that gap, and they said that in some ways it is impossible for us to be able to have a grasp of archetypal processes, especially as they are ongoing within our energy system,  but the gift of our story, without knowing what we know or how we know it, is in telling each other our story we accidentally touch upon various aspects of our archetypal mind, and it is helpful that this group met today, not simply to ask Q’uo a question but also to tell each other our stories. Q’uo went on to say that the listening ear and the understanding heart of those who hear our story create resonances that support our archetypal process, and we are not aware that we have solved any problems by sharing our stories, yet we have expended the Creator’s energy in ways that have built up each of us as well as building up the abiding energy of the group itself in sharing our essence so that we have alerted sources of energy which are unseen within our plane of existence which add to the energy within the system that this group creates as it sits in this circle, and any two entities listening to each other in an atmosphere of support have the same dynamic, and when we converse with our guidance system we create this same dynamic if the guidance that is requested is then listened to and responded to within the context of our daily life, and we do not pray into a void because there is in every prayer a conversation with the divine within us. Q’uo continued by saying they realized that our query is about how to choose what tasks to accomplish in any day, and we may begin to see that question lacks priority, and the priority in any day needs to be first, “What is the Creator’s will for me this day?” So Q’uo wanted to move our thoughts away from the specific and into the basic nature of our being that is that comes to the moment and begins to do the work of the day, so we should look deeply into this question in order to retrieve ourself in our entirety and wholeness from the shredding influence of detail, and when we begin to work, let the self that begins that work be that self which has come to bear witness to the Light, and let that self rest in its own nature, so we should be steady in our determination to retain our identity, and then that which we do shall be flowing through us and not from us because our personality may flow behind the essential self that we are and enjoy the Light. Then Q’uo said our personality shell needs not to be the one doing the work since the Creator is working through our connection and, as part of her tuning process Carla prays: “Fill the heart of your faithful and kindle in her the fire of your Love. Send forth Your spirit and she will be created and You shall renew the face of the Earth.” So, Q’uo said whether we work at writing a paper or responding to a correspondent we work as an agent of the transformative power of the one infinite Creator, and what we do is effortless when we remember that we are here to bear witness to the Light; we are here to dance;  and to be a part of the rhythmic pattern of all that there is. On July 16, 2005, Q’uo said that we all bear witness to the Light and Love of the one infinite Creator:

Each of you, then, represents not only the self but an extended family, as it were, of beings that have allied themselves in various partnerships for this period of time and space. There is a time upon your planet that is ongoing wherein all of your energies have been called to bear witness to the Light and the Love of the one infinite Creator.

Ifyou can retain this basic remembrance of your point of view, then we do invite you to use your conscious, intellectual, analytical mind to make those choices of what task you shall pick and how you shall proceed. As you make those choices, open yourself to those sacred impulses within you which sense the rightness of the present moment. This instrument, for instance, has expressed her feeling that each entity that contacts her is a spirit which has a need to be heard.

[Side one of tape ends.]

Yet, as this entity becomes aware of the cry for help of that one who wrote in to her, she is that entity which is bearing witness to that help that has already been received, not because she responded but because the universe itself responds to every cry for help. The act of asking this instrument for validation activates for the one asking for help a chain of events that is completely independent of her and whether or not she responds to the correspondent.

In the moment of asking, that correspondent has created channels for energy to move within him or her from the guidance system within him or her and from the environment, spiritually speaking, which surrounds that correspondent. Things are not as they seem to be. They are not linear, nor are they bound by space and time. However, it is because each of you has become a location in space and time by virtue of incarnating that these non-local processes may work. We would suggest to each of you that you breathe deeply, in and out, knowing that life is one breath at a time; yet it is infinite.

We suggest that you look at yourself with that same double realization that you are local, flesh, and blood, a gathering point at a crossroads through which Spirit may speak and move and, at the same time, you are all that there is: non-local, not bound by selfhood, bound only by the awareness of the harvest of all the energy that you have processed, harvested and developed into the flower that you are at this moment.

Q’uo continued by saying if we can retain this basic remembrance of our point of view, then they invited us to use our analytical mind to make those choices of what task we shall pick and how we shall proceed, and as we make those choices, open ourself to those sacred impulses within us which sense the rightness of the present moment, so Carla has expressed her feeling that each entity that contacts her is a spirit which needs to be heard. Then Q’uo said that as Carla becomes aware of the cry for help of that one who wrote to her, she is bearing witness to that help that has already been received, not because she responded, but because the universe responds to every cry for help, and the act of asking her for validation activates, for the one asking for help, a chain of events that is independent of her and whether or not she responds to the correspondent. Q’uo went on to say in the moment of asking, that correspondent has created channels for energy to move within him or her from the guidance system within him or her and from the environment, spiritually speaking, which surrounds that correspondent because things are not as they seem to be since they are not linear, nor are they bound by space and time, but it is because each of us has become a location in space and time by virtue of incarnating that these non-local processes may work, so Q’uo  suggested to each of us that we breathe deeply, in and out, knowing that life is one breath at a time, yet it is infinite. Q’uo completed their reply by suggesting that we look at ourself with that same double realization that we are flesh, and blood, a gathering point at a crossroads through which Spirit may speak and move and, at the same time, we are all that there is: “non-local, not bound by selfhood, bound only by the awareness of the harvest of all the energy that you have processed, harvested and developed into the flower that you are at this moment.” On September 19, 1993, Q’uo spoke of how we can become a seeker through which Spirit may speak:

We recommend meditation often, and our reason for doing so is precisely its effect upon the spiritual seeker, for the incarnational experience is one of action, and yet, if there is constant action, how can the fundamental nature of the pure self be felt or perceived? And without that self-knowledge, how then can the seeker move skillfully back into action in ways which address the deep concerns of seeking? How can one become more aware of one’s true nature unless one is willing to sit with the self, listening to that inner silence through which spirit and guidance speak to the conscious mind?

We would at this time ask if there are any further queries from this group? We are those of Q’uo.

[No further queries.]

My friends, it is rare when there is no question at the end of our speech! But we hear only silence through this instrument’s hearing apparatus, and so we assume that the fund of questions for this day has been exhausted. May we say what a privilege and pleasure it has been to share our humble thoughts with you at this time and to rest with you upon the waves of consciousness as they flow from the Creator to the Creator. We leave you as we found you, in the Love, the Light, the power, and the peace of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai, Adonai.

This morning I went into the living room and placed the new white chairs in their proper locations for our attendees for the public channeling session that we will have this afternoon.

This afternoon we had twelve seekers of truth attending our public channeling meditation. We had some new friends join us from Detroit and from eastern Kentucky, and during our round robin we were able to feel the open hearts of each seeker sharing the most important recent part of their spiritual journeys. Q’uo channeled answers to five questions, but I don’t remember more than the question of how to blend the spiritual journey with consensus reality. I enjoyed the conversation after the channeling that went back and forth from each seeker to another that shared more of the spiritual journey of each seeker.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

March 22

Your Inner And Outer Universe

I am the spirit of the living Christ. I greet you in the name of Jesus the Christ, in the full consciousness of divine Love.

We ask you to consider your environment at this moment. Each of the stars in your night sky careens in perfect balance along its cosmic track and about your sun your planet travels in that self-same regularity, all elements harmonizing into the divine plan which affords opportunity that spiritual consciousness may grow in you.

Contemplate, within, that universe of cells which makes up each organ and member of your physical body. Know and feel the utter harmony and regularity of those infinitesimal galaxies as in their whirling they create bases for that energy field which you experience as a living body.

Is any member or organ of that body seemingly out of harmony? If so, allow the Spirit to offer instruction as, in your knowing and inner faith, in a deep way, you speak to your own body, telling it of the wonder and perfection of the creation of the Father.

Each of you has within you the means whereby to call bodily, mental, emotional, and spiritual harmony to you. If such be your need this day, do so and be merry, resting in the vibrant peace of the Father.

We leave you in that peace, now and forever. 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from May 20, 2005:

Carla: The question today, Q’uo, has to do with how to be our best selves as we meet this moment, and especially as we look at the disaster of Hurricane Katrina. Any comments or thoughts that you could share with us on the concept of being, and how to be our best selves in times of inconvenience like this, would be greatly appreciated.

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo, and we greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we come to you this day. We would thank each of you for the great privilege of being called to this group to speak with you concerning being the best of yourself as you meet the moment and especially, this particular moment, in your awareness of many who suffer at this time from the hurricane you have called Katrina. Your beauty and the care that you have taken to separate out this time and this place and form a circle together for seeking the truth touch our hearts very deeply. And it is, indeed, an honor to be asked to share our humble thoughts with you. We do so with the utmost joy.

But we would ask of you that you use your discrimination in listening to what we have to say. We offer you our opinion. We do not claim that it is free of error, nor do we claim that it is the only truth that there is. It is our humble opinion. And if it happens to be part of your personal truth at this time, it will resonate to you. If it does so, then please feel free to work with our thoughts. However, if there is anything that we say that does not seem resonate to you, that does not seem apt or useful to you, we would ask that you please leave it behind. For we would not wish to constitute a stumbling block in your path, or interrupt in any way the sacredness of your spiritual process. If you will observe your own sense of the truth and be scrupulous about maintaining your powers of discrimination, then we will feel free to speak to you without being concerned that we will infringe upon your free will. We thank you for this consideration.

Thesea spreads out from the land, normally content to keep its boundary and to act like the favored pet coming up to the chair of a beloved human, saying, “Pat me. Pat me.” That is the way that you are used to thinking of the ocean as you rest upon its shores and that is the way the ocean likes to be thought of at a time when there is a hurricane, that model of the relationship between sea and land is completely changed. The sea seems to become a ravaging force that is over against the land, an enemy to the land and to the people who inhabit it. Needless to say, that is not the true model of the relationship between land and sea. Yet, we acknowledge the simple distress that must be felt by those who are used to seeing the ocean as a friend and who suddenly and abruptly must realize that the archetypal energy of water can be destructive as well as constructive, the force of the separation of things into their elements instead of the agent of transformation and healing.

As you face this situation, we encourage each of you to give yourself time to come into relationship with these simple and elemental facts, and before you attempt to do any spiritual work upon the situation, simply to allow yourself the adjustment necessary for realizing that the emotions of the ocean as it moves through the processes which are part of the destiny brought into the present moment by the energies of the planetary sphere and its peoples are condign  and benign rather than evil or being as some force sent by the Creator to punish. This is emphatically not the case. This instrument has, at another time during another hurricane, communicated directly with the ocean and has experienced first-hand the deep sadness and sorrow of the water, of that which is archetypically water, what this instrument would call the “Gabriel Energy.” There is nothing personal or judgmental about the occurrences upon your planet at this time.

As we begin speaking of being your best self at a time of inconvenience, we would prepare the ground in this way by assuring you that you are not in the grip of that which you must fear. Rather, you are part of the people of Planet Earth, and you are all family, children of a mother who is called Gaia or Planet Earth. You are seeing Gaia, your beloved mother, through the birth of her child, fourth-density Earth. Indeed, the birth of both the heaven and the earth of fourth density. May we say that for each of you, having an incarnation that coincided with this time was an object dearly wished. Each of you wanted to make a difference. And so, you came into incarnation with all of the courage and foolhardiness of any knight in shining armor.

The group question for this session was: “The question today, Q’uo, has to do with how to be our best selves as we meet this moment, and especially as we look at the disaster of Hurricane Katrina. Any comments or thoughts that you could share with us on the concept of being, and how to be our best selves in times of inconvenience like this, would be greatly appreciated.” Q’uo began by saying the sea spreads out from the land, normally content to keep its boundary and to act like the favored pet coming up to the chair of a beloved human, saying, “Pat me. Pat me,” and that is the way that we are used to thinking of the ocean as we rest upon its shores, and that is the way the ocean likes to be thought of at a time when there is a hurricane, and the sea becomes an enemy to the land and to the people who inhabit it, but that is not the true model of the relationship between land and sea, and yet we acknowledge the distress that must be felt by those who are used to seeing the ocean as a friend and who suddenly must realize that the archetypal energy of water can be destructive as well as constructive, as the force of the separation of things into their elements instead of the agent of transformation and healing. Q’uo went on to say that as we face this situation, they encouraged each of us to give ourself time to come into relationship with these elemental facts, and before we attempt to do any spiritual work upon the situation, to allow ourself the adjustment necessary for realizing that the emotions of the ocean as it moves through the processes which are part of the destiny brought into the present moment by the energies of the planetary sphere and its peoples are benign rather than evil, and Carla has communicated directly with the ocean and has experienced first-hand the deep sadness of that which is archetypically water, what Carla would call “Gabriel Energy,” but here is nothing personal or judgmental about the occurrences upon your planet at this time. Now Q’uo said that as they begin speaking of our being our best self at a time of inconvenience, they would prepare the ground in this way by assuring us that we are not in the grip of that which we must fear, but we are part of the people of Planet Earth, and we are children of a mother who is called Gaia, and we are seeing Gaia through the birth of her child, fourth-density Earth which is the birth of both the heaven and the earth of fourth density so that Q’uo said that for each of us, having an incarnation that coincided with this time was dearly wished because each of us wanted to make a difference, so we came into incarnation with all of the courage of any knight in shining armor. On October 15, 2005, Q’uo spoke of how our Earth is now becoming a fourth-density Earth:

It is interesting to note, before we move on to fourth density in our discussion, that your third-density world at this time is giving birth to its fourth-density self. The Earth or Gaia is exhausting its third-density identity at this time. And in unseen realms interpenetrating with the third density planet, or Gaia, is a baby Gaia. It is being born full-grown and is swimming into coherence with the inevitability of the striking of the clock upon the hour. It is time for fourth-density Earth to be born.

We are happy to say that the birth is going well, and the baby is alive. The challenges that you experience in your third-density planet at this time, having have to do with wind and weather, are the birth pains of third-density Gaia as she adjusts her rate of vibration in order to bring forth the fourth-density Earth in both its space/time and its time/space aspects. At this time, however, it is a time/space phenomenon, and it will not become a fourth-density space/time entity until the third-density inhabitants have been thoroughly cleared safely from the planet.

There are many in your inner and unseen planes who have also purchased dearly the opportunity to be with you at this time. For the plight and the sorrow of Planet Earth has cried out to the Universe. There are a tremendous number of what you would call masters, angels, archangels, seraphim, cherubim, devas, and all manner of essences and entities, many of whom have no name, but whose presence within your planetary sphere at this time has constantly mended frayed edges of consciousness. And then that energy has helped so many of you come together and communicate with real authenticity, helping prepare the ground upon which you walk metaphysically during this most precious time of incarnation for each of you.

As this instrument and others within the circle have said in the conversation preceding this channeling, the time of inconveniences has, indeed, begun. Indeed, my friends, it has been going on for decades. If you wish to play with statistics, you may go back approximately forty to fifty of your years and discover the rapid increase in substantial disasters or inconveniences, as those of Ra have called such occurrences, and this build-up of inconveniences has continued to deepen throughout this period. What you have been attempting to do—and by you, we mean this group and many other groups of a similar nature around the globe—has been to energize and lighten the atmosphere of the planet to slow down those things which, if they occurred rapidly, would indeed create a planetary shift, as this instrument was speaking of earlier. It is as though you were attempting to take a rubber band and instead of pulling until it was taut and then allowing it to be released from one hand so that it snaps suddenly onto the other, you are attempting, tiny bit by tiny bit, to lessen the tension on that rubber band until it is at rest without ever snapping that second hand.

The rubber band image only goes so far because we are speaking of the planetary need to realign its skin, which this instrument would call the tectonic plates that underlie the earth beneath your feet. These plates of under-earth, shall we say, have slid over each other, back and forth, readjusting as the planet has come through various adjustments throughout its millions of years of being a sphere within the creation of the Father. Several times it has realigned those tectonic plates with some force and rapidity, and indeed, all life upon the planet has changed and been transformed. The planetary adjustment has two components, to be simplistic. One component is simply physical and you are experiencing in Hurricane Katrina and other disasters that you have experienced the necessary and ultimately beneficial readjustments of those tectonic plates. The planet itself is almost completely through with the birth process. Baby Earth is in good shape. The third-density Gaia, your own mother, is less than calm and in need of much assurance at this time.

Please realize that although you and your individual hearts love your mother and have great respect and admiration for Planet Earth, as a culture you have, for some of your time, been hard appearing where she is concerned. You have taken her circulatory system and altered it in ways which are not helpful to your planet, damming her rivers and polluting her waters. More importantly, the energies which you have allowed to move through hearts as a culture are dark, hostile, and aggressive and Gaia has become increasingly distressed because she cannot make the contact that she would like to make with each heart that beats within her children. And so, you come to this circle of seeking as agents of the divine, and you have a great deal to offer as part of the creative principle.

Then Q’uo said there are many in our inner planes who have taken the opportunity to be with us at this time, for the sorrow of Planet Earth has cried out to the Universe, and there are many masters, angels, archangels, seraphim, cherubim, devas, and all manner of entities whose presence within our planet at this time have mended frayed edges of consciousness so that energy has helped many of us to communicate with authenticity and helped to prepare the ground upon which we walk metaphysically during this precious time of incarnation for each of us. Q’uo went on to say as Carla and others within the circle have said in the conversation preceding this channeling, the time of inconveniences has been going on for decades, so we may go back forty to fifty years and discover the rapid increase in inconveniences, as Ra has called such occurrences, and this build-up of inconveniences has continued to deepen throughout this period, and this group, and many other groups of a similar nature around the globe, has been attempting to lighten the atmosphere of the planet to slow down those things which, if they occurred rapidly, would create a planetary shift, as Carla was speaking of earlier because it is as though we were attempting to take a rubber band, and instead of pulling until it was tight, and then allowing it to be released from one hand so that it snaps suddenly onto the other, we are attempting to slowly lessen the tension on it until it is at rest without ever snapping that second hand. Q’uo continued by saying the rubber band image only goes so far because they are speaking of the planetary need to realign its skin, which Carla would call the tectonic plates that underlie the earth beneath our feet, and these plates of under-earth have slid over each other, back and forth, readjusting as the planet has come through various adjustments throughout millions of years of being a sphere within the creation of the Father so that several times it has realigned those tectonic plates with some force and rapidity, and all life upon our planet has changed and been transformed, so the planetary adjustment has two components, and one component is physical, and we are experiencing in Hurricane Katrina and other disasters the beneficial readjustments of those tectonic plates so that the planet is almost through with the birth process, and baby Earth is in good shape, but third-density Gaia, our own Mother, is in need of much assurance at this time. Now Q’uo said we need to realize that although we love our Mother and have great respect for Her, as a culture we have taken Her circulatory system and altered it in ways which are not helpful to our planet, by damming her rivers and polluting her waters, and more importantly the energies which we have allowed to move through our hearts as a culture are dark and aggressive, and Gaia has become increasingly distressed because She cannot make contact that She would like to make with each heart that beats within Her children, and so we come to this circle of seeking as agents of the divine, and we have a great deal to offer as part of the creative principle. On December 18, 2005, Q’uo spoke of how the creative principle can work within us:

That which is rising, or not, is the point of contact between the natural energies available to all within creation and the energy of the creative principle called to the self by individual work. That point of contact begins, roughly speaking, within that point where the outer courtyard of the heart yields to the inner sanctum. The kundalini cannot be pulled lower than that as information of the creative principle cannot be understood by any energies lower than that of the heart.

However, the point of the kundalini rising, in terms of entities’ desire to progress spiritually, is that as one begins to be able to pull the full energy of that open heart up into work in consciousness, each place to which it is raised opens up vistas of opportunity for various types of work in consciousness, not simply moving upwards as one aiming directly for the Creator, but, in terms of working at any level—for instance, in open communication—there is the opportunity to spread out one’s discoveries and one’s services by creating more and more layers of understanding or awareness of subtle energies involved in the sub-density, shall we say , of open communication. Once the kundalini has been pulled from the heart up into the throat, then more articulated work can be done in communication. And this is also true as the kundalini continues to be pulled upwards by seeking and the careful development and discipline of the personality.

Let us look a bit at what you do have to offer. For that is essential to realize if you are to do the work that you came here to do—the work of being most authentically and deeply who you are. As you sit in this circle, visualize it if you will. Each of you is a lovely rainbow to us. That is what we see of you. We do not see your face and your form. We are of metaphysical origin, and therefore what we see is your energy signature. Each of you has an energy body and we see some of the colors of that energy body, as if each of you were a prism and we had held you to the sunlight so that all of your colors splayed out in a lovely progression from the red to the violet.

Each of you is unique, a beautiful, individual bloom. Each of you is vibrating at this moment without having any idea that you are doing so. And you are a crystal, yet this is not a crystal such as a gem or a stone. You are the kind of crystal that water is, let us say. As you come into contact with each other, you do not join point to point and form a hard structure that solidifies and cannot change. You join as water joins, drop to drop, not losing your individuality, but blending your rainbow self with all the other magical beings in this circle and creating an absolutely stupendous circle of colored lights that meld one upon another, upon another, and begin to spin an energy that swirls clockwise and creates a pyramid that extends far above the dwelling in which you now rest your bodies.

Your energy moves downward into the very roots of the Earth as well, and each of you is bringing out the infinite Love and Light of the one Creator into your body systems and allowing it to move through that hole, shall we say for simplicity’s sake, that runs right through the energy body so that you are basically instruments that are allowing the Love and the Light of the one Creator to move through your vehicles, to be blessed by your conscious awareness of this process and then to be released as radiation when you are completely filled up with this Love and Light for yourself, so that the two are full of energy and have everything that you need.

The infinite excess of this generous Creator flows out from you as radiation from a lighthouse. As this instrument said earlier, each of you has electro-magnetic energy and is running a weak electrical current that is measurable even in the crude instrumentation of your scientists at this time. The full panoply  of energies is not at this time measurable by your instrumentation, but we assure you that each of you is connecting in subtle ways with each of the other energies that have interpenetrated your aura at this time. And so, your potential as an energy focus, as a group lighthouse, shall we say, is substantial.

Now Q’uo said let us look at what we have to offer because it is essential to realize if we are to do the work of being  authentically who we are, then we can visualize it because each of us is a lovely rainbow to Q’uo, and that is what they see of us, but they do not see our face and our form since they are of metaphysical origin, and what they see is our energy signature, and each of us has an energy body, and they see some of the colors of our energy body, as if each of us were a prism, and they held us to the sunlight so that all of our colors were displayed in a lovely progression from the red to the violet. Then Q’uo said each of us is unique, and each of us is vibrating at this moment without having any idea that we are doing so, and we are the kind of crystal that water is, and as we come into contact with each other, we do not join point to point and form a hard structure that cannot change, but we join as water joins, drop to drop, and: “blending our rainbow self with all the other magical beings in this circle and creating an absolutely stupendous circle of colored lights that meld one upon another, upon another, and begin to spin an energy that swirls clockwise and creates a pyramid that extends far above the dwelling in which you now rest your bodies.” Q’uo continued by saying our energy moves down into the roots of the Earth, and each of us is bringing out the infinite Love and Light of the one Creator into our body systems and allowing it to move through that path that runs right through our energy body so that we are instruments that are allowing the Love and the Light of the one Creator to move through our vehicles, to be blessed by our conscious awareness of this process and then to be released as radiation when we are filled up with this Love and Light for ourself, so that the two are full of energy and have everything that we need. Q’uo went on to say the infinite excess of this Creator flows out from us as radiation from a lighthouse, and as Carla said earlier, each of us has electro-magnetic energy and is running a weak electrical current that is measurable even in the crude instrumentation of scientists, and the full range of energies is not measurable by our instrumentation, but Q’uo assured us that each of us is connecting in subtle ways with each of the other energies that have interpenetrated our aura at this time, and our potential as an energy focus as a group lighthouse is substantial. On January 9, 2006, Q’uo spoke of how we can function as a lighthouse:

We ask you to realize what you are basically attempting to do. As a spiritually-oriented group, and one whose dedication to the polarity of service to others is absolute, as a group you are a crystal. And when a crystal is composite, and made up of more than one element, it becomes a very interesting structure. See yourself individually as a lighthouse or that which radiates light, but as well see the group of which you are a part this day as a composite crystal that accumulates power and allows it to shine forth as it will.

It is very difficult to walk that razor’s edge between using your will from the yellow-ray position and making things happen, and allowing the energy to move up into the heart and from that heart into the blue-ray chakra and so forth. For you are attempting to work with blue, green, and indigo in your chakra system in bringing forth and manifesting spiritually oriented information without significant distortion.

Perhaps those within the group who wish to do sums can figure out just what the power of this group is, for each entity doubles the next entity so that you are going from a power of one to a power of 2, to a power of 4 for the next person, to a power of 8, to a power of 16, etc. The simple coming together in groups, indeed, is one very efficient way of maximizing your ability to serve at this time, as the one known as R said earlier. Simply coming together as a group with those of a like mind and resting in the unspoken and spoken support and encouragement of such a group enlivens and encourages the memory of who you are, and why you are here and helps you to be who you are.

We would like to thank the one known as C for investigating our previous comments and looking for those themes of which she felt that perhaps we had offered hints that we would like to pursue in previous sessions. May we say to the one known as C that she was quite accurate in identifying being as a theme that we would like to pursue. It is peculiarly difficult to talk about being, especially because of the fact that we are talking about being in such a way as to penetrate the outer husk of what your peoples consider it to be. So let us look at this just a bit.

When this instrument was five years old, her mother asked her, “Who are you?” This instrument’s mother was a born teacher and enjoyed working with her very intelligent child before schoolteachers got their hands upon her mind. She wanted to explore the world through this young child’s eyes and so she asked the one known as Carla, “Who are you?” and asked her to write down her thoughts. This instrument as a five-year-old industriously sat down and with her childish printing, which is all she had learned up to that point, wrote down that she was a girl and a daughter; that she was a member of society and a citizen of the world, and that she was a child of the Creator.

This is the heart of what we mean by saying that we would like you to penetrate through the outer layers or the husks of what it is to be. You are many things. You wear many masks. And even the deeper ways of being have mask-like components. From the standpoint of waking reality, it is very difficult to gain a direct apprehension of your own presence. But we assure you that the part of you that is in flesh, and is embodied upon Planet Earth is just the tip of the iceberg, if you will, of who you are.

Q’uo went on to say those within the group who wish to do sums can figure out just what the power of this group is, for each of us doubles the next one of us so that we are going from a power of 1 to a power of 2, to a power of 4 to a power of 8, to a power of 16, etc., and coming together in groups is a way of maximizing our ability to serve at this time, and coming together with those of like mind and resting in the support and encouragement of such a group enlivens the memory of who we are, and why we are here, and it helps us to be who we are. Then Q’uo said we would like to thank C for investigating our previous comments and looking for those themes which she felt we had offered hints that we would like to pursue in future sessions, and we say to C that she was accurate in identifying being as a theme that we would like to pursue, but it is difficult to talk about being because of the fact that we are talking about being in such a way as to penetrate the outer husk of what your people consider it to be, so let us look at this. Q’uo went on to say when Carla was five years old, her mother asked her, “Who are you?” So Q’uo said Carla’s mother was a teacher and enjoyed working with her very intelligent child before schoolteachers got their hands on her mind, so she wanted to explore the world through her child’s eyes, and she asked Carla, “Who are you?” and asked her to write down her thoughts, so Carla, as a five-year-old, sat down and with her childish printing wrote down that she was a girl and a daughter, that she was a member of society, a citizen of the world, and she was a child of the Creator. Q’uo continued by saying this is the heart of what they mean by saying that they would like us to penetrate the outer layers of what it is to be because we are many things, and we wear many masks, and even the deeper ways of our being have mask-like components so that from the viewpoint of waking reality, it is very difficult to gain a direct perception of our own presence, but Q’uo assured us that the part of us that is embodied upon Planet Earth is just the tip of the iceberg of who we are. On December 19, 1995, Q’uo gave a general description of who we are:

The truth, the reality, of who we are, who you are, and what your basic nature is, is beyond mental acquisition. Those who seek the truth of being are those who are destined to follow a mystery, and much is gained by the entity who simply decides to trust that mystery, to trust the basic nature of the self, and to ask not to become something he is not, but rather to become that which he most truly is, for each of you has the pure and perfect light within. Each of you dwells in a state of grace at a very deep level at all times in all places whatsoever.

As a body, mind, and spirit dwelling in flesh, you are a doorway through which you have been able to bring, out of all that you are, a little suitcase-full of personality traits, gifts and limitations, which you have chosen very carefully and with exquisite thought. You wished to bring those gifts that you would use to offer your outer service. As well, you wished to bring blockages and limitations that you felt would enable you to be confused in certain helpful ways that would lead you to question your suffering. For indeed, the blockages and limitations are brought through specifically in order to offer you a catalyst, and therefore, what you normally conceive of as suffering, that would bring you face to face with those parts of yourself that you have not yet, in your own estimation, brought into perfect balance.

You are a spark of the Creator. We can only describe this to you in terms of a hologram. You are not part of the Creator. You are the Creator. But you are a spark of that Creator that, from the beginning of this creation, has been on its own journey, doing its own observation and research, culling out for yourself from all of the information and feelings that you have been through the winnowed treasure and harvest of your experience thus far. You come to this present moment having come through experience after experience, incarnation upon incarnation. You have been through many worlds. You have been all things. And in that part of yourself that is not limited by flesh, you are everything you ever were and everything that you ever will be, all rolled up into the present moment, this precise point at which you are vibrating and experiencing the now. That is the extent of being you. You are all things.

Yet, you are also that which completes the pattern in a way that no one else can. No one else has had your experiences or your reactions to those experiences. Even the worst of those things about yourself that you could tell is a gift to the one infinite Creator, for it is an authentic realization, albeit colored and distorted as all things are within the illusion of your truth. Part of what you are here to do is to learn to honor those parts of yourself that you now see as unredeemed, unforgiven, or unacceptable. This instrument studies, and for her lifetime has studied, a book called the Holy Bible. It consists of two groups of documents, which are called Testaments, The Old Testament and the New Testament. In the Old Testament, the Creator is seen as an agent of judgment. In the New Testament there are attempts made to see the Creator as an agent of redemption.

As so-called holy works go, it is mixed in its polarity, and we do not encourage any to study it literally. However, it is very informative to look within at the internalization of the voice of that holy work, which for so many of you in this circle has been part of the formation of the public or cultural part of your beingness. There is within you a culturally approved and societally practiced urge towards judgment. And as you internalize that voice of Yahweh or Jehovah or the judgmental god, so you condemn yourself to a continuing internalized judgment of self by self. While there are some benefits to this mode of observation of the self, we would say that it has obvious limitations.

Q’uo continued by saying as a body, mind, and spirit dwelling in flesh, we are a doorway through which we have been able to bring, out of all that we are, a suitcase-full of personality gifts and limitations, which we have chosen very carefully because we wished to bring those gifts to offer as our outer service, and we wished to bring blockages and limitations that would confuse us in helpful ways that would lead us to question our suffering, for the blockages and limitations are brought through in order to offer us the catalyst of suffering that would bring us face to face with those parts of ourself that we have not brought into balance. Q’uo went on to say we are a spark of the Creator, and they can only describe this to us in terms of a three dimensional being that is a spark of the Creator that, from the beginning of this creation, has been on its own journey of observation and research, and we are choosing from all of our experience the treasure of our thoughts and feelings thus far, and we come to this present moment having come through many incarnations on many worlds where we have been all things, and in that part of ourself that is not limited by flesh, we are everything we ever were, and everything that we ever will be, all rolled up into the present moment, and this point at which we are vibrating and experiencing the now, we are all things. Now Q’uo said we are also that which completes the pattern in a way that no one else can because no one else has had our experiences or our reactions to those experiences, and even the worst of those things about ourself that we can see is a gift to the one infinite Creator, for it is an authentic realization which is distorted as all things are within the illusion of our truth so that part of what we are here to do is to honor those parts of ourself that we see as unforgiven, and Carla has studied a book called the Holy Bible which consists of the Old Testament and the New Testament, and in the Old Testament, the Creator is seen as an agent of judgment, and in the New Testament there are attempts made to see the Creator as an agent of redemption. Q’uo said as holy works go, it is mixed in its polarity, and we do not encourage any to study it literally, but it is helpful to look within at the influence of the voice of that holy work which has been part of the formation of the cultural part of our beingness because there is within us a culturally approved tendency towards judgment, and as we internalize that voice of the judgmental god, so we condemn ourself to a continuing internalized judgment of ourself, and while there are benefits to this observation of ourself, Q’uo  would say that it has obvious limitations. In October 17, 1988, Q’uo gave a general definition of an agent of redemption:

Upon another level, we address the query concerning our relationship to Christ. Our faith differs somewhat from this instrument’s, which is not surprising, considering that our experience is somewhat better realized within our manifestation. Nevertheless, when any seeking entity discovers compassion, that is to say, unconditional Love, that entity has discovered and defined Christ.

We come from a race which worships the Christ in a somewhat different way, having, however, the understanding, if we may use that term, that the agent of redemption, be it the Christ principle or such an one as Jesus the Christ, is indeed Lord and one with the Father and Creator, Mother, and Nurturer of all that that there is.

Less limited, though still quite colored and distorted, is the internalized voice of the New Testament, or that agent or Son of the Creator which is called the Christ or Jesus the Christ. This is a voice which does not deny error upon the part of all of those who draw a breath. It simply invokes that illimitable force called compassion or forgiveness. It does not suggest that there is no such thing as a mistake or so-called sin.

[Side one of tape ends.]

But it does suggest that when such an error is perceived within the self, it be viewed with an eye not only to understanding this error but also to accepting it, loving it, balancing it, becoming friends with it, telling it your story, allying it to yourself and thereby integrating it into your being. One thing you are attempting to do while you are here is to gather up the “lost sheep” of yourself, those elements of yourself that have been unredeemed because you have not been pleased with them. You have seen them as the wolf, the vampire. You have seen these undeveloped portions of your own light as unworthy, and you have shut yourselves out of your heart.

Part of the work that you can only do in flesh. Part of this valuable experience of being in incarnation and blind as a bat to the ways of spirit is to put yourself in the position of needing to abandon yourself at last to faith. Can you believe that you are perfect? Can you believe that you are whole? We say to you that these things are true. They are not true in a localized sense or in a literal sense. They are not true upon the surface of your life or your perception. But in terms of getting to the heart of your being, getting to the “I” of you, it is central to see all that comes before your face, which you would judge, as that which is to be accepted, forgiven, redeemed and at last, loved.

Who are you, and what do you have to offer in a time of inconvenience? You are a magical and sacred part of the one infinite Creator. Certainly, your creatorship is young. You are a very young god or goddess. You are a toddler. Yet, you have in this system of illusion hands with which to offer help, a mouth with which to speak, and a heart that is willing to love and understand. These are the aspects of your beingness that your fragile, small bodies contain. All of spirit is pouring through you at this moment. And you may choose to offer words or to reach out a hand as part of the good, part of love, that in this moment.

You will notice that we have been speaking of you as if you were not really a personality. And the truth of it is that your personality is the very least of who you are. Beingness at first is a process of individuation and that is the beginning of maturity. But when you have conquered that first slope and stand upon the peak of that mountain and can say, “I am myself. I am not my mother or my father or my job, etc.,” you have cleared a very small mountain, shall we say, compared to the rocky crags in front of you yet to climb. For all of creation lies before the one who is able at last to penetrate into the heart of I AM. Sense your beingness at this moment, and know that you are at the beginning of a fantastic and powerful story. May you enjoy the drama that you have chosen to unroll for yourself. May you ride it well! May you act with passion! May you be true to the desires that brought you to this present moment. And as the energies of this time and your evolvement unfold before you, may you be fearless. For you shall inevitably be transformed. And in your transformation, your light and your love will bless all whose lives you touch.

Q’uo said that the Son of the Creator, which is Jesus the Christ, is a voice that does not deny error upon the part of any one of us, but it simply invokes that force called forgiveness, and it does not suggest that there is no such thing as sin, but it does suggest that when such an error is perceived within ourself that we view it with an eye not only to understanding this error but also to loving it, balancing it, telling it our story, and integrating it into our being because one thing we are attempting to do while we are here is to gather the “lost sheep” of ourself that have been unredeemed because we have not been pleased with them, and we have seen them as the vampire, as undeveloped portions of our light as unworthy, and we have shut ourselves out of our heart. Q’uo went on to say part of this work we can only do in the flesh, and it is part of this experience of being in incarnation to put ourself in the position of needing to abandon ourself at last to faith so that we can believe that we are perfect and whole, so Q’uo said that these things are true, but they are not true in a literal sense or upon the surface of our life, but in terms of getting to the heart of our being it is central to see all that comes before our face, which we would judge, is that which is to be forgiven and  loved. Q’uo continued by saying we are a sacred part of the one infinite Creator, and we are a young god or goddess, but we have in this illusion hands with which to offer help, a mouth with which to speak, and a heart that is willing to love and understand, and these are the aspects of our beingness that our small bodies contain, and all of Spirit is pouring through us at this moment so that we may choose to reach out a hand as part of the love that is in this moment. Q’uo completed their reply by saying you will notice that we have been speaking of you as if we were not really a personality because the truth of it is that our personality is the least of who we are, and at first beingness is a process of individuation, and that is the beginning of maturity, but when we have conquered that first slope and stand upon the peak of that mountain and can say, “I am myself. I am not my mother or my father or my job, etc.,” we have cleared a small mountain compared to the rocky crags in which we have yet to climb, for all of creation lies before us if we are able to penetrate into the heart of I AM, so we should sense our beingness at this moment, and know that we are at the beginning of a powerful story, so may we enjoy the drama that we have chosen to unroll for ourself, and as the energies of this time and our evolution unfold before us, may we be fearless, for we shall be transformed, and in our transformation, our light and our love will bless all whose lives we touch. On October 15, 1995, Q’uo spoke of our process of individuation:

Being is your great gift and your first occupation. It is the hardest job you shall have within your incarnational experience, and again the group together aids each in that process of individuation. Here are hearts that wish for you to be who you most deeply are. Here is where there is a lack of fear for the you that may emerge as transformations occur. Here is a home which one needs not to be at in order to feel at home. The spirit of a spiritual group is enormously powerful, metaphysically speaking, and each senses this. As this instrument has often said, no individual is the reason that a light group such as this offers a magical place, a metaphysical home that works and functions, but rather the faith of all who have come to such a place, the knowledge within those that come that this is a safe place. This is what makes the power of such a light center

This instrument is telling us that we must move on and so we shall, noting once again that there is much depth to this material of beingness which may fruitfully benefit from further questioning. We again thank the one known as C for attempting to deepen the questioning process, for it is of great help to us to find this kind of focus in the questioning. May we ask if there are any further questions at this time?

Questioner: Yes, I would like to ask a question. Can weather conditions be manipulated by mankind?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my sister. Because of the fact that this instrument is totally aware of information and research that indicate without question that such manipulation is, indeed, taking place, we may confirm that this is so.

Is there a further question, my sister?

Questioner: No, thank you.

Q’uo: Is there another query at this time?

Questioner: Q’uo, I have a question. Although it has to do with me, it is a general question. Can you tell about working with dreams and offer any advice and suggestions on how best to work with dreams? And the second part is about a dream I had about a month ago talking to a little boy. I felt that was a negative experience. Are you able to comment on that at all? Thank you, Q’uo.

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your queries, my brother. You are correct in assuming that we would have difficulty in speaking specifically about the dream concerning the small boy, and whether or not there was negative polarity in that dream. We have this difficulty, my brother, because of the fact that you have not come to a settled conclusion concerning the message that this dream offers to you. When you have come to such a conclusion and are able to state the truth that this dream has offered to you, we may again examine your query with perhaps more fullness of information. For now we will simply confirm that such dreams are extremely useful and helpful as a part of the process of coming into full awareness of your own self-dynamics and would encourage you to pursue the investigation of such striking and provocative material.

This instrument is most interested in the gifts of the archetypal mind. One of the ways that is safest for the individual to use in exploring the deeper reaches of the unconscious or subconscious mind is an investigation of one’s dreams. Such an investigation may begin very modestly, but it is a type of investigation, which if pursued with persistence and stability, tends to deepen and begin to yield insight and an ever enlarging and more sturdy point of view from which to look at the self and creation in general.

In terms of the mechanics of working with dreams, we would encourage the habit of keeping a small flashlight of some kind, a pad of paper, and a writing instrument at hand before going to bed. If one does awaken during the night with the memory of a dream, one is able, without waking oneself up totally, to turn on this small and non-intrusive light that gives one the opportunity to write down one’s memories.

It is not necessary at the time of writing those memories down to work with them. It is enough simply to record the thoughts and then to turn off the flashlight, put down the paper and pen, and go back to sleep. It is, however, helpful at some point during the next waking period to go back over these hastily jotted notes, perhaps typing them into a more lasting record and journaling about them in any way that you find yourself wishing to do.

It is perfectly acceptable to use the rational, intellectual mind with its analytical capabilities. It is equally acceptable, and to be encouraged, to help the mind to run off of the logical tracks on which it so often stays due to old habit, and to invite the quirky combinations of thoughts and the insights that come at one from sideways when one allows what this instrument calls the “mind sagging in the middle,” so that points that seemingly are far distant from each other are suddenly brought close and new connections are made. We speak specifically of that seeming dichotomy between the so-called left brain and right brain.

Allow the dreaming process to create opportunities for you to link those two ways of thinking as you contemplate your dreams with insight as well as logic. Encourage your mind to become more and more integrated with itself and able to move with more and more facility between that logic of space/time and that insight of metaphysical space or time/space. You are a dweller in two worlds and the dreaming process helps you to investigate that second world, which is not easily available to be seen in the haunts of humankind.

May we answer you further, my brother?

Questioner: No, thank you very much, Q’uo.

Q’uo: We thank you, my brother. As this instrument’s energy is waning, we would ask for a final query at this time.

Questioner: I would like to ask Q’uo if it is so that I am truly a wanderer. Am I where I need to be in this point in time? Do I have a lot of work to do?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. Because this question is part of your active process at this time, my brother, we are not able to speak with you concerning validating whether or not you are a wanderer. At a time when you have concluded that you are or are not a wanderer, if you ask this question again with the true conviction of your certainty, we then shall be able to offer more substantial information. But at this point, my brother, we would be interfering with your own learning and for us to do your learning for you is an infringement upon your free will.

We can say that all of those who are wanderers are also people of Earth. In a sense all who draw breath have wandered far from their native land. All are “strangers in a strange land” as the one known as Robert Heinlein said. All are spirits which have come into flesh, and are having a physical experience. Yet your physical beingness is one more mask, which you are wearing with style and grace, we may add.

We thank each of you for being bold enough to enter the valley of the shadow of death. It is an interesting perspective, is it not? It does encourage fear in entities to perceive that they have been born and that they will die. And yet we say to you that that which is born and that which will die is a portion of yourself that is easily shed, as your coat and your hat are unimportant to who you are. Know yourself as people of Earth and be very, very proud to be called such.

At this time, we would leave you in the love and 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 vacuumed the first floor of my home.

This afternoon I went outside and weeded around the stone walk surrounding the fish pond, the driveway and parking areas in front of my home, and the Little Locust Creek in the back yard.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

March 21

The Building Block Of Faith

I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ. I greet you in the full consciousness of Love divine, unending, and eternal.

How brave an instrument who admits it needs the practice! How brave any seeking entity who admits the need for constant improvement, for constant mindfulness, and for constant seeking.

How firm the faith of one who knows that the gift of the Spirit of Jesus the Christ is given to those who are humble as dust before it. Such humility will not be scattered to the winds. Such humility cannot be trampled upon. Such humility is the building block of faith. Such determination is the foundation of will.

Let each day be a day in which you are prostrate before the infinite love of Jesus the Christ. For it was in humility to the physical death that Jesus the Christ expressed Love, not in bragging or boasting but in opening the self completely to the will of the one God of all.

Open yourself to that will. Be humble as dust before it. Yet know that you carry it within you, if you are mindful of it.

Let your light shine through your humility; through your humanity; through the ashes of the life of the mundane world. Heaven may shine through your eyes! The kingdom is that near.

Yet the kingdom shall never shine through the eyes of one who boasts that he knows of the kingdom and has no more to learn. Be humble and faithful and bow before the Lord God, that, as you rise, you may shine with the eternal Light of unity, Love and peace. 

We leave you in the eternal Love and peace of Jesus the Christ, now and forever. May you be saved by an awareness of this holy Love. Peace be with you. 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from April 17, 2005:

Today we are going to take potluck.

(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 day. May we say what a privilege and a blessing it is for us to join your circle of seeking. We thank each of you for taking that precious commodity of time and using it to form this circle, to make use of the sacred space of this place and this time and the combined energies of all of you, where you have created a temple of light. And into this temple we pray that all of our thoughts may combine to form an offering and an honestation to the one infinite Creator.

It is a privilege to respond to your question and, as we always do, we would ask that each of you be very careful in listening to what we have to say, being very ready to reject anything that does not ring true to you, for we would not be a stumbling block before you or interfere with your process in any way. Your free will is very precious to us, and if you will take responsibility for discriminating between those things that ring true to you and resonate to you and those things which do not, we will feel much more free to express ourselves without worrying that we have infringed upon your free will. For we are no authority, but only seekers such as are you.

[Pause]

We paused so that this instrument could rearrange her microphone system. We felt that it would be on her mind throughout the session if she did not do that, and so we appreciate your pausing with us.

We have little to say but we would say a bit before we ask for the first query. First of all, this instrument was concerned earlier because the one known as Hatonn, which is part of our group, had expressed itself in that she had caught the quality of the word, “Hatonn” when challenging, and we would express that there is within this group the calling for unconditional Love in its purity and that is the service which the one known as Hatonn so joyfully provides. We would at this time pause that the one known as Hatonn may express its nature in the silence between all of you and ourselves.

[Pause]

We are those of Q’uo, and are again with this instrument. May we say that the one known as Hatonn expresses that which is truly unconditional. It is pure presence. This instrument often prays, “Be present, be present.” And yet, love is always present. It is your minds which are distracted from that presence. That presence is the heart of who you are, and we hope that you will stoke up on those energies as you rest in unconditional Love. For truly the days are here for each of you to experience incredible waves of energy. Some of the energy is what this instrument would call the highest and best, and it enlivens and energizes you. Others of the waves of energy are those which are shrinking from the Light and the Love of the one infinite Creator, energies that are fleeing from the lucidity and the clarity of these times that are among you now. The new heaven and the new earth lives upon the planet Earth. It is being born, more and more. And so, there are retroactive energies that are shrinking away from this clearer and brighter Light, shall we say, not very accurately.

When these waves of energy hit you, it will feel to you as if all things are resisting and are failing. We ask you to know that this is baffled and confused energy that does not tell you the truth, for you are succeeding. You are thriving. You are growing. And in that growth, things must fall away so that new things can emerge. We can only say to you: let it flow through you; let it fall away as it will; cling not and do not reach; but be. And allow the energies that are yours to come to you. Your desire is honed. Your focus is becoming more and more clear. Trust yourself. Trust the system of guidance that surrounds you. Trust the Earth beneath your feet which is learning little by little to trust you. You are becoming creatures of love involved in a loving environment, and from the earth to the sky, from the East to the West, and the North to the South, your planet is coming alive with love. Can you hear it in the politics of the day? Only if you listen carefully and with selective ears. Know then that this which is unseen has a power and that you are part of the web of love. Open yourself, therefore, to those energies of love that are awakening within you, more and more.

Today we are going to take potluck. Q’uo began by saying that Carla was concerned earlier because Hatonn, which is part of our group, had expressed itself in that she had caught the quality of the word, “Hatonn” when challenging, and there is within this group the calling for unconditional Love in its purity, and that is the service which Hatonn so joyfully provides, and we would pause that Hatonn may express its nature in the silence between all of you and ourselves. Then Q’uo said we are again with this instrument, so may we say that Hatonn expresses that which is truly unconditional, and it is pure presence, and Carla often prays, “Be present, be present.” Q’uo said that Love is always present, but it is our minds which are distracted from that presence which is the heart of who we are, and they hoped that we will increase our energies as we rest in unconditional Love because the days are here for each of us to experience waves of energy, and some of the energy is what Carla would call the highest and best, and it energizes us, but other waves of energy are those which are shrinking from the Light and the Love of the one infinite Creator, and are energies that are fleeing from the clarity of these times that are among us now as the new heaven and the new Earth lives upon the Earth, and it is being born, more and more so that there are retroactive energies that are shrinking away from this clearer and brighter Light. Then Q’uo said that when these waves of energy hit us, it will feel to us as if all things are failing, so they asked us to know that this is confused energy that does not tell us the truth, for we are growing, and in that growth, things must fall away so that new things can emerge, so they suggested that we allow the energies that are ours to come to us because our focus is becoming more clear, and we should trust ourself, the guidance that surrounds us, and the Earth beneath our feet which is learning to trust us because we are becoming creatures of Love involved in a loving environment, and from the Earth to the sky that which is unseen has a power, and we are part of the web of Love, and we can open ourself to those energies of Love that are awakening within us, more and more. On March 11, 2004, Q’uo described the web of Love that we all are part of:

There are many about you in the unseen world and some of those in the seen world who are angels and who wish only to help you. There are many ways of giving messages and leaving one’s opinion to mix into the thinking process, and those who are in that web of Love about you are actively attempting to find ways to send a symbol, a hint, an inkling, or even something very obvious to let you know that they are supporting, encouraging, and attempting in all ways to help bring you into alignment with those things which are most deeply within your heart and within your incarnational plan. We would say to you, simply, “Take heart.” Rest in quietness and confidence in that peace that the world knows not of. And from that consciousness know that all is well, and all will be well. That which you need shall come to you, and you shall, no matter what it looks like from the outside, be making those choices which help.

We would at this time ask if there is a query?

V: Thank you, Q’uo. We do have three queries from the Rangers. The first of them is: “What is the nature of that pairing between two beings who find in each other that love and wisdom that connects them not for a day, a week, or even a year, but for all eternity?”

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. May we say that the nature of the energy betwixt two entities which have penetrated the veil of forgetting and have become able to experience each other as true beings, shall we say, as souls, is that energy which we would call selfhood. It is an awareness of unity. It normally comes wrapped in some clothing, and that clothing tends to be partially that of sexuality and partially that of personality. The heart of a connection between two entities that have been able to form a bond that is eternal, however, is one of unity.

It is interesting to view the ways in which entities within third-density consensus reality are able to penetrate the masks or the costumes, shall we say, of appearance, personality, and sexuality. Very often, it is the trigger of a sexual attraction or the attraction of intellect for intellect, or goodness for goodness, shall we say, heart for heart, that will trigger the opening of the space in which two entities may begin to create a unity between them. When entities attempt to move from sexuality, shall we say, from the red-ray attraction, into a soul-to-soul relationship, there are boundaries which appear impossible to cross. For sexual relationships are based upon a self and an other-self and the connection between. When that dynamic remains as a central motif in a relationship, in its own way it delimits and describes the circumference of that particular relationship. And many are the couples that have been drawn together sexually and that express the chemical attraction of the polarity between those two entities for some time before finally discovering the country that lies beyond polarity. Similarly, many triggered bondings have to do with the nature of the orange-ray chakra, shall we say, the chakra that has to do with subtler aspects of interpersonal relationships. And again, until the dynamics betwixt the personalities have to some extent been explored and released, the very thing that brought two entities together becomes that which limits that relationship.

And so it is as entities move upwards through the dimensions of relationship, exploring the aspects of relationship which have to do with becoming a family and then exploring the aspects of relationship which have to do with opening the heart to each other’s humanness. There is almost always a delimiting factor involved in this opening of the heart. It would seem, once an entity has climbed up through the first three concerns of relationship into the open heart, that the way would be free and clear. And yet this is not so. When one at last enters that sacred precinct of the open heart, and one rests together in that place of clear light, one views in the other the beginnings of great knowledge. And with this great knowledge comes a great price. That price is the shadow of all that is true about one. When one is heart to heart, when at last one is exposed and the humanness of the self is undefended, not simply from the other self, for the other self is ready to love unconditionally, that other self becomes a mirror which then reflects back to you for the first time, so that you can see it yourself, the picture of your own shadow.

The first question for the Rangers was: “What is the nature of that pairing between two beings who find in each other that love and wisdom that connects them not for a day, a week, or even a year, but for all eternity?” Q’uo began by saying that the nature of the energy between two entities which have penetrated the veil of forgetting and have become able to experience each other as true beings is that energy which we would call selfhood, and it is an awareness of unity that comes wrapped in some clothing that tends to be partially of sexuality and partially of personality, and the heart of a connection between two entities that have been able to form a bond that is eternal and one of unity. Q’uo continued by saying it is interesting to see the ways entities within third-density consensus reality are able to penetrate the masks of personality and sexuality, and often it is the trigger of sexual attraction or the attraction of heart for heart that will trigger the opening of the space in which two entities may create a unity between them so that when they attempt to move from sexuality into a soul-to-soul relationship there are boundaries which appear impossible to cross because sexual relationships are based upon a self and an other-self and the connection between them, and when that dynamic remains as a central theme in a relationship,  it describes the nature of that relationship, and many are the couples that have been drawn together sexually and that express the chemical attraction of the polarity between them for some time before finally discovering the country that lies beyond polarity, and many triggered bondings have to do with the nature of the orange-ray chakra that deals with subtler aspects of interpersonal relationships, but until the dynamics between the personalities have been explored and released, the thing that brought two entities together becomes that which limits that relationship. Q’uo concluded by saying that as entities move upwards through the dimensions of exploring the aspects of relationship which have to do with becoming a family, and then exploring the aspects of relationship which have to do with opening the heart to each other’s humanness, there is a limiting factor involved in this opening of the heart, and it would seem, once an entity activates the first three chakras into the open heart, that the way would be free and clear, but this is not so because when one at last enters the sacred precinct of the open heart, and one rests in that place of clear light, one views in the other the beginnings of great knowledge, and with this great knowledge comes a great price which is the shadow of all that is true about one, so when one is heart to heart and the humanness of the self is undefended–not simply from the other self–for the other self is ready to love unconditionally, that other self becomes a mirror which then reflects back to you for the first time, so that you can see the picture of your own shadow. On March 3, 1985, Latwii spoke of the nature of our own shadow:

Therefore, you must in some degree fashion a framework of faith in a larger, broader, deeper, richer, purer reality, or else the life in which you move has no meaning. As you fashion this greater reality within your own mind, and attempt in some means or manner to reflect it in your life, this attempt then generates or is generated by, we should say, the exercise of will. You take that which is unknown and you fashion that which is not apparent. You take the illusion, the manifestations in which you move, and in some way attempt to transmute it by your own will and faith into a greater reality.

These are together woven into the fabric of any seeker’s journey. They are as the rod and the staff that comfort the seeker in what has been called the valley of the shadow of death. As you find yourself passing through this valley with shadows of death, know that your own shadow is upon that wall as well as are the shadows of all seekers, for to this life, truly one day each shall die. Yet it is not this life that is the great treasure to be clung to with all the effort and fiber of being. Yet it is that which this life can provide, the learning of the Creator, the serving the Creator, the welcoming of those opportunities to do both, the accepting of the outcome of any opportunity, the praise and thanksgiving to the one Creator for being provided such opportunities, and the moving forward with the will and the faith intact to continue the journey.

It is a great knowledge, and you are as naked as Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, standing before the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Are you good? Are you evil? No. You are human: you are all that is. This is a great crux in the development of an eternal friendship, shall we say. If you shrink from the mirror of your shadow in the open heart, you then are forced back, past the lions at the gate, out into those lesser fields, plains, and meadows of the one infinite Creator in which play the dynamics of personality.

Onceyou have faced yourself squarely in the mirror of the other, sitting together in the lap of the Creator, surrounded with arms of love, tickled by the beard of the Almighty, blessed upon the breast of the Mother, loved at last for all that you are, then at last you are free to begin what is sometimes a lengthy process but a joyful one. And that is the moving on from the open heart to the articulated heart. That is what this entity would describe as the energy of the blue ray or the throat chakra. Once you have begun the process of open communication with another, you find that miraculously that which used to divide you now begins to unite you. You find that the truth which seemed before to beat you down and to make you feel less now blesses and redeems, and heals and clears, the way for you to be.

Let us take a moment and look at that verb, to be. It is so underappreciated among your people. And yet this is what you came to do. You came to do something that has no doing to it, for being is more than anything else a matter of allowing yourself not to act but to express as an essence beyond thought, beyond deeds. What is the scent of a flower? What value can you say it has? It is beyond words. Can you see that? And can you see that the bouquet of your being is the most precious gift that you will ever have to give? It is your gift to the other, to the creation, and to the Creator. And what but the forces of great Love can give you permission within third-density beingness to explore that essence of self?

So we would say that the nature of the quality of companionship that lasts not for a day, or for a month, or for a year but for eternity is that quality which has been formed in the fire of moving through tremendous amounts of dynamics: sexual, sensual, physical, emotional, mental, intellectual and finally into the area of the spiritual, into the area where two hearts can touch and become one, not because they are the same but because they are sparks of the same fire that are sharing with each other the incredible gift of their unique essence so that each is teaching each, each is healing each, and each fulfills the larger desire of each to become a flame of spirit.

Then Q’uo said that we are as naked as Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, standing before the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and we are neither good nor evil because we are human and all that is, and this is a great point in the development of an eternal friendship, but if we shrink from the mirror of our shadow in the open heart,  then  we are forced back, past the lions at the gate, out into those lesser fields of the one infinite Creator in which play the dynamics of personality. Q’uo went on to say once we have faced ourself in the mirror of the other, sitting together in the lap of the Creator, surrounded with arms of Love, tickled by the beard of the Almighty, blessed upon the breast of the Mother, loved at last for all that we are, then at last we are free to begin what is a lengthy process but a joyful one, and that is moving on from our open heart to the articulated heart which is what Carla would describe as the energy of the blue ray, and once we have begun the process of open communication with another, we find that which used to divide us now begins to unite us, and we find the truth which seemed to make us feel less now heals and clears the way for us to be. Q’uo continued by saying let us take a moment and look at that verb, to be, because we came to do something that has no doing to it, for being is a matter of allowing ourself to express as an essence beyond thought and deeds, and our essence of our being is the most precious gift that we will ever have to give because it is our gift to the other, to the creation, and to the Creator, and what but the forces of great Love can give us permission within third-density beingness to explore that essence of ourself? Q’uo completed their reply by saying that the nature of the quality of companionship that lasts for eternity is that quality which has been formed in the fire of moving through tremendous amounts of dynamics: sexual, emotional, intellectual, and finally into the area of the spiritual, into the area where two hearts can touch and become one because they are sparks of the same fire that are sharing with each other the gift of their unique essence so that each is teaching each; each is healing each; and each fulfills the larger desire of each to become a flame of Spirit. On May 4, 2003, Q’uo described how each of us contains the flame of Spirit:

Picture the surface of your life as the choppy waves that seem to crash upon the shore, and know that deep within you, the truth of your being is as the liquid core of the Earth itself: calm water, quiet, deep, powerful, infinite and strong. This is your nature. This is your very essence. You are Love. As you allow the surety of this one Thought to pervade your being, feel all concerns drop away leaving only the flame of Spirit, only that Love which created all the worlds that are and all that shall ever be.

Is there another query at this time?

V: Thank you Q’uo. The Rangers’ next query asks, “In the higher densities, how does sexual attraction and companionship play out?”

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. There are some limits to that which we may say about this question, but in general we would say that the sexuality which is so much a part of third-density entities has all of the aspects which higher densities’ sexual energy transfers contain. However, within third density, as we have said, there is the beginning of sexual attraction that rests within the second-density physical vehicle within which you enjoy moving about the Earth at this time. The expression of sexual energy within this animalistic body is simple. It is a natural function which is uncomplicated, and which calls body to body, depending upon the dynamics of sexual polarity.

This instrument has often described the basic sexual attraction as chemical, and we would agree that it is a matter of the chemistry between two entities. Within third-density acculturation, the simple chemical attraction between two entities within red ray becomes overlaid with expectations and culturally-oriented standards of attraction which work not according to the ways of the body but according to the ways of the mind. And you must realize that within third density, the body is the creature of the mind. So very often there is a substantial amount of fairly shallow and inauthentic attraction concerned with sexual expression within third density.

Now, within fourth density these layers of acculturation fall away. Fourth-density entities, as well as fifth and sixth-density entities, have physical vehicles of a type. Each higher density’s physical vehicle is, shall we say, more refined in type yet there is a physicality to it. Consequently, the nature of the physical vehicle determines the entry level of sexual attraction. It is difficult for you, perhaps, to imagine a sexual attraction that is based on the truth of each entity as seen by each other entity. And yet we would ask you to imagine a creation in which all entities are attracted to all other entities based on the truth of their beings. Higher-density bodies are attracted to truth in the harmonics of the truth within themselves to which they have the most commonality and from which they have the most to learn. So, there is still a bi-polar aspect to higher-density sex within fourth density, but it is the near pole of commonality, and the far pole of a mutual desire to learn from each other the mysteries of the essence, the fragrance of the being of each other. It is sexuality and teach/learning.

The second Ranger question was: “In the higher densities, how does sexual attraction and companionship play out?” Q’uo began by saying there are limits to that which we may say about this question, but we would say that the sexuality which is a part of third-density entities has all of the aspects which higher densities’ sexual energy transfers contain, but within third density there is the beginning of sexual attraction that rests within the second-density body within which you enjoy moving about the Earth at this time, and the expression of sexual energy within this body is simple because it is a natural function which is uncomplicated, and which calls body to body, depending upon the dynamics of sexual polarity. Q’uo went on to say Carla has often described the basic sexual attraction as chemical, and we would agree that it is a matter of the chemistry between two entities so that within third-density the chemical attraction between two entities within red ray becomes overlaid with and culturally-oriented standards of attraction which work according to the ways of the mind, and you must realize that within third density the body is the creature of the mind, so very often there is a substantial amount of shallow and inauthentic attraction concerned with sexual expression within third density. Q’uo continued by saying within fourth density these layers of acculturation fall away, and fourth-density entities, as well as fifth and sixth-density entities, have bodies of a type, and each higher density’s body is more refined in type, yet there is a physicality to it so that the nature of the body determines the entry level of sexual attraction, and it is difficult for us to imagine a sexual attraction that is based on the truth of each entity as seen by each other entity, but Q’uo would asked us to imagine a creation in which all entities are attracted to all other entities based on the truth of their beings so that higher-density bodies are attracted to truth in the harmonics of the truth within themselves to which they have the most commonality and from which they have the most to learn, so there is still a bi-polar aspect to higher-density sex within fourth density, but it is the near pole of commonality, and the far pole of a mutual desire to learn from each other the mysteries of the essence, the fragrance of the being of each other because it is teaching and learning sexuality. On September 14, 2019, Q’uo spoke of the basic nature of sexual attraction in third density:

The red-ray activation is that which occurs between two entities who are sexually polarized in a manner which is, shall we say, available for interaction, or interplay. This meaning that the attraction is that which finds a polar opposite, whether the entity be biologically male or biologically female. The physical attraction is that which is congruent with each entity’s individual and unique natures. This operates without conscious control. This operates more accurately as an unconscious reflection of the nature of each entity’s basic quality of sexual polarity.

Thus, there is, as a result of this attraction, a kind of fellowship of a basic nature that becomes the foundation of an addition to this basic quality, as the interaction between the two entities commences and continues. Therefore, each entity is offered the opportunity to be of service to the other, in one manner or another, as it begins with the sexual attraction being added unto by the intense red and orange-ray quality of individual beingness, moving further along to the yellow ray, that places each entity within the group situation of the mated pair ideally. However, this is always due to and processed by individual freewill. Thus, the basic pattern of energizing and promoting the relationship value of the two entities is that which is the propelling function of the red-ray excitation.

Within fourth density, the casual sexual expression is not simply common but is as much a part of courtesy as shaking hands is within your density. It is as if when entities meet, they have sex. That is the way that you would describe it within your density. The potential difference between the two entities is expressed naturally and without any shame, removal of clothing, or the exchange of bodily fluids. It is an energy exchange. The children produced of this energy exchange are those opportunities for souls who wish to learn from the two entities which exchanged energy in such a way as to make an opportunity. The bodies are more refined. Sexuality does not have those physicalities of third density. And yet there is the possibility for enormous love. And when it is seen between two entities that there is this unique potential for teaching and learning together, a mating is formed.

So, you see the processes of the energy body continue to be red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and indigo. And relationships continue to be refined through the interactions of two entities who have joined together. Yet, the work is subtler and deeper and, in its own way, narrower. We who speak are those of fifth density and we carry the energies and the information of those within fourth density and within sixth density. In each density of those three, the physical bodies become more refined and in sixth density the bodies are what you would call photons. You are moving from heavy chemical bodies to lighter energy bodies to bodies of a certain type of light to bodies of limitless Light, shall we say. This is very inexact and while we apologize for the inexactness, we can only express that there is information that would infringe upon your free will involved in attempting to explain to a more precise degree the evolution of mind, body and spirit.

We would ask in general that you simply consider the direction to be that of the refinement of the energy exchange between two entities. Your entity-ness shall not change. You shall continue to be you. As you form relationships within higher densities, your opportunities for learning and service shall be lifted and refined. This is not a difference in kind, but only a difference in quality. You are on the track which you shall continue upon. Of seventh density, we cannot speak, for we have not yet experienced the density that is drawn directly back into the Creator to create the next octave of experience. We stay within this heartbeat of the one infinite Creator.

Now Q’uo said within fourth density the casual sexual expression is as much a part of courtesy as shaking hands is within your density, and when entities meet, they have sex, and the potential difference between the two entities is expressed without any shame because it is an energy exchange, and the children produced by this energy exchange are those opportunities for souls who wish to learn from the two entities which exchanged energy in such a way as to make an opportunity, but the bodies are more refined, and sexuality does not have the physical nature of third density, yet there is the possibility for enormous love, and when it is seen between two entities that there is this potential for teaching and learning together, a mating is formed. Q’uo continued by saying you see the processes of the energy body continue to be red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and indigo, and relationships continue to be refined through the interactions of two entities who have joined together, yet the work is subtler and deeper, and we who speak are those of fifth density, and we carry the energies and within fourth density and within sixth density, and in each of those three densities, the physical bodies become more refined, and in sixth density the bodies are what you would call photons so that you are moving from heavy chemical bodies to lighter energy bodies to bodies of a certain type of Light to bodies of limitless Light, but this is inexact, and while we apologize for the inexactness we can only express that there is information that would infringe upon your free will involved in attempting to explain to a more precise degree the evolution of mind, body, and spirit. Q’uo completed their reply by asking that we consider the direction to be that of the refinement of the energy exchange between two entities because our entity-ness shall not change as we shall continue to be as we form relationships within higher densities our opportunities for learning and service shall be lifted and refined, but this is not a difference in kind, but only a difference in quality since we are on the track which we shall continue upon, but Q’uo could not speak of seventh density because they have not yet experienced the density that is drawn directly back into the Creator to create the next octave of experience, but they stay within this heartbeat of the one infinite Creator. On March 3, 2018, Q’uo spoke about the general nature of the sexual energy exchange:

When the sexual energy exchange is completed between the male and the female entities, or those expressing the male and female principles, the energy exchange is from red to red, from orange to orange, from yellow to yellow, from green to green. If there is the ability of each entity to experience higher energy center exchanges, this will also proceed in like manner. For there to be an energy exchange, there must be at least the activation of the green ray energy center. Is there a follow-up query, my sister?

Is there another query at this time?

V: Yes, the Rangers’ third query reads, “Of the worlds Q’uo evolved from, how did they typically enter into fourth-density service? Namely, what cultures and sociological constructions did they move through on their way towards living in Love?”

Weare those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my sister. We find that we are up against the full stop of the Law of Free Will when it comes to describing experiences that are common to us, experiences which would pull you into a false place where you were hoping to be like us. We would instead say a few words about the opportunities that lie before you at this time. For you are those with third-density bodies and fourth-density hearts—yearning with every fiber of your beings to live a fourth-density life, by fourth-density values, and with fourth-density qualities. The Earth does not hold you back, for the Earth is vibrating fourth density. Your own inner nature does not hold you back, for you hold within you the energies of the universe. All of nature is willing for you to grow.

Then what holds you within the density of your choice? Certainly, you incarnated in a third-density body, but your very DNA, in every cell of your body, is waiting for you to remember who you are. And in the quality of your remembrance comes the opportunity to form new strands of fourth-density DNA. And this is happening among your peoples at this time. It is possible for you as well. What shall you have to do to avail yourself of this remembrance? My friends, you shall have to allow the pain and the sorrow that you hold so dearly within you at this time to die, not simply to forgive it, but to allow it to fall away. Are you ready to die to this hard-won suffering that has soaked up a portion of your identity? Are you ready to be a creature of joy?

Thisinstrument has talked about letting the sorrows and the sufferings of herself and others flow through her, but she does not do it. Oh, she is in love with suffering; she is ready to give up her life! Yet, when she can do that, then she is free within incarnation. And to some extent, little by little, she has let portions of herself fall away. She is ready not to hold on to difficult energies; here and there, now and again. And so, we say to each of you, “Awake to love and joy and allow the dead self to bury itself, dust to dust, and ashes to ashes.” We speak now not of the dust of the body, which is easily seen, but the dust and the ashes of old emotion held in their imbalance as if they were treasures.

What is the crucible and the refining fire all about but the taking of dead ash and dust and the compression of it into jewels? You carry coal within you. Let it become a diamond. And if the pressure is fierce, embrace it and do not be afraid of the transforming and refining.

[Side one of tape ends.]

It is a condign and just process.

The third question from the Rangers was: “Of the worlds Q’uo evolved from, how did they typically enter into fourth-density service? Namely, what cultures and sociological constructions did they move through on their way towards living in love?” Q’uo began by saying that we that we do not want to break the Law of Free Will by describing the experiences that are common to us which would put you into a false place where you were hoping to be like us, but we would say a few words about the opportunities that lie before you at this time, for you are those with third-density bodies and fourth-density hearts, yearning to live a fourth-density life, by fourth-density values, and with fourth-density qualities, and the Earth does not hold you back, for the Earth is vibrating fourth density, and your own inner nature does not hold you back, for you hold within you the energies of the universe, and all of nature is willing for you to grow. Then Q’uo asked what holds you within the density of choice because you incarnated in a third-density body, but your DNA is waiting for you to remember who you are, and in the quality of your remembrance comes the opportunity to form new strands of fourth-density DNA, and this is happening among your peoples at this time, and it is possible for you as well, and you shall have to allow the pain and sorrow that you hold within you to die and fall away in order to awaken this remembrance, so are you ready to die to this hard-won suffering that has soaked up a portion of your identity to be a creature of joy? Q’uo continued by saying that Carla has talked about letting her sufferings and others flow through her, but she does not do it because she is in love with suffering, and she is ready to give up her life, but when she can do that, then she is free within incarnation, and little by little she has let portions of herself fall away, so she is ready not to hold on to difficult energies again, and we say to each of you: “Awake to love and joy, and allow the dead self to bury itself, dust to dust, and ashes to ashes.” Q’uo spoke now of the dust and the ashes of old emotion held in their imbalance as if they were treasures. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that is the refining fire is about the taking of dead ash and dust and the compression of it into jewels, and you carry coal within you, so let it become a diamond, and if the pressure is fierce, embrace it, and do not be afraid of the transforming because it is a condign and just process. On May 17, 2005, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the refining fire within us:

All that you are, all that you have been, and all that you will be is of one piece. As you drop away things that seem to be you, we ask you to realize that you are not dropping away the identity of that unique being that is yourself. You are refining that identity in the refining fire of the furnace of third-density Earth. It is fairly said that your Earth is as the athanor, and you are as the magician that places base elements into the athanor in order to make gold. It is not that you are altering beyond recognition your identity in refining yourself, but rather that you are burning away those things which you perceive as being no longer necessary to bolster or support your identity. Transformation, then, can be seen not so much as a dropping away of one whole identity and the picking up of another, as it can be seen to be a process of simplification where you are cleaning away the crumbs of self that have been used up, brushing the garment of self to remove these crumbs from your invisible and shining self so that the clothing which you wear before the one infinite Creator is ever more truly a representative of your heart and your soul.

Is there another query at this time?

V: Q’uo, that’s all from the Rangers.

[Pause]

We are those of Q’uo, and because of the energies within the room, we would ask one more time, is there another query at this time?

[Pause]

We are those of Q’uo, and we do feel the strength of unasked questions within this group, and that is perfectly acceptable to us. We are happy to let them be and to express to those with issues upon their hearts at this time our absolute and unwavering love for you and our gladness at any time to respond to any questions that you do have. We are always with you if you request our presence, that we may underline and underscore the stability of your own silence. We thank you so much for the great privilege of being allowed to speak with you and to share what humble information we may have. At this time, we would leave you as we found you, in the love, the light, and the unity of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai.

This morning I went outside and weeded the two gardens in front of the fishpond by hand since we had enough rain over night to make the ground wet enough so that the weeds came out of the ground with their roots intact.

This afternoon I was on a zoom meet with a group in Alabama facilitated by Nandhini who asked me questions that her group had collected that focused on a number of areas of the Ra contact with the energy centers being primary among them. I always enjoy speaking about the Ra contact to spiritual seekers like those in this group, and I look forward to our next zoom meet.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

March 20

Run With Love

I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full and divine consciousness that is Love.

How shall the Holy Spirit appear to you this day? What are your needs? For as you express and inwardly feel those spiritual needs, so is the Spirit called to appear, to strengthen, to comfort, and to enable.

Is it energy and will that you need? Then experience the force that produces these words as flames of divine and enabling fire, energizing and enlivening.

Must you run the straight race very quickly today? Must you hasten and hurry? Crowd your day, then, but open your heart that Love may run with you; that Love may hasten, and hurry, and worry, and fret in comfortable companionship with that state of mind you choose for yourself.

Are you in grief, in sorrow, and in despair? Call, then and open within to the divine Comforter, to the nurturer and Lover of all souls.

There is no condition in which the Spirit of Love cannot enter and heal. There is no activity in which the Spirit of divine Love and compassion cannot enable, enliven, and strengthen.

The Spirit of Love is an active, plastic, malleable, universal expression of the absolute presence of divine Love in each soul, everywhere, always, in every moment.

May you find peace that you are not alone, be you hastening, resting, or weeping. Always there is the Comforter.

We leave you in this reassurance, this knowledge, of Love and peace unending. 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from April 3, 2005:

The question today has to do with the concept of how inspiration works in our group as we come together, share our week with each other around the circle, look for a question, determine a question, and then Q’uo speaks upon this topic. In one way or another, the information moves into different levels of our consciousness, and as we come out of meditation and speak with each other afterwards, it seems to get seated in our consciousness in some way. We were wondering if Q’uo could give us some information about how this quality or principle of inspiration works in a group and for each of us as individuals?

(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 day. We thank each of you for the beauty of your vibrations, the pleasure of your company in this circle of seeking, and for the question that you offer as a group. As always, we would ask for your cooperation in listening to those things that we have to say with a careful ear, ready to forget any thought of ours that does not seem helpful to you. We would greatly appreciate this as it will give us the opportunity to speak freely, knowing that we are not infringing on your free will or looming over you as some sort of perceived authority. With this freedom, we are much more able to feel free to speak our thoughts, person to person, shall we say, Creator to Creator.

The song that the one known as Jim chose for the tuning song that opens this meditation was most apt to the query which concerns inspiration and the group process. It is interesting to us that two words in your English language are pronounced the same and have related meanings. In terms of your springtime, which you are now enjoying the very beginnings of in your area, it is the sun, s-u-n, that is shining ever more brightly and ever more immediately upon your faces. In terms of this instrument’s distortion of religious seeking, she has entered the season of Easter which is the season of the son, s-o-n, and His seeming loss to the world and immediate reappearance within it as the risen Lord.

In a group such as yours, my friends, each of you is the sun/son. You cannot see yourself shining; you cannot see your risen aspect; you cannot see the radiance of your being for, from within your system of awareness, many things are upon your minds, many sorrows are upon your heart, many burdens are upon your shoulders. Your thinking processes are devious and multiple. Your emotional life, as this instrument was saying earlier, ebbs and flows. And there are many times of the most solemn and serious contemplation of the nature of the self, of the worth of the self, of the value of self-perceived processes. Is the attempt to accelerate the advent of spiritual evolution within the self efficient? Is it moving forward? Is the refining process ongoing? How difficult it is to answer any of these questions from within the system of the self. And when one bumps up against other-selves in the everyday and ordinary life, how clearly can we either perceive other-selves or perceive their reflections of ourselves as we interrelate?

The value of coming together, knowing ahead of time that there is a sacred space that has been prepared by intention, is great. For it allows the self in the midst of its everyday aspects to enter into a transformational space, a potentiated time, a dedicated nexus of opportunity. How humbly each of you brings yourself to this time, this space, and this nexus! Each of you knows the self to be unworthy. A glory of the decision to enter this opportunity is that you have come anyway. You have chosen freely and firmly to give yourself the opportunity for transformation. You have not judged yourself and found yourself unworthy. Faith lives within you: faith in your own self, bare of any pretension, faith in the value of sacred spaces and times, and faith in the group.

How the heart opens, given such an opportunity! And when you have formed the intention of becoming part of a circle of seeking, something happens to the way in which you listen to each other. It is as if, like a shaggy dog, you have shaken yourself off and all of the thoughts and feelings that have been clogging the system have been released. Your energy system clears. Your mind sharpens. And your heart feels at home at last within you. Light begins to gather. It is not light from without you. It is light from within you. The power within you, that has been slumbering, awakens, and you minister to each other. Love that is beyond words flows from every fiber of your being as you listen to each other. Even if you cannot say one word, your heart is radiating the infinite Love and Light that lies within you. Tongues of fire, as this instrument would describe the action of Spirit, pour down upon you as your heart goes out, literally, to each other’s spoken and unspoken feelings and thoughts. And within this potentiated space and time, peace descends, that peace which, indeed, passeth all understanding, and power flows, and sparkles, and dances as each cares for each.

The group question for this session was: “The question today has to do with the concept of how inspiration works in our group as we come together, share our week with each other around the circle, look for a question, determine a question, and then Q’uo speaks upon this topic.” Q’uo began by saying that the song that was chosen for the tuning song to begin this meditation was appropriate to the query which concerns inspiration and the group process, and it is interesting that two words in our English language are pronounced the same and have related meanings, and in our springtime it is the sun, s-u-n, that is shining more brightly and more immediately upon our faces, and in terms of Carla’s love of religious seeking, she has entered the season of Easter which is the season of the son, s-o-n, and His seeming loss to the world and immediate reappearance within it as the risen Lord. Q’uo went on to say that in a group such as ours each of us is the sun/son, and we cannot see ourself shining or see our risen aspect because from within our system of awareness many things are upon our mind, and many sorrows are upon our heart, and our thinking processes are multiple so that our emotional life ebbs and flows, and there are times of serious contemplation of the nature and worth of ourself, so we wonder if our attempt to accelerate our spiritual evolution within ourself is efficient, and it is difficult to answer any of these questions from within ourself, so when we bump up against other-selves in our ordinary life, we wonder how clearly we can perceive other-selves or perceive their reflections of ourselves as we interrelate? Q’uo continued by saying that the value of our coming together, and knowing ahead of time that there is a sacred space that has been prepared by intention is great, for it allows us to enter into a transformational space, and each of us humbly brings ourself to this time, and we know that we are unworthy, but we have chosen freely and firmly to give ourself the opportunity for transformation, and we have not judged ourself because faith lives within us: faith in ourself, faith in the value of sacred spaces and times, and faith in the group. Now Q’uo said that our heart opens because of this opportunity, and when we have formed the intention of becoming part of a circle of seeking, something happens to the way that we listen to each other because we have released all of the thoughts and feelings that have been clogging our system, and our energy system clears; our mind sharpens; and our heart feels at home within us so that light from within us begins to gather, and  power awakens within us, and we minister to each other so that love that is beyond words flows from every fiber of our being as we listen to each other, and even if we cannot say one word, our heart is radiating the infinite Love and Light that lies within us, and the tongues of the Spirit’s fire pour down upon us as our heart goes out to each other’s spoken and unspoken feelings and thoughts, and within this potentiated space and time the peace which passes all understanding descends upon us, and power flows and dances as each of us cares for each other. On January 14, 1996, Q’uo spoke of the peace which passes all understanding:

Each seeker of truth will find that the path it travels is one which has those places which are wide and through which passage is easy and those places which are more narrow, making passage difficult. When you find your practice of seeking in the way of meditation beginning to flag, you may be aware that the faith and will, which are the rod and staff of each seeker, may need reinforcing, for there is much to distract an entity from completing the practices that it has set for itself, and these distractions are also a part of your journey. As you are able to see afield and redirect the changing energies of your own commitment, your own faith, and your will to persevere in the face of distractions and difficulties, you will be learning the kind of perseverance that will give you that peace which passes understanding at some point in your seeking, for if the journey were always easy then the pearl of great price would be much devalued and easily acquired by all.

What is the nature of Spirit? It can certainly be seen as a rain that falls, as a blessing. In another way, it can be seen as that force not only from above but also from below that connects the infinite Creator in its undifferentiated and universal expression as infinite energy with the very articulated and very specific tongues of flame that are drawn into your body system and that subtle body system that this instrument would call the energy system or the chakra system by the nature, the color, the brilliance, and the balance within your very distorted and biased and yet innerly-balanced energy system.

As this process occurs, a focus develops within you. It is not only unique to you, but it is unique to you in this moment. And so, each of you becomes a focused flame of Spirit. You have been transfigured. The highest and best within you has found a point of eloquence within the silence of this nexus, and your mirroring capabilities and capacities organize and become lucid. You become more and more helpful to each other and you spark each other so that each becomes more skillful, and more inspired, and more inspiring. And again, this may or may not have anything to do with what is said. It has to do with your essence, with that which is far beyond words or expression of any kind. Each of you is an energy. This energy has taken all of the infinite reaches of your every experience to come into manifestation at this moment. And this moment becomes a gift that you give to each other, freely, unthinkingly, for you have been renewed, and therefore your creation has been renewed.

Itis not that one person cannot do this alone, for one person can. But one person is a small group: there is you, and there is spirit. The mirroring process is lacking. You are, as it were, upon the stormy sea but without lighthouses, or, to put it another way, you are upon that stormy sea but without the buoys that ring that peculiar ring to let you know where the shore is, where home is, where the reefs and the perils may be that may keep you from that shore and from that home. Each of you becomes the lighthouse for each other person. When we say to you that there is tremendous value in the very distortions that you so bemoan when you speak of your failings, we realize that it is difficult for you to understand this. And yet if you think of the wind chime that makes beautiful music in the wind, and then you think of the effect of the sounds of the buoys that float upon the ocean and warn of peril and sing of home, perhaps you can begin to see how much of a blessing it is to create the harmony of all of each of your very personal and unique sounds coming together in the harmony of the expressions of love in one sacred space. Can there ever be a disharmony in such a choir of individual and authentic bells ringing because of the rocking of the waters of manifestation and the wind of spirit?

The word, “inspiration,” is a word that is literally talking about breath, wind—and when one speaks of breath or wind, one is speaking of the Spirit. It is said in your holy work, the Bible, the wind blows where it will, and no one can bid it. When the breath goes out of the body and does not return, the Spirit has left the physical vehicle and what is left is dust. You have been raised into manifestation from the dust, and the Spirit has breathed into you, and as you breathe in, you breath in the one infinite Creator, and as you breath out, you breath out that which you have made of that creative inspiration. In and out: this is the rhythm of your living. You are never still. You do not arrive at some sort of stasis in which all has been accomplished. If each breath is a question and each out-breath an answer, then the process may be seen never to end. You know not what you breathe in, and you know not what you breath out. You can never know the extent to which your answer is useful to yourself or others. What you can know is that the supply of inward and outward motion is infinite.

That is why we say to you again and again, my friends, how precious is this moment, how dear is this breath. Feel, in this moment, how beautiful, how profound, is the quality of your love. Feel the devotion that lies beneath the roiled and stormy surface of the everyday. Feel at this moment the truth of the essential self. Feel the beauty of it trembling within you, too precious to express. And then breathe out and know the power of your every intention, thought and expression. Each of you comes to this moment as a point of flame, that flame of spirit that shall renew the face of the Earth. Know your adequacy. Know yourself, and rest between each breath. Rest in the essence of the self. What shall you do with this moment? Do not be self-conscious. Do not begin to analyze the process. It is impossible to unplait the braids of Spirit, and self, and dust, and interrelationship. It is enough to know that all of you and we are one. And in the combination of essences lies discovery, healing, and growth.

Then Q’uo said the nature of Spirit can be seen as a blessing of rain that falls, or it can be seen as that force not only from above but also from below that connects the infinite Creator in its universal expression as infinite energy with very specific tongues of flame that are drawn into our body system and that subtle body system Carla would call the energy system by the nature and the balance within our distorted and innerly-balanced energy system. Q’uo went on to say that as this process occurs, a focus develops within us which is not only unique to us, but it is unique to us in this moment, and each of us becomes transformed as a focused flame of Spirit, and the highest and best within us has found a point of eloquence within the silence of this nexus, and our mirroring capabilities to organize have become lucid so that we become more helpful to each other, and we spark each other so that each becomes more skillful and more inspiring, and this may or may not have anything to do with what is said because it has to do with our essence which is beyond words of any kind, and each of us is an energy, and this energy has taken all of the infinite reaches of our every experience to come into manifestation at this moment so that this moment becomes a gift that we give to each other freely, for we have been renewed, and our creation has been renewed. Q’uo continued by saying that it is not that we cannot do this alone, for we can, but one person is a small group: there is us, and there is Spirit, and the mirroring process is lacking so that we are upon the stormy sea without the buoys that ring us to know where the shore is, where home is, and where the perils may be that may keep us from the shore and from home, so each of us becomes the lighthouse for each other, and when they say that there is value in the distortions that we bemoan when we speak of our failings, they realize that it is difficult for us to understand this, but if we think of the wind chime that makes beautiful music in the wind, and then we think of the effect of the sounds of the buoys that float upon the ocean and warn of peril and sing of home, perhaps we can see what a blessing it is to create harmony of our unique sounds coming together in the harmony of the expressions of love in one sacred space, so can there ever be a disharmony in such a choir of individual bells ringing because of the rocking of the waters of manifestation and the wind of Spirit? Now Q’uo said the word, “inspiration,” is a word that is talking about breath or wind, and when we speak of breath or wind, we are speaking of the Spirit because it is said in our Bible that the wind blows where it will, and no one can bid it, so when our breath goes out of our body and does not return, the Spirit has left our body, and what is left is dust, and we have been raised into manifestation from the dust, and the Spirit has breathed into us, and as we breathe in, we breath in the one infinite Creator, and as we breath out, we breath out that which we have made of that creative inspiration so that in and out is the rhythm of our living, and we do not arrive at a point of stasis in which all has been accomplished, so if each breath in is a question and each out-breath an answer, then the process may be seen never to end so that we know not what we breathe in, and we know not what we breathe out, and we can never know the extent to which our answer is useful to ourself or others, but what we can know is that the supply of inward and outward motion is infinite. Q’uo completed their response by saying that is why they say to us how dear is this breath, so we should feel how beautiful and profound is the quality of our love, and then breathe out and know the power of our every intention, thought and expression because each of us comes to this moment as a point of flame, that flame of Spirit that shall renew the face of the Earth, and it is enough to know that all of us are one, and in the combination of essences lies discovery, healing, and growth. On May 4, 2003, Q’uo spoke of the flame of Spirit that is within us all:

When an effort to serve seems amiss, we simply suggest that the self take a very deep breath, in and out, in and out, and begin coming back from the details of the tangle to the truth that lies beneath the tangled surface of the waves of life. Picture the surface of your life as the choppy waves that seem to crash upon the shore, and know that deep within you, the truth of your being is as the liquid core of the Earth itself: calm water, quiet, deep, powerful, infinite and strong. This is your nature. This is your very essence. You are love. As you allow the surety of this one Thought to pervade your being, feel all concerns drop away leaving only the flame of Spirit, only that Love which created all the worlds that are and all that shall ever be.

We would at this time open this session to further questions. Are there further queries at this time?

V: Q’uo, we have some questions from the group we call the Rangers. One of them is: “Could you comment on this question: If one cannot be a monk of just one thing, can one be a monk of all things?” This question is really about how to deal with the desire to live in a spiritually potent manner without leaving society.

Weare those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We believe that we understand this question and would begin the answer by defining, in some general way, the term, monk. The monk is an entity which has dedicated its life to a discipline which has as its purpose the simplifying and the deepening of the course of a life so that, like a creek that has been brought into one channel, it may be more powerful to express devotion and service. It is entirely possible to be such a dedicated entity with or without the group which has formed itself around one religious system. It means, however, that such an entity must choose the rule of its life for itself, without the aid and, shall we say, the crutch of an established practice, a carefully articulated rule of life.

In light of the preceding discussion of the nature of such a group as this present circle of seeking, it becomes obvious that any rule of life is easier to think about, articulate and explore when there is a group of like-minded entities which creates that sacred space where each is helping each to bring each other home. A group such as the Rangers has indeed the potential for creating such a group without the necessity for being in one place at one time, for the communication system of your internet and e-mail creates another kind of immediacy in which questions common to all can be explored.

The key to being such a dedicated entity, however, lies in the continuing devotion to the development of and the living out of a rule of life. This transforms the everyday into the sacred. In the life of a monk, devotion is expressed by every action, not just those times which are sacred in definition according to some practice, like the gathering for religious services or observances. Every aspect of the life of a monk is offered sacredness by the dedication of the entity to the rule of life of that particular monastic order. In such an entity’s life, cleaning the house is equivalent to cleansing the Spirit of imperfections. Washing the clothing, the body, and the dishes becomes equivalent to dipping one’s seemingly soiled self, in aum and essence, into the transforming water that creates healing and cleanliness within. The preparation of the food necessary to feed the body becomes equivalent to the preparation of the sacrificed and dedicated self to the service of the one infinite Creator. Each thing that is done with the intention of expressing devotion to the one infinite Creator becomes sacred. Thusly, there is nothing in the everyday and ordinary life that is not sacred.

The first Ranger question was: “If one cannot be a monk of just one thing, can one be a monk of all things?” This question is really about how to deal with the desire to live in a spiritually potent manner without leaving society.” Q’uo said they would begin the answer by defining the term monk which is an entity which has dedicated its life to a discipline which has the purpose of simplifying and deepening the course of its life so that it may be more powerful to express devotion and service, and it is possible to be such an entity with or without the group which has formed itself around one religious system, but it means that such an entity must choose the rule of its life for itself without the aid of an established practice or rule of life. Q’uo went on to say in light of the preceding discussion of the nature of such a group as this present circle of seeking, it becomes obvious that any rule of life is easier to explore when there is a group of like-minded entities which creates that sacred space where each is helping each to bring each other home, and a group such as the Rangers has the potential for creating such a group without the necessity for being in one place at one time, for the communication system of our e-mail creates another kind of connection in which questions common to all can be explored. Then Q’uo said the key to being such a dedicated entity lies in the continuing devotion to the living out of a rule of life since this transforms the everyday life into the sacred so that in the life of a monk devotion is expressed by every aspect of the life of a monk that is offered sacredness by the dedication of the entity to the rule of life of that particular monastic order, and in such an entity’s life, cleaning the house is equivalent to cleansing the Spirit of imperfections, and washing the clothing, the body, and the dishes becomes equivalent to dipping one’s seemingly soiled self into the transforming water that creates healing and cleanliness within so that the preparation of food to feed the body becomes equivalent to the preparation of the dedicated self to the service of the one infinite Creator, and each thing that is done with the intention of expressing devotion to the one infinite Creator becomes sacred, so there is nothing in the everyday life that is not sacred. On November 24, 2007, Q’uo described the purpose of the life of a monk:

Once an entity has reached the point where the heart is open and energy is flowing freely, he may then choose to move into the higher chakras. If he wishes to do work in consciousness such as meditation, healing, prayer, or inspirational reading and reflection, he moves very consciously and deliberately into the indigo-ray chakra, the home of faith.

Here, one is always dealing with unseen things. In the indigo ray, one has left the physical body behind. The indigo ray is physically placed at the third eye position at which the Hindu monk will place a red dot, for in the Hindu system of belief there is a great appreciation of this chakra and it is believed by them, as well as us, that it is the gateway, the door, to direct contact with intelligent infinity, or as they would put it, the Creator.

Dwelling in indigo ray, the seeker begins to approach the gateway by the use of silence. It is necessary that the mind be still to a great extent so that the inspiration which is being sought may have room to flow into the chakra body through the violet ray, and then the indigo, and then to be seated in the heart.

Once that connection has been made and there is a downflow of inspiration and information matching the upflow of the Creator’s energy, it is possible to work in consciousness simply by allowing that flow to occur and being aware consciously of that flow. For indeed you are seated in the midst of a beautiful fountain of light when the gateway is open, and inspiration is moving in.

It is within the blessing of that presence that one takes up the work of that beau geste of seeking to know the truth, seeking to feel the insights that only come to a faithful and listening heart.

We welcome further questions upon these points from those known as the Rangers, but shall not attempt to anticipate them.

Is there another query at this time?

V: There are two further queries from the Rangers. One of them asks if Q’uo would comment on any connections between counter-culture movements of various decades such as the 50’s beat generation, the 60’s flower children and the 80’s techno-rave movement?

Weare those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We would suggest two points of connection among many. The first connection is the one of the Spirit and flesh. In each generation, the yearning for that which is beneath the surface expresses itself in ways both negative and positive in terms of what this instrument would describe as negative or critical expression and positive or radiant expression. The connection between these generational terms and their expressions, both critical and radiant, is the connection of the Spirit within the boundaries of flesh yearning to express that “something more” that is felt, yet often cannot be found, in the everyday.

That quality that is so blessed within the young within incarnation is the quality that sees clearly the hypocrisy and the tomb-like structure of indifference that has been created by those whose hope has fled. And whether it is the critical and dark energy of the beat generation, the transcendent joy of the flower children, or the very mixed darkness and lightness of the techno-rave sorrow and joy, all expressed together, the energy is that of transformation, and this is that which wrenches Spirit into flesh.

Those who are outside of the energy of these movements within the young are distracted, oftentimes, by the collateral images, icons, and accessories, if you will, of such movements. Those who have experienced, from the inside out, these energies, know beyond any doubting the validity and the rightness of the Spirit. And if it must be pulled or tugged or wrenched to appear within flesh then these energies are accepted and even welcomed. It seems as though there is violence involved in such movements. And perhaps we would say that insofar as this may be so, it is due to the violent nature of the wind of Spirit when it is called into a space that has not been prepared as a sacred space. However impure that energy seems, it is a true blessing not only to those who feel it and express it, but to the world which has been changed by its inclusion.

The other aspect that we would point out, in terms of the commonality of these movements, is that they have in common being much more native to and obvious to the nature of those who are awakening as wanderers or as those who are ready to be wanderers; that is, who are ready to graduate from third density into fourth; who are ready to drop the flesh and live in love. In a sense, this is about the release of fear. Love and fear cannot co-exist, and the expression of love is the release of fear. It is the movement from death to larger life.

The second Ranger question was: “One of them asks if Q’uo would comment on any connections between counter-culture movements of various decades such as the 50’s beat generation, the 60’s flower children and the 80’s techno-rave movement?” Q’uo began by saying they would suggest two points of connection, and the first connection is the one of the Spirit and flesh because in each generation, the yearning for that which is beneath the surface expresses itself in ways both negative and positive in terms of what Carla would describe as negative or critical and positive or radiant, and the connection between these terms is the connection of the Spirit within the boundaries of flesh yearning to express that “something more” that is felt, yet often cannot be found, in the everyday life. Q’uo continued by saying that quality that is so blessed within the young is the quality that sees the hypocrisy and the rigid structure of indifference that has been created by those whose hope has fled, and whether it is the critical energy of the beat generation, the joy of the flower children, or the mixed darkness and lightness of the techno-rave sorrow and joy, all have the energy of transformation, and this is that which pulls Spirit into flesh. Q’uo went on to say those who are outside of the energy of these movements within the young are distracted by the secondary images and accessories of such movements, and those who have experienced these energies know the validity of the Spirit, and if it must be pulled to appear within flesh then these energies are welcomed, but it seems as though there is violence in such movements, and we would say that this may be so, and it is due to the violent nature of the wind of Spirit when it is called into a space that has not been prepared as a sacred space, but if that energy seems impure, it is a blessing not only to those who feel it and express it, but to the world which has been changed by its inclusion. Q’uo completed their reply by saying the other aspect that they would point out is that they have in common being more native to those who are awakening as wanderers or who are ready to graduate from third density into fourth, and who are ready to drop the flesh and live in love so that this is about the release of fear because love and fear cannot co-exist, and the expression of love is the release of fear and the movement from death to larger life. On September 3, 2006, Q’uo described the nature of sacred space:

Firstly, it is well, when the outer circumstances of one’s life militate against the outer expression of seeking, to build an ivory tower, shall we say, within one’s heart of hearts that is a safe place in which one may seek the Creator. It is well to keep this place a secret and to cherish it as a treasure deep within one’s hidden treasure house. There is no one to ridicule or disturb that entity who has built for himself a sacred space within.

Once that sacred space has been built according to the precise desires of your heart, then it is available for you to go to, to enter, and to rest. If you are too tired, spiritually and emotionally speaking, to seek further than simply basking in the presence of the Creator then you may rest and be fed, and this is a positive step. Perhaps it is all you may do for a while, but you are gaining in battery strength, shall we say, until you reach a point where your light is able to be switched on, and in that light you are able to see some of the mystery you seek. Even a tiny rune of the great tablet of wisdom and love available to the seeking soul is often enough to recharge the inspiration that has gone lacking for lack of exposure to the process itself.

Is there another query at this time?

V: The third Ranger question is whether you would comment on the architect, LeCorbusier? I suspect he is of wanderer origins and would like to know if it is possible to share why his work manifested through architecture?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. In terms of specifics, it is not possible for us to discuss one entity such as LeCorbusier. However, it is interesting to look into the nature of how creativity works within a life experience. The same creative wind blows for all, and on that wind lie melodies, themes, motifs, and other avenues of intelligent expression of the fire of Spirit. The energies of suffering and learning catch the facets of personality uniquely for each unique entity. And as an entity awakens within incarnation to the truth and beauty of its own being, possibilities open up in this and that way, unique to each entity.

One entity may express creativity by growing a family and helping the young souls within that family to flower. Another entity may hear the call of a certain kind of expression of devotion and become a guardian of truth, an upholder of justice, or an agent of the healing power of human love. All professions call with the song of the muse to those entities whose personalities are shaped so that those structures hold their passion and give them avenues of expression. Every artist catches the wind of Spirit and finds ways to draw images that catch the light and share the vision. Every musician hears those melodies that are drifting from angelic essences embedded within the inner planes and responsive to the winds of the times and the energies of the generation now alive. And so, it is with those who see the value of shape and ratio and wish to create places for the heart and the Spirit to thrive.

Is there another query at this time?

[Pause]

We are those of Q’uo, and since we seem to have exhausted the queries within the circle this day, we would leave you, as we found you, in the love and the light, the peace and the power, of the one infinite Creator. Adonai. Adonai.

This morning I went outside and pumped half of the water out of the fishpond, and then I cleaned the filters for the fountain, put the water lilies back up on their stone pedestals, and put two fertilizer tablets in each of the five water lilies. Then I put the garden hose in the fishpond and began refilling it with fresh water. While the pond was being filled I used my  trimmer to trim back the liriope on the west side of the fishpond, as well as the liriope next to the cross area in the back yard, and the liriope on both sides of the sidewalk in front of my home. When the pond was full of water I added some Aquasafe to neutralize the chlorine in the water, and then I fed some fish food to the fish.

This afternoon I blew the liriope leaves along the sidewalk into a pile and put it into a garbage can. Then I blew the liriope around the fish pond and the area around the cross in the back yard into the surrounding grass.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

March 19

Instead Of Judgment

I am of the consciousness of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.

The tongue of the pilgrim is often swift to judge the thoughts and actions of the self and others. This is understandable because the pilgrim is greatly concerned with distinguishing true paths from false leads which seem promising at first, yet meander off in unhelpful directions.

However, judgment creates a relationship which is not of the spirit of Love between the one who judges and the one who is judged. Love does not cause such a separation and such a relationship.

And thus, it is that the pilgrim may find himself much confused in attempting to place the moral impulse into logical settings. The Spirit of Christ would offer, instead of judgment, a warm compassion and gentle mercy which acknowledges the infinite mystery of the pilgrim’s heart and the infinite mystery of Christ’s Love.

Seek first compassion and mercy, and by the time these attitudes have furnished the pilgrim with information concerning a situation, the pilgrim may well find that even the impulse to judge has been healed and the pilgrim is at peace, resting in mystery and Love.

Judgment there shall be, but not as the pilgrim may think. For judgment shall be a peaceful thing and no pilgrim shall feel slighted or bruised by the compassionate and merciful judgment of the Creator, who wishes only to bring all things into unity once again, a unity bonded and bounded in Love and peace.

In that happy estate we leave you, now and always.

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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from March 30, 2005:

Question from L: As a necessary part of my spiritual journey towards understanding the oneness of all in all, I long ago abandoned the practice of Christianity. This experience has taught me a lot, but now I feel that the time has come to reintegrate my path with my beloved Christian faith and walk again in Christ, but on a different level. Could Q’uo suggest some way or some path to follow which would permit me to do the transformative work I need to do, with the help of a religious faith or a Christ relationship?

(Carla channeling)

We are those of the principle known to you as the Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we come to you this day. We thank the one known as L greatly for this opportunity to speak upon the subject of the transformative path which winds in the spiral fashion to that place wherein her journey may once again include the walk with Jesus the Christ for which she has so yearned and for which she has now prepared herself.

We would ask of those within this circle this day that which we always do ask before we share our thoughts, and that is that each allow each thought to enter the mind without any expectation that it will be a good or a bad thought, and simply evaluate each thought on its own merits. If a thought seems resonant to you, then by all means use it and work with it, but if for any reason whatsoever your powers of discrimination suggest that you should lay that thought aside, then please do so without a second thought. If you will each use your discrimination carefully and protect your own processes and your own paths of seeking then we are much more able to feel relaxed and confident that we are not infringing upon your free will by sharing our thoughts with you at this time. We thank you for this consideration.

My sister, we are aware of your question, and we offer ourselves to you as those who would bring forth a series of thoughts. Perhaps our first thought is simply to say that when this instrument challenges spirits she does so in the name of Jesus the Christ, and we come to her on that vibration. It is a vibration of unconditional Love, and further it is an unconditional Love that is willing to lift away from all concerns of self or the cost to the self of service to others, with the only goal being that of sharing in a wholehearted and complete way, insofar as we are able, the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator as expressed through the unconditional Love of Jesus the Christ. This is clearly a vibration which is other than that vibration which is spoken of in the body of work which you know of as the New Testament.

Moreover, it is not that vibration of the teachings of Jesus the Christ which has traditionally and up to the present time come through the offices of organized religion. Indeed, this instrument has done the work to integrate that which she receives from the readings from her Bible and the preachings that she hears at her parish church. There is always distortion in any word that is spoken in the languages of your planet. We also have distortions. Our basic energy is that of unconditional Love but we, as any preacher to whom you would speak, and, indeed, this instrument as counselor, all have significant biases and distortions. Each attempts to be the voice of unconditional Love, and yet that unconditional Love is as something that is more than and deeper than any words can say. And so, we do not pretend to offer you authoritative information, but only to share thoughts with you that may serve to be resources for you as you move forward in your inner seeking.

To us it is important to make the distinction between words and truth, especially as we speak to one who wishes to follow the one known as Jesus the Christ. There have been layers upon layers of distortion, even before the writings attributed to the one known as Jesus the Christ were collected in the Gospels and written about, largely by the one known as Paul, but also by the one known as John, in the Letters and prophetic writings of the New Testament. The attempt to place a literal value on words that have been written down is an attempt that in our humble opinion is bound to fail. Just as the one known as Jesus the Christ could not be bound to an earthly cross but instead leapt up into the heavens, just so can the truth which this entity embodied and which this entity continues to embody not be bound to any cross or structure of words or sayings. It makes the one known as Jesus a more elusive-seeming figure, for it is so helpful seemingly to cling to the words that are so comfortable and so familiar.

Weshall attempt to examine some of these words with you, but before we do that, we would like to suggest one concept that may be helpful to you at this time. You may perhaps remember the story in the Gospels of that Easter morning when the one known as Jesus was visited by the ones known as Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Peter. They had come to view the grave of the one known as Jesus. When they came, they found not a grave with a stone at the door stopping it, but rather the stone rolled away. The linen wrappings which had been around the body of the one known as Jesus were folded and placed aside. And an entity, which Mary took to be the gardener, was waiting for her and her companions in the opened tomb. Mary wept, for she was distraught, thinking that someone had stolen the body of her beloved Jesus. Then that entity, waiting for her, called her by name and when he said, “Mary,” she knew him for the first time. And her tears turned to rejoicing, for she saw that indeed he had risen. She rushed to cling to him, but he stopped her, saying that he had not yet ascended and so he must be about his Father’s business. And he departed from her to go into Galilee and to greet those other faithful disciples, and to let them know the good news of his rising from the tomb.

Question from L: As a necessary part of my spiritual journey towards understanding the oneness of all in all, I long ago abandoned the practice of Christianity. This experience has taught me a lot, but now I feel that the time has come to reintegrate my path with my beloved Christian faith and walk again in Christ, but on a different level. Could Q’uo suggest some way or some path to follow which would permit me to do the transformative work I need to do, with the help of a religious faith or a Christ relationship? Q’uo began their reply by saying we are aware of your question, and we offer ourselves to you as those who would bring forth a series of thoughts, and our first thought is to say that when Carla  challenges spirits she does so in the name of Jesus the Christ, and we come to her on that vibration because it is a vibration of unconditional Love that is willing to lift away from all concerns of the cost to the self of service to others, with the only goal being that of sharing in a wholehearted way the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator as expressed through the unconditional Love of Jesus the Christ, and this is a vibration which is other than that vibration which is spoken of in the New Testament. Q’uo continued by saying that it is not that vibration of the teachings of Jesus the Christ which has traditionally come through the offices of organized religion, and Carla has done the work to integrate that which she receives from the readings from her Bible and the preachings that she hears at her parish church, and there is always distortion in any word that is spoken in the languages of our planet, and Q’uo said they have distortions, so their basic energy is that of unconditional Love but they, as any preacher to whom you would speak, and, indeed, this instrument as counselor, all have significant biases and distortions, and each of you attempts to be the voice of unconditional Love, and yet that unconditional Love is as something that is deeper than any words can say, and we do not pretend to offer authoritative information, but only to share thoughts with us that may serve to be resources for us as we move forward in our inner seeking. Q’uo went on to say that it is important to make the distinction between words and truth, especially as they speak to one who wishes to follow Jesus the Christ because there have been layers of distortion, even before the writings attributed to Jesus the Christ were collected in the Gospels and written about, by Paul, but also by John, in the New Testament, and the attempt to place a literal value on words that have been written down is an attempt that is bound to fail since Jesus could not be bound to an earthly cross but instead leapt up into the heavens, just so can the truth which He embodied and which He continues to embody not be bound to any cross or words, so it makes Jesus a more elusive-seeming figure, for it seems so helpful to cling to the words that are so familiar. Q’uo said that we may remember the story in the Gospels of that Easter morning when Jesus was visited by Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Peter, and they had come to view the grave of Jesus, but when they came, they found not a grave with a stone at the door stopping it, but rather the stone rolled away, and the linen wrappings which had been around the body of Jesus were folded and placed aside, and an entity, which Mary took to be the gardener, was waiting for her and her companions in the opened tomb, so Mary wept, for she was distraught, thinking that someone had stolen the body of her beloved Jesus, and then that entity called her by name, and when He said, “Mary,” she knew Him for the first time, and her tears turned to rejoicing, for she saw that indeed He had risen, and she rushed to cling to Him, but He stopped her, saying that He had not yet ascended, and so He must be about his Father’s business so that He departed from her to go into Galilee and to greet those other faithful disciples to let them know the good news of His rising from the tomb. On April 3, 1988, Q’uo spoke of how we may roll the stone away from the tomb in our own lives:

May you roll the stone away from the tomb of your limited acceptance of damaging thoughts. May each look you take be fresh, and may you live in love, and so love each other with a passion and a zeal that blesses each with whom you come in contact. You need say nothing. The I AM in you, that Kingdom of Heaven, of which Jesus the Christ spoke, lies deep within you, for you are all that there is. It is simply the illusion which keeps you from that ultimate knowledge. By faith, in the love you have observed in whatever limited form, may you enter into that life which is love.

My sister, the one known as Jesus has now finished that personal business of greeting those that knew him in life. He has indeed completed his journey within your planetary third-density life, and he has, for all time and for all space, given himself to practicing the presence of unconditional Love. It was necessary for this entity to move onward and to complete the more esoteric and what this instrument could call its inner-planes aspects of His journey within the incarnation, where He was known as Jesus the Christ, in order to come again as those who follow Him to call to Him.

He cast a great portion of His consciousness upon the winds of Spirit, creating for all entities that call upon His name that energy which is of the Christ, and yet which is cast in such a way that this consciousness can come down into the energy system of each who calls upon his name. Many, including this instrument, have called this energy the Holy Spirit. We would make the distinction between the one known as Jesus the Christ and the Holy Spirit by saying that as you call upon Jesus, you call upon pure consciousness. No longer can you receive a personality, for this entity has indeed ascended. The pure gift of unconditional Love, however, which He embodied remains as a perfect jewel, just as it is, and there is tremendous power in simply praying, “Jesus.” There needs be no content to that call. The bare word configures the presence of the Christ.

In contrast, the energy known as the Holy Spirit speaks in the colors and biases of your inner configuration of mind, body, and spirit. When called upon, this energy combines itself with your higher self to create a kind of principle or group consciousness. This group consciousness combines that self which you have created in the fullness of your journey through what this instrument would call mid-sixth density with the pure consciousness of unconditional Love. Thusly, there lies within you a home in which the spirit of Christ and the highest and best of yourself have combined. This is an intensely personal aspect of the Creator, and is that with which you may have actual conversation, as does this instrument.

Certainly, it is not necessarily an easy thing to achieve. Such conversations may indeed take time to configure within yourself. Yet we assure you that this room is prepared for you. Your sacred space within is ready for you to enter at all times and in all places. You cannot be separated either from Jesus the Christ or from the Holy Spirit. By your love you have prepared and made ready this place within yourself. We say this in order to encourage you to rest from any concern that you can be separated from the Love of the one known as Jesus the Christ and to reassure you that there is no need to reach for the counsel and wisdom of the Holy Spirit. The tongue of flame has touched your head; living fire has touched your lips, and you shall never be the same. And, indeed, in all the years of your wandering in exile, this has continued to be true.

Q’uo said Jesus has finished that personal business of greeting those that knew Him in life, and He has completed His journey within our planetary third-density life, and He has given Himself for all time and space to practicing the presence of unconditional Love so that it was necessary for Him to complete the esoteric and what Carla could call the inner-planes aspects of His journey within the incarnation, where He was known as Jesus the Christ, in order to come again as those of us who follow Him to call to Him. Then Q’uo said He cast a portion of His consciousness upon the winds of Spirit, creating for all of us that call upon His name that energy which is of the Christ, and yet which is cast in such a way that this consciousness can come down into the energy system of each of us who calls upon His name, and many, including Carla, have called this energy the Holy Spirit, and Q’uo made a distinction between Jesus and the Holy Spirit by saying that as we call upon Jesus, we call upon pure consciousness so that no longer can we receive a personality, for He has ascended, but the gift of unconditional Love which He embodied remains as a perfect jewel, and there is power in praying, “Jesus,” and there needs be no content to that call because that word represents the presence of the Christ. Q’uo went on to say that in contrast, the Holy Spirit speaks in the colors and biases of our inner configuration of mind, body, and spirit, and when called upon this energy combines itself with our higher self to create a group consciousness, and it combines with the self which we have created in our journey through what Carla would call mid-sixth density with the consciousness of unconditional Love so that there lies within us a home in which the Spirit of Christ and the best of ourself have combined, and this is a personal aspect of the Creator  with which we may have actual conversations, as does Carla. Now Q’uo said it is not an easy thing to achieve because such conversations may take time to create within ourself, but Q’uo assured us that this room is prepared for us, and our sacred space within us is ready for us to enter at all times and in all places, and we cannot be separated either from Jesus or the Holy Spirit, and by our love we have prepared this place within ourself, so Q’uo said this in order to encourage us to rest from any concern that we can be separated from the Love of Jesus and to reassure us that there is no need to reach for the wisdom of the Holy Spirit because the tongue of flame has touched our head; living fire has touched our lips; and we shall never be the same again; and in all the years of our wandering in exile, this has continued to be true. On March 11, 1990, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the Holy Spirit:

To become more aware of that which you have called the Holy Spirit is to widen the doors of perception, shall we say, and to invite this Spirit within one’s inner dwelling. We find again that the meditative state is that state most conducive to opening these doors, and to begin to perceive that the Holy Spirit does indeed move through these doors upon your invitation and dwells with you within your inner room. Practice this feeling of the presence of complete nurturing and inspiriting in a regular fashion, so that your inner feelings begin to permeate your consciousness to such a degree that the daily round of activities is then touched, colored, and transformed in some degree by that feeling of wholeness within the heart that is the product of this presence as it is practiced in a regular fashion.

We would say further that we would agree with the one known as L that it was necessary to walk away from that configuration within which she had received Jesus the Christ within the confines of organized religion, as this instrument would call it. We often find this to be true as we have worked with various entities who ask us questions of this nature through this instrument. It is as though the teaching concerning the one known as Jesus the Christ creates a kind of box in which the Christ cannot be contained. As a realization of the larger picture of creation, the Creator and the path of each entity through incarnation and towards a fuller understanding of the Creator come into being, the smaller picture will not endure. The smaller idea of unconditional Love cannot be sustained. And so, one must abandon that empty tomb of old belief and allow deadness to be rolled away, just as the one known as Jesus had to ascend in order to continue that good work which He had begun. Just so, at least once in most entities’ search for a true understanding of unconditional Love, must the comfortable old ways become a tomb, and the entity who is seeking release those old ideas and move according to the true call of the Christ within, which is “Follow me.”

In many ways, the path of those who leave organized religion is a path from belief to faith. Belief is a word which describes that which has an objective referent. There is belief in something. Creeds are statements of such belief systems. Catechisms are more detailed descriptions of that which one must believe in order to be saved, and for every preacher who preaches from a dogmatic point of view comes a stream of directives of how to believe in order to be saved. There is nothing dogmatic about unconditional love. It is an energy that rests in faith. To the faithful heart, all is well. That which is, is enough and that which seems to be needed is simply expected. There is no knowing. There is no listing of principles. There is only an underlying and surrounding feeling that all is well, that one is full of what one needs and that which one has is ample. The faithful heart rests in gratitude, quietness and surety. As you seek this transformative path that spirals into the energies of unconditional love ever more fully, we hope that you are able more and more to release any fears that you might be making a wrong step, thinking an incorrect thought, or exploring in areas that may not be appropriate. For the energy of unconditional love is a part of your nature.

Let us examine how this might be so, and how you might come into a deeper awareness of that gift of the Christ which is already within you. The one known as Jesus the Christ said, “I am the vine; you are the branches.” When you consider the growing of a vineyard, you realize that many vine keepers will graft onto the parent vine other stock which will make a hybrid vine. So, your first concern in being a branch of the true vine is not to take onto that vine anything that is not the true vine. This is why we began by saying that the consciousness of unconditional Love cannot be bound by concepts and words. Those who attempt to teach how Jesus thought tend to attempt to bind words onto the true vine of unconditional Love, as though explanation and explication will somehow create a better Jesus. Yet in truth, the true vine is a mystery.

Certainly the one known as Jesus was rooted in the earth, had an incarnation, had a story to tell, and completed an earthly journey. But as this entity attempted to express His understanding of who He was, ever and again He would describe himself not in personal terms, but in terms of a relationship. This entity saw himself as one who was called to speak as His Father gave Him wisdom to speak. He would say, “When you hear me, you do not hear me, you hear the one who sent me.” And again he would say, “I am the Son of man.” He saw himself as a human, but as a human who had laid down all that His personality shell said of Him as an offering, so that He could be as much as possible an exemplar of all human beings. He looked upon the distortions within Himself just as he looked upon the distortions He saw in all of those around Him, not with judgment but with an incredible willingness to dissociate them from His true nature. He emptied Himself, in other words, of personality in order more and more truly to be the person He truly was. He actively desired for His consciousness to become that consciousness that is caught up in unconditional Love. When He used the word “I,” He was not speaking of Himself as a man with a personality. He had penetrated to the truth of Himself, and when He found His true nature He found that it was caught up entirely in the “I” that is unconditional Love itself.

Now Q’uo said we would agree with L that it was necessary to walk away from that configuration within which she had received Jesus the Christ within the confines of organized religion because we often find this to be true as we have worked with entities who ask us questions of this nature through Carla, and it is as though the teaching of Jesus the Christ creates a kind of box in which the Christ cannot be contained, so Q’uo said that as we realize the larger picture of creation, the Creator, and the path of each of us through incarnation and towards a fuller understanding of the Creator comes into our being, the smaller idea of unconditional Love cannot endure, so we must abandon that empty tomb of old belief just as Jesus had to ascend in order to continue that good work which He had begun, and just so in our search for a true understanding of unconditional Love, must our comfortable old ways become a tomb, and we must release those old ideas and move according to the true call of the Christ within, which is “Follow me.” Then Q’uo said that in many ways, the path of those who leave organized religion is a path from belief to faith because belief is a word which describes that which has an objective referent, and creeds are statements of such belief systems, and catechisms are more detailed descriptions of that which we must believe in order to be saved, but there is nothing dogmatic about unconditional Love because it is an energy that rests in faith that all is well, that we are full of what we need, and our faithful heart rests in gratitude and surety so that as we seek this transformative path that spirals into the energies of unconditional Love ever more fully, we are able to release fears that we might be making a wrong step or thinking an incorrect thought because the energy of unconditional Love is a part of our nature. Then Q’uo wanted to examine how this might be so, and how we might come into a deeper awareness of that gift of the Christ which is already within us when Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the branches.” So Q’uo said when we consider the vineyard, we realize that many vine keepers will graft onto the parent vine other stock which will make a hybrid vine, so our first concern in being a branch of the true vine is not to take onto that vine anything that is not the true vine, and this is why Q’uo began by saying that the consciousness of unconditional Love cannot be bound by words so that those who attempt to teach how Jesus thought tend to attempt to bind words onto the true vine of unconditional Love, as though explanation will create a better Jesus, but in truth the true vine is a mystery. Q’uo continued by saying Jesus had a story to tell and completed an earthly journey, but as this entity attempted to express His understanding of who He was, He would describe Himself in terms of a relationship where He was called to speak as His Father gave Him wisdom to speak, and He would say, “When you hear me, you do not hear me, you hear the one who sent me.” Q’uo said He saw Himself as a human who had laid down all that His personality shell said of Him as an offering so that He could be an exemplar for all human beings, and He emptied Himself of personality in order to be the person He truly was, and He desired for His consciousness to become that consciousness that is caught up in unconditional Love so that when He used the word “I,” He was not speaking of Himself as a man with a personality because He had penetrated to the truth of Himself, and when He found His true nature He found that it was caught up entirely in the “I” that is unconditional Love. On May 11, 2022, Q’uo spoke of Jesus as being an exemplar for all:

This oftentimes results in what you may call various degrees of sacrifice, which is shown or represented by what you have called the cross. The intersection of one direction, upward into the heavens, with the intersection of the horizontal plane of the earth that is able to be transcended by those who understand and practice the principles of service to others to the extent that they give all that they have—the life experience, the joy, the sorrows, the purpose of being—in order to exemplify the sacrifice of the earthly perceptions; and even the earthly life for the one known as Jehoshua so that others may see there is more, much more to the life experience than has ever been perceived before becoming aware of the teachings of the one known as Jehoshua.

Therefore, we can say that this entity has incarnated at various times upon many third density planets that have been able to receive these basic spiritual or metaphysical teachings, that the life experience is that which is meant, in the positive sense, to be dedicated to or given over to the serving of others, that may be seen, to be brothers and sisters of the one seeking to serve. This exemplar known as Jehoshua has been able to practice this presence of the One Infinite Creator as a means by which to perform what you would call miracles—of healing, of teaching, of giving inspiration to those who do not know that there is a greater reality that each is destined to experience upon the spiritual path that the one known as Jehoshua has laid out before all aspirants, or followers, of the creed of the Love of the One Infinite Creator being the primary creative force within the One Infinite Creator and within each entity that moves and lives and has his being within that One Creator.

When this instrument speaks to those that are not Christians, she often uses the term, Christ-consciousness. She is attempting to move entities past the concept of Christ as a person and to penetrate those walls that defend personhood, so that entities may feel that there is the possibility of perceiving a self that is free of those bounds of personality. The one known as Jesus said, “I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life.” Please remember that the Creator had a name to the one known as Jesus, and that name was “I AM THAT I AM.” Within incarnation this entity had opened up His personality shell, allowed it to fall away, and what was left was the pure consciousness of the Creator as this entity perceived it, and to this entity was given a perception of the Creator that was pure Love.

Wisdom has no part in the consciousness of Jesus the Christ. There is considerably more wisdom and certainly more consolation in the energy of the Christ that is known as the Holy Spirit. The consciousness of Jesus the Christ is pure Love. This is a good distinction to remember, for that which is facing each entity at this time within incarnation is the challenge of learning enough about unconditional Love to begin to follow the ways of Love and thusly to walk through the transformation from third density to fourth density; from the struggles of good and evil into the sunshine of pure Love.

The one known as Jesus faces the struggle between good and evil in a very simple way. This entity simply said, “Get thee behind me, temptation, for I will serve my Father.” It is not a complicated path, and it is often a path which involves suffering. The choice of love over fear can be seen to be quite brutal at times. Turning the other cheek, loving when one is reviled, bowing the head to those who would harm, and remaining meek in situations where those without the awareness of unconditional Love would spring to defend themselves is harsh. We can only say that the rewards of keeping it simple and hewing to the ways of Love are infinite. It is Love and not cleverness that will clear the sight of those who feel that they may be blind on the inner planes. It is knowing that one is part of the true vine that will give the soul rest through difficult periods when all seems confused and help does not seem to be near.

We ask you to rest within your energy body at this time, to breathe in deeply, and to exhale deeply, knowing that you are breathing in the consciousness of Jesus the Christ, and that you are breathing out that same consciousness. It is nearer to you than your thoughts or your hands or your feet. Indeed, your very heart pumps Love… Love… Love… Your essence is true. It has been expressing and continues to express, through a physical body, a mental, and an emotional body that often seem very biased and distorted. And these bodies will fail, go down to the dust, and end. That portion of yourself that came into incarnation that is of the Spirit is infinite and eternal. What is the glory of following one such as Jesus the Christ? That glory is in the focus of that one being, and how that lens of the infinite Creator can sharpen and delineate your path, so that you have a blazingly clear view of who you are and Whose you are. By all means welcome back into your consciousness the teacher known to you as Jesus. Insofar as it is necessary for you to do, love Him as a human being, but remember always that he wished to express the truth of the Father. He wished to be the lens that would indeed focus you to become as He, the servant of the Father, an active, living portion of the Creator. His words are wrapped in silence. His truth is wrapped in mystery. But that Word of Love, which is the consciousness of the Christ, is all in all.

Q’uo said that when Carla speaks to those that are not Christians, she often uses the term, Christ-consciousness because she is attempting to move us past the concept of Christ as a person so that we may feel that there is the possibility of perceiving ourself that is free of those limits of personality, and Jesus said, “I am the way; I am the truth; I am the life,” so we need to remember that the Creator had a name for Jesus, and that name was “I AM THAT I AM,” and within incarnation Jesus had opened up His personality shell, allowed it to fall away, and what was left was the pure consciousness of the Creator as He perceived it, and to this entity was given a perception of the Creator that was pure Love. Q’uo went on to say that wisdom has no part in the consciousness of Jesus, but there is more wisdom and consolation in the energy of the Christ that is known as the Holy Spirit, and the consciousness of Jesus is pure Love so that this is a good difference to remember, for that which is facing each of us at this time is the challenge of learning enough about unconditional Love to begin to follow the ways of Love and to walk through the transformation from third density to fourth density, from the struggles of good and evil into the sunshine of pure Love. Q’uo continued by saying that Jesus faces the struggle between good and evil in a simple way by saying “Get thee behind me, temptation, for I will serve my Father.” Q’uo said it is not a complicated path, but it is often a path which involves suffering, and the choice of love over fear can be seen to be brutal at times because turning the other cheek and loving when one is hated is harsh, so Q’uo could only say that the rewards of keeping it simple and hewing to the ways of Love are infinite because it is Love, and not cleverness, that will clear the sight of those who feel that they may be blind on the inner planes, and it is knowing that we are part of the true vine that will give our soul rest through difficult periods when all seems confused, and help does not seem to be near. Q’uo completed their reply by asking us to rest within our energy body at this time, to breathe in deeply, and to exhale deeply, knowing that we are breathing in the consciousness of Jesus the Christ, and that we are breathing out that same consciousness because it is nearer to us than our thoughts, and our heart pumps Love… Love… Love, and our essence is true, and it continues to express through our mental and our emotional body that often seem distorted, but these bodies will fail, and that portion of ourself that came into incarnation that is of the Spirit is infinite so that the glory of following Jesus the Christ is in the focus of our being, and how that lens of the infinite Creator can create our path so that we have a clear view of who we are and whose we are, and we should welcome back into our consciousness the teacher that we know as Jesus, and as it is necessary for us to do, to love Him as a human being, but remember that He wished to express the truth of the Father, and He wished to be the lens that would focus us to become as He, a servant of the Father, an active portion of the Creator, with His words wrapped in silence, His truth wrapped in mystery, but that Word of Love, which is the consciousness of the Christ, is all in all. On April 20, 2019, Q’uo spoke to our nature being all in all:

And we thank each once again for inviting our presence in your circle of seeking this day. As always, we are most gratified to join you, for we learn from you as much as you learn from us, my friends. Your third-density illusion is a great challenge for any entity to undertake. There is so much that is unknown that lies beyond the veil of forgetting, and we are most cheered and feel such great appreciation as each of you fearlessly move forward into the great unknown that, as you come to know it, you see as yourself, and all other selves combined to be the One who is all in all. Blessings on your journeys, my friends.

At this time we would welcome any further questions that you may have. We are those of Q’uo. Is there a question?

L: I can’t think of one. But I thank you very, very much.

Q’uo: My sister, it is such a joy to be able to share this time and, as this instrument is fond of saying, this energy with you. We truly are One and Jesus is Lord of all. For all time, and for all space, unconditional love is the essence of the Creator, and our path as well as yours winds ever closer to an awareness of that unity. Together may we serve, my sister. Together may we be that love. We leave you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. Adonai. Adonai.

This morning I went outside and transplanted another cart of moss from the pet cemetery into the Moss Garden.

This afternoon I went outside and transplanted a second and last cart of moss from the pet cemetery into the Moss Garden.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

March 18

Dwell Upon Your Christhood

I am the spirit of the living Christ, and I greet you in the name of Jesus, that which is so evocative of the full consciousness of Love.

Dwell upon your Christhood this day. For the Son of Man invited all to partake in the suffering, renewal, resurrection, and transformation that lies beyond the point of deepest suffering, of completest loss.

Gaze within in awe and wonder at the Star of Hope lying above your own stable, that heart’s manger wherein lies the tiny, infant Christ within, that Christ which is powerful enough even in infanthood to raise all within to glory.

Rest back, out of the surface illusion of your daily life. Dive beneath those murky waters and find and acknowledge today your nature and your destiny. Then know that Christ has given into your hands the companion of that infant Christ within, and seek the grace and the peace of the living spirit of Christ in each and every day.

We leave you in the peace of Christ, both now and forever. Amen

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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from March 6, 2005:

The question today has to do with guidance and how people can perceive guidance, how they can become aware of their guidance, and along a more specific line, we’re wondering just exactly how guidance can be perceived by people who do what we would consider to be quite evil things like killing, controlling, and torturing other people? Is it the case that guidance goes bad or is it the person, in the way they perceive the guidance? Could you give us some information on guidance, please?

(Carla channeling)

We are those of the principle known to you as Q’uo. We greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we are. May we express our thanks to each of you for creating this circle of seeking and express what a privilege and a joy it is to be able to have the opportunity to share our thoughts through this instrument on the subject of guidance, both the positive and negative aspects of it. It is a large subject, and we can but hope to make a beginning in this session of working. But we are most grateful to you for providing the energy and the question to create a sharing of energy amongst all of us and you. We offer this up to the Creator, and would ask of you only that you continue throughout this session, and when you think of this session to use absolute honesty in examining your feelings about the thoughts that we share. Your discrimination is priceless. No one else can know what is right for you but you. You are the authority; we are not. We are only those who share thoughts. Please, if there are thoughts that we share this day that trouble you, or in any way do not resonate for you, drop them. Put them down and leave them behind, for they are not a part of your process. If you will do us this favor it will help us to feel reassured that we can share our thoughts without in any way damaging your own free will or the sacredness of that process within you which is your spiritual evolution.

You ask this day concerning guidance and we find that without a certain amount of discussion before we begin talking about guidance itself, we have nothing on which to hang it: no structure which will hold us and hold the concepts about which we would like to speak. And so, we would step back from that question long enough to share a few thoughts about the way we see you as beings. We see you as entities with, as this instrument has said recently, feet firmly planted in two worlds. You are soundly and firmly entrenched from your birth onwards throughout incarnation in a world of illusion that this instrument calls third density. It is consensus reality, as it were. It is the world in which you meet people, make relationships, create a living for yourself and for your family, and find value, meaning and direction in a life that is full of choices.

Upon entry into incarnation you receive a formative bath of cultural orientation. Your parents teach you what to think about the reality that meets your eyes. You form biases based on incorrect information given to you by parents, and teachers, and other authority figures. You create biases within yourself by the pain you experience when you are too helpless to defend yourself from such pain. And when it becomes too much to bear, you create pockets of pain deep within yourself and you bury them over with good times and school assignments and the growing-up process. By the time you have reached what your culture would call adulthood, you have a set of biases within yourself which have created a somewhat colored and distorted view of this consensus reality. And this is the beginning that each of you has. This is your start towards the grand adventure of moving from consensus reality and its extremely limited choices and thoughts into a greater world, a world that is non-local, that this instrument would call the metaphysical world or the world of time/space. It is this world from which you came upon entering incarnation. It is this world that you agreed to forget upon birth so that you could, with absolute freedom of choice, find your way, through desire alone, into what is loosely called the truth.

Now let us look at this situation. The help that you have for this journey is your larger self. Here is a larger self that includes the Creator and all that there is. Through many, many experiences of all the densities of experience up until now in your space/time travels, you have explored the energies of the elements: the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom. You have come at last into the world of animals which bear consciousnesses that are non-local. This is the animal that you now are in third density or in your consensus-reality beingness. It is not that you are divided or split against yourself. It is that the surface of yourself is created by the experiences of a biocomputer that is strictly your brain dealing with every experience that has touched you, and especially hurt you, in such a way as to survive that experience. You remember the good times; you remember the difficult times; you remember the choices that you have made and those things that seemed to have worked for you. You have found ways to protect yourself, to defend yourself, to help yourself be comfortable and happy. And you have done all of this with that consciousness that this instrument would describe as a great ape’s. Many instinctual behaviors have helped you to focus your energies in order to experience life as a comfortable thing.

The group question for this session was: “The question today has to do with guidance and how people can perceive guidance, how they can become aware of their guidance, and along a more specific line, we’re wondering just exactly how guidance can be perceived by people who do what we would consider to be quite evil things like killing, controlling, and torturing other people? Is it the case that guidance goes bad or is it the person, in the way they perceive the guidance?” Q’uo began their reply by saying that we ask this day concerning guidance, and we find that without a certain amount of discussion before we begin talking about guidance itself, we have nothing on which to hang it, and so Q’uo said they would step back from that question long enough to share a few thoughts about the way they see us as beings, as Carla has said recently, with feet planted in two worlds so that we are established from our birth onwards throughout incarnation in a world of illusion that she calls third density, and it is consensus reality, the world in which we meet people and create a living for ourself and for our family, and we find direction in a life that is full of choices. Q’uo went on to say that upon entry into incarnation we receive a cultural orientation as our parents teach us what to think about the reality that we see, and we form biases based on incorrect information given to us by parents, teachers, and other authority figures, and we create biases within ourself by the pain we experience when we are too helpless to defend ourself, so when it becomes too much to bear, we create pockets of pain deep within ourself, and we bury them with good times, school assignments, and the growing-up process so that by the time we have reached adulthood, we have a set of biases within ourself which have created a distorted view of consensus reality, and this is our start towards the adventure of moving from consensus reality and its limited choices into a greater world that is non-local, that Carla would call the metaphysical world, and it is this world from which we came upon entering incarnation, and it is this world that we agreed to forget upon birth so that we could use free will to find our way into what is called the truth. Q’uo continued by saying the help that we have for this journey is our larger self that includes the Creator and all that there is, and through many experiences of all the densities of experience up until now in our space/time travels, we have explored the energies of the elements, the plant kingdom, and the animal kingdom, and now we have come into the world of animals which bear consciousnesses that are non-local so that this is the animal that we now are in third density, but it is not that we are divided against ourself, it is that the surface of ourself is created by our brain dealing with every experience that has touched us, and especially hurt us, in a way as to survive that experience, so we remember the good times, the difficult times, and we remember the choices that seemed to have worked for us, and we have found ways to protect ourself, and to help ourself be happy, and we have done this with that consciousness that Carla would describe as a great ape’s, so many instinctual behaviors have helped us to focus our energies in order to experience life as a comfortable thing. On October 20, 1996, Q’uo spoke of the  nature of our instinctual behaviors:

One of the ways in which entities within third and fourth densities tend to gauge balance is by placing one set of—this entity does not have the appropriate word. She would say “symptoms,” but we speak of ways of thinking and ways of reacting—that should be given to the female and the opposite given to the male principle. In fact, although it is so that the second-density physical vehicle that carries men’s and women’s consciousness about in those densities have distinctive sex related patterns of behavior, it is emphatically not so that the infinite and eternal spirit that is the true self is bounded by or even very conscious of these instinctual behaviors.

Gazing upon the young of your species, it is fairly easy to see that the male and the female children tend to play differently regardless of the toys which they are given. Each within this circle is aware of lifelong patterns of behavior which have been taught by those of good character and strong morality throughout their childhoods, so that the adult seeker not only has the built in biases of the biological body which it has for the space of this incarnation, but it also has a very thorough and often crippling grounding of what it means to be a biological male or female. Even taking these two sets of distortions into consideration we may note that it is certainly not true that all entities respond in the same way to the various conditioning experiences of their lives. There is, then, no fixed limitation as to how a spiritual seeker must express its own being.

At the same time, as you have become competent in working with your third-density body, making those choices and living your life, you have, whether early or late, whether suddenly or gradually, become aware of the larger universe that interpenetrates and surrounds consensus reality. There are many attempts by authority figures in one’s childhood, usually, to interest a growing being in the interests of religion. And often the first forays that a seeker has into that larger reality of the Spirit is offered through the offices of religion. Sometimes, as in the case of this instrument, the orientation of the seeker is such that such entries into spirit actually work, and there is given to one such as this instrument the opportunity to live a life in faith; never leaving the comfortable confines of a parish church and yet glorying in the company of angels and archangels. And so, it has been for this instrument. She did not reach far for her guidance system, for it was the guidance system set up by the one known as Jesus, whom she knew as a childhood friend. This guidance system is the one known as the Holy Spirit. This is only words to most people, but to this instrument it is a living being whom she has come to call Holly and with whom she talks every day.

For most entities who truly and deeply seek and will not be satisfied with the commonplaces that do not fill the empty places in the heart, none of this works. And so, the seeker begins a journey; whereto he does not know. All he knows is that he is seeking to fill the empty place within. It is not given to the seeker to know that he is already in that larger universe that he so craves to know. To the seeker, it somehow is all out there and to be reached for. And yet, that is not the model that we would give you nor the model with which we would ask you to work in attempting to clarify and refine your contact with your own guidance. We would offer you rather the picture of yourself as a being that rests already in the sacred space within, so that the process of learning is actually a process of recovering or remembering who you are.

Now, before incarnation, you created things for yourself that will stand you in good stead. You created relationships that would try you, test you and teach you how to serve without any expectation of return. You created ways in which you could in some outer way be of some service to those around you. And it is a wonderful exploration to undergo in faith to look at each day with the question, “How can I help? How can I serve? Whom can I love? And what shall I learn?” You do not ask these questions in a void. You ask them within the sacred space of your own heart.

That which we offer this instrument is offered in a very careful way. This instrument tunes for this contact as if she were a radio station, tuning to her highest and best self. And when she is there, knowing she is unworthy, but asking to be of service regardless, she offers herself with a whole and utter completeness to the highest and best energy that she knows. And in this instrument’s case, this instrument asks for the energy of Jesus the Christ, or what many would call Christ Consciousness, and what this instrument prefers at times to call unconditional Love. She asks for the highest and best contact that she can carry in a stable manner of unconditional Love. Then she gathers around herself a group so that she does not bear this upon her own shoulders, at all, but rather is simply the group’s focus and the translator of energy from one density, shall we say, or level, to another. It is a fairly complex practice and is geared towards the collection of information which has polarity and which therefore has power. She selects that target to which she attaches herself or with which she connects in order that she and this energy, this source that she has sought, may come together and create a body of words with the hope that such words may inform and inspire. There is risk involved in this work. It is the risk of receiving information that is not helpful, that is not positive, and that creates fear and anxiety rather than harmony, hope, and community.

When an entity by itself seeks guidance, there is no such risk. The instructions from many sources within your consensus reality on this are very clear. The suggestion in general is to go within. Go into that inner room of prayer, closet oneself, and listen to the silence. You see, guidance does not actually come in words. This instrument is not receiving direct guidance from us. This instrument is translating concepts that may have some power to heal or to help growth in your process. And in inner guidance, it is the same conceptual truth. So often, entities who feel that they have received guidance express it not in terms of words but in terms of epiphany, or realization. It is much larger than words can hold, this content of truth. The going into the silence is, first of all, to stop the self from talking; to divorce the self from the busy mind or what this instrument would call the monkey mind of third-density thought.

Then Q’uo said at the same time, as we have become competent in working with our third-density body and living our life, we have eventually become aware of the larger universe that interpenetrates consensus reality where there are attempts by authority figures in our childhood to interest us in religion, and often the first experience that we have as a seeker into the larger reality of the Spirit is offered through the offices of religion, and sometimes the orientation of the seeker is such that these entries into spirit work, so there is given to one such as Carla the opportunity to live a life in faith, never leaving the parish church while still glorying in the company of angels and archangels, and she did not reach far for her guidance system, for it was the guidance system set up by the one known as Jesus, whom she knew as a childhood friend, and this guidance system is the one known as the Holy Spirit which is only words to most people, but to this instrument it is a living being whom she has come to call Holly, and with whom she talks every day. Q’uo went on to say that for most of us who truly seek, and will not be satisfied with the commonplaces that do not fill the empty places in our heart, none of this works, and we begin a journey that leads us where we do not know, and all we know is that we are seeking to fill the empty place within, but it is not given to us to know that we are already in that larger universe that we desire to know as a seeker, and it is all out there to be reached for, but that is not the model that Q’uo wanted to give us, nor the model with which they would ask us to work with in attempting to refine our contact with our guidance, so they would rather offer us the picture of ourself as a being that already rests in the sacred space within, so that the process of learning is actually a process of remembering who we are. Q’uo continued by saying before incarnation we created things for ourself that will stand us in good stead such as relationships that would test us and teach us how to serve without any expectation of return, and we created ways in which we could be of some service to those around us, and it is a wonderful exploration to undergo in faith to look at each day with the questions: “How can I help? How can I serve? Whom can I love? And what shall I learn?” Q’uo said that we do not ask these questions in a void, but we ask them within the sacred space of our heart. Now Q’uo said that which we offer Carla is offered in a careful way as she tunes for this contact as if she were a radio station, tuning to her highest and best self, and when she is there, knowing she is unworthy, but asking to be of service regardless, she offers herself with a whole and utter completeness to the highest and best energy that she knows which is the energy of Jesus the Christ, and what she prefers at times to call unconditional Love, and she asks for the highest and best contact that she can carry in a stable manner of unconditional Love, so then she gathers around herself a group so that she does not bear this upon her own shoulders, but rather is simply the group’s focus and the translator of energy from one density to another so that it is a complex practice, and is geared towards the collection of information which has polarity and power, so she selects that target to which she connects in order that she and this energy, this source that she has sought [ Q’uo ] may come together and create a body of words with the hope that such words may inform and inspire, but there is risk involved in this work of receiving information that is not helpful, and that creates fear and anxiety rather than harmony, hope, and community. Then Q’uo said that when an entity by itself seeks guidance, there is no such risk, and the instructions from many sources within our consensus reality on this are very clear, so the suggestion is to go within that inner room of prayer and listen to the silence because guidance does not come in words, so Carla is not receiving direct guidance from us, but she is translating concepts that may have some power to heal or to help growth in our process, and in inner guidance, it is the same conceptual truth, so often instruments who feel that they have received guidance express it not in terms of words but in terms of realization which is larger than words can hold, and the going into the silence is to stop the self from talking and to divorce the self from the busy mind or what Carla would call the monkey mind of third-density thought. On September 27, 1992, Q’uo described one way that we can make contact with our inner guidance:

For those who have little or no experience in requesting guidance from those whose honor it is to provide such, we would recommend that there be those times of meditations reserved for opening the heart in this seeking to the inner guidance, and during this time we would recommend that the seeker begin to familiarize the self with those sensations and feelings that rise up from within as this request is made. Thus, the seeker will come to feel the response to this request, and will come to recognize the feeling tone, shall we say, of those who respond.

During these meditations it is helpful if the seeker is able to begin the meditations by centering the self upon those qualities of the self which are, shall we say, more securely set and which can be used as the building block. By centering upon the qualities that are stable the seeker offers its call and is in a position to remain open to the response according to the stability of centering qualities, be they humor, balance, care, devotion, intensity of desire, or whatever the seeker feels are the most stable and available characteristics. Then, when the seeker has become familiar with the feeling of the response, it is then possible to ask for such in the normal round of activities, outside of meditations.

Now, many times, each of you within this circle has experienced that wonderful movement from local and linear thought into imagination. Connections become looser and they slide across disciplines and ways of thinking, finding friendly structures in unlikely places. And one begins to create castles in the air and have wonderful towers of thought that have come to one somehow sideways. This is guidance at its most elementary. When you have finally been able to begin to disconnect the relentlessly logical, linear mind and have lifted away from ratiocination to imagination, then you have become ready to behold your larger self. As you sit in the silence of no-thought, as you relax into that sacred space that silence builds within you, your body is able to relax and let go of its incredibly tenacious hold on your deeper consciousness. Physical changes occur to one who is simply sitting and resting. The blood pressure drops, the pulse slows, the brainwaves actually change, and chemical changes occur throughout the body systems. You can breath more deeply at last and begin to release yourself into your fundamental seeking. You can begin at last to ask the questions that are too deep for words.

For most entities, the first thing that occurs when you move into the silence is that all of the things at which you have not wanted to look or which you have put aside because there was no time come up and are viewed by you. Do not resist these forays into seeming thoughts, for they are the material about which the very highest part of your subconscious being has been concerned. Welcome each of them as a guest without any attachment to how long that guest will stay. Sit with that guest. Listen and observe. This is something that has been stuck in your energy body. Let it get unstuck, but do not follow it. Allow it to express, allow it to rise, and allow it to fall again. This process may be all you can do for months if you are simply a beginner to silent meditation, and that is fully acceptable. That is progress of the greatest kind. Gradually you will become able to move deeper because you have begun clearing your energy body, and those blockages and distortions that were most troubling you, that were most constricting the energy on its way to your open heart, will have been released, balanced, loved and accepted by you.

Have you any idea how unaccepted you are by yourself? You have only to go into meditation to discover that. Let the ghosts that haunt you visit you. They cannot hurt you. You are safe. Allow them to rise, and begin to look at those ghosts and the shadows that they represent as worthy, honored, loved, accepted, and embraced. This is a powerful process and may we say that, in our opinion, it cannot be rushed. It cannot be hurried. It has its own rhythm in your life in Spirit. And once again, as you persist day by day in the discipline of allowing yourself to get to know yourself, you are clearing the way for an ever deeper understanding of who you are.

Now Q’uo said that many times, each of us within this circle has experienced that movement from linear thought into imagination where connections slide across disciplines and ways of thinking and finding friendly structures in unlikely places, and we begin to have wonderful towers of thought that have come to us somehow sideways which is guidance at its most elementary, and when we have finally been able to begin to disconnect our logical mind and have engaged our imagination, then we have become ready to behold our larger self, so as we relax into that sacred space that silence builds within us, our body is able to relax and let go of its hold on our deeper consciousness so that physical changes occur to us when we are sitting and resting so that our blood pressure drops; our pulse slows; our brainwaves change; and chemical changes occur throughout our body systems; and we can breathe more deeply and begin to release ourself into our fundamental seeking to ask the questions that are too deep for words. Q’uo went on to say that for most of us, the first thing that occurs when we move into the silence is that all of the things which we have not wanted to look at come up and are viewed by us, and we should not resist these thoughts, for they are the material about which the highest part of our subconscious being has been concerned so that we can welcome each of them as a guest without any attachment to how long they will stay, and then sit with that guest to listen and observe because this is something that has been stuck in our energy body, so we can let it get unstuck, but we should not follow it, but allow it to rise and to fall again, and this process may be all we can do for months if we are a beginner to silent meditation, and gradually we will become able to move deeper because we have begun clearing our energy body, and those blockages that were constricting the energy on its way to our open heart, will have been released, balanced, and loved by us. Q’uo continued by saying that if we would like to know how unaccepted we are by ourself we only have to go into meditation to discover that when we can let the ghosts that haunt us visit us because they cannot hurt us, so we can allow them to rise, and begin to look at those ghosts and the shadows that they represent as worthy, loved, and accepted so that this is a powerful process, and it cannot be rushed because it has its own rhythm in our life in Spirit, and as we persist day by day in the discipline of allowing us to get to know ourself, we are clearing the way for a deeper understanding of who we are. On December 17, 1995, Q’uo spoke of who we are:

The truth, the reality, of who we are, who you are, and what your basic nature is, is beyond mental acquisition. Those who seek the truth of being are those who are destined to follow a mystery, and much is gained by the entity who simply decides to trust that mystery, to trust the basic nature of the self, and to ask not to become something he is not, but rather to become that which he most truly is, for each of you has the pure and perfect Light within. Each of you dwells in a state of grace at a very deep level at all times in all places whatsoever.

Each of you came here very focused on learning and service. And yet you walk through the veil of incarnation, and you forget that focus so that as you live your life, you are learning not by rote, not by memorizing lessons that some teacher or authority figure has given you, but by every thought that you have, every desire that you are able to identify. The refinery of Earth is one in which you decide what to refine, what to pursue, what to bring up from the treasury of your own subconscious material and how to mine that material for the jewels that it contains. And it is in this model that we would talk to you about guidance.

You came into incarnation supported and bolstered, without any possibility of being abandoned or isolated, with a very solid, sturdy guidance system. It is up to you to create the structure with which you feel comfortable as a person for receiving this guidance. To some extent, you may do reading into religions, philosophies, myth, and archetype, for each culture has ways of describing and structuring guidance. For the Native Americans, for instance, every animal has a role to play in guiding. Each animal that you meet, therefore, is a messenger. There are systems of guidance which employ inspired human beings who act as gurus; and these gurus are able to focus spirit in such a way that realizations come to the student who is devoted to the guru. There are those religious systems which ask of one that one follow a certain master such as the one known as Jesus, the one known as Buddha, or the one known as Allah and his prophet. There is an almost infinite array of ways to approach beginning to become aware of guidance.

In general, we would say that you must follow the path of greatest resonance. If there is a master who resonates to you so much that you wish to follow in the footsteps of that master, then you will take a certain path towards guidance. If you find that you are more comfortable following the chain of coincidences, of those things that speak to you from day-to-day, then life itself becomes the messenger of guidance. And, in many cases, by the simple discipline of beginning to record one’s dreams or one’s thoughts after meditation, one is able to gain access to that web of love and support that is all around you and waiting with the greatest of eagerness and joy for the opportunity to be heard. We describe this and characterize this as guidance of a positive or service-to-others nature.

Q’uo continued by saying each of us came here focused on learning and service, and we walk through the veil of forgetting, and we forget that focus so that as we live our life we are learning by every thought that we have and every desire that we are able to identify because the refinery of Earth is one in which we decide what to bring up from our subconscious material and how to mine that material for the jewels that it contains, and it is this model that we would talk to you about guidance. Q’uo went on to say that we came into incarnation supported and with a sturdy guidance system, and it is up to us to create the structure with which we feel comfortable to receive this guidance, and we may read about religions, philosophies, myth, and archetype, for each culture has ways of describing and structuring guidance, and for the Native Americans every animal has a role to play in guiding so that each animal that we meet is a messenger, and there are also systems of guidance which have inspired human beings who act as gurus who are able to focus Spirit in a way that realizations come to the student who is devoted to the guru just as there are religions which ask that we follow a certain master such as Jesus, Buddha, or Allah and Mohammad, and there is an almost infinite array of ways to approach beginning to become aware of guidance. Then Q’uo said that we must follow the path of greatest resonance so that if there is a master who resonates to us that we wish to follow in the footsteps of that master, then we will take a certain path towards guidance, or if we find that we are more comfortable following the chain of coincidences, then life itself becomes the messenger of guidance, and by the discipline of beginning to record our dreams or our thoughts after meditation, we are able to gain access to that web of Love and support that which is all around us and waiting with eagerness and joy for the opportunity to be heard, and Q’uo described these as guidances of a positive or service-to-others nature. On October 17, 2009, Q’uo described the nature of the web of Love:

Settle in for that long walk. It is a beautiful walk, my friends. It is one with a good ending, and in reference to life as a game, it is a game that you can win. You have only to love and to allow yourself to be loved in return. For, my friends, the Creator loves you more than you can possibly imagine. You are surrounded with Love. There is a web of Love around you that is partially angelic and partially that of your guidance, which you could call your higher self, that highest and best self that is a gift to you from yourself in sixth density.

Rest in the web of Love that surrounds you and be infinitely curious as you witness this life. You came here to create according to your desires that which you wished. Therefore, shape your desires to match your deepest self, and the deepest desires of which you are aware. And seek always to go deeper, to learn more and to become freed to be attentive to the present moment.

You have also asked about guidance of a service-to-self nature, or a negative nature, such as the guidance system of the one known as Hitler and other obviously service-to-self entities who are not interested in helping others but in controlling them. Within the time/space densities from which guidance comes, the positive and the negative paths are separated. One within fourth or fifth density has chosen either to serve others or to serve the self. You as a positive spirit are receiving guidance from your own Greater Self at a density that is further on in space/time than your own. You are receiving back the information that you have won by earning it through lesson after lesson, service after service, and density upon density. When you receive guidance of a negative nature, it has not been arranged beforehand. It has not been planned before incarnation. Rather, it has the character of a predator and its prey. For the service-to-self entity that wishes to be a negatively-oriented guide for a third-density entity is actually looking to control the source of power and to be sure that that power does not turn towards the light but towards the darkness.

These entities are what this instrument would describe as vampiric in nature. They are looking to feed upon your love and to turn it into fear. The path of their ingress into your system of awareness has to do with those deeply buried spaces of pain, which are usually embedded during childhood but may have been embedded more recently, in the adulthood, as well. Usually the deepest pockets of pain and suffering within an entity’s psyche are those that have been buried since childhood and have been well covered over. If you have distortions involving anger, for instance, such an entity can find a roost deep within you. And if you become interesting to such an entity because you have begun to seek the light and have therefore polarized and begun to accrue power to your being within incarnation, you will attract such entities’ attention. And they will look throughout your armor of light, shall we say, throughout your energy body, to see where there is a hidden pocket of pain that is unknown or unaccepted by the conscious mind and unloved by the conscious heart. And into this pocket they will come and perch and wait for the opportunity to create fear, pain, division and so forth.

Each entity is vulnerable in her own way to such greeting. It is like a Chinese puzzle, in that the more such greeting is resisted, the stronger it can become. Had the one known as Hitler been able to turn and face the pain within him, this entity would not have been able to delude himself as he did; for indeed this entity believed that he was aiding not only himself but his entire race, with which he identified strongly, by excluding those who were not perfect, as was his race. To build up such prejudice is to move ever deeper into fear and exclusion. When in your life you see divisive energies, energies that judge and exclude and create a feeling of elitism and a sense that one is better than another entity or another group, you can easily finger the culprit. You have been beguiled by vampire energy into turning to a part of yourself in which the light is not developed.

There is always the choice, when this is perceived, as to how to deal with the situation. If you reject yourself and judge yourself for having come into this configuration of thought, then you are increasing those divisive energies and moving further from the love that you understand is positive. You are still engaged in loving, but that love has been distorted into fear and into those negative emotions which attack, defend and create barriers. Moving back into a gaze of the self, you may see that it comes down, ever and always, to this moment. Here is the moment of choice; here is the arena of so-called light and so-called darkness. Shall you love what you see or shall you reject it? All of polarity and all of your access to guidance rests on your decision, in this moment, to embrace, include and love; or to reject, exclude, and fear. Here is where words like faith, grace, and hope are seen to be entities of great beauty, power, and truth. At the moment that you realize that you must ask for help, you have already begun to receive that help. It is as reflexive as breathing out and breathing in. Know that you are never alone when you seek the truth. Know that you are in the company of those that love you and wish only to support you.

How to access your guidance? There are as many ways as there are people. And we will be glad to explore any of those ways about which you wish to ask. Simply knowing yourself to be the being that you are is the beginning of a great adventure. And may we say that at any time that you wish us to aid in your meditation, we are glad to join you if you will but mentally request our presence. It is not that we have anything to add but our love. That love is as a carrier wave that enables you to meditate a little more smoothly and deeply. We gladly offer that and are most grateful to serve and we thank each of you who has asked us and who has been able to feel that underlying and undergirding steadiness that comes with meditating as part of a larger group. Be assured that you have an extended family of what this instrument would call angels and beings that have worked with you before that rest around you continuously and that bolster you on every side: before and behind, above and beneath. You rest in a web of love.

Q’uo went on to say we have asked about guidance of a service-to-self nature such as the guidance system of Hitler and other negative entities who are not interested in helping others but in controlling them, and within the time/space densities from which guidance comes, the positive and the negative paths are separated so that one within fourth or fifth density has chosen either to serve others or to serve the self, and since we are a positive spirit we are receiving guidance from our own Greater Self that we have earned through many lessons, services, and densities, so when we receive guidance of a negative nature, it has not been arranged before our incarnation, but it has the: “character of a predator and its prey because the service-to-self entity that wishes to be a negatively-oriented guide for a third-density entity is actually looking to control the source of power and to be sure that that power does not turn towards the light but towards the darkness.” Then Q’uo said that these entities are what Carla would describe as vampiric in nature because they are looking to feed upon our love and to turn it into fear, and the path of their ingress into our system of awareness has to do with our deeply buried spaces of pain, which were embedded during childhood but may have been embedded more recently, as well, so if we have distortions involving anger such an entity can find a target deep within us, and if we have begun to seek the light and have  polarized and begun to accrue power to our being we will attract such entities’ attention, and it will look throughout our armor of light and our energy body to see where there is a hidden pocket of pain that is unaccepted by our conscious mind and unloved by our heart, and into this pocket they will come and wait for the opportunity to create fear, pain, and division. Now Q’uo said that each of us is vulnerable in our own way to such greeting which is like a Chinese puzzle, in that the more we resist the greeting, the stronger it can become so that if Hitler been able to face the pain within him he would not have been able to delude himself as he did, for indeed he believed that he was aiding not only himself but his entire race by excluding those who were not perfect, as was his race so that to build up such prejudice is to move deeper into fear and exclusion, so when we see divisive energies that create a feeling of elitism we can easily identify the culprit, and know that we have been controlled by vampire energy into turning to a part of ourself in which the light is not developed. Q’uo went on to say that when we can perceive that there is always a choice as how to deal with the situation, but if we judge ourself for having come into this configuration of thought, then we are increasing those divisive energies and moving further from the love that we understand is positive—even though we are still engaged in loving–our love has been distorted into fear and into those negative emotions which attack and create barriers so that if we can move back into a gaze of ourself, we may see that it comes down to this moment of choice in the arena of light and darkness, and we can love or reject what we see, and all of our polarity and access to guidance depends upon our choice in this moment, so here is where words like faith and grace are seen to be entities of power and truth, and in the moment that we realize that we must ask for help, we have already begun to receive that help because it is as reflexive as breathing out and breathing in, and we need to remember that we are never alone when we seek the truth because we are in the company of those that love and support us. Q’uo completed their reply by saying there are as many ways for us to access our guidance as there are people, and they would be glad to explore any of those ways that we wish to ask about, and simply knowing ourself to be the being that we are is the beginning of a great adventure, and they said that at any time that we wish them to aid in our meditation they would be glad to join us if we mentally requested their presence because they could add their love to our meditation, and love is a carrier wave than can enable us to meditate more deeply, and we have an extended family of what Carla would call angels and beings that have worked with us before that rest around us continuously and that support us on every side: before and behind, above and beneath, and we rest in a web of Love. On October 17, 2009, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the web of Love:

Settle in for that long walk. It is a beautiful walk, my friends. It is one with a good ending, and in reference to life as a game, it is a game that you can win. You have only to love and to allow yourself to be loved in return. For, my friends, the Creator loves you more than you can possibly imagine. You are surrounded with Love. There is a web of Love around you that is partially angelic and partially that of your guidance, which you could call your higher self, that highest and best self that is a gift to you from yourself in sixth density.

Rest in the web of Love that surrounds you and be infinitely curious as you witness this life. You came here to create according to your desires that which you wished. Therefore, shape your desires to match your deepest self, and the deepest desires of which you are aware. And seek always to go deeper, to learn more and to become freed to be attentive to the present moment.

We would ask at this time if there are any queries before we leave this instrument and we thank each of you for enabling us to respond to such an excellent question. We are those of Q’uo.

Is there another query at this time?

[Pause]

We are those of Q’uo, and find that we have exhausted the questions in this circle of seeking for the moment. We say again to you what a privilege and a pleasure it is to be with you and to share our humble thoughts. And may we ask you again to discard them without a second thought if they trouble you. The beauty of your beings and your seeking humbles us and opens our hearts. Thank you, each of you. We are those of Q’uo, and we leave you as we found you, in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. Adonai. Adonai.

This morning I ran some errands with my first stop being at Feeder’s Supply where I bought some bird seed. My second stop was at Kroger’s where I bought some Pepsi-Zero and some bananas. My second stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market where I bought some more food for myself. My last stop was at Walgreens’ Drug Store where I pickup up a prescription and bought some Kleenex.

This afternoon I went outside and used some super glue to glue down a couple of letters in Bosco’s name that had come off of his gravestone. Then I went across the street and spread some bird seed under the bird feeder’s in my neighbor’s front yard.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

March 17

The Winds Of Circumstance

I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.

Just as your angry oceans in the teeth of the gale, so are your hearts within you as you attempt to deal with the things which are of your mundane world. The angry ocean rages within each cell of any body which attempts to move against the direction of the prevailing winds.

And one who chides and discriminates against its own body or circumstances does so needlessly. For the wind of circumstance is not apart from the pilgrim but much influenced by the subconscious thoughts of that pilgrim.

And the ocean of illusion is molded more than can be seen on the surface by the thoughts which are created by worry and fear.

Seek, then, the positive, forward-moving winds of the Spirit which lie within and beyond all mundane bodies and circumstances, so that the winds are no longer angry and, more and more, those things mundane may breathe the fresh breeze of spirit which comes to all who may be blessed by such grateful wind.

We leave you in the full blessing of the consciousness of Love, 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from March 4, 2005:

Jim: [Reading S’s question.]

First of all, Q’uo, S would like to thank you for your service to her and to all of us on planet Earth at this time, a time when we are all in great need of assistance. She would like some direction in her own path of seeking. She would like to polarize more positively, and she would like some direction as to how she could do this more effectively. She would like you to speak to any blockages that you may have noticed within her mind/body/spirit complex and please give her direction on what she can do to unblock these blockages. She would also like some information on how she could balance love and wisdom in her own life. That is a big lesson for all of us, and she would appreciate whatever you have to say in that regard.

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of the Q’uo, and we greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we are. We thank the one known as S this day for calling us to this circle of seeking. We feel most privileged and honored to be allowed to share our thoughts with you and with this circle of seeking. And we would ask of you that which we always ask with any circle to which we offer thoughts, and that, my sister, is that you use your discrimination in listening to what we have to say. We may be right on target with some of our thoughts and with other thoughts we may miss completely. We need for you to know your own heart and your own needs to the point where, if something does not make sense to you, or if it grates in any way, you lay it aside without a second thought. This discrimination will enable us to speak freely without abridging the free will of yourself or in any way encroaching upon the sanctity of your process. With this understood, we are satisfied that we are in a good position to be able to speak with you and we thank you for your consideration.

You have asked this day about how to advance and refine your polarization so as to achieve a vibration that is consistent with the fourth density rather than the third density of existence as you know it, and about how you can better balance yourself in each chakra of your energy body in order better to create the proper environment for this polarizing work in consciousness. You also asked about the relationship between love and wisdom and how that dynamic works and how it can be balanced, which we feel will probably take care of itself as we address the first two questions, but we shall revisit that before we open the meeting to further questions. We thank you for these questions. They are excellent, and we simply hope that we may have some material that will serve as a resource for you on this great seeking that you express at this time.

Polarization is a matter of choice and of repeated choice, and we find in gazing at your energy that you grasp this basic fact very well, and that you have been working on the basic choice of service to others or service to self and not for a short length of time but for some time within your incarnation. The subtleties of choice, especially the repetitions of choice, are sometimes more of a challenge than others. Some choices seem very obvious: whether to respond in anger to anger or whether to respond in love. That is an obvious choice. Yet let us examine this example for subtlety and nuance. When someone speaks with you in a way that feels angry, or hostil,e or jangling to you, certainly your first impulse is to, as this instrument would say, clean up your act as far as the response is concerned. And may we say that we feel that you do a fairly good job for the most part in your responses. Of course, one could find ways to criticize the self. But 95% of the time, shall we say, your basic work in this area is sound, and we congratulate you on the kind of full-body effort that you are making to be a gentle spirit, one who does return love, who does not ask to be loved but rather seeks to love. This is the heart of the polarization for fourth-density graduation.

When someone does express negative emotions to you, however, there is more information there than the simple hostility. There is truth. It is the kind of truth that you see in a hall of mirrors at the midway of a carnival. There are no mirrors that show you a true image in such a hall of mirrors. Every mirror is crazed. Some create a tall and slender S, others create a short and fat S. Some warp you to the right and some warp you to the left. Some make wavy lines throughout your entire image so that your eyes and your nose and your mouth do not match up and your neck is at one side and your torso at another and your leg off on the other side again. How can these images be helpful? That is the question that we ask you. How can the crazed and incorrect images of negative emotion directed towards you be helpful?

It is a brave and a stalwart soul who is willing to look into that question; to look into the nuances and the subtleties of other entities with whom you have crossed paths and whose reaction to you is, in fact, a projection of their own process. And may we say that in every situation, no matter how much distortion that there is in that entity’s reaction to you and in that hostility that is unfair and unjust, nevertheless there lies material to be mined in the quiet of one’s own thoughts all the time. For each and every image of you that appears to you is pregnant with information. Perhaps some of this information drags you where you would rather not go, into the shadow side of self that brings before you material that is painful. The injustice and unfairness of such images of the self that they project, from another whose reactions to you are negative, is seemingly completely incorrect. Yet in that moment of interpenetration of the two energy bodies there is sacredness if you are willing to accept the challenge of sitting in sacred space with such unhappy and unjust colors, shapes, and images.

There is an honor to be done to those who are unjust to you, who do not understand you and who cannot see who you really are. To honor and to mine this information that you have been given is often a challenge which you need to meet only through a process of time, revisiting the thoughts that were shared, the feelings that you felt upon receiving these unjustly offered thoughts and so forth. The process is not bound by your awareness of consensus-reality time. You can revisit this moment a year from now, and it will still be as fresh and real as it was when it occurred. So, if you do not do this immediately, feeling the pain, being unable to go further with this material at the present time, that is perfectly and wholly acceptable. There is no time limit on work in consciousness.

S’s question was: “She would like to polarize more positively, and she would like some direction as to how she could do this more effectively. She would like you to speak to any blockages that you may have noticed within her mind/body/spirit complex and please give her direction on what she can do to unblock these blockages. She would also like some information on how she could balance love and wisdom in her own life. That is a big lesson for all of us, and she would appreciate whatever you have to say in that regard.” Q’uo began by saying that  polarization is a matter of repeated choice, and they found in gazing at our energy that we grasp this fact well, and that we have been working on the basic choice of service to others for some time within our incarnation, and the subtleties of the repetitions of choice are more of a challenge than others because some choices seem obvious such as whether to respond in anger to anger or whether to respond in love, and that is an obvious choice, yet when someone speaks to us in a way that feels angry, certainly our first impulse is to clean up our act as far as our response is concerned, and Q’uo said that they feel that we do a good job in our responses, and we could find ways to criticize ourself, but 95% of the time our basic work in this area is sound, and they congratulated us on the kind of full-body effort that we are making to be a gentle spirit, one who returns love, who does not ask to be loved but rather seeks to love, and this is the heart of the polarization for fourth-density graduation. Q’uo went on to say that when someone does express negative emotions to us, there is the kind of truth that we see in a hall of mirrors on the midway of a carnival where there are no mirrors that show a true image of us because some mirrors create a tall and slender image; others create a short and fat image, and some warp us to the right, and some warp us to the left, so Q’uo’s question was how can these negative images directed towards us be helpful? Q’uo continued by saying that it is a brave soul who is willing to look into the subtleties of other entities with whom we have crossed paths and whose reaction to us is a projection of their own process, and they said that in every situation, no matter how much distortion that there is in that entity’s reaction to us and in that hostility that is unfair, there is material to be mined in the quiet of own thoughts, for every image of us that appears to us is pregnant with information, but some of this information may take us where we would rather not go, into the shadow side of ourself that brings material to us that is painful, and the unfairness of such images of ourself that they project, from one whose reactions to us are negative, seems incorrect, but in that moment of interpenetration of the two energy bodies there is sacredness if we are willing to accept the challenge of sitting in sacred space with such unhappy images. Then Q’uo said that there is honor to be done to those who are unjust to us, and who cannot see who we really are, and to honor this information that we have been given is often a challenge which we need to meet through a process of revisiting the feelings that we felt upon receiving these unjust thoughts, but the process is not bound by our awareness of consensus-reality time because we can revisit this moment a year from now, and it will still be as real as it was when it occurred, so if we do not do this  feeling of the pain at the present time, that is perfectly acceptable because there is no time limit on work in consciousness. On March 2, 2002, Q’uo gave the basics of doing work in consciousness:

Consequently, the prelude to working upon the blue ray or the throat chakra is the same as any other energy work. It begins with red ray and clears blockages sequentially, red, orange, yellow, green. Once the energy into the heart has been secured as a good supply then it is that entities may work further and begin that which is truly a blessed and healing thing, work in consciousness. Work within blue ray is helpfully preceded by time spent in silence within the heart chakra, for there is the need to become undefended, and it is only in the heart chakra that you are able to reprogram fear into love.

Once as a seeker you are convinced that your heart is fully open and flowing then work upon the specific difficulty may begin. Communication is often much more a matter of that which is between the words than that which is text. Consequently, once the heart is opened there can be the conscious request to include that green energy of the open heart.

Meet the entities that you meet within the, shall we say, role-playing mask that you wear so that you are aware that you are an actor upon the stage and are creating your lines in accord with the truth of your being. Your hope then is to remove those blockages from speech which have visited you as fear and replace them with motives and energies that have to do with vulnerability, humility, compassion, forgiveness, and absolute honesty. When you have been able to create a safe atmosphere with another entity then communication becomes far easier.

Sometimes it may help in this regard for you to keep a little journal and to write down those things you feel you cannot process at a certain moment. You may find that there is a pattern to this, that certain relationships are almost entirely beyond your ability to process in the present tense, as we think of those things, shall we say, in your consensus reality, in space/time. Nevertheless, it helps sometimes to note down what you can do about this material, to write down how you felt, note simply what was said, or how unjust or just it might be. This is not necessary for you to do. What is helpful is simply to mark the moment and to note especially everything you can remember about your initial reaction.

What is this initial reaction? Let us say that it is an entry into an underground river or stream of emotion, for you never feel emotion alone. It is not your emotion. Rather, it is a part of the color and brilliance of a system of subconscious, shall we say, waterways that begin with streams of emotion that are very small, that perhaps few people experience. They are highly colored and highly biased and may have to do only with you and another person and perhaps three or four dozen other entities on the face of your planet who have experienced just exactly that combination of emotions that creates this crystalline moment with its biases, distortions, color, and beauty.

You are a crystal being, and everything you feel has its truth. You are always worthy to feel what you feel. There is never such a thing as an unworthy emotion. Everything, from seemingly black to seemingly blatant white in polarity, is acceptable to the one infinite Creator. Your job is to see and know the truth of yourself. When you feel these emotions, you may feel they are unworthy, but they are not. They are your truth and in feeling this emotion you have entered into what this instrument calls the archetypal mind.

Within the archetypal mind there is a very rich, detailed, and broad spectrum of waterways, shall we say, emotionally coming from the most biased, and the most colored, and the most unique to you, moving slowly down into larger waterways which you come into as you purify these emotions, as you find distortion and bias and see into that distortion and bias. Over time, through realization and other work in consciousness which is more deliberate and less spontaneous, you begin to purify and refine the sensing system of your energy body so that when you feel the next emotion, even if it is exactly that emotion that was yours the last time that you felt it in connection with this relationship that is ongoing, say, yet you begin to enter into a larger waterway than that in which you are in the company only of those few entities who have your biases and have run into an entity and interacted and that entity has reacted in the same way.

Then Q’uo said that sometimes it may help for us to keep a journal and to write down those things we feel we cannot process at a certain moment, and we may find that certain relationships are almost beyond our ability to process in the present tense in our consensus reality, but it helps to write down the moment and to note everything we can remember about our initial reaction. Q’uo went on to say that our initial reaction may be found by our entry into our underground river of emotion, for we never feel emotion alone because it is not our emotion, but it is a part of the color and brilliance of a system of our subconscious waterways that begin with streams of emotion that are very small, that perhaps few people experience, and they are highly biased and may have to do only with us and another person, and perhaps three or four dozen other entities on the face of our planet who have experienced that combination of emotions that creates this crystalline moment with its biases, distortions, and beauty. Q’uo continued by saying that we are a crystal being, and everything we feel has its truth, so we are always worthy to feel what we feel from everything black to white in polarity, and this is acceptable to the one infinite Creator, for our job is to know the truth of ourself so that when we feel these emotions, we may feel they are unworthy, but they are not because they are our truth, and in feeling these emotions we have entered into what Carla calls the archetypal mind. Now Q’uo said that within the archetypal mind there is a broad spectrum of our emotional waterways coming from the most biased and the most unique to us, moving slowly into larger waterways which we come into as we purify these emotions through realization and other work in consciousness which is more deliberate as we begin to purify the sensing system of our energy body so that when we feel the next emotion we begin to enter into a larger waterway in which we are in the company of those few entities who have our biases, and we have interacted with them in the same way. On September 5, 2010, Carla spoke of the nature of our energy body:

The Love and the Light of the infinite Creator is moving through our energy body in inexhaustible supply at all times. We can’t run out. By stopping the flow of Love through us, by clutching and contracting around our woes and our problems—which we all have—what we can do is stop that flow into the heart, and then we can’t get our hearts open all the way. The fuel is Love. It’s right here. It is inexhaustible. We don’t have to hoard it. All we have to do is live in such a way that our energy bodies are clear so that we get that energy through us at all times.

You begin, as you refine your own system of energy and the corresponding emotional capacity of that crystalline being that you are, to enter into the system of archetypal mind in such a way that you are in a larger company, with more people who have done more work, just as you have done more work. What you are aiming for here is not to remove emotions but to refine and purify emotions. You are looking for a deeper and deeper truth about yourself. Now, just as all water systems do, when the stream becomes a creek and the creek becomes a river, the river widens and develops energy and power, and finally it reaches the ocean. The ocean of the archetypal consciousness is unconditional love. You cannot rush or hurry the sail that you are on. You can mend your sails on your boat; you can correct and re-correct your readings of the stars; you can check your rudder for strength; but you must sail as the truth of your being is ready to sail.

Penetrating too quickly into the water system and especially into the ocean of the archetypal mind is dangerous for you. It may swamp your boat. And it will certainly land you in a world of confusion that you cannot sort out by yourself. So, as you do this work of attempting to increase your polarization, we encourage you to respect and honor every truth that each emotion offers to you, noting it down. And if you cannot handle working with it at this time, yet still honor and respect your truth, your color, and your brilliance.

Now let us look further at the way in which one polarizes. Let us step back from the question of polarization and look at the energy body with which you are working. For simplification and convenience, that energy body may be thought to consist of the various chakras. And this instrument is aware of a system in which the chakras are as the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, blue, green, indigo and violet, with the white chakra, shall we say, hovering just at the top of that energy body as a crown. The first three chakras—red, orange and yellow—are the chakras which we would suggest it is helpful to visit every day, asking yourself in meditation, “What are my issues with survival? What are my issues with personal relationships with myself and with those about me? And what are my issues with the groups which I have decided to join as a human being in consensus reality?” These three categories are the categories of the red, orange, and yellow energies.

Every human being living through incarnation upon planet Earth has biases and distortions in those three chakras that need to be gazed at in peace, serenity, and lack of judgment each day, not with a view to kicking out the unwanted emotions or the unwanted distortions, but with a humble and open-handed prayer to be given guidance. Ask for balance. Ask for your guidance system to find ways to show you how to better balance your fears about survival, your concerns regarding relationships, and your puzzlement concerning the feelings, requests, and requirements of the various groups into which you have chosen to come. They may be those relationships of the birth family or the marriage family. They may be work-related. But each group has its own biases and its own distortions, and these are not necessarily a part of your own process. Yet they can pull you and push you and affect the way you perceive yourself and your process. We encourage you to do this work patiently and with a sense of humor, and, most of all, completely without self-judgment. The object here is not to judge the self or to decide how to better the self. The object is to come into an awareness of where you are today.

Now Q’uo said that as we refine our own system of energy and the emotional capacity of that crystalline being that we are to enter into the system of our archetypal mind in such a way that we are with people who have done more work, just as Q’uo has done more work, and what we are aiming for is not to remove emotions but to refine and purify emotions because we are looking for a deeper truth about ourself, and now, when the stream becomes a creek, and the creek becomes a river, the river widens and develops power, and finally it reaches the ocean of archetypal consciousness which is unconditional love, and we cannot rush the sail that we are on, but we can mend our sails on our boat; we can correct and re-correct our readings of the stars; we can check our rudder for strength; but we must sail as the truth of our being is ready to sail. Q’uo went on to say that penetrating too quickly into the into the ocean of the archetypal mind is dangerous for us since it may swamp our boat, and it will land us in a world of confusion that we cannot sort out by ourself, so as we do this work of increasing our polarization, Q’uo encouraged us to honor every truth that each emotion offers to us, and if we cannot handle working with it at this time, yet we should continue to honor our truth, and our brilliance. Q’uo continued by saying they wanted step back from the question of polarization and look at the energy body with which we are working which consists of chakras, and Carla is aware of a system in which the chakras are as the colors of the rainbow: “red, orange, yellow, blue, green, indigo and violet, with the white chakra, shall we say, hovering just at the top of that energy body as a crown.” Q’uo said the first three chakras—red, orange and yellow—are the chakras which they would suggest it is helpful to visit every day, asking ourself in meditation: “What are my issues with survival? What are my issues with personal relationships with myself and with those about me? And what are my issues with the groups which I have decided to join as a human being in consensus reality?” Q’uo said these three categories are the categories of the red, orange, and yellow energies. Now Q’uo said that every human being living upon planet Earth has distortions in those three chakras that need to be gazed at in peace and lack of judgment each day, not with a view to kicking out the unwanted emotions, but with a humble prayer to be given guidance and to ask for our guidance system to find ways to show us how to better balance our fears about survival, our concerns regarding relationships, and our confusion concerning the requests of the various groups into which we have chosen to come whether they may be our birth family, marriage family, or work-related group because each group has its distortions, and these are not necessarily a part of our own process, but they can push us and affect the way we perceive ourself and our process, so Q’uo encouraged us to do this work with a sense of humor and without self-judgment because the object here is not to judge ourself but to come into an awareness of where we are today. On September 5, 2010, Carla described the nature of our guidance system:

Now the veil makes free will our guide because nothing is known for sure. So, it’s not that we’re completely on our own. We’re most emphatically not on our own. We have our guidance system, and that includes at least three angels, your higher self, and any additional angels that you have attracted to yourself because of your work or the polarity of your basic vibration. And you can have dozens of angels around you. A lot of people in my Christian tradition also find they have affinities to saints, and you can ask the saints to come along with you and be a part of your guidance system.

Then, looking at nature, you have all of the nature spirits that are ready to dance with you. If you’ve ever focused on the animal life around you may have discovered your totems, certain animals that come when you’re at a choice-point or you need confirmation on the way you’re thinking.

All of these strengths await you. But in terms of making the decisions for yourself, you are alone. You can’t just choose to do something because I say it’s a good idea, or because Ra says it’s a good idea, or Jesus says it’s a good idea or Buddha or any person living or dead, or any kind of genius. You can’t give up your power and still do a good job of polarizing. You don’t need to scoot in on anybody else’s coat tails. You are worthy. You will suffice.

Thereason that we so strenuously encourage this work is that where you want to go in the next chakra requires that these three chakras, the basic chakras, be in sufficient balance that the infinite supply of unconditional love and energy for life coming into your energy system from the root chakra or red-ray chakra can move upwards without significant blockage. We do not say without distortion but without significant blockage into the heart. If you cannot clear the lower chakras enough that you are getting a good supply of the infinite Love and Light of the one Creator into the heart chakra, then this is where you need to stop for the moment. It is important for you to be able to rest in the sacred space of your own open heart and to know yourself there before you can really do work in consciousness with any confidence that you will not harm yourself or confuse yourself more than you clarify things for yourself. As we have said many times through this instrument, there are what this instrument calls “lions at the gate” guarding your entry into your own heart. Listen to those lions and find the patience with yourself to do the work that it takes to make entry into your heart in such a way that the lions not only allow you to pass, but give you the feeling that they are now guarding your back.

Then take a few moments to rest in the consciousness of yourself in its larger sense. For you have, when you pass the first three chakras and move into the heart, moved from the outer personality into the inner truth, from space/time into time/space and from judgment into redemption or forgiveness. For you have become a larger you. The “I” that is the first-person singular of you is significantly changed in the atmosphere and the sanctity of the open heart. When you feel that you are beginning to vibrate with unconditional love, you have then achieved that expanded awareness of the truth of who you are. Resting, then, in this truth, it is now safe for you to do your work in consciousness.

Your first work in consciousness is to come into open communication with yourself. You have put judgment away. That is not part of your personality anymore. You have put doubt away. You are dwelling as a citizen of eternity. Your possibilities have become infinite. The world has dropped away in terms of consensus reality, and you are living at this moment, doing this work in time/space and in the company of all who have gone before you, living a life in faith, dwelling in the sacred temple of the open heart. Here you are never alone. The Creator Itself holds you in an embrace that is nearer to you than your breathing, closer to you than your body. If you need to—and it is sometimes necessary to realize that this is all you need and all you can bear—crawl into the lap of that great entity that is the Creator, however you may see this entity—Mother, Father, Great Principle. Crawl into this loving lap and rest. Do no more than that if this is what you need. Let angels surround you. Let the Love that is completely unconditional, that created you and sustains you, now rock you and sing to you and sleep the sleep of one who is loved as a child is loved by its mother.

If, on the other hand, you dwell in that temple and are ready for more, then by all means move into those energies you wish to explore. If you feel that you have explored the blue-ray energy of open communication thoroughly, and you are ready to move into work in consciousness, then you may work at visualization, meditation, contemplation, or any other roads that you seem called at that one moment of work to begin to walk along. There are many paths. They do all lead to the Creator. You cannot take an incorrect path in thought, or in meditation, or in practice. And you need to move by feelings, by that resonance that tells you when you are on the right track. The blockages that you have spoken of are those within your energy body that would narrow the inrush area of the incoming energy of the one infinite Creator.

Q’uo said that the reason they encouraged this work is that where we want to go in our heart chakra requires that these three chakras be balanced enough that the infinite supply of unconditional love and energy for life coming into our energy system from the red-ray chakra can move upwards without significant blockage because if we cannot clear the lower chakras enough so that we are getting a good supply of the infinite Love and Light of the one Creator into our heart chakra, then this is where we need to stop and rest in the sacred space of our open heart and to know ourself before we can do work in consciousness without confusing ourself more than we clarify things for ourself, and Q’uo said there are what Carla calls “lions at the gate” guarding our entry into our heart, so we should listen to those lions and find patience to do the work that it takes for us to enter into our heart in a way that the lions not only allow us to pass, but they give us the feeling that they are guarding our back. Then Q’uo suggested that we take a few moments to rest in the consciousness of ourself in its larger sense, for when we pass the first three chakras and move into our heart, we have moved from our outer personality into our inner truth, and from judgment into forgiveness, for we have become larger, and the “I” that is our first-person singular is significantly changed in the sanctity of our open heart so that when we feel that we are beginning to vibrate with unconditional love, we have achieved  expanded awareness of the truth of who we are, so we can rest in this truth,  and it is now safe for us to do our work in consciousness. Q’uo went on to say that our first work in consciousness is to come into open communication with ourself because we have put judgment and doubt away since we are a citizen of eternity, and our possibilities have become infinite, and we are doing this work in time/space, of living a life in faith, dwelling in the sacred temple of our open heart, and here the Creator Itself holds us in an embrace that is nearer to us than our breathing, closer to us than our body, and we if need to we can crawl into the lap of the Creator and rest, and let angels surround us, and let the Love that is unconditional, that created us and sustains us, rock and sing to us to the sleep of one who is loved as a child is loved by its mother. Q’uo continued by saying that if we dwell in that temple and are ready for more, then we can move into those energies we wish to explore so that if we feel that we have explored the blue-ray energy of open communication thoroughly, and we are ready to move into work in consciousness, then we may work at meditation or any other roads that we feel called at moment of work to begin to walk along as all paths lead to the Creator, and we cannot take an incorrect path in meditation or in practice so that we need to move by that resonance that tells us when we are on the right path because the blockages that Q’uo has spoken of are those within our energy body that would reduce the area of the incoming energy of the one infinite Creator. On August 30, 1981, Hatonn said that all paths lead to the one Creator:

Each has that which might be of aid to those who travel that path. In short, may we say, it is your choice to pursue your path and there is nothing but the one path that you pursue, and we would suggest, if we might, that within the depths of your being you are quite aware of the path that you pursue, and in meditation you shall discover the path upon which you wish to tread. Do not be concerned if from time to time the path appears to change. We would suggest that the path is long, and the path is one, and your journey on that path can yield nothing but success, for all paths lead to the one infinite Creator.

Nowpicture with us, if you will, the image of this metaphysical body that is interpenetrating your physical body. There are two sources of the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator. One is universal. It moves from the base chakra upwards. The other source is much more focused and pointed. It is the result of the work in consciousness that you have previously done and that exact point at which you are now entering, doing this work at this moment. And this is experienced as coming down through the crown chakra into the violet ray. It moves from the violet ray according to the ways of your energy body. It will not harm you, and if it cannot move further than the violet ray, it will remain there, and it will not pull the energy upward.

However, when you have achieved an entrance into the open heart and are seated, shall we say, that is, physically speaking, in the green ray, in that temple of the heart, then your hands are empty, and you are seeking. Then that universal energy may be pulled upward to where the intelligent direction of your guidance system would cause it to go and your guidance system’s energy, coming down from above, will meet your universal energy at that point. This is work that cannot be thought out or done on purpose. Rather it is a matter of trusting your process and offering your prayer with empty hands, not saying “Lord, I need this; Lord, I need that,” but saying, “I come to you seeking the truth of myself. Show me that which you have to offer me this day. Help me to be a part of the creative or Godhead system. Give me my daily bread. Give me that which I may work with and learn from just for today.” And then allow silence and faith to rest with you as you sit in the temple of your own heart. Many things may come to you as you sit and rest. Again, take them in without judgment; without reservation. Repeat the process as often as you can, daily if possible, and over time you will begin to see why it is called a spiritual process.

My sister, you are asking for the hardest work imaginable within third density. It is work which the physical body literally cannot bear without help. That is why we so greatly encourage the clearing of the first three chakras before doing work in consciousness. You do not want to sublimate these basic red-yellow-orange issues in order to get at work in consciousness. No matter how boring or less than exciting it may seem to do the clearing work necessary before opening the heart, this is what protects your physical body and maintains it for you so that work in consciousness will not create a serious mismatch between third-density issues and fourth-density learning. You need, therefore, gently and patiently to bring that physical body into balance and bring the three chakras having to do with the physical body into more and more clarity. It is a matter of knowing who you are on so many levels. And you shall not come to a place where you will know everything there is to know about your physical body or your physical energy body. New information will come to you every day. New situations will change your tuning in red ray or yellow ray or orange ray every day. So, you cannot simply do the work and then move on. It is repetitive, daily work. You already have an absolute and overwhelming love for how it feels to be in the open heart. And a great deal of your service in this incarnation has been done from an open heart. Yet we ask you, my sister, “What have you left behind in your rush to open the heart, and what do you need to collect lovingly and patiently so that when you move into your heart you bring all of yourself?”

Letus look at the figure of the redemptive Jesus, for the one known as Jesus, as you have told this instrument previously, is very dear to you. Therefore, we will use this particular teacher and what this teacher has to say about the open heart in looking at your situation. The Creator requests of you that you take up your cross and follow the one known as Jesus. We are not speaking literally or dogmatically here, but we are using an image and a figure or a structure, if you will, which many people of faith have been able to use well. What is it to take up one’s cross but to honor your suffering, to know it and not to turn away from it or to avoid it but take it upon yourself. It is said, “For his yoke is easy and his burden is light.” What makes this yoke easy? What makes this burden light?

The one known as Jesus said, “When you see me you do not see me but you see the Father who sent me.” Can you see how that illuminates the challenge to take up your cross and follow? You are not following an entity known as Jesus. You are following the one the Father sent to do His will. You are following an entity that was described by the one known as Jesus over and over again in ways that would indicate that this entity wished, when you said the name “Jesus,” not to think of a personal consciousness but to think of unconditional Love. And this entity put itself on a cross to express what unconditional Love is. This entity expressed it literally as the giving without expectation of return. And in that unconditional giving lies the key to the entry into fourth density. So, the one known as Jesus as a teacher was saying to you, “Love is the way; love is the truth and love is the life.” Thusly we say to you, as you focus yourself into work in consciousness, “Know who you are.”

Q’uo asked us to see the image of this metaphysical body that is interpenetrating our physical body, because there are two sources of the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator, and one is universal and moves from the base chakra upwards, and the other source is more focused and is the result of work in consciousness that we have previously done at that point which we are now entering, so we experience this as coming down through our crown chakra into the violet ray, and it moves from the violet ray according to the ways of our energy body, but it will not harm us, and if it cannot move further than our violet ray, it will remain there, and it will not pull the energy upward. Then Q’uo said that when we have achieved entrance into our open heart and are seated in the temple of our heart, then our hands are empty, and we are seeking, and then that universal energy may be pulled upward to where the intelligent direction of our guidance system would cause it to go, and our guidance system’s energy coming down from above will meet our universal energy at that point, but this is work that cannot be done on purpose because it is a matter of trusting our process and offering our prayer with empty hands, not saying “Lord, I need this; Lord, I need that,” but saying: “I come to you seeking the truth of myself. Show me that which you have to offer me this day. Help me to be a part of the creative or Godhead system. Give me my daily bread. Give me that which I may work with and learn from just for today.” Then Q’uo said we should allow silence and faith to rest with us as we sit in the temple of own heart, and many things may come to us as we sit and rest, and we can take them in without judgment and then repeat the process as often as we can so that over time we will see why it is called a spiritual process. Q’uo went on to say that we are asking for the hardest work imaginable within third density, and it is work which our physical body cannot bear without help so that is why they encouraged our clearing of the first three chakras before doing work in consciousness because we do not want to redirect these basic red-yellow-orange issues in order to get at work in consciousness, and no matter how boring it may seem to do the clearing work necessary before opening our heart, this is what protects our physical body and maintains it for us so that work in consciousness will not create a mismatch between third-density issues and fourth-density learning. Now Q’uo said that we need to gently bring our physical body into balance and bring the three lower chakras into more clarity so that it is a matter of knowing who we are on many levels, and we shall not come to a place where we will know everything there is to know about our physical body or our physical energy body, but new information will come to us every day that will change our tuning in red ray, yellow ray, or orange ray, so we cannot do the work and then move on, and a great deal of our service in this incarnation has been done from our open heart, but Q’uo asked: “What have you left behind in your rush to open the heart, and what do you need to collect lovingly and patiently so that when you move into your heart you bring all of yourself?” Then Q’uo said that they wanted to look at the figure of Jesus and what this teacher has to say about the open heart in looking at our situation, so the Creator asks us to take up our cross and follow Jesus, but Q’uo was not speaking literally here, but they were using an image which many people of faith have been able to use well, so what is it to take up one’s cross but to honor our suffering and take it upon ourself, for it is said, “For his yoke is easy and his burden is light,” But what makes this yoke easy? And what makes this burden light? So Q’uo said that Jesus said, “When you see me you do not see me, but you see the Father who sent me.” And Q’uo asked if we could see how that illuminates the challenge to take up our cross because we are not following an entity known as Jesus, but we are following the one the Father sent to do His will, so we are following the unconditional Love that Jesus represented as He put Himself on a cross to express what unconditional Love is, and Jesus expressed it literally as the giving without expectation of return, and in that unconditional giving lies the key to the entry into fourth density, so Jesus was saying to us, “Love is the way; Love is the truth and Love is the life.” So Q’uo said as we focus ourself into work in consciousness, “Know who you are.” On August 3, 1997, Q’uo described the nature of unconditional Love:

The great quest for this “pearl of great price” is that quest which, for most, encompasses the entire life, for to open the heart in unconditional Love to those about one is a task difficult enough that it eludes and confuses most. For it is far, far too easy and tempting to take offense, to give offense, to be confused, and to move through the incarnation on unsteady metaphysical feet. However, when one has been privileged to taste that unconditional Love moving to and from one’s own heart, then the blessings of this experience tend to open for one the next step and the next and the next so that the opportunity to share this Love is ever present. This Love has a power unto itself that is like no other. It draws to one who expresses it those experiences and those entities which are in need of the service of unconditional Love. Worry not, my brother, about what you shall do, for it is set before you, and it shall be yours.

And in a way you are your pain. If you may see that you need to carry that cross into the sacred space of your own heart, you do not need to get rid of that pain. You need to honor that pain. And as you collect it into yourself, you are collecting all the darkness within you so that no shadow remains of which you would say, “That is not part of me.” You wish to collect all of yourself into the sacred space and then you wish to follow the ways of unconditional Love in that sacred space. And how do you follow love but to trust it and to know that it is the truth of you? It is your larger consciousness and if you cannot yet feel every iota of that unconditional Love then you should be patient and you should ask and you should await, in utter faith, the realization that is to come.

This instrument is instructing us that we must wind up our main question, and so we would simply once again touch upon your question concerning the balance between love and wisdom. And here, my sister, we would say to you that you have challenged yourself within this incarnation with this balance between love and wisdom. And why would you challenge yourself? It is not because you do not have enough of either, but because you may have an overbalance towards love. And in that regard we would ask you, when doing work in consciousness, to visit the blockages within those first three chakras, asking yourself the question, “Am I worthy?”

The open heart knows the answer to that question, but when you are doing work in consciousness you are the Creator, and so you have a great deal of capacity both to learn and to delude yourself. Therefore, examine the love you have for yourself and the redemption that you know that you possess. And wherever you find yourself unredeemed by your own self, wherever you find yourself judged by yourself, we ask you to move to the foot of the cross and look up into the eyes of the one known as Jesus. We remind you of the stress of this entity upon the cross as he hung between two thieves and murderers. We remind you that one thief asked the one known as Jesus, “Master, when you get to Paradise, will you think of me?” The one known as Jesus said, “This day you are with me in Paradise.” Your redemption is absolute. It is not time-bound. It is not local. It has nothing to do with how imperfect you are. It has to do with the fact that you too are part of the Creator.

Q’uo went on to say that in a way we are our pain, so if we may see that we need to carry that cross into the sacred space of our heart, we do not need to get rid of that pain, but we need to honor that pain, and as we collect it into ourself, we are collecting the darkness within us so that no shadow remains of which we would say, “That is not part of me.” because we wish to collect all of ourself into the sacred space, and then we wish to follow the ways of unconditional Love in that sacred space, and the way that we follow Love is to trust it, and to know that it is our truth, and it is our larger consciousness, so if we cannot feel every iota of that unconditional Love, then we should be patient, and we should await in faith for the realization that is to come. Q’uo continued by saying that they wanted to speak upon the question concerning the balance between love and wisdom, and they said that we have challenged ourself within this incarnation with the balance between love and wisdom because we may have an overbalance towards love, so Q’uo asked us when we are doing work in consciousness, to visit the blockages within those first three chakras, to ask ourself the question, “Am I worthy?” Q’uo completed their response by saying that our open heart knows the answer to that question, but when we are doing work in consciousness we are the Creator, and so we have a great deal of capacity both to learn and to delude ourself so that we should examine the love we have for ourself and the redemption that we know that we possess, and wherever we find ourself judged by ourself, Q’uo asked that we to move to the foot of the cross and look up into the eyes of Jesus because Q’uo wanted to remind us of the stress of this entity upon the cross as He hung between two thieves and murderers, so they reminded us that one thief asked Jesus: “Master, when you get to Paradise, will you think of me?” The one known as Jesus said, “This day you are with me in Paradise.” So Q’uo said that our redemption is absolute, and it has nothing to do with how imperfect we are, but it has to do with the fact that we are also part of the Creator. On September 5, 2005, Q’uo spoke of the balance between love and wisdom:

Before incarnation, it was your judgment that the love, the wisdom, and the power or will within you may not be completely in balance, according to the highest and best vision that your infinite and eternal spirit would judge. And so, you sat down with your higher self, or, as this instrument sometimes calls it, your guidance system, before incarnation and planned carefully the shape and the general themes of an incarnation within this system of illusions that you call reality or life. Having only your faculty of faith at your side, you wished within this fiery furnace of life on Earth to take an incarnationally long look at this balance that you have within your self, largely the balance between love and wisdom.

For many entities coming into incarnation and already qualified for graduation to fourth density—which is your case, my sister—the balance between love and wisdom is, by your own judgment, that is, to be long on love and short on wisdom. It is, in fact, one of this instrument’s incarnational lessons. And so we speak to you both when we say that many of the changes in both of your lives have to do with reining in this tremendously large heart that you have and this enormous desire to serve and finding a slightly enhanced balance between love and wisdom in which you have granted to wisdom a larger portion of the value that you place upon your thoughts.

Wisdom does not seem to be as important as the open heart to you both and the absolute love that you both value so much. Yet love without wisdom creates a sense of martyrdom, and often an abbreviated end to an incarnation as an entity keeps giving beyond that which she can give, until she literally breaks her health and is therefore taken out of the incarnation by illness. Therefore, this instrument has worked long and hard on a very conscious level for some years at attempting to be more and more aware of the importance of asking for the gift of wisdom.

We thank you, my sister, for these beautiful questions and for the delight it has been for us to share our thoughts with you on them and would ask at this time if there are follow-up questions that you would like to ask? We are those of Q’uo.

S: No. There is a great deal here for me to ponder, digest and work upon and use. And until I do that, I won’t have any further questions. I need to think a great deal and work with it. And I thank you so, so very much for all that you are doing for us. This is a difficult time right now and I cannot express how much it means, the love and the care and the help that you give us.

We are those of Q’uo, and, my sister, we thank you too and would express our humility in the face of the beauty that you offer to us. We thank each of those within this circle for the beauty of their being and for their willingness to stop and yield moments of their precious time in order that they may come to the circle of seeking and seek that truth. We seek it with you, my sister, and we simply leave you and this circle in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We rejoice. We are at peace ,and we rest in all that there is. We are those known to you as the principle of the Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai.

This morning I removed the plywood and stones that I put over the Moss Garden next to Little Locust Creek yesterday to protect the moss from being washed away by the heavy rain that was predicted. We got about 5 inches of rain, so I am glad that the moss was able to survive the rain. Then I gathered another cart load of moss and transplanted it into the area in my Moss Garden that is close to Little Locust Creek.

This afternoon I went across the street to my neighbor’s yard and filled one of the bird feeders with bird seed and then scattered more bird seed on the ground for the squirrels and deer. Then I went inside and visited with my neighbor for about half an hour just to see how she is doing since her husband passed into larger life about a year ago.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

March 16

The First Item On The Agenda

I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of divine Love.

Stand upon the rocky crag and gaze out over the broad land of this precious day. You have the long view now. Perhaps you have an agenda, a list, a plan for the day. But have you placed first the divine order of Love in action?

Love in action creates a system of natural laws. Any person with an agenda which does not recognize first the source of inspiration which makes all things beautiful is going to experience a day less blessed, less full of Love, and less inspired.

As you set your agenda, let your first item be to seek first the natural order of the divine Father, for this allows the inspiration, the breath of the soul, to make vital that inner self which knows so much more than the agenda-maker who sat upon the bare rock of a morning and only gazed at his agenda and not at the divine beauty of the larger view and the natural order.

Let peace flow through your veins as heavenly blood. Let inspiration be your heavenly bread. And let your day be blessed with inspiration and peace, as you know that you are doing the Father’s will for you today.

We leave you in that love and peace, now and forever. 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 the infinite love, light, and power of the one infinite Creator, and we ask that the one infinite Creator heal the heart of each soul in pain on Earth tonight, and may all souls on Earth our love, light, and healing energies. Amen.

---

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from February 6, 2005:

The question today has to do with what it is to be a member of a group. We would like Q’uo to give us an indication of, is it something more physical, is it more metaphysical? Has it to do with commitment to ideals? Is it work effort offered, working for the general welfare of the group? What is it to be a member of a group? Especially a group in a spiritual community. And also, as a second part of that, what is the most loving way to deal with any member of a group which is seen to fall short of the group ideals?

(Carla channeling)

We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo, and we greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we come to you this day. It is a great privilege to be called to your group to talk about groups and, as always, we would ask for a favor from you and that is that each of you guards your discriminatory abilities well. Listen to those things that we share with you asking yourself if these thoughts are helpful to you or not. If they do not seem helpful to you or to resonate, then we ask you please to leave them aside without a second thought, for we would not interfere with your process or be a stumbling block. Do not respect authority, but question it. Always put everything to the test before you allow it strength or power within your own mind. For you know that which is yours. It will resonate and re-echo within you as if it were something that you just remembered, even though you might not have heard the thought before. When thoughts are not resonant it is much better to leave them behind. With that understood, it will allow us to speak freely and have no fear that we will be infringing upon your free will, and we thank you for this consideration.

You ask us what it is to be a part of a group, and since we are a part of several groups, let us begin there. We, speaking to you as the principle of Q’uo, are a group made up of three social memory complexes. We have, as complexes, chosen to serve in a unified way by sharing thoughts with those who are actively seeking, who are actively questioning, and who have the ability to listen to channels such as this one. We also speak directly within entities’ dreams and meditations, not with words but with a basic vibrational energy which is as a carrier wave for your own vibrational nexus so that it is as though we were strengthening your basic signal and making it easier for you to hear yourself and to be aware of the reality of yourself.

Thus, we have come together as social memory complexes to serve in this way; and we have come together as a principle to serve together in this way with regard to this one instrument who requests the highest and best contact that she may receive. It is our way of responding to that request to form a three-party principle so that together we may maximize the nuances available to this instrument from spiritual sources. To be a part of this particular group, then, has been a very conscious and deliberate choice on our part. It has been a choice of all three of us social memory complexes to come together to serve, and it has been a choice of these three complexes to serve together in this one instance.

Wehave the advantage of knowing where our center is. We have the advantage of having an awareness of our—we give this instrument a word she can not translate into English; it is not leadership, it suggests centrality but focuses beyond any physical entity or person and is wrapped up in the concept of the Creator Itself. But to us, that concept is very real, obvious, and natural within the illusion of the Earth plane. A Creator-centered group cannot function as though that Creator were obvious, clear, and full of meaning. Within your density, the systems of illusion are paramount. That which you call consensus reality is illusory. And to seek for a center, or a Creator that has meaning within that consensus reality is to seek that which is not existent at that level in that reality. Consequently, that which we find natural, comfortable, and obvious is not something we can explain to you and say, “Here is the rule for a group. Here is how you know you belong together in a group.”

Within your consensus reality, however, within third density as you know it, the question of groups is central. This is due to the fact that within third density the progress of each individual is impossible without group interaction to some extent. An entity left entirely to himself cannot thrive. This is the way of third density. It was designed to be a density in which entities would learn more and more about who they were by interacting with other entities who were doing the same thing. It was an environment designed to deceive as much as to reveal, to confuse as much as to explicate. It was designed this way in order to advance the energies of growth, which are also the energies of confusion. And therefore, within third density the individuals who are seeking to advance spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically have, more than anything else, their feelings and instincts to guide them. Those instincts naturally lead them into groups. The most obvious kind of group within third density is the family. In the family, the center is physical: the progenitor has sired children and those children have sired children and so forth. And there is a family tree from which one descends and of which one is a part. One cannot opt out of a family group. One’s mother and father and so forth remain who they are and, indeed, were specifically chosen by each of you before entry into the incarnation that you enjoy at this present time.

The group question for this session was: “The question today has to do with what it is to be a member of a group. We would like Q’uo to give us an indication of, is it something more physical, is it more metaphysical? Has it to do with commitment to ideals? Is it work effort offered, working for the general welfare of the group? What is it to be a member of a group? Especially a group in a spiritual community. And also, as a second part of that, what is the most loving way to deal with any member of a group which is seen to fall short of the group ideals?” Q’uo began their reply by saying that we asked them what it is to be a part of a group, and since they are a part of several groups, they said they are speaking to us as the principle of Q’uo, a group made up of three social memory complexes, and they have chosen to serve in a unified way by sharing thoughts with those who are seeking and who have the ability to listen to channels such as this one, and they also speak within our dreams and meditations–not with words–but with a vibrational energy which is a carrier wave for our own vibrational nexus so that it is like they were strengthening their basic signal and making it easier for us to hear ourself and to be aware of the reality of ourself. Then Q’uo said that they have come together as three social memory complexes to serve in this way because Carla has requested the highest and best contact that she may receive, and it is their way of responding to that request to form a three-party principle so that they may maximize the nuances available to this instrument from spiritual sources, and to be a part of this group has been a deliberate choice of all three social memory complexes to come together to serve together in this one instance. Q’uo continued by saying that they have the advantage of knowing where their center is, and it suggests centrality but focuses beyond any entity and is wrapped up in the concept of the Creator Itself, and to them that concept is very natural within the illusion of the Earth plane, but a Creator-centered group cannot function as though that Creator were obvious and full of meaning because within our density the systems of illusion are paramount, and that which we call consensus reality is illusory, so to seek for a  Creator that has meaning within consensus reality is to seek that which is not existent at that level in that reality so that which Q’uo finds obvious is not something they can explain to us and say, “Here is the rule for a group. Here is how you know you belong together in a group.” Q’uo went on to say that within our consensus reality of third density the question of groups is central, and this is due to the fact that within third density our progress is impossible without group interaction because it was designed to be a density in which we would learn about who we are by interacting with other entities who were doing the same thing so that it was an environment designed to deceive as much as to reveal in order to advance the energies of growth, which are also the energies of confusion  because within third density we are seeking to advance spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically, and we have our feelings and instincts to guide us, and those instincts naturally lead us into groups where the most obvious kind of group is the family, and in our family the center is physical where the parents have sired children, and those children have sired children, and there is a family tree which we are a part of, but we cannot leave our family because our mother and father remain who they are and were chosen by each of us before entry into the incarnation that we enjoy at this time. In 21.10, Ra said that at some point we will choose our parents:

Questioner: When incarnation ceases to become automatic, I am assuming that the entity can decide when he needs to reincarnate for the benefit of his own learning. Does he also select his parents?

Ra: I am Ra. This is correct.

The energies of entities within third density are also instinctively and naturally that which we would call political. There is the desire to organize the structure and tenor of one’s existence for the perceived group and through time this has developed into the rise and fall of many different kinds of civilizations and cultures. Again, in such groups, the center is obvious. There is a perceived authority; that is, the leader of the state, the city, the nation, or whatever group is perceived to be the government, shall we say. Your people have created many different kinds of structures from which government depends. And at this time your experiences of political structures are for the most part happy in that, while there is often disagreement with the leaders of your structures within the Western civilizations or cultures, there is a perceived degree of freedom which is that which feels proper and appropriate. So that, while entities may feel disappointed or discomfited by specific leaders, there is that underlying trust in the processes that guard freedom and keep government from coming oppressive and a type of slavery.

Another obvious kind of group that you experience within your culture is the nuclear family; that is, the family made up of two who decide to marry. In this group, the center is obvious also and it is physical. There is a kind of family corporation which has been set up and it is a partnership. In all of these groups, there is no need to plumb the mysteries of the human spirit and more particularly, of your own spirit and your own nature.

When one attempts to begin a group which has as its focus the Creator, one begins to create a group which is based and founded in mystery. There is no obvious center, physically speaking, to such a group. Within this instrument’s experience, the religious aspect of spiritual seeking has been emphasized and she has appreciated the physical centrality of group worship along the lines of her distortion, which is the Christian worship. Within the church atmosphere or group, again, there is a physical center. There is a place where entities gather to worship. There is a perceived leader of the worship, that being the rector or priest, and there is liturgy into which entities may enter. The means of joining such a group are ritually set out, those being baptism and confirmation.

For the purposes of this particular entity’s seeking, however, belonging to a physical, religious group did not at all satisfy this entity’s desire to serve the Creator. And in conjunction with others of like mind, this entity long ago began to make agreements, first with the one known as Don, to form a partnership of seeking service and giving. Then, after many years of serving at this level, there was a further agreement made with a third entity, the one known as Jim, and this agreement reached between three entities was manifested into the physical by the three entities sitting down together and making a group agreement. The external shape of this agreement was a document in which entities simply held their lives in common, their goods, their talent, and their time, offering all to the Creator: all for one and one for all.

Then Q’uo said the energies of entities within third density are called political since there is the desire to organize the structure of our existence for the group, and through time this has developed into the rise and fall of different kinds of cultures, and in such groups the authority is obvious as the leader of the state, the city, the nation, or whatever group is perceived to be the government, and at this time our experiences of political structures are for the most part happy in that, while there is often disagreement with the leaders of our structures there is a perceived degree of freedom which is that which feels proper so that, while we may feel disappointed in specific leaders, there is that trust in the processes that guard freedom and keep government from coming oppressive. Q’uo went on to say that another kind of group that we experience within our culture is the family made up of two who decide to marry, and in this group the center is obvious, and there is a kind of family group which has been set up which is a partnership, and in all of these groups there is no need to plumb the mysteries of the human spirit or our own spirit and nature. Now Q’uo said that when we attempt to begin a group which has as its focus the Creator, we begin to create a group which is based in mystery, and there is no physical center to such a group, and within Carla’s experience the religious aspect of spiritual seeking has been emphasized, and she has appreciated the physical nature of group worship which is the Christian worship, and within the church group there is a physical center, and there is a place where entities gather to worship where there is a leader of the worship, that being the priest, and there is liturgy into which entities may enter, and the means of joining such a group are baptism and confirmation. Q’uo continued by saying that for the purposes of Carla’s seeking, belonging to a religious group did not satisfy her desire to serve the Creator, and with others of like mind she began to make agreements, first with Don to form a partnership of seeking service, and then there was a further agreement made with Jim, and this agreement reached between three entities was manifested into the physical by the three entities sitting down together and making a group agreement, and the shape of this agreement was a document in which they simply held their lives in common, their goods, their talent, and their time, offering all to the Creator: all for one and one for all. On November 19, 2000, Q’uo spoke of the nature of groups of like mind:

There are groupings or clans, if you will, of entities who move as a group through incarnational experience after incarnational experience. The relationships vary from one experience to another, oftentimes with some members of the grouping remaining in the inner planes of the planetary sphere offering their assistance in an unseen manner as guides and angelic presences, only to take incarnation once again in yet another experience so that as you move through this Earthly experience you may look about you to those who are your loved ones, those of your family, your friends, those of like mind and heart with whom you move in unison and see those who have been with you for many, many incarnations and experiences on not only this planetary sphere but others as well. For the third-density illusion which is now coming to an end on this planetary sphere is but a brief moment in that which you call time. And there is no time or limitation for the clans or groupings of consciousnesses that choose to move together for one reason or another in the seeking of the one Creator.

Whenthese three entities came together in this focus, the outward manifestations of grace which rained upon this group in abundance and plenty included channeled material which those within this group know as the Law of One information. And in general, throughout the years up until this threesome was expanded by many of those within this present circle, the peace, unity and harmony of this group and its focus were notable. As the time flew and the century turned, more abundance began to befall this group, more souls were called to this vicinity with that feeling that there was something here, some opportunity to serve, some possibility that was worth pursuing. And so, in idealistic hope, in the desire to serve, and in great positive harmony, entities began to come to create a spiritually-oriented family. Where before there had been a group of three and then two because of the loss through death of the one known as Don, there came to be six and seven and even eight within the household which had gathered in hopes to serve the infinite One.

Perhaps it may be seen, as you look at this developing pattern, that, at this point, this particular group that is L/L Research, or the family that has gathered around the ideas and ideals of L/L Research, has gone for quite some time without sitting down in counsel and agreeing upon a group focus, a group identity, and so forth. Now, what is it to be a group? May we say that it is what you wish it to be. Do you wish your group to have a physical focus? Do you crave that state of agreed-upon contractual support? Or rather, do you crave a sense of independence in your seeking, in your service, and in your learning? For there can be confederations of like-minded entities which do not have specific agreements within the physical plane.

Now let us look at what each of you brings to the circle of seeking in terms of group potential. Each of you has a certain energy, that with which you came into the world, that which is your unique and wonderful gift to give. There is no energy that is like yours. The way you relate to each of the others within this circle is unique. The colors of each of you blending, aurically, energetically, chakra by chakra, are marvelous and complex. You each bring your level of awareness, your gifts, your time, your energy, and your being. Most of all, you bring that essential beingness. You also bring unseen friends. Each of you has spiritual guidance and in some cases this guidance is extremely well developed. And it is as though your family history is with you, not in the sense of your physicality but in the sense of your stream of soul energy: where you have been, with whom you have worked in other lives, in other densities, on other projects. So, you bring to a group your own energy and the energy of your guidance system. You also bring with you that which you hope, that which you dream, that which you intend.

When speaking of group energy it is good to see in the members not simply that body which fills the chair or sits upon the floor, but to realize that entity as an energy, a power, and an extended structure that walks back through time and space, connecting as it goes with other levels on the inner planes and on the outer planes as well. There is a very rich embranchment of energies that each of you brings. And as you sit in a circle as you are now, you may see yourself as the circle of stones at Stonehenge or a circle of trees in a magic circle and especially may we use the simile of the trees because in the trees there are those branches and those branches reach out so that you are not simply the trunk of a tree here, you have unseen ramifications that blend within the unseen ramifications of others within your group.

Now Q’uo said when these three entities came together in this focus, the outward manifestations of grace which rained upon this group in abundance included channeled material known as the Law of One, and throughout the years this threesome was expanded by many of those within this circle, and the peace, unity, and harmony of this group grew as more souls were called to this vicinity with that feeling that there was some opportunity to serve that was worth pursuing so that seekers began to come to create a spiritually-oriented family, and where before there had been a group of three and then two because of the death of Don, there came to be eight within the household which had gathered in hopes to serve the infinite One. Now Q’uo said that it may be seen that this group, that has gathered around the ideals of L/L Research, has gone for some time without sitting down and agreeing upon a group identity, so Q’uo said that a group is what we wish it to be: “Do you wish your group to have a physical focus? Do you crave that state of agreed-upon contractual support? Or rather, do you crave a sense of independence in your seeking, in your service, and in your learning? For there can be confederations of like-minded entities which do not have specific agreements within the physical plane.” Then Q’uo wanted to look at what each of us brought to the circle of seeking in terms of group potential because each of us had a unique and wonderful gift to give, and the way we relate to each other within this circle is unique, and each of us brought our gifts, our energy, and most of all we brought our essential beingness, but we also brought spiritual guidance, and it is as though our family history is with us in the sense of our stream of soul energy: “where you have been, with whom you have worked in other lives, in other densities, on other projects.” So Q’uo said we bring to this group our own energy and the energy of our guidance system, and we also bring with us that which we hope, that which we dream, that which we intend. Q’uo continued by saying that when speaking of group energy it is good to realize that each of us has an energy and an extended structure that walks back through time and space, connecting with other levels on the inner planes and on the outer planes as well, and there is a rich collection of energies that each of us brings, and as we sit in this circle, we may see ourself as a circle of trees in a magic circle because in the trees their branches reach out so that we are not the trunk of a tree, but we have unseen gifts that blend within the unseen gifts of others within our group. On September 17, 2003, Q’uo spoke of the nature of group energy:

At the same time, there is within the group an abundance of certain energies which the one known as T has in lesser degree than perhaps others within the circle of community and is of service therefore to the community in being able to accept and appreciate those love offerings of energy in which inspiration and to some extent information is exchanged that creates a sense of appreciation and a sense of being at home, which in turn reflects back into the group in a way that increases the energy of all. This particular entity fits into the circle of growing group energy which the entity known as L/L Research has begun to build with this new grouping in a way that is most beneficial. So, these are obvious ways in which the energy exchange with those of the community is being helpful. There is always the possibility of developing those energy exchanges, of creating more linkage and, by collaboration, more focuses for the shared energy that is being raised into a dome of light by this group.

Whenyou choose to come together as the kind of outer group where there is a perceived center of authority, it is much easier to move forward in ways that everyone can understand than it is to do so when the group is as yours: stubbornly dedicated to a center that is unseen, hoping just as stubbornly to serve in ways that remain mysterious. This entity, for instance, has hopes of developing a sacred growth center in the country, a place where a community was designed to be set down to live. This entity, therefore, is attempting to sense into what it is to create a community. “What will be needed for that kind of community?” this instrument has asked many times. The sense that this instrument has had is that the main need is to keep the focus pure, to keep the love unconditional, and we could not argue with such simple intentions. But how difficult it is to keep all things loving and all things pure when one is dealing with entities within third density who are necessarily imperfect and unaware of many of the ramifications of the things that they do and say! This is where the question that the one known as V had becomes very important and that is, what is the best way within such a group to communicate? The luxury of full communication is not one that is offered to third-density entities. It is a luxury within third density for even two entities to be able to communicate fully. It is extremely rare for non-telepathic communication to be entirely successful. What needs to be remembered is that unseen energy of the open heart. When one is dealing from the open heart there is a feeling that accompanies the words and it is that feeling which must carry the gaps made by the imperfections of the beings involved and fill those gaps.

You also asked what is the appropriate way, when one entity in the group has failed to meet the criteria of the group, to deal lovingly with that entity. And, indeed, this is a question that is close enough to the surface of consciousness of this instrument that we find it impossible to move very close to discussion of this aspect of the question. For, indeed, as this entity was saying earlier, it has attempted to be impeccable in open-heartedness, in the loving quality of communication, and yet it realizes that it has failed to serve, in a pure and full way, the forces of love in this moment. For there have been hard feelings, disappointments and other emotions that tend to pull groups apart and to tear down the very work that the entity known as Carla was attempting to do.

When a question is this close to the consciousness of a channel, we feel it is inappropriate to attempt to move through that interference and so we will simply say that, to all of those within this circle of seeking and to any who attempt to serve the one infinite Creator, it is well to realize that each is dealing with imperfectly realized human beings who have, nevertheless, legitimate hopes, dreams, and intentions. The group that comes out of such a circle of seeking needs to be that group which is the real, the essential heart of each of those within the group. When you have no dogma upon which to lean, when you have no perceived authority figure upon which to depend, when it is a true circle of seeking, and when the center of that circle is that unseen yet deeply felt truth of the Creator, when it is the One that calls all towards it, then each must become a priest, each must become an authority, each must choose for itself how and in what way it wishes to create a group. You have the opportunity to accept that which the one known as Carla and the one known as Jim have created thus far and attempt to help that perceived, physical group which is Jim, Carla and L/L Research. Yet, both the one known as Carla and the one known as Jim have stepped back from the position of centrality and perceived authority to request that a group be created with its unique focus created within the entire group.

There is no right or wrong way to create a group. Either the group of L/L Research, as it was before each of you came, or the group that L/L Research might become if all entered into the creation of a further flowering of this group, would be not only an acceptable group but a wonderful group. There is no downside to creating a group, as far as we know. There is only your sense of how you would wish to enter into the creation of the group. Is the group as it is that which is comfortable? Then let it be so and let authority stem from the ones known as Jim and Carla and their perceived desires. If there is a further focus that can be gathered, and we feel that there is that which has potential to grow that is more than simply the hopes of the ones known as Jim and Carla, then that too would be a wonderful and a more complex pattern. We cannot encourage you one way or the other. Indeed, we can only marvel at the energy that has pulled you this far, that has lifted you off and tossed you into the pattern in which you are now scrambling for all you are worth, attempting to perceive the pattern within the chaos, that pattern which is forming.

We cannot say to you that Spirit has the answer for you. We cannot say to you that there is one right outcome. All the outcomes possible are equally right. It is in your hearts, in your hands, and in your speaking. We feel the tremendous love each of you has for yourself, for each other, for the one infinite Creator, and for your planet. We sense the depth and the richness of your intention to serve, and we gaze at the beauty of your being. And we know that you shall create light and life and new things. We are glad to be a tiny part of the energy that you have together. We encourage you always to look to the unseen center, to look to the mystery that has called you here, and that calls you forward now. What is your group? What shall you do? It is in your hands. It is in your hearts.

Q’uo said that when we choose to join an outer group where there is a person of authority, it is easier to move forward in ways that everyone can understand than it is to do when the group is as ours and is dedicated to a center that is unseen,  hoping to serve in ways that remain mysterious, and Carla hoped to create a sacred growth center in the country where a community can live together, so she is attempting to determine what it is to create a community, and the sense that she has is that the main need is to keep the focus pure, and the love unconditional, but how difficult it is to this when we are dealing with entities within third density who are imperfect and unaware of many of the results of the things that they do and say, and this is where the question is what is the best way within such a group to communicate? Q’uo said that the luxury of full communication is not one that is offered to third-density entities since it is a luxury within third density for even two of us to be able to communicate fully, and it is rare for non-telepathic communication to be entirely successful so that what needs to be remembered is that when we are dealing from our open heart there is a feeling that accompanies the words, and it is that feeling which must close the gaps made by our imperfections in communication. Then Q’uo said that we asked what is the appropriate way, when one of us has failed to meet the intentions of the group, to deal lovingly with that entity, and this is a question that is close enough to the surface of Carla’s consciousness that they found it impossible to move very close to discussion of the question because as she was saying earlier, she has attempted to be impeccable in open-heartedness in the loving quality of communication, and yet she realizes that she has failed to serve, in a pure and full way, for there have been hard feelings and other emotions that tend to pull groups apart and to tear down the work that Carla was attempting to do. Q’uo went on to say that when a question is this close to the consciousness of a channel, they feel it is inappropriate to attempt to move through that interference, and so they said that it is well to realize that we are dealing with imperfect human beings who have legitimate hopes and dreams, and the group that comes out of such a circle of seeking needs to be the essential heart of each of those within the group, and when we have no dogma or authority figure upon which to depend, and when it is a true circle of seeking the truth of the Creator, then each must become a priest and choose for itself how and in what way it wishes to create a group because we have the opportunity to accept that which Carla and  Jim have created thus far and attempt to help that physical group: “which is Jim, Carla and L/L Research. Yet, both the one known as Carla and the one known as Jim have stepped back from the position of centrality and perceived authority to request that a group be created with its unique focus created within the entire group.” Q’uo continued by saying that there is no right or wrong way to create a group, and there is no downside to creating a group because there is only our sense of how we would wish to enter into the creation of the group, so if this group as it is that which is comfortable, then let authority rest with Jim and Carla, or if there is a further focus that can be gathered, and we feel that there is that which has potential to grow that is more than the hopes of Jim and Carla, then that would be a wonderful and a more complex pattern, but Q’uo could not encourage us one way or the other, and they could only marvel at the energy that has pulled us this far and tossed us into the pattern in which we are now scrambling for all we are worth, attempting to perceive the pattern which is forming. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that they could not say to us that Spirit has the answer for us, or that there is one right outcome because it is in our hearts and hands and the tremendous love each of us has for each other, for the one infinite Creator, and for our planet in which Q’uo could sense the depth of our intention to serve, and they knew that we shall create light and life, and they were glad to be a tiny part of the energy that we have together, so they encouraged us to look to the mystery that has called us here, and that calls us forward now, and the nature of our group and what we shall do together is in our hands and in our hearts. On May 13, 1990, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the mystery that is within each of us:

The discipline of which you speak, for whatever purpose used, is a discipline over that focus of energy which you call love, much as a hose with the nozzle focuses water that it moves in a specific and particular fashion, able to do work of a physical nature. The discipline that you exercise when you focus your desire and the energy of love that is yours may be used for whatever purpose, be that purpose to master the personality, to seek more knowledge of the mystery of creation, or simply to seek union with the One, that whatever may flow from that union may flow through you, as you are a hollowed vessel that has given itself in service to the One, that each of its portions with which you come in contact might be blessed and benefited. Thus, discipline is a tool as any other that may be used for whatever purpose is chosen.

At this time we would open the meeting to further queries. Is there another question at this time?

G: Q’uo, who or what are the “lions at the gate of green ray”?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. The figure of the lions at the gate of the temple is an ancient means of expressing a truth concerning spiritual gifts. The New York Public Library, that this instrument has seen, has just such lions sitting couchant upon the two sides of the steps leading up to its main entrance.

The mythical concept of lions at the gate goes back for many thousands…

[Side one of tape ends.]

…of years in your cultures and has to do with that sense of safety that entities wish to feel when they go to bed at night and blow out their candle and lie in the darkness waiting for sleep. There is that desire to know that you are protected. The reality of your inner energy system is that you are indeed protected at each level so that unwise use of energy cannot actually destroy the energy body.

When one is attempting to move into the heart, one is attempting to enter a sacred space. Even more than the gates of a city or the gates of a library which are supposed to protect knowledge and wisdom, the gates of the heart protect you, your essential self. If you barge into that sacred space drinking, and wenching, and swearing, and making a great deal of rude noise, you have entered a sacred space inappropriately and the heart chakra does not wish to be entered inappropriately. Consequently, if you attempt to move into your heart chakra, to come through that door into that sacred space, when you are not appropriately tuned, you shall, in one way or another, be kicked out by the lions at the gate. That is the meaning of that figure.

May we answer you further, my brother?

G: Not right now Q’uo, thank you.

Q’uo: We thank you, my brother. Perhaps as you work with this figure there will come a series of queries that we may follow with you.

Is there another question at this time?

V: Q’uo, you talk about the guardian at the gate as a metaphor also for the guardian between levels so that we are protected and cannot advance too swiftly. There is a theme in mythology of the guardian on the bridge, and I would think that would also be a metaphor for the same protection, but is there something further there—not just the protection between levels of spiritual advancement but is there something else there that causes that figure of the guardian on the bridge to show up in so many different cultures in mythology?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my sister. It is an interesting query for, as the one known as V so often does, she picks up the nuances that cover hidden meaning. And yes, my sister, the reason that the figure comes up so often is that it is built into the fabric of spirituality, or metaphysics, or the time/space play of creation, so that only the honest and single-minded entity will be able to thread through that narrow place, that eye of the needle. Whether it is an emotion, or a learning, or a realization, or an astonishing epiphany, with each piece of yourself, as you are able to retrieve it, it is as though you are retrieving it through a very narrow space, over a very narrow bridge, through the eye of a needle or in another figure of that kind.

It is not that the forces of spirit are attempting to imprison or limit. It is rather that the way of time/space is that things are allowed to bloom when they have been fully felt. And the quality of that fullness has to do with being willing to surrender everything that is not that thing. There is a tremendous amount of releasing and letting go in the process of crossing that bridge, passing the lions, and so forth.

May we answer you further, my sister?

V: Yes. Can you can say whether in fact there is an entity that is the guardian on the bridge or if it is simply the conscious nature of reality?

We are those of Q’uo, and appreciate your query greatly, my sister. It is not that we refuse to say, it is that we are unable to encompass the actual nature of the reality of the metaphysical world. There are, in fact, many such guardians, and they are entities and essences. They are archetypal in nature. However, for each entity, for you, for the one known as Carla, for each within this circle, and each within the creation, the nature of the self helps to create those archetypes. That is a very difficult concept to wrap one’s mind around, that you are not only the seeker, but you have a very powerful part in creating the world into which you are seeking. The truth, so called, is beyond all efforts to seek it. And you yourself, as creator of your world, create, in part, the truth that you are attempting to seek.

The study of myth and archetype, therefore, is an interactive walk through the house of mirrors. For in many ways the archetypes are given and are as they are. In other ways, the entities that you meet are entities that you have helped to create. But they are indeed specific entities. However, as well, the fabric of time/space does have built into it the intelligence to recognize, respect and create openings for mature, ripened or fully formed awareness, consciousness or realization.

In each entity there is an ongoing process which is somewhat complex having to do with learning, initiation, the follow-up to initiation, the beginning of new learning, and the cycle beginning over. Further, there is not simply one initiatory cycle going on for most entities. Within this circle, certainly, this is so because they are not only learning from third density onward. They are learning from fourth density, fifth density, or sixth density backwards. Consequently, there are several initiatory cycles going on in most of your lives at this time. Not all of the critical portions of these cycles will hit at the same time. Occasionally, more than one cycle will hit, in a critical sense, at the same time, thus creating more than usual feelings of confusion and chaos. And certainly, this instrument has experienced this concatenation of more than one cycle moving at one time. Thus, the purpose of the lions at the gate is one which is in an infinite process of shifting in order to respond to where the gates are in that particular entity on that particular day on that particular level; and there may be more than one level, more than one gate, and more than one lion.

V asked: “Yes. Can you can say whether in fact there is an entity that is the guardian on the bridge or if it is simply the conscious nature of reality?” Q’uo began by saying that it is not that they refuse to say this, but it is that they are unable to encompass the nature of the reality of the metaphysical world because there are many guardians, and they are entities that are archetypal in nature, and each within the creation helps to create those archetypes which is a difficult concept to wrap one’s mind around, that  you are not only the seeker, but you have a powerful part in creating the world into which you are seeking, and the truth is beyond all efforts to seek it since you are the creator of your world and part of the truth that you are attempting to seek. Q’uo went on to say that the study of myth and archetype is an interactive walk through the house of mirrors because in many ways the archetypes are given as they are, and in other ways entities that you meet are entities that you have helped to create, so they are individual entities, but  the fabric of time/space has built into it the intelligence to recognize and create openings for fully formed consciousness. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that in each entity there is a process which is complex having to do with learning, initiation, the follow-up to initiation, the beginning of new learning, and the cycle beginning over, and there is not one initiatory cycle going on for most entities because within this circle this is so because they are not only learning from third density onward, but they are learning from fourth density, fifth density, or sixth density backwards so that there are several initiatory cycles going on in most of your lives at this time, and more than one cycle will hit at the same time which will create more feelings of confusion and chaos, and Carla has experienced this interconnection of more than one cycle moving at one time so that: “the purpose of the lions at the gate is one which is in an infinite process of shifting in order to respond to where the gates are in that particular entity on that particular day on that particular level; and there may be more than one level, more than one gate, and more than one lion.” On February 6, 2005, Q’uo spoke of the nature of lions at the gate:

The figure of the lions at the gate of the temple is an ancient means of expressing a truth concerning spiritual gifts. The New York Public Library, that this instrument has seen, has just such lions sitting couchant upon the two sides of the steps leading up to its main entrance. The mythical concept of lions at the gate goes back for many thousands…

[Side one of tape ends.]

…of years in your cultures and has to do with that sense of safety that entities wish to feel when they go to bed at night and blow out their candle and lie in the darkness waiting for sleep. There is that desire to know that you are protected. The reality of your inner energy system is that you are indeed protected at each level so that unwise use of energy cannot actually destroy the energy body.

When one is attempting to move into the heart, one is attempting to enter a sacred space. Even more than the gates of a city or the gates of a library which are supposed to protect knowledge and wisdom, the gates of the heart protect you, your essential self. If you barge into that sacred space drinking and wenching and swearing and making a great deal of rude noise, you have entered a sacred space inappropriately, and the heart chakra does not wish to be entered inappropriately. Consequently, if you attempt to move into your heart chakra, to come through that door into that sacred space, when you are not appropriately tuned, you shall, in one way or another, be kicked out by the lions at the gate. That is the meaning of that figure.

May we answer you further, my sister?

V: Is it then a true statement to say that the archetypes are, on one level, certainly independent and separate entities or outflowings of the universe, but how they manifest and when and under what circumstances is determined by the seeker.

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my sister. Within limits, my sister, this is a fair statement. May we answer you further?

V: Not on that topic, thank you. We do have a separate question from our friend, B. He asks, “If a wanderer kills another during his third-density incarnation but also spiritually awakens to be of service to others and strives to love all from the heart, will he still be able to make the harvest?”

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. The energy of manslaughter is certainly an energy that carries with it that which this instrument knows to call karma. You may see such an action as placing one upon a wheel of sorts. The wheel carries with it the self, the other self, all of the feelings which were involved in creating this relationship between the two, and so forth. In the classic sense of karma and cause and effect, the action has as its consequence a loss of unity with other self and stopping that wheel of karma has to do with balancing the energies that were disturbed by this transaction.

In any action in which another’s free will is abridged there is the necessity to seek the forgiveness of the one whose free will was abridged. In a deeper sense, the transaction has also harmed the self and perhaps more than the other self, it is the self that has been harmed. Consequently, stopping the wheel of karma involves forgiving the self as well as asking the forgiveness of the other self.

It is not for us to promise paradise, for we do not hang upon a cross. We do not gaze upon other crosses and say, “This day, you shall be with me in Paradise.” We can tell the one known as B that the forces of unconditional love would indeed speak from the cross of suffering and redemption and say, “Yes, you shall be with me in Paradise.” And we can offer that hope and that truth to the one known as B. From the standpoint, however, of one who is upon the ground, gazing at that cross, there is the self and the life that is left to live and the realization that each and every day of that life there is a choice to live in self-forgiveness, in service, in faith, and in hope.

We would urge the one known as B to work on the depths of forgiving the self, for, indeed, it is, we would say, impossible to plumb the depths of human judgment. Release those forces of judgment and know that you have come into the present moment and in that present moment lives a new life, a new hope, and a new being that is you. In this present moment, choose and dedicate that moment to the service of the one infinite Creator, and we do not feel that there is a single force in this universe that could be denying to you the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator.

Is there another query at this time?

T: Q’uo, I’ve had a challenge for many years avoiding distractions during meditation. And I feel that recently it is greater or maybe I’ve noticed it more. Do you have any advice that might help myself and others in this situation?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We would indeed suggest to the one known as T that he find the music within the noise. The excesses of twentieth century classical music notwithstanding, there have been many successful attempts to frame, in some way, the art behind the nature of modern noise. This instrument, when away at school, also found herself within a very noisy atmosphere, for this instrument’s school was on a truck route and there was a red light at the bottom of a hill upon which this instrument slept. So, during the night there would be the screeching of air brakes as large trucks on their route approached the red light at the bottom of this hill which was paved with brick. It created a sound not easily described but easily imagined and certainly loud. This instrument found that if she created a song in which she used the melody and the tones of these otherwise obnoxious sounds in the creating of the melody so that she was able to acknowledge it and even hum along with it, she was much more able to take it with a light heart and see it as part of the music of life.

We realize that it is more difficult to do this with the careless and thoughtless noise of those around one who do not have to come to a stop at a red light while making their living. It is much more difficult to forgive entities who are not busy about their business for making unnecessary noise. But if it may be seen, or heard, shall we say, as a part of the melody of life, then it may be easier to acknowledge it, take it in, and even to have fun with it.

May we answer you further, my brother?

T: Thank you Q’uo. I have mental thought and distractions during meditation where the mind wanders, and it wanders off into myself. Do you have any thoughts on how to manage that within meditation?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. Our feeling about distracting thoughts during meditation is that these are acceptable. Our way of dealing with them would simply be to watch them, to sit with them and be with them, not either to resist them or to enter into them but to be with them and watch them. Let them arise and let them fall away.

May we answer you further, my brother.

T: No, thank you and thank you for your presence during meditation.

We are those of Q’uo, and, my brother, you lift our hearts! We thank you for being aware of us.

Is there a final query at this time?

G: Q’uo, I have a friend who’s experienced a repetition in circumstance that appears to have created in her life a very striking patterns, this time around with slightly different circumstances, a slightly different cast of characters but a pattern nonetheless. Do you have anything to share with her that might shed some light into the meaning of this particular pattern or what she might look at so that she can discern what the meaning, what the pattern might be telling her?

We are those of Q’uo, and are having difficulty making out a query.

G: I can try to rephrase, I’m sorry.

We would appreciate that, my brother. We are those of Q’uo.

G: She is interested in knowing the meaning behind this particular pattern, the why’s, what the message is, what it’s telling her. Would you have any information that might shed some light on to that meaning for her or give her some clues as to how she might go about discerning the meaning?

We are those of Q’uo, and we believe we are aware of your query, my brother. When there is a repetitive pattern, then it is well simply to write it down, to treat it as a research project, to list those things about the pattern that seem obvious, to journal about those things that do not seem obvious and simply to start attempting to come into possession of a feeling that you have full knowledge of everything about this pattern that you could possibly know on a conscious level. Then I think, my brother, that we may say that it is a matter of taking that pattern and gazing at it without mind; taking it into the silence; taking it into that place that does not have boundaries and does not have rules of logic. For often, when there is a repetitive pattern, that which is attempting to be said to the self by the self is not all of a piece but is rather part on one level and part on another and so forth, so that there needs to be some time and some silence to surround the thoughts of this so that a new pattern in which the jumbled pieces are reshuffled and found to form a new and more sensible pattern emerges.

May we answer you further, my brother?

G: No, thank you very much, instrument, and thank you, Q’uo.

Q’uo: We thank this group from our hearts for taking the time and the energy to come together as a circle of seeking. It is a beautiful thing for us to share and we just feel very privileged to have been called to you. Thank you for asking for our thoughts. It is a true blessing. We leave you, as we found you, in all that there is, in the love, in the light, in the unity, the power, and in the peace of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as those of Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai.

This morning I transplanted another cart of moss from the pet cemetery into the Moss Garden.

This afternoon I went out to the fishpond and fed the fish some fish food for the first time this year because the weather is warm enough to help them become active and be glad to starting eating again.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

March 15

Realization And Confusion

I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.

Woe to the pilgrim who sits down upon the way, having decided that the wisdom which has come to him shall be the basis from which he shall view the world. For realization cannot be attained. It can only be accepted.

Realization cannot be retained, but only experienced anew in each infinitely small moment.

Thus, it is the pilgrim who walks on with appreciation both for realizations and confusions; who walks the straight and narrow path placing one foot before another, not because of the surety of the point of view but because of the faith of one who laughs at unseen steps, knowing that the path is protected, as is all creation, by the very nature of the creation of Love, which is the ultimate reality.

We leave you in the peace of alpha and omega, the joy of Love, 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from January 16, 2005:

This week, Q’uo, we would like to ask you if you could elaborate upon the pitfalls or distractions that the seeker of truth might run into when the seeking is new and if there is any other type of distraction or pitfall that occurs later on in the path of the seeker. Please give us a general run-down of what to be aware of as one is seeking what is loosely called the truth.

(Carla channeling)

We are those of the principle known to you as Q’uo, and we greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in Whose service we come to you this day. It is a great privilege to be called to your group, and we are most happy to speak to you about the pitfalls and distractions of the spiritual path. But we would first, as always, like specifically to request of each of you that you retain the ability to discriminate very carefully as you listen to our thoughts, choosing only those thoughts that really seem good to you, with which you wish to work further and discarding the rest immediately. In this way we will feel much more confident that we will not interfere with your free will or disturb the sacredness of your own process.

In asking concerning the pitfalls and the distractions to which one who is attempting to follow a path of spirituality is prey, you ask a fairly broad question. The spiritual path in itself is an amazingly broad thoroughfare carrying, as it does, every being of third density as it attempts to walk between two worlds, the world of third-density consensus reality and the inner world that sometimes completely overtakes the outer world for its importance and clarity.

For the most part, entities who are not consciously walking a spiritual path stay comfortably within third density and enjoy the various images and illusions that pass before the eye, as the one known as G was saying earlier. It is a comfortable and a familiar thing to pass from image to image as one rises and goes through the day; following the employment, following the need for the body for meals, and refreshment, and for sleep. It is a less comfortable and sometimes frighteningly less familiar thing to follow a spiritual path. And each entity steps onto this path from a misty somewhere before the thought crossed the mind that there was an actual spiritual path. So, this broad spiritual path is home to all of you. Each foot in this room has kicked the dust of that path, and that dust has similarly been kicked by every human being on the planet at one time or another. So, there is a vast variety of attitudes from those who enter the path of Spirit. Consequently, there are various kinds of pitfalls.

Let us approach this question from the standpoint of a model to use to see if you indeed are on the spiritual path. The model of the self on the spiritual path is a model in which you are focusing upon the “I” that you are. There are many uses of the first-person singular. When you think of yourself, you don’t always think of yourself as the same self. When you are thinking of yourself as a spiritual entity on a path, who are you? Who is the “I” that speaks for you when you are on the spiritual path? How would that voice, that identity, that person be different from the “I” that speaks for you in less thoughtful roles?

Hopefully, as you begin to sense yourself as a spiritual entity, the “I” that speaks for you begins to come out of the mist of the surface “I,” the surface personality. The model that this instrument carries in her mind of the entity on the spiritual path is a model in which she is following in the steps of Jesus the Christ. She does not have a model of herself as worshipping but as following after the example of a teacher who seemed to know precisely who He was. He identified himself as an agent of the Creator. This instrument, then, has a model of the self on the spiritual path in which she has an objective referent to who she is because she is following an entity who was of a certain personality. This entity identified Himself strictly as the Son of the Father who was about His Father’s business. And it is notable that this entity, in all of his preaching, has never been quoted as asking for worship but only as asking for being followed.

So, we would ask entities who are looking at themselves upon the spiritual path quite simply, “Who are you?” Because this is the essential center of that which draws entities to the path of seeking. They become aware that all of the wisdom that has been acquired since their cradle experiences is not enough to satisfy the craving for identity and meaning. They realize that they are going to have to set off on a journey. It is not a journey in the physical world at all, but it is very definitely a journey, and it very definitely is upon a path that is common to all seekers.

The group question today was: “This week, Q’uo, we would like to ask you if you could elaborate upon the pitfalls or distractions that the seeker of truth might run into when the seeking is new and if there is any other type of distraction or pitfall that occurs later on in the path of the seeker. Please give us a general run-down of what to be aware of as one is seeking what is loosely called the truth.” Q’uo began their reply by saying that it is a broad question that we have asked about the distractions that we face in following our spiritual path because the spiritual path is a broad road since it carries every being of third density as we attempt to walk between the world of third-density consensus reality and the inner world that sometimes completely overtakes the outer world for its importance and clarity. Then Q’uo said that entities who are not consciously walking a spiritual path stay within third density and enjoy the illusions that pass before their eyes because it is a familiar thing to pass from image to image as we rise and go through our day following the employment, following the need for the body for meals, refreshment, and for sleep, but it is a less familiar thing to follow a spiritual path, and each of us steps onto this path from a misty time before the thought crossed our mind that there was a spiritual path, so this broad spiritual path is home to all of us, and each foot in this room has kicked the dust of that path, and that dust has similarly been kicked by every human being on the planet at one time or another, so there is a variety of attitudes from those who enter the path of Spirit, and there are various kinds of pitfalls. Now Q’uo said that they wanted to approach this question from the standpoint of a model to use to see if we are on our spiritual path, and the model of our being on the spiritual path is one where we are focusing upon the “I” that we are, so when we are thinking of ourself as a spiritual entity on a path: “Who is the “I” that speaks for you when you are on the spiritual path? How would that voice, that identity, that person be different from the “I” that speaks for you in less thoughtful roles?” Q’uo went on to say that as we begin to sense ourself as a spiritual entity, the “I” that speaks for us begins to come out of the mist of the surface personality, and the model that Carla carries in her mind of the entity on the spiritual path is a model in which she is following in the steps of Jesus the Christ so that she does not have a model of herself as worshipping but she is following an entity who was of a certain personality and this entity identified Himself strictly as the Son of the Father who was about his Father’s business, and it is notable that in all of His preaching, has never been quoted as asking for worship but only as asking for being followed. Q’uo continued by asking entities who are looking at themselves upon the spiritual path quite simply, “Who are you?” because this is the center of that which draws us to the path of seeking, and we become aware that all of the wisdom that has been acquired since our childhood is not enough to satisfy our craving for identity and meaning so that we realize that we are going to have to set off on a journey–not a journey in the physical world–but a journey upon a path that is common to all seekers. On February 10, 2024, Q’uo described the nature of our spiritual path:

We do agree with you that joy and laughter are true guideposts along the way, the way that can become difficult because that is the way learning occurs through processing catalysts that creates the pain of change. And yet, when one has created the change, one is a new being moving forward on the spiritual path. However, it is sometimes quite tedious, and repetitive, and difficult, as you have noted, to complete this, one time after another and another.

Thus, the sense of humor, the sense of proportion, of seeing the path as that which contains paradox, contains riddles, contains puzzles to make one smile, the synchronicities the coincidences that remind one that it is not only a spiritual path of purity, and purity of intention, but it is a path that one may laugh, relax, have a good time and be full of that which you have called joy, for the laughter and the joy are also fuel for the spiritual path. If one wishes to travel in a dedicated fashion, as you have mentioned, it is possible to move forward in that way. And yet, if one adds joy and laughter, it speeds the path, for it opens the heart even fuller so that more love can be given, or laughter can be had, or joy can be shared.

Please realize that on this path you are not gathering as much as allowing things to fall away. The deep and true tones of your identity and your right process come clearly, plangently, sometimes plaintively and sometimes triumphantly, but unmistakably, from time to time there will come a moment—this instrument loves to call them “crystalline moments”—that ping like a bell with a very clear indication of meaning and resonance, and in that moment, whatever the realization is, it is easy; it is effortless; and you realize that you have reaped the harvest that has been in process for a long time. You finally hear, and feel, and see the work that you have done but you never know when that moment will come. Such is the progress of one upon the spiritual path. Pitfalls, for the new entity to the path, can involve impatience and that reaching and grasping that are the indication of impatience. These are not difficulties that will end or sideline the spiritual seeking for an entity, but such impatience does get in the way of a creation that is set to respond to your needs but in a timely fashion. This means sometimes that one must wait. It is very difficult to wrap one’s mind around the necessity for simple waiting.

The one known as Jim was speaking earlier of his delight at finding the time during the off-season of his work to sit and soak in the silence, allowing the creation to speak as it would to him. This willingness to let oneself drift in the flow of the moment is a great resource for all seekers. The entity, Jim, spoke of sitting at sundown and allowing the light slowly, gradually, to fade away, listening to the sounds of the creatures of the day as they quieted down and listening to the creatures of the night begin to sing their night song and just allowing all of this creation to roll past his eyes and his ears and, walking into his abode at the end of that time, feeling curiously invigorated and refreshed. This model of patience is a great one to carry. Realize that when a spiritually-oriented question is asked within, the answer may come in the next fifteen seconds, but it also may come two weeks or two months later. Energies have been set in motion that now must be trusted. Moving from the question to the trusting and the waiting is a great skill to learn. When you sense impatience within yourself, gently remind yourself that in spiritual seeking there is no time.

Asthe seeker becomes more sophisticated, as learning builds upon learning, the pitfalls of the path can change. If you are one of those who feels that she has had some experience walking this path, realize that your pitfall may well be knowing too much or feeling that you understand. There is truly no end to the evolving self. As things fall away from you and you become more able to penetrate deeper within your consciousness, you will repeatedly find that you need to release concepts from their stricture. You need to be able to allow new insight to change your carefully built-up intelligence about yourself and the world around you. Do not hold on to your identity or your knowledge in the face of new information. Rather, place aside that which you feel that you know and enter fully into the investigation of that which resonates for you. Do not see it as something that challenges your information, but rather, see it as something that may well help you evolve and put into a whole new pattern the information that is still good for you. When experience mounts up, it is as though some entities were carrying around their entire history of experience and attempting to add everything new in on top of this large pile of acquired information from childhood and previous years. It is a good idea to keep that cup of selfhood tipped out and emptied so that it may receive new wine, new information.

There is a certain amount of pride that entities take sometimes in how many things that they have learned, how many books they have read, or philosophies that they have studied, or religious systems that they have penetrated and can speak about. This kind of pride is often a very deadening influence, and we would encourage entities, always, to relate as simply and as directly as possible to ideas, to patterns of thought, and above all to entities around one who may be attempting to enter into conversation concerning spiritual matters. In a world that rushes continuously on so many levels, we would encourage a truly relaxed and lighthearted attitude towards the very serious business of seeking.

Then Q’uo said that on this path we are not gathering as much as allowing things to fall away, and the deep tones of our identity come clearly and unmistakably, and from time to time there will come a  crystalline moment that pings like a bell with a clear indication of resonance, and in that moment our realization is effortless, and we realize that we have reaped the harvest that has been in process for a long time, and such is the progress we have made upon our spiritual path, but pitfalls can involve impatience, and that reaching and grasping that are the indication of impatience are not difficulties that will sideline our spiritual seeking, but such impatience does get in the way of a creation that is set to respond to our needs in a timely fashion, so this means that we must wait. Now Q’uo said that this willingness to let ourself drift in the flow of the moment is a great resource for all seekers, and Jim spoke of sitting at sundown and allowing the light to fade away: “listening to the sounds of the creatures of the day as they quieted down and listening to the creatures of the night begin to sing their night song and just allowing all of this creation to roll past his eyes and his ears and, walking into his abode at the end of that time, feeling curiously invigorated and refreshed.” Q’uo said this model of patience is a great one to carry and to realize that when a spiritually-oriented question is asked within, the answer may come in the next fifteen seconds, but it also may come two weeks or two months later because energies have been set in motion that now must be trusted, and moving from the question to the trusting and the waiting is a great skill to learn so that when we sense impatience within ourself, we should gently remind ourself that in spiritual seeking there is no time. Q’uo continued by saying that as we become more sophisticated the pitfalls of the path can change, and if we are one of those who feel that we have had some experience walking this path, we should realize that our pitfall may well be feeling that we understand because there is no end to our evolving self so that as things fall away from us, and we become able to penetrate deeper within our consciousness, we will find that we need to release concepts from their stricture, and we need to be able to allow new insights to change our thoughts about ourself and the world around us, so Q’uo said that we should not hold on to our knowledge in the face of new information, but place aside that which we feel that we know and enter into the investigation of that which resonates for us without seeing it as something that challenges our information, but see it as something that may help us evolve, and put that information into a new pattern that is good for us, and when experience increases it is as though we are carrying around our “entire history of experience and attempting to add everything new in on top of this large pile of acquired information from childhood and previous years. It is a good idea to keep that cup of selfhood tipped out and emptied so that it may receive new wine, new information. Q’uo went on to say that there is a certain amount of pride that we take in how many things that we have learned, and this kind of pride often has a deadening influence, so Q’uo encouraged us to relate as simply as possible to ideas, and above all to entities around us who may be attempting to enter into conversation with us concerning spiritual matters because in a world that rushes continuously on so many levels, they encouraged a relaxed and lighthearted attitude towards our serious business of seeking. On February 9, 2003, Q’uo described the nature of spiritual matters in our life:

Grasping the dominance within third-density of that distortion known as the Law of Confusion, or free will, it may become clearer why the third-density illusion is made in such a way that it shall always be impossible completely to satisfy the requirements of proof for spiritual truth. It is necessary within third density that all choices to believe in spiritual matters in a certain way be made completely in freedom, that freedom that only exists when there is no proof and it is a matter of faith.

The instinct shall always be within the human breast to reach out to that energy that it senses as being greater than it is. Many are the stories told about this mystery of the Creator, the Logos, the Grandfather, the Father/Mother God. There are many and many a name, and many a story, and in each name and in each story, some may find comfort. And in the words that those entities have said that were written down, or that were written down on behalf of these entities, some may find tremendous and substantial resources. Therefore, the spiritual panoply of riches lies open to the seeker. Yet what shall be that which increases faith? What shall be that for you this day?

Thisinstrument is typical of many upon the spiritual path in that she has a built-in yearning and hunger for devotion. She must be devoted; she must be serving; she has this sense of almost being driven to be as the one known as Jesus, the agent of the Creator. It is good to have that back-pressure; it is not a good thing to allow that pressure to make you hurry, or hasten, or become anxious. Allow that back-pressure to continue to motivate you, but if it motivates you beyond the point at which you are patient and have a sense of proportion and humor concerning your path, then you have entered into that particular pitfall of eagerness and hurriedness.

What that will do to you, if you allow it to drive you, is to do more and more, to try more disciplines, to add a meditation if you haven’t been doing a daily one, then add another one, and then make that one longer, and so forth. The end of such pressured seeking is that you burn out as a seeker and must sit by the side of that spiritual path for a while, mopping your brow and breathing. It sometimes takes years for a burnt-out seeker to recover his balance completely and to be able to get back into a real process that feels yeasty and good. Walking the path is not a difficult thing, it is more a matter of its being a journey for the one who is ready for a long trek. In most paths available in third density there is a beginning, a middle, and an end. There is the learning process, there is the point in the middle in which you are working very hard, and you are becoming better, and that culminates with a job well done, a degree of education earned, a promotion at work, and so forth. In the spiritual path, death is only the beginning.

There are no endings, there are many, many beginnings, and there is no end of the middle. You are always in the middle of the spiritual path. Perhaps the greatest gift is to know that you know nothing, and that you will indeed fall into many a pitfall and yet it will not take you off the path. You cannot get lost beyond finding and if you do need to rest, even there at the side of the road you have company. As to the distractions that are possible on the spiritual path, there is no end of distraction. But this is true only if you are of the mind to see things as either spiritual or worldly. If you make a demarcation between those two parts of Earthly existence, everything that is not specifically dedicated study will be seen as, in some way, a distraction.

However, we would suggest to you that all things that a spiritually-oriented entity does are spiritual. Going to the bathroom, doing the dishes, taking out the garbage, feeding the cat: these commonplace and everyday chores are necessary and cannot be construed to have any obvious spiritual characteristics. And yet this instrument, for example, finds ways to invest each of those activities with an awareness that is spiritual in its character. What part of your day do you honestly feel is a distraction and only that? What thing that you do can you say has no spiritual value? If you can identify some of those items that can be seen as distractions, perhaps you could sit down and contemplate whether there is a way you might invest these chores with the sacred character that comes from service, from love, and from an awareness of who the self is in the spiritual sense. In our opinion, there is no true distraction to an entity whose heart is set upon the Creator because each and every action available to an entity for choice has the potential for being seen in a spiritual light.

One aspect of the spiritual path that we would mention before we would open the meeting to questions would be the simple aspect of silence versus sound, emptiness versus content, for those upon the spiritual path within your culture are coming to that path from a culture very rich in content. It is interesting to note that, within all of this content, critics of the culture often comment on the emptiness of that content, the illusion that it creates and the illusory nature of the image-after-image-after-image that creates the content, whether the medium of such images in the television, the radio, the newspaper or the computer. A very great portion of the world has cultural influences that lead it more to the appreciation of silence, which seems to lack content, and yet which contains infinite meaning. In your content-rich culture, meaning itself is often lost. Consequently, if you are of the nature that appreciates content, we suggest that you choose your content, for truly, there are many pitfalls, if you would speak of it in that way, for those who are attempting to derive meaning from the surface aspects of your culture, as seen on the television or read in the newspaper. Do not fall into the pitfall of assigning too much meaning to those things that are on the surface. Allow meaning to be a mystery and silence to be your teacher.

Now Q’uo said that Carla is typical of many upon the spiritual path in that she has a hunger for devotion and a sense of being driven to be an agent of the Creator, and it is good to have that back-pressure, but it is not good to allow that pressure to cause us to become anxious, so we should allow that back-pressure to continue to motivate us, but if it motivates us beyond the point where we are patient and have a sense of humor concerning our path, then we have entered into that particular pitfall of hurriedness. Then Q’uo said what that will do to us if we allow it to drive us to try more disciplines like meditation, then add another one, and then make that one longer so that the end of such pressured seeking is that we burn out as a seeker and must sit by the side of our spiritual path for a while, and it can take years for us to recover our balance and to be able to get back into a process that feels right for us so that walking the path is not a difficult thing, but it is more a matter of its being a journey for us when we are ready for a long trek, and in most paths in third density there is a beginning, a middle, and an end, and it is there that our learning process ends with a job well done, and on the spiritual path death is only the beginning. Q’uo went on to say that there are no endings; there are many beginnings; and there is no end of the middles so that we are always in the middle of the spiritual path, and the greatest gift is to know that we know nothing, and that we will fall into difficulties, but they will not take us off the path because we cannot get lost beyond finding, and if we do need to rest, then we have company at the side of our path, and there is no end of distractions on our spiritual path, but this is true only if we are of the mind to see things as either spiritual or worldly, so if we can see a difference between these two parts of our Earthly existence, everything that is not seen as spiritual we will see as a distraction. Q’uo suggested that all things that a spiritually-oriented entity does are spiritual, and these everyday chores are necessary and cannot be seen to have any obvious spiritual characteristics, and Carla finds ways to invest each of those activities with an awareness that is spiritual in its character, so if we can identify some of those items that can be seen as distractions, perhaps we could contemplate whether there is a way we might invest these chores with the sacred character that comes from service, from love, and from an awareness of who we are in the spiritual sense because in Q’uo’s opinion, there is no true distraction for us if our heart is set upon the Creator because each and every action available to an entity for choice has the potential for being seen in a spiritual light. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that one aspect of the spiritual path would be the aspect of silence versus sound or emptiness versus content, for those upon the spiritual path within our culture are coming to that path from a culture rich in content, and it is interesting to note that critics of the culture often comment on the emptiness of that content and the illusory nature of the image-after-image that creates the content, whether the medium of such images is television, radio, newspaper, or the computer, and a great portion of the world has cultural influences that lead it to the appreciation of silence, which seems to lack content, and yet which contains infinite meaning, but in our content-rich culture meaning is often lost so that if we appreciate content, that we choose our content, for there are many pitfalls if we are attempting to find meaning on the surface aspects of our culture as seen on television, or read in the newspaper, so we should not make the mistake of assigning too much meaning to those things that are on the surface, and allow meaning to be a mystery and silence to be our teacher. On March 11, 1990, Q’uo spoke of the value of finding meaning in our lives:

Yet, in that faith there is begotten aid that is of meaning to each entity separately. See each of yourselves as hunters in this analogy, and you will see more clearly that while those eyes which saw clearer than yours detected you, while all was in harmony with you, there was a protection against that which you call evil which has flown from you in the face of planet-wide transformation. This transformation has already begun.

What is it to be alive? What is it to be conscious? What is it to attempt to find meaning of that instinctual hunt which each of you engage in? Are not each of you searching for the center that did not hold, that did not stay, that in and of itself, because of humankind’s uncleverness, removed the easiness with which faith and simplicity were achieved? Without the feeling of being protected, without the feeling of a living faith, vital and alive, one feels prey, not to the positive, but to the negative, for we may note that within the biases of your minds it is far easier to conceive of negativity as having power than of positivity as having power, for that is the way the illusion seems to work, and this cannot be gainsaid by the most idealistic of entities.

The nature of the illusion is to challenge your ideals to the very bedrock of your existence. The nature of this illusion is to attempt to deaden the living spirit within, to give that spirit a solid picture of the creation which is not as you would choose it to be, so that you discover the possibility of choice. And as the time grows further and further into that which has so often been called the New Age, the newer vibrations, though subtle, disturb those without a living and vital faith.

We thank you for this question and feel that we perhaps have spoken long enough upon it. At this time we would open the meeting to further questions, if there are any. Is there a further query at this time?

G: Q’uo, I have a lengthy one and I apologize for its length but, hopefully, its answer should be simple. And it’s easier to read straight from the paper.

[Reading]

Q’uo, as I move forward in my path, I am experiencing a phenomenon that can be described as the light growing lighter and the dark growing darker. I feel I am experiencing the extremes of what can conveniently be described as a spectrum of feeling. On one hand, I feel strength, vitality, and the spiritual perception increase in moments where, basically, all the spiritual literature that points to the truth not only makes sense to me but becomes alive, a living and flowing reality. And subsequently I feel more empowered through self-knowledge to call upon and invoke the higher forces to transform the lower self of me.

On the other hand, I feel ever more acutely the shadow side of myself: one with seemingly more venomous reactions to situations that create a souring and bittering within me. What I don’t know is whether a shadow is growing more strongly in me as I reach for the light because I am neglecting to be conscious of certain aspects of my patterns or whether it is a case of simply becoming more aware of a shadow that is already within me and has been with me, alive and functioning without my conscious awareness to transform its ways. Can you help me to understand whether it is awareness of what is already there or the further creation of distorted thinking within my mind?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. The concept of the shadow self is very helpful in attempting to walk into your own shoes as a being. It is difficult to wrap oneself around this idea of a shadow self. Perhaps if we called it a full-circle self it might be easier to see the construction of the being here, because each of us, we and you, are beings that replicate all aspects of the creation and the Creator. By the time that you have reached third density you have done a tremendous amount of amalgamation of experience. You have been elemental, you have been plant, you have been animal; now you are an animal with a conscience, basically, and you strive to go further. And we have become even more refined by experience, yet we carry the full -circle self, just as do you.

What is there in creation? Whatever you see, that’s you. Any murderer on the block is you. Any thief on the dock is you. Any hero who has just saved the world is you. You are the soldier, you are the bread-winner, you are the mother bearing a child, you are everything. And you don’t get to choose whether you have good in you or bad in you, so-called. You have it all. The strictures and disciplines of the parent for the child attempt to train the child up so that he will behave well ,and you have learned to behave well. Loving good, seeking the light, you have more and more been able to place yourself in situations and in environments where you were able to live in the sunny side of self, enjoying service and learning and devotion. And these things about you and about all entities are true. However, equally true is that self that does not get encouragement from virtue.

You still have that; you will always have that. It is part of the strength of who you are that you have that. You would not be able to be a full person and to move forward without the full-circle self. Nothing is left behind as you evolve. It becomes arranged in a more and more helpful way as you learn to balance yourself, chakra by chakra, issue by issue, and moment by moment. You are always in flux, so these moments where you become aware of that so-called evil part of yourself come and go. And it is sometimes quite disconcerting to become aware of particularly articulate and eloquent, angry or irritated thoughts. You feel yourself thinking a hateful thought which isn’t fair at all and certainly would never be said aloud and you wonder where that came from and if the evil within you is somehow growing. We assure you it is not growing. It was always there. It chose this particular moment to reveal itself and this is a gift to you of self to self. Take it seriously, look at it carefully, and see, if you can, where the trigger lay that brought forward this particular part of yourself.

G’s question concerned: I am experiencing a phenomenon that can be described as the light growing lighter and the dark growing darker. I feel I am experiencing the extremes of what can conveniently be described as a spectrum of feeling, becoming more aware of a shadow that is already within me and has been with me, alive and functioning without my conscious awareness to transform its ways. Can you help me to understand whether it is awareness of what is already there or the further creation of distorted thinking within my mind? Q’uo began their reply by saying that the concept of the shadow self is very helpful in attempting to walk in our own shoes as a being, and it is difficult for us to understand the idea of a shadow self, but if Q’uo called it a full-circle self it might be easier to see the construction of our being because each of us is a being that replicates all aspects of the creation and the Creator, and by the time we have reached third density we have done a tremendous amount of collecting experience because we have been elemental, plant, and animal, and now we are an animal with a conscience, and we seek to go further, and Q’uo has become even more refined by experience, yet they carry the full-circle self just as we do. Q’uo went on to ask what is there in creation, and they said: “Whatever you see, that’s you. Any murderer on the block is you. Any thief on the dock is you. Any hero who has just saved the world is you. You are the soldier, you are the bread-winner, you are the mother bearing a child, you are everything.” They said that we don’t get to choose whether we have good in us or bad in us because we have it all, and the disciplines of the parent for the child attempt to train the child so that he will behave well, and we have learned to behave well in loving and seeking the light, and we have been able to place ourself in situations where we were able to live in the sunny side of ourself, enjoying service, and learning, and devotion, and these things about us and all entities are true, but equally true is that we do not get encouragement from virtue. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that we still have that, and we will always have that because it is part of the strength of who we are, but we would not be able to be a full person and to move forward without the full-circle of ourself, but nothing is left behind as we evolve because it becomes arranged in a more helpful way as we learn to balance ourself, issue by issue, and moment by moment so that we are always in flux, and these moments where we become aware of that so-called evil part of ourself comes and goes, but Q’uo assured us it is not growing because it chose this moment to reveal itself, and this is a gift to us from ourself, so we should it seriously, and see if we can see where the trigger was that brought out this part of ourself. On March 10, 1996, Q’uo defined what our shadow self is:

Each entity walks upon two legs. When the spirit finds its legs, one is the light, one is the dark. Together they make one holograph which is identical to the infinite Creator. The shadow self is to be related to, then, as one of the two legs which cause the spirit to stand within the illusion in which each finds itself. One relates to the shadow self as to the musculature, the connective tissue, the power and the strength which enable the spiritual seeker to stand fast through times of difficulty and woe. The shadow that seems so heavy and dark is also that which grounds and sustains and makes secure. The will is part of the shadow self. This will animates, informs and vivifies those ideals, hopes and dreams which the light portion of being so loves to dream. The shadow side is that which persists until all has been accomplished.

May we answer you further, my brother?

G: No, thank you, Q’uo. That was excellent.

Q’uo: We thank you, my brother. Is there a further query at this time?

S: I’ve had a question that I’ve been thinking about for some time. If I wanted to recover all the knowledge and wisdom of all the lifetimes that I had, how would I do that?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. You are asking this query within third-density incarnation, and our shortest answer would be to say that you would be able to recover that information…

[Side one of tape ends.]

…immediately following your crossing of the gateway of death. Once through that gateway, reunited with full consciousness and full communication with your higher self, you would have the unimpaired memory of all that you have been and, indeed, all that you would be in the future. Within third density, it is not considered a helpful thing to have that full range of information available. It is considered, as you know, much more helpful for a discreet curtain to be drawn over all previous experiences so that you may hit the particular incarnation in which you are involved running, and give it the serious consideration that it deserves, all on its own.

The ways of penetrating the veil of forgetting are limited within incarnation. There is the dreaming process and those who work with dreams are often able to recover memory of past lives as they gradually find themselves in dream landscapes which constitute a different environment that begins to have a reality of its own. The most common way that entities are able to recover past life information is the contacting of the deep mind by the conscious mind which is done in sessions of regressive hypnosis in which, with the help of a hypnotist, the self is taken back before birth to previous lives, and questions are asked which enable the person to recover some of those memories.

May we answer you further, my brother?

S: That gives me plenty to think about. I have nothing else at this time. Thanks.

Q’uo: We thank you, my brother. Is there another query at this time?

T: Q’uo, I don’t know whether you are able to respond to this question. The image that I’ve received upon waking this morning, is that a symbol of my need for purification and cleansing?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We find ourselves up against the full stop of free will in this matter, my brother, and are not able to offer information except to encourage you to follow the line of thought upon which you have been moving because we feel that you are in a place which has a great deal of material and we encourage you to explore it.

May we answer you further?

T: No, thank you, Q’uo. I understand.

Q’uo: We appreciate your understanding, my brother. Sometimes we are able to offer little real information and we apologize for that.

Is there a final query at this time?

G: Q’uo. I have another one. Just a few paragraphs long this time. I’m sorry, I just need context for my questions.

[Reading]

For years now I’ve been experiencing moments and time periods of a fuzziness of perception which slightly blurs the boundaries between dream and reality. As I’ve heard many others speak of this same experience, it feels as if the solidity of what was formerly a well-defined reality dissolves and all of a sudden everything in waking consciousness feels literally like a dream. There have been a few incidents of late in which I was seriously not sure if I actually said or did something in the “real world,” or whether that same memory was the property of a nightly dream. Is this type of fuzziness the result of the incoming fourth-density energies and the resultant change in consciousness that they bring? Or perhaps, as was cautioned against in the Law of One series, these are symptoms of an over-hasty polarization and the twilight state that accompanies such an impatient drive for progress?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We cannot give you one single answer, yes or no, because, as we gaze into your pattern, we would say that perhaps two-thirds of those experiences are an artifact of your personality type. You, in common with this instrument, have a certain absent-minded quality that can create this feeling without there being any resonance or meaning to the happenstance. It simply is a time when you are scattered. There are other times, my brother, when there has been a significant shift in your perceptive web because of the intensity of your devotion. In the first instance, two-thirds of the experience, that is, there is no meaning involved, it is simply an artifact of personality. In the remainder of the cases there is great material that is there, and it can usefully be mined. So, we would suggest that you look for the kind of peculiar resonance that does attend such a shift in consciousness due to devotion.

The third possibility, which you suggested, was that you were experiencing basically a mistake, that you had rushed too much and so forth. And we would ease your mind in that regard, for it is not in either case an artifact of rushing or of trying too hard. Rather, it is a matter of the way that your particular personality has shaped up and the way it handles experiences that it cannot quite encompass with rational thought.

G: Cool beans! Thank you, Q’uo.

Q’uo: We thank you, my brother. You truly are a cool bean. This instrument is asking us why in the world we offered that bit of inanity, and we do apologize to the instrument and to everyone else.

[Laughter]

And on that note we will leave you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. It has been such a pleasure to be with you and to share your vibrations. Thank you for asking us. We are those of Q’uo. We leave you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. Adonai. Adonai vasu.

This morning I had an appointment at my dentist’s office where I had my teeth cleaned by a dental assistant.

This afternoon I transplanted another cart full of moss from my pet cemetery into my Moss Garden, and then I put some plywood along the newly planted moss along Little Locust Creek and then put large stones on top of the plywood because torrential rains are forecast for tonight and tomorrow, and I don’t want my newly transplanted moss to be washed away by the rain collecting in Little Locust Creek which is the low point in my back yard.

From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:

March 14

The Power Of Choice

I am of the principle of the consciousness of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of divine Love.

Gaze at time. Gaze at the time that you have to spend within your next day. Gaze at the “talents,” the riches, of hours and minutes that you hold now at the beginning of the day in your cupped palm. Gaze at hours to fill and spend in any way which delights your soul, your mind, and your heart and know the power of choice.

Gaze now at those things not held in the hand, those things held by others’ hands and hearts, those things quite out of one’s control. In spending the minted money of God’s time, it is known by the buyer what is intended to be bought in terms of energy expended upon relationships and towards cooperation in work and planning, but it is not known how it shall be received.

Know that your spending plan of time shall not be judged in respect of those things which could not be controlled by the self. Rather, the spending of your precious time shall be adjudged according to the intentions for service.

Know, then, that the riches and consolation of time in the Holy Spirit of the living Christ may, together, move forward with each precious minute and hour so that one spends it in such a way as to magnify time and the wisdom and consolation of grace. May you see the plenitude of your power in Christ! And may you spend wisely, this day and every day.

We leave you in the grace which alone may contemplate true peace and selfless service, 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.