I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from January 20, 2009:

Jim: This is T’s question: “I came across a great book called Cosmos written by Carl Sagan. It describes the intelligence of whales vividly and also describes the cruel behavior of mankind toward them and dolphins. In brief, Sagan says dolphins and whales are telepathic and self-conscious beings and their spiritual level is even higher than that of mankind and that their original homeland is Earth since eons ago.

Meanwhile, in our LOO study group in Taipei we just read Session No. 90, and Ra there talked about their supposition about opposable thumbs and that it seems to be one of the key factors contributing to mankind’s warring tendencies. “My main question is, how may we learn from whales and dolphins on a steady, daily basis? Is it imperative that we should learn to communicate with dolphins and whales? If so, will Q’uo teach us how to communicate with them?”

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we come to you this evening. We wish to thank this sitting circle and especially the one known as T for calling us to your circle of seeking. We are very happy to join you for this session of working, and to talk with you concerning the whales and dolphins of your oceans. However, as always, we would first request of you that you use your discrimination as you listen to or read these words, taking those thoughts which are resonant to you, and are helpful and leaving the rest behind. We would greatly appreciate your doing this as it allows us the freedom to offer our opinions without being concerned that we shall trespass upon your sacred spiritual process or infringe on your free will. We thank you for this consideration.

Justas your species has had its evolution interrupted by genetic manipulation many thousands of your years in the past, so has the evolution of those known to you as dolphins and whales and other cetaceans such as porpoises been interrupted, not by those from elsewhere than your planet but by those on the island-continent you have called Atlantis. The consciousness of these mammals was enhanced by the genetic manipulation which caused the so-called human and the so-called cetacean to be bonded, and blended, and unified into that which had every appearance of being a cetacean, yet that which now possessed a spirit complex of third-density level. Thusly, the natural process of reproduction gradually invested all of these species with third-density consciousness. Consequently, you, and the whales, and dolphins are indeed brothers, moving through the third-density major cycle of 76,000 or so of your years.

The necessity to engage in a dialogue between humans and dolphins, humans and whales, and humans and porpoises is attractive and compelling to many of your scientists, who grasp the unusual intelligence of these ocean-going mammals. Perhaps we may say that the best way to learn from the cetaceans of your planet is to imagine how you might experience third density if your field of endeavor were limited to those activities which could be accomplished without the use of hands with the opposable thumbs which the one known as T mentioned in his query. What would it be like to have a long life in which there were no jobs necessary in order to pay bills, where there were no resources to guard or territory to defend? How would your life be different if you were free to choose what dreams and visions with which you wished to occupy yourself; what meditations in which you wished to encompass yourself; what contemplation you wished to enjoy, not only for an hour or a few minutes but also for all your waking hours for an entire life?

T’s first question was: “My main question is, how may we learn from whales and dolphins on a steady, daily basis? Is it imperative that we should learn to communicate with dolphins and whales? If so, will Q’uo teach us how to communicate with them?” Q’uo began by saying just as your species has had its evolution interrupted by genetic manipulation many thousands of your years in the past, so has the evolution of dolphins, whales, and porpoises been interrupted by those on the island-continent of Atlantis, and the consciousness of these mammals was enhanced by the genetic manipulation which caused the so-called human and the so-called marine mammal to be bonded, and unified into that which had every appearance of being a marine mammal, yet is that which possessed a spirit complex of third-density level, so the natural process of reproduction invested all of these species with third-density consciousness, so that we and the whales and dolphins are brothers moving through the third-density major cycle of 75,000 of our years. Then Q’uo said that the necessity to engage in a dialogue between humans and dolphins, humans and whales, and humans and porpoises is compelling to many of our scientists, who grasp the unusual intelligence of these ocean-going mammals, so Q’uo said that the best way to learn from the marine mammals of our planet is to imagine how we might experience third density if our field of endeavor were limited to activities which could be accomplished without the use of hands with the opposable thumbs, and what would it be like to have life in which there were no jobs necessary in order to pay bills, and how our life would be different if we were free to choose what dreams with which we wished to occupy ourself; what meditations we wished to pursue not only for an hour but also for all our waking hours for an entire life? On November 29, 1981, Latwii spoke of the third-density nature of dolphins:

I am Latwii, and, my sister, in this regard, we may note that crossover, shall we say, between the races of your third-density beings, this including those known as dolphins and some forms of those called whales, has been very minimal. The genetic progress of the ones known as dolphins has been, for the most part, a progress of a homogeneous nature, dwelling also within the boundaries of the third-density illusion which you experience. Therefore, this trail which has been traveled by the dolphin is a trail which began at the same time the trail of the humanoid form began upon your planet, approximately 75,000 of your years ago.

If your joy was the dance of harmony with the elements, the dance of fellowship with those of your kind, and the dance of the mated family with the mated parents’ children, how would you be different than you are today? How would the environment of leisure and ease and rhythm affect you? How would the lack of necessity for creating and using tools affect you? It is clear that the changes would be profound. For in most human lives the pace of life revolves around the necessity for doing some sort of useful work. That is, useful as defined by those who would hire you to do that work in order to barter your time for the emolument  received. This emolument is necessary so that you may buy for you and your family food to eat, a roof over your heads, warmth in the winter, coolness in the summer, and clothing to create a modest appearance and cover the bareness of your physical form. There are many gadgets which your people find necessary or desirable. These too must be purchased with the money made from your work.

Only a very few humans are able to go through their incarnations without their consciousness being saturated with the hurry and the clangor of what this instrument would call the daily grind. That which you eat must be prepared, and then after it is eaten the detritus must be cleared away and this takes your time. The roof which is over your head must be maintained. The soil, dust, and other untidiness must be swept, and dusted, and scrubbed. Indeed, even your natural environment which you call your lawn has come to be that which must be maintained and not allowed to grow naturally. And so more time, more energy, more of your money are spent in creating for yourself the atmosphere that you prefer. Your world is full of limits: on this side is your property, on the other, someone else’s. In your closet are your clothes, not someone else’s. You spend a good deal of your time amassing your stockpile of useful and desirable items and these, too, must be maintained. Batteries need changing, power cords must be found. The list goes on and on.

This is in stark contrast to your brothers and sisters who are able to ride freely through the ever-changing waters where food is plentiful and is found with no discernable effort, where all waters are acceptable in temperature, where there is no money to make, and there are no goods to buy. There is nothing to store up against a harsh winter or old age. There is only the air to breathe, the water in which to swim, companionship and the dreams, meditations and contemplations of all the years of life. What can you learn from the contemplation of these differences, my brother? It was the choice of those Atlanteans who volunteered for the experiments in genetics to choose these beautiful animals. The politics of their home in Atlantis seemed to them to be questionable in polarity and so it seemed desirable to them, therefore, to use their technology to embark upon a great adventure. These, then, who swim the seas of your time, are the descendants of the philosophers and sages who saw a better way to move through the spiritual evolution of third density, choosing not so much service to others as a refusal to live in service to self.

Then Q’uo said if our joy: “was the dance of harmony with the elements, the dance of fellowship with those of your kind, and the dance of the mated family with the mated parents’ children, how would you be different than you are today? How would the environment of leisure and ease and rhythm affect you? How would the lack of necessity for creating and using tools affect you?” Q’uo went on to say it is clear that the changes would be profound, for the pace of our lives revolves around the necessity for doing some sort of useful work as defined by those who would hire us to do that work in order to earn money for the time that we worked so that we may buy food for our family to eat, a roof over our heads, warmth in the winter, coolness in the summer, and clothing to create a modest appearance, and there are many gadgets which we find necessary, so they must be purchased with the money made from our work. Q’uo went on to say very few of us are able to go through our incarnations without our consciousness being saturated with the hurry and the bustle of what Carla would call the daily grind because that which we eat must be cooked, and then dishes must be washed, and our home must be maintained and cleaned, and the grass has to be cut which requires more of our time, energy, and money which are spent in creating an atmosphere that we prefer, so our world is full of limits of our property, our clothes, and we spend a good deal of our time amassing useful tools, batteries that need charging, and power cords must be found, and the list goes on. Q’uo completed their reply by saying this is in contrast to our brothers and sisters who are able to ride freely through the waters where food is plentiful and is found with no effort, where all waters are warm, where there is no money to make, no goods to buy, and there is only the air to breathe, the water in which to swim, companionship, and the dreams and contemplations of all the years of life, so we can learn from the contemplation of these differences that it was the choice of Atlanteans who volunteered for the experiments in genetics to choose these beautiful animals because the politics of their home in Atlantis seemed to be questionable in polarity, and so it seemed desirable to use their technology to embark upon a great adventure so that those who swim the seas of our time are the descendants of the philosophers and sages who saw a better way to move through the spiritual evolution of third density, choosing not so much service to others as a refusal to live in service to self. In 10.15, Ra had a little different take on the nature of the Atlanteans to create life forms:

The Atlantean race was a very conglomerate social complex which began to form approximately three one oh oh oh, thirty-one thousand [31,000] years in the past of your space/time continuum illusion. It was a slow growing and very agrarian society until approximately one five oh oh oh, fifteen thousand [15,000] of your years ago. It reached quickly a high technological understanding which caused it to be able to use intelligent infinity in a less informative manner. We may add that they used intelligent energy as well, manipulating greatly the natural influxes of the indigo or pineal ray from divine or infinite energy. Thus, they were able to create life forms. This they began to do instead of healing and perfecting their own mind/body/spirit complexes, turning their distortions towards what you may call the negative.

May we ask if there is a follow-up to this query, my brother? We are those of Q’uo.

Jim: His second question is, “According to Ra Session 90, our Logos seemed to be in favor of the bipedal monkey’s physical body. If so, then how come dolphins and whales seem to get the upper hand over mankind in spiritual development? It seems they don’t have the heavy veil of forgetting as we do. Why is that?”

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. The one infinite Creator, my brother, was not responsible for choosing the bipedal monkey, or great ape, over any other species. Rather, it was the social memory complex known as Yahweh who felt that this form would be a very efficient one for exploring the question of polarity. The Creator is utterly willing for any species to achieve a third-density level of awareness and to take on, therefore, the spirit complex as a portion of the self. The potential of intelligence and insight in humans, the descendants of great apes, and in cetaceans, those who originally were land animals but evolved into sea-going animals, is roughly the same, the ratio of brain size to body size being similar.

However, the human species has become increasingly distracted from the deeper levels of contemplation, meditation, imagination, insight, and dreaming. The consciousness that is common to both species has been greatly interrupted by the intellect of the human species, which has more and more, as your centuries have rolled by, become involved in making choices, none of which bear upon spiritual questions. Consequently, the great blessing and resource of the frontal lobes of your brains is not used. There is no concerted effort to develop and learn the use of these frontal lobes. The process of achieving connection with this part of the brain is not that which is widely taught.

T’s second question was: “According to Ra Session 90, our Logos seemed to be in favor of the bipedal monkey’s physical body. If so, then how come dolphins and whales seem to get the upper hand over mankind in spiritual development? It seems they don’t have the heavy veil of forgetting as we do. Why is that?” Q’uo began by saying the one infinite Creator was not responsible for choosing the bipedal great ape over any other species, but it was the social memory complex Yahweh who felt that this form would be an efficient one for exploring the question of polarity, and the Creator is willing for any species to achieve a third-density level of awareness and to take on the spirit complex as a portion of the self, so the potential of intelligence in humans, the descendants of great apes, and in the marine mammals, those who originally were land animals but evolved into sea-going animals, is roughly the same, the ratio of brain size to body size being similar. Then Q’uo said the human species has become distracted from the deeper levels of meditation, insight, and dreaming, so the consciousness that is common to both species has been interrupted by the intellect of the human species, and as our centuries have rolled by, become involved in making choices, none of which bear upon spiritual questions, and the resources of the frontal lobes of our brain are not used, so there is no concerted effort to develop and learn the use of the frontal lobes, so the process of achieving connection with this part of the brain is not that which is widely taught. In 61.13, Ra described the purpose of the frontal lobes of our brain:

Questioner: OK, then I will ask this one. Could you tell us the purpose of the frontal lobes of the brain and the conditions necessary for their activation?

I am Ra. The frontal lobes of the brain will, shall we say, have much more use in fourth density.

The primary mental/emotive condition of this large area of the so-called brain is joy, or love, in its creative sense. Thus, the energies which we have discussed in relationship to the pyramids—all of the healing, the learning, the building, and the energizing—are to be found in this area. This is the area tapped by the adept. This is the area which, working through the trunk and root of mind, makes contact with intelligent energy and, through this gateway, intelligent infinity.

This instrument would say that the human species has shot itself in the foot. It has turned its back upon a great spiritual resource, that which is a great enhancer of the consciousness that is the gift of the Creator to all species in third density, what they have in common. That is the same for all. However, humans have chosen to continue to develop their ability to use tools, make connections, and find ways to do things in the arena of the world with its many gadgets, its many machines, its more and more sophisticated electronics. The spiritual aspect of those frontal lobes has given away to the sharpening and ever more complex use of the intellect, that part of the mind which is different for each entity, that part of the mind which is not liable to find connections between self and other-self. Consequently, humans have locked themselves into isolated pockets of awareness that begin and end with the area between left ear to right ear and top of the head to bottom of the brain.

Humans have done a marvelous job of developing the possibilities of intellectual thought while they have left carelessly neglected, and for the most part abandoned, the deeper realms of insight, meditation, and contemplation, those activities that connect the frontal lobes with the rest of the brain. You have not had the choice of those sages from Atlantis. You do not have freedom to choose the environment of land and the opposable thumb or the water that goes on forever with no boundaries and no limits to entrain the mind and shut it down. Therefore, it may well seem that the whales and dolphins have more wisdom than their human counterparts. However, their and your resources are the same. It is the environmental difference that has shaped the way the two species have used third density to make their choice of polarity.

Now Q’uo said Carla would say that the human species has shot itself in the foot because it has turned its back upon a great spiritual resource, that which is an enhancer of the consciousness that is the gift of the Creator to all species in third density, and that is the same for all, but humans have chosen to continue to develop their ability to use tools and find ways to do things in the world with its many gadgets, machines, and its more sophisticated electronics, so the spiritual aspect of the frontal lobes has given away to the more complex use of the intellect, that part of our mind which is different for each entity, and which is not liable to find connections between self and other-self, so humans have locked themselves into isolated pockets of awareness that begin and end with the area between left ear to right ear and top of the head to bottom of the brain. Q’uo went on to say humans have done a marvelous job of developing the possibilities of intellectual thought while they have abandoned the deeper realms of insight and meditation that connect the frontal lobes with the rest of our brain, and we have not had the choice of those sages from Atlantis, so we do not have freedom to choose the environment of land and the opposable thumb, or the water that goes on forever with no boundaries to entrain our mind and shut it down, and it may seem that the whales and dolphins have more wisdom than their human counterparts, but their and our resources are the same, and it is the environmental difference that has shaped the way the two species have used third density to make their choice of polarity. On February 14, 1988, Q’uo spoke of the limitations of intellectual thought:

As we speak to you, your peoples have become most fascinated with the intellect and the fruit of intellectual thought, and we are often called to those who are starving for the fruits of intuition which have been obliterated by overuse of the intellect, for the intellect can be slave or master, and it is well that the intellect be a disciplined servant of the self and not a master. Yet, it is well also that the intuitional self be a disciplined servant and not the master. The master is indeed that which is your own self, and you are mystery as great as the Creator.

May we answer you further, my brother? We are those of Q’uo.

Jim: “Carla’s latest UPI article mentioned the environmental issue, and after reading it I can’t help asking the question, Q’uo, do you think the dolphins and whales are better or more adequate keepers of Mother Earth than human beings? And if you don’t like to answer simply yes or no, could you just comment on the question?”

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. It cannot be said that those who swim the seas have any capacity to be stewards of the ocean in which they swim. Having no opposable thumbs, they have not created tools to make things that may or may not be negative in their impact on the environment. Consequently, they have never left the state of nature in which they are simply a part of their environment. They do not create difficulties with their environment, for their environment has formed them, and they follow the ways of their environment.

Humans, on the other hand, have every capacity to make an impact upon their environment, either as a plunderer or as a steward. For some of your years your peoples have forgotten that they are part of their environment and that their environment is part of them. So, they have turned from being stewards to being plunderers, taking from the Earth that which the Earth cannot replace and creating a downward spiral with the careless and thoughtless use of resources which cannot be sustained. It is to humans then that the great challenge is offered, and it is to those same humans to choose their response to the various bad habits, shall we say, that humans have created in their so-called civilization. Indeed, we find that the shock of awakening to find how cruel they have been, indeed, to their Mother Earth is a stunning one for many who have only gradually awakened to the awareness that they wish to be part of the dance of life on Earth and not its rapist and its thief.

We hope that more and more it will be a challenge gladly met and enthusiastically taken up to find ways to coexist as part of the dance and part of the good within the environment of Planet Earth. We feel that, more and more, there is great love in your peoples’ hearts for their Earth Mother. And we find this a very helpful and appropriate emotion, one that greatly aids in the process of polarization towards service to others.

May we ask if there is another query at this time? We are those of Q’uo.

Jim: “According to information from Q’uo, the fourth density is coming very soon. When Earth enters the fourth density fully, I suppose there will be two kinds of fourth density beings: one looking like humans and the other looking like dolphins or whales. Is this correct?”

We are those of Q’uo and are aware of your query, my brother. My brother, it is certainly correct in terms of the early graduates of third density, for it takes a certain amount of what you call time and experience in fourth density in order to begin to enjoy the freedom that this density offers. We are not those who can probe your future in terms of linear time, for in the linear space/time sense these choices have not yet been made.

But within fourth density there is the capacity of the physical body to make choices as to what form it would wish to use. This opens the choice not only to the human form and the form of the cetaceans but other forms as well. So, we would say, my brother, in early fourth density there certainly shall be found many fourth-density cetaceans and many fourth-density humans, in that their forms continue to resemble those species. As fourth density evolves, so shall the choices of its souls.

May we ask if there is another query at this time? We are those of Q’uo.

Jim: The last question concerns diet. T says: “Basically, I think we are free to eat any kind of food we desire. However, we don’t eat human flesh because it is against the law and unethical. But what about whales and dolphins? If we kill and eat them, do we incur or increase negative karma, like when we kill a person?”

We are those of Q’uo and are aware of your query, my brother. Karma is incurred when an entity makes a choice in service to self, knowing that this choice shall harm another sentient being. There are very few human entities upon your planet at this time that have any awareness at all of the nature of the cetaceans. Consequently, since to their awareness they are only destroying fish, their karma is that of one who destroys fish. One who is ignorant cannot be held as being guilty of that in which he was in complete ignorance.

On the other hand, it is well to point out that there is what you may call a kind of karma involved in eating anything whatsoever: berries, nuts, vegetables, grasses, and dairy products. All of these things have a consciousness of a kind. It is not only the flesh of fish and animals that cannot be consumed without there being a responsive effect. All things that move into feeding you as a human have given their consciousness to you and consequently, it is a spiritually positive practice to remember always to give thanks for every morsel of nutrition that is ingested. We find in this instrument’s mind the awareness that there are certain kinds of tuna that contain dolphins and that this instrument has long ago refused to purchase that particular kind of tuna. And we would suppose that wherever the awareness has come of the special nature of these cetaceans, there is the corresponding refusal to ingest their flesh.

The way of your density is the way of bodies that are created as chemical distilleries which take in raw materials and process them chemically in order to break them down, to use the nutriments that the body needs and then to excrete that which is left over. It is certainly an excellent idea to spiritualize the process of eating, giving it respect and honor, and giving to those nuts and berries, vegetables, dairy products, and meats that are eaten thanks and praise for the gift of their consciousness.

T’s third question was: “Basically, I think we are free to eat any kind of food we desire. However, we don’t eat human flesh because it is against the law and unethical. But what about whales and dolphins? If we kill and eat them, do we incur or increase negative karma, like when we kill a person?” Q’uo began by saying karma is incurred when we make a choice in service to self, knowing that this choice shall harm another sentient being, and there are very few humans upon our planet that have any awareness of the nature of the marine mammals  since to their awareness they are only destroying fish, and their karma is that of one who destroys fish because one who is ignorant cannot be held as being guilty of that in which they were in complete ignorance. Q’uo continued by saying it is well to point out that there is what we may call a kind of karma involved in eating any kind of food: berries, nuts, vegetables, grasses, and dairy products since all of these things have consciousness of a kind, so it is not only the flesh of animals that cannot be consumed without there being karma, and all things that move into feeding us have given their consciousness to us, and it is a spiritually positive practice to remember to give thanks for every morsel of nutrition that we ingest, and we find in Carla’s mind the awareness that there are certain kinds of tuna that contain dolphins and that this instrument has long ago refused to purchase that kind of tuna, [1] and Q’uo said that wherever the awareness has come of the special nature of these marine mammals, there is the corresponding refusal to ingest their flesh. Q’uo continued by saying the way of our density is the way of bodies that are created as chemical distilleries which take in raw materials and process them chemically in order to break them down, to use the nutriments that our body needs and then to excrete that which is left over, and it is an excellent idea to spiritualize the process of eating, giving it respect, and giving nuts, berries, vegetables, dairy products, and meats that we eat thanks and praise for the gift of their consciousness. In 34.4, Ra gave the basic definition of karma:

Questioner: Thank you. Would you define karma?

Ra: I am Ra. Our understanding of karma is that which may be called inertia. Those actions which are put into motion will continue using the ways of balancing until such time as the controlling or higher principle which you may liken unto your braking or stopping is invoked. This stoppage of the inertia of action may be called forgiveness. These two concepts are inseparable.

[1] There are two quick ways to make sure the canned tuna you purchase is dolphin-free: buying the water-packed white tuna as opposed to the oil-packed, darker tuna, and checking the can labels for the notice “Dolphin Safe.” Over 90% of all tuna canners are now in compliance with this labeling and dolphin mortality has correspondingly shrunk over 90%

We would close this contemplation of dolphins, whales, and porpoises by considering one last characteristic of their being, and that is communication. The communication of cetaceans is concept communication. It is not yet telepathy. There is the creation of sound that travels through the medium of water which contains the very short bursts of communication that create the cluster of thoughts within concept. There are great advantages to concept communication over communication by words, for in concept communication there is not the possibility of misunderstanding because of clumsily used words.

This instrument also has learned to use concept communication to receive concepts and to translate them into language. However, for you as a species to learn to offer concepts to each other rather than words is perhaps expecting too much, for you have the capacity to vocalize, and whether you sing your language or speak it, you have great facility in modulating your voice and in making a variety of sounds. Of all of those ways of evolving that have split between the land-based, opposable-thumbed humans and the water-based cetaceans, this is perhaps the single most telling difference. And, in a way, it explains much of the confusion and turmoil of you who dwell upon the land and speak words at each other but often not with each other. We hope that you may learn not only from the dolphins and whales but also from us, who speak in concepts to those with ears to hear and hearts to understand.

Q’uo went on to say we would close this discussion of dolphins, whales, and porpoises by considering one last characteristic of their being, and that is communication, so the communication of marine mammals is concept communication–not telepathy—and there is the creation of sound that travels through water which contains short bursts of communication that create the cluster of thoughts within a concept, so there are great advantages to concept communication over communication by words, for in concept communication there is not the possibility of misunderstanding because of clumsily used words. Q’uo completed their reply by saying Carla also has learned to use concept communication to receive concepts and to translate them into language, but for us as a species to learn to offer concepts to each other rather than words is perhaps expecting too much, for we have the capacity to vocalize, and whether we sing our language or speak it, we have the ability in changing our voice and making a variety of sounds, and of all of those ways of evolving that have split between the land-based, opposable-thumbed humans and the water-based, marine mammals, this is the most telling difference, so it explains much of the confusion for us who dwell upon the land and speak words at each other but often not with each other, so Q’uo hoped that we may learn not only from dolphins and whales but also from them as they speak in concepts to those with ears to hear and hearts to understand. On April 19, 2009, Q’uo spoke of the value of our ears to hear and hearts to understand:

As you continually offer yourselves as instruments of the Creator’s love and peace, you shall find great aid in several things. Firstly, you shall find enormous help in entering the silence. The tremendous learnings and new awarenesses with which this time is so rich, to those who have ears to hear and hearts to understand, offer you many gifts. Indeed, too many gifts for you to assimilate without moving into the silence and letting these new learnings and awarenesses be seated and integrated into your deep mind and into the basic balances of your energy body.

Just as sleep offers rest to the physical body that it may reset its systems, cleanse toxins from the body, and restore the body to the balance which is its best balance for continued life and growth, just so entering the silence gives your metaphysical body, the energy body, the time of rest and recuperation that it needs from the hustle and bustle of incoming catalyst and hard-won victories. It allows new learnings to be seated in the subconscious mind. It allows new balances to be confirmed and implemented. It cleanses the toxins of fear, self-doubt, and low self-worth from the system. And it resets the system at its best tuning.

What a joy it has been, my friends, to speak with you at this time. We would thank the one known as T with all our hearts for probing ever more deeply into the nature of things in an effort that never tires to seek the truth, to find the love, and to choose the service that offers the most compassion and the most light. We thank the one known as T for his being and for his service, as well as for his questions, which it has been our privilege and pleasure to consider.

At this time, we would leave this instrument and this group, thanking each for the beauty of your shared vibrations. We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. We leave you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. Adonai, my friends, Adonai.

This morning I went outside and weeded the Morning Glories in the pyramid located in the cross area in the back yard. It looks like something inside the protective netting has been eating the Morning Glories, so I will buy more seeds and plant them tomorrow. Then I weeded the Day Lillies along the north side of the garage. After the weeding was done, I went on an errand run with my first stop being at Thieneman’s Nursery to buy four flats of flowers that need half sun and half shade. My net stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market where I bought some food for myself. My last stop was at Walgreens’ Drug Store where I bought some Pepsi-Zero and picked up a prescription.

This afternoon I used my trimmer to trim the weed in the gardens around the fishpond, in the pet cemetery, and in the front yard.

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

May 8

The Garden Of The Spirit

I am of the principle of the full consciousness of Love. I am the Garden of your heart.

I am the fountain of joy. I dwell in the midst of experience and no creature is far from me at any time.

The difficulties of experience may seem like many waters separating the soul from Light, separating the thirsty one from wholesome drink. And yet the water of troubles is shallow. And with the feet under one, the soul may stand up into good air and see the fountain of life.

Know that if you are in trouble of any kind today, it is a shallow and unstable trouble, a mere shadow waiting only for the heart to pound with courage and faith, that the feet may be gathered under one and the soul’s body be thrust upright.

For truly it is said that man has never left the Garden of the Spirit in any but the most shallow sense. A little round of salvation may seem large. Yet because it is a perfect circle you have never been without it.

We leave you in peace, now and ever. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from January 10, 2009:

Question from G: Q’uo, Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. In a similar vein, the central theme of the Baghavad Gita consists of a metaphorical battle between the lower, self-serving, sense-enslaved forces of past habits and conditioning versus the higher forces of discrimination, freedom, love, and unity. As the so-called higher forces are called into action in this metaphorical battle—that is, as the self begins to awaken and desires to seek the truth—the so-called lower self is stirred, and agitated, and called to battle. The more that attempts are made to evolve into a higher and more humble understanding, the harder the lower self works to defeat those efforts. Q’uo, on the level of pure, undifferentiated, unmanifest unity, there are no dynamic forces at play. But to whatever extent that the seeker is working within the illusions of duality and opposing forces, is there a counter-pull to attempts at evolution? In other words, as attempts are made to know and become the light, is there a corresponding intensification of the darkness within?

(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. It is our privilege and our pleasure to be called to your circle of seeking, and we gladly join in this sacred session of working to speak with you concerning the light and the dark and the evolution of humankind. As always, before we begin we would enjoin you to use all discrimination as you listen to what we have to say, harvesting for your later thought those thoughts of ours which resonate with you and leaving the rest behind. If you use your powers of discrimination and trust in them, you shall not be led astray by slick words and by shallow thoughts but shall remain within your integrity and follow your own process. We greatly thank you for this consideration as it allows us to speak freely those thoughts which we would share with you at this time.

Wethank the one known as G for this query, for it gives us an opportunity to share thoughts concerning the principle characteristic of your density, and to some extent, the earlier portion of the density which is to come. Your density is often called the density of Choice. With choice there is the exclusive reference to the dynamic of two paths, one high, one low; one radiant, one magnetic; one service-to-others, one service-to-self. Just as that is the central characteristic of your density, so is it the central activity of the spiritual seeker to make the choice between the high and the low, the radiant and the magnetic, the light and the dark, service to others or service to self.

We speak to those that have made that initial choice of service to others. We too, in our third densities, made that choice, each for ourselves, and so we walk that path of the Light, the radiant, the service-to-others. You join with us and are wonderful companions to us as we share your vibrations in this circle of seeking. How wonderful it is to walk together! Evolution is inevitable. No force can oppose it. No force can keep it from going forward. However, the engine of desire can accelerate the pace of spiritual evolution. We say this to indicate that it is not that the powers of darkness attempt to impede evolution. Rather it is that the powers of darkness ask the seeker to evolve according to the service-to-self path. Such progress may seem to be unpleasant to one who is completely dedicated to seeking in service to others. To achieve ever greater polarity in service-to-self, however, is as valid a path of evolution of mind, body, and spirit as is the polarity of service-to-others on the path of Light. Both paths come eventually to unity in sixth density.

G’s first question was: “Q’uo, on the level of pure, undifferentiated, unmanifest unity, there are no dynamic forces at play. But to whatever extent that the seeker is working within the illusions of duality and opposing forces, is there a counter-pull to attempts at evolution? In other words, as attempts are made to know and become the light, is there a corresponding intensification of the darkness within?” Q’uo thanked G for this query, because it gave them an opportunity to share thoughts concerning the nature of our density and to the earlier portion of the density which is to come, so our density is called the density of Choice, and with Choice there is the reference to the dynamic of two paths of service-to-others, and service-to-self, so just as that is the central characteristic of our density, so is it the central activity of the spiritual seeker to make the choice between service to others or service to self. Then Q’uo said we speak to those that have made that initial Choice of service to others, and we also, in our third densities, made that Choice, and we walk that path of the Light and service-to-others, so Q’uo said that we are companions to them as they share our vibrations in this circle of seeking, and how wonderful it is to walk together because evolution is inevitable, and no force can oppose it, but the engine of our desire can accelerate the pace of spiritual evolution, and the powers of darkness ask us to evolve according to service-to-self since it is as valid a path of evolution of mind, body, and spirit as is the polarity of service-to-others on the path of Light, but both paths come eventually to unity in sixth density. In 36.15, Ra described how both paths come into unity in the sixth density:

The sixth-density negative entity is extremely wise. It observes the spiritual entropy occurring due to the lack of ability to express the unity of sixth density. Thus, loving the Creator and realizing at some point that the Creator is not only self but other-self as self, this entity consciously chooses an instantaneous energy reorientation so that it may continue its evolution.

So, when thinking about the way each action is met by an equal and opposing action, it is not necessary to think of this illusion but rather to think of a choice that is made once, and then again, again, and again, throughout an incarnational experience. The hope that those minions of the dark have in offering that necessary darkness that shadows the Light is that the seeker shall be distracted and stop moving in a continuous pattern of choices that are equally positive and find that the self is considering choices that are not necessarily dark, but are those which indicate the attraction of shadow. The seeker that is distracted by temptation may feel himself burning out and find that he must sit by the side of the road for a time and rest. This does not halt the engine of evolution, which is inevitable. It merely slows that process of acceleration that had been ongoing before that temptation had been accepted.

It is, however, quite true that as a seeker stands closer and closer to the Light, he casts an ever sharper shadow, so that he draws attention. And consequently, he receives the attention of those energies and essences of what this instrument might term “the dark side,” following the pop-culture term of Star Wars. When you consider further that those who seek the Light are innocent and naïve, and that those who seek service-to-self polarity are clever and subtle, you can begin to see the shape of temptation. There is not so much the heavy-handed energetic displacement of physical pain or those temptations that one might see as heavy or obvious. Rather it is that such temptations are insidious. You may have decided on a program of meditation and the insidious voice says, “Not today, perhaps tomorrow.” You may have decided to fast about speaking ill of another and the insidious voice says, “But justice must be done, I must be fair, I must find equity, I must not keep silent.”

Then Q’uo said when thinking about the way each action is met by an equal and opposing action, it is not necessary to think of this illusion but rather to think of a choice that is made once, and then again, and again, throughout an incarnational experience, so the hope of those minions of the dark have in offering that darkness that shadows the Light is that we shall stop moving in a pattern of choices that are positive and find that we are considering choices that are not dark, but are those which indicate the attraction of shadow, and when we are distracted by temptation we may feel ourself burning out, and find that we must sit by the side of the road and rest, but this does not halt the engine of evolution, which is inevitable, but it slows that process of growth that had been going on before that temptation had been accepted. Q’uo went on to say it is true that as we stand closer to the Light, we cast a sharper shadow, so that we draw attention, and we receive the attention of those energies of what Carla might term “the dark side”, so when we consider that those who seek the Light are innocent and naïve, and that those who seek service-to-self polarity are clever and subtle, we can see the shape of temptation, and there are not those temptations that we might see as obvious, but it is that such temptations are insidious, and we may have decided on a program of meditation and the insidious voice says: “’Not today, perhaps tomorrow.” We may have decided to fast about speaking ill of another and the insidious voice says, “But justice must be done, I must be fair, I must find equity, I must not keep silent.’” On June 14, 2005, Q’uo spoke of how some of those of the service-to-self polarity are called by service-to-others entities:

There is a tremendous focusing of Love and Light from all of those who respond to this calling from your peoples. It is our privilege and our blessing to be so called. There are also those with darker energies, which this instrument calls the service-to-self polarity, and to some extent they have also been called to your planet by those desiring to move ahead on the path of service to others. A wide range of information is available. Those who wish to receive messages of hope and truth along the path of service to others have called to us, and to you, children of Earth, the brothers and sisters of sorrow have come. We are your kindred, and we feel your sorrow. We cannot take your suffering upon us. We cannot participate in your choices.

It is that insidious voice that moves the energy expenditure of your day from a straight line of service to others and instead encourages the turning away into consideration of those things which have nothing to do with service to others but have everything to do with the comfort and the preferences of the self. Are those desires for comfort and those preferences negative or lower than the higher desires? My friends, we would say no. All desires are worthy. All desires are free to be followed until there is no longer that desire; until that desire has fallen away effortlessly. There is no consideration of lowness or judgment of one desire over another. You are here as entities evolving by knowing more and more about yourself. You experience those things desired, observe the results of those desires, and so gradually gather knowledge concerning yourself and insight concerning your perceptions. As a result you refine your desires and purify your choices and your intentions.

There is no such thing as a mistake because the results of that mistake will inevitably true themselves through time, bringing you onto the path you chose before incarnation by a series of serendipitous turns and twists. Consequently, you can rest from a concern that you can get off the track in a final or permanent way. The track goes with you and a homing sense within you shall steer you in whatever vector is necessary back toward your true and fundamental desire. Consequently, we would encourage those who seek to become ever more full of Light and more transparent to the will of the infinite One; to examine with love and not with judgment those moments of temptation, those time of listening to the insidious voice that would distract you and use up the energy of the day in doing those things which, upon thought, you may not prefer to do.

Q’uo went on to say it is that insidious voice that moves the energy expenditure of our day from service to others and towards everything to do with the comfort and the preferences of our self, so Q’uo asked if those desires for personal comfort are negative, but then they said they were not because all desires are free to be followed until that desire has fallen away, and there is no judgment of one desire over another, so we are here as entities evolving by knowing more about ourself, and we experience those things that we desire, and we gather knowledge concerning ourself and our perceptions, and then we refine our desires and purify our choices. Then Q’uo said there is no such thing as a mistake because the results of that mistake will inevitably true themselves through time, bringing us onto the path we chose before incarnation by a series of coincidences, so we can rest from concern that we can get off of our path in a final way because our path goes with us and a homing sense within us shall steer us in whatever direction is necessary back toward our true desire, so Q’uo encouraged us to become more full of Light and more transparent to the will of the infinite One; to examine with love and not with judgment those moments of temptation, those times of listening to the insidious voice that would distract us and use up the energy of our day in doing those things which we may not prefer to do. On September 20, 1992, Q’uo described how we can manifest the will of the infinite One:

The universal self is all of you, yet you are the universal Self alone. You are holy and profane, and you are as much a mystery as is the Creator. Your mystery and your service may be contained, convenient, and finite, or you may choose the high road of attempting to universalize modes of perception so that you move more and more into an acceptance of that which the mind brings. Full and loving action in the face of circumstance is your path of service. Each is on that path. Sudden changes take place in such paths and the scenery changes. As long as the attention is kept upon the will of the infinite One whatever service lies before you will feel most blessed.

As you become more mature, spiritually speaking, and more seasoned, you shall feel again and again that you have done nothing but take a step back. But this, my friends, is due to the fact that as you stand closer to the Light you see every blemish, every chink in the armor of Light that lies within yourself. And that too is a great temptation. It is a temptation to move away from spontaneity and being present in the moment, to turn to self-judgment and self-recrimination because you see these self-perceived imperfections. And yet, this too is the shadow side of self, that insidious voice that takes you away from the straight path of being transparent to the light and open to the moment, so that you may cooperate with whatever is occurring, whether it would seem to be a positive experience or a negative one.

We give you the example of this instrument it spoke of earlier in the round-robin talk that preceded this meditation, of being in the hospital and experiencing a fairly long period of discomfort that seemed to her to be completely unnecessary. It would have been very easy for this instrument to listen to those insidious voices, to feel self-pity, to feel anger, to feel self-judgment. However, this instrument chose, and well she chose, to give thanks, knowing from experience that such times of challenge are gifts hard to open but sweet in the opening. Such times shall come to this instrument and to all who seek the Love and Light of the one infinite Creator. As the seeking intensifies, so may the times of trial. That is what your illusion is for, the testing, the choosing, the testing, and the choosing again. It is a tapestry of light and dark, and there are no wrong choices, only the discovery of the self through the experiences of choice.

Q’uo continued by saying as we become more spiritually mature we shall feel we have done nothing but take a step back, but this is because as we stand closer to the Light we see every chink in the armor of Light that lies within our self, and that is a great temptation to move away from being present in the moment, to turn to self-judgment because we see our imperfections, but this is the shadow side of our self, that voice that takes us away from the straight path of being transparent to the Light and open to the moment, so that we may cooperate with whatever is occurring, whether it would seem to be a positive experience or a negative one. Then Q’uo gave us the example of Carla who spoke, in the round-robin talk that preceded this meditation, of being in the hospital and experiencing a long period of discomfort that seemed to her to be unnecessary, and it would have been easy for her to listen to those voices, to feel self-judgment, but she chose to give thanks, knowing from experience that such times of challenge are gifts hard to open but sweet in the opening, and such times shall come to her and to all who seek the Love and Light of the one infinite Creator because as the seeking intensifies, so may the times of trial, so that is what our illusion is for: the testing, the choosing, the testing, and the choosing again, and it is a tapestry of light and dark, and there are no wrong choices, only the discovery of our self through the experiences of choice. On October 21, 2001, Q’uo spoke of the value of times of trial for us:

Times of trial and trouble such as the one you experience now are those times when fear can be most crippling, and when that leap of faith can be most powerfully effective. What thoughts are you thinking at this moment? What thoughts have crossed your mind this day? What are your patterns of thought? Where do you put the value in your thinking time? And how would you choose to change those patterns of thought? Work in consciousness can be dazzlingly fast and brilliant. Instantaneous changes and transformations can occur, but in an incarnational experience the great majority of time is spent not in the flashes of illumination but in those times between, in those valleys between the mountaintop experiences. And yet those valleys can be your heaven or your hell or anything in between. Each thought that you think is at once an accident and a creation.

We said to you at the beginning of this conversation that it is not only third density that is wrapped up in the dynamic of positive and negative, but the beginning of fourth density as well. Indeed, there are many who, being new to fourth density, offer themselves as soldiers of the Light and see the soldiers of the dark as enemies to be battled. The insidious voices have won the day! And yet, this too is acceptable, and it does not halt the movement of evolution. It merely distracts it from its accelerated path, that acceleration that is chosen by those who seek the Light. On and on the war in heaven, as this instrument calls this phenomenon, runs until the last of third density has graduated and there is no more battleground over which to fight. Do not deplore this situation, for many there are who cannot quickly see through the nature of this dynamic of Light and dark and who must in taking sides become embattled.

The beauty of this obviously distorted choice is that while fourth density wages this war, it bleeds away the harshest of the fear, anger, and other negative emotions which lie within the red-ray’s inner planes, which constitute a great engine of fear which pops out in third density as geysers of negativity coming up through the mud of the subconscious and into the mind. It is a stabilizing factor for the inner planes of third density and it has alleviated harsh vibrations, just as the energy of All Saints Day alleviates but does not obliterate the energy of All-Hallows Eve. As these times of temptation occur within your seeking, be not afraid, for you are not alone. Standing with you is the entire body of those within the inner planes who vibrate in Love, forgiveness, and charity. Call upon and feel the tremendous force of that support. It is unseen, yet it is ever near and ever powerful.

Q’uo said to us at the beginning of this conversation that it is not only third density that is wrapped up in the dynamic of positive and negative, but the beginning of fourth density as well, and there are many who, being new to fourth density, offer themselves as soldiers of the Light and see the soldiers of the dark as enemies to be battled, so the insidious voices have won the day, yet this too is acceptable since it does not halt the movement of our evolution, but it distracts it from its path of acceleration that is chosen by us who seek the Light, so on and on the war in heaven runs, as Carla calls this phenomenon, until the last of third density has graduated, and there is no more battleground over which to fight, so we must not deplore this situation, for many there are who cannot see through the nature of this dynamic of Light and dark and who must, in taking sides, become embattled. Then Q’uo said the beauty of this distorted choice is that while fourth density wages this war, it bleeds away the harshest of the fear and anger which lie within the red-ray’s inner planes, which constitute an engine of fear which pops out in third density as geysers of negativity coming up through the mud of our subconscious and into our mind, and it is a stabilizing factor for the inner planes of third density which has alleviated harsh vibrations, just as the energy of All Saints Day alleviates the energy of Halloween, and as these times of temptation occur within our seeking, be not afraid, for we are not alone since standing with us is the entire body of those within the inner planes who vibrate in Love and forgiveness, so we can call upon and feel the force of that support that is unseen, yet it is ever near and ever powerful. On July 13, 1987, Hatonn spoke of those within the inner planes who joined us in love during our wedding ceremony:

Carla: Are you able to bring into mind the golden beings which were around Jim and me at our wedding, and if you are, could you comment on the possibilities in general of accompaniments from the inner planes and/or the outer planes at such metaphysically potent rituals?

I am Hatonn. Each seeker, according to the path which it travels, gathers to it those friends and teachers from the metaphysical realms which are ever present in the life experience. There are moments within the incarnational pattern which offer themselves to rejoicing and celebration and to the further gathering of those friends, both seen and unseen, which lend their very being to the ceremonies and rituals that signify the further enhancing of the potential for serving the Creator and for rejoicing in the creation of the Father. Thus, within your own pattern of experience, you have also called unto yourselves those presences which respond in joy at the call, and lend the brilliance of their being to your joyous celebration.

Theone known as Jesus stood at the pinnacle of the world in His time of temptation. He was offered power, the power to make things right for his people. Who would not want that? His only saving grace was the knowledge that His kingdom was not Earth, and that He had power to save but not in the worldly sense unless He so chose to relinquish His ability to offer spiritual power to those who saw beyond this Earth. Thusly He said, “Get thee behind me.” And He walked down from the hill which overlooked the world into the valley of human-hood, ignorance, illness, anguish and pain. And Te said, “This is my kingdom. Here shall I let the Life and the Love of the one Creator flow through me. Here shall I touch and be touched. Here shall I love and be loved.”

Think you that you are any less than the one known as Jesus? Nay my friends. You are all able to bear the cloak of Christhood; able to let compassion run through you like a golden river; able to open and bloom in the light of infinite Love, not so others may see you, but only to bloom, only to be. In that being lies your greatest gift. In that transparency lies your greatest service. Consequently, let the time flow. It is a river that will bring you storms and easy days. Angry whirlpools and halcyon waves. Trust the boat upon which you sit. It is the boat of your knowledge of yourself. Let that boat take all of the water, all of the moods of the river as they come, and if you do get distracted and find yourself in a whirlpool going around and around, let it exhaust itself in you, and then take out the keel, point it in the direction you choose with all your heart, and begin again. There is never an ending. There is never a true loss. There is only you, your desire, and the road upon which you long ago have set your foot.

Q’uo went on to say Jesus stood at the pinnacle of the world in His time of temptation, and He was offered the power to make things right for his people, and His only saving grace was the knowledge that His kingdom was not Earth, and that He had power to save but not in the worldly sense, so He chose to relinquish His ability to offer spiritual power to those who saw beyond this Earth, so He said, “Get thee behind me,” and He walked down from the hill which overlooked the world into the valley of human beings, ignorance, and pain, and He said, “This is my kingdom. Here shall I let the Life and the Love of the one Creator flow through me. Here shall I touch and be touched. Here shall I Love and be loved.” Q’uo completed their reply by saying that we are no less than Jesus because we are able to bear the cloak of Christhood; able to let compassion run through us like a golden river; able to open and bloom in the Light of infinite Love, but only to bloom and only to be, and in that being lies our greatest gift and our greatest service, so let the time flow since it is a river that will bring us storms and easy days, and trust the boat upon which we sit, the boat of our knowledge of our self, so let that boat take all of the water, all of the moods of the river as they come, and if we do get distracted and find ourself in a whirlpool going around and around, let it exhaust itself in us, and then take out the keel, point it in the direction we choose with all our heart, and begin again because there is never an ending, so there is only our desire, and the road upon which we long ago have set our feet. On June 7, 1990, Meta said that the Light of Infinite Love can provide a protection for us:

Ask the white Light of infinite Love to cover you completely, and in Love ask that it extend around the circle, covering each of your beloved brothers and sisters, growing and eventually becoming bright enough that you almost disappear because of the Light within, around and about the circle as well as upon the surface of your own physical body. You are now in a protected globe of white Light, in a position of sacred trust with those within the circle.

May we ask if there is a follow-up to this query. We are those of Q’uo.

G: Yes, Q’uo, thank you. Briefly, are you suggesting that the darkness or negative polarity within the self, the face of that darkness, is temptation, and that the self encounters that darkness as temptation?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. That is not precisely our suggestion. We are suggesting that it is helpful to view the shadow side of the self as the offerer of temptation. We are not suggesting you separate from the shadow side. We are simply suggesting that rather than separating the light part of the self from the dark part, or the higher desires of the self from the lower desires, it is helpful to see that together these two sides of self create a whole. Together the dynamic between light and dark creates that wonderfully unique entity that you are. In suggesting that you view the desires of the shadow side as distraction and insidious voices, we are attempting to give you a viewpoint which partakes of fearlessness and non-judgment as regards the worth of lower desires, so called. For every shadow energy can, through the application of compassion and unconditional acceptance, be refined to become a wonderful, powerful part of the self which supports the light.

By giving the action of the shadow side that is upon the surface, that comes to you as temptation, the respect of refusing to stop seeing it as temptation, you gradually are able to reach out to the shadow side and ask it for its help. However, in order to leave the surface of the shadow desires, these insidious voices, and to plunge deeply beneath that surface energy which partakes of judgment, you are honoring those energies and asking them to move into a more purified state. It is as if you saw a small child who was acting foolishly and not taking that foolishness lightly and saying, “That’s not a good decision.” Perhaps you might think of it another way. You do not shame the small child. But by being unafraid of the child’s tantrums, by speaking directly to the child through the storms of his emotions, you give the child the opportunity to see another choice, another way.

Then G asked: “Briefly, are you suggesting that the darkness or negative polarity within the self, the face of that darkness, is temptation, and that the self encounters that darkness as temptation?” Q’uo began by saying we are aware of your query, but that is not precisely our suggestion, so we are suggesting that it is helpful to view the shadow side of the self as offering temptations, but we are suggesting that rather than separating the light part of the self from the dark part, it is helpful to see that together these two sides of self create a whole, and together the dynamic between Light and dark creates that unique entity that you are, so in suggesting that you view the desires of the shadow side as insidious voices, we are attempting to give you a viewpoint which partakes of fearlessness and non-judgment as regards the worth of lower desires, for every shadow energy can, through the application of compassion, be refined to become a powerful part of the self which supports the Light. Q’uo went on to say by giving the action of the shadow side that comes to you as temptation, the respect of refusing to stop seeing it as temptation, you are able to reach out to the shadow side and ask it for its help, but in order to leave the surface of the shadow desires and to plunge beneath that surface energy which partakes of judgment, you are honoring those energies and asking them to move into a more purified state and give yourself the opportunity to see another choice. On November 23, 2019, Q’uo spoke of how we can invite our shadow side to help us on our spiritual journey:

Thus, within the meditative state, by inviting these various portions of the shadow side to express themselves to the conscious seeker of truth, this seeker then may discover that within the shadow side there are qualities that are most helpful in the spiritual path. Perhaps there is a toughness, a grittiness that can see one through difficult situations because the shadow side has had to be shunned aside for so long. Perhaps there is a creativity to the shadow side that may aid the spiritual seeker in looking at the daily round of activities and the processing of catalyst of others in a new or novel way that aids the perceptions of the conscious seeker in a manner that allows it to become more and more of the One Infinite Creator, and to see more and more of the One Infinite Creator in those beings around one, in the environment around one, in every portion of the existence that the spiritual seeker of truth is aware of.

May we answer you further, my brother, we are those of Q’uo.

G: I’ll respond with a comment and then not ask a question, because there are other questions. My response is that I understand and feel the benefit of your approach that lifts the seeker’s perspective to a point from which they can see all desires, as you said, as being worthy and valuable. And from that perspective the seeker may respond to such desires with a light heart, with a faithful attitude, with an open heart, and thereby make the best use of the energies that are available.

At the same time, sometimes the way I hear you it sounds as if you try to erase distinction. And I would just say that I believe that being able to differentiate, being able to derive distinctions, being able to identify and call something what it is and know it is also very helpful and goes hand in hand with that perspective which you are trying to relay, which is to greet what you have identified with an open heart. That’s all for me, on to other questions.

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of this entity’s comment, which is insightful. We thank the one known as G for sharing this insight.

May we ask if there is another query at this time. We are those of Q’uo.

Jim: B asks, “When our physical bodies die in third density, approximately how long in time does it take an entity then to incarnate in the fourth density?”

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of the query of the one known as B, to whom we offer greetings. The response to this query cannot be singular, for each entity is unique. If an entity has been able to move through the healing of the incarnation while within physical incarnation, the time of healing which is spent after incarnation and before a decision is made concerning the next step can be quite short, in your measurement of time perhaps a number of weeks. Especially if there is some pressure from within the entity to move forward, this procedure may even be shortened to perhaps one or two months and no more.

Conversely, if during the physical incarnation there has not been a healing of the incarnation, then the time of healing may be quite prolonged, perhaps in your measurement of time many years. It depends on the depth of the distortion complex in which an entity exists at the time of his passing from physical life to larger or metaphysical life. Indeed, there are those who have died without realizing they have entered the gates of larger life, primarily those upon the battlefield, but also those taken in sudden trauma in other ways than war. They spend many, many years, perhaps even centuries of your time, living through mists and confusion until finally there is an awareness of the true state of affairs, which is that they are no longer in a physical body and are no longer living a physical life.

B asked: ““When our physical bodies die in third density, approximately how long in time does it take an entity then to incarnate in the fourth density?” Q’uo began by saying we are those of Q’uo, and are aware of the query of B, to whom we offer greetings, and the response to this query cannot be simple, for each entity is unique, so if an entity has been able to move through the healing of the incarnation while within its incarnation, the time of healing which is spent after incarnation, and before a decision is made concerning the next incarnation, can be a few of weeks, and if there is some pressure from within the entity to move forward, this procedure may even be shortened to perhaps one or two months. Then Q’uo said if, during the incarnation there has not been a healing of the incarnation, then the time of healing may be quite prolonged, perhaps many years because it depends on the depth of the distortion in which an entity exists at the time of its passing from physical life to larger life, and there are those who have died without realizing they have entered the gates of larger life, primarily those upon the battlefield or those taken in sudden trauma in other ways than war, so they spend many years, perhaps even centuries living through confusion until there is an awareness that they are no longer in a physical body and are no longer living a physical life. In 47.13, Ra spoke of how an entity may spend a great deal of time before they realize that their physical body has died:

Questioner: What stimulus would create what we call an Earth-bound spirit or a lingering ghost?

Ra: I am Ra. The stimulus for this is the faculty of the will. If the will of yellow-ray mind/body/spirit is that which is stronger than the progressive impetus of the physical death towards realization of that which comes, that is, if the will is concentrated enough upon the previous experience, the entity’s shell of yellow ray, though no longer activated, cannot either be completely deactivated and, until the will is released, the mind/body/spirit complex is caught. This often occurs, as we see you are aware, in the case of sudden death as well as in the case of extreme concern for a thing or an other-self.

For instance, when the Twin Towers were blasted in your city of New York in your year 2001, there were hundreds of entities who died so quickly that they were not aware of the change in their condition. The natives of that island, being of what you would call the Native American nature, came into the inner planes of that building and built camp fires and drew the groups of people to them by shining that flickering light. And, sitting around the campfire, they told the story of death and rebirth into a new environment. Over a period of time the Manhattan Indians brought to their tribe all those who were confused, and one by one, rendered them able to see their guidance coming for the first time, so that they reentered the stream of evolution and began their time of healing.

You asked how long it takes after awareness has been reached and the healing has ended to enter fourth density. That too is variable. For some it is very quick, for there is the eagerness to get on with the new lessons, the new service, the new learning, the new challenges, and it is a heady thing to be in the fourth-density light in which there is so much more information and so many more options as to what to learn how to serve and so forth. For others, and indeed in the majority of cases in those who are graduating at this time in the harvest of Earth, there is a decision to stay within the inner planes and to help lighten the third-density planetary consciousness, or indeed, in many cases the choice is made to enter into incarnation in the third density world once again, coming this time as fourth-density wanderers, in order to reach out to their brothers and sisters whom they have just left.

Then Q’uo said when the Twin Towers were blasted in New York City in 2001, there were hundreds of entities who died so quickly that they were not aware of the change in their condition, and the natives of that island, being of the Native American nature, came into the inner planes of that building, and built camp fires, and drew the groups of people to them by shining that flickering light, and sitting around the campfire they told the story of death and rebirth into a new environment, so over a period of time the Manhattan Indians brought to their tribe all those who were confused and helped them to be able to see their guidance coming for the first time, so that they reentered the stream of evolution and began their time of healing. Q’uo continued by saying you asked how long it takes after awareness has been reached, and the healing has ended, to enter fourth density, and that is variable, for some it is very quick, for there is the eagerness to get on with the new lessons, and new challenges, and it is a heady thing to be in the fourth-density Light in which there is so much more information and options as to what to learn how to serve, for most those who are graduating at this time in the harvest of Earth: “there is a decision to stay within the inner planes and to help lighten the third-density planetary consciousness, or indeed, in many cases the choice is made to enter into incarnation in the third density world once again, coming this time as fourth-density wanderers, in order to reach out to their brothers and sisters whom they have just left.” On December 25, 2010, Q’uo spoke of the nature of fourth-density Light:

My sister, the weariness which spiritual seekers feel at this time is indeed an artifact of the changing energy at the waning of Light in third density and the dawning of Light in fourth density. Fourth-density light more and more interpenetrates third-density Light and, as we said in response to an earlier query, this Light is loaded with information. It is the Light of Love and understanding and the burden of information that it carries is heavy. It carries more truth than third-density Light. It carries more truth than third density can use comfortably. This means that those who are already awake and already seeking are now seeking under more of a strain than they might have, say, thirty or forty years ago even, and certainly more than one hundred or two hundred years ago.

These entities are those you call the indigo children or the crystal children, and their presence with their double-activated bodies is very helpful. For within incarnation these entities have a thinner veil because of the double activation and therefore are able to be lighthouses and allow the light of the infinite Creator to flow through them with much less resistance than those with third-density wiring only. It is to be remembered, my brother, that once you have left the river of time and entered larger life, time is completely irrelevant to you. Your concern then is to fulfill patterns, to come into balance, and when balance has been achieved, to poise the self, tune the self, and turn the self to the next choice of paths, the next incarnation or the next non-incarnational term of service within the inner planes. You shall truly not have to be concerned with time when your time in third density is over.

It is a blessing to be in the river of time and to have these choices to make while the veil is thick and opaque. Much can be done in that atmosphere that cannot be done when there is no veil. For when there is an opaque and thick veil it is faith that can move the point of balance within your personality in a deeper sense, in a much more powerful fashion than can be achieved when faith is no longer necessary, for you see all and know the truth for sure.

Q’uo continued by saying these entities are called the Indigo children or the Crystal children, and their presence with their double-activated bodies is very helpful, for within incarnation  they have a thinner veil because of the double activation, and are able to be lighthouses and allow the Light of the infinite Creator to flow through them with much less resistance than those with third-density wiring only, so it is to be remembered that once you have entered larger life, time is completely irrelevant to you, and your concern is to come into balance, and when balance has been achieved, to tune the self, and turn the self to the next choice of paths, the next incarnation, or the next non-incarnational term of service within the inner planes, and you shall not have to be concerned with time when your time in third density is over. Then Q’uo said it is a blessing to be in the river of time and to have these choices to make while the veil is thick, and much can be done in that atmosphere that cannot be done when there is no veil, for when there is a thick veil it is faith that can move the point of balance within your personality in a deeper sense, in a more powerful fashion than can be achieved when faith is no longer necessary, for you see all and know the truth for sure. On December 31, 1989, Q’uo described the river of time:

Each of you, as individualized portions of the one Creator, partake in this process by particularizing what is simultaneous, taking a small portion of what you would call the river of time from the ocean of eternity, and viewing that river of time as if under the microscope, looking at what seems to come before that which follows, creating the past, the present, and the future, in order that that which is and that is unity in many portions might be experienced in a more intense, varied, and purified fashion. That small sliver, then, of experience that is chosen for each incarnation has working upon it your free will choice, so that that which is eternal becomes magnified and particularized enough that it may be examined carefully within an incarnation, be worked upon by free will, be refined in this process and be purified as an expression of Beingness, of the identity of the one Creator within yourself.

Thus, you enter into this entire process in order that you might pick a portion of that which is yourself and, by working upon it intensively, cause it to become as vivid as possible that it might become an adornment, an honestation for the one Creator. Thus, you refine as one who takes the raw ore from the mountainside and removes from it by this process of particularization that which is gold so that the product of this process, then, is bright, brilliant and shining and is purified in its nature in a manner which would not have been possible were not you to have chosen to expend your consciousness and your effort upon it.

We thank the one known as B for this query. May we ask if there is a final query at this time.

D:Yes, I have one. Is the planetary system of healing called Reiki the same as what Ra termed the sending of love/light?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. The description which those of Ra offered in conversations with the one known as Don of healing and the theory of Reiki are indeed congruent, my brother. While the teaching of Reiki does not involve precisely the same way of describing the gateway of intelligent infinity and the allowing and desiring of energy through the gateway into the green-ray chakra and then out through the hands and so fourth, yet still the activity which both suggest is congruent.

May we answer you further, my brother? We are those of Q’uo.

D: That’s great! Thank you.

We thank you, my brother. May we say what a privilege it has been to share our meditation with you. We thank each of you for your courage and your beauty, and we leave this instrument and this group rejoicing in the power and the peace, 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 vasu borragus.

This morning I went outside and weeded the Yellow Creeping Jenny garden in the back yard by hand since recent rains have soaked the ground which makes it possible to pull weeds out roots and all. Then I went towards the corner of the back yard and weeded about ten small Hosta leaves. Then I weeded the Spotted Ivy out of the Italia Indica plant next to the Hosta.

This afternoon I went outside and used my big mower, Venus, to mow the grass in my side and back yards. There are still Buttercups growing in the front yard, so I will use my trimmer to trim the grass from between the Buttercups.

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

May 7

Rise And Be Free

I am the spirit of the full consciousness of Love. I greet you in the love of Christ.

Within the mind does each pilgrim bow before the Spirit and fall to the knees upon the dusty floor of human suffering.

Yet to the Spirit all things are Light and Love and the holy flame of the principle of Jesus the Christ reaches out to sin and suffering with hand and arm, saying, “Arise! Come and do the work of the Spirit, not the work of the bondservant.” My children, rise and be free, for that Spirit which is Love utterly commits and utterly frees the answering Spirit of the pilgrim. Answer and be made whole, that the Light may shine in and through you and that you may, by your Light, lift others from the threshing floor of error.

We leave you in the transfiguring peace of the Love of Christ, 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 December 27, 2008:

The question this week, Q’uo, has to do with whether or not it is possible to learn from somebody else’s experience and wisdom through listening, or if real learning only takes place through experiencing what it is you are learning for yourself. Could you speak to this topic, please?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings, my friends, in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we come to you this evening. We thank you for the privilege of being called to your circle of seeking, and we are delighted to join your session of working and to speak with you concerning the nature of learning and spiritual learning in particular. However, as always, we would request that each of you, in listening to or reading these words, retain to yourself the ability to discern and discriminate between those thoughts of ours that are helpful to you at that time and resonate to you, and those thoughts that do not hit the mark. We ask that you take what is good and leave the rest behind. If you will do that, we will then feel comfortable in sharing our opinions with you. We thank you for this consideration.

We gaze upon your query as to whether it is possible to learn from another’s wisdom or whether it is only possible to learn from direct experience, and we find, as we often do in responding to your queries, that we shall need to create some context for that question. You are souls within incarnation and consequently you have the mind with which you were born, the intellect, the logical, calculating decision-making instrument that is excellent and useful. You also have consciousness. You may think of consciousness as the mind of the heart. We shall, therefore, discuss these two faculties of your mind, the mind that is the intellect and the mind of the heart, in a way that distinguishes what kind of learning is possible for each.

Your intellect is very characteristic of your individuality. As you move through your incarnation you shall occasionally find those whose minds work like yours, whose logic circuitry is compatible with your own. There is great blessing in that kind of intellectual companionship. Each mind is unique. To one young child coming upon the concept of numbers for the first time, the concept would remain flat and uninteresting. Therefore, when a teacher came to teach such an entity how to add, such a child would need physically to grasp two apples and to place two more apples beside them and then count, one, two, three, four. And only in that wise would such a child comprehend the fact of the possibility of addition and subtraction, multiplication and division.

The group question for this session was: “The question this week, Q’uo, has to do with whether or not it is possible to learn from somebody else’s experience and wisdom through listening, or if real learning only takes place through experiencing what it is you are learning for yourself. Could you speak to this topic, please?” Q’uo began by gazing upon our query as to whether it is possible to learn from another’s wisdom, or whether it is only possible to learn from direct experience, and they found that they shall need to create some context for that question because we are souls within incarnation, and we have the mind with which we were born  with our intellect, the logical decision-making instrument that is excellent and useful, and we also have consciousness which we may think of as the mind of our heart, so Q’uo wanted to discuss these two faculties of our mind: our mind that is the intellect, and our mind of the heart, in a way that reveals what kind of learning is possible for each. Then Q’uo said our intellect is characteristic of our individuality, an as we move through our incarnation we shall find those whose minds work like ours, whose logic circuitry is compatible with our own, so there is blessing in that kind of intellectual companionship because each mind is unique, and to a young child coming upon the concept of numbers for the first time, the concept would remain uninteresting, so when a teacher came to teach such an entity how to add, such a child would need to grasp two apples, and to place two more apples beside them, and then count, one, two, three, four, and only in that way would such a child comprehend the fact of addition and subtraction, multiplication, and division. On February 18, 2007, Q’uo spoke of how we can learn from direct experience:

Interestingly enough, Love is the one great force that all entities know intimately, but which resists definition completely. And indeed, to attempt to use words to describe Love is to attempt to build a great edifice out of pebbles. Love is all that there is. That one Thought is the creation. And you have a port on the ocean of that Thought in your heart of hearts. Therefore, you are as equipped as any entity in the universe to seek the one infinite Creator. You have primary access to the direct experience of the Creator. And indeed, it was for that purpose that you came into this illusion. You are gathering information. You are working with that information according to the biases of your personality and your desires. And as you gather your life experiences, each of you makes choices which open to you a way to move forward and to progress.

To another child, perhaps one with exactly the same intelligence quotient, the first brush with the concept of numbers would be enough for the numbers to come alive and to have presence and shape. There would then be the opening of the vast portion of the mind that is not necessarily logical but contains many more ways of looking at things so that two and two would have the shape of four and four divided by two would have the shape of two. There would not be the reaching and the struggle for comprehension. It would seem to that particular child to be obvious. In the same way, one child, shown the concept of letters making words, would have no feeling for the exercise and would struggle to sound out words and to read. Another child, whose mind was shaped differently, when introduced to the concept of letters making words, would hungrily drink in every piece of information, because the thirst for words, the appreciation for the texture and shape of words, is part of that particular child’s mind’s shape.

Dealing only with the intellect, then, we would answer your query by saying that an intellectual appreciation amounting to knowledge is quite possible to assimilate. However, the content of such assimilation will be different for each soul in incarnation. Not everyone came into life with the same set of characteristics. Each soul in incarnation packs its bag of characteristics, gifts, biases, distortions, challenges, and relationships. Each chooses sometimes profoundly different arrays of these items. This is so because there is the carefully conceived and patiently developed plan for incarnation which each soul has created in cooperation with his higher self before the incarnation begins. There are incarnational themes for learning, there are those clusters of gifts that would suggest to each soul the direction and likely shape of his outer gifts to offer in service to others, and so forth.

Then Q’uo said to another child, perhaps one with exactly the same intelligence quotient, the first brush with the concept of numbers would be enough for the numbers to come alive and to have presence and shape, and there would be the opening of the portion of the mind that is not necessarily logical but contains many more ways of looking at things so that two and two would have the shape of four, and four divided by two would have the shape of two, and there would not be the struggle for comprehension, so it would seem to that child to be obvious, and in the same way, one child, shown the concept of letters making words, would have no feeling for the exercise and would struggle to sound out words and to read, but another child, whose mind was shaped differently, when introduced to the concept of letters making words, would hungrily drink in every piece of information because the appreciation for the texture of words, is part of that child’s mind’s shape. Q’uo went on to say dealing only with the intellect, they would answer our query by saying that intellectual knowledge is possible to assimilate, but the content of such knowledge will be different for each of us because not everyone came into life with the same set of characteristics, so each of us packs our bag of gifts, challenges, and relationships, and each chooses a different range of these items because there is the carefully conceived plan for incarnation which each of us has created in cooperation with our higher self before our incarnation begins, so there are incarnational themes for learning, and there are gifts that would suggest to each of us the direction and shape of our outer gifts to offer in service to others. On September 5, 2010, Carla spoke at Homecoming and described how each of us has a plan for our incarnation:

So, the point that the Ra group was making here was that we start out in third density with automatic reincarnational experiences, see, and we finally wake up at some point in our journey through various incarnations and we go, “Oh, I can progress, I can learn, I can make this choice.” And once we get that then we’re in the wonderful position of being senior in vibration, so that we aren’t just automatically incarnated. We get to come in with a plan we’ve made ourselves—and every single one of us in this circle, and I’m sure those who are listening on the radio, are those who are senior enough in vibration to have made your own plan for incarnation.

Now what does that say to you? That says to you that you can trust yourself. And you need to trust yourself. You made this plan. You gave yourself this limitation, this suffering, this difficult relationship with Mom or Dad or husband, or wife, or lover, or friend, or employer. You may not have planned this particular instance of difficulty but you planned relationships which had a very high probability of giving you this very problem.

Consequently, depending on one’s cluster of gifts, one soul shall be able to understand and use the knowledge learned about the self, the society, the world around that soul, the workings of the natural world, the principles of physics upon which things work, and so forth, all very valid avenues of awareness and the accumulation of knowledge and the ability to use that knowledge. Yet, for the entity who is serenely able to enter into and be excited about numbers does not necessarily mean that the same entity shall be able to light up with the excitement of ideas having to do with philosophy. And to a philosopher, the ability to draw, to sing, or to compose poetry may be utterly lacking. So there is no universal way to ensure that each child will develop his intellect in the same way, given the same stimuli. The intellect will grow, and learn, and absorb according to the clusters of gifts with which that soul chose to come into incarnation.

Therefore, intellects are unique and different from each other, yet equal in that each intellect is the whole of the universe available to that soul in incarnation at the level of the intellect. You’ll notice that we have not discussed spiritual learning in talking of the intellect. It is possible for an intellectual mind to play with the ideas that are involved in spiritual evolution. However, it is not possible for the intellect to take hold of those ideas and live them, because the advantages of doing so are obvious to the intellect, but the ability to live the good ideas is lacking within the intellect. We have said often to this group that the longest journey a spiritual seeker makes is the few inches from the mind to the heart. And in order to take hold upon the spiritual ideas that are offered by teacher, mentor, author, or personality in the media, the mind of the heart must be engaged.

Now Q’uo said depending on our gifts, we shall be able to understand and use the knowledge we learned about ourself, the principles of physics upon which things work, and the ability to use that knowledge, yet for the entity who is able to be excited about numbers does not necessarily mean that the same entity shall be able to light up with the excitement of ideas having to do with philosophy, and to a philosopher, the ability to draw, to sing, or to compose poetry may be utterly lacking, so there is no universal way to ensure that each child will develop its intellect in the same way, but the intellect will grow and learn according to the clusters of gifts with which that soul chose to come into incarnation. Q’uo went on to say that our intellects are different from each other, yet equal in that each is the whole universe available to a soul in incarnation at the level of the intellect, but Q’uo had not discussed spiritual learning in talking of the intellect, and it is possible for our intellectual mind to play with ideas that are involved in spiritual evolution, but it is not possible for our intellect to live them even though the advantages of doing so are obvious to our intellect, so the ability to live the good ideas is lacking within our intellect, and the longest journey a spiritual seeker makes is the few inches from our mind to our heart, so in order to take hold upon the spiritual ideas that are offered by teacher or personality in the media, our mind of our heart must be engaged. On February 3, 1991, Hatonn said that our life journey is one from the head to the heart:

That which you may view is inevitably not that which it seems, for the entire nature of your experience is one of learning in a special classroom which was created specifically to confuse and baffle the intellectual mind, and thereby force the consciousness of humankind, because of the desperate hunger that it has for spiritual grace, to move from the mind to the heart, from intellectualization to love, and the wisdom of love. That is your situation.

Many people believe that they are working with their hearts. However, it is not always the case that the heart will open and begin to speak. There is a dynamic between intellect and heart. Some souls within incarnation have a good deal of difficulty relinquishing the insistence upon making sense in logical terms at all times. The heart’s mind, however, is consciousness. There is only one consciousness, and all entities hold that consciousness in common. What varies is each individual’s ability to enter into consciousness and to allow consciousness to replace the intellect. We do not suggest that it is a good idea to let consciousness live the life to the exclusion of the use of the intellect. The power of analysis is helpful. The ability of the eye, and the ear, and the senses to coordinate and bring one through motion and driving and all the physical things of life is valuable. You are not simply a soul in incarnation. You are a body in incarnation, and a mind in incarnation. And all those factors twine together to create the experience of an incarnation.

However, in terms of spiritual evolution, that is done almost completely within consciousness. The soul who has chosen to be brought up in a family which practices a spiritual life, not simply that spiritual act of going to church, or to synagogue, or temple, but the spirituality of everyday, will have the best opportunity as a young person to live in consciousness as well as in the mind. When a child sees mother and father in prayer, in meditation, or volunteering to feed the homeless at the downtown mission, or building a house with other loving entities so that a homeless family can be sheltered, it will have the experience of living in consciousness because he is imitating the behavior of his parents. There is a great emptiness in those children that are brought up without reference to things of the spirit on a daily basis.

Q’uo went on to say many people believe that they are working with their hearts, but it is not always the case that our heart will open and begin to speak, and there is a dynamic between intellect and heart, and some souls have difficulty relinquishing the desire to make sense in logical terms at all times, but our heart’s mind is consciousness, and there is only one consciousness, and we all hold that consciousness in common, so what varies is each individual’s ability to enter into consciousness and to allow consciousness to replace the intellect, and Q’uo does not suggest that it is a good idea to let our consciousness live our life to the exclusion of our use of our intellect, yet the power of analysis is helpful, and the ability of our senses to bring us all the physical things of life is valuable because we are not a soul in incarnation, but we are a body and a mind in incarnation, and all those factors twine together to create our experience of an incarnation. Then Q’uo said in terms of spiritual evolution, that is done almost completely within our consciousness, and the soul who has chosen to be brought up in a family which practices a spiritual life will have the best opportunity to live in consciousness as well as in the mind, and: “when a child sees mother and father in prayer, in meditation, or volunteering to feed the homeless at the downtown mission, or building a house with other loving entities so that a homeless family can be sheltered, it will have the experience of living in consciousness because they are imitating the behavior of their parents. There is a great emptiness in those children that are brought up without reference to things of the spirit on a daily basis.” On February 24, 2002, Q’uo spoke of the things of the spirit that are in our life:

For all of the things that are in your life are placeholders for things of the spirit. All things are alive. All things are ready to tell you their story, so you have a much more complex interesting, intricate, vibrant universe than the intellect perhaps can perceive. There are upwelling energies from the archetypal level that are simply waiting for the opportunity to work their magic within the fragile structure of human incarnation. There are wonderful, powerful spiritual energies that are just waiting for channels through which they may run, be blessed, and come into the power and ownership of the Earth in general.

Another great teacher of consciousness is solitude in nature. Nature is a great teacher and a great opener of the heart. There is no need to sort and classify that which is experienced in nature. There is no need to speak of the characteristics and the Latinate names of a certain butterfly or a certain tree. There is the taking in of the spiritual food of the experience of earth, wind, fire, and water. There is the companionship of tree and toad, rabbit and fox. And all of those companions open up and develop consciousness. If a soul within incarnation has not had those early advantages, then as they awaken, they shall need to find, within the pages of books, or in the wisdom of a beloved teacher or mentor, or in some such resource, the door into the opening of consciousness. When a mentor is strong enough in faith, and the student of that mentor develops sufficient devotion and trust in that mentor, he is able in that mentor’s presence to open his consciousness in the same way as his teacher.

Those who follow the Buddha, Jesus the Christ, Zoroaster, Allah, and his prophet Mohammed—may his name be blessed—have an infinite advantage in that they can take a shortcut to a state of mind, that state of mind being consciousness, in which faith becomes natural. The key to being able to absorb wisdom without the necessity of rough-and-tumble experience is that faith that is developed, not at first perhaps in the Creator or the creation or in the right outworking of a perfect plan, but faith in the teacher, the mentor, the guru. Because the guru lives in faith and expresses and acts by reason of faith, and the guru has become transparent to the faith that runs through him, so too the student, in trusting the teacher and entering into the teacher’s universe, becomes equally able to call upon the faculty of faith, for his consciousness has become congruent with the consciousness of his teacher.

Q’uo continued by saying another great teacher of consciousness is solitude in nature as nature is a great opener of our heart, so there is no need to classify that which we experience in nature, and there is no need to speak of the characteristics and the names of animals or plants because there is the taking in of spiritual food in the experience of earth, wind, fire, and water, and there is the companionship of tree, toad, and rabbit, and all of those companions develop consciousness, so if we have not had these early advantages, then as we awaken, we shall need to find our door into the opening of our consciousness within the pages of books, or in the wisdom of a mentor, and when a mentor is strong enough in faith, and we develop devotion and trust in that mentor, we are able in that mentor’s presence to open our consciousness in the same way as our teacher. Now Q’uo said those who follow the Buddha, Jesus the Christ, Zoroaster, Allah, and his prophet Mohammed—may their names be blessed—have an advantage in that we can take a shortcut to that state of mind being our consciousness in which faith becomes natural, and the key to being able to absorb wisdom without the necessity of rough-and-tumble experience is that faith that is developed in the mentor because the mentor lives in faith and acts by reason of faith, and the mentor has become transparent to the faith that runs through them, so too the student, in trusting the mentor and entering into the mentor’s universe, becomes equally able to call upon the faculty of faith, for our consciousness has become congruent with the consciousness of our mentor. On September 9, 2003, Q’uo described the way that the faculty of faith works in our lives:

We find that the discussion prior to us joining this circle plays a key role in understanding, for it is the faculty of faith that allows one to understand that, though some circumstances may not play out as one has desired, that there is still a divinity within them. And that each moment is designed with a divine precision to allow each entity to experience that which the entity needs in order to use this experience as catalyst for growth and reflect upon the experience so that one may see the working of the Creator, and further the working of the self as the Creator within that experience.

It can be in analyzing these experiences, where the desire has failed to manifest, that one may glimpse at the deeper part of the self, those unconscious mechanisms that may have played into the creation of this experience. And one may learn more of themselves by experiencing something that they feel they did not desire. But once the experience has passed, and one has utilized it for one’s spiritual growth, you may look back and finally understand and realize that it was the experience that you needed. And because of that, it was the experience that—though you did not realize it in your attempt to manifest a different experience—was ultimately what you desired. And this ultimate desire is what you carried with you into this incarnation but have forgotten. And it is through these experiences that you may have an opportunity to remember that greater desire and have an opportunity to cultivate the faith and the Love that will ultimately guide you home to the Creator.

Inhigher densities than this one, there is always this energy between student and teacher, teacher and student, each relationship making a dynamic whole, and such teaching then is sufficient and wisdom’s ways are learned along with deep compassion and unconditional Love at the energetic level. However, my friends, you at this time experience third density. And because of the fact that it is not at all obvious that there is, in addition to the intellect, the faculty of consciousness, many entities shall have to awaken because of things that occur in their lives that constitute great challenges and cause them trauma. This is necessary because, unless the young heart has been softened by exposure to consciousness, the intellect forms a hard husk around consciousness, and in order for the consciousness within to awaken, that hard husk must be broken, and that is only done through trauma and suffering.

For many, it is at the end of great trauma that the light dawns, the heart opens, and the learning in a spiritual sense of the incarnation can begin. Just as the shell of wheat must be threshed so that the sweet kernel within can be harvested, so the recalcitrant intellect must be battered by deep emotion, pain, and suffering, each experience, of course, unique to the person, in order that the consciousness within may finally be appreciated and encouraged by the self to flourish and thrive. Where does faith come from, my friends? It is illogical to believe that all is well when it is quite obvious to the intellect that there are imperfections everywhere. Yet, no matter how clever the intellect is, its fruits tend to incline toward cynicism and doubt, negativity and fear, whereas the qualities of consciousness are the qualities of the one infinite Creator, whose essence and being is unconditional Love.

Q’uo said in higher densities there is this energy between student and teacher, teacher and student, each relationship making a whole, and such teaching is sufficient, and wisdom’s ways are learned along with unconditional Love at the energetic level, but at this time we experience third density, and because of the fact that it is not obvious that there is, in addition to our intellect, the faculty of consciousness, many of us shall have to awaken because of things that occur in our lives that constitute challenges and cause us trauma, but this is necessary because unless our heart has been softened by exposure to consciousness, our intellect forms a shell around our consciousness, and in order for our consciousness to awaken, that shell must be broken, and that is only done through trauma and suffering. Q’uo went on to say it is at the end of great trauma that the light dawns, our heart opens, and the learning in a spiritual sense begins, and just as the shell of wheat must be threshed so that the kernel within can be harvested, so our rebellious intellect must be battered by deep emotion and suffering, and this experience is unique to us in order that our consciousness within may be appreciated and encouraged by us to thrive, so Q’uo asked where does faith come from because it is illogical to believe that all is well when it is obvious to our intellect that there are imperfections everywhere, yet no matter how clever our intellect is, its fruits tend to toward doubt and fear, whereas the qualities of consciousness are the qualities of the one infinite Creator, whose essence is unconditional Love. On September 18, 2022, Q’uo spoke of the qualities of the one infinite Creator:

Moving to the concept of wisdom, and how it may balance with love: the wisdom that is within your mind complex is that accumulation of lessons on your spiritual journey, which have fueled your journey in another way. It has refined that Love that is the heart of your being, the heart of the creation, until it is able to move into the realm where decisions can be made, as to the next step to take on the spiritual journey. These steps that you take are informed by Love and by Light and in a balanced manner, so that the power of the combination of Love and Light may be able to manifest in your own life journey as the ability to make the choices of service to others, that are the fundamental nature of your journey. This choice is that which moves you as a pendulum, moves the air, indicates the direction, the choice, the movement in consciousness that is the path of the conscious seeker of truth.

This type of power is a kind of fuel for the spirit, which is the heart of your being of a mind/body/spirit complex. This spiritual nature connects you with all of the qualities of the One Infinite Creator that have made the entire creation so that you are a portion of that cosmic mind, that infinite intelligence, that has decided to know Itself in a manner which is possible through all of the choices that you make in all life experience, as you move consciously along your spiritual path into the realms of service to others. Realms that are more and more varied, more intense, and more pure, as you continue your journey of seeking and serving the One that is in all.

This is your journey. This is your joy. This is your destiny. You are all a portion of the One Infinite Creator, and this is what you are here to do: to be of service to the One that you see in each entity around you, in each portion of the creation around you. For the entire creation is alive, and the Creator breathes Its breath of life in all places. So, look you there within and without to find that which is your goal in life, to serve that One who is in all.

Dwelling in consciousness, the entire experience of being a self in incarnation is transformed. The “I” of the intellect, with its choices and its chances and its cleverness, becomes the “I” of the heart, the “I” of Christ Consciousness, or the consciousness of Love. And part of that very consciousness is faith. Move, therefore, my friends into the precincts of faith when you are faced with the need to learn a spiritually oriented lesson, for usually such lessons come to you in darkness and in difficulty. There is the temptation at those times to move back into the relative safety of the intellect, where there is no paradox or mystery, but only a linear progression of things learned, and things understood.

But if there is the wish to progress spiritually, cling to the consciousness that offers you the faculty of faith. For if you know that all is well, and that the divine plan for your incarnation is working perfectly, you can then take even the harshest circumstance, and ask it for the gifts that it brings. You can cooperate with the shape of it, moving into it and towards it rather than away from it or around it. And in that cooperation, transformation occurs, and the dark night of the soul yields to a glorious dawn, the sunrise of new peace, new power, new surety. And if you are one who wishes to offer the gifts of consciousness to others, it depends not on the speeches. Rather, live that which you wish to teach and in your inarticulate being, bursting with love, there is that which shall speak to those whom you wish to aid. Do not be seduced by the cleverness of the intellect, because you shall never talk someone into the Kingdom of Heaven. Be consciousness; share consciousness; let silence grow with your relationship as it will. And trust that that which is within you, which is moving through you from the Creator, shall touch and teach in ways that are too deep for words but are ever so much more powerful.

Q’uo went on by saying dwelling in consciousness, the experience of being our self in incarnation is transformed, so the “I” of our intellect, with its choices becomes the “I” of Christ Consciousness, or the consciousness of Love, and part of that consciousness is faith, so we should move into the essence of faith when we are faced with the need to learn a spiritually oriented lesson, for usually such lessons come to us in difficulty, and there is temptation at those times to move back into the safety of our intellect, where there is no mystery, but only a linear progression of things learned. Q’uo completed their reply by saying if we wish to progress spiritually, we must cling to the consciousness that offers us faith, for if we know that all is well, we can take even the harshest circumstance, ask it for the gifts that it brings, and we can cooperate with the shape of it, and in that cooperation transformation occurs, so the dark night of the soul yields to a glorious dawn, and if we are one who wishes to offer the gifts of consciousness to others, it depends on our living that which we wish to teach, and in our inarticulate being, bursting with Love, there is that which shall speak to those whom we wish to aid, but we should not be seduced by the cleverness of our intellect, because we shall never talk someone into the Kingdom of Heaven, so we should be consciousness and share it, and trust that which is moving through us from the Creator, and it shall teach in ways that are too deep for words but are much more powerful. On June 19, 1993, Q’uo expressed the value of using meditation to experience thoughts that are too deep for words:

However, there is one form of solitary practice which deserves notice above all else, and that is the solitude within in which one turns to the holy of holies within the self. In meditation, a link is sought in spiritual solitude. Through that solitude the seeking soul stretches out its purified desire, and the silence answers in thought too poignant, too profound, too deep for words. Treasure those moments with the infinite One, and know that each moment wherein the Creator has been sought is lightening the consciousness of your people and doing needed work in establishing the generation of an ever fuller light upon your sphere.

We thank the ones known as Jim and J for this query and would ask if there is a follow-up to this query at this time. We are those of Q’uo.

Jim: Not for me, Q’uo.

We are those of Q’uo, and would ask if there is another query at this time. We are those of Q’uo.

[No further queries.]

We are those of Q’uo. The resounding silence within this circle of seeking indicates that we have exhausted the queries available to us for discussion at this time. We confess that we regret that there is no more opportunity to converse with each of you, for it is a privilege and a pleasure for us to interact with you. We thank you again for the opportunity to share our humble thoughts with you. At this time we would leave this instrument and this group in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai vasu borragus.

This morning I ran some errands with my first stop being at Thieneman’s nursery to buy a flat of Dahlias, a flat of Lantana, Bidens, and Lobelia that are sun lovers that I will plant in my Ruins Mound. My second stop was at Feeder’s Supply where I bought some bird seed and some fish food. My third stop was at Anderson’s Supply where I dropped off my chainsaw to be sharpened. My last stop was at Walgreen’s Drug Store where I bought a case of bottled water and dropped off a prescription to be filled.

This afternoon I transplanted the Dahlias, Bidens, Lobelia, and Lantana into my Ruins Mound. Then I watered them with fertilized water and sprayed them with deer repellant. Now the Ruins Mound is completed.

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

May 6

Joy Upon Joy

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

This is the Spirit’s word for you today: come down from your cross, my children and nourish your faith upon the common ground of ordinary life.

There is the concept of suffering. There is the suffering of the past, of the present and of the future. Yet, the spirit of the living God is with you. You need not suffer, but open to faith and hope.

The Spirit of Jesus the Christ is one of comfort, consolation, and strengthening. There is no damage that cannot be mended by faith; a faith that brings about the climate of forgiveness; a faith that brings about the healing of all that is broken; a faith in which fears for the future may not live. For fear is a hothouse flower and when exposed to the Love of a living Christ it must perish as a weed before the burning sun.

In this Light, may you be impregnated with faith upon faith, joy upon joy. To prepare your ground for faith this day, ask in sincerity and truth that it may be so. Ask with all your heart and it shall be so.

We leave you in the blessed peace and Love of Jesus the 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 December 13, 2008

G: Ra says in The Law of One series, “The function of the spirit is to integrate the up reaching yearning of the mind/body energy with the down pouring and streaming of infinite intelligence.” I would like to present an understanding of faith that derives from Ra’s brief description of spirit’s function. Faith, I would offer, is a process that can be described as a disengaging and a resting.

 On one side of the coin, faith is a disengaging from what in Eastern teaching is referred to as “the ten thousand things;” a dis-identifying from form; a deliberate disregarding of the energies of panic, defense, fear, and contraction of the, for lack of a better term, “lower self,” energies generated as an inadvertent consequence of, what Ra calls the mind/body’s up-reaching.

On the other side of the coin, faith is a resting, without effort, in spirit. As the entity rests in the awareness of the spirit complex, an activity I am calling faith, the entity can lovingly and peacefully look upon and into the darkness, chaos and pain of the mind/body’s up-reaching and know that all is well. It is this resting, this faithful attitude, that opens the door to what Ra calls the down-pouring and streaming of infinite intelligence. In other words, faith is how spirit is activated. Faith opens the perception of spirit, and faith is the means by which spirit integrates the up-reaching yearning of the mind/body with the down-pouring and streaming of infinite intelligence. Would you comment please?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator in whose service we come to you this evening. Thank you for asking us to be a part of your meditation this evening and to share our humble thoughts on the very interesting topic of faith. Before we begin, as always, we would request that each of you use your discrimination as you listen to what we have to say. Keep those things that interest and resonate to you. Leave behind those things which do not. Your process is fine-tuned and integrated, and your discrimination will tell you what is helpful for that process at this time and what is not. We thank you for using your discrimination, for that enables us to feel confident that we may share our opinion without interfering with your free will.

Faith is a word which, like love, has many layers of meaning. The effort to be quite clear concerning the workings and the essence of such things as love and faith are always imperfect. The words themselves are efforts to name the unnamable and describe the indescribable. If one takes a beaker of water and pours it into a measuring cup, no matter how many times it is poured, the measure remains the same. In the world of words, the ear that hears, the voice that speaks, and something intangible, even more so than either the ear or the mouth, create an unique meaning each time the word is said. We do not wish to speak of semantics but only to point out that as we speak of faith, there is a necessity to hear or at least to attempt to be aware of the energies that are part of the utterance of that word which enrich and enhance the word, so that it becomes more than a word; so that it becomes a living entity. Only then can we speak of faith and know that we have used that word with full respect and honor.

The supposition that faith is the climate or environment which enables the seeker to call forth the energies that come from beyond the gateway to intelligent infinity is lacking in completeness while retaining a certain amount of truth. Consequently, we would speak not only of faith but also of will and desire as well as intention. As the quotation from those of Ra expresses, the upward spiraling energy of the one infinite Creator moves ceaselessly and infinitely through the physical mind/body and the mind/body of the energy body as well. The will of the seeker is the energy which activates that process by which what this instrument would call the kundalini is activated. An entity may rest in faith for a whole life long knowing, as the one known as G has said, that all is well, without ever leaving the sanctity of the open heart. Indeed, it is not necessary to work with the gateway to intelligent infinity in order for a seeker to live a life of highly polarized service to others and to graduate into fourth density when the time comes.

G’s first question was: “On the other side of the coin, faith is a resting, without effort, in spirit. As the entity rests in the awareness of the spirit complex, an activity I am calling faith, the entity can lovingly and peacefully look upon and into the darkness, chaos and pain of the mind/body’s up-reaching and know that all is well. It is this resting, this faithful attitude, that opens the door to what Ra calls the down-pouring and streaming of infinite intelligence. In other words, faith is how spirit is activated. Faith opens the perception of spirit, and faith is the means by which spirit integrates the up-reaching yearning of the mind/body with the down-pouring and streaming of infinite intelligence. Would you comment please?” Q’uo began by saying faith is a word which, like love, has many layers of meaning, and the effort to be clear concerning the essence of such things as love and faith is always imperfect, and the words themselves are efforts to name the unnamable, so if we take a beaker of water and pour it into a measuring cup, no matter how many times it is poured, the measure remains the same, and in the world of words, our ear that hears, our voice that speaks, and something intangible, even more so than either the ear or the mouth, creates an unique meaning each time the word is said, but Q’uo did not wish to speak of semantics but only to point out that as they speak of faith, there is a necessity to attempt to be aware of the energies that are part of the speaking of that word which enrich the word, so that it becomes a living entity, and only then can we speak of faith and know that we have used that word with full respect. Then Q’uo said that the supposition that faith is the environment which enables the seeker to call forth the energies that come from beyond the gateway to intelligent infinity is lacking in completeness while retaining a certain amount of truth, so they would speak not only of faith but also of will and desire as well as intention, and as the quotation Ra expresses, the upward spiraling energy of the one infinite Creator moves infinitely through our physical mind/body and the mind/body of our energy body as well, and our will is the energy which activates that process by which what Carla would call the kundalini is activated, so we may rest in faith for a whole life long knowing that all is well without ever leaving the sanctity of our open heart because it is not necessary to work with the gateway to intelligent infinity in order for us to live a life of polarized service to others and to graduate into fourth density when the time comes. On March 21, 1999, Q’uo spoke of the value of our being able to rest in faith:

When you reach that point in your spiral where you get the lesson again, it is very, very easy to move back into the lower energies, meanwhile berating yourself for being within the lower energies. Yet know that you will be working with these lower energies every day and every night of your incarnation. Many times you will not even be aware of the work that you are doing in these lower energies, for the more discipline that you bring to your way of living, your rule of life, as this instrument would call it, the more you do rest in faith and do not contract away from the catalyst that constitutes this review, this test of your awareness of your balance. It is not only the balance, often, that is tested. It is your awareness of the process. When you can win through in a confused situation to a remembrance, a memory of the way catalyst works, of the process in which you are taking part, the more you will be able to move smoothly, gracefully, and cooperatively into doing the work at hand, without condemnation of self or of others, forgiving completely that which this density of experience confers upon each and every sentient citizen of eternity. For each of you is human; each of you, therefore, cannot help but make errors. That is the nature of third density, of the human experience, of the spiritual path at the point which you are now, that you will constantly be tossed into confusion, difficulty, and aggravation. This is simply in order to set the stage for your journey from the intellect to the heart.

The heart and its energy center hold the key to moving forward with the evolution of mind, body, and spirit, in that the heart is that sanctuary in which the immediate presence of the one infinite Creator is always available. Indeed, it is the nature of the green-ray energy center to be sanctified and utterly positive, resounding with the vibrations of unconditional Love. It is the choice of many seekers to reach for more than the open heart, for the open heart is a place of being and the nature of that being is Love. When a seeker desires more than that resting and tabernacling with Love, it forms an intention according to its deepest desires. Whether impulsively or as a result of long thought and contemplation, a seeker desires to move into a place of even greater freedom. And so, it sets itself to desire to reach higher.

When the desire of the seeker has been self-understood and honed to a focus that is lucid and coherent, it is able to use its will, that powerful faculty that moves all of the creation, to reach for that which may come through the gateway of intelligent infinity, further, to enlighten, inform, or inspire. That intention, honed through desire to will, moves first into the blue-ray chakra, the chakra of communication and understanding, and thence onward to the indigo-ray chakra, the chakra of faith. In the environment of faith, driven in a certain vector by will, the gateway to intelligent infinity is then opened. And the energy of the Infinite, personified and shaped into specificity by the nature of the will and desire of the seeker, comes rushing down into the indigo-ray chakra through the violet-ray chakra, there to meet the upward-spiraling energy that is the constant environment of the energy body.

Then Q’uo said the heart and its energy center hold the key to moving forward with the evolution of our mind, body, and spirit since our heart is that sanctuary in which the immediate presence of the one infinite Creator is always available, and it is the nature of the green-ray energy center to be sanctified and positive, resounding with the vibrations of unconditional Love, so it is the choice of many seekers to reach for more than the open heart, for the open heart is a place of our being and the nature of our being is Love, so when a seeker desires more than and tabernacling with Love, it forms an intention according to its deepest desires, and whether impulsively, or as a result of contemplation, we desire to move into a place of greater freedom, and we set ourself to reach higher. Now Q’uo said when our desire as a seeker has been honed to a focus that is lucid we are able to use our will, that powerful faculty that moves all of the creation, to reach for that which may come through the gateway of intelligent infinity to enlighten and inspire, so our intention, honed through our will, moves first into the blue-ray chakra, the chakra of communication and understanding, and then onward to the indigo-ray chakra, the chakra of faith, and in the environment of faith, driven by our will, then the gateway to intelligent infinity is opened, and the energy of the Infinite, personified and shaped into specificity by the nature of our will and desire, comes rushing down into the indigo-ray chakra through the violet-ray chakra, there to meet the upward-spiraling energy that is the constant environment of our energy body. On October 13, 2009, Q’uo described the nature of moving through the gateway to intelligent infinity:

This gateway is that point where you, as an individual within incarnation, are able to vibrate in harmony and sometimes in congruency with the energies of the one infinite Creator. It is through the gateway to intelligent infinity that you are able to access and bring into your awareness the inspiration and the information which you need. However, none of this energy has anything to do with the intellect. The information to which we refer is that kind of knowing which this instrument would call gnosis or direct apprehension.

When one is able to quiet the self and to get the energy of the energy body flowing at its maximum so that the heart is open, then one is able to do work in consciousness, moving through the blue ray of absolute honesty and the indigo ray of being. As one sits within that open energy body and places the intention with which you seek to enter the gateway to intelligent infinity, the gateway will open in such and such a way because of your intention.

Consequently, we would say to you, my brother, that as you approach these times of seeking in sacred places, that you set your intention specifically and with all your heart, all your mind, and all your strength so that the opening through that gateway is that which you would wish. The gifts of the gateway of intelligent infinity are many. There are those who open it in order to become channels for healing. There are those whose reason for opening it is to become channels for the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator.

The locus wherein that energy rests after being called through the gateway is quite dependent upon the nature of the desire that has been shaped into a very active willing. In the case of a healer, the resting locus of that inspiration from above would be the green-ray chakra. For it is from that environment of utter compassion that a seeker may become a channel transparent to the energies of healing. If the desire is for communication, then the energy through the gateway shall meet and mate with the upward spiraling love/light of the infinite One in the blue-ray chakra. For instance, it is within the blue-ray chakra that the contact between our principle and the ability of this instrument to apprehend our thoughts lies. That environment of understanding and open communication is that environment which is the native neighborhood and locus of enhanced communication such as this instrument’s channeling as well as communication that is inspired by those portions of the infinite Creator which may flow through the gateway of intelligent infinity and into the mind and awareness of a communicator that take part, not in communication with entities, but rather connection with or union with essences that may be called angelic.

Perhaps you have known of inspired speakers who are able to infect you with hope, and trust, and excitement with that which they offer. Often, such speakers have formed the ability to use the gateway to bring essences into their communication that enhance those words which are said with the energies of the essences which are pulled through. Whether those essences are wisdom, beauty, love, purity, or concentration the words have wings when such speakers offer their thoughts. When a seeker desires to move into a higher state of being which refrains from or has no use for action but rather wishes to rest in radiance of being, the energy through the gateway shall meet the personal energy of the seeker in the indigo-ray chakra and remain there, resting in that chakra whose very essence is faith.

Q’uo went on to say the locus wherein that energy rests after being called through the gateway is dependent upon the nature of our desire that has been shaped into an active willing, and in the case of a healer, the resting place of that inspiration from above would be the green-ray chakra, for it is from that environment of compassion that we may become a channel transparent to the energies of healing, and if our desire is for communication, then the energy through the gateway shall meet and mate with the upward spiraling Love/Light of the infinite One in the blue-ray chakra because it is within the blue-ray chakra that the contact between our principle and the ability of Carla to perceive our thoughts lies, so the environment of open communication is that environment which is the locus of communication such as Carla’s channeling as well as communication that is inspired by those portions of the infinite Creator which may flow through the gateway of intelligent infinity and into the mind of a communicator that takes part in union with essences that may be called angelic. Q’uo continued by saying we may have known of inspired speakers who are able to infect us with hope and excitement with that which they offer, and often such speakers have formed the ability to use the gateway to bring essences into their communication that enhance those words which are said with the energies of the essences which are pulled through whether those essences are wisdom, love, or purity their words have wings when such speakers offer their thoughts, so when we desire to move into a higher state of being which has no use for action but wishes to rest in radiance of being, the energy through the gateway shall meet our personal energy in the indigo-ray chakra and remain there, resting in that chakra whose very essence is faith. On March 29, 2008, Q’uo spoke of faith being the essence of our indigo-ray chakra:

Faith is a vibration or energy which is far less distorted from the truth than any other vibration or energy which you as a third density entity are able to realize, express or manifest. It is deeply connected with the indigo-ray chakra and is also fully conversant with that process of the indigo and violet ray moving through the gateway to intelligent infinity.

Consequently, we may say, my brother, that while faith is indeed a part of the spirit’s rise to connect with higher energies, it is a relatively impersonal part of the process by which faith and will mate together to form the movement which pulls the upward-spiraling energy into a solid connection with the downward-spiraling information and inspiration from above. The observations which the one known as G made concerning faith are quite apt. We would agree that faith is both the releasing of all concerns for the world, as this instrument would say, and the turning of the self to gnosis, that knowing that is on a completely different level from the knowledge of the world; that knowledge which sees that water poured into a cup will remain measured the same at all times.

The knowing of faith is a three-dimensional living awareness. It is an awareness that there is a divine plan. It is an awareness that, although the human part of the seeker may find the divine plan as it is playing out in his life very opaque, this makes no difference. Faith is that which allows the seeker to know that there is a plan and that the plan is working perfectly. Faith is that which enables an entity to contemplate limitation, lack and even the death of the physical vehicle with equanimity. Yet faith is not that which is used. Faith is an environment which is reached, first, in a naïve and nevertheless perfect way in the heart. And then, for the seeker whose will is equal to the task, in a way which turns green ray and the home of the soul within the body into indigo ray, where the soul’s home becomes the universe. It is a movement from locality to non-locality, from personhood to non-personhood or impersonal living. There is a freedom to dwelling in faith in the indigo ray that is infinite. And living from that awareness, bringing the remembrance of that awareness of faith into the everyday life, creates of the everyday life a dazzling adventure.

Now Q’uo said that while faith is a part of our spirit’s rise to connect with higher energies, it is an impersonal part of the process by which faith and will mate together to form the movement which pulls the upward-spiraling energy into a solid connection with the downward-spiraling information and inspiration from above, and we would agree that faith is both the releasing of all concerns for the world, and the turning of ourself to knowing that is on a different level from the knowledge of the world which sees that water poured into a cup will remain measured the same at all times. Q’uo went on to say the knowing of faith is a three-dimensional living awareness that there is a divine plan, and it is that which allows us to know that the plan is working perfectly, and faith enables us to contemplate limitation and even the death of our body with equanimity, yet faith is not that which is used, but it is an environment which is reached in a naïve and perfect way in our heart, and then, if our will is equal to the task, it turns our green ray and the home of our soul within our body into indigo ray, where our soul’s home becomes the universe, and: “It is a movement from locality to non-locality, from personhood to non-personhood or impersonal living. There is a freedom to dwelling in faith in the indigo ray that is infinite. And living from that awareness, bringing the remembrance of that awareness of faith into the everyday life, creates of the everyday life a dazzling adventure.” On May 12, 2021, Q’uo spoke of a divine plan that would include the death of our body:

One can also ask a loved one in spirit for assistance in receiving, can also ask for what you may call a sign or an indication that they are nearby. Sometimes also there is what you may call a divine plan for such communication or even a pre-incarnative plan, that after one of a loved one in a family departs from the body into spirit, that there was an existence already, a plan for communication after their passing.

We would ask the one known as G if he has a follow-up query to this first question? We are those of Q’uo.

G: No, Q’uo. Thank you. No follow-up to the first question.

Q’uo: We thank you, my brother. May we ask, then, if there is another query at this time? We are those of Q’uo.

G: Q’uo, as you know, this past year we at L/L Research have hosted a series of Channeling Intensives designed to teach a group of dedicated students to channel Confederation sources. One of those students, T, is interested in increasing the frequency of these workshops for the more intensive learning of the art of channeling than is provided in the current arrangement of three workshops per year.

Because of the nearly insurmountable limitations of geography and budget that the students of these workshops face, T was wondering if a Channeling Intensive could be created which would allow the physically distant students to connect using current means of technology, through either video or phone, rather than coming together in the flesh. I asked the instrument about this possibility earlier today but as this is an entirely novel situation which moves into completely unknown territory, she was uncertain as to whether she could protect a geographically scattered circle.

My question is: using video or phone technology, would it be possible to form a safe and stable Channeling Circle to receive your contact? Also, would the instrument be able both to challenge the contact and to protect the circle as she currently does?

We are those of Q’uo, and we are aware of your query, my brother. That which is proposed is, mechanically speaking, possible. For it is the connection with each others’ energies rather than each others’ physicality that creates a Channeling Circle. A group of entities which are geographically distan, but which are connected by your technology, video, or audio, contains the energies of each and from that standpoint it is possible to form a channeling circle without the circle being geographically in one physical locality. The quite substantial challenge which each within that circle faces is the creation of a safe, cloistered environment, by which we mean an environment which is proof against distraction from outside noises, voices, or other disturbances which might distract an entity who is attempting to remain in a tuned and focused form and create the inability of the seeker to remain tuned and to remain focused.

When all of the Channeling Circle are present in one physical locality, with careful forethought the environment of that one locality can be, if not guaranteed to remain safe, at least highly inclined to remain safe because of the safeguards that have been put in place by the producers of the Channeling Circle. For instance, as the one known as G is fully aware, a great deal of thought goes into creating the proper physical environment for a Channeling Intensive. The telephone is turned off and the circle meets in a fairly secluded location where there are few noises and no distractions, in the sense that there are no other entities allowed into the environment.

Consequently, while those within the channeling circle may vary in their ability to remain tuned and focused and able to function as an instrument, nevertheless it is far easier for a group meeting in one physical locality to have that inner sense that there is indeed a safe environment for this work. In contrast, when those in a channeling circle are each in a different environment physically, each entity then must take full responsibility for creating that quietness and safety that promotes the channel’s ability to focus inwardly to the exclusion of the awareness of that which is going on around the entity.

As to whether this instrument, being the senior channel of the channeling circle at this time is able successfully to challenge and successfully guard the contact for the group, it is unknown to us as to what extent this is possible. We say that it is unknown to us because we have not experienced this particular entity working with non-local channeling. There are some entities, we would suppose, who are completely capable of ignoring the lack of physical closeness and who would be able pick up on and work with the energies of each in the channeling circle which are not physically present. This ability will vary widely from channel to channel, based upon unknown dynamics within that instrument’s basic personality. We are not speaking of personality traits such as your psychologists would speak, but are speaking of those very subtle points of contact with a deeper reality which, in some, create a mesh of awareness with which the senior channel will work as the channeling moves around the circle.

This instrument would need to work with a non-local channeling circle before we could be aware in any sure way of what the situation is as regards this particular instrument. We may say that it is quite possible that this instrument would be unswayed by the lack of physicality and would be able to work with the energies as this instrument usually does when the group of channels is local. We simply do not know.

Q’uo: May we answer you further, my brother? We are those of

G: You said you did not know the extent of the instrument’s capabilities in such a situation. So, would you, then, caution against attempting it? Or would you find it an acceptable experiment to see if such a thing could happen successfully?

We are those of Q’uo, and we may say, my brother, that we neither recommend against it or for it, but merely attempt to describe for you the parameters of what you propose to attempt. We, as always, are willing to communicate through instruments such as this one and are always glad for the opportunity to develop the newer channels as well. We must leave it to the free-will choices of each of those involved in such a decision as to what you shall or shall not attempt to create.

[Side one of tape ends.]

[The gist of an unrecorded question was: “Then it is entirely up to our free-will choice?”]

(Carla channeling)

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. Indeed, is that not always the case? Whether the entities in the channeling circle are in one locality or connected through the ethers, we are greatly willing to respond to the request for our thoughts. We attempted to describe some of the parameters which you may consider. The reason that we do not warn you against it is that were such a channeling circle to be ineffective, it, nevertheless, would not place those attempting to receive our transmissions in a difficult or dangerous place. What we are saying is that there are factors that might hinder the experience from being satisfactory to those within the circle for various reasons, some of which we cannot predict.

May we answer you further, my brother? We are those of Q’uo.

G: No, Q’uo, that’s sufficient. I’ll definitely have to read the transcript. Thank you for your time with us. Thank you for the instrument’s time. I have no further questions for the remainder of the session.

We are those of Q’uo, and we thank you, my brother. It is certainly a creative approach to the situation of physical-ness and the limitations of the physical body in moving from one locality to another. And we thank the one known as T, also, for his thoughts and his desire to serve. It is dear to us to feel the desire to serve which is the true beginning of service to others.

Is there a final query at this time? We are those of Q’uo.

G: Not from me, Q’uo.

Q’uo: We find that there is a silence where there would be questions if those present had the desire to speak with us further. And so, we shall draw this meeting to a conclusion. We would say through this instrument, as we leave, how precious each of you is to us. We find your gallantry and courage beautiful. For you dwell in the midst of a very thick illusion and often we are aware that the spiritual impulse within you is challenged greatly. You feel isolated and vulnerable, and in some cases you are concerned that your spirits may have flagged, so that you are less sensitive to the movement of spirit.

There is within each of you, however, that faith of which the one known as G asked this evening, that knowledge that rises above knowledge to gnosis, that awareness that beyond all of the illusion of limitation and lack, all is well. Before incarnation and outside of incarnation in general, it is easy to think of the struggle of Earth as something that is very easily seen through. Yet we are aware that it is not at all easy to dwell peacefully and serenely in the eye of the hurricane of life. We may assure you, however, that each effort that you make to remember the divine plan and, as this instrument would say, to stand in the cleft of the rock,  and let the storm pass you by, is that which makes you ever more fully human, ever more fully yourself.

We applaud each effort that you make to know that all is well, and that there is a sense that shall, when you see it after incarnation, amaze you with its completeness and its efficiency in bringing to you those things that you need to create of your life a glory and a beauty that speak eternally of love. We are those of Q’uo. We leave you in the love, in the light, in the peace, and in the power of the one infinite Creator. Adonai. Adonai vasu.

This morning I went outside and used my chainsaw to cut up a large honeysuckle branch in the back yard, and then I filled a garbage can with the pieces. Then I used my chainsaw to cut down a dead lilac bush in the back yard and a number of stumps from other lilac bushes that I cut down last year and put them in another garbage can.

This afternoon I went outside and pumped enough water out of the fishpond so the patch on the far side of the fishpond was visible, and I could show it to the fellow from Economical Aquatic Gardens so he would not tear it off with his sprayer when he was cleaning the fishpond.

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

May 5

Anchored In Love

I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the consciousness of pure, whole and divine Love. May you feel that Love as these words surround you and penetrate you, that you may begin your day and continue your day anchored in Love.

This instrument was concerned during this morning’s offering that she was so irreverent as to make jokes and to laugh with an unexpected caller. May we say forcefully that if the life is lived in the Spirit of Love, it is a life lived in laughter. It is a life lived in joyful humor. And one who spreads the laughter and the humor spreads the peace and the healing of Jesus Christ, Lord of all.

Are you afraid of the words “Lord” and “King”? Know that Love, the very fabric of consciousness, is Lord and is King of that kingdom of Love which you seek. And you do not need to seek in vain. We are of the spirit of Jesus the Christ, Comforter to the world today. And at this moment we say to you, “Live and laugh! Live and be joyful! And you shall live sacramentally and in the kingdom of eternal life.”

We leave you in the peace which passeth all understanding; in the love of Jesus the Christ, now and evermore. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

 We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from November 22, 2008:

Group Question: Q’uo, tonight we would like to ask what the difference is between two basic activities: channeling and becoming. To elaborate further, what is the difference between channeling energy—be that energy the magical personality, radiant awareness, healing energy, inspiration energy, communication energy or love energy—and becoming that energy, becoming the supreme choice of non-dual awareness in which the boundaries between subject and object dissolve so that there is nothing outside of the self to channel and all is seen again as one? Specifically, in terms of the structure of the personality, what is the difference between the channeling entity and the becoming entity? In terms of the movement of energy through the chakra system, what is the difference between the channeling entity and the becoming entity?

(Carla channeling)

We are those of the principle known to you as Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we come to you this evening. It is a great privilege and pleasure to be called to your circle of seeking for this session of working, and we are glad indeed to share our humble thoughts with you upon the subject of channeling and becoming. As always, we would ask that each of you who hears or reads these humble words to use his discrimination in choosing those thoughts which you shall keep and those which you shall leave behind. We do not expect to hit the mark for every seeker with our comments. Consequently, we beg your indulgence in choosing carefully those things which you will keep out of that which we offer. We thank you for this consideration, as this will enable us to speak without concerning ourselves that we may interfere with your process.

We wish to thank the one known as G for this query. It enables us to look at the two paths of seeking which may be called “passive and reductive” and “active and inclusive.” The passive and reductive path is that which we would characterize as the Buddhist way, the Way of the Yogis. The beginning of the path is seen as one of chaos and a world of confusion and suffering. The end of the path is seen as the end of suffering and the reduction of all chaos into the “zero” of the uncluttered and empty mind. In contrast, the way of activity and inclusiveness might be characterized as that Western way, which is understood by this instrument as the Christian way, where there is a journey from the beginning which is a similar landscape to the beginning of the Buddhist way, full of chaos and suffering. However, the end of this way is seen as a journey into more and more fullness of content, more and more connection to the world, until the world becomes holy or sacred.

In its way of describing that which is the spiritual journey, the Confederation, as you call our group, leans more towards the inclusive path than the reductive path. And yet both are views of the same process and the same underlying reality, if we may use that term in such a world of illusion as is the Creation. The activity of channeling is one in which the seeker who chooses to become a channel secures itself in a metaphysical manner by declaring, in concrete and absolute terms, the identity of the self with that overarching principle for which he lives and for which, if necessary, he would gladly die. Grounded and on the terra firma of that unshakable identity of the self that is recognized and respected in the unseen realms, the seeker who has offered itself as channel then asks for the source which vibrates in compatibility with that identification. This instrument, for instance, challenges always in the name of Jesus the Christ, asking for the highest and best contact that she can carry in a stable and conscious manner of that vibration. Indeed, we of the principle of Q’uo created this principle specifically to respond to this instrument’s request.

G’s first question was: “Specifically, in terms of the structure of the personality, what is the difference between the channeling entity and the becoming entity? In terms of the movement of energy through the chakra system, what is the difference between the channeling entity and the becoming entity?” Q’uo began by saying we wish to thank G for this query because it enables us to look at the two paths of seeking which may be called “passive and reductive” and “active and inclusive,” so the passive and reductive path is that which we see as the Buddhist way, the Way of the Yogis where the beginning of the path is seen as one of a world of suffering, and the end of the path is seen as the end of suffering and the reduction of all chaos into the empty mind, but the way of activity and inclusiveness might be characterized as that Western way, which is understood by Carla as the Christian way where there is a journey from the beginning which is a similar landscape to the beginning of the Buddhist way, full of chaos and suffering, but the end of this way is seen as a journey into more fullness of content, and more connection to the world, until the world becomes holy or sacred. Then Q’uo said in their way of describing the spiritual journey the Confederation leans more towards the inclusive path than the reductive path, yet both are views of the same process and the same underlying reality, if we may use that term in a world of illusion as is the Creation, so channeling is where the seeker chooses to become a channel and secures itself in a metaphysical way by describing their identity with the highest principle for which they live and for which, if necessary, they would gladly die, and grounded on that unshakable identity of the self that is respected in the unseen realms, the seeker who has offered itself as channel then asks for the source which vibrates in compatibility with that identification, so Carla challenges in the name of Jesus the Christ, asking for the highest and best contact that she can carry in a stable and conscious manner of that vibration, and we of the principle of Q’uo created this principle specifically to respond to her request. On March 13, 1990, Laitos described the need for challenging any discarnate entity that wishes to channel through an instrument:

It is our recommendation that the greeting of any discarnate entity be all that you receive before offering your own challenge to that entity as to whether it comes in the name of whatever quality or essence is at the core of who you are. The one known as Carla challenges in the name of Jesus the Christ. The one known as Jim challenges in the name of the Christ consciousness and the service-to-others polarity. It is up to you as instrument to determine that quality which is most central in your life pattern and by which quality you will offer your own challenge after hearing the greeting from any entity which wishes to utilize your instrument and to speak through you.

During this channeling, the instrument is in a state of rest in the physical sense, having quieted her physical body during the tuning process. The Light/Love of the one infinite Creator streams through her open chakras with no let or hindrance, so that the gateway is open through the violet ray, and the energy moves ceaselessly through the gateway from the entity’s south pole up through the north pole of the gateway and down from the north pole of that gateway through to the instrument’s blue-ray chakra. There the two energies meet as this instrument uses the blue-ray chakra’s energies of clear and compassionate communication. Were the channeling that of a healer, those same descriptions would be true except that the seat of the meeting of the energy through the gateway and the south-pole energy of the Creator’s Light/Love would be at the green-ray level. Were the channeling intended to be that of pure radiance of being, the same description would hold forth except that the locus of the meeting between the north-pole energy through the gateway and the south-pole energy of Light/Love would be at the indigo-ray chakra.

The becoming seeker who merges with all that there is is doing the equivalent of the channeling of radiance of being, and the description would be the same as the description of the channeler of that radiancy of being, the gateway energy streaming into the indigo-ray chakra and meeting the south-pole energy there. This description would indicate that in our opinion there is no difference between one who believes that he is channeling pure radiance of being and one who believes that he is entering a state of non-separation and the complete unity of all things. Speaking in general, seen from our perspective there is indeed no difference. We cannot speak in specifics because each entity has a characteristic vibration and mode of seeking which will create individual differences that embroider upon but do not contradict that which we have said.

Then Q’uo said during this channeling Carla is in a state of rest having quieted her physical body during the tuning process, and the Light/Love of the one infinite Creator streams through her open chakras with no hindrance, so that the gateway is open through the violet ray, and the energy moves through the gateway from her south pole up through the north pole of the gateway and down from the north pole of that gateway through to her blue-ray chakra, and there the two energies meet as she uses the blue-ray chakra’s energies of clear communication, but if the channeling were that of a healer those same descriptions would be true except that the seat of the meeting of the energy through the gateway and the south-pole energy of the Creator’s Light/Love would be at the green-ray level, and if the channeling were intended to be that of pure radiance of being, the same description would apply except that the location of the meeting between the north-pole energy through the gateway and the south-pole energy of Light/Love would be at the indigo-ray chakra. Q’uo continued by saying the advanced seeker who merges with all that there is, is channeling the of radiance of its being, and the description would be the same as the description of the channeler of that radiancy of being with the gateway energy streaming into the indigo-ray chakra and meeting the south-pole energy there, and in our opinion there is no difference between one who believes that they are channeling pure radiance of being and one who believes that they are entering a state of complete unity of all things, but speaking in general there is no difference, and we cannot speak in specifics because each entity has a unique vibration and mode of seeking which will create individual differences that expand upon but do not contradict that which we have said. On May 10, 2008, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the channeling of radiance of being:

However, you, as a metaphysical being within incarnation, were indeed given the ability to use the higher chakras and to do work in consciousness. The infinite Love/Light of the one Creator moves upward, whereas it is the intention set by the magical personality that calls the energy from above down to meet the infinite Love/Light of the one Creator moving upward. Where those two energies meet is the location where the seeker is able to accomplish work in consciousness whether it be healing, channeling or the radiancy of being.

So, whether we are speaking of healing, the green ray energy, or communication, the blue ray energy, or radiancy of being, the indigo ray, we speak of one process whereby a seeker decides to set its intention to become a priest, a minister of Light, and to take upon itself the responsibility of using its power rightly.

We would bring the seeker’s attention to the power of culture and the power of words. While there is no difference between resting in radiancy of being as a channel and becoming that radiancy of being, as a Buddhist seeker would frame that same activity, there are deep cultural differences that create seekers which are geared and informed in ways that are compatible with the surrounding milieu of their cultures. Similarly, there is great power in words. That which is entirely and infinitely full and that which is entirely and infinitely empty are two ways of describing one experience. Yet, because words cannot accommodate or express paradox and can only barely indicate the quality of mystery, it is easy for an observer to believe that the two paths are entirely different and perhaps incompatible. Indeed, the two paths are not at all incompatible. However, it takes a great deal of experience within incarnation for one who dwells in the body to see beyond the apparent differences of the two ways of thinking about the spiritual journey and the techniques of the seeker that aid him further in his maturing.

This instrument has had many experiences of becoming the Light so that there was no observer. This instrument has also had the experience of being in the Light, where there was still an observer. The difference between these two states of consciousness is the quantum between one kind of Light and another. That is, there are infinite gradations of Light. The two states are a very small distance apart in vibration. And in neither state can this instrument ever recall being able to retrieve that state, in terms of being able to share it fully by describing it to those around her.

The question of what kind of personality difference there might be between one who seeks as a channel and one who seeks to become those qualities that a channeler seeks to channel are more apparent than real. That is to say, one who is brought up immersed in the culture of the Western world will be culturally biased towards the active path of seeing the self as doing something, even if it is simply opening the gateway to intelligent infinity, whereas one who is brought up immersed in the milieu of the Eastern world is biased toward seeing the path of the adept as one of reduction and the elimination into that zero that holds all things. We have greatly enjoyed your people’s use of the circle as a zero, for it represents both nothing and all things. It is that spacious circle of nothingness which paradoxically contains all that there is. When one who is reared in the West is drawn to the path of becoming rather than channeling or being rather than doing, it is quite possible that such an entity has had many incarnations in the cultures of the East. And likewise, when an Eastern-raised seeker is drawn to the path of activity, it is likely that such an entity has had many incarnations in the West. The differences between the two personalities are cultural and shallow, whereas the similarities or commonalities are deep and abiding.

Q’uo went on to say they would focus our attention on the power of culture and the power of words, and while there is no difference between our resting in radiancy of being as a channel and becoming that radiancy of being, as a Buddhist seeker would see that same activity, there are cultural differences that create seekers which are informed in ways that are compatible with the nature of our cultures, and there is also power in words, so that which is infinitely full and that which is infinitely empty are two ways of describing one experience, yet words cannot express paradox and can barely indicate the quality of mystery, so it is easy for us to believe that the two paths are different and incompatible, but the two paths are not incompatible, but it takes a great deal of experience within incarnation for us that dwell in a body to see beyond the differences of the two ways of thinking about the spiritual journey and the techniques that will aid us as seekers on our path of seeking. Q’uo went on to say Carla has had many experiences of becoming the Light so that there was no observer, and she has also had the experience of being in the Light, where there was still an observer, so the difference between these two states of consciousness is the difference between one kind of Light and another since there are infinite gradations of Light, and the two states are a small distance apart in vibration, but in neither state can she recall being able to share it fully by describing it to those around her. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that the question of what kind of personality difference there might be between one who seeks as a channel and one who seeks to become those qualities that a channeler seeks to channel are more apparent than real, so one who is brought up immersed in the culture of the Western world will be biased towards the active path of seeing ourself doing something, even if it is opening the gateway to intelligent infinity, whereas if we are brought up immersed in the ways of the Eastern world we are biased toward seeing the path of the adept as one of reduction into that zero that holds all things, and Q’uo said they enjoyed our people’s use of the circle as a zero, for it is that spacious circle of nothingness which paradoxically contains all that there is, so when we have been raised in the West we are drawn to being rather than doing, and it is possible that we have had many incarnations in the cultures of the East, and when an Eastern-raised seeker is drawn to the path of activity, it is likely that they have had many incarnations in the West, so the differences between the two personalities are cultural and shallow, whereas the similarities or commonalities are deep and abiding. On September 5, 2010, Carla spoke at our Homecoming Gathering and said:

We are in the incredibly wonderful position of being a little place to anchor into this earthly vibration the infinite Love of the one Creator. We have a gateway to intelligent infinity within us. It is when your heart is open, and you have opened your upper chakras and then you ask. You set an intention. You say, “I want help.” And that wonderful panoply of helpers above—the angels, the Confederation, your higher self, all the forces of nature—spring into action all around you and help pours in through that gateway and goes where it is needed.

The energy called down from the gateway to intelligent infinity always comes down into the heart chakra first. Then, if you’re a teacher, a channel using communication, a writer, a poet, and so forth, you bounce back up the blue-ray chakra. And you express through that chakra that which you have been able to draw down through the gateway.

For those who heal, the energy comes down from intelligent infinity, down through violet ray, indigo ray, blue ray, down into the green ray and then the energy drawn down stays in green ray, so that you become an instrument of that which is flowing through you.

Again, we thank the one known as G for this query and would ask if there is a follow-up to this query? We are those of Q’uo.

G: Not a follow-up to that query, Q’uo. Thank you for your response.

Q’uo: We thank you, my brother. It is a great joy to converse with you. May we ask if there is another query at this time? We are those of Q’uo.

G: Yes, there is indeed. It seems that as the densities succeed third density, they become less susceptible to description, becoming so many steps removed from our reality that they are incomprehensible to our faculties of understanding. That being the case, it would make sense to assume that although fundamentally different, fourth density would be nearest to third density in the continuum of experience. In that event, I would like to ask if the citizens of fourth density experience what we in third density describe as beauty. If so, how would a fourth-density entity describe beauty to a third-density entity requesting such information?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. The concept of beauty is one which your philosophers have long debated, the great question being whether beauty is an absolute characteristic or whether beauty is subjective, relative, and, as this instrument would say, “in the eye of the beholder.” This question remains valid in fourth density. And, indeed, as long as there is a center of awareness such as you or we, there shall be that open question. It seems as though beauty would be an absolute, and yet we, no less than you, find ourselves delighting in beauty as seen spontaneously in what this instrument would call the present moment in a way which would seem to deny the absolute nature of beauty and seat it in the eye of the beholder.

It may, however, be said that as an entity moves from third density to fourth density the eyes are opened to the true nature of unity and harmony so that the impact of beauty is everywhere rather than there being the possibility, as there is in third density, of being unable to see beauty. We believe, although we cannot say for sure, that there is an absolute beauty; there is an absolute quality that can be called beauty. And we believe that that absolute quality of beauty lies in the mystery of the one infinite Creator. Just as Love is absolute and has created all that there is, just so is beauty a derivative characteristic of Love. Thusly, were you or we to see with the eyes of the Creator, all that you would see would be perfectly beautiful.

It is the characteristic of being an individual spark of the Godhead principle that creates the colors and filters of perception which bring the absolute into the specific, the individual, and the unique. Which is the truth, my brother? Is it more true that a seeker sees, feels, and experiences with every fiber of his being the beauty of some present moment, some object, some quality, or some essence that escapes definition? Or is it the truth that only the original and unsullied mystery of absolute beauty is that which is the higher truth? Again, we cannot say, but we would opine that to the Creator it is that imperfect and individual perception of subjective beauty which It finds most interesting, for perfection cannot teach, but the perception and unique distortions of imperfect beauty can tell the Creator a good deal about Itself.

G’s second question was: “I would like to ask if the citizens of fourth density experience what we in third density describe as beauty. If so, how would a fourth-density entity describe beauty to a third-density entity requesting such information?” Q’uo said that the concept of beauty is one which your philosophers have long debated, the great question being whether beauty is an absolute characteristic, or whether beauty is subjective, and this question remains valid in fourth density so that as long as there is a center of awareness such as you or we, there shall be that question, so it seems as though beauty would be an absolute, and yet we find ourselves delighting in beauty as seen spontaneously in what Carla would call the present moment in a way which would seem to deny the nature of beauty and seat it in the eye of the beholder. Then Q’uo said that as an entity moves from third to fourth density the eyes are opened to the true nature of unity so that the impact of beauty is everywhere rather than there being the possibility, as there is in third density, of being unable to see beauty, so we believe that there is an absolute quality that can be called beauty, and we believe that absolute quality lies in the mystery of the one infinite Creator just as Love is absolute and has created all that there is, just so is beauty a derivative characteristic of Love, so were you or we to see with the eyes of the Creator, all that you would see would be perfectly beautiful. Q’uo continued by saying it is characteristic of being an individual spark of the Godhead principle that creates the colors and filters of perception which bring the absolute into the specific, so is it more true that a seeker sees with every fiber of his being the beauty of some quality or essence that escapes definition, or is it the truth that only the original mystery of absolute beauty is that which is the higher truth? Q’uo guessed that to the Creator it is that imperfect and individual perception of subjective beauty which It finds most interesting, for perfection cannot teach, but the unique distortions of imperfect beauty can tell the Creator a good deal about Itself. On November 8, 2002, Q’uo spoke of how each of us is part of the Godhead principle:

However, the appropriate timing has always been upon the track, and at no time has there been a difficulty in the sense that, may we say, many seen and unseen entities have combined as co-Creators in this and related projects which have to do with standing for that which this instrument calls the Godhead principle. Each has that which is the energy of the Christ, just as the one known as Jesus was the Christ and became the Christed one by embracing that which was greater than Himself. Each has the capacity to embrace and move into that role in which the self becomes the co-Creator in such a way that Love is opened from the creative principle through the vulnerability and the imperfection of the human experience and the human choice, and Love is made visible by imperfect hands and weak and uncertain wills. They somehow have launched themselves into the midair of faith and inspiration.

May we answer you further, my brother? We are those of Q’uo.

G: That was beautiful, Q’uo! It was wonderful, and it completely responded to the follow-up question I had to that question, which I no longer need to ask. I believe Jim has a question for you.

Jim: W says, “I am an incarcerated individual with a tumor. In response to this situation, I am doing everything that I can to the best of my understanding with the information and resources to which I have access. I am at peace with whatever happens and whichever way it goes, I know that I am serving Love by serving others with my whole heart. If I die tomorrow, I would be at peace knowing I’d done the right thing for the first time in my life. “As part of my program for healing I have read information from the A.R.E. entitled “How to Kill your Cancer without Killing Yourself.” I meditate on Ra’s words about forgiveness, and I understand how taking care of dietary matters can be a nudge for my mind, expressing a greatly heightened respect for myself. As a result, I have eliminated several foods from my diet, including sugar and caffeine. However, being in prison presents a big disadvantage because I have no alternatives to the food they serve here and the heavily chlorinated drinking water. “I hope that by eliminating what I can, it will serve as a sufficient nudge to my mind, my body, and my spirit. Above all, I know that my most important work is to accept what is and to become that ‘peace that passeth all understanding.’ “Would Q’uo speak to the spiritual principles involved in the situation and offer me any insight that may aid me in healing?”

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We would wish to communicate to the one known as W that the situation of illness is not simply a physical thing or even a mental thing, although certainly the culture in which you reside gazes at the psyche, or the mind and emotions, or the body and feels that those two energies, working together, are what create wellness and illness. Yet, in any incarnation, there is a shape and a texture that becomes more and more apparent as the seeker moves through the incarnation, accumulating life experiences and gradually deepening and clarifying those understandings that create for that seeker the house of life in which he shall live. Illness and wellness are two sides or two ends of a dynamic that, for many in incarnation, plays a part in the overall shape and texture of the life. Consequently, when one gazes at the word, “healing,” one must put it in a larger context than the doctors of your society would. For there is always the deeper level or the wider context within which the dynamic of illness takes place that needs to be observed.

Theone known as W suggested that working with this illness had created for him the opportunity to move through awarenesses and learnings which have brought him to a peace and a contentment with what is. This instrument has long been aware that illness has created for her the opportunity to do more inner work as she becomes progressively unfit to do the work of the physical body. Shall, then, an illness be considered that which must be removed so that the body is made whole? Or shall thanks be given for the opportunity to experience the ongoing catalyst which moves one ever more surely into the work of the spirit within?

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(Carla channeling)

There are elements of this query to which we can give no response, because such responses would interfere with the good work which the one known as W is at this time occupied in doing because of this catalyst. We can, however, agree with the one known as W that it is indeed helpful to create, and even ritualize, the elements of remembrance and forgiveness that have been offered in the query.

The element of remembrance is that which brings the seeker back to the presence of the self and of all eternity opening around the self. In that present moment, there is forgiveness; there is awareness of the total acceptance of self by self, and if that moment is remembered a thousand times in a day, it is not too much. The nudges of which the one known as W spoke, of taking care with the diet and the foodstuffs, is also an excellent way to work with the catalyst offered. We commend the one known as W for gazing with a peaceful eye at the circumstance of illness and assure the one known as W that there is no outcome except that of healing. There is the possibility of the healing of the body and the possibility of the healing of the mind and the emotions. There is the certainty of the healing of the incarnation for the seeker who is fearless and does not blink at circumstances that others may find full of fear. The presence of the one infinite Creator is as close in what you call death as in that which you call life. The consciousness which is your essence is the same in life and in death, death being an illusion quickly transcended.

W’s question was: “I meditate on Ra’s words about forgiveness, and I understand how taking care of dietary matters can be a nudge for my mind, expressing a greatly heightened respect for myself. As a result, I have eliminated several foods from my diet, including sugar and caffeine. However, being in prison presents a big disadvantage because I have no alternatives to the food they serve here and the heavily chlorinated drinking water. “I hope that by eliminating what I can, it will serve as a sufficient nudge to my mind, my body, and my spirit. Above all, I know that my most important work is to accept what is and to become that ‘peace that passeth all understanding.’ “Would Q’uo speak to the spiritual principles involved in the situation and offer me any insight that may aid me in healing?” Q’uo began by saying we would wish to communicate to W that the situation of illness is not simply a physical thing or even a mental thing, although the culture in which you reside gazes at the emotions and the body and feels that these two energies are what create wellness and illness, yet in any incarnation there is a texture that becomes more apparent as the seeker moves through the incarnation, and gradually clarifying those understandings that create the house of life in which he shall live, and illness and wellness are two sides of a dynamic that plays a part in the texture of the life, so when one gazes at the word, “healing,” one must put it in a larger context than the doctors of your society would, for there is always the wider context within which the dynamic of illness takes place that needs to be observed. Then Q’uo said W suggested that working with this illness had created for him the opportunity to move through learnings which have brought him to a peace with what is, and Carla has long been aware that illness has created for her the opportunity to do more inner work as she becomes progressively unfit to do the work of the physical body, so shall an illness be considered that which must be removed so that the body is made whole, or shall thanks be given for the opportunity to experience the ongoing catalyst which moves one ever more surely into the work of the spirit within? So Q’uo said there are elements of this query to which we can give no response, because such responses would interfere with the work which W is at this time occupied in doing because of this catalyst, but we can agree with W that it is helpful to ritualize the elements of remembrance and forgiveness that have been offered in the query. Q’uo completed their reply by saying the element of remembrance is that which brings the seeker back to the presence of the self and of all eternity opening around the self, and in that present moment, there is forgiveness and awareness of the total acceptance of self by self, and if that moment is remembered a thousand times in a day, it is not too much, and the taking care with the diet is also an excellent way to work with the catalyst, and we commend W for gazing with a peaceful eye at the circumstance of illness and assure him that there is no outcome except that of healing for the seeker who is fearless and does not blink at circumstances that others may find full of fear because the presence of the one infinite Creator is as close in what you call death as in that which you call life, and the consciousness which is your essence is the same in life and in death, death being an illusion quickly transcended. On February 13, 2010, Q’uo spoke of the value of remembrance for us:

It is the hope and the intention of the soul before entering into the valley of the shadow that within those shadows, paradoxes and mysteries of life as experienced upon your planet, there will be that moment of remembrance of why this sacrifice was undertaken. And it is hoped that that moment of remembrance may so illumine the soul within incarnation that the remainder of the incarnation will be one of joy, peace, and bliss. For the mists have been penetrated; the mystery has been solved. And the answer to sacrifice is Love. For love moved each of you to embrace this experience, this “parenthesis in eternity,” as the one known as Joel calls it. And within this tiny shape of a life, this momentary span of your years, once you have awakened to the Love within you, you have the opportunity so to shape and intend and offer your life that the riches of that Love shall spring forth anew every day, falling like coins from your pockets and turning your world into heaven.

May we ask if there is a final query this evening? We are those of Q’uo.

G: No question for me, Q’uo. I would add, though, that D wrote today and said, “Thank Q’uo for me,” so I’ll pass that on. Thank you, Q’uo.

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your comment, my brother. Indeed, we were aware of the kind and loving thoughts of the one known as D when that precious and beautiful entity thought them and gave them to us directly, for when we are thought of, we are there. We find this entity a great blessing, as we find each of you. And we thank each of you for your beauty. We leave this instrument and this group, glorying in the love and in the light, in the peace and in the power of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai.

This morning I went outside and transplanted a flat of geraniums and a flat of marigolds in the Ruins Mound Garden. I had already watered them with fertilized water and sprayed them with deer repellant when they were in their flat.

This afternoon I went back outside and transplanted a flat of Angelonia on the Ruins Mound which had also been watered with fertilized water and sprayed with deer repellant.

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

May 4

The Wellspring Of Life

I am the spirit of the living Christ. I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.

The living wellspring of life comes to each and yet awaits the asking, just as water remains in the pipe until the faucet is turned.

The holy city of God stands with plain streets and glass stones until the seeker within its gates opens those gates to let in that vivifying Spirit which turns glass to gem and plain streets to crystal seas and golden portals.

Each seeker already stands at the wellspring of life within the city of God. Yet until the call goes out in full sincerity from the heart of the pilgrim, the manifestation of joy and wholeness cannot be felt.

We stand waiting without the gates for the principle of the full consciousness of Love to be asked to enter.

We await each call in perfect confidence of the glorious outcome. For all consciousness shall see Christ. We leave you in peace, now and always. 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. The Q’uo quote today comes from November 8, 2008:

Question from G: Throughout the Law of One material, Ra speaks often of the entity as a single, indivisible unit. They speak of the entity evolving, the entity doing this thing or that, and the entity making this choice or that choice. Who is the entity that makes choices and is responsible within the incarnation? Is this the conscious self? The subconscious self? Or the undivided whole entity? I ask because the activities Ra says that the entity enjoys seem often to occur well below the threshold of consciousness awareness. How far into the spectrum of choice does the conscious self’s responsibilities extend? What exactly is the proper role of the conscious, waking self?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we come to you this evening. It may seem that we come to you from far away, and yet we come to you from within your very being, moving through the various layers of mind to make a collaborative contact with this instrument and this group. We are very pleased to have been called to this circle of seeking. And we are glad to offer our humble thoughts on this most interesting subject of who an entity actually is and what role the conscious waking self has in the great drama of the wheel from alpha to omega and to alpha again. As always, we would request that you use your discrimination as you listen to or read these words. We are prone to error, as are all of those who work within the illusions of space and time. And we would not wish to create confusion within your path. Consequently, we ask that you keep those thoughts that resonate to you and discard the rest. We thank you for this kindness, for it enables us to feel that we may speak freely and not risk the infringement upon your free will.

Yourquery, my brother, moves deeply into the texture and fabric of the Law of One and into the paradox of oneness. For if all is one, then how can there be individuals? How can there be separate and unique selves? And yet each of you is an unique self. There is no spark of the Creator like you in the infinities of worlds of the infinite creation. You are one of a kind. And you are as treasured and beloved as any one-of-a-kind gem or artifact. You are sons and daughters of Love. It was from Love that you sprang, an infinite number of holographic portions of the one infinite Creator. It is as unique shards or atoms of the one Creator that you have come through many densities, many worlds, and many experiences to find your way to that location in which you sit as you are listening to or reading these words. You have journeyed far. That spark of the Creator that you are as an entity has had incarnation upon incarnation, experience upon experience.

Each time that you have finished an experience and moved back into the inner planes in order to heal your incarnation and to plan your next incarnation, you have chosen portions of the whole self that you are, which we sometimes call the soul stream. In one incarnation you may seem to have a personality that is somewhat different from your personality in another incarnation. However, the essence that flows beneath, and behind, and beyond personality remains the same. It is easy to confuse the self as an entity or an essence with the contents of the personality. The personality feels so much like your entire self! Your personality, after all, has been forged in the fire of experience and bears the imprint of parents’ love or lack of love, your parents’ respect or lack of respect, your teachers and friends and the way they have impacted your life.

Over years of choices, you have built up a self that you recognize when you look in the mirror; not simply the face you see, but also the self that lies within your eyes. You can describe yourself. You are a person with a sense of humor, a person with a mission, a person with a job, a person with sexuality of a certain kind, and so forth. All of these details of personality and character, circumstance and estate are valid and useful. In no way do they or can they define the entity that you are. You know that it is said in the Bible that you come from the earth and to the earth you shall return; dust to dust and ashes to ashes. This is quite literally true of your physical being. Left in a state of nature, your body would literally return to the earth. In the same basic way you are the Creator; Light from Light and Love from Love. And you shall, in the fullness of time and space, return to the Light and the Love that formed you.

The question from G was: “Who is the entity that makes choices and is responsible within the incarnation? Is this the conscious self? The subconscious self? Or the undivided whole entity? I ask because the activities Ra says that the entity enjoys seem often to occur well below the threshold of consciousness awareness. How far into the spectrum of choice does the conscious self’s responsibilities extend? What exactly is the proper role of the conscious, waking self?” Q’uo began by saying our query moves into the fabric of the Law of One and into the paradox of oneness, for if all is one, then how can there be individuals, and how can there be separate and unique selves? And yet each of us is an unique self, and there is no spark of the Creator like us in the worlds of the infinite creation, so we are one of a kind, and we are as treasured as any one-of-a-kind gem since we are sons and daughters of Love, and it was from Love that we sprang as an infinite number of holographic portions of the one infinite Creator, so it is as unique atoms of the one Creator that we have come through many densities and many experiences to find our way to that location in which we sit as we are listening to or reading these words, for we have journeyed far, so that spark of the Creator that we are as an entity has had incarnation upon incarnation. Then Q’uo said that each time that we have finished an experience and moved back into the inner planes in order to heal our incarnation and to plan our next incarnation, we have chosen portions of the whole self that we are, which Q’uo sometimes calls the soul stream, so in one incarnation we may have a personality that is different from our personality in another incarnation, but the essence that flows beneath, behind, and beyond our personality remains the same, and it is easy to confuse ourself as an entity with the contents of the personality because the personality feels so much like our entire self since our personality has been forged in the fire of experience and bears the imprint of our parents’ love or lack of love, our parents’ respect or lack of respect, our teachers and friends and the way they have impacted our life. Q’uo continued by saying over years of choices, we have built up a self that we recognize when we look in the mirror, and we also see the self that lies within our eyes, so we can describe ourself as a person with a sense of humor and a person with sexuality of a certain kind, and all of these details of personality are valid, but in no way can they define the entity that we are, and we know that it is said in the Bible that we come from the earth and to the earth we shall return, so this is true of our physical being, and left in a state of nature, our body would literally return to the earth, and in the same way we are the Creator; Light from Light and Love from Love, and we shall return to the Light and the Love that formed us. On May 18, 2005, Q’uo spoke of the details of our personality:

Like many entities, you chose lessons such as learning to love without expectation of return, and learning to listen with compassion to those entities who do not think as do you and whose logic does not run as does yours. The choice to focus on compassion, patience, and tolerance was part of the reason that you chose some of those entities within your life with which it is less than comfortable and convenient for you to deal with.

You gave yourself gifts of personality and character and as well you gave yourself those things which you now perceive within incarnation as faults. You did this with exquisite care, feeling that this assortment of details of personality were those choices that would best serve you as you attempt to mature, to balance the gifts that are within you, and to seek your true self.

For this tiny iota of time and space you have gathered your suitcase full of personality and have launched yourself into incarnation on Planet Earth with your agenda, your gifts, your limitations, and your relationships. You have come to challenge yourself and to be tempered in the fire of catalyst, to bathe in the waters of unknowing and to experience the self, its desires, its will, and its faculties of faith and desire. Who is the entity that has launched itself forth in you? It is easy enough to assume that what you see is what you get, that you are an entity with two arms, two legs, two eyes, a heart, lungs, intelligence, and so forth. And that is, of course, your conscious, waking self—that captain of the ship of your life. You carry on board the ship that is yourself a great deal of cargo, in holds far below the surface of the ocean on which you ride in your destiny-filled journey through your incarnation. You carry a thousand, or a million, or an unknown number of previous learnings and balancings, some of which may never arise to the level of conscious awareness. Yet they lie within you as precious cargo. The more access which you are able to create in your life to this cargo, the better.

Thespiritual journey is not linear. Bits of the cargo that you carry can be teased into the daylight and studied by examining, with the help of a medium or hypnotist, a previous life. However, no matter how many previous incarnations you are able to uncover and study, you are still in the position of not being able to see what your situation truly is as regards your reason for coming into incarnation with just these personality choices out of all the many, many choices you could have made. There lies within you that essence or beingness which is very slow to evolve. Each incarnation that you have is as a semester in school, where there are certain courses you are taking, certain books of life that you are studying, certain tests that you have set for yourself so that your studying may have a point and may come to a culmination within your incarnation. And only the tip of the self is above the level of the daylight consciousness, as the one known as G has pointed out quite accurately.

You may, therefore, see yourself as an explorer of the mazes and mysteries of the self. All that you may find out is useful. And yet you can never exhaust the question of “Who am I?” Once you release the primary truth, that you are the Creator experiencing Itself, you are possessed of the self-awareness that you are indeed an entity. Yet you are not possessed of a complete intelligence concerning this entity that you know that you are. It is as if you were a name written upon an envelope in a letter you have written to yourself which you have not read. And so, you hold up the envelope and you say, “I know I am here; I have a letter with my name on it.” But you cannot read that letter. You tuck that letter of self away for this incarnation that you are experiencing and you set about discovering yourself as you make your choices and live your life.

Then Q’uo said for this portion of time and space we have gathered our suitcase full of personality and have launched ourself into incarnation on Earth with our gifts, our lessons, and our relationships, and we have come to challenge ourself and to be tempered in the fire of catalyst, to bathe in the waters of unknowing, and to experience ourself with our faculties of faith and desire, and it is easy to assume that we are an entity with two arms, two legs, two eyes, a heart, and intelligence, and that is our conscious, waking self—that captain of the ship of our life, so we carry on board the ship a great deal of cargo, in holds far below the surface of the ocean on which we ride in our destiny-filled journey through our incarnation, and we carry an unknown number of previous lessons some of which may never arise to the level of conscious awareness, yet they lie within us as precious cargo, and the more access which we are able to create in our life to this cargo, the better. Q’uo went on to say the spiritual journey is not linear, and bits of the cargo that we carry can be brought into the daylight and studied by examining, with the help of a medium or hypnotist, a previous life, but no matter how many previous incarnations we are able to uncover and study, we are still in the position of not being able to see what our situation is as regards our reason for coming into incarnation with just these personality choices out of all the many choices we could have made, so there lies within us that essence which is slow to evolve, so each incarnation that we have is as a semester in school where there are courses we are taking and tests that we have set for ourself, so that our studying may have a point and may come to a culmination within our incarnation, and only the tip of ourself is above the level of the daylight consciousness. Now Q’uo said we may see ourself as an explorer of the mysteries of ourself, and all that we find out is useful, yet we can never exhaust the question of “Who am I?”, so once we release the truth that we are the Creator experiencing Itself, we are possessed of the self-awareness that we are an entity, but we are not possessed of a complete intelligence concerning this entity that we know that we are, so it is as if we were a name written upon an envelope in a letter we have written to ourself which we have not read, and we hold up the envelope and we say, “I know I am here; I have a letter with my name on it.” But we cannot read that letter, so we tuck that letter of self away for this incarnation that we are experiencing, and we set about discovering ourself as we make our choices and live our life. On April 10, 1994, Q’uo said that we all are the Creator experiencing Itself:

As you speak and exchange experience with those about you, you are aiding in every aspect of each entity’s evolution, for there is no other thing that can be done. All experience is the Creator experiencing Itself. Thus, you may partake more and more fully in this identity as the Creator as you are able to engage more of your own being in that which you experience.

There are those within your density who have penetrated quite deeply into the portion of their essential selves that lie below the water line of the waking consciousness. As the one known as G has said earlier in the conversation preceding this meditation, the contemplation that continues creates its own space with more and more definition. Each added minute and hour of contemplation brings one to a deeper state of awareness. Not a state of awareness that explodes with linear knowledge, certainly, but a deeper state that begins to flower and open to the present moment. It is in that present moment that the waking consciousness is able to relax and allow the deeper portions of the self to speak, not in words but in crystallizations and radiations of articulated energy. The waking consciousness is to the fuller consciousness of a self-realized entity as black and white is to color.

The everyday life can be lived in grayscale and there is always the temptation to remain on the surface and enjoy the grayscale, for it is comfortable. The life that is lived on the surface can be far more easily controlled than the life of one who wishes to plunge deep into the treasure troves of his own being and open the self up to the book of wisdom that is hidden within those stores that are so carefully tucked away below the waterline, below the waking consciousness. It can be a very painful thing to open oneself to the vivid colors of unknowing. The intellect can batter itself against that unknowing, ceaselessly attempting to make sense of infinity and eternity. Yet no matter how keen the intellect, attempting to order the mysterious and paradoxical self is attempting to harness a whirlwind or lasso a mustang running free.

The best that you can do is to launch yourself fearlessly onto the back of whatever mustang that you find as you explore the treasures within the hold of your ship and let it go where it will. Let it take you to the colors, and the textures, and the feelings of which you know not, so that you may experience yourself more and more deeply, more and more keenly, less and less articulately. It is as though that ship that is you as an entity must move through underground passages where there is no light. Where you cannot navigate with anything but your intuition and your rock-solid knowledge of who you are. And here we come again into the paradox of unknowing and knowing. For even though you cannot, in your waking consciousness, experience or know who you are in the entirety of yourself, at the same time you are not only capable but are asked by life itself to gather your feet under you and declare yourself in positive and clarion terms.

Q’uo went on to say there are those within our density who have penetrated deeply into the portion of our essential selves that lie below our waking consciousness, and the contemplation that continues creates its own space with more definition, and each added minute of contemplation brings us to a deeper state of awareness, but not a state of awareness that explodes with linear knowledge, but a deeper state that begins to flower and open to the present moment, and it is in that present moment that our waking consciousness is able to relax and allow the deeper portions of ourself to speak, not in words, but in radiations of articulated energy, so our waking consciousness is to the fuller consciousness of a self-realized entity as black and white is to color. Then Q’uo said our everyday life can be lived in grayscale, and there is always the temptation to remain on the surface and enjoy the grayscale, for it is comfortable, so our life that is lived on the surface can be more easily controlled than the life of one who wishes to plunge deep into the treasure troves of his own being and open the self up to the book of wisdom that is hidden within those stores that are carefully tucked away below the waking consciousness, and it can be a painful thing to open ourself to the vivid colors of unknowing, and our intellect can batter itself against that unknowing,  attempting to make sense of infinity, yet no matter how keen our intellect, attempting to order our mysterious self is attempting to lasso a mustang running free. Q’uo continued by saying the best that we can do is to launch ourself fearlessly onto the back of whatever mustang that we find as we explore the treasures within the hold of our ship, and let it go where it will, let it take us to the colors, textures, and the feelings of which we know not, so that we may experience ourself more lovingly, and less intellectually, so it is as though that ship that we are must move through underground passages where there is no light, where we cannot navigate with anything but our intuition and our knowledge of who we are, and here we come again to the paradox of unknowing and knowing, for even though we cannot know who we are in the entirety of ourself, at the same time we are not only capable but are asked by life itself to gather our feet under us and declare ourself in positive terms. On April 27, 2024, Q’uo mentioned how we can access our intuition:

At this time, you are unaware that that quality which is the higher self is you, for the higher self is a greater portion of who you are. You are all things, the higher self and the One Creator as well. However, the higher self is more like the teacher in the school room, where you in the incarnate state are a student. And as you ask the higher self for more questions about your journey, then sometimes they are answered through your higher self, or your guides that might communicate via your intuition, your hunches, those thoughts that come to you, shall we say, out of the blue; and yet, it’s not out of the blue, but it is out of you, for you are one with these sources of information, and you are expanding your own experience of yourself when you make contact with these guides, your higher self and others within the inner planes that are aware of you and are attracted to you by the way you seek on your spiritual path.

Those who are wise relate themselves to the infinite Creator of which they are a part, and then describe themselves in terms of the deepest portion of self which they have been able to plumb. Thusly, this instrument says that she is a servant of the one infinite Creator, a child of Love, one who wishes with all of her heart to serve and to follow her Beloved. These are vague, murky terms that do not limit the self or classify the self in linear ways. This kind of expression of selfhood is more about attempting to describe the heart of the self in ways that have more to do with feelings than with objects; that have more to do with faith and will than with a career, a marriage, or any of those ways in which the waking consciousness identifies itself. We do not tell you what portion of your whole self that you are able to realize within incarnation because the possibilities are endless. You can realize almost nothing about yourself or as you seek and seek again, you can come to encompass and contain an awareness that has no words but has many feelings about the self that moves quite deeply into the whole self that lies beneath the waking consciousness.

What part of this could be called the entity? Indeed, the very word “entity” means the whole self, the entire self. Yet, you as awakened consciousness are also an entity. Therefore, we would define the entity that you are by saying whatever of the whole self that you are able to realize within incarnation is the functional entity within that incarnation. This is distinct from the whole self which we sometimes call the “soul stream.” As you have built up intelligence and worked on the balances within yourself through many, many incarnations, you have amassed a very wide and deep stream of self. You could not possibly contain that within one incarnated being. So, our answer must be unique to each entity and not only to each entity but also to an entity at different times within an incarnation where he may have been able to gain access to a larger portion of the unknown but deeply felt self.

When your race was young upon the Earth, you had few ways to understand the self or to place the self within the world in which you lived. As you have built up your culture you have gained many, many more ways of looking at the journey from birth to death that is your incarnation. Just as many ways as you have experienced yourself, so are the number of ways in which you have yet to experience yourself. Therefore, you may look upon every day of your incarnation as an adventure. Who knows what shall bring you face to face with a portion of yourself whom you have not met before. You may be delighted to meet this new portion of yourself; you may be horrified; or any response in between.

However, an explorer builds intelligence from all that he sees and to that explorer, everything is interesting. To an explorer, there is no concept of success or failure. There is only the concept of that which may be found today and so the explorer bends his every tool and his every iota of consciousness to the task of observing accurately and perceiving clearly that which lies before him. Those things that help an entity to be more fully self-realized are those disciplines which open the door to the gateway of intelligent infinity. The key to that door is silence. We encourage the regular practice of silence of self, as the one known as G has said, the counting of the breaths, moving back to the breath, allowing the self to be untended. This is a grounding and a seating mechanism that strengthens the essential self and enlarges its ability to bear self-awareness at deeper and deeper levels.

Q’uo continued by saying those of us who are wise relate ourselves to the infinite Creator of which we are a part, and then describe ourselves in terms of the deepest portion of ourself which we have been able to plumb, and Carla says that she is a servant of the one infinite Creator, a child of Love, one who wishes with all of her heart to serve and to follow her Beloved Jesus, but these are terms that do not limit us or classify us in linear ways, so this kind of expression of selfhood is more about attempting to describe the heart of ourself in ways that have more to do with faith and will than with a career, a marriage, or any of those ways in which our waking consciousness identifies itself, but Q’uo does not tell us what portion of ourself that we are able to realize within incarnation because the possibilities are endless, and we can realize nothing about ourself as we seek, or we can contain an awareness that has no words but has many feelings about ourself that move deeply into ourself that lies beneath our waking consciousness. Then Q’uo said the word “entity” means the whole self, the entire self, yet we as awakened consciousness are also an entity, so Q’uo would define the entity that we are by saying whatever part of our whole self that we are able to realize within incarnation is the functional entity within that incarnation, and this is distinct from our whole self which they sometimes call the “soul stream,” so as we have built up intelligence and worked on the balances within ourself through many incarnations we have amassed a wide and deep stream of ourself, but we could not contain that within one incarnation, so the answer must be unique to each at different times within an incarnation where we may have been able to gain access to a larger portion of our unknown but deeply felt self. Q’uo went on to say when our race was young upon the Earth, we had few ways to understand ourself or to place it within the world in which we lived, and as we have built up our culture we have gained many more ways of looking at the journey from birth to death that is our incarnation, so just as many ways as we have experienced ourself, so are the number of ways in which we have yet to experience ourself, and we may look upon every day of our incarnation as an adventure, but who knows what shall bring us face to face with a portion of ourself whom we have not met before, so we may be delighted to meet this new portion of ourself, or we may be horrified, or we may have any response in between. Q’uo completed their reply by saying an explorer builds intelligence from all that he sees and everything is interesting since to an explorer there is only the concept of that which may be found today, and the explorer bends every iota of his consciousness to the task of perceiving clearly that which lies before him, so those things that help us to be more fully self-realized are those disciplines which open the door to the gateway of intelligent infinity, and the key to that door is silence, so Q’uo encouraged our regular practice of the silence of ourself, the counting of breaths, moving back to the breath, allowing ourself to be untended because this is a grounding and a seating mechanism that strengthens our essential self and enlarges its ability to bear self-awareness at deeper and deeper levels. On January 30, 2010, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the gateway of intelligent infinity:

For others, bound in suffering, wracked by doubts, caught in the world of ten thousand things, there is an emptiness of self. The chalice is already ready to receive. And for such entities it is precious indeed to open the self in passive prayer. Some would call it mediation and indeed the Buddhists would call it vipassana meditation. In this allowing of the self to be nothing and to float as the candle flame floats above the candle, self is revealed just as the candle reveals itself in the flame. It is an indigo-ray use of the gateway of intelligent infinity to ask for the self to be revealed to the self, for the self to feel its own radiance. And that flame comes down into the passive tallow of self and kindles the flame of truth so that the self becomes a chalice, holding the flame of Love. And gently, sweetly, that flame melts away the suffering and the difficulty and frees the caught soul that it may fly free into the Love of the open heart, into the Love of the Logos.

May we answer your query in any further way, my brother? We are those of Q’uo.

G: No further question on that main question. Thank you, Q’uo.

We thank you, my brother. May we ask if there is another query at this time? We are those of Q’uo.

G: I have a question from P, from the United Kingdom. She says that it appears that the internet is a tool of sharing information. Cyber-based or non-physical resources are evolving rapidly and gaining momentum and acceleration in their evolution, especially since the turn of the century. Some people theorize that the internet will become a conscious entity who will learn from its third-density creators and become something unfathomable to us. There appear to be correlations in the evolution of the internet and the emergence of fourth density upon this planet. However, fourth density, as I understand it, is about the awakening of Christ-Consciousness between people, which does not require technical expertise or machines. Is there a correlation between the evolution of the internet on the planet and the emergence of the social memory complex? How does this affect the people who have no access to advanced technology such as computers but are evolving along their spiritual path?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. May we say to the one known as P that there is a correlation between the internet and its endless sources of human knowledge and the fourth-density consciousness, but it is tangential. Let us explain. To an observer such as the one known as P, the faculties of the world wide web feel like fourth-density consciousness in that there is an interlocking awareness of far more things than can be known by one person. It is a kind of social memory. It is an intriguing concept that this large database might organize itself into a living entity, yet this is not the nature of the database. The organizing faculties are not there to articulate this mass of knowledge into that which is self-aware. The social memory complex of fourth density grows from the beginnings which are shared by the internet and the consciousness of all those within a fourth-density environment; that is, the shared database of awareness and knowledge. Yet, whereas there is no polarity to an internet database, there is a unified, harmonized polarity to the shared knowledge of a society of seeking souls.

[Side one of tape ends.]

(Carla channeling)

Whereas a database cannot access itself, the social memory complex database, if you will, is accessed by all of those within that society. You, as a third-density society upon Planet Earth, having reached nearly the end of third density, exist now as a social complex. You are fully aware of your global population and the databases and artifacts of that social consciousness, yet you do not have shared memory. You have not yet come together and developed a vector for your desire and your seeking as a people. There are the trembling and accelerating glimpses that each of you has of how it would feel to be truly one with those of your culture, so that you could collaborate together and create the world of your dreams, the world of your visions. Yet the veil is heavy, and it is difficult to find visionary people that create a critical mass of inspiration and direction.

P asked: “Is there a correlation between the evolution of the internet on the planet and the emergence of the social memory complex? How does this affect the people who have no access to advanced technology such as computers but are evolving along their spiritual path?” Q’uo began by saying there is a correlation between the internet and its sources of human knowledge and the fourth-density consciousness, but it is tangential, so that to an observer the faculties of the world wide web feel like fourth-density consciousness in that there is an interlocking awareness of more things than can be known by one person, so it is a kind of social memory, and it is an intriguing concept that this database might organize itself into a living entity, yet this is not the nature of the database because the organizing faculties are not there to articulate this knowledge into that which is self-aware since the social memory complex of fourth density grows from the beginnings which are shared by the internet and the consciousness of all those within a fourth-density environment whereas there is no polarity to an internet database, but there is a unified polarity to the shared knowledge of a society of seeking souls. Then Q’uo said a database cannot access itself, but the social memory complex database is accessed by all of those within that society, and we, as a third-density society upon Earth, having reached the end of third density, exist now as a social complex, and we are aware of our global population and the artifacts of that social consciousness, yet we do not have shared memory because we have not yet come together and developed a vector for our seeking as a people, and there are glimpses that each of us has of how it would feel to be truly one with those of our culture, so that we could collaborate together and create the world of our dreams, yet the veil is heavy, and it is difficult to find visionary people that create a critical mass of inspiration and direction. The process of working with yourself is very important because once you have begun to have true compassion for yourself, then and only then, can you begin to have true compassion for others with all of their mistakes, self-perceived and perceived by you. When you have finally fallen in love with yourself, then you can fall in love with others as well as seeing yourself and everyone else as sparks of the one infinite Creator. On January 7, 2008, Q’uo said the veil in third density is heavy:

You exist within third density in darkness. It is a place of unknowing. The veil is heavy here. You will make mistakes again and again and feel unworthy. And you will be angry again and again. And yet this too is good. This too is helpful. This too is grist for the mill that creates the refining of your character and your soul, so that you begin to be more and more transparent—not that you have gotten over feeling angry or unworthy, but that you see through these surface emotions to the beauty of your deep self, and you begin to have a real confidence in that deep self that goes beyond the tossing of the surface waves of everyday living. This transparency makes of you a better and better lighthouse.

Indeed, this is why your recent election of the one known as Barack has been such a signal event to many who sense that this entity may well have the capacity as a leader to inspire positive changes throughout the consciousness of the society as a whole. This is the direction in which each who seeks to graduate into fourth density is moving. Yet third density is not fourth density. It is good to move towards that paradigm of shared vision and unconditional Love. It is a worthy beau geste to attempt to be part of that critical mass of positive thought that brings all of the planet to a successful graduation into fourth-density positive. It is a worthwhile dream. It is a worthwhile effort. And we wish you the joy of being that knight who wears the armor of Light and moves toward the sun of unconditional Love and compassion.

As to the plight of those with no access to computers because they have lived their entire lives as indigenous people, we may assure the one known as P that these entities are far more close to graduation into fourth-density positive, for the most part, than those who must bear the burden of civilization and the endless ramifications of human knowledge. There is more truth, knowledge, and learning in one who knows the moons, the suns, the stars, the animals, the planets, the ocean, and the wind than there is in all of the books in all of the libraries of your world.

Then Q’uo said this is why our recent election of Barack has been such an event to many who sense that he may have the capacity to inspire positive changes throughout the consciousness of the society, and this is the direction in which each of us who seeks to graduate into fourth density is moving, yet third density is not fourth density, so it is good to move towards that paradigm of shared vision and unconditional Love, and it is a worthy gesture to attempt to be part of that critical mass of positive thought that brings all of our planet to a successful graduation into fourth-density positive, so it is a worthwhile dream, and Q’uo wished us the joy of being that knight who wears the armor of Light and moves toward the sun of unconditional Love and compassion. Q’uo went on to say as to the plight of those with no access to computers because they have lived their entire lives as indigenous people, Q’uo assured us that these entities are far closer to graduation into fourth-density positive than those who must bear the burden of civilization and the endless ramifications of human knowledge because there is more truth, knowledge, and learning in one who knows the moons, the suns, the stars, the animals, the planets, the ocean, and the wind than there is in all of the books in all of the libraries of our world. On February 13, 2010, Q’uo spoke of the advanced spiritual nature of the indigenous people:

Many of those who have learned shamanism as part of their experience as indigenous entities—that is, as Native Americans, Maoris, or any other indigenous tribal group—have more in common with those you may call the Elder Race than they have in common with the Confederation in that the shamanism, which is a very Earth-connected discipline and way of teaching, has the energy of those who are true natives to Planet Earth who are stewards of Planet Earth and who feel the connection with the Earth as the Creator rather than the Creator as Earth.

May we answer you further, my brother?

G: D has a question. He says: “I have been having memories of different worlds and even being of different sentient species and performing tasks on different worlds designed to increase the harvest. I remember past lives both here and on other worlds. I believe I am a wanderer and a ‘pre-incarnate,’ one who incarnates early in third density to readjust to third-density life, in preparation for this present period where spiritual evolutionary advancement is occurring. I feel in my heart that these memories are real, and I would like to ask Q’uo to confirm this.”

We are those of Q’uo. We are aware of this query and can indeed confirm that this entity is indeed a wanderer and that his suppositions are fundamentally accurate.

May we ask if there is a final query at this time? We are those of Q’uo.

G: Yes, I have a final question. I haven’t put it together really well, but I was wondering if you could describe meditation in terms of the chakras. That is, when the entity is successfully in that place wherein the entity watches its own thoughts arise and fall without attachment and without aversion, watches sensations, watches whatever occurs in that manner, in that detached space, what’s happening in terms of the chakras?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. When one is accessing the gateway to intelligent infinity, one has been able to open the chakra system so that there is no blockage, over-activation, or narrowing that would prevent the infinite Love and Light of the one Creator from moving through the red, orange, and yellow chakras and into the heart. The essential self rests in the open heart while the seeker uses the faculties of will, faith, and purified intention to move through the blue and indigo energy centers and through the violet to the gateway. If you can picture the characteristics of a flame from a candle, you can see the chakra body as a whole in a kind of a rounded form that varies a bit, yet is always a solid flame in the center. At the gateway, the self comes to a point of focus that then is ignited into another flame as it approaches and goes through the gateway, so that there is a mirroring of the flame beyond the gateway and the flame of the chakra system which is intimately tied into the earthly self which is approaching the gateway.

At the zero point is the gateway itself. In a way, one could say that the essential self during such times is poised precisely where those two flames meet. It could even be suggested that this is the true nature of the self in incarnation. For as the earthly self moves in essence through the gateway to access that which lies beyond it, the self is that which joins all worlds, the inner and the outer, the higher and the lower, and so forth, and completes many circuits to create a unique point of connection between all worlds, living, breathing, fragile, yet infinitely powerful.

G’s final question was: “When the entity is successfully in that place wherein the entity watches its own thoughts arise and fall without attachment and without aversion, watches sensations, watches whatever occurs in that manner, in that detached space, what’s happening in terms of the chakras?” Q’uo began by saying when we are accessing the gateway to intelligent infinity, we have been able to open the chakra system so that there is no blockage or over-activation that would prevent the infinite Love and Light of the one Creator from moving through the red, orange, and yellow chakras and into our heart, so our essential self rests in the open heart while we use the faculties of will, faith, and intention to move through the blue and indigo energy centers and through the violet to the gateway, and if we can picture the characteristics of a flame from a candle, we can see the chakra body as  a rounded form that varies a bit, yet it is always a solid flame in the center, and at the gateway our self comes to a point of focus that is ignited into another flame as it goes through the gateway, so there is a mirroring of the flame beyond the gateway and the flame of the chakra system which is tied to our earthly self which is approaching the gateway. Then Q’uo said at the zero point is the gateway, and that our essential self during such times is poised where those two flames meet, and it could be suggested that this is the true nature of our self in incarnation, for as our earthly self moves in essence through the gateway to access that which lies beyond it, our self is that which joins all worlds, the inner and the outer, the higher and the lower and completes many circuits to create a unique point of connection between all worlds living, breathing, fragile, yet infinitely powerful. On December 18, 2005, Q’uo described the nature of our chakra system:

The eight-chakra system has been discussed previously, and so we will very briefly review that system. The red-ray chakra is concerned mostly with survival and sexuality. The orange-ray chakra, located in the lower belly, is associated with issues of personal relationship. The yellow-ray chakra, or the solar plexus energy center, is associated with the energies of interacting with groups. The green-ray or heart chakra is associated with opening the heart and discovering one’s own sacred nature. The throat chakra or blue-ray energy center is connected with communication. The indigo-ray center at the brow is associated with the disciplines of the personality and work in consciousness, and the violet-ray chakra, which is the crown chakra, is associated with that readout of momentary reality that is expressing at any given moment and is a system readout for the entire energy body that is what we would call the Occidental or Western chakra structure.

May we answer you further, my brother? We are those of Q’uo.

G: Just a real quick follow-up, Q’uo. Are you equating accessing the gateway to intelligent infinity with the state of meditation that I described?

We are those of Q’uo. This is not precisely correct, my brother. We include in the gifts the gateway has to offer that of the meditation which reaches beyond the self and brings back from the gateway guidance, inspiration and even information. However, there are many other gifts which the gateway has to offer. Consequently, we spoke of the purified intention as being a part of this setup as to what the self looks like within meditation. A healer, or one who wishes to teach, for instance, will be accessing different portions of the riches beyond the gateway. However, the organization and look of the chakra body will be the same.

May we answer you further, my brother? We are those of Q’uo.

G: That is rich material for follow-ups and I will ask at a later time. Thank you.

Q’uo: We thank you, my brother. We find that the energy within this group is waning and therefore we would bid our leave of this instrument and this group, leaving each, as always, 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 vasu.

This morning, I was once again honored to be a guest on Jonathan Tong’s Seattle Law of One Study Group. I was happy to attempt to answer a lot of significant spiritual questions such as the origin of the channelings from the A Book of Days: Channelings From The Holy Spirit, the Major Arcana of the Tarot, the time lateral for Planet Earth, sexual energy exchanges, the value of meditation, and many others. I look forward to our next Q & A session.

This afternoon I pumped about two-thirds of the water out of my fishpond in hopes that I could reduce the amount of algae in the water. While the water was pumping out I used my trimmer to trim weeds in all of the gardens around the fishpond. Then I refilled the fishpond with water, and while it was refilling I used my trimmer to weed all around the front yard and the area on the south side of my home. Then I turned on the fountain and discovered that it was at the perfect height to keep from splashing water out of the fishpond, but the water still is very green, so I am glad that Economical Aquatic Gardens will be sending a fellow here next Monday to give my fishpond a total cleaning by putting the fish in barrels and using a power sprayer to get the algae off of the sides and bottom of the fishpond.

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

May 3

True Reality Beyond Doubting

I am the Spirit of living Love, and I greet you in the consciousness of Christ.

We find this instrument full of self-doubt. And it would be impossible to use this instrument were it not that the instrument is willing to be clear, regardless of her doubts. We would ask each to use this as a parable for the life experience. Of course you will have doubts.

Of course you will be discouraged. Of course there will be many things that you do not understand. But the strength, the power, and the divinity of the consciousness of Love is with each always, far closer than your breathing, far more yourself than your skin and your bones.

Know the true reality beyond the doubting. Call upon the Spirit of the living God, for you live your life not only in doubt but in the certainty of eternity.

We leave you in the everlasting peace of the infinite Love of Jesus the Christ. 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 13, 2008:

The question tonight is from G and it says, “In the Law of One Series Ra says that there is a distortion of the Law of One which indicates that the gateway to intelligent infinity is “a gateway at the end of a straight and narrow path, as you may call it.” The question is, why is the path to intelligent infinity called “straight and narrow” and what implications does this have for the seeker of intelligent infinity?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we come to you this evening. It is a great pleasure and a privilege to be called to your circle of seeking this evening. We appreciate the honor of being asked for our humble opinion and are very glad to share it with you. As always, we would ask that you follow the resonance of our words, using those ideas that are resonant to you and leaving the rest behind. For we would not confuse your path with our opinions, wishing only to enhance it and offer you what resources we can. We thank you for using your discrimination.

The query this evening has to do with a quotation from the material this instrument calls The Ra Material, in which it states that the gateway to intelligent infinity is at the end of a straight and narrow path. Before we can look at the implications of this statement for the seeker, we would appreciate the opportunity to discuss the term itself and the way it has been used in this instrument’s experience, for it is a somewhat deceptive phrase. As this phrase, “the straight and narrow path,” was used in The Holy Bible, in the parables of the one known as Jesus the Christ, it did not indicate an unbending path. Rather the word “strait,” spelled differently than its homonym, means “narrow.” One such use of this word with which this instrument is familiar is the geographical location called the Straits of Gibraltar. In order to move through the Straits of Gibraltar it is necessary to keep focused carefully upon what one’s ship is doing because it must seek the very center of the channel. On either side lie distractions and those rocks which could tear the bottom out of the ship upon which the journey is taking place.

And so, it is in the life of the essence of an entity. The day-to-day life spreads out as a pleasant, open field with many, many options and many interests calling for attention. There are wonderful relationships to cherish and tend. There is good work to do in the earning of the living, in the maintenance of the household, and so forth. All of these day-to-day duties are blessed and sacred. Every single one of them is, in itself, a small world wherein that one task can be focused into and offered one hundred percent of the love within in order that that one chore may shine and be a gift in offering to the one Creator. The key to creating of the life a sacred journey is the attitude with which this journey is taken. We would suggest that the invocation of gratitude and thankfulness is a great key in bringing one’s day-to-day life into focus. For no matter whether that which faces one in any particular instance would be thought of by the world as a blessing or as a challenge, yet still, in essence, that which lies before you is the perfect gift for this moment, containing your service and your learning.

There is a tendency to forget to invoke this gratitude when that which lies before one does not seem to be a blessing. And yet, we would suggest that there is wisdom in waiting those few seconds before you undertake a challenging duty in order that you may open your heart and mind to the realization of the full measure of your gratitude for the opportunity to be alive in the creation of the Father and to face this moment. In just this way does the discipline of the personality begin. It does not begin with meditation, although meditation is vital to a spiritual practice. Rather, it begins on the very surface of things, in the very smallest of chores and duties. It begins with the realization of the tremendous fortune that you have in coming to this moment just where you are, with just the people with whom you are and facing just exactly the blessings and challenges that you now face.

The question from G was: “In the Law of One Series Ra says that there is a distortion of the Law of One which indicates that the gateway to intelligent infinity is “a gateway at the end of a straight and narrow path, as you may call it.” The question is, why is the path to intelligent infinity called “straight and narrow” and what implications does this have for the seeker of intelligent infinity?“ Q’uo began by saying the query this evening has to do with a quotation from the material Carla calls The Ra Material, in which it states that the gateway to intelligent infinity is at the end of a straight and narrow path, but before we look at the meaning of this statement for the seeker, we would appreciate the opportunity to discuss the way it has been used in Carla’s experience, for it is a deceptive phrase, and as this phrase, “the straight and narrow path,” was used in The Holy Bible, in the parables of Jesus the Christ, it did not indicate an unbending path, but the word “strait,” spelled differently than its similar word means “narrow,” so one use of this word with which Carla is familiar is the geographical location called the Straits of Gibraltar, and in order to move through the Straits of Gibraltar it is necessary to keep focused upon what the ship is doing because it must seek the center of the channel since on either side lie rocks which could tear the bottom out of the ship upon which the journey is taking place. Then Q’uo said it is in our essence, and our day-to-day life that spreads out as an open field with many interests calling for attention, and there are relationships to cherish, and there is good work to do in earning our living and in the maintenance of our household, and these day-to-day duties are sacred, so every one of them is a small world where one task can be focused upon and offered one hundred percent of the love within us in order that one chore may be a gift to the one Creator, and the key to creating our life as a sacred journey is the attitude with which this journey is taken, so Q’uo suggested that the invocation of gratitude is a key in bringing our day-to-day life into focus, for no matter whether that which faces us in any situation would be thought of by the world as a blessing or as a challenge, yet in essence that which lies before us is the perfect gift for this moment, containing our service and our learning. Now Q’uo said there is a tendency to forget to invoke gratitude when that which lies before us does not seem to be a blessing, yet they would suggest that there is wisdom in waiting a few seconds before we undertake a challenging duty in order that we may open our heart and mind to the realization of the full measure of our gratitude for the opportunity to be alive in the creation of the Father and to face this moment, and in this way does the discipline of the personality begin, but it does not begin with meditation, although meditation is vital to our spiritual practice, but it begins on the surface of things, in the smallest of chores, and it begins with our realization of the great fortune that we have in coming to this moment just where we are, with the people with whom we are, and facing  the blessings and challenges that we face. In 74.11, Ra described how the discipline of the personality is accomplished:

Questioner: Now, what I am trying to get at is how these disciplines affect the energy centers and the power, shall I say, of the white magician. Could you… will you tell me how that works?

I am Ra. The heart of the discipline of the personality is threefold:

One, know yourself. Two, accept yourself. Three, become the Creator. The third step is that step which, when accomplished, renders one the most humble servant of all, transparent in personality and completely able to know and accept other-selves.

In relation to the pursuit of the magical working, the continuing discipline of the personality involves the adept in knowing itself, accepting itself, and thus clearing the path towards the great indigo gateway to the Creator. To become the Creator is to become all that there is. There is, then, no personality in the sense with which the adept begins its learn/teaching. As the consciousness of the indigo ray becomes more crystalline, more work may be done; more may be expressed from intelligent infinity.

There is an ecstasy which comes when the spirit is ready to be honed in its focus and dull care flies away; when the spirit gathers its feet under it and surges into a full and vertical existence within. The whole energy body begins to sing when this begins to happen. And where before there was a flat and pleasant landscape of things to do and people to see, now you are at the cutting edge of the present moment, and anything is possible. With this attitude, when one then moves into meditation and other rituals designed to deepen the spiritual practice, there is a lack of effort and a lack of complexity to the path. For that within you which moves into the meditation is, by your focus on the present moment, already in a premeditative state of focus. Thusly, we say to you that while the spiritual path that seeks higher knowledge, higher experiences, and higher relationships is indeed a narrow path, a “strait” path in that sense, it is a winding road and often an exciting, surprising path. Sinuous and muscular, the path unrolls before you and responds to the tempo and the energy or character of your particular ever-shifting position within the many layers of your essential being.

Paradoxically, as one focuses into the present moment and dedicates oneself ever more completely and deeply to the service of the one infinite Creator, the experience of the self which is undergoing this discipline of the personality is expansive. This instrument has often noted in moments of ecstasy that there is so fine a focus as to feel that one is standing on the head of a pin. And yet there is the balance and the equilibrium of a broad and dynamic vista in which the infinite layers of beauty and color splay out before one in infinite variety, rewarding all the senses with the utter loveliness of existence. Always there is this play between the infinite narrowing of focus and the explosion of love and light and ecstatic waves that move the spirit infinitely in realms of beauty and truth. Continuing to use this instrument as an example, this instrument would not give itself high marks for following a strait and narrow path. Indeed, it sets store by using the light touch. And this is a perfect illustration of the paradoxical nature of the strait and narrow path.

We agree with this instrument that it is often seemingly unfocused and careless in its attention to detail in the worldly sense. Yet, there is a level of self which lies beneath the commonly understood levels of daily life. Each entity has this sub-level and we speak not so much of a basement as an inner reality that drives the life and that affects the attitude of the entity, which underlies its spontaneous surface reactions to surface catalyst. It is in that inner room where this instrument must spend its time. The instrument is called to live from the inner room. It cannot stray far, no matter what the activity on the surface, from this inner sanctuary. And this is where the strait and narrow nature shows itself. It informs the carelessness of the surface with the gift of love.

Then Q’uo said that there is an ecstasy which comes when our spirit is ready to be honed in its focus and dull care flies away, and when our spirit gathers its feet under us and surges into a vertical existence within, then our energy body begins to sing, and where before there was a pleasant landscape of things to do and people to see, now we are at the cutting edge of the present moment, and anything is possible, so with this attitude when we move into meditation and other rituals designed to deepen our spiritual practice, there is a lack of complexity to our path, for that within which moves into meditation is, by our focus on the present moment, already in a premeditative state of focus, so Q’uo said to us that while our spiritual path seeks higher experiences it is a narrow path, a “strait” path in that sense, and it is an exciting path, winding and muscular, and it unrolls before us and responds to the tempo and character of our ever-shifting position within many layers of our essential being. Q’uo went on to say paradoxically, as we focus into the present moment and dedicate ourself more completely to the service of the one infinite Creator, the experience which we are undergoing  with this discipline of the personality is expansive, and Carla has often noted in moments of ecstasy that there is so fine a focus as to feel that we are standing on the head of a pin, and there is the balance and equilibrium of dynamic vistas in which the infinite layers of color splay out before us in infinite variety, rewarding all our senses with the loveliness of existence, so there is always this play between the infinite narrowing of focus and the explosion of Love and Light and ecstatic waves that move our spirit infinitely in realms of beauty and truth, and continuing to use Carla as an example, Q’uo said she would not give herself high marks for following a strait and narrow path, but she sets store by using the light touch, and this is a perfect illustration of the paradoxical nature of the strait and narrow path. Q’uo said we agree with Carla that she is often careless in her attention to detail in the worldly sense, yet there is a level of ourself which lies beneath the levels of daily life, and each entity has this sub-level, so Q’uo spoke not so much of a basement as an inner reality that drives our life, affects our attitude, and which underlies our spontaneous reactions to surface catalyst, and it is in that inner room where Carla must spend her time, so she is called to live from the inner room, but she cannot stray far from her inner sanctuary since this is where the strait and narrow nature shows itself, and it informs the carelessness of the surface activity with the gift of love. On February 13, 1994, Q’uo described the nature of our inner sanctuary:

More than any one method of medical treatment the philosophical, metaphysical, or religious paths of service offer a way to teach those who wish to learn how to call inwardly and move toward that inner room wherein the heart of silence speaks its blessed and hallowed chant: Love praising Love, Love thanking Love, Love having any emotion whatever to Love. The soul which seeks persistently this inner sanctuary, the mercy seat of the heart, is as the one who chooses to go into the grand hall and to set the table for a sumptuous banquet. To the human eye the banquet hall may not exist. To the heart within, beating in faith, the hall shall fill to overflowing and the feast shall take place.

This instrument is far from unique. Each of those within this circle is called again and again to that inner room, that Holy of Holies. Each yearns for it and waits for the touch of the Creator’s hand, the cloak of the Creator’s Love. And there are times aplenty in most seeker’s lives when the strait and narrow path expresses itself by the desire to move into that inner room and crawl into the lap of what this instrument would call the Father/Mother God, home at last, in the arms of the divine. What comfort there is for the deepest sorrow, for the greatest hurt, when one rests against the heart of the divine, hearing its beat—Love, Love, Love. What is the implication of the strait and narrow path for the seeker who wishes to enter the gates of intelligent infinity? The implication is to go deeper. It is not indulgent to move deeper into a spiritual practice. It is not self-indulgent to take oneself so seriously that one values time differently and the self differently than before. We say this because to the outer world, in which many of your kind live one hundred percent of the time, it does seem self-indulgent and pretentious to spend the time in prayer and meditation, contemplation, and reflection, mulling over the events of the day, estimating that which one has experienced and that which one has harvested from the day’s journey.

Yet, we assure you that the requirement of one who wishes to enter the gates of intelligent infinity is this focus that accepts the discipline of the personality with joy and moves with lithesome feet, in terms of the energy body, into a basic attitude towards living that is at all times aware of this vital, inner space which is that nest from which the true self may emerge to live what seems to be an ordinary day but in fact is an enchanted, wonderful experience. And why is it enchanted and wonderful and magical? Because as you have focused in on Love and Light, as you have asked your true self to step forward, so you have let fall away that which is not enchanted, that which is not magical. The phrase in the Bible that you hear over and over again in the New Testament is, “He that has ears to hear, let him hear.” Life speaks to those who have the ears to hear with an ever sacred and always relevant voice. As your focus remains single and as you walk that strait and narrow path, you do not attempt to make sense of things. You are content to behold them and to find ways to respond to them with love. You go deeper. As you go deeper within the soil of yourself and the sturdy root patterns of deep experiences that have made you the entity that you are, you also find yourself soaring ever higher, ever more widely ranging within that powerful circle of enchantment that is the life lived with the awareness of its magic.

We would never say that one cannot graduate into fourth density unless one has entered the gateway to intelligent infinity. It is entirely possible simply by living a life in service to others to achieve graduation in the positive sense from third density to fourth. Yet the delight of the journey is reserved for those who chose to aim for that gateway. This instrument would say, “It’s your ticket out of here in this very moment.” As you come to the gateway, you have behind you a tremendous number of choices. The journey into the open heart involves learning to love yourself dearly and being willing to take all of yourself into that open heart. It involves a million choices of how you look at yourself and how you respond to those about you and to the challenges and chances of your life. To come to the gateway, you must have found your way to bring your whole energy body into balance, so that energy is rushing through you, unimpeded by those egoic concerns of red ray, yellow ray and orange ray—survival, sexuality, relationships, marriage, home, and family. Those who come to the gateway have “let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also,” and their entire essence is bound up in the devotion to the Creator and to serving the Creator that would bring one to wish to use the gateway.

Now Q’uo said that Carla is far from unique, and each within this circle is called to that inner room, that Holy of Holies, and each of us yearns for it and waits for the cloak of the Creator’s Love, and there are times in most seeker’s lives when the strait and narrow path expresses itself by the desire to move into that inner room and crawl into the lap of what Carla calls the Father/Mother God, home at last, in the arms of the Divine, so what comfort it is for the deepest sorrow when we rest against the heart of the Divine, hearing its beat—Love, Love, Love, and the meaning of the strait and narrow path for the seeker who wishes to enter the gates of intelligent infinity is to go deeper, and it is not overly generous to move deeper into a spiritual practice or to take ourself so seriously that we value time differently and ourself differently than before, so Q’uo said this because to the outer world, in which many of our kind live one hundred percent of the time, it is not overly generous to spend time in prayer,  meditation, and reflection mulling over the events of the day, estimating that which we have  harvested from our day’s journey. Q’uo went on to assure us that the requirement of one who wishes to enter the gates of intelligent infinity is this focus that accepts the discipline of the personality with joy and moves with graceful feet, in terms of the energy body, into an attitude towards living that is always aware of this inner space which is that nest from which our true self may emerge to live an enchanted experience, and this is a magical experience because as we have focused on Love and Light and have asked our true self to step forward, so we have let fall away that which is not enchanted, and the phrase in the Bible that we hear over and over again in the New Testament is, “He that has ears to hear, let him hear.”  So life speaks to us who have ears to hear with a sacred voice, and as our focus remains single, and as we walk that strait and narrow path, we do not attempt to make sense of things because we are content to behold them and to find ways to respond to them with love, and as we go deeper within the soil of ourself and the basic patterns of deep experiences that have made us the entity that we are, we find ourself soaring higher within that powerful circle of enchantment that is our life lived with the awareness of its magic. Now Q’uo said they would never say that we cannot graduate into fourth density unless we have entered the gateway to intelligent infinity because it is possible by living our life in service to others to achieve graduation in the positive sense from third density to fourth, and yet the delight of the journey is reserved for those who chose to aim for that gateway, and Carla would say “It’s your ticket out of here in this very moment.” And as we come to the gateway, we have behind us many choices, so the journey into our open heart involves learning to love ourself and being willing to take ourself into the open heart, and it involves a million choices of how we look at ourself and how we respond to the challenges our life, but as we come to the gateway, we must have found our way to bring our energy body into balance, so that energy is rushing through us unimpeded by those egoic concerns of survival, sexuality, relationships, marriage, home, and family, so those who come to the gateway have “let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also,” and our essence is bound up in the devotion to serving the Creator that would cause us to wish to use the gateway. On November 8, 2008, Q’uo spoke of the nature of entering the gateway to intelligent infinity:

When one is accessing the gateway to intelligent infinity, one has been able to open the chakra system so that there is no blockage, over-activation, or narrowing that would prevent the infinite Love and Light of the one Creator from moving through the red, orange, and yellow chakras and into the heart. The essential self rests in the open heart while the seeker uses the faculties of will, faith, and purified intention to move through the blue and indigo energy centers and through the violet to the gateway.

This instrument moves through the gateway as she contacts those of the Confederation so that she may be of service. It is not until she is perfectly happy to do this that she is able to access that gateway. There are many healers who must go through that process of laying everything aside so that they may become instruments transparent to the Light, in order that that Light may flow through them, offering new chances for those in whom they offer healing to find balance. Yet, for the most part, the greatest use of the gateway to intelligent infinity has to do with radiancy of being, so that the entity accesses the gateway simply to rest in the enhanced vibrations of infinity and eternity. This is the ticket out of here that is the most universally meaningful. It is the way to create heaven on earth in the personal experience of the seeker.

The one known as G asked this instrument earlier, “What if you shortened the time that you spent in channeling, since your energy is low?” It was with some amusement that we watched this instrument attempt to grapple with that concept. For the one known as Jim is correct. This instrument wishes to give one hundred percent. Can this instrument share in thirty minutes that which she might share in forty-five, as it comes through her instrument? That’s the question to be pondered. However, it is a perfect example of the strait and narrow path that in offering the self for service, this instrument had no limits upon its service, and indeed, at first glance did not even appreciate the idea of shortening the time of her service. There are so many human considerations that occur to the conscious mind that it is difficult at best to know as a seeker what ideas are worthy and what ideas are not. And in many ways these considerations are trivial. In terms of preparing the self to enter the gateway of intelligent infinity, all else falls away before one’s basic core devotion to the Creator. That is the plumb line that shall give you the truth.

We thank the one known as G for offering this query and would say to the one known as G and to all seekers of truth to walk softly in the creation of the Father as you seek to serve. Sharpen the eye. Sharpen the ear. You are on holy ground. He who has ears, let him hear; he who has a heart, let him understand. May we ask if there is a follow up to this query? We are those of Q’uo.

Q’uo went on to say Carla moves through the gateway as she contacts those of the Confederation so that she may be of service, but it is not until she is happy to do this that she is able to access that gateway, and there are healers who must go through that process of laying everything aside so that they may become instruments transparent to the Light, in order that Light may flow through them, offering new chances for those for whom they offer healing to find balance, yet the greatest use of the gateway to intelligent infinity has to do with the radiancy of our being, so that as we access the gateway to rest in the enhanced vibrations of infinity, so this is the ticket out of here that is most meaningful, and it is the way to create heaven on earth in our personal experience. Then Q’uo said G asked Carla “What if you shortened the time that you spent in channeling, since your energy is low?” And it was with amusement that we watched Carla attempt to grapple with that concept, for Jim is correct since Carla wishes to give one hundred percent, so Q’uo asked if Carla could share in thirty minutes that which she might share in forty-five, as it comes through her, and it is an example of the strait and narrow path that in offering herself for service since Carla had no limits upon her service, and did not even appreciate the idea of shortening the time of her service, so there are many human considerations that occur to our conscious mind that it is difficult to know as a seeker what ideas are worthy and what ideas are not, and in many ways these considerations are trivial, but in terms of preparing us to enter the gateway of intelligent infinity, all else falls away before our devotion to the Creator, and the qualities that shall give us the truth. Q’uo continued by thanking G for offering this query and would say to him and to all seekers of truth to walk softly in the creation of the Father as we seek to serve, and to sharpen our eyes and ears because we are on holy ground, and we who have ears, let us hear, and we who have a heart, let us understand. On April 2, 2016, Q’uo spoke of our relationship to the holy ground:

The meditative state is that place wherein you tabernacle with the most high, the holy of holies within your holy ground. Go, therefore, you to this ground and seek the answers that are most important to you. Do not attempt to decide with your mental faculties important questions of spiritual nature. Go there within to the heart of your being to find those answers there in the meditative state.

G: Thank you very much for your response, Q’uo. I do have a follow-up. I don’t know if this will make sense, and if you can’t work with it then please feel free to say so. Is it possible to sense infinity like one senses a change in the atmosphere at the approach of a distant storm? Or is infinity all or nothing?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. May we say what a delightful question it is. There is no definitive answer to your query because for some infinity is very close and near at hand and indeed can be heard in the ear as the whistle of the wind or the cry of the eagle. For others, it is all or nothing. For some it takes a tremendous wrench of some kind to knock away the defenses of the surface life. If you would bring infinity closer to you then, we would encourage you to look to your defenses and begin to dismantle them straightaway. What is a defense? The heart, my brother, is often heavily defended. You were speaking in the round-robin discussion earlier of how you felt that your heart was more open with the one known as V because there was no longer a tension concerning a personal issue between you. It had been resolved. All was understood. And consequently, you were both freed of the dynamic of unmade decisions, knowing precisely where you stand with each other; knowing that love cannot be defined by the relationship one has in the world. You have both found your love to take wing and expand.

In order for you to gain this happy experience, there was a tremendous amount of dismantling of defenses that were in place, not only on your part but also on the part of the one known as V. It was through times of discussion, times of grieving, and times of tears that you came to this place between you which now does not have expectations. There is nothing that is pulling on you. Nor is anything pulling on the one known as V. The only consideration between you now is the enjoyment of companionship. Think of all that work that you did in your emotions, in your linear logical mind, in your heart of hearts, and on your knees in the depths of prayer, to attain a seemingly happy and carefree place. So, it is when one reckons with how one’s heart has become defended. One way to defend the heart is through the dogma of a codified religion. One places one’s heart in the structure of a religion and as long as one’s heart stays true to the tenets of that particular system of dogma, one is safe.

G’s second question was: “Is it possible to sense infinity like one senses a change in the atmosphere at the approach of a distant storm? Or is infinity all or nothing?” Q’uo said what a delightful question this is, but there is no definitive answer to your query because for some infinity is near at hand and can be heard as the whistle of the wind or the cry of the eagle, and for others, it is all or nothing, and for some it takes a wrench of some kind to knock away the defenses of the surface life, so if you would bring infinity closer to you we would encourage you to look to your defenses and begin to dismantle them because the heart is often heavily defended, and you were speaking in the round-robin discussion earlier of how you felt that your heart was more open with V because there was no longer a tension concerning a personal issue between you since it had been resolved, and you were both freed of the dynamic of unmade decisions, knowing where you stand with each other, and knowing that love cannot be defined by the relationship one has in the world, so you have both found your love to take wing and expand. Then Q’uo said in order for you to gain this happy experience, there was a great amount of dismantling of defenses that were in place, not only on your part but also on the part of V, and it was through times of grieving and tears that you came to this place between you which now does not have expectations, so there is nothing that is pulling on you, nor is anything pulling on V, and the only consideration between you now is the enjoyment of companionship, so think of all that work that you did in your emotions, in your logical mind, in your heart of hearts, and on your knees in the depths of prayer, to attain a seemingly happy and carefree place, and so it is when one reckons with how one’s heart has become defended through the dogma of a codified religion. One places one’s heart in the structure of a religion and as long as one’s heart stays true to the tenets of that particular system of dogma, one is safe. On May 6, 2007, Q’uo spoke of how a system of dogma works:

The minute that a spirit forgets the heart of his being, he may well be able to convince himself of a number of things. He may be able to convince himself that he may control others for their own good. He may be able to convince himself that those things which he believes are such good beliefs that other entities need to believe that way too and so he may become one who bullies or coaxes entities into worshipping a certain way or believing in a certain system of dogma. All of these are subtlety but markedly negative or service to self in that they are using the power of the human spirit in order to change others.

Another way that the heart can be defended is with anger and resentment, which builds concrete walls about the heart in order that it shall not be harmed again. Many years may go into the building of these walls. How can they be taken down? The world is a dangerous place. Another way that the heart may be defended is in fear. What if the world, no matter how kindly or pleasant, seems a crazy place, a lunatic asylum, a place of chaos, where nothing makes sense? Many sensitive entities who walk the streets and try to live the life of Planet Earth have a bone-deep fear of this place called Earth. And the defenses of their hearts are well-nigh unbreachable. It’s the work of a lifetime for some to become undefended and then to feel comfortable without the customary defenses. Yet it is exactly this lack of defenses that allow infinity to come close. Indeed, in this instrument’s experience it has many times slipped in and taken over the moment or the hour or the day. This instrument brought with it the gift of being undefended and although it loses that gift from time to time, it is easier for this instrument to pick it up than most.

Perhaps it may aid in working with bringing this gateway into the daily experience to think at all times that you have a choice of which way to look at a situation. You can look at it from the level of space/time, linear time, measurable, weighty space, or, by a decision within your mind, you can look at precisely the same moment from the position of time/space, seeing all as perfect, all occurrences converging in a circular manner into you from the past, from the present and from the future, so that you find yourself to be a node exquisitely poised between space/time and time/space. Let your spiritual practice include that visualization and perhaps you shall soon find yourself falling into eternity and infinity with a great feeling of surprise and delight.

Then Q’uo said another way that the heart can be defended is with anger which builds concrete walls about the heart in order that it shall not be harmed again, and many years may go into the building of these walls because the world is a dangerous place, and another way that the heart may be defended is in fear when the world seems like a lunatic asylum where nothing makes sense, so many sensitive entities who walk the streets have a bone-deep fear of this place called Earth, and the defenses of their hearts are unbreachable, so it’s the work of a lifetime for some to become undefended and to feel comfortable without the usual defenses, yet it is this lack of defenses that allows infinity to come close, and it is in Carla’s experience it has many times slipped in and taken over the moment or the day because Carla brought with her the gift of being undefended, and although she loses that gift from time to time, it is easier for her to pick it up than for most. Q’uo continued by saying it may aid in working with bringing this gateway into the daily experience to think that you have a choice of which way to look at a situation, so you can look at it from the level of linear time, or you can look at the same moment from the position of time/space, seeing all as perfect with: “all occurrences converging in a circular manner into you from the past, from the present, and from the future, so that you find yourself to be a connecting point exquisitely poised between space/time and time/space. Let your spiritual practice include that visualization and perhaps you shall soon find yourself falling into eternity and infinity with a great feeling of surprise and delight.” On March 15, 1998, Q’uo spoke of one kind of a spiritual practice:

In many ways you also may take upon yourself the sorrow of the world, and this is a spiritual practice that many have pursued. We ask you to gaze with a cold eye upon the suffering involved in transformation, for this attitude is a balanced one in our humble opinion. It is to the person who is able to gaze upon the Dark Night of the Soul, which this instrument spoke of, with an indifferent eye but a full and willing heart, that this process may begin to come easier. By releasing and yielding to your suffering, by welcoming that which must be suffered as a brother and as a sister, by offering the hospitality of your life, your body, your mind, your strength, and your will to this process, the heart is opened as if by magic, and you find that no matter how intensely you hurt, it does not kill but, rather, cleanses, empties, renews and readies that instrument to be an ever clearer, purer, and brighter channel for the Light that must come through into the world or the Love that must come through into the world, not from you but through you.

As you embrace this process those emotions of release and humility, humbleness, and nothingness, become an offering to be lifted up unto the Creator as “all that I have.” “This is all that I have and this I give to you. Do with me what you will. I am a boat. Life is the ocean. Toss me somewhere. I shall attempt to sail.” This kind of abandon, this action of the Fool is powerful. And as you become ridiculous, as you embrace this darkness, you embrace also the Light that follows. For truly in the Dark Night of the Soul there is a moon setting and a sun rising. And that sun is a glory beyond all space and time signifying a Love that created all that there is. We would encourage that moment of abandon within each of you where you not only say but feel, “Not my will, but Thine.” For, you see, there is a cyclic nature to manifestation of any kind. As the Creator’s heart beats, creations are born and die. The one thing that remains, whether it is perceived or not, is that intelligent infinity that we can only call Love in your language, this vibration which is the one great original Thought or Logos is what you are, with no past or future but simply a moment of being that is infinite.

May we answer you further, my brother?

G: Not on that question, no, thank you, Q’uo.

We thank you, my brother. May we ask if you have a final query at this time?

G: Yes, I do. This query has likely been answered already but, given your ability to approach something from a great multitude of angles, I think I’ll ask anyway and see if it elicits something new. Are there various degrees or rates or orders of magnitude to the experience of intelligent infinity? Can one entity have a deeper experience of infinity than another?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We may answer this in two ways, my brother. Firstly, we may answer it from the standpoint of third-density space/time and say that, of course, each entity which engages in magical working shall have an experience that is different in intensity or in duration or in some other measure than another seeker who works with the same energies and environments. From the standpoint of intelligent infinity, however, there is no way of quantifying experience. If an entity is filled to one hundred percent of his ability to experience a moment, who is to say whether that quantity of experience is different than another entity, built quite differently, who also is able to absorb one hundred percent of his experience of intelligent infinity. The one infinite Creator sees the totality and calls it all one, whereas the entity still mired in the values of space/time would say, “Oh, this great soul has a much finer, broader, deeper experience of infinity and eternity than my poor self with its many limitations and drawbacks.” Judgment concerning the quality of one’s progress in the school of souls is that which eventually is dropped and falls away.

May we answer you further, my brother?

G: Yes, what I was trying to get at in this question is the subjectivity of the experience of something which, to my mind, seems to be ultimate. It seems, that if there is anything objective in this universe, it would be intelligent infinity. And I’m trying to grapple with the fact that an entity still has a subjective experience of what would seem to be objective reality. Is that always the case?

We are those of Q’uo, my brother, and we would say only that the fullness of grace is in releasing such attempts to judge one’s experience. The word “infinity” itself is impossible to grasp. This may be your best clue to releasing any concern about how one may experience this infinity. As long as one is questioning whether one is completely in the awareness of infinity, one has not yet come to the full awareness of infinity. Infinity cannot be measured. The attempt to visualize infinity inevitably puts limits on infinity and falsifies the word. It is difficult, using words, to express the utter endlessness of possibility that is wrapped up in this word. But we may say that when an entity is within the awareness of infinity, there is an awareness of perfection and completeness. The world is whole, the world is one, and there is no attempt to find one’s place in it. One is one with all.

These poor words have so little ability to share the essence of intelligent infinity! It is as though we give this instrument these ragtag words knowing that what your spirit will hear is the space around them and between them. It is the energy in the spaces between the words in which we are able to share with you the fullness of concept and the absolute reality of the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator.

We thank this instrument and this group for a wonderful session and again, we are thrilled to be called to your circle. It has been a great blessing to us to share your beauty and your meditation. We leave this instrument and this group in the love and the light of the one infinite Creator. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.

This morning I went outside and used my trimmer to weed various gardens in the back yard, and then I weeded on the inside of the forsythia bushes on my south, west, and north sides in the back yard, and then I went on the outside of the bushes around all three sides before stopping for the day. Tomorrow, I hope to finish the weeding in the front yard and around the fishpond.

This afternoon I ran some errands with my first stop being at Thieneman’s Nursery where I bought four flats of flowers that need full sun and one which needs some shade as well as sun. My second stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market where I bought some food for myself. My third stop was at Walgreen’s Drug Store where I bought two cases of Pepsi-Zero and some non-food items.

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

May 2

Lift Them To The Lord

I am that principle which comes in the name of the Lord Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of divine Love.

We would focus this morning upon the word, “cherish.” All of you are wounded. Turn to the Spirit within and in faith lift up your wounds, your hearts, and your spirits as an offering to the Creator, the Father of all.

Trust in the Spirit of Love to create within that offering the consciousness of cherishing; of lightening the burden; of lifting the heart; of making a true offering of the self, not just as a wounded self but as a self that is always in the presence of healing. It is a right and joyful thing to do; it brings you no reward but that you have remembered to cherish and praise the Creator of all.

As you move through your day, gaze upon the many chores that seem so mundane and the relationships that do not seem to be happy, useful or helpful. And once again lift them to the Lord, cherishing these seemingly ruined gifts.

For it is in the strength of the principle which we represent, that of divine Love, that all these are turned into a cherishing. For you ask for nothing back, nothing in return but only to make an offering of your life as it is, as you are.

You are cherished. Lift your consciousness and you, too, shall cherish the mundane and so change it into an offering of praise, thanksgiving and blessing.

We leave you in the consciousness of healing, completely unselfish, divine and cherishing Love; Love that shall give you peace, now and evermore. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from May 27, 2008:

Jim: Q’uo, the question from D begins with two statements from the L/L Research channeling of March 24, 1991. He says: “There are two statements that caught my attention. First, Q’uo says, ‘Those who are willing to use a crutch in order to vault themselves upward into the Light, whether the crutch be drugs or magical rituals or whatever other occult sciences may be used as a gadget, have literally pulled themselves up to a place for which they have not worked and for which they may not be ready.’ “A later quote says, ‘Thus it may be seen that those who by any means other than natural move themselves to transformation must needs be responsible for that which has been gained long after the crutch has been thrown away.’ “For several years I have been considering these concepts as it might relate to a particular metaphysical technology. Very recently I have been given the opportunity to enhance this technology. Also, very recently my wife has faced a serious illness, which has forced me to realize at a deeper emotional level how important it is to let everyone find their own path of Light. Both situations have brought me to set up this channeling to explore the issues of developing and distributing metaphysical technologies, while respecting the free will of those who might use such technologies. “The first of three questions I have is, without reference to any particular technology, is it theoretically possible for a metaphysical technology to be self-regulating? That is, could a technology be constructed so that the user would not receive any more metaphysical Light than he or she was prepared to integrate? And if this is possible, does Q’uo see that any such self-regulating technologies are currently available on Earth?”

(Carla channeling)

We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we come to you this evening. We wish to thank the one known as D for creating a sacred circle of seeking, and we wish to thank those who have joined with the one who is known as D in this circle, the one known as R, the one known as M, the one known as G, the one known as Jim, and the instrument.

We greatly appreciate the privilege of being asked for our opinion, as those who also seek the truth. As always, we would encourage those who reads or hears these words to discriminate as you listen to what we have to say, feeling for the path of resonance. If ideas that we offer do not resonate to you, please leave them behind. This strict attention to your own temple gates will enable us to speak freely without being concerned that we may infringe on your free will or disturb the rhythm of your process.

The query concerning the use of metaphysical technology to enhance the natural abilities of seekers is, as the one known as D is well aware, one with many, many layers and levels of consideration. However, the possibility of finding a self-regulatory feature is one which creates the environment for a potential positive gain in the one known as D’s being of service to others. There is a delicate situation when we speak concerning an on-going point of spiritual study. Each entity has not only incarnational lessons but permutations of those lessons that are active at any one time, and we must tread carefully to avoid infringing upon the active process that is on-going within the spiritual seeking of the one known as D. So, we may offer some thoughts that may or may not have any interest to you, my brother.

Firstly, the nature of the energy that is used to open the gateway of intelligent infinity consists of three basic components: the will of the seeker; the infinite Love/Light of the infinite Creator which, moving from the Logos to the heart, is then reflected up through the Earth into the soles of the feet and into the energy body in an infinite supply. And thirdly, there is that vast array of sources of aid and guidance that can be accessed for those who move through the gateway into intelligent infinity. In the normal course of seeking, the work of the seeker is first to clear his chakras so that the energy from the Earth may flow in infinite supply into the opened heart and then springboard up through the higher chakras through the gateway of intelligent infinity and then, aimed with the clear and lucid intent of the seeker, attract the appropriate source of guidance.

The energy body is crystalline and delicate. Consequently, the energy of the infinite Creator that comes up from the Earth is geared to harmonize with the needs of the energy body. If this Love/Light encounters a hindrance, it does not push or press but merely awaits the clearing of whatever energy center or centers have been blocked or over-activated. This constitutes a built-in safety mechanism, if you will. It is in this regard that there is an interesting potential for further consideration by the one known as D. We cannot express through this instrument, who is not in any way an educated scientist, the nature of the contemplation that might prove productive, but can simply say that it is in understanding and being able to measure or identify and otherwise work with this elemental Love/Light of the one infinite Creator that the possibility barely exists within the technology of which you are aware, of creating your technology in such a way that it rides the Love/Light energy and is, consequently, created safe because of the natural intelligence or Love/Light energy, which knows when it may go forward and when it may not. Were the discovery or integration of the present knowledge base from the study of Light and the study of—we give this instrument pictures of a vast array of what look like computer read-outs or languages—to be wedded, then there would be the possibility of offering this regularizing and cohering technology in a way that would not interrupt the natural safeguards of the energy body.

D’s first question was: “The first of three questions I have is, without reference to any particular technology, is it theoretically possible for a metaphysical technology to be self-regulating? That is, could a technology be constructed so that the user would not receive any more metaphysical Light than he or she was prepared to integrate? And if this is possible, does Q’uo see that any such self-regulating technologies are currently available on Earth?” Q’uo began by saying the query concerning the use of metaphysical technology to enhance the natural abilities of seekers is one with many layers of consideration, and the possibility of finding a self-regulatory feature is one which creates the environment for a potential positive gain in being of service to others, and there is a situation when we speak concerning an on-going point of spiritual studies because each of us has not only incarnational lessons but permutations of those lessons that are active at any one time, and Q’uo must tread carefully to avoid infringing upon the active process that is on-going within the spiritual seeking of the one known as D, so they may offer some thoughts that may or may not have any interest to us. Q’uo went on to say, firstly, the nature of the energy that is used to open the gateway of intelligent infinity consists of three basic components: the will of the seeker; the infinite Love/Light of the infinite Creator which, moving from the Logos to our heart, is then reflected up through the Earth into the soles of our feet and into our energy body in an infinite supply, and thirdly there is that array of sources of guidance that can be accessed for those of us who move through the gateway into intelligent infinity, so in the normal course of seeking, our work is first to clear our chakras so that the energy from the Earth may flow in infinite supply into our opened heart and then springboard up through the higher chakras through the gateway of intelligent infinity and then, aimed with our clear intent, attract the appropriate source of guidance. Q’uo continued by saying the energy body is crystalline and delicate, and the energy of the infinite Creator that comes up from the Earth is geared to harmonize with the needs of our energy body, but if this Love/Light encounters a hindrance, it awaits the clearing of whatever energy centers have been blocked or over-activated, and this constitutes a built-in safety mechanism, and it is in this regard that there is a potential for further consideration by us, but Q’uo said they cannot express through Carla, who is not an educated scientist, the nature of the contemplation that might prove productive, but they can say that it is in understanding and being able to identify and work with this Love/Light of the one infinite Creator that the possibility exists within the existing technology of creating a technology in a way that it rides the Love/Light energy and is created safe because of the Love/Light energy, which knows when it may go forward and when it may not, so if the integration of the present knowledge base from the study of Light and the study of—we give Carla pictures of an array of computer languages—to be wedded, then there would be the possibility of offering this regularizing technology in a way that would not interrupt the natural safeguards of our energy body. On September 5, 2010, Carla spoke of the nature of our energy body:

The fuel, of course, is absolutely infinite in amount. 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.

May we ask my brother for the second portion of this query? We are those of Q’uo.

D: Q’uo uses the phrase “by any means other than natural” in the second statement above. Some might say that there is nothing natural about Earth’s current environment, given technology such as HAARP, cell phone towers, the web, and alternating-current energies that appear to restrict the natural flow of metaphysical life. I am guessing that some members of the Confederation may see benefits in leveling the playing field on this planet by distributing technologies that counteract these restricting technologies. Is this true? And is it possible that Q’uo’s position on such gadgetry might be considered somewhat conservative by other members of the Confederation?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We are a principle made up of three social memory complexes: a fourth-density social memory complex which is known to you as Hatonn, a fifth-density social member complex which is known to you as Latwii, and a sixth-density social member complex which is known to you as Ra. Consequently, within our very principle we carry the memory of just such an attempt to aid by technology of a kind, for we offered to those in Egypt, as you all know that area, the technology of the sacred geometry, which is used in the building of the pyramid. We were hopeful that with such a device for initiation and healing, the culture of that day might be able to create a new paradigm of unity. We discovered that, far from creating an effective instrument for healing, we created in the end very shortly after this structure, called the Great Pyramid by this instrument, was completed, that the entities who were supposedly the priests of the Law of One were corrupted by politics and society so that there was no initiation nor was there healing, but that it was to be used only by the elite.

We could offer other examples of the Confederation’s experiments in offering technology to, as you say, my brother, level the playing field. Each of them was brought to the environment of your planet in a genuine and utter hope that there could be aid from such devices. We need only mention the technology used to produce the atomic bomb to make our point. Within any Confederation, my brother, there are those who remain hopeful that the next time and the next time, such intervention might be a positive contribution to the spiritual evolution of humankind. And perhaps “conservative” would be an understatement. However, regardless of the opinion of some few who have not learned from experience, we remain serene in our realization that the way to aid humankind is not through outer technology, or any technology, but rather by the continual creation through instruments such as this one of a discussion of the true identity of all humankind.

And in further discussion of how the creation works, we weave a story, my brother, through instruments such as this, a story that offers an explanation on several different levels for the life to which each human being has awakened, and for the larger natural philosophy in which this life has been imbedded, the creation from beginning to end, and each human being’s part in that great cycle or octave of creation. We weave a net of Love, and it catches people. It helps them to get their feet under them and to realize who they are. The secret to spiritual evolution is that realization that each human being, just as he is, is capable of becoming a person of infinite power and focus. We hope always in the communications that we offer through instruments such as this one to enlarge that vision of the human being as a living flame, that moment where consciousness and consensus reality meet; two worlds, intersecting at each moment, through the thoughts of the focused human being. Encouraging that focus, encouraging the awareness that each is a portion of the Godhead principle and has not only the honor but the duty to take up the responsibility of Godhead, is one of our most basic hopes from this web of communication which we have been able to offer through instruments such as this one.

D’s second question was: “Some might say that there is nothing natural about Earth’s current environment, given technology such as HAARP, cell phone towers, the web, and alternating-current energies that appear to restrict the natural flow of metaphysical life. I am guessing that some members of the Confederation may see benefits in leveling the playing field on this planet by distributing technologies that counteract these restricting technologies. Is this true? And is it possible that Q’uo’s position on such gadgetry might be considered somewhat conservative by other members of the Confederation?” Now Q’uo said that we are those of Q’uo, and we are a principle made up of three social memory complexes: a fourth-density social memory complex which is known as Hatonn, a fifth-density social member complex which is known as Latwii, and a sixth-density social member complex which is known as Ra, and within our principle we carry the memory of an attempt to aid by technology of this kind, for we offered to those in Egypt the sacred geometry which is used in the building of the pyramid, and we were hopeful that with such a device for initiation and healing the culture of that day might be able to create a new paradigm of unity, but we discovered that, instead of creating an instrument for healing, we created in the end a structure, called the Great Pyramid by Carla, was completed, that the entities who were the priests of the Law of One were corrupted by politics and society so that there was no initiation, nor was there healing, but that it was to be used only by the elite. Q’uo went on to say they could offer other examples of the Confederation’s experiments in offering technology to level the playing field, and each of them was brought to the environment of our planet in the hope that there could be aid from such devices, but we need only mention the technology used to produce the atomic bomb to make our point, and within the Confederation there are those who remain hopeful that the next time such intervention might be a positive contribution to the spiritual evolution of humankind, but regardless of the opinion of some who have not learned from experience, we remain serene in our realization that the way to aid humankind is not through any technology, but by the continual creation through instruments such as Carla of a discussion of the true identity of all humankind. Then Q’uo said in further discussion of how the creation works, we weave a story through instruments such as Carla, a story that offers an explanation on several levels for the life to which each human being has awakened, and we weave a net of Love, and it catches people and helps them to realize who they are, so the secret to spiritual evolution is that realization that each human being is capable of becoming a person of infinite power and focus, and we hope in the communications that we offer through instruments such as Carla to enlarge that vision of the human being as that moment where consciousness and consensus reality meet in two worlds, intersecting at each moment, through the thoughts of the focused human being, and our encouraging the awareness that each is a portion of the Godhead principle and has the duty to take up the responsibility of Godhead, is one of our hopes from this web of communication which we have been able to offer through Carla. On March 29, 2008, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the Godhead principle:

Generally, in an incarnation entities are looking to balance love with wisdom, wisdom with power, or some variety of two or three of those three aspects of the Godhead principle: love, light and power. Realization, on the other hand, is that moment out of time, or more accurately, in time/space, when an entity is able to realize and therefore move all of himself through the gateway to intelligent infinity so that he, in the most holistic sense, may be inspirited by or be filled with the truth.

Webelieve our tactics have, though modest and conservative, indeed enlarged the possibility of each individual’s acceleration of his mental and spiritual evolution. This instrument saw earlier this evening a Democracy Now interview with Utah Phillips. This entity known as Utah spoke of being patient and abiding in the belief system that gave him dignity and integrity. He spoke of finding it difficult to vote when there were no good choices in the elections and, instead, saying, “My ballot is on my back.”As more and more people awaken to who they truly are and become aware of their magical personality and their ability to do work in consciousness, we believe that our discussions of the one great original Thought have a small but contributing part, and we are content, my brother, to share, word by word and concept by concept, this one great original Thought, to the exclusion of more attempts to level the playing field from the outside in.

The magic of all entities in third density lies within them and is awakened by their realization that they are entities of power, and that this power is founded in, made up of, and completely melted and dissolved in Love. The essence of this Love, my brother, can be found in the Love/Light that, coming from the Logos and bouncing back from the heart of the Earth, constitutes the energy that is fed to the energy body. It is this source of energy that we would encourage you to consider. We again apologize for being unable to create technical language through this instrument. However, hopefully the rhythms and the emphases of that which we have been able to share through her instrument may be of some help. Before leaving this question we would wish to express our appreciation of the depth and the intensity of the love and the desire to serve of the one known as D. It is, my brother, a moving thing to see the beauty of your vibrations and, indeed, may we say that this circle of seeking is unusual in its blended auras and its sacred space. There is a great strength in this particular group. It is a pleasure to share this energy with you.

Then Q’uo said they believe their tactics have enlarged the possibility of each individual’s acceleration of their mental and spiritual evolution, and Carla saw a Democracy Now interview with Utah Phillips who spoke of being patient and abiding in the belief system that gave him integrity, and he spoke of finding it difficult to vote when there were no good choices in the elections and, instead, saying, “My ballot is on my back,” and as more people become aware of their magical personality and their ability to do work in consciousness, we believe that our discussions of the one great original Thought have a small, but contributing part, and we are content to share, word by word and concept by concept, this one great original Thought to the exclusion of more attempts to level the playing field from the outside in. Q’uo went on to say the magic of all entities in third density lies within them and is awakened by their realization that they are entities of power, and this power is made up of Love, and the essence of this Love can be found in the Love/Light that, coming from the Logos and bouncing back from the heart of the Earth, constitutes the energy that is fed to the energy body, and it is this source of energy that we would encourage you to consider, but we apologize for being unable to create technical language through Carla, but hopefully the information which we have been able to share through her instrument may be of help, and before leaving this question we wish to express our appreciation of the intensity of the love and the desire to serve of D, and it is a moving thing to see the beauty of your vibrations, and may we say that this circle of seeking is unusual in its blended auras and its sacred space, for there is a great strength in this group, and it is a pleasure to share this energy with you. On September 2, 2007, Q’uo spoke of how a sacred space could be created in a group meditation:

There is tremendous strength in moving beyond the solitary vibration of your own aura and having a fearless connection with other auras. Each of you is a powerful Light. You would be surprised, indeed, at just what infinite power you hold within the folds of your everyday thoughts. Yet, together, you are exponentially more powerful.

The energies of Love always blend well with those who attempt to channel in service to others. Once they have checked their egos at the door, there is a sacred space created by the channeling circle which promotes the rebalancing of health and emotional stability while the channeling is ongoing, so that each of you is receiving the gifts of each others’ auras.

Everyone has unique strengths. And those strengths and gifts are those which you pass around the circle. Certainly, each of you passes around those things which you may not consider strengths or gifts. And yet in that sacred space of a channeling circle, those are seen as harmonics that add to the beauty and the timbre of the gifts that you offer each other. Consequently, generally speaking, entities will rise from the channeling circle experience feeling very well indeed, perhaps better than they felt when they began the working.

We who are those of Q’uo, ask if we might hear the third part of the main question as this time.

D: “Ra has stated that the term “density” refers to the degree that each level of all that is can pack or store metaphysical life. Does the human heart, when its bioelectrical wave forms fall into phase coherence, model how our reality is more able to symmetrically and harmoniously pack metaphysical Light as into the third and fourth density? If so, how could a metaphysical technology based on this same principle of phase coherence be most responsibly and effectively used to show individuals that their hearts have the same capacity as the universe at large for this phase shift?”

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We must take this query in two parts. Firstly, we would speak of densities and Light. The attempt to create fourth-densityLight, fifth-density Light, or sixth-density Light out of third-density Light is an attempt that is founded in a mistaken assumption and that is that Light has a linear progression from density to density. However, it does not. The photon of third density is not the photon of fourth density. Consequently, no matter how beautifully coherent you create third-density Light, you have simply maximized a third-density Light. You have not created a fourth-density Light. It would be like trying to make an apple into an orange. You can make the best apple, but you cannot make it be an orange. Fourth-density Light has more—we give this instrument a picture of angles of rotation, as if there were a ninety degree shift while in the same plane—which creates an enormously expanded number of surfaces within each portion of Light. More surfaces mean more places for information, more choices, more awareness, etc.

Secondly, we believe that there is a very good idea in that of which you speak, in that there is a good deal of power in the purity of colors available when a coherent Light is used. There are, we believe, among your peoples, healing modalities that already have begun to investigate the possibilities of using coherent Light. They have moved, in terms of their focus, on physical healing rather than moving into the consideration of working with Light to create or enhance metaphysical environments. This work would not be an infringement upon free will, for the optical apparatus of entities is self-limiting as are the physical senses in general, and overload simply removes the possibility of that modality being useful rather than creating difficulties within the energy body which could result in the overloading of one or more of the chakras.

D’s question was: “Ra has stated that the term “density” refers to the degree that each level of all that is can pack or store metaphysical life. Does the human heart, when its bioelectrical wave forms fall into phase coherence, model how our reality is more able to symmetrically and harmoniously pack metaphysical Light as into the third and fourth density? If so, how could a metaphysical technology based on this same principle of phase coherence be most responsibly and effectively used to show individuals that their hearts have the same capacity as the universe at large for this phase shift?” Q’uo began by saying we must take this query in two parts, so first we would speak of densities and Light, and the attempt to create fourth-density Light, fifth-density Light, or sixth-density Light out of third-density Light is an attempt that is based on a mistaken assumption which is that Light has a linear progression from density to density, but it does not because the photon of third density is not the photon of fourth density, so no matter how coherent we create third-density Light, we have increased a third-density Light, and it would be like trying to make an apple into an orange, so we can make the best apple, but we cannot make it be an orange since fourth-density Light has more—we give Carla a picture of angles of rotation, as if there were a ninety degree shift while in the same plane—which creates an expanded number of surfaces within each portion of Light, and more surfaces mean more places for information and more choices. Now Q’uo said second, we believe that there is a good idea in that which you speak about because there is power in the purity of colors available when a coherent Light is used, and there are healing modalities among your people that have begun to investigate the possibilities of using coherent Light, and they have moved their focus on physical healing rather than moving into the consideration of working with Light to enhance metaphysical environments: “so this work would not be an infringement upon free will, for the optical apparatus of entities is self-limiting as are the physical senses in general, and overload simply removes the possibility of that modality being useful rather than creating difficulties within the energy body which could result in the overloading of one or more of the chakras.” On May 19, 2002, Q’uo spoke of the nature of coherent light:

The change within your planetary energy grid is remarkable. Indeed, there is a new grid which this particular instrument tends to call the Christ grid, but which may be seen in general to be a pattern of energy nexi which surround the planet like a net, we would say a net of Love, a net that is made of fourth-density Light. It is woven with golden strands offered by each of you and offered by many, many entities within the inner planes of your planet as well. There are many beings who have dedicated themselves at this time within the inner planes to the ceaseless task of offering thanks and praise as they move along these lines of energy and connect one point to another with strand after strand of coherent Light which is that stream which is created when each of you prays, meditates, or opens the heart in any way.

This transformational Light is profoundly different from that light which you have been processing through your physical body and the finer bodies of your energy system in previous years. Its energy is of an entirely transformed nature, and may we say that this energy is oftentimes that which creates some discomfort for those who have become aware of it and who have begun to respond to it. In any change there is discomfort, even in the happiest of changes such as in the occasion of marriage or upon the occasion of birth, and in a way, there is both a birth and a marriage taking place at this time.

At this time, my brother, we would pause before moving on in order that you may query in any way you wish about these three portions of the main query. Is there a follow-up to this body of discussion at this time? We are those of Q’uo.

D: Yes, the question is, given the self-regulating quality of the technology in question and the instrument’s inability to describe technological principles, is there any source of information that the entities using this technology might research or look into in order to enhance this self-regulating quality?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We may say that the sources are there. However, they are scattered and unrecognized. Consequently, we would suggest to the one known as D that he combine research into Light and its nature, especially research done by those who are unrecognized and obscure, with a continuation of his unremitting, unwavering, absolute devotion to the one infinite Creator and to the service of the one infinite Creator, and to maintain that focus while requesting his guidance system to enhance his ability to sense that path of resonance and synchronicity that shall aid him.

May we answer you further, my brother?

D: Yes. Given the ability of education to be helpful to people who are interested in this technology, is there a way to let people who would be interested in this technology know that there is a bio-feedback type of quality within themselves that would allow themselves to use technology in a self-regulating fashion?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We make this instrument smile with our feelings of déjà vu, as this instrument would say, for, indeed, this was precisely what we wished to do with the pyramid in the old times of Egypt. It is possible while a charismatic and persuasive leader is in charge of a place where entities may be aided by such bio-feedback systems for this self-regulatory feature of the individual to be awakened in a safe way.

[Side one of tape ends.]

(Carla channeling)

As soon as the charismatic leader passes from the scene, there are always entities eager to distort and eventually nullify any positive outcome from such attempts to be of service in this wise.

The challenge of those who would attempt to help those of Earth awaken to the sacred nature of every cell in their bodies, their minds, and their spirits is not only in getting their attention, but in keeping it. Those among your people have not shown a marked tendency towards persistence in metaphysical seeking. The culture of your civilization has shortened the seeming attention span of most among your people. There needs to be the willingness to become a new person, a different person, a person who creates his own truth and lives according to his own lights. This is entirely possible. However, it is a challenge to open people up to the concept of starting over and living in an entirely different way, a way which returns the power of life and love to each person and removes that person from the grid, shall we say, of society and culture.

Is there another follow-up, my brother, to this query? We are those of Q’uo.

D: We’d like to ask about another technology, Ark’s technology, a separate technology, something called Plato’s fifteen rings, that has a more rounded type of architecture rather than these sharper types of architecture of the pyramids of the past. Is there a better fit or easier use of this type of technology?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. There is definitely a higher chance that the rounded geometrical shape shall be able to be utilized without the side effects caused by the movement of prana or the Love/Light of the one infinite Creator through the pointed shape of the pyramid. Instead of the scoop of the pyramid revolving twice before exiting the point of the pyramid, the ring system has the capacity, when developed, to be much more benign. The challenge in this creation or this technology is the iteration factor that occurs with there being no exit pointed for the Light that is generated by the scoop which draws energy into this structure. We would suggest the contemplation of a system of vents, whether they are of material or intentional, in a spiral fashion that would regularize the passage of the Love/Light of the infinite Creator through this sacred shape or series of shapes.

We are those of Q’uo, and would ask that if there is a follow-up to this query?

D: Yes. Given that this sacred geometry of the rounded shape is better than the pointed, is there some type of use that this electromagnetic geometry has of making it more effective in the self-regulating feature of the electromagnetic geometry that we were first talking of? Is that anywhere close? Can the self-regulating feature of this rounded geometry be used to enhance the self-regulating feature of the first geometry we were talking about?

We are those of Q’uo, and believe that we are aware of your query, my brother. We can respond in the affirmative with the reservation that the connection and the content of this connection, the nature of it, is both simpler and more unexpected or unimagined than might seem to be so at first glance. We tread carefully here, my brother, and would suggest that you also tread carefully as you seek in this wise. Cultivate humility, cast aside pride and those previously assumed truths concerning sacred geometry. Look to nature for examples and remain grounded, deeply grounded, into the earth plane as you investigate the possibilities which have opened up to you.

We would at this time ask if there is a follow-up to this query? We are those of Q’uo.

D: I would like to know if there is a better way to state these questions in relation to the people who might use this technology? And if there is a better way to state them, would Q’uo restate them and then answer them?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We believe that your present queries are perfectly adequate according to your present level of awareness. The clarity of your questions and the depth of spiritual awareness which offers the energy upon which your words come seem to us to be of an entirely adequate order. Were we to rephrase your query, we should be learning for you, and this is an infringement upon free will.

May we ask if there is a final query at this time?

D: Considering the quality of phase coherence as it is related to the human heart when it makes certain connections, how can we utilize this principle in generating technologies that are more responsible in relation to the human heart?

We are those of Q’uo and are aware of your query, my brother. We have poked and prodded at this query and cannot find a way into offering information without infringing upon your free will. We are apologetic and yet we come up against the stop of the Law of Confusion. We may say that the coherence of which you speak is that which the spiritual seeker of third density tends towards or becomes more able to express. Coherence is an excellent word to use when thinking of the human energy body and that consciousness that it contains: eternity and infinity cradled in crystalline structures that seem so fragile and yet are so incredibly powerful. That is, you see, the challenge of any helping technology: to advance the ability of entities to sense their own coherence and to do so without blowing their circuitry. The quality of faith is the living coherence of the spirit, and we encourage you to increase your faith. As you proceed, we wish you Light in your research, my brother. You already have the Love.

We would at this time thank this instrument, and this group, and especially the one known as D. It has been a sheer pleasure to converse with this group, and we have enjoyed it tremendously. This instrument’s energy wanes, and we would not harm the instrument. Therefore, we shall at this time take our leave of this instrument and this group. We leave you as we found you, in all that there is—the love and the light of the one infinite Creator. In that coherence, we leave you. We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai vasu borragus.

This morning, I switched out the sheets and pillowcases on my bed going from the green ones to the blue ones. Then I put the green ones in the washer, and when they were dried, I ironed the pillowcases and flat sheet, folded them up, and put them in the bathroom on the shelf for sheets, pillowcases and bath towels and face cloths. Then I went outside and weeded the Hosta plants in front of the Forsythia bushes in the back yard.

This afternoon I went back outside and transplanted a flat of Yellow Tuberous Begonias and a flat of Pink Mounded Lantana in the Ruins Garden in the side yard.

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

May 1

Endless Centers Of Love

I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ. I greet you in full consciousness; the consciousness which is all that there is; the consciousness of Love.

You sit. You listen inwardly. And your universe contracts as meditation lifts you and silence greets you with profound wisdom. Slowly you feel yourself expand. And you are aware of the Love all about you: the creatures that fly, and walk, and crawl, and swim, the very motes of dust in the air, the blessed sunshine or the equally blessed rain giving glory to the Father. And as you meditate, your universe expands even more.

You are aware that you are an integral part of the sphere upon which you live. The world is your neighborhood. All the sunshine and all the rain of all the world are within you; within the heart; within the consciousness.

Then your consciousness takes flight and moves away until your home sphere is no longer visible and all about you are endless centers of Love, radiating, radiating, radiating.

And as you expand further, you discover that all of the infinite creation—every star, every planet, every ray of sunshine and every creature—lies within your consciousness. For you and the creation are one.

Now, you are still sitting upon your blanket, or upon your couch, or chair. Yet, the universe is now inside you, and you feel its balance and its grace. You feel also your balance, your grace, and the infinite Love that created all that there is. Nothing is alien to you. All is Love. Open your hearts to that infinite truth.

We leave you in peace and 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 May 24, 2008:

G: The question as we quote it is, “There is the phrase, ‘winning over the self,’ which is another way of saying, ‘knowing and accepting the self.’ Is there a similar process that occurs to that of the calling? Do those portions of the self that desire love gain power so that the more the call is made, the more the desire is made until the square of the resistance within the self is overcome?”

(Carla channeling)

We are 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. Thank you for calling us to your circle of seeking. It is our privilege and our pleasure to respond. We are happy to share our humble thoughts with you. However, as always, we request that you use your discrimination in choosing which thoughts of ours to pick up and which ones to leave behind as you move forward in your own spiritual process. If you will take care to use your discrimination, then we may feel far more free to offer you our thoughts. We thank you for this consideration.

You ask this day concerning the process of knowing yourself and accepting yourself, or, as the one known as G has put it, winning the self over. You wonder if there is a doubling process that takes hold, so that as the process goes on, the energy becomes stronger, and the self is gathered into the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator ever more quickly. Certainly, my brother, there is truth in this supposition. Yet, it is not the precise way of the process of gathering the self into the open heart to say that there is a doubling effect as you work more. We shall come back to this idea later because there is, indeed, a doubling effect at work here. It is just somewhat different than your query.

For now, let us look at this process of knowing the self and accepting the self. We would acknowledge that it is impossible to know the self fully. The self is known fully only at the point in the octave of Creation where seventh density is beginning to fade into timelessness and the mind/body/spirit becomes a mind/body/spirit totality. This mind/body/spirit totality offers its mysterious and ever-shifting information to itself in mid-sixth density, allowing that sixth-density version of self to become the higher self, which then, in turn, offers to the third-density incarnate being a source of good information and guidance. The mind/body/spirit’s gift from the higher self, however, is not of the nature of a definite, finite structure or box of contents. It is full of mystery and paradox, as all entities are, because of the fact that they are in the image of the Infinite Creator, whose nature is rich in mystery and paradox. This is why we cannot say that there is precisely a doubling effect as one gets to know oneself better. Because that work is never done.

Indeed, those of us who speak with you this evening feel inadequate to the challenge of expressing in full the nature of ourselves. We have, however, become content to allow the question of self-definition to inhere in our vibrations, or our essence. What we have to suggest is a discussion of the cycles that are an inevitable portion of the spiritual seeker, and the dynamic between those cycles and that central essence of self which most decidedly does not have all the pieces of self collected, yet is very, very important to the self. That is the part of the self that has focus. Perhaps you have noticed that there are variations in the amount of focus with which you seek the Love and the Light of the one Creator. At some points, there is a plain and clear feeling of utter desire and single-minded seeking to know the truth of the creation and to tabernacle in the presence of the one infinite Creator. At other times, it would be possible to say those same words and yet not to be able to feel the intensity of desire because of the fact that you have lost your focus.

G: The question as we quote it is, “There is the phrase, ‘winning over the self,’ which is another way of saying, ‘knowing and accepting the self.’ Is there a similar process that occurs to that of the calling? Do those portions of the self that desire love gain power so that the more the call is made, the more the desire is made until the square of the resistance within the self is overcome?” Q’uo began by saying we ask concerning the process of winning ourself over, and we wonder if there is a doubling process that occurs, so that as the process goes on, the energy becomes stronger, and we are gathered into the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator more quickly, and there is truth in this supposition, yet it is not the way of the process of gathering ourself into the open heart to say that there is a doubling effect as we work more, so Q’uo said they shall come back to this idea later because there is a doubling effect at work here, but it is different than our query. Q’uo went on to say they wanted to look at this process of knowing ourself and accepting ourself, and they acknowledged that it is impossible for us to know our self fully because we are known only at the point in the octave of Creation where seventh density is beginning to fade into timelessness, and the mind/body/spirit becomes a mind/body/spirit totality, and this mind/body/spirit totality offers its mysterious information to itself in mid-sixth density, allowing that sixth-density version of ourself to become our higher self, which offers to our third-density being a source of information and guidance, but our mind/body/spirit’s gift from our higher self is not of the nature of a definite box of contents since it is full of mystery and paradox because of the fact that we are in the image of the Infinite Creator, whose nature is rich in mystery and paradox, and this is why Q’uo cannot say that there is a doubling effect as we get to know ourself better because that work is never done. Q’uo said they felt inadequate to the challenge of expressing the nature of ourselves, but they have become content to allow the question of  the definition of our self to exist in our vibrations, and what they have to suggest is a discussion of the cycles that are an inevitable portion of the spiritual seeker, and the dynamic between those cycles and that central essence of ourself which does not have all the pieces of ourself collected, yet it is important to ourself, so that is the part of ourself that has focus, and we may have noticed that there are variations in the amount of focus with which we seek the Love and the Light of the one Creator because at some point there is a clear feeling of single-minded seeking to know the truth of the creation and to tabernacle in the presence of the one infinite Creator, but at other times it would be possible to say those same words and not to feel the intensity of our desire because we have lost our focus. On December 7, 1980, Latwii described our desire to know the truth:

Sometimes it is necessary for the understanding of the spiritual entity that certain burdens be carried. It is also written that no burden will be made too heavy to bear, and this you may rely upon at all times. You will not be overburdened, for there is always a Comforter. However, seeking is indeed finding. That which you ask you shall receive. However, if your basic desire is to know the truth, to know the will of the Creator in your life, that is what you may find. And what you thought that you prayed for you may find indeed you did not pray for as much as you prayed for the understanding, Love, and presence of the infinite Creator in your life.

The cycles of which we speak are several. The first is the cycle of the beginner on the path and then the more experienced entity on the path. This cycles in an unpredictable and quite slow way, for it is not known when that first rush of excitement shall fade away, once the seeker has awakened and started on the path of his spiritual evolution. The initial flush of excitement and that wonderful feeling that you have a treasure of great value may last years, or it may last months, or it may last weeks. Inevitably, however, the honeymoon between yourself and the infinite possibilities of seeking the Creator fade, and it begins to be possible simply to give lip service to those ideals which have previously moved you almost to tears. It is as though at times your energy body were a stream rushing forward and, at other times, a dry bed. You look at that place where the torrent flew and frothed above all. And, below the place where all that water flowed, it is dry and cracked, and you are in a season of drought within your own spiritual process.

The seeker who wishes to win the self over has one great resource during those dry times within and that is his will. The will of an entity who knows that he is powerful can overcome any resistance within the self, and that faculty of will is fed by memory; the memory of those times when the self was lifted up and things were very clear. There are times in every seeker’s life when the Creator is close and the connection is sweet, and pure, and strong. In dry times it is extremely helpful for the spiritual seeker to remember those times of torrential inundations of the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator. It is as though your will were a candle that you keep burning day and night. Sometimes it is not needed because the world is full of sunlight. During the dark night of the soul, however, there is only the candle of your will. Feel that steel core within you of will and focus, and let it blaze as the candle in good seasons and in poor.

Another cycle about which we will speak is the cycle of physical maturation. A lifetime encompasses the rising and the falling. During the times of rising, there is a learning curve going on almost all the time concerning the consensus reality that surrounds the seeker and his skill in being able to function within that consensus reality. At those early times of an incarnation it is often the case that the self cannot be known to the self because there is so much to learn and so much to process that there is no mental or emotional leisure for contemplating the self in a non-attached and witness-like focus. At the apex of the arch of life, there is a period during which the ability to function within consensus reality has been, if not perfected, brought up to acceptable standards for that which the seeker needs to do in his life, and at that point, he becomes free to choose his thoughts and to follow his thoughts where they might go. It is a blessed time in many ways, and yet it carries its own challenges.

Then Q’uo said the cycles of which we speak are several, and the first is the cycle of the beginner on the path and then the more experienced entity on the path, and this cycles in an unpredictable and slow way, for it is not known when that first rush of excitement shall fade away once we have awakened and started on the path of our spiritual evolution, so the wonderful feeling that we have a treasure of great value may last years, or it may last weeks, but the honeymoon between ourself and the infinite possibilities of seeking the Creator fade, and it begins to be possible to give lip service to those ideals which have previously moved us almost to tears, and it is as though at times our energy body was a stream rushing forward and at other times a dry bed, so we look at that place where the torrent rushed above all, and below the place where all that water flowed, it is dry and cracked, and we are in a season of drought within our own spiritual process. Now Q’uo said the seeker who wishes to win the self over has one great resource during those dry times within and that is our will, and our will when we know that we are powerful can overcome any resistance within ourself, and that faculty of will is fed by memory of those times when we were lifted up, and things were very clear, and there are times in every seeker’s life when the Creator is close, and the connection is pure and strong, so in dry times it is helpful for us to remember those times of torrential inundations of the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator, for it is as though our will were a candle that we keep burning day and night, and sometimes it is not needed because the world is full of sunlight, but during the dark night of the soul there is only the candle of our will, so we should feel that steel core within us of will and focus, and let it blaze as the candle in good seasons and in poor. Q’uo went on to say that another cycle about which they would speak is the cycle of physical maturation since our lifetime encompasses the rising and the falling, and during the times of rising there is a learning curve going on almost all the time concerning the consensus reality that surrounds us and our skill in being able to function within that consensus reality, and at those early times of our incarnation it is often the case that our self cannot be known to us because there is so much to learn that there is no mental or emotional leisure for contemplating our self in a non-attached focus, and at the apex of our life there is a period during which the ability to function within consensus reality has been brought up to acceptable standards for that which we need to do in our life, and at that point we are free to choose our thoughts, and to follow our thoughts where they might go, and it is a blessed time in many ways, and yet it carries its own challenges. On November 6, 2005, Q’uo described the nature of consensus reality:

As we were speaking of the difference between consensus reality, or the world of illusion, and the metaphysical universe, or the world of time/space, we were speaking of a finite universe as opposed to an infinite universe. Your everyday, consensus reality is measurable. One can measure the terrestrial ball upon which you walk. One can measure the beat of your heart and the pressure of your blood.

One can use instrumentation to measure the exact electrical charge of each thought that you think. The world of metaphysics is not measurable by such instrumentation as you are aware of in your everyday world. It is a world in which anything is possible because you are unbounded by any limitation whatsoever except those you create for yourself.

The world of time/space is the world of consciousness. It is the world of infinity and eternity. The reason it is difficult for us to describe this to you is that your mind is a space/time artifact. The intellectual brain, that marvelous problem-solving biocomputer, is not capable of grasping the infinite. It can only grasp it by saying, “Oh, it is that which goes beyond that limit.” But since the mind thinks in finite terms, there is always an end to that place that is beyond. And then infinity must again be invoked so that that limit too is transcended.

When the seeker does focus on knowing himself, he acquires a great deal of information, some of which is trustworthy and some of which is not. This is due to the fact that there are many inner voices which like to share their opinions concerning who you are. Some of those voices are parental. Others are the voices of teachers or other authority figures who instructed you in a certain way that penetrated into your personality shell and became thought forms that took root there. And those voices are still heard. They are not the voices of yourself. They are voices that are as distorted as any carnival mirror. No parent or authority figure knows you. Indeed, you yourself are struggling to know you. The challenge, as you open up to your own thoughts and the processes of conceptualization as you experience day-by-day, is to find your own voice. As the sun sets upon an incarnation and the physical body functions less well, it would seem as though one would, once again, have little time for spiritual matters, and, indeed, this is the case with some entities whose older years are confused by failing minds. However, in many cases the summer of the seeker’s life may extend right up until the last breath is expelled from the physical body that is left at death in order that the spirit may enter again the larger life.

It is well for an entity who is just beginning to be free of the learning process of becoming an adult to realize that there has been a long, slow learning curve that has placed tremendous pressure on the physical organism’s mental complex, and especially the emotions. Therefore, as the seeker wakes up and begins to feel free of the learning of consensus reality, it is well for him to begin to gaze within in a way, which again contains that concept of focus and flame. When the seeker becomes fully aware that every person about him is a mirror for himself, there is in that realization a feeling of “too much information.” Shall the seeker take, in complete sincerity, every word that is spoken to him and every interaction with another person as being information about himself? If so, the information stacks up exponentially as the years go by. Yet, it is true that the spiritual seeker is in a hall of mirrors. Each mirror is distorted, yet gives some information.

How does one look at one’s self? The eyes look outward. They do not see inward. It is impossible to see yourself as others see you. Consequently, it is very helpful to enter into the game, shall we say, of taking each person as a mirror for yourself, and musing upon what that mirror is telling you. Some mirrors are difficult to look into. If you are interacting with a murderer, then you must find the murderer within yourself in order for the information that mirror holds to be relevant. Many are the times that you will find yourself avoiding certain situations or certain relationships, and in that avoidance is more information. This instrument, in describing the green-ray chakra or the heart energy center, wrote that it was like the basilica at St. Peters, that great structure which was the Doge’s Chapel and which now is a cathedral. As great and massive as that structure is, it is dwarfed by the size of the plaza which lies in front of the building. In pictures of this Cathedral of St. Mark, that huge forecourt is always mobbed with thousands of tourists, and pigeons walking among the tourists, pecking at whatever the tourists drop to feed them. This is a fairly accurate image for the parts of yourself that are, to some extent, not yet integrated into your essential self.

Now Q’uo said when we focus on knowing ourself, we acquire information, some of which is trustworthy and some of which is not, and this is because there are inner voices which like to share their opinions concerning who we are, and some of those voices are parental, and others are the voices of teachers or other authority figures who instructed us in a way that penetrated into our personality shell and became thought forms that took root there, and those voices are still heard, and they are as distorted as any carnival mirror, so no parent or authority figure knows us just as we are struggling to know ourselves, and our challenge as we open up to our own is to find our voice, so as the sun sets upon our incarnation and our body and mind function less well, it would seem as though we would have little time for spiritual matters, but in many cases the summer of our life may extend right up until the last breath is expelled from our body that is left at death in order that the spirit may enter again the larger life. Then Q’uo said that it is well as we are beginning to be free of the learning process of becoming an adult to realize that there has been a long learning curve that has placed pressure on our body’s mental and emotional complexes as we wake up and begin to feel free of the learning of consensus reality, it is well for us to gaze within in a way which contains that concept of focus, and when become aware that every person about us is a mirror for us, there is in that realization a feeling of “too much information,” so should we take every word that is spoken to him and every interaction with another person as being information about ourself? If so, Q’uo said this information stacks up as the years go by, and it is true that we are in a hall of mirrors, and each mirror is distorted, yet gives some information. Q’uo went on say our eyes look outward, and it is impossible to see ourself as others see us, so it is helpful to enter into the game of taking each person as a mirror of ourself, and musing upon what that mirror is telling us, so if we are interacting with a murderer, then we must find the murderer within ourself in order for the information that mirror holds to be relevant, and many are the times that we will find ourself avoiding certain relationships, and in that avoidance is more information, so Carla, in describing the heart energy center, wrote that it was like the basilica at St. Peters, that great structure which was the Doge’s Chapel and which now is a cathedral, and as massive as that structure is, it is dwarfed by the size of the plaza which lies in front of the building, and in pictures of this Cathedral of St. Mark, that huge forecourt is always filled with thousands of tourists, and pigeons walking among the tourists, pecking at whatever the tourists drop to feed them, and his is an accurate image for the parts of yourself that are, to some extent, not yet integrated into our essential self. On October 25, 1995, Q’uo spoke of our essential self:

As we gaze at the subject of the core being and how within incarnation to find access to it to know the self, we ponder which tack to take in discussing this seminal and interesting question, for in one sense the core being of all that exists is the one great original Thought, that unit vibration, shall we say, known as Love. Indeed, this love is your essential self. Due to the Creator’s adopting free will, the original Thought created that which you know as Light and those photons, as you call them, which are the particles, shall we say, of Light have built all that you are aware of and all that exists in manifestation, either in the inner or time/space planes of existence, or the outer or space/time planes of existence.

To be transparent is the most apt skill that can be created within your practice in terms of becoming aware of the ultimate essence of who you are. This transparency is, shall we say, not a state of being which is primary on the agenda of lessons learned within your density. However, those who seek the one infinite Mystery often yearn to be transparent to the surrounding illusion and wish mightily to experience that lightness in transparency of being which is associated with being pure Spirit. The calmest and the most busy of times alike offer moments or windows of opportunity wherein suddenly the illusion crystallizes and shimmers, and the transparency of being can be felt. When these moments occur, find time to give praise and thanks for these experiences of a truth that lies within you.

And here we may use that phrase of “winning over the self,” for as you stand in that outer courtyard of the open heart, you can deliberately and consciously move into work within yourself, to take up each wandering portion of yourself as you find it, and bring it into your heart. It is easy to love the parts of yourself that conform to your ideals. Yet the tough truth is that there is much more to the self than those idealistic parts of the self that have been polished and cleaned and are on display, shall we say, in the windows of one’s ideas about who one is. All of the rest of the self that lies in the shadows and has not yet been polished, has not yet been picked up, and has certainly not yet been recognized, waits for your attention. And this is not something that is a linear process. This is something that is like housework. You keep going back to that plaza of the self and recognizing a new portion of yourself from that shadow side. Then it is time to win that heart of the self over, to express your feelings of honor and respect for it, and to ask it to integrate itself into you so that its darkness becomes your strength rather than your weakness. This quest for the self shall never end.

In counterpoint to that truth is the truth that you are already a perfected being. You are already a mind/body/spirit totality. That flame at the very heart of your being is the same flame that burns throughout all densities in the octave of Creation that you now experience. Consequently, in counterpoint to the attempts of the rational mind to know itself, there lies the dynamic of the perfect self, the perfected self, the self that lies within you, undiscovered, for the most part unknown and unexplored. This is why meditation is so very helpful. In meditation, you have accepted that intellectually you do not know your essence or your nature. In meditation, you rest in unknowing. In meditation, you are not trying to figure anything out. In meditation, you are no longer talking to yourself, or talking to the Creator, or talking at all. In this stoppage of the intellectual mind lies a great aid to the seeker who wishes to remain focused. For that flame that burns within you burns within all. There is one flame, one consciousness, one great and utter Love. It is a tremendous balm and relief to escape from your personality and all that you think you know, and rest, wrapped in the blanket of warmth that the tabernacle of the open heart offers, cuddled upon the lap of the Almighty with nothing to do except be.

We said earlier that we would move back to the idea of a doubling effect and so we do now. What is doubled has nothing to do with the parts of yourself that you are attempting to know and accept. It has to do with your faith. For that you do not need to reach or strive. You do not need to do anything. For you already are a being created by the infinite One, full of power and beauty. It is difficult to keep the faith when it is new. It is difficult in the face of one’s personal shortcomings, as perceived by the self, to know that all is well. There is so much temptation to reject the self, or parts of the self, in most entities that it is almost irresistible. Yet, having grasped faith, you hold to it, and you know that at the depths of your being, you are good in that biblical sense where man was created, and God saw that it was good, and it was very good.

Q’uo went on to say here we may use that phrase of “winning over the self,” for as we stand in that outer courtyard of the open heart, we can take up each wandering portion of ourself as we find it, and bring it into our heart since it is easy to love the parts of ourself that conform to our ideals, but the truth is that there is more to ourself than those idealistic parts of ourself that have been cleaned and are on display in the windows of our ideas about who we are, and all of the rest of ourself that lies in the shadows and has not yet been recognized waits for our attention because this is not a linear process, but this is like housework where we keep going back to that deeper part of ourself and recognize a new portion of ourself from that shadow side, and then it is time to win that heart of ourself over, to express our feelings of respect for it, and to ask it to integrate itself into us so that its darkness becomes our strength rather than our weakness, so this quest for ourself shall never end. Q’uo continued by saying in contrast to that truth is the truth that we are already a perfect being, a mind/body/spirit totality, and that flame in the heart of our being is the same flame that burns throughout all densities in the octave of Creation that we now experience, and there lies the dynamic of the perfected self that lies within us undiscovered and unexplored, so this is why meditation is so helpful because in meditation we have accepted that we do not know our essence, and we rest in unknowing, and in meditation this stoppage of the intellectual mind lies a great aid to us when we wish to remain focused, for that flame that burns within us burns within all, and there is one flame, one consciousness, and one Love, and it is a relief to escape from our personality and all that we think we know and rest wrapped in the blanket of warmth that the tabernacle of our open heart offers, cuddled upon the lap of the Almighty with nothing to do except be. Now Q’uo said that they would move back to the idea of a doubling effect, so what is doubled has nothing to do with the parts of ourself that we are attempting to accept since it has to do with our faith for which we do not need to do anything, for we are a being created by the infinite One, full of power and beauty, and it is difficult to keep this faith when it is new because it is difficult in the face of our shortcomings and to know that all is well, but there is much temptation to reject ourself, yet having grasped faith, we hold to it, and we know that at the depths of our being we are good in the biblical sense where man was created, and God saw that it was very good. On July 21, 1991, Q’uo said that our bodies have been created by the infinite One, and they are full of grace and elegance:

The brain, the personality, all of those things which seem to you mundane are things which this animal which carries you about could sociably and naturally do, with grace and even elegance as is the way of things created by the infinite One which do not have the self-consciousness to be awkward, but move with the infinitely appropriate rhythms of growth, blooming, evensong and death. Treasure this entity that carries you about. Nurture it; love it; pamper it.

Faith stabilizes you among the chaos of perceptions. Outer perceptions shall always bring conflict. The truth shall always be elusive. Yet as you have faith in yourself and in the innate goodness of your design, you come through the crisis of not liking aspects of yourself, and you find yourself still standing after the storm has passed. The next time there is heavy weather within your heart, and mind, and soul you find it easier to maintain faith regardless of the outer picture. And each time thereafter, you find it exponentially easier to remain stable and faithful and serene. It is a tremendous faculty that is innate within all third-density entities, this faculty of faith. And we encourage contemplation of the word itself, for in it lie untold mysteries and infinite Light. It is often a great help when developing the faculty of faith to have something to which to cling, whether it be a person, an ideal, or some image or icon that has special meaning to you.

We would encourage exploring those persons, images, icons, and symbols which call you. If you can find one or two that are particularly resonant to you, then find ways to have those images in your field of vision as you work, and as you play, as you eat and as you sleep. For they shall remind you of who you are and make it ever easier for you to regain that stance of the spiritual seeker which is centered in faith. We come back to the word “focus,” my brother. It is easy to feel the self as a vast collection of somewhat related, but not necessarily coordinated, parts. We ask you to dive deep beneath the surface of that perception into the center of yourself—that center which has never been apart from the one infinite Creator. Dive deep. Dive with love. Dive with absolute surety and faith.

[Side one of tape ends.]

(Carla channeling)

Again and again, may your excursions of faith be filled with light. May you have fair horizons for your travel.

Q’uo continued by saying faith stabilizes us among the chaos of perceptions which shall always bring conflict, and the truth shall always be elusive, but as we have faith in ourself and in the goodness of our design, we come through the crisis of not liking aspects of ourself, and we find ourself standing after the storm has passed, and the next time there is heavy weather within our heart, mind, and soul we find it easier to maintain faith regardless of the outer picture, and each time thereafter, we will find it easier to remain faithful and serene, so it is a faculty that is innate within all third-density entities, and Q’uo encouraged contemplation of the word itself, for in it lie mysteries and infinite Light, and it is helpful when developing the faculty of faith to have something to which to cling, whether it be a person, an ideal, or some image that has special meaning to us. Q’uo completed their reply by saying they would encourage us to explore those persons and symbols which call us, and if we can find one or two that are resonant to us, then find ways to have those images in our field of vision as we work, play, eat, and as we sleep, for they shall remind us of who we are and make it easier for us to regain that stance of the spiritual seeker which is centered in faith, and Q’uo said to come back to the word “focus,” since it is easy to feel ourself as a vast collection of related, but not necessarily coordinated, parts, and they asked us to dive deep beneath the surface of that perception into the center of ourself which has never been apart from the one infinite Creator, and we can dive with love and with faith again and again, and may our excursions of faith be filled with Light and may we have fair horizons for our travel. On March 29, 2008, Q’uo described the faculty of faith:

Faith is a vibration or energy which is far less distorted from the truth than any other vibration or energy which you as a third density entity are able to realize, express or manifest. It is deeply connected with the indigo-ray chakra and is also fully conversant with that process of the indigo and violet ray moving through the gateway to intelligent infinity.

Power, my brother, can move through any of the chakra energies. And in making one’s life sacred, one discovers the joy of expressing one’s power through the highest possible expression, which is that of faith. An entity which has the faculty of faith well developed is indeed a most powerful beacon. So, we would not equate power with faith, but rather would say that it is a matter of the seeker’s journey to find higher and higher expressions of his will, his power, and his focus.

We would at this time ask if there are other queries in this group. We are those of Q’uo.

A: Would you discuss the spiritual principles for converting excess emotion into mental and emotional clarity?

We are Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. The emotions are often given far less respect than they deserve, and this is because they are not seen for the deep, running rivers that they are, but rather are seen as somewhat troublesome hindrances to a calm and orderly life. We would use the analogy of cooking here and compare the way most entities allow their emotions to run to “fast food.” It is easy to get; it is easily eaten; and there is not much nourishment in the food. And so, it is with surface emotions. Like rain on hardpan, it is difficult for the emotions to offer any good information or go anywhere. They just hit the consciousness and bounce off and, indeed, do seem quite excessive sometimes.  

However, if a chef with great love for the food takes the same ingredients that are in fast food and prepares them carefully and with love, and those same ingredients yield much more nourishment. And so, it is with emotions. Surface emotions are usually quite impure. However, when one can abide with one’s feelings and observe them as though they were guests coming to tea, offering them hospitality and courtesy, sitting with them and listening to them, then the emotions have found respect and honor. And this allows them to go deeper, interconnecting the surface self with the deepest part of the roots of consciousness. For this is what emotions eventually become if they are allowed to go through the process of purification.

There is a beauty to each emotion when it has been purified and it is pure feeling with no distortion. Thus, we would say that instead of looking at emotions as something to work around, the one who seeks clarity needs to spend time honoring the emotions that seem so inconvenient and excessive. Physically taking the time to process emotions is very helpful. Emotions call to you, and when you can answer by sitting with these guests that are speaking to you in certain colors, then those colors gradually lose the muddy characteristics of surface emotions and become more and more clear.

A asked: “Would you discuss the spiritual principles for converting excess emotion into mental and emotional clarity?” Q’uo began by saying emotions are given less respect than they deserve because they are not seen for the deep rivers that they are, but they are seen as hindrances to a calm and orderly life, and Q’uo used the analogy of cooking and compared the way most entities allow their emotions to run to “fast food” because it is easy to get; it is easily eaten; and there is not much nourishment in the food, and so it is with surface emotions it is difficult for the emotions to offer any good information, so they just hit consciousness and bounce off and do seem excessive sometimes. Q’uo went on to say that if a chef with great love for food takes the same ingredients that are in fast food and prepares them carefully with love, those ingredients yield more nourishment, and so it is with emotions, but surface emotions are quite impure, but when we can abide with our feelings and observe them as though they were guests coming to tea, offering them hospitality and listening to them, then our emotions have found respect, and this allows them to go deeper, connecting our surface self with the deepest part of the roots of our consciousness, then this is what emotions become if they are allowed to go through the process of purification. Now Q’uo said there is a beauty to each emotion when it has been purified, and it is pure feeling with no distortion, so they would say that instead of looking at emotions as something to work around we need to spend time honoring our emotions that seem inconvenient and excessive, and taking the time to process emotions is very helpful since emotions call to us, and when we can answer by sitting with these guests that are speaking to us in certain colors, then those colors lose the muddy characteristics of surface emotions and become more clear. On January 7, 2008, Q’uo spoke of the value of surface emotions:

Emotions are very, very important in the process of getting to know yourself and of becoming a self-realized person, aware of your own sacred nature. Often those seeking to be serious seekers downplay or disregard the importance of emotions. This is because they see the shallowness and inconsistency of surface emotions and feel that because they are so highly distorted and unbalanced they do not have any virtue, spiritually speaking. However, it is our opinion that the surface emotions are the beginning of the entry of the individual into its own deeper mind. Each emotion is precious, the heaviest emotion as well as the lightest, the darkest as well as the most joyful.

The two emotions of which the one known as S speaks, unworthiness and anger, are part of what most seekers would call the dark side or the shadow side of the self. The seeker has a feeling that he is not supposed to be feeling unworthy. He is not supposed to be angry. Yet emotions spring forth without regard to whether they should be felt or not. Emotions tell a truth within the life of the seeker and they are, therefore, great gifts of the self to the self.

Emotions begin with highly colored, impulsive reactions and responses to catalyst. They take one by surprise. They are not planned. This is why they bear truths as a gift. You cannot fool yourself into feeling an emotion. It simply is there, and you recognize it. However, emotions do not stay on the surface for the persistent seeker who is willing to abide with and enjoy the company of these emotions. They begin to have a deeper life. As one feels these emotions again and again, there comes the opportunity, each time the emotion is repeated, to work with that emotion, to embrace it and honor it and to gaze at it to see from what catalyst it has arisen.

When one is persistently fearless with emotions and is able to sit with the self as it experiences an emotion flowing through, there is a gradual deepening of that emotion. Eventually, as repetition and work in consciousness with these emotions begins to yield its fruits, the seeker begins to have glimpses of the refined and purified emotion that started out so highly colored. And eventually that emotion can take one into the archetypical mind, where the deepest of truths may be found.

May we answer you further, my brother? We are those of Q’uo.

A: Yes. Would Q’uo discuss the spiritual principles behind the connection drawn between the theory in non-violent communication that positive emotions indicate that a universal human need has been met and that negative emotions indicate that a universal human need has not been met?

We are those of Q’uo, and we believe we understand your query. We would have no quarrel with the statement that positive emotions indicate that a universal need has been met, and negative emotions indicate that a universal need has not been met. We agree completely that the needs and desires of third density entities are universal for, indeed, all is one. The only reservation that we would have concerning this statement is that there are layers upon layers to emotion and layers upon layers to human need. So, some positive emotions ring false, as do some negative emotions, thereby not offering truth to the seeker. In the sense of attempting to understand one’s feelings, it certainly is helpful to compare the concept of emotion with the concept of universal needs, for it seems to give a psychological validation to one’s needs so that emotion then is not a thing about which to be embarrassed, but is rather a needed signal for that which is occurring within the personality. Perhaps the spiritual principle that would apply here is that all is one, and that just as the baby’s cry indicates that it is hungry, that emotion stems from that cry of hunger.

The other spiritual principle that we would invoke is that balancing principle which expresses the infinity and the mystery of human emotion and human nature in general. There are paths that move into mountain, upon mountain, upon mountain, raising the quality and the purity of human emotion many times for the entity who is willing to penetrate every emotion with his utter attention and respect.

We are those of Q’uo, and would ask if there is a final query at this time.

A: Yes, would Q’uo discuss the spiritual principles behind love at first sight, such as in Romeo and Juliet?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. But in this case, there does not seem to be a spiritual principle to bring to bear on love at first sight. The classic Romeo and Juliet’s love at first sight is a story of entities who were in their early teens. This is a time of life when it is unlikely that there is a bleed-through memory of a past life or something of that nature which would create a spiritual nexus within which one might gaze at that attraction. However, it is so that there is a network which an entity has of souls with whom he has worked in past experiences—past, of course, being a linear term that does not hold in time/space. In that circular time/space where everything is occurring simultaneously, the web of relationships is amazingly extensive. And there are times when one entity meets another and a resonance is set up that is undeniable and is far deeper and more penetrating than the circumstances would normally suggest.

In those cases, it is quite likely that entities who have planned to work together on some service or some incarnational lesson together within an incarnation have found each other. And that is a very hopeful and positive thing for an entity who wishes to do spiritual work. It is greatly helpful to have companions with whom to share one’s gifts and with whom to explore one’s challenges. We might note in this regard that there has been a tendency within this group through decades of questions to visit the phenomenon of love at first sight, or star-crossed lovers, or soul mates. And we would suggest that, in fact, before the Creation has wound to its fullest spiritual gravity and returns to the one infinite Creator, each shall be a soul mate to each.

We would, at this time relinquish this instrument and this contact, for the instrument is growing weary. May we say what a delight and privilege it has been to share this meditation with you and be part of your session of working. We thank you once again for asking for our thoughts. We 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. Adonai.

This morning I went outside and began cutting the daffodil leaves out of the astilbe garden by using a serrated knife. Then I decided to use my trimmer to trim the daffodil leaves back in the larger areas where there were fewer astilbe plants. Then I used my blower to blow the daffodil leaves into a pile on the ground where I could rake them up and put them into a garbage can.

This afternoon I cleaned the filters in the fishpond with the sprayer on my garden hose. Then I turned the fountain on and discovered that it was shooting too high, so I put more water in until the fountain was at the right height. Then I added some AquaSafe to neutralize the chlorine in the fresh water.

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

April 30

With The Eyes Of Love

I am the spirit of Him who cleaved the way of truth, Jesus the Christ. I greet you in the full consciousness of Love, the spiritual principle which Jesus the Christ lived.

This entity saw all things with eyes of Love. And we await each heart that calls to us that we may be, for each, the eyes of Love. For as you look upon your day, if it is seen with the eyes of Love, it is a perfect day in every way. The tasks put before you to do are those which will be helpful to others or will teach patience and understanding. Those people whom you will meet will feed you with their unique loveliness or will challenge you to find the Christ within the distortions of your mundane world.

And so all things are either for joyous and enhanced living or for serious and persistent study to know the mind of Christ, to see with the eyes of Christ.

Call upon the Spirit of Love. It was for this reason that this principle was invoked in a personal sense for each and every consciousness within the creation.

We have great Love for each and await each call with a happy heart. We leave you in the peace which cleaves through falsity, that active peace which is Love, 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 10, 2008:

The question this evening is about sexual energy exchanges. From the Ra contact we know that two factors which enhance the exchange are extended foreplay, which increases the amount of energy transferred, and both partners dedicating themselves to service to others, which doubles the energy transfer. Also, simultaneous orgasm allows the transfer to be most efficient. Please speak to the spiritual nature of sexual energy exchanges and how they enhance our magical personalities.

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. We greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we come to you this evening. We thank you for the privilege of being called to join your circle of seeking this evening. It is a joy to be part of this circle of beautiful, seeking souls. As your auras mingle and create the sacred space of this contact, they show us a beauty that is beyond words. We thank you so much for this opportunity to share our humble thoughts with you on the subject of sexual energy exchange and the principles involved in maximizing this sacred energy. As always, however, we would preface our discussion by requesting that each maintain the utmost vigilance over his doors of perception. Please use your discrimination. Listen for the voice of your own resonance. If something seems interesting to you, by all means use it, but if something does not, please let it go without a second thought. In this way we can be assured of refraining from infringing in any way upon the process of your spiritual evolution. We thank you for this consideration.

In speaking of sexual energy exchange we need first to move back and prepare the ground, as it were, by offering some thoughts concerning the nature of the energy body and the nature of energy exchanges. Your energy body is far more full of your essence in the metaphysical sense than is your physical body. It is the body from which your physical body takes its form, but it is non-physical, being electrical in nature. You can think of the universe as a whole as a field of energy, infinite and mysterious. Contained within that vast and unimaginable Creator-field lie the fields of the galaxies, the suns, the planets, and the entities upon those planets, such as yourself. As you step down orders of magnitude to go from Creator to sub-Logos, to sub-sub-Logos, to sub-sub-sub-Logos, yet still the one infinite Creator is replete in every portion, every energy field, and every iota of the creation. Since all is one, each portion of the One is a hologram of the One. The very cells of your body are full of the information of the Creator and the created.

Your energy body is the governing field of your mind, body, and spirit. It joins the physical body at some time around physical birth willingly and consciously interpenetrating the physical body that is the opportunity for a lifetime of experience within the illusion of planet Earth. Throughout your life, then, your energy body and your physical body are indistinguishable in terms of any worldly observation or scientific ability to measure the potential difference betwixt the physical and the metaphysical. It is the energy body that feeds the perceptions of the physical body. As the physical body, mind, and emotions gather catalyst and experience, the harvest of those thoughts and emotions moves into the energy body in an endless loop.

Your energy body is fed by the Logos. In local terms it is fed by the energy of your sun which pours its Light, its energy, and power into the Earth. Planet Earth, your Mother, receives this energy in infinite amounts and sends it from the very heart and womb of the Earth in a radiating pattern from the very core of the planet, outward in every direction, coming up through the ground so that you may absorb it with your feet as you walk upon the Earth. It enters the energy body at the joining of the legs, which is the seat of the red-ray chakra, the first of the seven chakras that together comprise your energy body. This infinite Love/Light of the Creator that streams into the red ray will, if not baffled, blocked, or narrowed, move freely and powerfully into the heart, letting the heart open and bloom like a flower, thereby setting the stage for the potential for work in consciousness. 

The group question for this session was: “Please speak to the spiritual nature of sexual energy exchanges and how they enhance our magical personalities.” Q’uo began by saying in speaking of sexual energy exchange they need to move back and prepare the ground by offering some thoughts concerning the nature of the energy body and the nature of energy exchanges because our energy body is more full of our essence in the metaphysical sense than is our physical body, and it is the body from which our physical body takes its form, but it is non-physical, being electrical in nature, so we can think of the universe as a field of energy, infinite and mysterious, and contained within that vast Creator-field lie the fields of the galaxies, the suns, the planets, and the entities upon those planets, such as ourself, and as we step down orders of magnitude to go from Creator to sub-Logos, to sub-sub-Logos, to sub-sub-sub-Logos, yet the one infinite Creator is in every energy field of the creation, and since all is One, each portion of the One is a hologram of the One, so the cells of our body are full of the information of the Creator and the created. Then Q’uo said that our energy body is the governing field of our mind, body, and spirit, and it joins our physical body at some time around our birth consciously interpenetrating our body that is our opportunity for a lifetime of experience within the illusion of Earth, and throughout our life our energy body and our physical body are indistinguishable in terms of any scientific ability to measure the potential difference between the physical and the metaphysical, so it is our energy body that feeds the perceptions of our physical body, and as our physical body, mind, and emotions gather catalyst and experience, the harvest of those thoughts and emotions moves into our energy body in an endless loop. Q’uo went on to say our energy body is fed by the Logos, and in local terms it is fed by the energy of our sun which pours its Light, its energy, and power into the Earth, and our Mother Earth receives this energy in infinite amounts and sends it from the heart and womb of the Earth in a radiating pattern from the core of the planet, outward in every direction, coming up through the ground so that we may absorb it with our feet as we walk upon the Earth, so it enters our energy body at the joining of our legs, which is the seat of the red-ray chakra, the first of the seven chakras that create our energy body, and the infinite Love/Light of the Creator that streams into our red ray will, if not blocked, move powerfully into our heart, letting it open and bloom like a flower, thereby setting the stage for the potential for work in consciousness.  On September 5, 2010, Carla described the work 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.

Work in consciousness can only take place when the red ray, orange ray, and yellow ray are open and the energy of the Creator is running freely through them, for this is the energy that feeds the heart. When it is limited or constricted, the magical personality shall find itself on very short rations. Once the seeker has set his intention to do work in consciousness, then the higher rays become involved: the blue ray of communication, the indigo ray of faith and being, and of course, the green ray of healing and unconditional Love. It is to be noted that it is not necessary, in order to be of service to others and to graduate from third density, for the higher rays to be used in order to access the gateway to intelligent infinity. Simple, straightforward, unconditional Love and the energies of forgiveness and compassion shall carry any seeker through graduation with flying colors. That is far more than enough to use in order to penetrate those energies that move one into higher Light.

However, you, as a metaphysical being within incarnation, were indeed given the ability to use the higher chakras and to do work in consciousness. The infinite Love/Light of the one Creator moves upward, whereas it is the intention set by the magical personality that calls the energy from above down to meet the infinite Love/Light of the one Creator moving upward. Where those two energies meet is the location where the seeker is able to accomplish work in consciousness whether it be healing, channeling, or the radiancy of being. So, whether we are speaking of healing, the green ray energy, or communication, the blue ray energy, or radiancy of being, the indigo ray, we speak of one process whereby a seeker decides to set his intention to become a priest, a minister of Light, and to take upon himself the responsibility of using his power rightly.

Sacred sexuality lies within the precincts of the indigo ray, and indeed, moves into the mystery of the violet ray. It calls down inspiration and information from the Godhead principle Itself, that great Logos that is unconditional Love, into the heart of that which joins the physical and the metaphysical being, sexuality. The potential of sexuality is that it may be sacred. The beginnings of sexuality are simple and primal. Consequently, as the priest and the priestess together set their intention to invite the Creator into the equation of their electrical circuitry, they call down the Logos itself. Yet it begins with the simplest sexual chemistry, that attraction that is purely red ray and that has been so sturdy in its efficiency of propagating the species of humans on planet Earth.

Then Q’uo said work in consciousness can only take place when the red ray, orange ray, and yellow ray are open, and the energy of the Creator is running freely through them, for this is the energy that feeds our heart, and when it is limited our magical personality shall find itself on short rations, but once we have set our intention to do work in consciousness, then our higher rays become involved: the blue ray of communication, the indigo ray of faith and being, and the green ray of healing and unconditional Love, and it is to be noted that it is not necessary, in order to be of service to others and to graduate from third density, for the higher rays to be used in order to access the gateway to intelligent infinity because unconditional Love and the energies of forgiveness and compassion shall carry any seeker through graduation, and that is more than enough to use in order to penetrate those energies that move us into higher Light. Q’uo continued by saying as a metaphysical being within incarnation we were given the ability to use the higher chakras and to do work in consciousness, and as the infinite Love/Light of the one Creator moves upward, it is the intention set by the magical personality that calls the energy from above down to meet the infinite Love/Light of the one Creator moving upward, so where those two energies meet is the location where we are able to accomplish work in consciousness whether it be healing, channeling, or the radiancy of being, so whether we are speaking of healing, the green ray energy, or communication, the blue ray energy, or radiancy of being, the indigo ray, we speak of one process whereby we decide to set our intention to become a minister of Light, and to take upon ourself the responsibility of using our power rightly. Q’uo went on to say sacred sexuality lies within the indigo ray, and it moves into the mystery of the violet ray, and it calls down inspiration from the Logos that is unconditional Love into the heart of that which joins our physical and our metaphysical being sexuality, and the potential of sexuality is that it may be sacred, so the beginnings of sexuality are simple, so as the priest and the priestess together set their intention to invite the Creator into the equation of their electrical circuitry, they call down the Logos, and it begins with the sexual chemistry, that attraction that is purely red ray and that has been sturdy in its efficiency of propagating the species of humans on Earth. On December 19, 2005, Q’uo spoke of the nature of doing work in consciousness:

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 personality.

The first point that the one known as Jim made concerning sexuality is that it is helpful to prolong foreplay, and we would speak on this to an extent and explore why this is so. As the two who have set their intent come together, they have simply their intent. They have not developed a structure, metaphysically speaking, in which to express their intent. Whatever two entities do after they have set their intent to share sacred sexuality can be considered foreplay. The ritual of the date is very helpful in this regard. As each of you has talked around the circle before the meditation this night, each has expressed the feeling of being so terribly busy that he almost cannot catch his breath. The world lies heavy upon the shoulders of those who must earn the living and fulfill the duties of the day. There is a great deal to lay down before one can engage in sacred play. There is much to release of the world and the grime and the weariness of the world.

And so, the two meet, perhaps over a dinner, or sharing a glass of wine, or coffee, a simple meeting of the eyes and the voices. And each talks, perhaps, about the day, about the concerns, the burdens and the feelings of world-weariness and ennui. And as these are spoken, the energy opens up and the rays begin to clear. What is not usually understood about red ray is that it is not only the ray of sexuality but also the ray of survival. It is the ray in which you must say either “yes” or “no” to life itself. Many are those whose feelings of depression and unhappiness, for various reasons, has begun to shut down or at least narrow that red ray. Somehow, sharing these woes with another whose ears are open to listen begins to get the red ray open again; begins to make life seem good again. The colors brighten, energies lift, and the conversation goes on.

Much is shared on a personal level, opening up orange ray. And if there is, between the two, the sacrament of marriage, yellow ray is also penetrated. And as the affairs of that particular relationship are discussed, that ray begins to open and relax, as each supports each. Finally, each can feel the heart opening because of the gratitude that is felt for the company of the other. Now, perhaps, there has been a shift in the location and the amount of privacy. Perhaps this is the time when the two lovers become intimate, clothes are shed, the outside world falls away, and the talk deepens. Whatever is said in this opening into blue ray has begun to take on the quality of sacredness, as each listens in complete sympathy and support to what the other has to say. The world seems to brighten more and more, the energy lifts and moves towards the indigo ray, that ray of faith and magic where two beings may become magical together.

Now Q’uo said the first point that Jim made concerning sexuality is that it is helpful to prolong foreplay, and we would explore why this is so because as the two who have set their intent come together, they have their intent, but they have not developed a  metaphysical structure in which to express their intent, so whatever two entities do after they have set their intent to share sacred sexuality can be considered foreplay, and the ritual of the date is helpful in this regard, and as each of us has talked around the circle before the meditation this night, each has expressed the feeling of being so busy that we cannot catch our breath, so the world lies heavy upon the shoulders of those who must earn a living and fulfill the duties of the day, and there is a great deal to lay down before we can engage in sacred play, and there is much to release of the weariness of the world. Q’uo continued by saying that the two meet over a dinner, or sharing a glass of wine, and each talks about the day, the concerns, the feelings of world-weariness, and as these are spoken the energy opens up and the rays begin to clear, but what is not usually understood about red ray is that it is not only the ray of sexuality but also the ray of survival, so it is the ray in which we must say either “yes” or “no” to life itself, and many are those whose feelings of unhappiness have begun to shut down or narrow that red ray, and sharing these woes with another whose ears are open to listen begins to get the red ray open again, and begins to make our life seem good again so that our energies lift, and the conversation goes on. Then Q’uo said much is shared on a personal level, opening up orange ray, and if there is the sacrament of marriage, yellow ray is also penetrated, and as the affairs of that relationship are discussed, that ray begins to open and relax, as each supports each, so each can feel the heart opening because of the gratitude that is felt for the company of the other, and there has been a shift in the location and the amount of privacy, so this is the time when the two lovers become intimate; clothes are shed; the outside world falls away; and the talk deepens so that whatever is said in this opening into blue ray has begun to take on the quality of sacredness as each listens in sympathy and support to what the other has to say, and the world brightens more, and the energy moves towards the indigo ray of faith and magic where two beings may become magical together. In 32.6, Ra described the nature of our indigo ray:

The indigo ray is the ray of, shall we say, awareness of the Creator as self; thus one whose indigo-ray vibrations have been activated can offer the energy transfer of Creator to Creator. This is the beginning of the sacramental nature of what you call your bisexual reproductive act. It is unique in bearing the allness, the wholeness, the unity in its offering to other-self.

When that moment arrives where touch is involved, you can see that there has been a great deal of preparation. Sacred sexuality is not casual in any way. It is as structured as is any magical ritual, yet it is structured within the sensibilities of two priests who are invoking the one infinite Creator as they invoke that connection that is the essence of sexual congress. We mentioned before that your energy body is an electrical body. As electricity has its path, so your energy body has its points of contact which can form a circuit betwixt two energy bodies, making them one. Those openings are at the lips, the hands, the feet, the groin and the breasts. If two hold hands, they are able to exchange sexual energy. If they touch lips they are able to express sexual energy. If any of those elements touch, sexual energy circuits between the two. When one thinks of sacred sexuality one needs to think in terms of the closing of those circuits.

By the time the first touch occurs, there has been a good deal of power built up by the anticipation of the pleasure of touch. In this regard, the focus of the two entities involved is the key to the ratcheting up of the amperage of the contact betwixt the two. Indeed, this instrument has often found it useful to visualize the circuit that has been closed, seeing how it changes color in intensity, how it is infinite in its play as each touches each and each creates ways to make the other feel good. It was intended by the Creator that sexuality had the potential of offering to third-density entities an experience of the steady state of the Creator, which would be described by third density entities as orgasm. This is the steady state of the universe. This is the power of unconditional love. This is the engine that drives creation. This is the sunlight that falls upon you. It too, is the fusion of the priest and the priestess expressing unconditional Love in a steady state. As a priest and priestess who are mated become more experienced, each with the other, there begin to be refinements on the art of touching, on the nuances of intimacy, so that each can bring the other very close to the point of orgasm and then remain there, playing with that energy, fueling it, playing again, and fueling again, and not feeling the need to move to orgasm.

We believe this is what the one known as Jim had in mind when he spoke of prolonging foreplay, and this is certainly the major part of being able to move up in orders of magnitude, in terms of the brilliance and the power of the energy exchange involved. However, it is never to be forgotten that all of the energy centers are involved in sacred sexuality. One cannot play in the fields of the Lord if one does not have the lower chakras running well, glad and free and open and accepting of life and all that it offers. It is indeed so that when both entities, the priest and the priestess, have consciously dedicated their lives to the service of the one infinite Creator, this doubles the power available to each. This is according to the way of doubling or squares. As in many other kinds of energies, when there are two who together seek, the power of that seeking is doubled.

Q’uo continued by saying when that moment arrives where touch is involved, you can see that there has been a great deal of preparation because sacred sexuality is as structured as is any magical ritual, yet it is structured within the sensibilities of two priests who are invoking the one infinite Creator as they invoke that connection that is the essence of sexual congress, so Q’uo mentioned before that our energy body is an electrical body, and as electricity has its path, so our energy body has its points of contact which can form a circuit between two energy bodies, making them one, and those openings are at the lips, the hands, the feet, the groin, and the breasts, so if we hold hands we are able to exchange sexual energy; if we touch lips we are able to express sexual energy; so when we think of sacred sexuality we need to think in terms of the closing of those circuits. Q’uo continued by saying by the time the first touch occurs, there has been a good deal of power built up by the anticipation of the pleasure of touch, and the focus of the two entities involved is the key to increasing the power of the contact between the two, and Carla has found it useful to visualize the circuit that has been closed, seeing how it changes color in intensity, how it is infinite in its play as each touches each, and each creates ways to make the other feel good because it was intended by the Creator that sexuality had the potential of offering to third-density entities an experience of the steady state of the Creator, which would be described by third density entities as orgasm, and this is the steady state of the universe,  the power of unconditional Love, the engine that drives creation, and it is the fusion of the priest and the priestess expressing unconditional Love in a steady state, so as a priest and priestess who are mated become more experienced there begin to be refinements on the art of touching, so each can bring the other close to the point of orgasm and then remain there, playing with that energy, fueling it, playing again, and not feeling the need to move to orgasm. Q’uo went on to say we believe this is what Jim had in mind when he spoke of prolonging foreplay, and this is the major part of being able to move up in orders of magnitude, in terms of the power of the energy exchange involved, but it is never to be forgotten that all of the energy centers are involved in sacred sexuality because we cannot play in the fields of the Lord if we do not have the lower chakras running well, free, and accepting of life and all that it offers, and it is so that when the priest and the priestess have consciously dedicated their lives to the service of the one infinite Creator, this doubles the power available to each according to the way of doubling, and as in other kinds of energies, when there are two who together seek, the power of that seeking is doubled. On December 29, 2007, Q’uo spoke of the nature of sacred sexuality:

Your sexuality, for instance, has so many layers to it! Yet it must begin with that wonderful “yes” of lust and chemical attraction. And then you can begin to let it lift, through relationship, to open-hearted relationship, to that love of a legal relationship, and from there to the upper-chakra work of true affection, true communication, and mutual work in consciousness which is sacred sexuality. There is no detail, no matter how seemingly mundane of life, that is not bursting with the sacred and the divine.

And we would certainly agree with the one known as Jim that when there is a simultaneous orgasm between the priest and the priestess, the energy exchange is at its most brilliant, focused and collected. It is certainly the most lucid way to experience the fusion of self with self and self with Creator. Yet, at the same time, we would note that it is possible to have a powerful energy exchange without orgasm, simply because of the intention of the mated pair and their dedication of the time of pleasure and feeling good to the service of the one infinite Creator. There are many among your people who have been well mated and who no longer are able to share the sexuality in the way of their youth. This in no way inhibits their ability to exchange sexual energy, to make each other feel good, and to have sacred play.

Sacred sexuality begins with a person’s willingness to become magical. To be able to experience sacred sexuality, a seeker must release those thoughts of himself which limit him. He must find it within himself to accept himself just as he is and to fall in love with himself, casting aside all thought of self-improvement or self judgment. The beginning of the seeker’s transition to the magical personality is his total acceptance of himself as he is. We believe that this is perhaps the critical difficulty with sacred sexuality, and is that limiting factor which keeps many from experiencing the full freedom and beauty of sacred sexuality. Think of yourself not as you see yourself in the mirror but as you feel yourself when you pray for what you most dearly wish. See yourself not as a physical being but as a dreamer, a hoper, a lover of the light, an idealist. See those energies of intention that have nothing to do with the manifestations of the world. This is the beginning of the magical personality: to perceive yourself more truly than you can with the mirrors of the world.

Andfinally, we would note the impossibility of creating sacred sexuality without context. Such has often been attempted by those who would like to take a shortcut and who perhaps are unable to sustain a committed personal relationship for the length of time that it takes to establish a safe haven where two can trust that they shall not be harmed. Many are those who have attempted to create sacred sexuality by the use of objects, such as prostitutes, where all of the work of the magician is done by one entity in solitude, using the object in order to express the actual sexual energy. This shall never become true sacred sexuality, for there is no energy exchange. In higher densities this shall be much clearer, for in higher densities entities exchange the dynamic between them upon meeting and so experience a kind of orgasm simply by shaking hands and saying hello, shall we say. There is nothing hidden or shameful. All energies are accepted as clean and beautiful. So, entities dwell in an atmosphere of the exchanging of energies at all times.

You who dwell within the veil do not have that luxury. And so, in order to become able to practice as priest and priestess in sacred sexuality, you must create with another that safe place that enables trust and faith to reign supreme. How precious such a relationship is and how much it has to offer! Before we leave this subject, we would note that including the Creator in all that you do is the way to create your life as magical. The Creator is not “out there,” unless you allow the Creator to be far off. The Creator is intimate with you in a very sexual way. As you move through your everyday chores, invite the Creator to come into your life and power—and mean it—and watch your life transform. You will find yourself exchanging energy in a far more transparent way, and seeing the energy expenditures of others around you. You will feel the energy of the sun and share with that energy, giving your love back to it. And so, an energy exchange is made with the daylight itself. You can do that with each and every thing with which you come in contact. We wish you the joy of your practice.

Q’uo said we would agree with Jim that when there is a simultaneous orgasm between the priest and the priestess, the energy exchange is at its most brilliant, and it is the most lucid way to experience the fusion of ourself with ourself and ourself with Creator, yet at the same time Q’uo  noted that it is possible to have a powerful energy exchange without orgasm because of the intention of the mated pair and their dedication of the time of pleasure and feeling good to the service of the one infinite Creator, so there are many among our people who have been well mated and who no longer are able to share the sexuality in the way of their youth, but this does not inhibit their ability to exchange sexual energy and to have sacred play. Then Q’uo said sacred sexuality begins with a person’s willingness to become magical, so to be able to experience sacred sexuality we must release thoughts which limit us, and we must find it within ourself to accept ourself just as we are and to fall in love with ourself by casting aside all thought of self-judgment so that the beginning of our transition to the magical personality is our acceptance of ourself as we are, and Q’uo believed that this is the critical difficulty with sacred sexuality, and is that limiting factor which keeps many of us from experiencing the full beauty of sacred sexuality, so we should think of ourself not as we see ourself in the mirror but as we feel ourself when we pray for what we wish, and we should see ourself not as a physical being but as a dreamer and a lover of the Light, and see those energies of intention that have nothing to do with the manifestations of the world because this is the beginning of the magical personality: to perceive ourself more truly than we can with the mirrors of the world. Q’uo continued by saying we note the impossibility of creating sacred sexuality without context because such has been attempted by those who would like to take a shortcut and who are unable to sustain a committed personal relationship for the length of time that it takes to establish a safe haven where two can trust that they shall not be harmed, so some have attempted to create sacred sexuality by the use of prostitutes where the work of the magician is done by one entity in solitude, using the prostitute in order to express the sexual energy, but this shall never become sacred sexuality, for there is no energy exchange, but in higher densities this shall be clearer, for in higher densities entities exchange the dynamic between them upon meeting and so experience a kind of orgasm simply by shaking hands and saying hello since there is nothing hidden or shameful, and all energies are accepted, so entities dwell in an atmosphere of the exchanging of energies at all times. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that we who dwell within the veil do not have that luxury, so in order to become able to practice as priest and priestess in sacred sexuality, we must create with another that safe place that enables trust and faith to reign supreme, and how precious such a relationship is, and Q’uo noted that including the Creator in all that we do is the way to create our life as magical because the Creator is intimate with us in a sexual way, so as we move through our everyday chores, we can invite the Creator to come into our life and power—and mean it—and watch our life transform, and we will find ourself exchanging energy in a more transparent way, and seeing the energy expenditures of others around us, and we will feel the energy of the sun and share that energy, giving our love back to it, so an energy exchange is made with the daylight itself, and we can do that with each and every thing with which we come in contact. On December 25, 2010, Q’uo spoke of the nature of our energy expenditures:

The energy expenditures that you are called to are those of Love. That is why you came and that is why you remain. You are not yet done loving this planet and its people. Consequently, waste no time in judgment on yourself or on others but only spend your energy on the inner planes for those purposes of dedicating all that you are and all that you have to the service of the one Creator; to being that entity of Love that you intended to be when you chose to come here.

May we ask if there is a follow-up to this query? We are those of Q’uo.

Jim: We don’t have a follow-up to that particular query, but G has given me one that he would like to have asked. It’s from J. It reads, “Q’uo, I’ve been distributing, promoting, and ingesting a substance known as “White Gold” for almost ten years. It’s a legal substance. New information from another channel has presented itself to me which suggests that there may be a negative consequence to the DNA of the entity ingesting the substance. I’m deeply concerned that there may be some validity to this statement and am worried that, if it is true, then I may be, in ignorance, distributing a chemical substance which has negative effects on those who ingest it. Is there any information of a spiritual nature that you could offer me involved with the principles of this situation?”

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. The spiritual principle which we would mention at this time in connection with your query is the principle of the individuality of response. All is one, yet each entity is as a snowflake, individual and unique. Each unique energy system operates on its own frequency and with its own peculiarities. Therefore, that which may be extremely helpful for one entity may be neutral for another and may be detrimental for another. Only the percentages vary in terms of this being true of virtually any energy or substance that is offered.

Is there another query that we may consider at this time? We are those of Q’uo.

A: Yes, Q’uo. Could you compare and contrast, from the spiritual perspective, the energy exchanges of sacred sex with the energy exchanges in other spiritual dimensions of empathy?

We are those of Q’uo, and believe we understand your query, my brother. When there is an empathic energy exchange, it is an exchange that does not have the element of sexual touch. The nature of the empathic exchange is not necessarily indigo-ray. Empathic exchanges, that is, one entity understanding another to the point where one is able to experience as that entity, are possible in any of the energy centers. So, my brother, we would say that it is a different animal in terms of its being a more general and more broad category of energy exchange. Yet, certainly, it is, just as is sexual energy exchange, that closing of circuitry of one kind or another where two entities become one.

May we answer you further, my brother?

A: I’m studying a method of providing compassionate empathy in a book called Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg. I’m not clear what my next question would be about that, but if you see anything spiritual about that, I would be interested.

We are those of Q’uo, and my brother, we encourage you to follow the path of resonance and wish you well with your journey.

Is there a final query at this time? We are those of Q’uo.

R: I have a question about energy exchange. Is there energy exchange between you, as an entity that works with a circle of seeking? I understand there is an energy exchange because you work through the channel, and you need to connect with the channel, so some energy moves there. But is there a more general energy exchange because this is a circle of seeking and we ask you to join it, so everybody in the circle exchanges energy in some way?

We are those of Q’uo, and grasp your query my brother. The energy exchange betwixt you and us is the energy exchange of Creator and Creator, equal to equal. The precise nature of the exchange again has to do with the individual. Each entity’s energy body is unique, and each energy body has its ways of receiving and giving energy, not in the specifically sexual sense, but in the sense of having pathways between various of the chakras that are used to working together. This is often a matter that is compounded by the long-held habits of an entity and his tendency to perceive in a certain way. The energy exchange betwixt Spirit in general and yourself in incarnation in general is always deepened and strengthened as the seeker avails himself to the silence and practices meditation and thus becomes able to begin to perceive deeper truths about his own nature.

The more deeply that it is possible for you as an entity to go in opening up and revealing your inner self in terms of opening to contact with us, the more able that we are to become one with you in a very intimate way as we collaborate together to create an instrument whereby perhaps those who seek may find good resources and information for their spiritual journey. When the dedication is set to serve as a channel and when the self has been opened up fearlessly to that possibility, the stage is set for the most efficient and deep energy exchange betwixt those of us of the time/space realm and you in the space/time realm. It is a beautiful and mysterious collaboration which is hedged in artistry and energy. It is a very creative exchange, as we are sure that you are aware, as you yourself have attempted to open yourself to these energies.

R asked: “Is there energy exchange between you, as an entity that works with a circle of seeking? I understand there is an energy exchange because you work through the channel, and you need to connect with the channel, so some energy moves there. But is there a more general energy exchange because this is a circle of seeking and we ask you to join it, so everybody in the circle exchanges energy in some way?” Q’uo began by saying the energy exchange between you and us is the energy exchange of Creator and Creator, and the nature of the exchange  has to do with the individual because each entity’s energy body is unique and has its ways of receiving and giving energy, not in the sexual sense, but in the sense of having pathways between the chakras that are used to working together, and this is a matter that is confused by the habits of an entity and their tendency to perceive in a certain way, so the energy exchange between Spirit and yourself in incarnation is always deepened and strengthened as you avail yourself to the silence and practice meditation and thus become able to begin to perceive deeper truths about your own nature. Then Q’uo said the more deeply that it is possible for you as an entity to go in revealing your inner self in terms of opening to contact with us, the more able that we are to become one with you in an intimate way as we work together to create an instrument whereby those who seek may find resources for their spiritual journey, so when the dedication is set to serve as a channel, and when the self has been opened up to that possibility, the stage is set for a deep energy exchange between those of Q’uo in the time/space realm and you in the space/time realm, and it is a beautiful and mysterious experience which is formed in artistry and energy, so it is a very creative exchange, as you are aware of as you have attempted to open yourself to these energies. On September 3, 1995, Q’uo described the general nature of an energy exchange:

The student, when considering instructions of the teacher, takes that which is the self which it is at its heart with it upon a journey that the teacher offers by presenting the concepts and considerations which are just beyond the student’s current level of understanding and integration within its [inaudible]. As the student walks with the teacher on this mutual journey of teaching and learning the teacher becomes aware of the student’s response according to its own observation of the student’s feedback and the intuition that develops in any relationship that involves energy exchange. Thus, the teacher is being taught how to teach as the student learns what is given. The teacher finds new areas [inaudible] so that there is no possibility of teaching without learning or learning without teaching for those engaged in this process of changing the self. All change is learning. All learning is change.

May we answer you further, my brother?

R: No, Q’uo, thank you for your comments, and thank you for coming in, being repeatedly willing to answer our numerous questions.

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your thanks, my brother. As you know well, our thanks are just as fervent. It is tremendously fulfilling to us to be able to share our thoughts with you and hopefully to be of some small service to those of you who seek so valiantly within the veil on planet Earth. The instrument becomes weary, and we would leave this instrument and this group with thanksgiving and joy, 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 went outside and transplanted a flat of Red Tuberous Begonias in the Ruins Mound. Then I watered them with fertilized water.

This afternoon I went outside and used Venus, my big mower, to mow the grass all around my home because there is rain forecast for the next few days, and the grass needed to be cut before that.

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

April 29

The Inarticulate Voice

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

We are principles of consciousness, the kind of consciousness in which all distorted consciousnesses have their origin.

As in all consciousness, we are inarticulate messengers and are able to impress the paradigms and motivations of Love upon the mind and heart of the pilgrim only to the extent that the consciousness of the pilgrim is slanted towards the bias of the articulation of Love’s message for each and for the harmony of creation.

Thus, even if one seeks the voice of the Spirit, it is also well to seek the consciousness of intuition and articulation of feelings. For it is in small and often inarticulate ways that the voice of the Spirit speaks. And it is the wise pilgrim which has prepared the mind and heart for that still, small voice, expecting not the poverty of intellectual articulation but the riches of clear bias.

We leave you in peace, both now and always. 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.