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 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.
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(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.
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