I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from September 25, 2010:
G: Our question today is: Firstly, we would like you to give us a synopsis of the development of the Creation from prior to the point of the first distortion, all the way through to the third distortion. Secondly, we would like to ask about the spiritual principles of the divine masculine and feminine and where those two polarities first became manifest—how and when they split, one becoming masculine and the other becoming feminine. Thank you.
(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. It is a privilege and a pleasure to be called to your group. We delight in you, your beauty, your courage, your willingness to set aside part of your valuable time to seek the truth. We are eager to share our thoughts with you on the subject of the first three distortions of what this instrument calls The Law of One, and about the role of the divine feminine and the divine masculine, how they began and how they function. It is a large subject, but we look forward to cracking it open and making of it what we can.
First, as always, my friends, we would ask you to do a favor for us. Listen to our words with discernment and discrimination, feeling and sensing into the resonance of that which we say. If what we say seems useful to you, then by all means work with those thoughts that seem helpful. If what we say happens not to hit the mark for you, we ask you to lay the words aside without a second thought and follow the path of resonance. Each of you is entirely responsible for your spiritual path, and you have the wisdom to know what is for you and what is not. Therefore, do not be swayed by the opinions of others or even by your respect for us. We are humble messengers, as you know, and we would not wish to infringe upon your free will or to disturb the even tenor of your walk on what this instrument calls “the King’s highway.”
Firstly, you have asked about the first three distortions and, of course, as is our habit, we go back a bit to talk about the only thing that is not a distortion in terms of the cosmology of the Law of One, and that my friends, is unity. You and we are one; you and each other are one. The tribe of humankind on Planet Earth is one. This is simply due to the fact that the only thing in creation is the Creator and each of you is a spark or an element of that infinite Creator. You shall always be you, through all the octaves of the Creator. You shall take upon yourself sex, appearance, gifts and limitations. You shall bring with you into incarnation relationships you have programmed because it seemed useful to you that such relationships, although always abrasive and always causing some suffering, would serve to bring both of you more into balance. And in third density’s polarity is the caldron, the furnace, the athanor, in which the dross is burned away and you become purified to be truly yourself, as the one known as G has said.
Every instinct tells you that this is folly: “I am not one with that person. I am not one with that nation-state. I am not one with that philosophy or that opinion.” Ah, but you are, you are all things. The challenge, you see, of third density is moving from chaos into mystery; from the scrabbling to know, to own, to have, to be, into the relaxation of allowing yourself to be who you are; to move beyond the surface of life. You, my friends are deep-sea divers. You are not satisfied to skitter across the ocean of life like a dragonfly. You dive deep, and you seek the highest and best truth you can find. And eventually you pierce the veil of otherness and begin to feel the threads of the commonality about which the one known as F was speaking, that lie behind the shapes of judgment.
G asked: “Firstly, we would like you to give us a synopsis of the development of the Creation from prior to the point of the first distortion, all the way through to the third distortion. Secondly, we would like to ask about the spiritual principles of the divine Masculine and Feminine and where those two polarities first became manifest—how and when they split, one becoming masculine and the other becoming feminine.” Q’uo began by saying we have asked about the first three distortions, and Q’uo wanted go back and talk about the only thing that is not a distortion in terms of the cosmology of the Law of One, and that is unity, and the tribe of humankind on Earth is one, and this is due to the fact that the only thing in creation is the Creator, and each of us is a spark of that infinite Creator, so we shall always be us, through all the octaves of the Creator, and we shall take upon our self sex, gifts, and limitations, and we shall bring with us into incarnation relationships we have programmed because it seemed useful to us that such relationships, although always causing suffering, would serve to bring both of us more into balance since in third density polarity is the furnace, the athanor, in which the dross is burned away, and we become purified to be our self. Q’uo went on to say every instinct tells us that this is folly, but we are all things, so the challenge of third density is moving from chaos into mystery; from the scrabbling to know and into the relaxation of allowing our self to be who we are, and to move beyond the surface of life, so we are deep-sea divers, and we dive deep, and we seek the highest and best truth we can find, so eventually we pierce the veil of forgetting and begin to feel the threads of the commonality about which F was speaking, that lie behind the shapes of judgment. On September 2, 2001, Q’uo described the surface of life in third density:
The surface of life has a spurious and shallow reality that is nonetheless undeniable. It is a world of complete illusion, and in that world the dragon thrashes its tail. And angels in flesh quiver, defend, worry, and hope to respond in ways that add love to the illusion. A little positive, a little negative, and the illusion wags on, doing the job it was meant to do, thoroughly confusing, baffling, and frustrating. All efforts of the linear and conscious intellect to control it bring each inevitably, surely, if each is honest, to the realization that the self knows nothing. That the life of the surface has nothing. That all is “vanity and striving after wind,” as this instrument would quote from her Bible.
This unity is for all of you. And yet it does not keep you from being an individual. Every choice you have made in every incarnation goes into the personality you chose for this incarnation. My friends, it is as if you took a suitcase, not a large suitcase but an overnight bag. It’s a small stay, one incarnation, after all. You do not need much, a few gifts, a few relationships. You pack your bag. You pack your limitations, you pack your challenges, and you set out to plunge into a dark world. For the sun may shine upon the Earth but in terms of spiritual seeking, all is in darkness. Nothing can be seen, nothing can be known or proved, and it is up to you to disengage yourself from your culture, your parenting, your hard-learned lessons of fitting in, to become, as this instrument was saying, a witness to yourself.
It is not that you are a witness. You are you. It is that when you witness your own life, it gives you a sense of proportion. This instrument often, in challenging circumstances, creates a cartoon in her mind and then busies herself by putting the right caption under it to make herself laugh. The more ways that you have of lifting yourself away from the impulsivity of quick emotion, and touching into that Balm of Gilead which is the underlying self that is one with the Creator, the more riches your incarnation shall have for you. Unity is the deepest and most profound truth that we know. You are all the Creator. Do not turn it around and try to say that the Creator is all of you, for the Creator is infinite. If the Creator was not infinite the Creation would not be one.
Then Q’uo said unity is for all of us, yet it does not keep us from being an individual, and every choice we have made in every incarnation goes into the personality we chose for this incarnation, so it is as if we took a suitcase for one incarnation, and we do not need much: a few gifts and a few relationships, so we pack our bag with limitations and challenges, and we set out to plunge into a dark world, so the sun may shine upon the Earth, but in terms of spiritual seeking, all is in darkness, and nothing can be seen, or proved, and it is up to us to disengage our self from our culture, our hard-learned lessons of fitting in, and to become, as Carla was saying, a witness to our self. Q’uo continued by saying it is not that we are a witness because when we witness our life, it gives us a sense of proportion, so Carla often, in challenging circumstances, creates a cartoon in her mind, and then busies herself by putting the right caption under it to make herself laugh, so the more ways that we have of lifting our self away from the tendency of quick emotions, and touching into that Balm of Gilead, which is the underlying self that is one with the Creator, the more riches our incarnation shall have, for unity is the most profound truth that we know, so we are all the Creator, but do not turn it around to say that the Creator is all of us, for the Creator is infinite, and if the Creator was not infinite the Creation would not be one. On January 6, 2002, Q’uo described the Balm of Gilead:
Each within this group deals at this time with those difficulties which seem to smack of the cold and the ice of inconvenience, discomfort and pain. Yet we say to you that within the warm nest of hearth, and home, and heart, the balm of Gilead lies sleeping, waiting to be taken up and used, and all of the energies of healing, peace, and new life are upon the wind, harbingers of the spring and the blooming time to come. Know that all is well. Know that all seasons have their beauty, and rest in that faith and hope which informs your heart when it opens to the shining face of the one original Creator
Now, you asked about the first three distortions of The Law of One. In the deepest sense the first distortion is Free Will, because it was by choosing by Free Will to know Itself that the Creator created the creation of which you all are a part. He wished to know more about Himself. His curiosity is endless and His sense of play and artistry equally infinite. And so, as you experience and make that catalyst that happens to you into wisdom and received grace, the Creator receives that harvest and knows ever more about Itself. Even if an entity were to choose all the things that you personally consider to be wrong, yet still, that entity is not making an error, for he too is offering to the Creator the harvest of his desires and their satisfaction.
It was a long time and many, many creations before the Creator decided to try the experiment of offering total free will to the sparks of Itself that each of you would call human. Yet this is your situation. Your free will is paramount. The other person’s free will is also paramount, which means that your rights stop behind your teeth and at the end of your nose. The free will that you have is to make choices for yourself, not for others. Observing and recognizing your own free will and that of others as well is a great key to using your incarnation well. What frees you from those feelings of responsibility that “I should do this, I should do that?” The question is what do you wish to do, what do you desire to do, what do you wish to set your intention to do? The more you know your own mind, the more you are able to live in a way that respects and honors your own free will and your own ability to choose for yourself at every turn, and the better you will know your own desires and can set your own intentions.
Now Q’uo said we asked about the first three distortions of the Law of One, so the first distortion is Free Will, because it was by choosing Free Will to know Itself that the Creator created the creation of which we all are a part because It wished to know more about Itself, and It’s curiosity is endless, and It’s sense of play and artistry equally infinite, so as we experience and transform that catalyst that happens to us into wisdom and received grace, the Creator receives that harvest and knows ever more about Itself, so even if we were to choose all the things that we consider to be wrong, yet we are not making an error, for we too are offering to the Creator the harvest of our desires and satisfaction. Q’uo continued by saying it was a long time and many creations before the Creator decided to try the experiment of offering total free will to the sparks of Itself that each of us would call human, yet this is our situation since our free will is paramount, and the other person’s free will is also paramount, which means that our rights stop behind our teeth and at the end of our nose, so the free will that we have is to make choices for our self, not for others, and observing and recognizing our free will and that of others as well is a key to using our incarnation well, and what frees us from those feelings of responsibility that “I should do this, I should do that,” so the question is what do we wish to set our intention to do? And the more we know our mind, the more we are able to live in a way that honors our free will and our ability to choose for our self at every turn, and the better we will know our desires and can set our intentions. On February 22, 2020, Q’uo described the basic nature of free will:
Indeed, free will is what the universe is built upon. For each portion of the One Infinite Creator that exists because of the freewill choice of the Creator to know Itself has the same free will of the Creator. This allows each choice that is made by each entity within the infinite creation to be able to illustrate yet another way for the Creator to know Itself. When taken in total with the infinity of beings in the infinity of planets in the infinite creation, this information allows the Creator to know itself in ways that are more pure, more varied, and more powerful than would have been possible for the Creator to know if these entities had not been created.
Each entity then, within its own individual experience of moving back into unity with the One Creator, has the free will to move on this journey in whatever manner it chooses: any religion, any philosophy, any thoughts, any way at all may be attempted, may be refined, may be replaced, may be accelerated, may be rested. There is free will in every choice, in every instance, for every entity. Every entity can decide whether or not it believes it has free will. An entity can decide that it does not have free will out of its own free will to make a choice. There are an infinite number of choices that may be made. Some are paradoxical, some are antithetical to further learning. The entity will learn, through trial and error, which are which.
Therefore, in that instance in which the one known as F quoted, the Free Will is a paramount distortion of the Logos in that each of you, as sparks of the Creator, have that Free Will, but the first experience of Free Will is that of the Creator’s. And, therefore, Free Will is far before manifestation. It is the setting of intention, that right use of Free Will that enables the Creator or the co-co-Creator, which is each of you, to live a life that is untrammeled by victimhood or confusion. We are not saying that there will not be confusion. There is often confusion. But when you have satisfied yourself as to the object of your desire, if you can focus upon what you actually desire and set your intention concerning that desire, then if you can live according to that intention, your path is always smooth before you. Your confusion then is a matter of saying, “All right, here is my situation. As I see it, it is thus and thus, and I feel that my highest and best response to that situation is to choose this.” Once the choice is made you simply pursue it, not doubting yourself, not second-guessing yourself, but participating fully and being entirely present with that situation, with that choice, and with all that ensues therefrom.
The second distortion of the Law of One is the Logos. Logos is a Greek word and when you open the Bible to the Gospel of John, it begins with the Logos: “In the beginning was the Word.” The Greek for that Word is Logos. “In the beginning was the Logos. The Logos was with God, and the Logos was God.” The Logos is with God because the infinite Creator is beyond any manifestation, even the manifestation of the one great original Thought or Logos of unconditional and absolute Love. Therefore, the Creator set Its intention to know Itself. And so were born the infinite billions of galaxies and the infinite billions of stars in each galaxy and the millions of opportunities for sentient life that exist in that universe that you can see with your instruments. Yet all things are distortions of Love. The challenge is always to find the Love, to see through the chaos that surrounds confused entities’ relationships and so forth. And this is true whether it is the relationships of the family, between two people, or the relationships between nation-states. The world lives on the surface of things, skittering along on the surface in lie after lie after lie, for there are always advantages to be seen, power to be found, influence to be felt, resources to gather, and the tangled emotions of entities who only imperfectly grasp who they are and why they are here.
Q’uo continued by saying in that instance in which F quoted, Free Will is a paramount distortion of the Logos in that each of us, as sparks of the Creator, have Free Will, but the first experience of Free Will is that of the Creator’s, and Free Will comes before manifestation, so it is the right use of Free Will that enables the Creator, or the co-Creator, which is each of us, to live a life that is unrestricted by confusion, but Q’uo was not saying that there will not be confusion since there is often confusion, but when we have satisfied our self as to the object of our desire, if we can focus upon what we desire and set our intention concerning that desire, then if we can live according to that intention, our path is always smooth before us, and our confusion then is a matter of saying: “All right, here is my situation. As I see it, it is thus and thus, and I feel that my highest and best response to that situation is to choose this,” and once the choice is made, we pursue it, not doubting our self but being present with that situation, with that choice, and with all that ensues therefrom. Q’uo continued by saying the second distortion of the Law of One is the Logos, and Logos is a Greek word, and when we open the Bible to the Gospel of John, it begins with the Logos: “In the beginning was the Word,” and the Greek for that Word is Logos, and “In the beginning was the Logos, so the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God,” and the Logos is with God because the infinite Creator is beyond the manifestation of the one great original Thought or Logos of unconditional Love, so the Creator set Its intention to know Itself, and so were born the infinite billions of galaxies and the infinite billions of stars in each galaxy and the millions of opportunities for sentient life that exist in that universe that we can see with our instruments, yet all things are distortions of Love, and the challenge is always to find the Love, to see through the chaos that surrounds confused entities’ relationships, and this is true whether it is the relationships of the family, between two people, or the relationships between nation-states, so the world lives on the surface of things, in lie after lie, for there are always advantages to be seen, power to be found, resources to gather, and the tangled emotions of entities who only imperfectly grasp who they are and why they are here. On January 10, 1987, Q’uo spoke about the many distortions of Love:
Love cannot be seen by those who are not willing to open and call upon the consciousness of Love. Thus, there is always the leap, shall we say, of faith that states as a necessary assumption that the mystery behind all the things that are not is in the end the one thing about the illusion which cannot be denied—that is, Love. We may talk about the terrible distortions of Love, we may drag the name of Love through the dirt of every battle and war that has ever been fought, we may deprive Love of every satisfaction it has ever been given by poet or musician, yet there is not one honest spirit that can deny the palpable effect of Love within the life experience.
Thus, the leap of faith is not so great, but only an optimistic telling of what each entity knows is the most creative and powerful force, illusory or real, within the creation.
There is always something in the present moment to spark the heart and engage the passion of a seeker, for there is always a chance for adoration, forgiveness, or some expression of the Love of the one infinite Creator. This is one thing which we wish to say, for when many things are in doubt about one’s perceptions, it is well to move to the only perception which has a central part in the evolution of spirit.
Do not stay there, my friends. Dive down into the ocean, that infinite ocean of beingness, until you come to the calm waters where pearls are creating themselves from the sand that irritates the shell, where beauty and truth exist like the jewels that they are, and where the ideals that you have in your heart of hearts walk, and breathe, and live in a reality beyond all realities that you can imagine. It is wonderful to find those places deep beneath the surface, with their tsunamis and hurricanes and storms, where all remains peaceful and the movement of the great heart of creation is slow and steady. Now, naturally one must exist on the surface of life. One must learn the buzz and get along with one’s fellow human beings. And that is all to the good. That is the source of your catalyst. Be grateful for that confusion and that chaos. But take the blessings and the challenges that you have and dive deep into the waters of infinity and eternity. They live within your hearts. You only have to open the door to your heart to find those deep waters. And as we have said so often to you, my friends, the key to that door is silence.
The third distortion is that of Light. And it is only at this point, far down the chain of the Law of One, that manifestation occurs. Manifestation is slow in coming. Much must be accomplished first. Yet you live in a world of manifestations. And thusly, you see, you are always climbing what this instrument would call Jacob’s ladder, only you are climbing it down into the depths of your own heart. And there the Creator lies, beyond all manifestation, beyond all images, beyond all ideas of what is real—ready to heal, ready to nurture, ready to Love. Many would say that sounds as though the Creator were the divine Mother, not the divine Father. And this is our bridge to speak about the role of the divine Masculine and the divine Feminine.
Q’uo said do not stay there, but dive down into that infinite ocean of beingness until we come to the calm waters where pearls are creating themselves from the sand that irritates the shell, where beauty and truth exist like the jewels that they are, and where the ideals that we have in our heart of hearts breathe and live in a reality beyond all realities that we can imagine, and it is wonderful to find those places deep beneath the surface, with its storms, where all remains peaceful, and the movement of the great heart of creation is slow and steady, but we must exist on the surface of life, learn the buzz, and get along with our fellow human beings, so that is all to the good because that is the source of our catalyst, so be grateful for that confusion, but take the blessings and the challenges that we have and dive deep into the waters of infinity since they live within our hearts, and we only have to open the door to our heart to find those deep waters, and the key to that door is silence. Then Q’uo said the third distortion is that of Light, and it is only at this point, far down the chain of the Law of One, that manifestation slowly occurs, but much must be accomplished first, yet we live in a world of manifestations, and we are always climbing what Carla would call Jacob’s ladder, but we are climbing it down into the depths of our heart, and there the Creator lies, beyond all manifestation and beyond all ideas of what is real—ready to heal, ready to nurture, ready to Love, so many would say that sounds as though the Creator was the divine Mother, not the divine Father, and this is Q’uo’s bridge to speak about the role of the divine Masculine and the divine Feminine. On May 26, 2018, Q’uo described the third distortion of Light:
The Third Distortion of Light would be correlated with what you would call the body, in our estimation, for the Light is that which forms all things, all that is created as a field of being full of forms of life that are invested with the desire to grow, to be, to seek, to become. Thus, there is a correlation that is somewhat apparent upon close examination.
It can be very confusing to think about masculinity and femininity, because there are so many levels, all of them equally valid, at which that dynamic opposition occurs. The way most entities think about masculinity and femininity is according to the outward appearance of an entity. If an entity has breasts and a vagina, that entity is feminine. If an entity has a penis and a scrotum, that entity is masculine. My friends, this barely scratches the surface but at least almost everyone is aware of the difference between the two, and aware that society has given men and women quite different roles, and not just the society, but the biological nature of men and women, has enculturated and preserved those differences and even attempted to codify them.
At that level it is well to note that the chief difference between the two sexes is that one biological sex is given the ocean of life, so that she necessarily becomes a priestess who can conceive and bear a child. The ocean of life runs through her, and she is able to manifest that child. The male is not given this contact, this participation, in the ocean of life. He can come close. He can never experience the ebb and the flow of the tides of that ocean. Consequently, there is innate in women a certain inner power. Further, it is instinct as well as enculturation that offers to women an absolute and usually complete access to mother Love, the Love that is above and beyond all loves. That Love touches into infinity, which is commensurate with the great gift that women carry within them. Men, on the other hand tend to be larger or more powerful, more directed to protect and serve, as the policeman’s motto often goes. Yet both men and women are challenged by the same ideal, and that is to use their power rightly.
Q’uo said it can be very confusing to think about masculinity and femininity, because there are so many levels, all of them equally valid, at which that dynamic opposition occurs, so the way most entities think about masculinity and femininity is according to the outward appearance of an entity, so if an entity has breasts and a vagina, that entity is feminine, and if an entity has a penis and a scrotum, that entity is masculine, so this barely scratches the surface, but everyone is aware of the difference between the two, and aware that society has given men and women different roles, and not just the society, but the biological nature of men and women has enculturated and preserved those differences and even attempted to codify them. Q’uo went on to say at that level it is well to note that the chief difference between the two sexes is that one biological sex is given the ocean of life, so that she necessarily becomes a priestess who can conceive and bear a child because the ocean of life runs through her, and she is able to manifest that child, but the male is not given this participation in the ocean of life, so he can come close, but he can never experience the ebb and the flow of the tides of that ocean, so in women there is a certain inner power, and it is instinct as well as enculturation that offers to women a complete access to mother Love, the Love that is above and beyond all loves, and that Love touches into infinity, which corresponds with the great gift that women carry within them, but men tend to be larger and more powerful, more directed to protect and serve, yet both men and women are challenged by the same ideal, and that is to use their power rightly. On January 19, 2008, Q’uo spoke about how Carla functioned as a priestess in her daily bath ritual:
Carla, during the whirlpool portion of the bath, actively works with angelic presences, mentally expressing her love, thankfulness and joy and rededicating herself to the service of the one infinite Creator. By doing so, she charges the water, acting as a priestess for both, although this too is never spoken.
Secondly, the dance of the bath moves into the succeeding moments of dressing and moving into the next item of the day in ways which link and tie in the energies of Love, cooperation and mutual participation in the dance so that the dance does not end when the bathwater is drained.
In ritual, there are two kinds of form. There is the form of movement and there is the form of words. Behind those forms of motion and speaking lie the thoughts of the magician who is speaking and acting. To a magician there is no empty action. The dance is always ongoing. And at the very center of the dance, always, there is Love. The magician invokes aspects of love, standing on a plinth of Love, surrounded by Love, and seeking only finer and more sensitive attunements of that Love.
It is also to be noted that a great source of confusion in your Earth world is due to the fact that the male sex is aware of the inner power of women and is somewhat challenged by it. Consequently, there will be every effort made by the usual non-thinking person who is male to keep women in their place, to tell themselves that women are inferior, to belittle them when they have intuition about which men do not know, for it is something that they can never understand. The instinct of a bully is not to harmonize but to control, and it is a sorry mess that your societies have tended to make of the possibility of dancing together, male and female, in utter harmony, seeing themselves as a tag team or on a tandem bicycle, working together, setting their intentions in common, and creating of life a glory and an honestation to the Creator. These things are within your grasp personally. Can you change your society? Do not be concerned with that, for as you change yourself, so you change the world.
Now, let us dive, as we have encouraged you to do, and look at the male and female aspects from a deeper point of view. When entities have opened their hearts, and they are ready to communicate with honesty and with the best truth that they know, and when they are content to lay all aside and allow the radiance that is pouring through them from the infinite Creator to be themselves, then there is the opportunity to awaken to a magical world, a world in which the polarities make sense for the first time. When does polarity begin? In the sense in which you ask it, my friends, polarity begins in third density, the only density in which that kind of polarity does exist. Because it is the only world or environment in which nothing can be known, spiritually speaking. A veil of forgetting is dropped when you enter incarnation, and it is not to be lifted until the incarnation is at an end and you rejoin the dance of Creation first-hand.
Now Q’uo said it is also to be noted that a source of confusion in our Earth world is due to the fact that the male sex is aware of the inner power of women and is somewhat challenged by it, so there will be every effort made by the male to keep women in their place, to tell themselves that women are inferior, to belittle them when they have intuition about which men do not know, for it is something that they can never understand, so the instinct of a bully is not to harmonize but to control, and it is a sorry mess that our societies have tended to make of the possibility of dancing together, male and female, in utter harmony, seeing themselves as working together, setting their intentions in common, and creating of life a glory and an honestation to the Creator, and these things are within our grasp personally, so we should not be concerned with changing the world, for as we change our self, so we change the world. Q’uo continued by saying let us look at the male and female aspects from a deeper point of view, so when we have opened our hearts, and we are ready to communicate, and when we are content to lay all aside and allow the radiance that is pouring through us from the infinite Creator to be our selves, then there is the opportunity to awaken to a magical world, a world in which the polarities make sense for the first time, and polarity begins in third density, the only density in which that kind of polarity does exist because it is the only density in which nothing can be known, spiritually speaking, because a veil of forgetting is dropped when we enter incarnation, and it is not to be lifted until our incarnation is at an end, and we rejoin the dance of Creation first-hand. On September 28, 2019, Q’uo described the purpose of the veil of forgetting:
The third-density experience, as you are well aware, is not one of understanding, for there is the veil of forgetting that separates the conscious from the unconscious minds, and from the greater nature of reality that is the true reality in which we live and move and have our being. However, within the third-density experience, this veil of forgetting makes it impossible to know or understand for sure what will be the product or the result of one’s efforts in service to others. What one can know is one’s intention, one’s desire, the strength of the desire to be of service, to be a loving entity, and to seek the One Creator within each experience, is that which will lead one forward upon the path of service to others, and increase the positive polarity according to the strength of the will and intention to serve.
The reason for this unknowing is that nothing that you do out of knowledge or hindsight, shall we say, is powerful to you. As the ones of Ra said, you can have a take-home test, an open book test, and look up all the answers and get it all right, but it means nothing to you except a good grade. It is only when you can’t look up the answers, and you are thrown back upon your resources that you are challenged to find them and use them to move yourself away from what this instrument would call “the matrix” or consensus reality and into that magical land where things do make sense, where there is a reason for every polarity, light and dark, male and female, old and young. Everything in your world has polarity. Electricity works by polarity, gravity works by polarity, and so forth. It is a world of polarity.
Now when one does the magical ritual known as “The Banishing Ritual of the Lesser Pentagram,” which this instrument and the one known as Jim do every morning, the first visualization is of what this instrument would call the Star of David, a six-pointed star. It can be visualized thusly: there is an upside-down delta, or an upside down pyramid, which is the feminine principle, and there is the right side up delta or pyramid which is the masculine principle. And as those two are inevitably attracted to each other, they form a brightly shining star, the guiding motif of your density. Love holds the male and the female principles together. Each is the obverse of the other. The male reaches. The female awaits the reaching.
Then Q’uo said the reason for this unknowing is that nothing that we do out of knowledge is powerful to us, and as Ra said we can have an open book test, look up all the answers, and get it all right, but it means nothing to us except a good grade, so it is only when we can’t look up the answers, and we are thrown back upon our resources, that we are challenged to find them, and use them to move our self away from what Carla would call consensus reality and into that magical land where things do make sense, where there is a reason for every polarity, light and dark, male and female, old and young since everything in our world has polarity. Now Q’uo said when we do the magical ritual known as “The Banishing Ritual of the Lesser Pentagram,” which Carla and Jim do every morning, the first visualization is of what Carla would call the Star of David, a six-pointed star, and it can be visualized thusly: there is an upside down pyramid, which is the feminine principle, and there is the right side up pyramid which is the masculine principle, and as those two are inevitably attracted to each other, they form a brightly shining star, the guiding motif of our density, so Love holds the male and the female principles together, and each is the opposite of the other as the male reaches, and the female awaits the reaching. On March 28, 2009, Q’uo elaborated on the nature of the Star of David:
The nature of polarity is such that it echoes to the very fabric of your third-density illusion. Each of you is able to name many dynamic opposites: light and dark, good and evil, warm and cold, wet and dry, and so forth. The very fabric of your existence has the overarching glyph of the Star of David, that figure which is made up of the up-thrusting male principle in its delta form and the downward-pointing pyramid of the female principle. As they come together and merge, they form the Star of David.
There are ways to look at the male and female of the illusion, the attributes given to the female side and the attributes given to the male side of the so-called Tree of Life, and then those androgynous energies which are in the middle of that figure, lending coherence and relationship to the whole. And you are creatures of the Star of David and the Tree of Life. You are walking matrices which are able to juxtapose and merge the physical and the metaphysical, the outer and the inner, the temporal and the eternal. Each of you is a walking gateway between two worlds.
Penetrated more and more, this image yields the awareness that it is as inevitable that the sexes or the polarities of humankind harmonize as it is that they are different. Only by loving each other and moving into that locked design that is the Star of David does this third density come to life. Thusly, one principle is not better than the other. They are entirely equal and ready to be harmonized, but according to the free will of each. And within the system of magic that this instrument understands, each entity is both biological male and biological female in an infinite subtly of different ways.
Some women, for instance, move more according to male energy than female, regardless of their biological sexuality. Some men reflect the divine Feminine with far more clarity than they reflect the divine Masculine. And the two come together because they must, because it is within their very DNA to come together and create life, and in creating life they create the opportunity for service. There is a glyph that is essential to western ritual magic called the Tree of Life. There are three pillars to the Tree of Life. There is a feminine side and there is a masculine side. There also is a central pillar which is created of those elements that magicians of old felt were neither feminine nor masculine. We feel that it is educational and interesting to see what characteristics are considered feminine and which are considered masculine. Yet we do not suggest that you are bound by those judgments. It is simply a picture of relationships that help you to think about what it is to be feminine and what it is to be masculine. Each polarity loves and desires love, yet to the masculine principle is given more aggression, more linear thinking, logic and such characteristics. To the feminine principle is given that which is not aggressive but which is immediate, intuitive, and beautiful. The gifts of each make little sense until they have harmonized, each to each, to form, on the small level instead of the level of the world, the Star of David.
Q’uo went on to say when this image is penetrated more and more, it yields the awareness that it is as inevitable that the sexes, or the polarities of humankind, harmonize as it is that they are different, and only by loving each other and moving into that locked design that is the Star of David does this third density come to life, and one principle is not better than the other, so they are equal and ready to be harmonized, but according to the free will of each, and within the system of magic that Carla understands, each entity is both biological male and biological female in an infinite subtly of different ways. So Q’uo said some women move according to male energy than female, and some men reflect the divine feminine with far more clarity than they reflect the divine masculine, and as the two come together because it is within their DNA to come together and create life, and in creating life they create the opportunity for service, so there is a glyph that is essential to western ritual magic called the Tree of Life, and there are three pillars to the Tree of Life that includes a feminine side, a masculine side, and a central pillar which is created of those elements that magicians of old felt were neither feminine nor masculine, and Q’uo felt that it is educational to see what characteristics are considered feminine and which are considered masculine, yet they did not suggest that we are bound by those judgments, for it is a picture of relationships that help us to think about what it is to be feminine and what it is to be masculine, so each polarity loves, yet to the masculine principle is given more aggression and more linear thinking, but to the feminine principle is given that which is not aggressive but which is immediate, intuitive, and beautiful, so the gifts of each make little sense until they have harmonized to form, on the small level instead of the level of the world, the Star of David. On July 14, 1994, Q’uo described the nature of the Tree of Life:
The Tree of Life is a cabalistic configuration which, in general, describes a universe or cosmology wherein only the tiniest or end part of reality, as such, is in any way visible while the seeker is within the valley of birth and death, that is, in the body of flesh. The great preponderance of this reality is firmly rooted within the concept of heaven or ultimate reality. Within this figure, this tree may be seen to be then upside down as far as mortal eyes might behold, that tip of the tree being the entire physical universe as seen by mortal eyes. The unity of this symbol is preserved through the creation of a harmonious array of dynamics which can loosely be called male and female or positive and negative. Within this system, then, all is harmonized into a unity, so that even that tiny tip of reality which is the physical universe has, as in a holograph, a complete idea of reality. Each tiny spark of this limitless reality, then, contains the pattern of the whole, and unity is preserved throughout the figure’s dynamic system of archetypes.
Generally, those who are masculine by sexuality have come into this incarnation to deal to some extent with power. What is the right use of their power? If they can control, should they control?
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(Carla channeling)
Whatis the right use of that power? To love, to nurture, to be patient, to forgive? The point of polarity, in the sexual sense, whether it is on the surface of life or deep into the archetypal mind, is both to accentuate and to purify those characteristics that seem to go with the sexuality that is biological, and then to make the offering to the other sex of all that you have and all that you are. Then you together take up the magical dance of polarity and you can collaborate to do wonderful things. Often, it seems as though a couple is not supportive of each other. The woman goes one way and the man goes another. And yet if they are holding each other in love, if they are keeping alive the excitement that bonded them into the Star of David in the first place, then their whole life is richer and fuller.
Your incarnation is largely about loving. And learning to love as the Creator loves is a challenge. Each time you are stopped by the opposite sex in transigence in some way you are tempted to think, “Ah, I’m disgusted. I would just rather be me and single and alone.” Yet in that state you are diminished, compared to the strength and the depth of your catalyst. Learning to serve each other is the challenge. Thusly, we encourage you to glorify and find ever better ways to express that divine principle which is Love, distorted according to your sexuality, while at the same time realizing that this polarity is a dance or a game that you are playing in order to learn. You might call third density a Montessori School. Instead of books, you are given games, and they are learning games. Your game is to create love from hatred, unity from disharmony, joy from sadness, hope from fear, consolation from distress, and the polarity you seem to have feeds into that wonderful goal only insofar as it gives you the pathways that you may walk to find the truth within you. There are many paths to the truth. You shall not make a mistake as you walk, although as the one known as Ra noted that there are always surprises.
Q’uo continued by saying the right use of power is to love, nurture, be patient, and to forgive because the point of polarity, in the sexual sense, whether it is on the surface of life or deep into the archetypal mind, is both to accentuate and to purify those characteristics that go with sexuality that is biological, and then to make the offering to the other sex of all that we have and all that we are, and then together we take up the magical dance of polarity, and we can collaborate to do wonderful things, but so often it seems as though a couple is not supportive of each other, and the woman goes one way, and the man goes another, yet if they are holding each other in love, and if they are keeping alive the excitement that bonded them into the Star of David in the first place, then their whole life is richer and fuller. Then Q’uo said our incarnation is about learning to love as the Creator Loves, and it is a challenge, so each time we are stopped by the opposite sex in some way we are tempted to think: “Ah, I’m disgusted. I would just rather be me and single and alone.” Yet in that state we are diminished, compared to the strength of our catalyst, and learning to serve each other is the challenge, so Q’uo encouraged us find better ways to express that divine principle which is Love, distorted according to our sexuality, while at the same time realizing that this polarity is a dance that we are playing in order to learn and instead of books, we are given learning games and, our game is to create love from hatred, joy from sadness, hope from fear, and the polarity we have feeds into that goal only insofar as it gives us the pathways that we may walk to find the truth within us, so there are many paths to the truth, and we shall not make a mistake as we walk, although as Ra noted that there are always surprises. On June 17, 1990, Hatonn said the purpose of the divine feminine principle within us is to love us:
When you are discouraged and at your weakest, picture yourself in the arms of the Creator, nurtured and cradled and loved, infinitely, infinitely loved. Thus shall you nurture yourself until your pain is quieted and your faith is reawakened. No matter how many times this occurs, nurture yourself again, that is, allow the nurturing Creator within, that female, divine principle, to Love and cradle and hold you, and rock you, and care for you, until you may rest in bliss and quietness, and renew your strength of the spirit.
We are those of Q’uo: My friends, this is, as we said, only the merest tip of the iceberg of this interesting subject. If you wish to query at another time, we are delighted to work with you. But for now, we feel that this is all that this instrument can do and all that this group can do as far as maintaining that focus that has given us such a good channel into this instrument this evening. So, we would open the meeting to other questions. Is there another query at this time? We are those of Q’uo.
F: What is the function of judgment in human consciousness?
We are those of Q’uo: The function of judgment is to place within you a picture, a way to think, a way to be, a way to feel that you may examine for what you would consider to be virtue. My sister, there is no escaping judgment. The faculty of judgment or differentiation between various characteristics is part and parcel of the human personality. In an entity which has not yet chosen its polarity of service to others or service to self, the faculty of judgment is largely wasted, because that judgment is not questioned. As the parents taught, so the child thinks. As the society teaches, so the person thinks. As the companies give advertisements, so the consumer thinks. Judgment is infinite. And yet it goes nowhere for it is not questioned, it is not used except as a bat to hit at that which is other than that which the person has been taught to think is good.
In one who is aware, and alert, and attentive the function of judgment in human experience is to bring from the hall of mirrors a thought to be used as grist for the mill. The seeking entity gazes upon that judgment and asks itself, “Where is the Love in this thought?” For there is Love in every corner, cranny, and nook of creation. That question takes the seeking spirit on many wondrous side trips. Indeed, the entire hall of mirrors around you is designed for nothing as much as to give you opportunities to feel things, to react and respond to things, so that you have something to chew on, you have decisions to make, you have, shall we say, judgments to hand down to yourself.
In one who is oriented towards service to self, judgment will be refined and honed for its own uses: the inclusion of the elite, the exclusion of all others, the relegating of those others to the condition of slavery and non-humanhood. In the hands of the mind and the heart of service to others oriented entities, the faculty of judgment is to bring to one’s attention some part of the personality shell or ego, some part of that self, that universal self, that is not yet recognized by the seeker as itself. Thusly, in a way you could see judgment as an indication of spiritual illness, and the solution to that judgment that separates as the medicament of Love that does not vary from the truth one iota, and yet finds the harmony in disparate things.
F asked: “What is the function of judgment in human consciousness?” Q’uo began by saying the function of judgment is to place within us a way to think, a way to be, and a way to feel that we may examine for what we consider to be virtue, but there is no escaping judgment because it is part of our human personality, and in an entity which has not chosen its polarity of service to others or service to self, the faculty of judgment is because that judgment is not questioned, and judgment is infinite, yet it goes nowhere, for it is not questioned, and it is not used except as a bat to hit at that which is other than that which we have been taught to think is good. Then Q’uo said in one who is aware of the function of judgment is to bring from the hall of mirrors a thought to be used as grist for the mill, and as we gaze upon that judgment we may ask our self, “Where is the Love in this thought?” For there is Love in every corner of creation, and that question takes the seeking spirit on many wondrous side trips, so the hall of mirrors around us is designed for nothing as much as to give us opportunities to react and respond to things, so that we have something to chew on, and we have decisions to make and judgments to hand down to our self. Q’uo continued by saying in one who is oriented towards service to self, judgment will be refined and honed for its own uses: the inclusion of the elite, the exclusion of all others, the relegating of those others to the condition of slavery and non-humanhood, but in the hands of the mind and the heart of service to others oriented entities, the faculty of judgment is to bring to our attention some part of our personality shell, that universal self that is not yet recognized by us as our self, so we could see judgment as an indication of spiritual illness, and the solution to that judgment that separates us is the medicine of Love that does not vary from the truth, and yet it finds harmony in different things. On June 17, 2005, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the hall of mirrors:
This instrument has often talked, in the context of her life in community in the last several months and years, of the experiencing of community as a hall of mirrors and she has often said, “The most you can hope from the hall of mirrors is that the mirrors speak to you gently, lovingly, and honestly.” Everyone that you meet is a mirror to you. My brother, most of them are not kind, and they are certainly not capable of being honest. Therefore, you feel as though you are in a carnival, in the house of crazy mirrors that show you to be too tall, or too short, or too fat, or too thin to represent your true image. Let this be so. Let the distortions be as they are and then say, “What do I see in this mirror that can help me to grow?”
We are those of Q’uo: May we answer you further, my sister?
F: No, that’s very helpful.
We thank you. We are those of Q’uo. Is there another query at this time?
[Pause]
We find that we have exhausted the supply of questions which those present are willing to verbalize and therefore, with the greatest of appreciation for your beauty, we leave you, as we found you, in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We thank you, my friends. It has been a pleasure. We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai, my friends. Adonai. We leave you in love and light.
This morning I went outside and used my trimmer to trim weeds out of all the walkways and gardens around the fishpond and the pet cemetery.
This afternoon I used my trimmer to trim all of the weeds around my side yard and garden and all of the gardens in the front yard as well as a small amount of trimming of the weeds around the bird feeder in the back yard.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
June 2
Your Connection With Eternity
I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of divine Love.
Experience in this moment the fullness of joy. Let go of every limitation, every negative thought, and everything that may keep you from perfect joy. Experience this natural and wondrous feeling in its purity and allow it to remove your consciousness from the mundane concerns of a limited world.
You are creatures of a human lifetime, and in that expression you may offer certain gifts. The ground of these gifts, however, lies in your connection with eternity.
We leave you in Love and 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.
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