I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Laitos channeling for this session comes from January 18, 1989:
Carla channeling)
I am Laitos. I greet you in the Love and in the Light of the infinite Creator and thank you for the privilege of being called to your meditation this evening. We are most happy to be able to use this instrument to work with those of you who wish to learn the disciplines necessary for a considerably more careful use of the self for service than perhaps would be possible without some guidance. The guidance that we give is not only for the service of vocal channeling. Those tools which you bring to the preparation of vocal channeling as service to others are also those tools which are needed to do any of the work done with a completely open heart. Healing, art, music, dance, architecture, all the expressions of aesthetic authenticity spring from an entity who knows who they are and what their ideal is.
Thus, it is not only those who work as vocal channels who may, perhaps, be able to gain some small benefit from considering these matters, but, indeed, any who truly wish to be of service to others. My friends, service to others begins with the self, for, indeed, all about you are faces of yourself. Those things which most distress you about others are those things which are the reflection of yourself, and in those things, you may see a distorted version of that which is occurring within you. Thus, each relationship is like a mirror in time that moves with you along that river, showing to you your own face in a biased manner which may provide catalyst so that you may work upon the self. It is obvious, but we will say it anyway, that in the normal run of things, an entity, no matter how sincerely seeking, may not have the luxury of a simple path, nor of a path which is without some conflict. It is not, in our opinion, and we stress that it is only our opinion, of moment whether or not there is conflict in a relationship, for honest disagreements may be harmonious. The only thing that is important is the priority which this disagreement takes within the relationship and within the structure of catalyst for the individual who is seeking to discipline and learn the workings of their own consciousness. Thus, to express emotion in an honest and spontaneous way is not behavior we would at any time discourage. We encourage, rather, the gazing at those spontaneous expressions with an eye to bringing a wider point of view to them.
All of the teaching which this instrument is so aware of concerning the clearing of lower energies has to do with the safety, physically and metaphysically, of one who is learning to enter into one’s own guidance in a deeper and in a more coherent and controlled fashion. If the energy of the infinite One is not full in its surge through to the heart, then that heart energy will find doing work in consciousness a burden. We would hope that it may be seen to be practical, if one wishes to seek spiritually, that these moments that are burdensome may be as few as possible, for there is enough trauma in the process of becoming truly aware of who you are. One needs to have a steady stance and a firm grip upon an Earthly peace-filled existence before straining toward a destiny which involves both joy and responsibility; that is, there is no greater joy than knowing for the first time who you really are. On the other hand, once you know who you are, you are far more responsible for expressing and manifesting the fruits of that knowledge.
In this session Laitos speaks about becoming a vocal channel and seeing the self reflected in all other selves. Laitos began by saying it is not only those who work as vocal channels who may be able to gain benefit from considering these matters, but any who wish to be of service to others, for service to others begins with the self since all about you are faces of yourself, and those things which distress you about others are those things which are the reflection of yourself, and in those things you may see a distorted version of that which is occurring within you, so each relationship is like a mirror in time that moves with you along that river, showing to you your own face in a biased manner which may provide catalyst so that you may work upon the self, but in the normal run of things an entity, no matter how sincerely seeking, may not have the luxury of a simple path, nor of a path which is without some conflict, yet it is not, in our opinion of the moment whether or not there is conflict in a relationship, for honest disagreements may be harmonious, but the only thing that is important is the priority which this disagreement takes within the relationship and within the structure of catalyst for the individual who is seeking to discipline and learn the workings of their own consciousness, for to express emotion in an honest way is not behavior we would at any time discourage, but we encourage the gazing at those spontaneous expressions with an eye to bringing a wider point of view to them. Then Laitos said all of the teaching which Carla is so aware of concerning the clearing of lower energies has to do with the safety, physically and metaphysically, of one who is learning to enter into one’s own guidance in a deeper and in a more coherent and controlled fashion, but if the energy of the infinite One is not full in its surge through to the heart, then that heart energy will find doing work in consciousness a burden, yet we hope that it may be seen to be practical, if one wishes to seek spiritually, that these moments that are burdensome may be as few as possible, for there is enough trauma in the process of becoming aware of who you are. One needs to have a steady stance and a firm grip upon an Earthly peace-filled existence before straining toward a destiny which involves both joy and responsibility, for there is no greater joy than knowing who you really are, so on the other hand, once you know who you are, you are more responsible for expressing and manifesting the fruits of that knowledge. On May 6, 1979, Hatonn described who we really are:
There are underlying traits that go so deep within your character that you know within yourself that they are not part of your learning experiences. These are clues to who you really are.
Of course, all of us are basically splinters, shall we say, of the great sphere of Love that burst into infinite pieces at the beginning of your universe. So you are, in truth, part of Love. But which part? Who are you? Who are you really? This is not a question that is prompted by an egoistic search, a selfish desire to know, a narcissistic hunger for selfhood, for selfhood you have, but to truly know that selfhood is the only wisdom. And from that wisdom comes compassion, patience, and the grace to Love all of those people who are reflections of yourself. Your mate was drawn to you and you to her because you and she are polarized in such a way that you can reflect each other accurately and so aid each other in spiritual growth. You can distort that reflection by avoiding understanding who you really are, but in your unconscious, you know who you really are.
Thus, we ask you to meditate. Find not only the Love within you but that unique and special Love that is within you with all of its unique and special gifts. You know that some can give in one and some in another way. On all levels some can speak, and some can listen, and some can cook, and some can sing, and some can hold their arms out to children, and some can nurture old people, and some have the gift of silence and others that of words. When you know who you are, then your gifts will flow therefrom, and it will be a free-flowing brook, one which is not stopped by the distortion of doubt. This can only be done by daily meditation, seeking the Creator Who is the seed and the source of the Love that is you.
When the work has been done in consciousness with persistence, and we underline persistence and doggedness, a simple keeping on and keeping on, when all looks hopeless, as well as when all looks rosy, you shall, perhaps, come to the place where that which seems to be responsibility and duty has become the joy, the passion, the fun, the true service. This is a long process for each. Sometimes it is shortened. Sometimes when we speak to new instruments, we are speaking to those who have already moved through a good deal of this material. In these cases, development may seem to be quick. In actuality, it is simply that we have come in upon a different portion of that entity’s incarnational learning. For the most part, when one is seeking to find out the truth about the self and the Creator and the about the relationship between the two, and one is, for the most part, rather uncomfortable, confused, pondering, wondering, and doubting.
We are sorry to tell you this. We would like to paint a rosy picture, for we would like very much for those of you upon the planet who are interested in working for the Light to do so. Yet we must begin by explaining that there are costs to this work, and one of the costs is that it is hoped that it may be seen that if one is to express Love and service to others, so it is that one must Love the self in a final and holy way, for you are divine, each of you. Not in your Earthly form but wrapped deeply within you lies the infant babe that is your pilgrim spirit. It sojourns here within that which you call a body, and you move about in this body, upon this plane of existence, upon this small sphere, this globe, this island in space and time. What is your wish for this experience? Would you wish to live without ideals or with them. Without faith or with faith? Without hope or with hope? Without consolation or with consolation? These are the choices you may make. It is your universe; your opinion rules your creation.
Laitos went on to say when the work has been done in consciousness with persistence and keeping on when all looks hopeless, as well as when all looks rosy, you shall come to the place where that which seems to be a duty has become the joy and true service, but this is a long process for each, yet sometimes it is shortened, and when we speak to new instruments, we are speaking to those who have already moved through much of this material, and in these cases development may seem to be quick, but actually it is that we have come in upon a different portion of that entity’s incarnational learning, and when one is seeking to find out the truth about the self, and the Creator, and about the relationship between the two, one is confused. Now Laitos said we are sorry to tell you this because we would like to paint a rosy picture, for we would like for those of you upon the planet who are interested in working for the Light to do so, yet we must begin by explaining that there are costs to this work, and one of the costs is that it is hoped that it may be seen that if one is to express Love and service to others that one must Love the self in a final and holy way, for you are divine–not in your Earthly form–but wrapped deeply within you lies the infant babe that is your pilgrim spirit, and it lives here within a physical body, and you move about in this body, upon this small sphere, this island in space and time, so: “What is your wish for this experience? Would you wish to live without ideals or with them? Without faith or with faith? Without hope or with hope? Without consolation or with consolation?” Laitos said these are the choices you may make, for it is your universe, and your opinion rules your creation. On July 16, 2005, Q’uo described the nature of faith and hope:
We would encourage you, in fact, not to crusade for those ideas which we offer you this day. It is not a matter of the sharing of information, this matter of awakening the heart of humankind. It is more of an infective process. You are the secret agent of energies such as faith and hope. As entities about you see that you are undismayed by the apparent chaos around you, that you are hopeful in the face of all that you do not at all deny but instead, embrace, there comes to Light within entities which dared not hope before the attractive possibility of hope. As entities see you launching yourself into the mid-air of a fool, leaping into the abyss by faith alone and then, as they notice that you are riding that abyss in joy, there awakens within breasts to which faith was previous a stranger that possibility of another way of looking at the illusion of planet Earth. As you penetrate the illusion, your eyes seeing clearly the Light and Love of the one infinite Creator, those who look into your eyes know what they cannot express and see what they cannot describe, and, for the first time, they believe in the possibility of faith.
We ask you to consider one thing this evening, the concept of tuning. We are thankful that this instrument has taken the time to write out that which we need not repeat over and over within the material which she has given you to read. You are aware of the concept of tuning, the idea of the self being a receiver and transmitter for concepts and feelings. We work with instruments such as this one largely through concept; that is, we give concepts to this instrument, and this instrument clothes them in words and gives them forth. The experience is exactly as if the instrument were speaking her own thoughts. This is very puzzling, however, when one is tuned to the very highest and the very best of spiritual frequencies that he or she may hold in a stable and safe manner, not straining the attention, not straining the qualities of self, but knowing the strong points of the self, moving onto them, standing on those strong parts of the self, moving ever deeper into the self to find those strong places, until at last you stand both in the physical world and in the metaphysical world as a true pilgrim citizen, one who may speak with authority, the authority of self-awareness and self-confidence.
To know yourself, to forgive yourself, and to Love yourself is the first business at hand. This forgiveness needs to be complete. This is necessary for the tuning to the self, for if you are to Love and serve another, you are to Love and serve them as you would yourself; so it has been written in your holy works. If you do not Love yourself sufficiently, how shall you Love another? Therefore, your first work is the healing of the self and the setting of a goal, the goal of experiencing and knowing imperishable truth, of coming into realization of the natural laws of spiritual existence. Gradually, these things will become second nature to you, if you persevere.
Then Laitos said we ask you to consider the concept of tuning, for we are thankful that Carla has taken the time to write out that which we need not repeat within the material which she has given you to read, so you are aware of the concept of tuning, the idea of the self being a receiver and transmitter for concepts and feelings, and we work with instruments such as Carla through concepts, so we give concepts to her, and she clothes them in words and gives them forth, and the experience is as if she were speaking her own thoughts, but this is puzzling when one is tuned to the highest and the best of spiritual frequencies that he or she may hold in a stable manner, not straining the qualities of self, but standing on those strong parts of the self, moving ever deeper into the self to find those strong places, until you stand both in the physical world and in the metaphysical world as a true pilgrim citizen, one who may speak with the authority of self-confidence. Then Laitos went on to say to know yourself, to forgive yourself, and to Love yourself is the first business at hand, for this forgiveness needs to be complete because this is necessary for the tuning of the self, for if you are to Love and serve another, you are to Love and serve them as you would yourself, so it has been written in your Bible if you do not Love yourself sufficiently, how shall you Love another? Then Laitos said your first work is the healing of the self and the setting of the goal of knowing imperishable truth, of coming into realization of the natural laws of spiritual existence, so gradually these things will become second nature to you if you persevere. On September 11, 2010, Q’uo reminded us how we need to Love ourself:
There are a few simple things which you may do. See her clearly, Love her dearly, and tell her the best truth you know. Everyone is equally special. Everyone has gifts to give. And everyone deserves your best. In order to serve, you have to begin with yourself, so see yourself clearly, Love yourself dearly, and tell yourself the best truth you know. And this shall instill in you the perfect response system for supporting others.
For right now, we simply ask that whenever you catch yourself being negative about the self, that you remind yourself that you are an orphan on a very unusual planet, and that you must mother yourself and nurture yourself and care within your heart for yourself, until those sore and painful places are, indeed, nurtured and healed at last. Until there is forgiveness and redemption within the knowledge of the heart, not only of the mind, then may you tune upwards, seeking ever higher for a more beautiful, lovely, and perfect ideal, a more clarified and fine version of Love divine. What do you seek? How much do you want to know? Sharpen and hone your desire, for it has been written truly in the work you call your Holy Bible, “Seek and ye shall find; ask and it shall be given to you.” Be very, very careful about that for which you would ask, for it is divine law that in one way or another you shall receive everything that you truly desire. Tune your desire, and so you shall learn to tune for channeling.
For this evening, we will content ourselves with merely greeting you. We would like to exercise you briefly by simply urging you to relax and allowing us to move first to the one known as Jim, and then to the one known as C, and then to one known as A so that we may say simply, “I am Laitos.” We wish only to let you feel us, if, indeed, you are going to feel us, and to speak our voice so that you may see that when you hear in your mind, or see, or are aware of the phrase, “I am Laitos,” it will seem to be your thought. We wish you to have this experience this evening, for we wish you to ponder the difficulties ensuing from doubt because you think that we are your own thoughts. You will notice how long this instrument has been speaking. This instrument did not know her first sentence; she does not know her next. It is not this instrument. We are principles of being. We are, in our own way, real.
Now Laitos said we ask that whenever you catch yourself being negative about yourself, that you remind yourself that you are an orphan on an unusual planet, and that you must nurture yourself and care within your heart for yourself until those painful places are healed, for until there is forgiveness within the knowledge of the heart, only then may you tune upwards, seeking ever higher for a more beautiful ideal, a more clarified version of Love divine, so sharpen your desire, for it has been written in the work you call your Holy Bible, “Seek and ye shall find; ask and it shall be given to you,” so be careful about that for which you would ask, for it is divine law that in one way or another you shall receive everything that you truly desire, and tune your desire so you shall learn to tune for channeling. Laitos went on to say we wish to let you feel us if you are going to feel us, and to speak our voice so that you may see that when you hear in your mind the phrase, “I am Laitos,” it will seem to be your thought, so we wish you to have this experience this evening, for we wish you to ponder the difficulties ensuing from doubt because you think that we are your own thoughts, so you will notice how long Carla has been speaking, but she did not know her first sentence, and she does not know her next, for it is not Carla because we are principles of being. On August 16, 1992, Q’uo described the nature of doubt:
I am Q’uo, and we would respond by suggesting that it is appropriate that each seeker feels a certain amount of doubt as it approaches a new experience upon the spiritual path. For this kind of doubt or questioning is that which prepares the seeker in an inner sense to take the step from the cliff not knowing whether the foot that steps shall rest upon firm fundament or not. Thus, if there is interest upon your heart and doubt in your ability, we recommend that you rely upon that desire which you feel and that you put aside for the moment the doubt in order that your journey may continue along that path which is designated by the passion and desire within you.
We hope we are helpful. We hope, indeed, that we do not disturb you by any experiences that you may have in experiencing our energy. If there are electrical experiences or the movement of limbs in an uncomfortable position, or the using of the neck in any way that is disliked, indeed, if anything is uncomfortable, we will be with each for a short time, simply making that first contact and working to adjust to a comfortable fit, shall we say. We have worked many times with the one known as C, and shall be most happy to work with him again. To the one known as A we say, “Fear not,” but simply let that which seems to come, come, without disturbing the experience. Allow the experience in the same way you would allow a story to be so, until the story has been told. In this way you may distance yourself in a safe place, while experiencing the sensation of our contact.
Then we ask each to spend the intervening time before the next meeting considering the implications of the channeling seeming to be the self. It is one of the central problems of new channels. You must begin to acclimate yourself to the atmosphere of doubt which you will enjoy for some time. You will not know if it is you, or if there is truly another who is speaking through you. It is only through practice that you begin to be able to distinguish. There will, in conscious channeling, always be a portion of yourself in every channeling that you give. This is desired by us, and we feel that it is the strong point of conscious channeling, that is, that we have a very simple story to tell, a story of one great original Thought, a Love which created all that there is, a Love to which all shall one day return. This story is too simple for people to understand. They must make it more complex, so they may attempt to understand. It may be said that understanding is not something that may happen within your illusion, but it is part of the illusion that people wish very much to understand that which is not understandable.
Laitos continued by saying we hope we are helpful, and that we do not disturb you by any experiences that you may have in experiencing our energy, for if there are electrical experiences or the movement of limbs in an uncomfortable position, or if anything is uncomfortable, we will be with each for a short time, making that first contact and working to adjust to a comfortable fit, for we have worked many times with C, and shall be most happy to work with him again, and to A we say, “Fear not,” but let that which seems to come, to come without disturbing the experience, so allow the experience in the same way you would allow a story to be until the story has been told, for in this way you may distance yourself in a safe place, while experiencing the sensation of our contact. Laitos continued by saying we ask each to spend time before the next meeting considering the implications of the channeling seeming to be the self because it is one of the central problems of new channels, so you must begin to acclimate yourself to the atmosphere of doubt which you will enjoy for some time, but you will not know if it is you, or if there is another who is speaking through you, for it is only through practice that you begin to be able to distinguish who is speaking, for in conscious channeling there will always be a portion of yourself in every channeling that you give, and this is desired by us since we feel that it is the strong point of conscious channeling, that we have a simple story to tell of the one great original Thought, a Love which created all that there is, a Love to which all shall one day return, yet this story is too simple for people to understand, and they must make it complex so they may attempt to understand, but it may be said that understanding is not something that may happen within your illusion, but it is part of the illusion that people wish to understand that which is not understandable. On October 13, 1974, Hatonn described the nature of understanding:
It is often said upon your planet that it is difficult to understand the meaning of life. However, my friends, it is not difficult to understand the meaning of life if you avail yourselves of this understanding through meditation. This meaning will not come to you in words, my friends. You will not be able to explain it in so many sentences or paragraphs. But you will begin to understand this meaning. You will begin to obtain an awareness of it. When this awareness has reached its fullness, you will then be with your Creator, the Creator of us all. And the understanding will be as it is, and you then will once more act as Creator. For this reason, my friends, meditation is of an extreme amount of importance. For this reason, my friends, meditation is actually the only real avenue to this understanding. For this understanding cannot be given by words. It can only be reached through knowing. And this knowing can only be reached through meditation.
[Pause]
I am Laitos. I am again with this instrument. We are sorry for this pause, but were having to contend with this instrument’s variation in form of trance. This instrument almost—we believe the phrase is—went to sleep. We approve of the one known as Jim squeezing this instrument’s hand; it is helpful, but we would not advise it for long. To continue. We would move now, so that each may feel that which he cannot, will not, and shall not understand. We are with you. We hope we are helpful. There is, indeed, no harm in us, and we would like to make our presence known to each. Thus, at this time, we will leave this instrument, simply to greet each by our own name. I am Laitos.
[The rest of the session was not transcribed.]
This morning the quote from Practicing the Presence is: “Throughout our youth we were taught to look only to our parents, but we learn that God formed thee from the womb.” We are children of God right from the womb, under God’s protection and God, and only God has always supplied our needs and supported our activities. We learn that God alone is the only power in our lives from everlasting to everlasting. In this understanding we can see what would have happened to the devil; there would never have been the fear of evil or the fear of punishment. We would have found a Love of God instead of a fear of God, and we would never have believed that God could turn Its back upon us.
There is only one power, and God is that power. There is no power in effect, and there is no power apart from God. God is the life of all being. This truth has been in existence throughout all time and has been known to all people. In the sacred Hindu poem, The Bhagavad-Gita translated by Sir Edwin Arnold as the beautiful epic poem, The Song Celestial, we read:
I say to thee weapons reach not the Life;
Flame burns it not: waters cannot o’erwhelm,
Nor dry winds wither it. Impenetrable,
Unentered, unassailed, unharmed, untouched,
Immortal, all-arriving, stable, sure,
Invisible, ineffable, by word
And thought uncompassed, ever all itself,
Thus is the Soul declared!
Here again we see that there is one life, and God is that life; there is one power, and God is that power. So it is that with a consciousness filled with the realization of God as the only power, we cannot fear anything in the realm of effect.”
Later this morning I went outside and used Huff and Puff to blow all of the leaves from the front yard and the side yard into a pile. Then I put the leaves in 6 garbage cans for yard waste pickup next week. Then I hand-weeded the north side of the Wuthering heights mound.
This afternoon I hosted our first public channeling session of the season. We had 10 attendees and 4 instruments. Some of the questions that were asked of Q’uo were: “Is the sixth density available to us at all times?” “Is there any intersection of our life with the higher and lower densities?” “What is the value of dementia?” “Do feral children have free will?” and “Is there a relationship with Q’uo and the people on Earth?” I am amazed at the open-hearted nature of all of the attendees as they were so vulnerable about the difficulties in their lives!
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
September 12
Open That Door
I am of the principle of divine Love, and I greet you in the consciousness of full compassion.
Have you far to go this day? Do the miles seem long and weary to travel? Is there little bread and bitter herbs to eat when you come home? So, it is in many souls’ experience.
The Comforter does not stop occurrences from happening within your day and within your life. It is a companion. We as a force are with you always. You cannot run faster than we can follow, and we shall always bear you up within, if you but seek the comfort of divine Love within.
The principle of Love, the Spirit of Christ, awaits you behind the door of your heart. Open that door. Go into the inner room. Feel the holiness of that ground within. And then take it to the dreary task and the difficult day and find it transformed by Love.
We wish you peace, now and ever. Amen.
I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:
We come in the name of Love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send Love, Light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite Love, Light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel the Creator’s Love, Light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen
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