2025-01-27

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. The Q’uo quote today comes from December 8:

Q’uo, today we are just going to take potluck, and see what you would like to share with us that might have some use in our spiritual journey and our opening of our hearts to love.

(Carla channeling)

We are those of the principle known to you as Q’uo, and we greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we are. We thank each of you for laying aside the cares of the world in order to create this time of meditating together and seeking the truth. We thank you for calling for information that calls to us so that we may have the pleasure of sharing our thoughts and feelings with this circle of seeking. We ask, as always, that each takes what she finds to be a resonant and helpful personal thought or concept and leave any thought or concept that does not seem personally resonant and helpful behind without a second thought. We appreciate this discrimination on the part of all listeners, for this care upon the part of the hearer creates a freedom for us to share our opinion without being concerned that we might place a stumbling block in front of any. The nature of spiritual truth is such that it is not necessary to create stumbling blocks of dogma. It is our opinion that the truth, as it relates to an individual and to an individual process, is unique to that entity and to that entity at each point in time. Even for the same entity therefore at a different time, two seemingly disparate truths may appear equally helpful.

You have given us leave to speak concerning our choice of topics that might be helpful to your seeking and your opening your hearts to love, and we thank you for that marvelous freedom to paint whatever canvas that we can of the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator. What shall we draw with this day, my friends? Shall we choose the paint brush of the astilbe, and shall we remember with you all of the colors of the summer as we move the feathery flowers through the canvas of thought? In what colors shall we choose to dress truth and grace and beauty so that each may find a brother and a sister in those ideals, friends among the values of the seeking soul?

There is always a kind of feeling of hallowedness about the search for truth. It is as though there is a spiritual search that is created of the mettle and courage of the pilgrim upon the road, and the many different challenges and obstacles of that road are as the dragons of the time of mythology. One sets out upon a journey to seek truth, and it is a knightly and a noble pursuit. Very often we find that entities among your peoples do not see this same beau geste when they gaze at such concepts as beauty and grace, and yet how simply do concepts of beauty and grace fill the mind which is asked to open to those images that have been held close to the heart in memory, from those times of being vividly, deeply impressed by beauty in a moment, in a pose, in an attitude, in a scene that is perceived just once! How very often has each of you been stunned by the beauty of that which lies beyond the eyes of every day in the moments of the daily life that are so small and so unremarkable, yet which hold such a burden of beauty? And is there not truth in that beauty? As the poet known to this instrument as John said, “Is not beauty a kind of truth?”, and is it perhaps not easier to apprehend directly? These are the gifts of truth to fill out that range of options for those who seek truth. For within the seeking of truth in words there is many a harvest, yet always will those words create their own structures and delimit many aspects of the whole nature of truth from the ability of the mind to express.

We would suggest to this instrument that she gaze inwardly at a tree that she was remarking at upon a recent walk. This particular tree, with its precise angles of branch and its precise knottiness of twig, where leaves had been dropped and where leaves would again bud out in the spring. Each tree has its unique pattern, its unique expression of prayer, praise, and thanks. Each tree reaches to the infinite Creator in precisely such and such a way, and the shadows of light, as they strike and play with that particular form, create a system of truth, proportion, and elegance that has never been seen before and shall never again be expressed. Such is the dearness of beauty to the eye that is open.

There are many times when we see among your peoples a great feeling of unanswerable depth of confusion. There are many among your peoples whose experiences are at present somewhat overwhelming, and we would suggest that, in these times of increasing transparency to change, it is a very stabilizing and grounding thing, when such restlessness is perceived, to ask the self to look at the objects that lie about one in the natural arrangements of the everyday life: the shape of a tree, the lift of a bird’s wing, the direction of flight and the posture of its body; the images that meet the eye. All of them contain information. All elements of your illusion work together to form an infinitely responsive and self-correcting system of information that is helpful to the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical processes of all those within any given environment. It is quite possible, given that an entity is alone within its own space, within its own yard or ground, that each portion of the creation of the one infinite Father is more aware of that which is needed by the self than the self is, for each element of the creation of the Father dwells within an awareness that all energy is one and feeds within the same system. Each plant that shares space with you knows you, cares about your wellbeing and is aware even of the thoughts which you think. The only element within that natural environment of the third-density human self and its second-density surroundings that is kept from the awareness that all is truly one by the so-called “veil of forgetting”, as this instrument would call it, is that third-density element that creates an inability within the third-density entity to remember any environment except that local environment in which all entities seem to be separate.

The group question for this session was: “Q’uo, today we are just going to take potluck, and see what you would like to share with us that might have some use in our spiritual journey and our opening of our hearts to love.” Q’uo began their reply by saying that by taking potluck on the question for this session that they would share information about our spiritual path of opening our hearts to love and speak about some facet of the Love and Light of the one infinite Creator, and they considered some possibilities such as the beauty of the astilbe, the flowers of summer on the canvas of thought, or the colors of truth, grace, and beauty so that each of us could find a brother or sister in those ideals among the values of our seeking souls. Q’uo went on to say that there is always a kind of feeling of holiness about our search for truth, and it is as though our spiritual search is created out of our courage as we travel our spiritual path, and the challenges and obstacles of our path are like the dragons of the time of mythology where we set out upon a  noble journey to seek truth, and often we find that entities among our peoples do not see this same beautiful journey when they gaze at such concepts as beauty and grace, and yet the concepts of beauty and grace fill our mind when it is asked to perceive those images that we have held close to our heart in our memory from those times of being impressed by the beauty of the moment or in a scene that we have seen only once. Q’uo continued by saying that often each of us has been stunned by the beauty of that which lies beyond our eyes in our daily life that are so unremarkable, yet which hold such a great beauty, and they asked is there not truth in that beauty? They said that: “these are the gifts of truth to fill out that range of options for those who seek truth. For within the seeking of truth in words there is many a harvest, yet always will those words create their own structures and delimit many aspects of the whole nature of truth from the ability of the mind to express.” Then Q’uo suggested to Carla that she gaze inwardly at a tree that she was talking about on a recent walk because this tree had its unique pattern that expressed praise and thanksgiving, and that all trees reach to the infinite Creator in a certain way, and as the shadows of light play with that particular form they create a system of truth and elegance that has never been seen before,  and shall never again be expressed, and such is the dearness of beauty to the eye that is open. Now Q’uo said that there are many times when they see among our people a great depth of confusion that is overwhelming, so they suggested that in these times of change becoming more transparent, when we feel restless that we can ground ourselves by asking ourself to look at the shape of a tree, the flight of the bird and all images that we see because all elements within our illusion work together to form: “an infinitely responsive and self-correcting system of information that is helpful to the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical processes of all those within any given environment.” Then Q’uo said that it is possible that if we are alone within our own space of yard or garden that each portion of the creation of the one infinite Father is more aware of that which we need than we are because each element of the creation of the Father dwells within an awareness that all energy is one and feeds into the same system so that each plant that shares space with us knows us; and cares about our wellbeing; and is aware of our thoughts; and the veil of forgetting is that part of our being that keeps us from realizing that all is truly one so that we are only aware of our local environment where all entities seem to be separate. On May 23, 2009, Q’uo described the purpose of the veil of forgetting:

You are a certain creature, my brother. It is an excellent creature. You chose to come into third density with its veil of forgetting, specifically because in matters of metaphysical and ethical choice it would throw you completely upon your own assets of faith, hope, and charity. You did not come into third density in order to overcome third density. You came into third density to dwell within this illusion and to serve the one infinite Creator.

Have you had to claw your way into an increased awareness of what lies beyond the veil? We think not. We believe that the moments in which you have penetrated the veil are many and they are to be appreciated. Nevertheless, my brother, were you to dwell without effort beyond the veil of forgetting within third density, you would immediately obviate the advantages of living by faith alone. When you choose within this veil of forgetting to turn toward Love, to live Love, and to be Love, you have done so against resistance. And in meeting and working with this resistance, you have tempered your soul and have done the work which you came to do.

Thusly, my brother, we would say that it is not a matter of infringing upon the free will of another that keeps you from being able to dwell in third and fourth densities simultaneously. Rather it is the nature of third density that it takes an effort of will, of memory, of desire and of spiritual maturity to live by fourth-density values and to act as if there was no veil.

The search for truth, like the search for self, is difficult to pin down, and we are aware of the previous question of the one known as C, “How do I know when I am being most deeply my self? What direction do I go to find a deeper and truer expression of self?” In a world in which entities are simply told how to behave, we believe that this is a most reasonable query, for it is a hallmark of the attempt to create comfort by third-density entities that they would seek, when creating for themselves standards of morality and ethical behavior, a list of desirable elements rather than an open-ended attitude of discovery. The explanation for this way of proceeding to find the self by consulting an outward list of attributes is indeed perhaps the more valued of your so-called parental ways of teaching virtue to the young and growing soul of the child. The virtues are taught as a list: be patient, be open, be loving, share everything, and so forth, the common suggestions for good behavior as each child grows.

Thesearch for self is far more like the search for beauty in that there is no search precisely but rather the opening of the awareness and the realization of the nature of that which one has already been looking at without much comprehension. May we say that it is our opinion that the self that is most deeply true is a variable value depending upon the precise placement of the seeker’s mind, and will, and desire at the moment of awareness. Perhaps at one point that awareness might be very close to the gateway to intelligent infinity as that person drifts in meditation on a sea of peace and silent fullness. At another point, an entity may be totally focused upon some difficult task, and every nerve may be strained simply to do that one task well, and, in expressing the excellence of that effort, the resonances of beauty explode out of each atom of that moment of intense effort. When the self can feel self being, it is an event that is real beyond the ability of any, the self or an observer, to describe or to identify that which has been realized. When an entity feels beauty, it is simply there. It does not have to be explained. Indeed, it cannot be explained.

How to see what each entity sees is a very difficult subject to examine. The techniques vary considerably from sensibility to sensibility. This does not keep one’s perceptions from being very important nor does it keep them from being, no matter how confusing, vulnerable to the essences available through direct apprehension of beauty. So perhaps we would suggest, in seeking truth, in seeking the self, to lift from the literal seeking of that which can be said about the self, that which can be said about truth, and rather find the light and satisfaction in those moments of self-awareness when the heart can feel itself beating, loving, caring, hating, despising, being attracted to, when the self can feel its movements with clarity. In those moments, step back an instant and behold the beauty, the colorfulness, the articulation and the nuances of the one infinite Creator expressing just now, just so, and only because you are where you are, as confused as you happen to be and with all things precisely as they must be for this moment of beauty to burst into the awareness with its present, its gift, of gem-like truth wrapped up in the colors and textures of a whole and undivided moment.

Then Q’uo said that the search for truth, like the search for ourself, is difficult to pin down, and in a world where we are told how to behave, when we wonder what direction we should go in to find deeper expression of ourself, it is worth considering because it is a sign of our attempt to create comfort that we would seek a list of desirable elements rather than an open-ended attitude of discovery, and it is the more valued of our parental ways of teaching virtue to a young child  that are taught as a list: be patient; be open; be loving; share everything. Q’uo went on to say that the search for ourself is like the search for beauty that rests in opening our realization of the nature of that which we have been looking at without comprehending it, so Q’uo said that it was their opinion that our self that is most deeply true is variable and depends upon the precise placement of our mind and will at the moment of awareness, and at one point our awareness might be very close to the gateway to intelligent infinity as we experience meditation as a sea of peace and fullness. Then Q’uo said that at another time we may be focused upon some difficult task and doing that task well, and then the resonances of beauty explode out of each atom of that moment of our intense effort so that when we can feel  our self being, it is an event that is real beyond the ability of our self or any observer to identify that which has been realized, and when we can feel beauty, it is simply there, and it cannot be explained. Now Q’uo said that how we can see what each entity sees is a difficult subject to examine because the techniques vary according to our sensibilities, but this does not keep our perceptions from being important or vulnerable to the means by which we experience beauty, so Q’uo suggested in seeking truth and in seeking ourself that we attempt to find the light and satisfaction in those moments of self-awareness when our heart can feel itself  loving and despising, and we can feel our movements with clarity, and in those moments we can behold the beauty and the nuances of the one infinite Creator expressing just now, just so, and only because we are where we are as confused as we happen to be and with all things as they must be for this moment of beauty to burst into our awareness with its gift of truth wrapped up in the colors and textures of a whole and undivided moment. On May 4, 1986, L/Leema spoke of the nature of this moment of beauty for each of us:

To live absorbed in, rejoicing in, and giving thanksgiving for each moment of beauty, love, and glory—for glory there is, all about you and within you. It is the glory within that causes your peoples to seek some way of finding, exploring and expressing that articulated glory which, though gushing like a geyser from the deepest portions of being, comes into consciousness with a demand to be articulated. It is a rare being who can consciously love and serve the Creator without some structure. This is, however, by no means impossible, and, indeed, there is a minimum of distortion involved in the patient returning again and again to the daily practice of meditation and to the persistent analysis of one’s own being, for it is within you and within each of you that the consciousness you seek lies, that the foreverness for which you hunger and thirst is seated.

We would at this time transfer this contact to the one known at Jim, so that we may respond to any remaining queries in the minds of this particular group. We thank this instrument for its service and leave it in love and in light. We are those of Q’uo.

(Jim channeling)

I am Q’uo, and we greet each again in love and in light through this instrument. At this time, it is our privilege to ask if there may be any further queries that we may attend to at this session of working.

Carla: I have one from B, Q’uo. He says that he’s very interested in knowing if the great horned owl that has been living in his family’s backyard for quite a long time now, has a relationship with him and his mom or might be helping him and his mom in their spiritual seeking.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. In this case we would suggest that the entities involved, the one known as B, his mother, and the creature known as the great horned owl have all found the area in which they live to be helpful in the nurturing of the life experience. The owl feeds upon the small creatures which inhabit this wooded area, and the one known as B and his mother are also most appreciative of the beauty of this place and the enhancement that the spirit feels in such beauty. As each spends time with each, there is a shared relationship that is developed. However, the conscious intent is that of the one known as B and the one known as his mother, leaving the choice of the area to these two entities. The great horned owl has found this area to its liking and is willing to accept the human intruders, shall we say.

Is there another query to which we may speak?

Carla: Well, just to follow up on that, then, if they asked mentally, if they projected a request to this owl for a relationship of that inner type, would that second-density creature respond? Is it just waiting to be asked, or is it simply an owl that’s hunting food?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. Your latter query is more to the point. Is there another query?

Carla: Yes, I’d also like to ask a question from C, and she would like to know anything that you could tell her about the members of the Confederation and where they might come from.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. We of the Confederation of Planets in the Service of the One Infinite Creator are from this one creation that each experiences. However, we are aware that a more specific location has been requested, and we would suggest that we have come from many points within your, what you call, galaxy. Most are beyond your current technology’s ability to perceive. We are joined in the desire to be of service to those who call for our aid so that it is the call that is important, not the placement in time or space nor the distance, for in seeking we are sharing steps on a journey with you. There are vast numbers of inhabited planets within your galactic system. The number is large enough to be meaningless; thus, it is well to see the entire creation as alive and intelligent and able to respond to those life forms which move through it.

Is there another query, my sister?

Carla: No. I thank you on behalf of C and also on behalf of B.

I am Q’uo, and we are most grateful to you and to these entities as well, my sister. Is there another query at this time?

[No further queries.]

I am Q’uo, and, as it appears that we have exhausted the queries for this session of working, we would take this opportunity to thank each present once again for inviting our presence in your circle of seeking this day. We are always most happy to join you there. At this time, we shall take our leave of this instrument and this group. We leave each in the love and in the ineffable light of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as those of Q’uo. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.

This morning I ran some errands with my first stop being at Feeder’s Supply where I bought some bird seed and some cat food. My second stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market where I bought some food for myself. My third stop was at Walgreen’s Drug Store where I bought some Pepsi-Zero and some hair thickener.

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

January 27

Beyond Reason And Comfort

I am the Spirit of the consciousness of Love, the creative principle of the universe and all that is manifested within it.

To deal with words is to become involved in overstatement and understatement, both of which are unavoidable. And to seem to be rational is a situation we must endure. For the Spirit of mighty Love is anything but rational. And its strength lies not in man’s ability to reason it out but in the ability of spirit to gaze beyond the reason of man.

Thus, it will sometimes seem to you that the Spirit is a harsh and unforgiving voice and is perhaps more interested in enriching negative experience than in offering ease and comfort. Yet to be a Comforter is to seek hard times and hard decisions and then to invest such with the consciousness of Love. For it is not in comfortable times that a Comforter is needed but during the transformation of difficulty.

We ask you, then, to ask of the spirit not “Why?” but “What?” and “How?” For though we shall not be the voice of reason to you, yet shall the comfort which we do offer be more precious to the seeker than rubies and gold.

In peace we leave you, 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.

2025-01-26

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

The topic is: What will be happening physically and metaphysically in 2003 and what spiritually oriented people should be doing and thinking about in order to cope with these things?

Questioner: The first question is, who exactly is Q’uo that we are speaking to, and how does the communication process through Carla work?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator in whose service we are. We are those of Q’uo and are aware of your question. We communicate with this instrument by means of this instrument’s pathways which she has opened within her energy body in order that it may receive messages in a more direct link from those universes which exist beyond the subconscious, of the inner or metaphysical world that dwells within your human brain. We and many other voices reside within that universe and are drawn to help those upon your sphere who are seeking for truth in the way that we might be able to be a resource, for like draws to like, and many are the channels among your peoples who receive various of these voices, depending upon the tuning, shall we say, or the resting balance of energies of that particular instrument.

We were called to this group this evening by this instrument, who asked for the highest and best contact that she may receive in a stable and conscious manner in the name of Jesus, the Christ. Then the instrument called mentally for a contact of this nature, challenging us when we responded in the name of that which she holds dearest and highest and that is, for this instrument, Jesus, the Christ. We are those who are able to say that Jesus is Lord, for this entity, yourselves, and we all retain from the beginning of that which is infinite the holographic spark of the one great infinite Creator. We have, in the processes of evolution, eventually experienced that which is the consciousness known as Jesus, the Christ or the Christed One. We have found that epitome of fourth-density unconditional love to be the redeeming quality that will create within entities the vibration which focuses the seeking soul towards a graduation from third density into fourth density.

It is, at this time, the graduation day, shall we say, for approximately the next decade of your years. Therefore, this instrument is very open to working with us, for this instrument feels also that the voices of universal guidance, shall we say, are helpful to any who wish to experience them and certainly for the next decade. It is well to attempt to aid those who are working spiritually in this way towards a graduation in terms of service to others and unconditional love. This quality of Christed consciousness is that which the one known as Jesus, the human, wore and became in his selflessness and in his offering all for the sake of others. And this Christed consciousness awaits those who would seek further in the ways of spiritual solutions. Therefore, this instrument was able to make contact successfully and to assure herself that the contact was that which it stated that it was.

May we answer you further, my brother?

Questioner: What has Q’uo’s experience been in the evolution through the cosmos? Was there a third-density experience that was experienced?

We are those known to you as Q’uo and are aware of your query, my brother. The Q’uo principle is made up of three entities: one of fourth density, the identity being that known to this instrument and this group as Hatonn; one from fifth density, that entity being the one known as Latwii; and one from sixth density, that entity being known as Ra. These three social memory complexes comprise this voice. The entities are of this galactic system. One of the entities is of the energy known as Venus, the other two experienced third density within other star systems. All experienced third density in a unique way, each in their own refinement of that experience. Each has had a markedly easier third-density experience than those of your particular planet. This is because the planet of which you are a part has been peopled with those who have been repeating this grade; some of them since before the last seventy-five thousand-year cycle. This is a particularly confused group of entities whose great length of experience has not yet brought them to a clear choice amongst all the variations from service to others to service to self and so they go swinging back and forth in a random and unfocused fashion. The lack of will amongst those of your peoples can be traced to this history of many, many incarnations which, in some, have not added either to graduation in the positive sense or graduation in the negative sense.

We hope to increase the harvest by sharing such information as we can to those who would wish to hear it. In giving you this information, we would ask that it be stated clearly within your article that we are not those of authority but rather those who come in the name of the one infinite Creator. We can offer our opinion as those who walk upon the same road, that path which is the way, the Tao. And we can share our opinions as we go, but we ask that each who considers these thoughts choose only those amongst these ideas which resonate deeply within, so that it feels as though each is remembering rather than learning. Those things which do not resonate we would ask that you lay aside and forget, for information is everywhere and in every moment, and if that which we offer is not timed right for you for now, then we ask you to let it go, for we would not be a stumbling block before any.

May we answer you further, my brother?

Questioner: Could you explain what you mean by graduation and harvest?

We are those of Q’uo and are aware of your question. All are familiar with the concept of the harvest, and, in this instrument’s long experience in her fifty-nine years upon your planet, she has focused attention upon the teachings that are contained within that which is called your Bible. Within this particular book, the image of the harvest has an especial meaning, for the one known as Jesus in his teachings is said to have offered a story concerning the harvest. Indeed, this entity offered many teachings concerning the harvest. In the case of these teachings, all was offered in story and in image, for this messenger of the harvest came two thousand or so years before the actual shift of the planet itself into another density of experience, another area within space/time in the great spiral of the galaxies about the central sun.

The central thrust of the metaphor of harvest for the one known as Jesus was that the fields were white with the crops, and all was ripe and ready to be harvested but that there were not enough workers for the harvest, and there was a call for those who followed this teacher to take up the honor and duty of attempting, each in her own way, to add to the possibility of awakening those blooming and ripened souls that are the pride and the product of 75,000 years of learning, so that they might make that last step over the line, from a faint-hearted will to serve the cause of love, to a passion and a fire to serve in a very focused and loving way for the good of the self those about the self and the planet itself.

Indeed, in one of the other stories about the harvest, this entity suggested that laborers went into a vineyard to harvest grapes and worked most of the day, and there were those who came very late in the day to working upon the grapes, yet, at the end of the working day, all were given the same coin. This is true of the harvest as well. It does not matter when in the 75,000 years of learning the awakening and realization of the true nature of the self occurs, it matters only that it occurs. The one known as Jesus the Christ was the first of the messengers of that which is to come and that which is already here in part: that being the age of unconditional Love that is fourth density, that is the very nature of the lesson of third density. Graduation occurs when the heart is able to remain open, in more than half of the circumstances of life, to the welfare, happiness, comfort, safety, and service of others. The heart needs to be awakened and inflamed with the desire to know the truth that lies within the open heart. By keeping the heart open, the learning process is greatly enabled for the seeker, and, by attempting to serve others, the eyes of Love begin to be given reason to open.

May we answer you further, my brother?

Questioner: If you need to exemplify unconditional love in order to make the harvest or to graduate, how do you overcome the negative patterns in oneself that keep you from doing that?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your question. We would first suggest that the process not be thought of as overcoming but rather balancing and moving deeper into the nature of the true self. The self may be seen by the self, and the self may find itself helpful if it is able to retain an objectivity concerning the incoming data which it is receiving.

The very heart of third-density existence is the experience of utter confusion. It is the goal of this density to create an atmosphere in which only by faith can one see the health and rightness of the present moment. The purpose of this confusion is to wean the infant spirit from its biological choice-making brain and into the fourth-density gateway, shall we say, which is the fourth chakra of the energy system of the human vehicle, the green-ray energy center or heart chakra. Once the seeker is able to grasp the value of this opened heart and the limitations of both intellect and personality, the seeker is far more able to retain a certain sector of consciousness which is devoted to refining the accuracy and lack of emotional bias with which it receives the incoming information.

We would suggest that the biological mind has as its purpose the protection and the survival of the organism, and in order to adapt to its circumstances, from its very beginnings in the second-density kingdom of the great apes, it has prospered because of its adaptive nature. Once this occurs—this opening of the heart—once this inner ear is able to begin suggesting to the consciousness as a whole when it is biasing its incoming information, then it becomes far more possible to detect within oneself the triggers that create confusion beyond the necessity of the incoming information.

Even before the birth of an entity, it begins to be acculturated, and very rapidly the process of acculturation, even in childhood, creates a pattern of misperceptions based upon this information passed on by parents, friends, teachers, and others about the young soul entering this illusion through the door of birth. Therefore, it is virtually impossible to undo in a literal sense the learning experience that helps create distortion. We would not suggest that entities attempt to eliminate distortion, for distortion is not a pejorative term but rather a descriptive one. The first distortion of the infinite Creator is the Free Will, the second is Love, and the third is Light, these being the first three and primal values of this particular system of discussion of the mystery of the one infinite Creator.

Does this answer your query, my brother?

Questioner: It looks like our planet is moving into a very difficult time of negative experience. How can one who wishes to graduate into the fourth density cope with what’s occurring now and what will occur in 2003?

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. Firstly, we would say that the physical manifestations of political intrigue, unrest, terrorism, and war are as they are and are the natural outworking of the processes of graduation in which entities who have chosen the path of service to self are attempting to graduate with the same devotion and focus as those attempting to graduate in the path of service to others. The situations, we would suggest, are in the hands of all of those who understand and realize that they are citizens of eternity who came here to learn and to serve and who wish to go on to learn and to serve, for that is the desire of the upward-spiraling cells of each entity and each atom that exists within the physical and metaphysical universes.

We would suggest that the self be attentive. The responsibility of the open heart is to love unconditionally that which it sees and to see each and every thing and person as the self or a part of the self. In times of disquiet and conflict, entities are offered a sharpened opportunity to behold the shadow portion of the self, the wolf that bites at the heart within. This forthcoming year may contain disquiet. We can only encourage each to open the arsenal of inner and outer gifts towards the third-density situation, finding ways to respond appropriately in service to others as inspired and as able.

The enjoyment of the Light of fourth density is dependent upon being able to move into a state of consciousness in which all other selves are seen as the self and all crimes and achievements are seen as a portion of the universal self and to move that 180 degrees until the self is seen as all things and as the Creator. That unification of consciousness opens the self to loving and being loved in a way that the body loves itself rather than the way entities who are separate units love each other.

Each is unique. We do not presume a high mentality, but rather we suggest that, at the subconscious level, all entities within creation are already one, and therefore the process of moving from third to fourth density in part consists of accepting the oneness at a level which has moved into the belief and perception system of the entity. This biases the conscious entity towards retaining the attitude of unconditional love and outgoing radiance of being at times when there is a perceived threat. The one known as St. Francis of Assisi is said to have called the fire, Sister Fire and the pain, Brother Pain, seeing that all things and qualities are a portion of one infinite creation. In each culture, there…

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We are those of Q’uo and are again with this instrument. We were speaking to the concerns in a metaphysical sense of the upcoming year, and we were pointing out the enhanced ability of those who remember the mechanism of confusion which is covering the deeper essences of that which is occurring in the infinite play of consciousness.

Questioner asked: “It looks like our planet is moving into a very difficult time of negative experience. How can one who wishes to graduate into the fourth density cope with what’s occurring now and what will occur in 2003?” Q’uo began their reply by saying that the physical manifestations of political intrigue, unrest, terrorism, and war are the natural processes of graduation for those who have chosen the path of service to self just as those who seek to graduate in service to others have the same kind of devotion to their path as citizens of eternity who have come here to learn and to serve for that is the desire of the upward-spiraling cells and atoms that exist within the physical and metaphysical universe. Then Q’uo suggested that we should be attentive to open our hearts to love unconditionally all that which we see and to see each and every thing and person as  a part of ourself because in times of conflict we are offered the opportunity to see the dark side of ourself that bites at our heart within, and the coming year may contain many difficulties, so they encouraged us to open our inner and outer gifts to meet all of our third-density situations by being of service to others. Q’uo went on by saying that: “the enjoyment of the Light of fourth density is dependent upon being able to move into a state of consciousness in which all other selves are seen as the self and all crimes and achievements are seen as a portion of the universal self and to move that 180 degrees until the self is seen as all things and as the Creator. That unification of consciousness opens the self to loving and being loved in a way that the body loves itself rather than the way entities who are separate units love each other.” Q’uo said that at the subconscious level, we all are unique and are already one so that the process of moving from third to fourth density requires that we accept our oneness at a level which has moved into our systems of belief and perception because this biases us towards expressing unconditional love whenever we perceive a threat to ourselves. Q’uo went on to say that St. Francis of Assisi called fire, Sister Fire and pain, Brother Pain, and saw that all things and qualities are a portion of one infinite creation. In each culture, there…

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We are those of Q’uo and are again with this instrument. We were speaking to the concerns in a metaphysical sense of the upcoming year, and we were pointing out the enhanced ability of those who remember the mechanism of confusion which is covering the deeper essences of that which is occurring in the infinite play of consciousness. On December 21, 1975, Hatonn spoke of the nature of our systems of belief:

We ask that you consider your environment at this particular time, the darkness and the chill of winter. How many hours have been spent in darkness and cold? Think, my friends, of the true nature of that which is unfolding within one of your religious systems of belief. There is a story that is told that is a true story, the story is of a child born in the darkest winter. Poor, cold, hungry, the child that grew to be the master whom you know as Jesus. My friends, each of you is waiting to be born. Each of you is in the dark, in the cold. For it is within the darkness and the chill that all things come together to be born. It is the nurturing, saving darkness. And the chill is necessary. And with meditation, my friends, you nurture and comfort that soul within you as it struggles towards its spiritual birth.

We would suggest that the coming year is one in which there is an occurrence that is ongoing, and cyclical within that ongoing unity, which is as if there were a ratcheting up of the density actually experienced by those among your peoples at this time. These movements began long ago and are increasing in their frequency as the clocklike motions of planetary movements spiral this planetary sphere into the vibrations of fourth-density time/space and space/time. The mismatch in vibration between fourth-density space/time and those who live and dwell within the third-density, choice-making brain is increasing, and it is becoming more difficult to feel comfortable. This experience of discomfort is markedly increased by the toys and gadgets of those among your peoples who are indeed of service to self. These toys include your popular media and the various products of your peoples’ service-to-self intrigues. These two factors combine to offer to the third-density entity a remarkably increased experience of rush, stress, uneasiness or even depression.

For those who are awake, the mismatch has a different effect. The attempts to keep the third-density heart open within incarnation are reliably imperfect. However, the sheer desire to keep that infinite Love flowing through the energy body has a tremendous impact upon the time/space, rather than the space/time, universe. Within that universe, intentions and ideals are things. Consequently, even though the entity has been thoroughly imperfect in keeping the heart open, the intent, repeated and repeated without tiring, to return to a state of openheartedness allows the entity to respond to the fourth-density portion of the vibrations by seeking them, and, in so doing, the entity moves into its needed next healing crisis. Many times, these crises are emotional and expressed through emotional, what this instrument would call, conditions. Many other times, there is the actual difficulty with the physical vehicle or other effects which vary with the reactions of the individual to the increased density of Light and the imbalances within that entity’s energy system.

The goal, then, is not perfection but rather that sturdy returning and remembrance of unconditional Love. That is the nature of the one infinite Creator, and that nature permeates and fills the universe that you are aware of and all that you are not yet able to measure. Indeed, the very space that has so long been considered a vacuum is far more intensely packed with the Love and Light of the one infinite Creator than the atoms of what you perceive as matter.

Then Q’uo suggested that the coming year is one in which there will be a ratcheting up of the third-density energies that will be experienced by the population of Earth, and this movement of energy began long ago and is increasing in its frequency as the clocklike motions of the planet spiral into the vibrations of fourth-density time/space and space/time, and the mismatch in vibration between fourth-density space/time and those who live and dwell within the third-density and the need to make choices is increasing, and it is becoming more difficult to feel comfortable. Q’uo went on to say that this experience of discomfort is increased: “by the toys and gadgets of those among your peoples who are indeed of service to self. These toys include your popular media and the various products of your peoples’ service-to-self intrigues. These two factors combine to offer to the third-density entity a remarkably increased experience of rush, stress, uneasiness, or even depression.” Q’uo continued by saying that for those of us who are awake our attempts to keep our heart open within our incarnation are imperfect, but our desire to keep that infinite Love flowing through our energy body has a tremendous impact upon the time/space universe, rather than the space/time universe, and within the time/space universe our intentions are things so that even though we have been imperfect in keeping our heart open, repeating our intentions to keep our heart open allows us to respond to the fourth-density portion of these vibrations by seeking them, and in doing this we move into our next healing crisis which can be emotional or a difficulty with our body which can vary with our reactions to the increased density of Light and our imbalances in our energy system. Q’uo completed their response by saying that our goal is not perfection but remembering unconditional Love because it is the nature of the one infinite Creator, and that nature of Love fills the universe that we are aware of and all that we are unaware of, and the very space that has so long been considered a vacuum is far more intensely packed with the Love and Light of the one infinite Creator than the atoms of what we perceive as matter. On August 12, 2007, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the time/space universe:

What shall be your responses this day to the thoughts you think, to the people you meet, and to the situations which you address? That is your area of creativity. It is a good thing to focus upon the fact that you are all creative. How can a creator not be creative? Therefore, create your creation consciously and do not be dismayed that the outer world does not seem to reflect your creation.

In the world of spirit, in the time/space universe, you are the citizens of eternity, even while within the world of space/time and incarnation. That which you create is powerful. And as you understand that, you can link up with those who are of like mind. Even at great distances you can continue to create light.

This instrument was speaking earlier in this weekend of being instruments, receivers, and emitters of vibration. And so, you are in the unseen realms. And we encourage you to think of yourselves as lighthouses. It is said in your holy work, “Do not hide your light under a bushel but place it on a lamp stand where all may see it.”

Does this answer your query, my brother?

I am Q’uo. We would suggest that the prophetic information is that which would detune this contact to the extent that we would not be able to speak through this instrument. The response must begin, therefore, with our note that we do not feel it to be possible to speak specifically upon such subjects without infringing upon free will. We again request simply that each be aware that there may be opportunities to serve in ways which are not presently obvious. The situation as it develops will far better be served by the focusing upon the steadfastness of faith that all is well and that all will be well.

We ask each, brothers and sisters: is it well to dwell on anything in fear when the matter with which each concerns itself helps to shape the future? Is it well, then, to dwell on danger even by way of preparing for it, or is it better to dwell in a universe in which there is no danger and thus affirm that which you wish and desire? The way that entities speak to themselves creates an amalgamated future in what you term consensus reality. Therefore, any attention paid to survival beyond the usual preparation for your power outages and so forth is a way of expressing fear.

There is no portion of the creation which can be labeled safe nor is there any which can be labeled unsafe in terms of the continuation and the thriving and the progression of consciousness. There is no danger; the physical illusion is an illusion. The harvest is only physical in the sense that it is creating effects upon the surface of your planet because of the decidedly lagging vibrations of the third-density population which is creating a kind of resistance of the incoming density. The Earth is, as a planet, as Gaia, far into its labor, and it needs the pouring of light into that which this entity calls the Christ grid, and which others have called the fourth-density grid or the ascension grid.

This is the true emergency. In a planetary situation such as this, our focus and perhaps any of those thinking metaphysically is upon the softening of the labor of planet Earth in Her harvest and the increasing of the harvest of souls from this many-times repeated cycle of greed, rapacity, and war. May we say that the sum total of this tack of defense and aggrandizement is the production of fear and pain. These emotions are as food to negative entities which from the fifth-density level are inspiring and activating the tendencies towards extremist belief systems and the “eye for an eye” point of view of justice. Those who would serve at this time may well attempt to ameliorate the third-density consensus reality, and we encourage those who would attempt to help. The attempt to save the self is one which moves from fear, and we would suggest that this is not a position from which to achieve a truth. Following truth leads to the heart of self, and, in the heart of self, the identity is as one with that which animates all things rather than being overly concerned for the physical vehicle. We do not suggest that entities be careless but rather that they respond appropriately as occurrences develop, meanwhile refusing to burden the pathways of the mind with fear-based concerns.

Questioner: Can Q’uo give any prophecies as to what actually might occur, so people could prepare themselves mentally and spiritually to handle it? Q’uo began their reply by saying that to give prophetic information would detune this contact to the extent that they would not be able to speak through Carla, and their response must begin with a note that they did not feel it to be possible to speak specifically upon such subjects without infringing upon free will, so they requested that each of us should be aware that there may be opportunities to serve in ways which are not presently obvious because the situation as it develops will be better served by focusing upon the steadfastness of faith that all is well, and that all will be well. Q’uo continued by asking each of us if we felt that it was well for us to think about anything that was in our future in a fearful or dangerous way, or was it better to see that we live in a universe in which there is no danger because what we think about, we will bring about in the consensus reality. Q’uo went on by saying there is no portion of the creation which can be labeled safe or unsafe regarding the progression of our consciousness because we live in an illusion, and the harvest is physical only in the sense that it creates effects upon the surface of our planet because of the unawakened vibrations of its population which create a resistance to the increasing fourth-density vibrations, and our Mother Earth is now in Her labor and needs us to pour our light into the Christ grid. Then Q’uo said that this is the true emergency, and in this situation they suggested that we focus upon the softening of our Mother Earth’s labor and in the increase of the harvest of souls from the repeated cycles of greed and war which have caused fear and pain that are food for fifth-density negative entities use to continue to activate tendencies for war, so Q’uo encouraged us to attempt to aid the third-density consensus reality by seeking the heart of ourself and identifying with all things and people rather than being overly concerned with our own bodily survival. On April 7, 1996, Q’uo spoke of the heart of ourself:

This is the journey my friends, to move to the center of the heart, which would seem to be a quick and easy journey. For do you not carry it with you? Oh, but, my friends, this is the infinite journey, for are you not all things and are you not the one Creator? So, when you seek the heart of Love, you seek the heart of self, and you contain and express the heart of self in ways which even you do not begin to understand. Have faith, my brothers and sisters, for this is a journey that you each are well set upon. There shall be difficulties. There shall be challenges. How else shall you learn that which you do not know? But if you have faith and continue with a strong will, you shall find the heart of yourself and the heart of the one Creator in the same place.

Information will come by many messengers: that which is seen, that which is read, that which is heard, that which moves before the vision of bird and beast, wind and rain. The process of true knowing comes to one through one’s own systems of guidance from within that universe that dwells in that shadowy ocean of your brain cells which opens a gateway to an infinite universe that is the true place where each lives.

Consider, if you will, that the entity which is watching that which is upon your television is observing a virtual reality. In just such a way, distortions in the infinite Love and Light of the Creator are, when picked up on third-density’s physical channel, translated into this particular channel of existence. At the same time, each entity dwells within the corresponding metaphysical universe. The physical death is the movement from a heavy, chemical illusion to a less distorted and non-physical universe. There is no discontinuation of being. However, each did move into incarnation at this time not to save the self but to reach out a hand to others so that, as each hand reaches out, hands begin to connect, and entities begin to hope in a focused and harmonized manner, becoming part of the rhythm and flow of the very appropriate and necessary changes that are occurring within your planet at this time.

The harvest can truly be greatly increased at this time, because so many entities here are just a tiny step from awakening so that we feel that there is a real possibility that, working increasingly in harmony, light centers such as this one and all positively-oriented groups upon your sphere may begin to look less like solitary lighthouses and more like big cities. The grid of fourth density may be seen as formed by the joined hands of all positive people and all joined hearts as well. In terms of aiding your planet, the seeking entity may look at the globe, and behold many places where the life forces are weak, places that are barren and unfruitful. These are places where there needs to be a strengthening or a tweaking, as this instrument would say, of the grid.

Entities may at any time choose to become radiators of unconditional love to the grid simply by intending to do so and moving into a state of meditation. The process of sending this light forth is one of intending to. There are visualizations which aid in this sending of light for some, such as the visualization of violet light being sent or the visualization of the planet with light streaming into the grid and the grid lighting up. We would note that your scientists have discovered this grid, among others, and therefore there is a panoply of sources which entities may find which offer information of a linear kind concerning specific portals and grid points which this entity has no language for discussing. However, it is not necessary to know the grid’s makeup in order to aid by the very being of the self within the open heart.

Now Q’uo said that: “information will come by many messengers: that which is seen, that which is read, that which is heard, that which moves before the vision of bird and beast, wind and rain. The process of true knowing comes to one through one’s own systems of guidance from within that universe that dwells in that shadowy ocean of your brain cells which opens a gateway to an infinite universe that is the true place where each lives.” Then Q’uo said that the images on our televisions are like a virtual reality and are similar to when we perceive distortions of the infinite Love and Light of the Creator, and we translate them into our third-density existence so that each of us lives within the corresponding metaphysical universe where our physical death is a movement from this heavy chemical illusion to a less distorted non-physical universe, but there is no discontinuation of our being. However, Q’uo said that: “each did move into incarnation at this time not to save the self but to reach out a hand to others so that, as each hand reaches out, hands begin to connect, and entities begin to hope in a focused and harmonized manner, becoming part of the rhythm and flow of the very appropriate and necessary changes that are occurring within your planet at this time.” Q’uo said that the harvest can be increased at this time because so many entities are ready to awaken, and they can work together in harmony in light centers so that they become cities of light, and the fourth-density grid will be seen as being formed by the joined hands and hearts of all positive seekers to be of service to our planet, and each seeker may look at the planet and behold many places where the life forces are weak and unfruitful, and these are places where there needs to be a strengthening of the grid. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that we may choose to become radiators of unconditional Love to the grid simply by setting our intentions to do so and then moving into a state of meditation and using visualizations such as the visualization of violet light being sent, or the visualization of the planet with light streaming into the grid and the grid lighting up, but the most important aid comes by the very being of ourself within the open heart. On May 20, 2001, Q’uo spoke of the value of light centers:

Carla: S phoned one in and he asked about light centers around the world such as Mt. Shasta, Sedona, Machu Picchu, etc., and what their significance might be.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. These areas which have been described as centers of light have an influence upon those who are sensitive or psychically aware, shall we say, in that these centers or areas are both located at points of intelligent energy ingress and have the advantage of attracting seekers for many of your years. These centers then are steeped in those energies which are transformational in nature. For the intelligent energy that is sent by your sub-Logos, the sun, makes its way into the Earth sphere through various vortices that are distributors, shall we say, of this energy that the entire population of the planet shall eventually be able to partake of their transforming nature. These vortices are in a regularized grid. Where there is an intersection of these lines of force there is formed a vortex that is an opening for such energies to be easily assimilated into the Earth’s mantle. Entities who are sensitive to such energies oftentimes gravitate to these areas in order to feel more of the pulse of life, shall we say.

May we answer you further, my brother?

Questioner: What’s the best way to align one’s own energy centers to the Christ grid? How do we visualize it in order to send energy to it?

We find that this instrument grows weary. We are those of Q’uo, and we will make this the last full query of this session. This instrument is familiar with the writings of the one known Drunvalo Melchizedek, and we would say that the attempt to follow the exercises within that particular book having to do with the activation of the Merkabah make up a system whereby an entity may harness and discipline the wandering mind within ritualistic mental activity which tends to open the energy body. There are as many ways to open the energy body as there are inspirational experiences. The mechanical ways of opening the heart such as that of the one known as Drunvalo have as their burden the form and outerness of step one, step two, and seriatim, the list beginning and ending.

There are many suggestions of such rituals of opening the heart, and we would encourage entities who seek such to search the information available for such suggestions. For ourselves, our suggestions are more along the lines of that ineffable and spontaneous expression of joy and thanksgiving which each has experienced in ecstatic moments. We bring to this instrument’s mind the experiences of the bonding of a man and woman in love, the bonding of friendships, the discovery that one loves one’s work. Such feelings open the heart by their very nature. Beauty, when perceived purely, opens the heart totally.

Therefore, what will open the heart for each seeker is unique. For this entity, it is the returning again and again to the table of Jesus the Christ to take into herself that very being which this entity views as unconditional love. This entity is in ecstasy as she hears the central words, “Do this in remembrance of me,” and to that, this instrument replies mentally, “I will remember, Lord.” For another, the opening of the heart may involve the beauty of a song, the flight of a bird, the odor of a rose or the abstract dwelling upon an idea. Each entity’s place of balance is different.

However, all have in common the need to open the heart, but not from a careless or unprepared position. When the heart is asked to open, first we ask each to ask their energy body to come into balance, to open, and to be unclogged. The simple asking of the mind to the self to take care of this aids in the ability to move into that state of consciousness which is the inspiration of Love, the passion of right livelihood, or the firm settling upon that which is highest and best for one. These feelings of realization of the nature of the self and the nature about the self greatly aid in the opening of the heart. Certainly, anything which seems inspiring and resonant may be trusted by the discrimination of the entity.

The suggestion with which we would close is that we would ask each to remember that spiritual evolution is a process of change. Change is, by its nature, a condition which biases the consciousness towards discomfort. The more work one does in consciousness in a day, the faster the metabolism of the consciousness rises. It is as though an entity were exercising muscles. It is well to seek using measured times of meditation especially if such practice is being done is solitude. In groups, it is much more safe to meditate for longer periods, and we would certainly suggest that entities in groups are more powerful magnetically than by themselves.

We suggest a gentleness with the self, for the first self which must be loved in order to love others as the self is the self, and it is the hardest of selves to love, for the secret thoughts of the self are known. We would ask that each attempt to keep the light touch, being passionate and fiery as a lover in pursuit of the truth of the one infinite Creator and of the nature of the deeper self while being able to keep the light touch with the surface of the illusion, not disrespecting or dishonoring its importance but recognizing that illusion is involved in the information that is being offered.

We thank the one known as W and the other members of this group for calling for our presence at this somewhat unusual session. We have enjoyed meditating and sharing our vibrations with your own, and we thank each for the sacrifices of time and energy which each has made in order to carve out this time of contemplation and questioning. We leave each of you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai. Adonai vasu.

This morning Anna and I synchronized our computer to listen to Carla channel Ra in Session #63 where there was information about how to help Carla deal with psychic greetings, entities with dual-activated bodies incarnating on Earth, wanderers, and the nature of vital energy.

This afternoon I cleaned Benny’s apartment by using the carpet sweeper on the rug in the hall. Then I swept up the kitty litter in the room where she has two litter boxes and stays most of the time. Then I used the dust mop in all three room and the hall.

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

January 26

Discrimination

I am the consciousness of Love, the full principle of the creative love of Jesus Christ, the exemplar to a torn world of the whole and shining garment of Light that is the creation.

Many false prophets have spoken and been heard throughout the ages of humankind and many now are among you. We who wish to create opportunities for enhanced growth of Spirit within the hearts of all people wish nothing more than to join hands and hearts in the service of the Lord Jesus Christ for the transformation of your rounded world into a sphere which manifests the Light which lies within it.

Yet would we rather urge discrimination of the most fastidious kind than acts of faith without judgment. For though we do not ask that you judge your actions or those of others in such a way that you cripple yourself with guilt or anger, nevertheless we do request that the full use of your powers of discrimination be used in listening to any words, however wonderful the source may seem. For if we have miracles between our lines, that shall become apparent to you who ponder these poor thoughts which we offer in the service of Love.

May you go your way in peace, now and ever. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

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

2025-01-25

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from November 24:

Our question today, Q’uo, has to do with the devas in the, shall we say, astral world, the devachanic realms. We would like for you to give us some information about the inhabitants there. We are aware somewhat that there are angels of a very high order, there are regular spirits that are associated with the natural world, the spirits of fire, of water, of earth, of air, and we are certain that there are others as well. We would like for you to give us an idea of the kinds of entities that inhabit the devachanic realms.

(Carla channeling)

We are those of the principle known to you as Q’uo, and we greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator in whose name we serve. We thank you each for creating this space in this day of rest to have this session of working and especially so since we realize the many demands upon the time of each of you. We thank you for your dedication to seeking and your generosity of spirit. And we thank you for sharing your meditation with us; it is a great privilege to be with you. As always, we ask that you use your discrimination in listening to what we have to say, recognizing and resonating to those thoughts that appeal to you and leaving the rest behind.

This day, your question was somewhat mixed in that we are aware of various names for various of the creatures about which you have asked, and we are also aware that, in terms of the terminology of this area of discussion, the naming of some beings is not consonant with the naming of other beings in terms of the astral and devachanic planes, which are only a small part of the inner planes. However, we assume that the question was intended to be general and to speak of the inner planes in toto as opposed to two of the seven. Indeed, our discussion would be very much the same. However, we would not be talking about the wide range of non-human entities that inhabit the great range of inner planes that is local to this particular sphere of your Earth.

Our answer depends upon an initial awareness concerning the nature of the Creator and the creation. This nature is such that, as this instrument was told by the one known as David, the matter which has been considered by those among your people called scientists for some years as a vacuum has been proven now by your scientists to contain more energy by far than the energy which is released both from within what you call matter, such as your bodies, or any atom that can be split. The unpotentiated, resting energy of the creation is so powerful that the power released in your hydrogen bombs is very small in comparison to the power that could be released from undistorted, unpotentiated time/space. When there is the creation within third density of life forms such as yourselves, there is an entry into a world of limitation and polarity.

Within the inner planes of third density, however, this limitation is not there, for the inner planes resonate within the energy of the planet itself which creates, at the moment of its beginning, all of the planes in completion as a pattern which, through the illusion of space/time, seems then to begin to appear and to develop and so forth. This again, in the visual world, is one of the limitations of your space/time. The conditions in time/space are quite different, and consequently there is not the bar against remembering and being completely aware of the metaphysical nature of what this instrument would call a deeper reality and the passing nature of all things which participate within this world of life and death. The energy of, say, the tree or a person may be seen in the context of this deeper reality as a minor distortion in the flow of unpotentiated time/space. The illusion that is so pointed and so emphatic to the physical eyes which you enjoy is in fact very little different from, but quite pointedly different from, unpotentiated time/space.

Thismeans that each being of third density has, barely leashed within her energy system, the ability literally to move mountains or to make any physical changes by consciousness alone that her imagination and will can focus upon to a great enough extent, with great enough purity of desire and with a great enough sense of purpose. The limited intake of information within third density is that limitation which affects the conscious mind. It does not affect the subconscious mind except in the higher levels of the subconscious mind. Therefore, it is seldom that entities do see those beings of the inner planes with their physical eyes. Indeed, most of those who do see the inner planes entities while conscious are those who this instrument would call children, those who have not been trained that such things are impossible to see.

Further, there is the necessity for retaining an unprovability about all such beings that would increase a third-density entity’s faith. In matters of faith, and in spiritual matters in general, there is a great desire not to infringe upon the free will of any entity who is within third density specifically to make choices. Now, with this view of the third-density situation and the situation of third-density biological units such as yourselves, it is perhaps easier to see that the vast array of very real and very substantive intelligence and spirit that the energy of the one infinite Creator possesses almost bursts out of each tiny nook and cranny of each distortion.

The group question for this session was: “Our question today, Q’uo, has to do with the devas in the, shall we say, astral world, the devachanic realms. We would like for you to give us some information about the inhabitants there.” Q’uo began their reply by saying that they were aware of various names for the devas and creatures that were asked about, and they were also aware that the naming of some of these beings is not consistent when speaking of the astral and devachanic planes which are only a small part of the inner planes, so they assumed that the question was intended to speak of all of the inner planes instead of just two of the seven so that their discussion would be much the same except they would not be talking about the wide range of non-human entities that inhabit the great range of inner planes that is local to planet Earth. Q’uo went on to say that their answer depended upon our knowledge concerning the nature of the Creator and the creation, and this nature is such that our scientists have discovered that what had been considered to be a vacuum has now been proven to contain more energy than that which is released from within matter or any atom that can be split, and the unpotentiated energy of the creation is so powerful that the power released by our hydrogen bombs is very small in comparison to the power that could be released from undistorted, unpotentiated time/space so that when there is the creation within third density of life forms such as ourselves, there is an entry into a world of limitation and polarity. Q’uo continued by saying that within the inner planes of third density this limitation [that is caused by the veil of forgetting] is not there, for the inner planes resonate within the energy of the planet itself which creates, at the moment of its beginning, [of the octave of densities] all of the planes/densities in completion as a pattern which, through the illusion of space/time, seems then to begin to appear and to develop and so forth. This again, in the visual world, is one of the limitations of your space/time [because of the veil of forgetting]. The conditions in time/space are quite different, and consequently there is not the bar against remembering [because there is no veil of forgetting in time/space] and being completely aware of the metaphysical nature of what this instrument would call a deeper reality and the passing nature of all things which participate within this world of life and death. The energy of, say, the tree or a person may be seen in the context of this deeper reality as a minor distortion in the flow of unpotentiated time/space. The illusion that is so pointed and so emphatic to the physical eyes which you enjoy is in fact very little different from, but quite pointedly different from, unpotentiated time/space. [Q’uo seems to be saying that our illusion that is in space/time is not different from unpotentiated time/space and also quite different from unpotentiated time/space, and I cannot make any sense out of that!] Then Q’uo said that each of us within the third density has the ability to literally move mountains or to make any physical changes by consciousness alone that our imagination and will can focus upon to a great enough extent, with great enough purity of desire and with a great enough sense of purpose, but the limited intake of information within third density is that limitation which affects our conscious mind, but it does not affect our subconscious mind except in the higher levels of the subconscious mind, so it is seldom that we see those beings of the inner planes with our physical eyes, and most of us who do see the inner planes entities while conscious are those children who have not been trained that such things are impossible to see. Now Q’uo said that it is necessary that the existence of such beings not be able to be proven because this means that we will have to increase our faith that they do exist, and when it comes to faith and spiritual matters in general it would infringe on our free will in making choices if we knew that such beings existed, so: “with this view of the third-density situation and the situation of third-density biological units such as yourselves, it is perhaps easier to see that the vast array of very real and very substantive intelligence and spirit that the energy of the one infinite Creator possesses almost bursts out of each tiny nook and cranny of each distortion.” On May 15, 2005, Q’uo spoke of the nature of inner planes entities:

But you have picked up many entities from the inner planes, as this instrument would call them, who have been attracted to you because of the beauty of your hope and faith, or because of the kind of mission that you came into incarnation to pursue, or for any of a number of other reasons, resulting in the opinion of inner-planes entities that you are a person that they would like to help. They range from tiny children who simply want to help you find lost things to the most wonderful and complex personalities, masters, gurus, or entities of that type from various of the inner planes that have been drawn to you because they feel they might be able to prove to be a resource in your own process. Some of these entities have names. Some of them are simply energies or essences. Some of them speak in ways such as we do, in concepts which come up through the subconscious mind. Some of them speak through coincidence, birds, animals or street signs, using your environment to find ways to communicate a word, or a concept, or a feeling with you. Some of them speak to you in sleep and some, such as we, are there during meditation if you ask us to join you so that we may deepen the stability of your basic meditative state.

Life calls to life, and life within third-density space/time calls to life within the inner planes; the inner-planes life calls to and seeks to serve third-density space/time beings. The nature of angels is not qualitatively different from the essence of beings such as faeries, pixies, Puck, Robin Greenfellow and all such kindly and jovial spirits, and then moving to the devas within all living things of second density and all of those elemental energies of earth, air, wind, and fire from first density. All of these energies may be seen either as focused energy that is attracted, as if by a magnet, by certain states of mind in space/time, or they may be seen as intelligences which are drawn by likeness of interest or likeness of vibration into a harmony and an association. Each of you being a significant though small distortion within the time/space and space/time continua, you naturally, by your very existence, draw energy and intelligence from the inner planes.

Because of the limitations of the space/time mind or intelligence of third-density entities, there is always the tendency to set the same conditions upon other life as are experienced by the life of the self. This has created through many centuries the naming of vast panoplies of beings of a certain order. For instance, as the one known as V has pointed out, there is a very careful and very large order of various types of angelic beings. There are in other systems of myth and magic many names for inner-planes guides, many names for nature spirits, many names for elemental spirits. They are essences which are beyond the naming much as you yourselves are essences beyond the naming, because they have not any relationship whatsoever with space/time, being completely creatures of thought. They are moved by thoughts. Being creatures of energy, they are moved by energy. The details of desire within third-density beings do not concern those beings of the inner planes that wish to interact with humankind. As much as the energy behind the desire for a particular thing, it is the intent, the purpose, the aim that attracts like energy for inner planes work.

When you wish help, the only bar to that help is the lack of solid knowing that help is available. It is much more difficult for inner planes entities to aid humankind if the human is not aware of or calling upon that help. Consequently, we encourage each never to spend the time wondering if such help is available. In our opinion, the universe is literally bursting at the seams with energy and information, and all of it desires to be known; all of it desires to be used. It is at the point of reception by the third-density biological entities that the problems occur. A large amount of help goes unused because it is unasked for and unregarded. Much help from the higher angelic realms is only available to those who ask, for as the energies become more refined and the intelligences more full of the infinite Creator, there is an increasing responsibility for preserving the free will of the fragile, third-density human entities who are moving through this choice-making density.

How greatly each entity’s guidance system wishes to help! We give this instrument the image of a dozen angels sitting all about the living room on curtain rods and windowsills and the tops of bookcases just hoping and waiting to be asked. The nature spirits and elementals are not concerned with the infringement upon free will, because they are called only by those who know that they are possible: either those whose faith has not been tested at all, such as the smaller children, or those whose faith has been tested and has been tempered in the fire so that there is a knowing that this aspect of intelligence and energy within things exists.

Then Q’uo said life calls to life, and the inner-planes life seeks to serve us within the third-density as do the angels whose nature is not qualitatively different from the nature of beings such as faeries, pixies, and devas within all living things of second density and all of those elemental energies of earth, air, wind, and fire from first density. Q’uo said that all of these energies may be seen to be attracted by certain states of  our mind in space/time, or they may be seen as intelligences which are drawn by like vibrations into an harmonious association with us, and each of us is a significant distortion within the time/space and space/time continua, and we naturally, by our very existence, draw energy and intelligence from the inner planes. Q’uo went on to say that because of the limitations of our space/time mind there is always the tendency for us to set the same conditions upon other life forms that we experience, and over many centuries this has created the naming of many kinds beings of a certain order such as various types of angelic beings, or in other systems of myth and magic many names for inner-planes guides, many names for nature spirits, many names for elemental spirits, and they are essences which are beyond the naming because they have no relationship with space/time since they are creatures of thought which are moved by thought; and they are creatures of energy moved by energy; and the details of our lives within the third density do not attract these beings to us because they are attracted by our conscious intentions. Q’uo continued by saying that when we wish help, the only bar to that help is the lack of our knowing that help is available because it is difficult for inner planes entities to aid us if we are not calling for that help, so Q’uo encouraged us never to spend the time wondering if such help is available because in their opinion the universe is literally bursting at the seams with energy and information, and all of it desires to be known and to be used. Then Q’uo said that it is at the point of the reception of these energies by us in the third-density that problems occur, and a large amount of help goes unused because we haven’t asked for it since it is only available when we ask for it. They said that as these energies become more refined and the intelligences more full of the infinite Creator, there is an increasing responsibility for preserving our free will as we are moving through this choice-making density. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that our guidance system has a great desire to help us, and if we could see them there would be a dozen angels sitting all around us just waiting for us to ask for their help because they are not concerned with infringing upon our free will since they are called only by those who know that they are possible: “either those whose faith has not been tested at all, such as the smaller children, or those whose faith has been tested and has been tempered in the fire so that there is a knowing that this aspect of intelligence and energy within things exists.” On February 12, 2011, Q’uo described the variety of angels that we can call on for help:

You have angels at the level of Creator, and you have angels at the level of personal angels. You have everything in between. They carry responsibilities according to their hierarchy. What makes angels unique is that they have never left the vibration of the Creator. They have never departed from the one original Thought of unconditional Love. They have never incarnated, and they never will. While they have characteristics that can seem to be like a personality, to say that angels have a personality is to anthropomorphize incorrectly.

Angels are Love. Angels are Love responsible for realms in a hierarchical manner. There are those which work with your sub-Logos, the sun, in creating the archetypal mind and the blueprint for the densities in this particular creation. There are angels who are attracted to vibrations and flock to those whose vibrations are beautiful to them. You may not feel beautiful, dear ones, especially when you are struggling, yet to those who vibrate in unconditional Love, the qualities of one who is seeking to learn and to serve are irresistible. It takes a great deal of courage to persist in a spiritual preoccupation, and each of you is very beautiful to us and to the angels.

There are two basic energies which angels have to offer. One is the simple energy of Love itself and the other is a feeling of safety, which could be called a healing energy. Both of those aspects are the resources which angels have to offer. Angels also have connections with the four elements and the four directions  so that as you become more and more aware of the correspondences between certain archangels and certain energies, certain powers, and certain directions, you become more able to cleanse your habitation or the area around you with the help of the archangels.

There is another class of angels that is indeed angelic and yet these angels have had incarnations. Those are the entities who have chosen to be angels but were not angels from the Creator. Yet between incarnations it became apparent to these souls that the work that they wished to do was angelic. And so, these entities were incarnated and lived for a short time on this terrestrial ball you call Earth. And then, seemingly far before their time, they were taken. Instead of moving into the healing of the incarnation and the choosing of another incarnation, these particular entities move into the angelic realm. They are able to become angels because of their innocence within incarnation. These little ones are especially fond of those whose hearts are open and are very grateful to rest in that open heart that will accept them.

We would at this time transfer this contact from the one known as Carla to the one known as Jim, for we feel that this question has perhaps been discussed as much as we can discuss it before there are further queries to focus or refocus our discussion. Consequently, we leave this instrument in love and in light. We are known to you as Q’uo.

Jim channeling)

I am Q’uo, and we greet each again in love and in light through this instrument. May we ask at this time if there are any further queries to which we may speak?

T: If one wanted to ask for help from a particular angel or from the elementals, how would one go about protecting oneself and trying to be sure that you are getting positive, Creator-oriented help?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. We would recommend that the petition for assistance be made while in the meditative state. In this state, you may communicate that which is your heart’s desire most clearly to those whose ears and hearts are inclined to a call for service. As you issue the call, having centered yourself and having made known that which is your desire in asking for assistance, then we would suggest the engaging of a period of silent meditation wherein you would wait for a contact and assistance, shall we say, that is communicated to you through your feelings, through images, or through intuition. Then, when this contact is perceived, you ask kindly but firmly if it comes in the name of… and then you would supply that quality, entit,y or concept which is sacred to you, be it Jesus, the Christ, the Christ Consciousness, the positive polarity, any of the various saints who have made themselves known as intermediaries in these kinds of situations, and so forth. When you have received an affirmative reply, then you may know that you have made contact with an entity which is both willing and able to assist you in the manner that you desire.

Is there a further query, my brother?

T: No, not from me, thank you.

I am Q’uo, and we thank you, my brother. Is there another query at this time?

Carla: I’d like to follow up. When I was channeling before, I was getting this image of the energies that are a part of everything that you can imagine. I was thinking that we’d get some kind of way to tell what was from first density, what was from second, and third, and so forth in terms of the inner planes, and I was getting the impression that all of these carefully written down things that various monks and various people have seen through the centuries and written exhaustively about are actually very biased material in terms of culture and so forth, and that was why they wanted to stay completely away from the forms, because these energies, although they would take any form that was comfortable to you, it wouldn’t be their real selves. Is that an accurate perception. Is that why you didn’t want to be more specific?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister, and you are quite correct, for each culture contains biases and indeed within many cultures, there are various teachers, gurus, masters, etc. who have had experience with these types of energy essences and beings of Light and who have given them names that are either culturally biased or personally significant and which do not translate well into another culture or experience. Thus, we thought to remain in a general fashion of description so that there could be a transmission of information that was hopefully free of unnecessary distortion that would be confusing.

Carla: Yes, thank you.

Is there another query, my sister?

Carla: No, thank you.

I am Q’uo, and we thank you once again, my sister. Is there another query at this time?

V: I’m not exactly sure how to phrase it, but the source of the question came from my meandering thoughts regarding that particular kingdom or realm, and I would like to know, Q’uo, if you could speak on the origin of those they call the archangels. I know that in general you did give a very good description of the entities themselves. I’m trying to get more specific with those entities that have been labeled archangels and even individually named with, you know, particular names such as Michael, Gabriel, etc.. I guess what I’m trying to establish or figure out is, how does one maintain or even initiate a relationship or even a conversation with such beings?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. One begins to speak to such a being from the center of the heart. It is well to enter into the meditative state or that which is centered in contemplation and prayer and to offer that which is the heart of one’s concern in an open and, shall we say, somewhat dedicated fashion. The dedication of which we speak is that kind of dedication that does not seek a certain outcome but seeks to be of service in a pure and helpful manner.

Thus, as you would begin to open yourself to such communication, it is well to prepare oneself by personal efforts in the way of prayer, analysis of one’s own needs and abilities and a beginning realm, shall we say, of consideration of the desired outcome so that there is both a focus for the petition and room within it for the appropriate response. Those whom you have called archangels are those whose desire to serve is not only deep and firm but is practiced and experienced. These are entities who have taken responsibility for a greater portion of your creation than most and who have for many of your millennia been able to offer themselves in a manner which has realized that which you would call success in that they have taken—and this instrument laughs—under their wings a great deal of responsibility and who have done so with a great deal of compassion.

Over seventy-five thousand of your years ago, this particular planetary sphere was placed in what you would call a quarantine, for there have been many entities needing to be moved to this sphere from other third-density spheres that were completing their third density and who had populations of mind/body/spirit complexes that were unable to proceed into the fourth density and who needed to repeat the lessons of third density. They were transferred to this particular sphere by a variety of techniques, some of which were seen at a later time period to have been infringements on free will. Thus, it was necessary to guard this free will as the various populations of recycled third-density planets were added unto this particular third-density sphere. Thus, there was the need for a great deal of care in the overseeing of this process of the beginning of the third density of this planetary sphere, for there were many souls of various origins who would need to be protected, shall we say, to be placed in a certain situation that was designed to allow a balancing of distortions.

Thus, there were many hands and hearts engaged in this effort, and there were those who were willing to take the responsibility for a large part of this process, and they were given not only this responsibility but were given the positions that you would see as the angelic realm and the—we correct this instrument—and those who would guide this process in a kind of continuous consensus in the direction of energy expenditure.

Is there a further query, my sister?

V: Yes, and I apologize for lengthening this contact. I have one last question, and that is if you would speak to the understanding or belief that, at one time or another, humans have actually joined with angels, I guess, in a mating fashion, if you will; that there have been instances where there were offspring as a result of humans and angels coming together, and there have been statements made at one time or another, “Oh, this person or that person came from the angelic kingdom,” and, “That person or this person has that particular energy within them.” Can you speak to that?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. Many of those of the Confederation of Planets in the Service of the One Infinite Creator have been in various forms throughout their history of contact with the population of this planetary sphere. Many have been taken or perceived as being angelic, for indeed their vibrations are similar, and there has been, as we alluded to in the previous query, the transition to this planetary sphere of various other third-density populations seeking to repeat third density in a manner which you would see as the sexual reproductive engaging of energies. This in particular was one of the primary reasons that the quarantine of this sphere was put in place, for there was the changing of genetic codes in order to assist the learning of spiritual lessons that was seen at a later date to be an infringement upon the free will of those with whom the mating occurred.

Is there another query, my sister?

V: No, thank you. That really clears up a lot. Thank you.

I am Q’uo, and we thank you once again, my sister. Is there a final query at this time?

[Tape ends.]

This morning I re-recorded Chapter 16 from The Crucifixion of Esmeralda Sweetwater. Now that all the re-recording is done, I hope that the audiobook will be available in the next few weeks.

This afternoon I vacuumed the first floor of my home a day later than usual because yesterday was just too busy for me to do my regular vacuuming.

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

January 25

Dance Upon The Road

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

The far country beckons! The mystery retreats! The road calls the weary pilgrim forward, and a new day dawns!

Let this day be the day the pilgrim kicks off the dusty shoes and dances upon the road. Let the heart be merry and light, for within winter’s dimness of day and length of night much is occurring within the body of your planet which shall be cause for great rejoicing.

Similarly, each careworn seeker is gestating within the Christed self that is born within those seeds which shall, in good time, bear fruit.

It is not necessary to await the length of days, the summer’s sun, and the visible harvest, to rejoice in the fecundity of the earth and the perfection of the process of growth. Similarly, rejoice in the process of growth within yourself and be merry this day.

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

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

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

2025-01-24

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from November 8:

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. We greet you in this novel way of meeting as a circle of seeking, and we thank you for the great privilege of being called to this circle to join your meditation, to plumb those questions which you would ask with those responses which we may feel free to offer, knowing that each will listen with the greatest discrimination to those humble thoughts that we may share. For we are not those who constitute an authority, but rather we are those who are pilgrims upon the path which is the path which you also walk. And in the way of things, like calls to like, light calls to light, and the forces of life call to those who love life those aspects of the self that move from positions within the future of the self which offer guidance, what this instrument would call wisdom.

We greatly appreciate the energy exchange and the commonality of tuning that creates this particular group. We only ask that our thoughts be considered with a jaundiced eye, removing and rejecting those things that do not ring absolutely true, walking ahead without looking back, knowing that the precious burden is that which resonates, that which is helpful, not in the future and not in the past with respect to authority but rather in the very infinity of the present moment.

We would at this time, with this assurance that we will not abridge free will by those things that we share as opinions, request the central query of this particular working.

Carla [Repeating the question from B, who is calling on the telephone.]

“From my exposure to the situation here, I’m thinking that the harvest may be small, and I’m wondering if a motion picture that talks about the harvest might actually be helpful in increasing, at least potentially, the harvest size. If that is so, would it be more helpful to have a screenplay which dealt directly with the harvest, or would it be more helpful to deal with it indirectly through the growth and the learning of the characters, the story that they tell? That is the initial query.”

We are those known to you as Q’uo, and we are again with this instrument. We thank this instrument for retuning and refining the calibration of the tuning to recreate the original vibration, for that is indeed the comfortable vibration for this particular group of three. We would like to parenthetically note that it is very helpful to have arranged so carefully for this meeting in that the tuning of this group is excellent, and we appreciate the effort that each has put into removing this time from the experience within consensus reality so that that which lies within the inner realms may be shared not only within the subconscious area of awareness but, to some extent, in the language of words.

Firstly, we would state with simple clarity that in all cases it is completely up to the creator of the service as to the nature of that service, and the choosing of each aspect moves not within the values of the world but in the metaphysical value of the feel or the integrity of the artistic work which is the sincere and openhearted attempt to create that art form which remains within that ambience which is as the interdisciplinary tour de force or exercise in that mixture of wit and inspiration that creates that which is more than it seems.

The first portion of the question has to do with the possibility that the very public repetition of this body of basic information concerning that time of harvest which is occurring as we discuss it would be an efficacious service, and we can say that it is almost completely a matter of the point of view of the responder. It is our bias to say that it will make a difference, because we find ourselves most sympathetic to the agony of your peoples. We would greatly love to enjoy the experience of the peoples of your planet catching fire for love and becoming empowered once again to be warriors for the Light rather than against the darkness. It is very tempting and perhaps indeed efficacious to use the blunt instrument. The question then becomes creating the gem that has so many facets within that context.

Similarly, the, what this instrument would call, snob appeal, indeed the aesthetic high road, of writing is to stay within the infinite art of story and, by developing utterly spontaneous and gripping versions of those soul streams with which you are familiar and placing them into the environment which is enchanted with the soul of the story, embody forth the information in a way that is as the rapier rather than the mace but perhaps, in pinking the truth, moves to the heart of that truth and of those watching the story unfold, thereby creating an even more persuasive body of work which basically, within this question, is being considered as a kind of propaganda or persuasive information.

May we say that it is very easy to become cynical when one is aware of the cheap tricks of any trade. This instrument, for instance, became extremely depressed and disappointed when she first sang the Missa Solemnissai by the one known as Ludwig. The material was ungrateful to the voice, hastily done, and full of the panoply of the tricks of the trade for playing upon the emotions of the audience. It was, as this instrument perceived it, disgustingly effective. It took this instrument much time to forgive the one known as Ludwig for creating as this entity was wont to create. It took even more time before this instrument was able to appreciate the one known as Ludwig’s music once again, as listening to the impression of the music rather than the skeleton of it.

May we say that it is very easy to become cynical when one is aware of the cheap tricks of any trade. This instrument, for instance, became extremely depressed and disappointed when she first sang the Missa Solemnissai by the one known as Ludwig. The material was ungrateful to the voice, hastily done, and full of the panoply of the tricks of the trade for playing upon the emotions of the audience. It was, as this instrument perceived it, disgustingly effective. It took this instrument much time to forgive the one known as Ludwig for creating as this entity was wont to create. It took even more time before this instrument was able to appreciate the one known as Ludwig’s music once again, as listening to the impression of the music rather than the skeleton of it.

Realize, as the artist who deals with a certain genre, that there are limitations to the genre and that these in a metaphysical sense have no emotional charge but simply become that which describes the body of consideration which feeds into the conscious part of a subconscious process of creation in which that which is dark of the self and that which is light of the self combine in a desire to create and to express the self in such a way that the whole self is used. We do not see within our own system of judgment any reason to indicate any bias towards either the blunt instrument or the rapier. We feel simply a complete faith that those involved in such a labor of love shall find a way with that moment-by-moment guidance which never fails. There are times when that guidance does not move quickly, yet always it moves surely and in its proper time.

The first question from B was spoken over the telephone: “From my exposure to the situation here, I’m thinking that the harvest may be small, and I’m wondering if a motion picture that talks about the harvest might actually be helpful in increasing, at least potentially, the harvest size. If that is so, would it be more helpful to have a screenplay which dealt directly with the harvest, or would it be more helpful to deal with it indirectly through the growth and the learning of the characters, the story that they tell? That is the initial query.” Q’uo began their reply by saying that they wished to be clear that it is up to B to create the type of storyline that has a spiritual theme rather than one of a worldly nature, and this should be done in a sincere and open-hearted way that would have the flavor of combining wit and inspiration that results in a work of art that is more than it seems. Q’uo continued by saying that B’s creating a movie about the time of harvest would be a helpful service, and they also said that it was B’s point of view that he shared in the movie that would make a difference because Q’uo felt very sympathetic to the agony of the people on Earth, and that they would love to see the people of Earth catching fire for love and becoming warriors for the Light rather than against the darkness although it could be helpful to use the blunt instrument that would partake in creating a gem that has many facets. Q’uo went on to say that writing a movie with a high set of principles and staying within the art of the story to create characters that B was familiar with, and putting them into situations which were enchanting with the heart of the storyline, would share information in a way of using a sharp-pointed sword rather than a can of mace but perhaps in slightly altering the truth it would move to the heart of that truth and into the hearts of those watching the story unfold, thereby creating an even more persuasive body of work which is being considered as a kind of propaganda or persuasive information. Now Q’uo said that it is very easy to become cynical when one is aware of the cheap tricks of any trade, and used the example of Carla becoming very disappointed when she first sang the Missa Solemnissai by the one known as Ludwig Van Beethoven because it hurt her voice and was full of the various tricks of having music affect the emotions of the audience, and it was disgustingly effective in doing so, and it took a while before she could forgive Ludwig for his song, and it took even more time before she was able to appreciate the one known as Ludwig’s music once again as she began listening to the impression of the music rather than the skeleton of it. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that any kind of artist will discover that there are limitations to its style of art that have no emotional charge in the metaphysical sense but simply describe the body of information which feeds into the conscious part of a subconscious process of creation in which the dark and light parts of the self combine in the desire to create and to express the self in such a way that the whole self is used, and Q’uo said that they did not see within their own system of judgment any reason to indicate any bias towards either the blunt instrument or the sword, so they said:  “We feel simply a complete faith that those involved in such a labor of love shall find a way with that moment-by-moment guidance which never fails. There are times when that guidance does not move quickly, yet always it moves surely and in its proper time.” On September 26, 2009, Q’uo described how we can become a part of a labor of love:

We realize that the demands of a job are such that there are many times when one must do that for which one was employed, even though one has only half a heart for the task. In the best of all possible worlds, however, my friends, you would be able to collect yourselves before functioning in the outer world. As it is, the recognition of the fact that you are functioning at less than peak efficiency, shall we say, is helpful to you as a soul. For if you are aware that it is desirable to collect the self and to tune the self so that one offers a labor of true love when one works, then even if one is unable fully to accomplish the manifestation of this, metaphysically speaking, setting the intention to do that labor of love is very, very important, far more important than the degree to which you are able actually to manifest this.

We believe at this time that we would pause to refocus the questioning. We are those of Q’uo.

B: [Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We do find that this is a ticklish question from the standpoint of infringement upon free will. You are precisely correct in assuming that this is a vital point. Shall you move into the belief system that chooses quantity and therefore move along the assumption that the entire population of the movie-going world needs to see the information, or shall the effort be made in a modest way to those independent and other film makers who have a love of the smaller film, thus creating an atmosphere for a potentially greater artistic freedom, sensitivity or control? We leave this within your choice-making with the wry acknowledgement that this is, as this instrument would say, a sticky wicket.

May we ask is there is a further query?

B: [Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. The described characters are perhaps drawn with that description which has not the appropriate or, shall we say, truthful allowance for the human within the characters, more so for the heroine than the brother. The character who has no pain has less of a grateful or sympathetic aspect of companionship with the perceiver of this character’s flavor.

May we answer further, my brother?

B:[Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. The basic structure of this suggestion is good in our opinion in that it engages the feeling of sympathy and commonality or, shall we say, identity with those within the experiencers of this story. The handling, shall we say, of the difficult aspects of this story is a relatively easily defined issue in that the choice revolves about the creation of what this instrument would call a threat or counterpoint created early within the story, so that first the sympathies of the audience are piqued, and then the concern or spontaneous depth of involvement in the story due to the perceived threat to the character is made evident within the story.

Certainly, it could be seen as a threat that the life is shaken by running into new experiences, new entities, and so forth. We can see the intellectually attractive aspect of this particular scenario. What we basically see here is the choice between creating a mythic character of the, shall we say, genre which is in common with this instrument’s area of interest and the choice of choosing a mythic system which is more respectable, such as that of Christianity, Judaism, or even that known as Islam. The myth is infinitely various in detail from myth to myth, from culture to culture and from system to system, yet the issues involved, and indeed many of the predictions concerning harvest, remain constant. Consequently, there is a wide palette for the entity who chooses to create fiction. There is less of a wide palette for the entity who chooses to hew somewhat more to the story of that entity known as L and L Research.

May we answer further, my brother?

B: [Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and, my brother, the answer is no. Do you wish to question further?

B: [Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query. Our response was to the question, “Was there a way to tell the story without offering fear-based information?” and the answer is no. The fear-base then is that which is certainly not desired, and any dwelling upon this base of fear shall detune the story itself. Nevertheless, the entire desire of this particular group is to create a body of information which acts as what this instrument would call a snooze alarm in that it rings a tocsin or tolls a bell that says, “No man is an island, and no nation is insular.” Certainly, this information cannot be stated without expressing truths that inspire fear.

However, the story can be balanced in that not only is there the story that creates fear because it describes a cycle of slavery that has been pressed upon entities upon your sphere since that which was the time of Atlantis at the time of the last pole shift. The balance to this information concerning the enslavement of humankind is the equally compelling truth that there is a way to create a balance to this situation; there is a way from this enslavement to freedom of mind, heart, soul, and strength. There is an empowerment of humankind which moves from belief systems and perceptions into the very DNA, for creative units within the self of the bodies of those upon your sphere. The need to change the, shall we say, mind-set of your peoples is great in that many entities have moved very close to the area of resistance or, shall we say, meniscus between third density and fourth density, and a very little attempt is likely to be sufficient to create a great potential for moving across that area of resistance into a fourth-density point of view which would indeed greatly aid the planet itself at this time of the birth of the planet as well as its peoples.

We believe that we need to refocus the query at this point. Is there a further question?

B: [Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We would ask that the question be restated.

B: [B restates the query over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and grasp your query, my brother. Certainly we would agree that the need is to focus within the aspects of love in its unconditional aspect. This unconditional love, or, as this instrument is fond of saying, the open heart, predisposes an entity to dwell within a state of consciousness which is in itself the fourth-density vibration, and the goal of this particular work of art would indeed be firstly, primarily and centrally directly to engage the heart of the viewer in such a way that it would open and create for the viewer within the movie the direct experience of unconditional love.

The most direct way to share unconditional love is to project unconditional love to the viewer. We cannot choose whether it is more effective to engage the viewer in a vision of unconditional love and of seeing unconditional love through the eyes of the splash of the backdrop of history, or whether it is more effective through the smaller canvas of the story of small-life characters. We would encourage this instrument to share her memory of a recent art exhibition to which this instrument went and spent some time viewing various canvases of those painters of the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries in France. This instrument relates the painting known as “Landscape with Cottages” to the question of the splash of history, whereas the charm of the smaller canvas called “Pink Tablecloth” or the charm of the relationships and obvious emotions of the figures within the painting called “The Reapers” engage this instrument’s sensibilities on a completely different level. Of the two, this particular instrument as an aesthete preferred the painting “Landscape with Cottages” by an artist known as Paul Michel. To the more chatty or cozy frame of the very human, very small-life details of the latter two paintings, it is very much a matter of sensibility, and we would use the term comfort.

We would hope that our version of a wakeup or snooze alarm would be that which was gentle and clear and full of love rather than harsh, hard-hitting and alarming. The challenge then is to create a true story that tells the harvest saga in a way that both engages the realization that there is a threat and opens up the possibility of a solution which is achievable by the entities as they are within the world that they experience at this time. This is another way of saying that the faculty of hope is extremely powerful, and the empowerment of these individuals that dwell within your density at this time is our hope. The underlying question is, “Do numbers count?” and again this is a ticklish ethical question. From a sixth, a fifth, or to some extent a fourth-density perspective, numbers do not count. From a third and to some extent a fourth-density perspective, numbers count. Which truth makes your passions burn, or is there a bridge between those two truths? We do not know, but we recommend some playing with that dynamic.

Is there a further question, my brother?

B: [Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo. May we say that the timing has been premature upon the part of the ones known as Don and Carla. The energy between these two entities was of such a nature that there was an opening into what this instrument and this group in general would call the future, so then the gist of a whole cruise became obvious in the sense that the sea lanes which it would travel were lit briefly, and much was seen, although not perfectly, moving far into the future. The power of love has, in this instance as in all, the power that creates miracles. However, the appropriate timing has always been upon the track, and at no time has there been a difficulty in the sense that, may we say, many seen and unseen entities have combined as co-creators in this and related projects which have to do with standing for that which this instrument calls the Godhead principle. Each has that which is the energy of the Christ, just as the one known as Jesus was the Christ and became the Christed one by embracing that which was greater than Himself. Each has the capacity to embrace and move into that role in which the self becomes the co-creator in such a way that Love is opened from the creative principle through the vulnerability and the imperfection of the human experience and the human choice, and Love is made visible by imperfect hands and weak and uncertain wills. They somehow have launched themselves into the midair of faith and inspiration.

May we answer further, my brother?

B: [Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and grasp your query, my brother. We are not certain as to the most efficacious threat. It is equally threatening, we feel, to look at the simple task of returning to a 75,000-year cycle of incarnation and reincarnation learning the lessons of love as it is to threaten the enslavement of humankind for eons and eons of time. In the long-run, the latter supposition is more frightening, but, in the context of the next 10,000 years, it makes little difference, and it is unlikely that any entities alive within this particular moment in space/time shall see their ten-thousandth birthday. Consequently, each threat is equally binding. One threat moves more into great matters and the other into smaller, and again and again as we speak concerning your queries, we see the seeking within your mind as to the scale of this particular creation, and we admire the courage which we see within the one known as B, in considering a wide range of avenues, for do not all roads lead to Rome?

Is there a further question, my brother?

B: [Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and no, my brother, the situation has not changed. Those who would appear within your skies are for the most part those with the service-to-self agenda or those who simply move through the windows of opportunity in a random fashion with little polarity but simply are those who move through as tourists or spectators. Our position remains that of being in thought-form within your inner planes, and, although those of fifth density within certain soul-stream families have more ability to create phenomena, we would suggest that it is not a well-polarized concept in terms of the quality or integrity of the positivity of such a project as that which this group is hopeful of envisioning well.

May we answer further, my brother?

B: [Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and are able to confirm that there are indeed many who have achieved graduation at this time. It is our humble pleasure to state that the great majority of these entities have chosen, once through the healing process, to remain within the inner planes of this planet in order to aid those who become aware of their presence and are able to ask them for their support and help. For these entities, any inner-planes entity, or angel, or deva, or inner-planes teacher is able to lend its love and its passion to the energies of those incarnate beings with which it is in sympathy. For instance, this entity, as a part of tuning before beginning this conversation with the one known as B, spent approximately ten minutes contacting those within the inner planes and asking for their help, because this entity realizes the power of opinion and the lack of pertinence as to whether this opinion is incarnate or discarnate.

May we ask if there is a further query?

B: [Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and we find that this particular question is one that moves beyond the boundaries of the Law of Confusion. We feel that it is an infringement to state that there are those within fourth density in any way which would suggest groups or individuals which may represent this configuration. We would, however, state that many there are at this time being born into the Earth’s sphere who are activated within fourth density as well as third in what this instrument would call an unusual hookup. These entities are those explorers who blaze the trail and whose work creates training wheels for those to come.

May we answer further, my brother?

B: [Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo and, my brother, it has been exponential beginning, as you said, thirty to forty of your years ago in terms of double-activated entities and certainly progressing in the basic phi ratio of increasing numbers as time moves on.

B: [Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and, my brother, they would not appear different except in the sense that many wanderers appear different in that they perhaps appear more intelligent or simply different. However, this is not to say that there is an alien quality but only to say that many of those who incarnate among your peoples who are not native to the second density of this planet have a tendency to express in different archetypal modes which, though extremely subtle, sound those nuances which alert entities to a difference.

May we speak further, my brother?

B: [Another question is posed by B over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and this is correct, my brother. The so-called double-activated child in its young years may well remember far more of the truth than the same entity which moves into the increasing complexities of the illusion. The fourth density itself is one in which there is a glamour or illusion within that which within third density would be considered the emotional or mental self. Consequently, there is the capacity for a certain type of shadow even in fourth-density thought. The forces of emotion through that which is called puberty among your peoples takes a great toll upon the fourth-density as well as the third-density-activated entity, and the entity of either density’s activation which survives third-density adulthood issues is a remarkable and unusual citizen of the planet you known of as Earth.

May we answer you further, my brother?

B: [B makes a statement over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and we would agree, my brother.

B: [B concludes his queries over the telephone.]

We are those of Q’uo, and we leave this instrument and this group in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We thank you for the beauty of this session and the energy of this joining and we leave this instrument and this group thanking each. Adonai. We are those known to you as Q’uo.

This morning I took a new bag of birdseed over to my neighbor’s yard and filled the two bird feeders with the birdseed.

This afternoon I recorded Chapter Fifteen from The Crucifixion of Esmerelda Sweetwater for the third time as my re-recording of it came out much too loud. Austin suggested that I keep the microphone a foot away from me this time instead of the 2 to 3 inches that we have used in the past. Then I drove down to the vet to pick up some meds for Bosco.

I would like to let my readers know that the underlining that seems to be happening randomly in my Camelot Journal entries is being looked into by Austin, and, hopefully, a solution can be found to keep the underlining from happening within the next few days.

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

January 24

Invisible Goals

I am the saving Spirit of the consciousness of Love which is in Jesus the Christ. I greet you with the full power of that consciousness.

Each has sought in the recesses of his heart for that consciousness and met with such a mixture of success and failure that it seems that God is sometimes generous and sometimes withholding.

Yet were the great pattern of being to be laid before the measurement of your mind’s eye, it could be seen that the consciousness of love is infinitely even and disputeth not at what must be done to insure true impartiality of experience to all created beings.

For it is the intent of Love that the creations of Love are to be creators. And how could that be were there no choices to make, no difficulties to overcome, no mountains to be traversed, and no invisible goals to be set in faith and realized with persistence?

The full consciousness of Love embraces each in whatever circumstances. Yet comfort is abundant if each can but ask in faith, knowing that the consciousness of Love is indeed within each one. Seek ye, therefore, the peace of utter freedom, freedom to find Love in any circumstance whatever and rejoice in the glory of Christ.

I move among you making available to you the peace of 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.

2025-01-23

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

The question today, Q’uo, has to do with the intensity of catalyst that we feel. We’ve heard it said that most learning that is efficient takes place with some sort of trauma. We’re wondering why that is. Is it due to the intensity of the lesson we wish to learn? And is the lesson we wish to learn discernible from the catalyst that we experience, or do we need to look deeper than the catalyst we experience? We would like for you to give us some information concerning how we experience our catalyst; how we can be more efficient in using our catalyst? Is it in dealing with the catalyst itself that we see what we’re trying to learn, or do we need to meditate more to discover the lesson? Do we need to work with our dreams? Do we need to do essays? Do we need to be doing something besides just looking at the catalyst that is available in our daily lives?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo, and we greet you in the love and the light of the one infinite Creator. It is a true blessing for us to be able to serve your group at this time, and we thank you for the privilege of being called by your request for information. We are most happy to share our humble thoughts with you with the request that you listen with a careful ear to those things that we would say, rejecting all those things that do not resonate to you personally. This will enable us to feel that we have the opportunity to speak without being perceived as authorities or in any way limiting your free will or your ability to choose for yourself those thoughts that you would value and use as resources.

The answer to the question which you ask this day resides within the nuances of your everyday experience. You ask concerning the nature of perceived experience, for each has experienced those situations which seem to constitute a challenge of one kind or another, and these challenges are not perceived as being comfortable or convenient. Questions arise when such catalyst is encountered, such as the one known as V asked, “What is the universe attempting to say to me? What am I attempting to say to myself?” And, as the one known as T has pointed out, at the end of all questions of this kind, the one question that is sure to remain is that question that children ask with such stunning simplicity, why does it have to happen at all?

Rather than deal with this question at this level, we find that it would be useful to remove our point of view to a place which is less local than global, is less personal than planetary, and is less a part of culture and more a part of the archetype. The one known as Jim is quite accurate in supposing that there are more levels to catalyst than either literally or figuratively meet the eye. There are, shall we say, three basic levels of catalyst and certainly many sublevels of catalyst. The first level is the level of the surface reality, what this instrument would call consensus reality. On this level, situations have ripened into manifestation, and often there are choices to make concerning physical details such as the setting of limits, the choosing of resources, selection of options.

Upon the second level of catalyst lie the underlying qualities which, in combination, ripening through natural processes of the spiritual evolution as well as physical and emotional cycles, create the shape of the story that appears within the personal movie of the life, shall we say. For each has a long-running, full-color movie which is being made up of the multilayered and many-leveled story of the life of the one known to each of you as “I.” At this second level of catalyst, there is a tremendous amount of power within the simple knowing that you are not alone, neither in your suffering nor in your confusion, but rather each of you is the center of concern, care, love, and protection of several of those beings who dwell within your inner planes. Each entity who moves through the gates of incarnation into third-density existence has three of these presences. They may be characterized in different ways. This instrument was trained to characterize them as male, female, and unified or androgynous.

However, in addition to these entities which this instrument has a tendency to call “angelic,” there may be added to your panel of support any number of those who are attracted by your energy, your hopes, your ideals, and faith or the lovely light and color of your appreciation of beauty or your devotion to service. These entities cannot help directly with the choosing of the first level of catalyst. These entities cannot make decisions for you concerning the setting of limits, the choosing of options, the selection of the various details of surface catalyst. However, if remembered and included, these presences are able to energize the forces around you to vibrate with information that will aid you as you seek to make the choices that the catalyst has brought out. These underlying shapes are shapes made by those who move in the ways of learning to love and to be loved. When you are asking for the help of angels and guides, it is well to begin with thanksgiving, with praise and with confidence in yourself, in those who are helping you, and in the perfection of that which is quite apparently imperfect.

The group question for this session was: “We would like for you to give us some information concerning how we experience our catalyst; how we can be more efficient in using our catalyst? Is it in dealing with the catalyst itself that we see what we’re trying to learn, or do we need to meditate more to discover the lesson? Do we need to work with our dreams? Do we need to do essays? Do we need to be doing something besides just looking at the catalyst that is available in our daily lives?” Q’uo began their response by saying that the answer to the question which we asked today concerns the nature of our perceived experience, for each of us has experienced situations which are a challenge of some kind, and these challenges are uncomfortable so that questions arise such as “What is the universe attempting to say to me?” “What am I attempting to say to myself?” and “Why does it have to happen at all?” Q’uo continued by saying that rather than consider this question at this level they felt that it would be useful to change their point of view to a place less local and personal but more a part of the archetypes, and at this level there are three basic levels of catalyst and many sublevels as well, with the first level being consensus reality, and on this level our situations have ripened into manifestation, and often we have choices to make concerning physical details such as the setting of limits, the choosing of resources, and the selection of options. Q’uo went on by saying that upon the second level of our catalyst are qualities which mature in combining spiritual, physical, and emotional cycles that create a movie of the many layers of our personal life where we are the star that we know as “I, “and at this second level of our catalyst we can feel a tremendous amount of power in knowing that we are not alone in our suffering, but each of us is the center of love and protection from our guides who live within the inner planes and are of the male, female, and androgynous natures. Then Q’uo said that in addition to these entities which Carla called “angelic,” there are other entities that can support us because they are attracted to our hopes, our light, and our devotion to service, but they cannot help us directly with our choosing of the first level of catalyst by making decisions for us regarding our setting of limits and choosing the details of our surface experience, but  these presences can energize the forces around us to vibrate with information that will aid us as we seek to make the choices that our catalyst has brought out, and when we are asking for the help of angels and our guides we should begin with praise and thanksgiving and with confidence in them, in ourself, and in the perfection of that which seems imperfect. On December 19, 1995, Q’uo spoke of the value to us of angels and guides:

By enjoying this veiled experience each seeker was at once cast into a sea of confusion and safe at home. And it is this dual reality that each experiences: the seeing of the self as an imperfect, stumbling seeker and at the same time having the faint but unmistakable ring of an inner perfection and truth that cannot be denied. Once cast into this sea of confusion it is well for each to cultivate certain angels, shall we say, for we find among your peoples at this time much awareness, seemingly an increased awareness of inner plane entities such as angels and guides. There are habits of mind that are also angels. It is to be expected that as you come up against the various relationships which you set up for yourself before incarnation you will again and again be cast into the confusion of a precise kind. That is the very best teaching tool for you and the other self, that you will need to consult some angels and guides. We would suggest one of these angels might well be the angel of humility. If you are in a sea of confusion and if you feel that there are demands made upon your energy which are excessive, then it is no wonder that there will be disquiet within.

The third level of catalyst is the archetypical. Within this level of catalyst lie your most powerful tools for transforming the very nature of your state of consciousness in such a way that it remains within a state of bliss even as it is moving through perceived imperfections. Within this level of catalyst, however, the energies are deep, dark, and slow to respond to the conscious mind. Working at this level of catalyst, the greatest resource is silence. It is at the foundation or archetypical level that one practices the presence of the infinite Creator. It is at this level that one becomes a creature of one’s own heart, accepting the interiority of the self and opening to that unknown room within, which one of this instrument’s favorite poets called “the rag and bone shop of the heart.” 1 Yes, each of you does have indeed the rags and the bones, the teeth and the hair, and the memories of how you gained and lost all of those things, and those things lie within the pack-rat heart until the energies are appropriate for cleaning house, for dusting, and tidying, and gathering up the garbage into a bin for removal from the life, from the memory, from the need to feel responsible.

The one known as T asked a poignant question in the conversation preceding this meditation, describing a halcyon, golden day within his life in which he basically felt that there was some progress made, and some realization gained. This entity awoke to a new day and found that with this new day came challenges of such a nature as to remove those feelings of comfort, serenity, and joy and replace them, seemingly of necessity, with feelings of limitation, aggravation, and separation. “How can we learn to retain that feeling of realization when the next catalyst occurs?” asked this entity, and we feel that this is the question upon which we would focus for the remainder of this instrument’s portion of this communication.

That which you experience as a life seems to have a very steady roll and rhythm to it, as if it were anchored with the birth and the death, and the unrolling ribbon between is just long enough to fit. Yet we find that the experiences of a lifetime are only in part that which is trapped within time and space upon the, shall we say, surface of the time/space continuum which you at this time travel within incarnation. Fully half or more of that which you experience as part of a seemingly continuous and unremarkable presence that unrolls steadily before you are actually called to the present from the future or the past by those patterns of thought which circle around the questions of loving and being loved.

One of the questions that was asked was, “Can we work with these challenges by identifying the chakra of the energy body which is bearing the brunt of this challenge?” and the answer is in part, “Yes, these considerations are always helpful.” However, we would suggest that there is also skill and art in throwing open the windows of the self to the light within, to the hope within, to the faith within, so that there is a growing awareness in yourself, as you work with catalyst, that you are only partially a creature of time and space. In another portion of yourself, you are a universal and infinite being, a dweller in eternity and one who has given gifts to the self from the future and from the past that feed into the present moment, because there is a need for the nuances, for the lessons of loving and being loved. No matter where the energy centers are that are being stressed by the challenges experienced, the lessons will continue to be about love.

Then Q’uo said that the third level of catalyst is the archetypical, and within this level of catalyst are our most powerful tools for transforming the nature of our state of consciousness so that we can remain within a state of bliss even when we are moving through difficulties so that within this level of catalyst the energies are deep, dark, and slow to respond to our conscious mind, and working at this level of catalyst our greatest resource is silence, and it is at the archetypical level that we practice the presence of the infinite Creator and become a creature of our heart and open that unknown room within us where we can access the memories of how we gained and lost all of those things that are within our heart until we feel that the energies are appropriate for cleaning house and for gathering up the garbage for removal from our memory and from the need to feel responsible. Q’uo went on by saying that T asked a poignant question before the meditation began where he spoke of a golden day within his life where he felt that he had gained some realization so that when he woke up to a new day he discovered that this new day contained challenges that removed his feelings of serenity and joy, and they were replaced with feelings of aggravation and separation, so he asked “How can we learn to retain that feeling of realization when the next catalyst occurs?”, and Q’uo said that they would speak upon this question for the remainder of Carla’s part of this communication. Q’uo continued by saying that which we experience as our life seems to have a steady rhythm to it which connects our birth and death with a ribbon just long enough to fit our life, but then Q’uo said that the experiences of our lifetime are only a part of that which is trapped within time and space upon the surface of the time/space continuum which we travel within our incarnation because more than half of our experience is called to the present from the future or the past by our patterns of thought which deal with the experiences of our loving and being loved. Q’uo said that one of the questions that was asked was, “Can we work with these challenges by identifying the chakra of the energy body which is bearing the brunt of this challenge?”, and the answer is in part, “Yes, these considerations are always helpful.” And Q’uo suggested that there is also an art in throwing open the windows of ourself to the light and the faith within us so that, as we work with catalyst, we feel a growing awareness in ourself that we are only partially a creature of time and space because in our true self we are an infinite being from the future and from the past that feeds into the present moment because we have a need for the lessons of loving and being loved, and no matter where our energy centers are that are being stressed by challenges our lessons will continue to be about love. On November 16, 2003, Q’uo described our nature as that of an infinite being:

The heart, however, thinks substantially differently from the mind, the thoughts of the heart coming from that vertical part of living, that time/space or metaphysical portion where the thoughts are the thoughts beyond incarnation, beyond circumstance or estate. Those thoughts are the thoughts of the infinite being that you are. They are the thoughts of the consciousness within, and that consciousness is safe within your heart. It is a matter of opening your own doors into that heart, sitting there and gazing from that heart out into the world.

As wisdom feeds into the daily life, that wisdom expresses itself as different realizations of what love is, new and invigorating awarenesses of what it is to share unconditional love, and, for those who are in advanced lessons within incarnation, the challenges are nuanced by the shadings of the energies of accepting the love offerings of others. Many are the times that a negatively presenting set of circumstances has as its formative cause the need to learn the lesson of accepting the love that is given to one. It is in almost every case among those who are positively oriented far easier to learn the lessons of loving than those of being truly, unconditionally, utterly and completely loved. The resistance to the truth of that creates a good deal of murkiness within the patterns that are created through the archetypical and secondary systems of catalyst.

Consequently, we would suggest the value of dwelling not so much upon the first level of catalyst in thinking about what to do concerning the challenges of the catalyst as upon thinking more or allowing more time to process the secondary level of catalyst and the archetypical level of catalyst. This would translate into actions such as pondering, as the one known as Jim has said, those items which lie before the mind during moments of work where the attention is not taken by detail, musing along one’s way as one drives in the car or walks within nature, and always, in order to call in those archetypical sources of information, it is helpful to spend time in the meditative state invoking the silence of self that allows that still, small voice of guidance within to have its time to shine like a daystar in the heart. Angels surround you beating with silent wings, their trumpets raised. They play that hosanna of praise and thanksgiving that fills the universe with song.

The magic of this vision lies all about you. Every corner of your consensus reality is crowded with magic. All of the creation of the infinite One is as responsive to you as the entity sitting next to you and is perhaps more aware of you and who you truly are than any entity whom you may meet within the physical illusion. These entities—these plants, these animals, these elements—have found simpler ways to love and to be loved than are available within third density, and that direct, intuitive and unhesitating way of loving and accepting love is a great lesson that you may pick up at any time from the wind, the rain, the fire on your grate, and the earth of your own body. The more that you are able to rest within this unity with all things at this very simple level, the sturdier your spirit will be at retaining that vibration of praise, thanksgiving, and joy which is the steady state of awareness shared by those who dwell completely within the creation of the one infinite Logos.

What is your identity? Whenever you can, keep a part of your identity quite clearly within your mind as being one with all, one with all you seek, one with all that you do not seek, one with all you understand and one with all you do not understand, one with all of whom you approve and one with all of whom you do not approve. It is not that we ask you to ignore the catalyst of daily life. We hope that you will participate to the extent that you feel that you make many, many foolish errors. Why would we hope that you make errors? Precisely as each of you has supposed in the conversation preceding this discussion that we have with you now, there are many times where, according to the plan for learning that constitutes your particular incarnation, you have chosen to take up a nexus of decision. On the surface, it is a decision concerning details; at the secondary level, it is a decision concerning love; at the archetypical level, it is always a decision concerning the nature and the mission of the self. Let yourself slide up and down, in and out of these levels, not disrespecting one level or valuing one level more than another but seeing both, that all things are what they seem and that nothing is as it seems, and that both of these realizations may lead you to skillful acts.

Now Q’uo said that as wisdom feeds into our daily life it expresses itself as new and invigorating awarenesses of what love is and how we can share unconditional love, and for those of us who are in advanced classes within our incarnation we have the challenge of accepting the love offerings of others, and for those who are positively oriented it is easier to learn the lessons of loving than those of being unconditionally loved, and our resistance to this truth creates a good deal of murkiness within the patterns that are created through the archetypical and secondary systems of catalyst. Q’uo suggested that we not dwell upon the first level of thinking about what we should do concerning our challenges of the first level of catalyst so that we can give more time to process our secondary level of catalyst as well as the archetypical level of our catalyst that would translate into pondering those thoughts which come within our mind when our attention is not taken by detail. Q’uo suggested that we walk in nature in order to call in those archetypical sources of information, and then we should spend time in meditation invoking the silence that allows that still, small voice of guidance within us to have its time to shine like a daystar in our heart and to become aware that angels surround us with their silent wings beating and playing that hosanna of praise and thanksgiving that fills the universe with song. Q’uo went on to say that the magic of this vision is all around us, and every corner of our consensus reality is full of magic, and all of the creation of the infinite One is as receptive to us as the person sitting next to us, and is perhaps more aware of us and who we truly are than any entity who we may meet within the physical illusion. Then Q’uo said that the plants, animals, and elements have found simpler ways to love and to be loved than are found within third density, and that the intuitive way of loving and accepting love is a great lesson that we may pick up at any time from the wind, rain, fire, and the earth of our body, and the more that we are able to rest within this unity with all things at this very simple level, the stronger that our spirit will be in retaining the vibration of praise and thanksgiving which is the steady state of awareness shared by those of us who dwell completely within the creation of the one infinite Logos. Q’uo asked: “What is your identity? Whenever you can, keep a part of your identity quite clearly within your mind as being one with all, one with all you seek, one with all that you do not seek, one with all you understand and one with all you do not understand, one with all of whom you approve and one with all of whom you do not approve.” Q’uo went on by saying that they did not want to ask us to ignore the catalyst of our daily life because they hoped that we would continue living even when we feel that we make many foolish errors because there are many times where, according to the plan for learning that constitutes our particular incarnation, we have chosen to take up a time of decision, and: “on the surface, it is a decision concerning details; at the secondary level, it is a decision concerning love; at the archetypical level, it is always a decision concerning the nature and the mission of the self.” Q’uo completed their reply by saying that we should let ourself slide up and down on these levels with no disrespect for any one level or valuing one level more than another, but we should see that all things are what they seem to be, and that nothing is as it seems to be, and that both of these realizations may lead us to skillful acts. On March 28, 2009, Q’uo described the nature of our time of decision:

When the next time of decision comes to you, my brother, slow yourself down. Move into your open heart and allow the full riches of the catalyst involved to flow through you. Positive polarity is not a matter of ignoring anything. It is not a matter of choosing to let the shadow side slide and focusing on the positive. It is a matter of asking for a viewpoint that sees the wider and more comprehensive picture of the situation. As this instrument would say, it asks you to dolly back, to pull the camera of your attention backwards to a place of observation which calls upon the highest and best within you. It calls upon your guidance. It calls upon your awareness of who you are and why you are here. And it calls upon the memory of which we spoke earlier, invoking that decision that you made at the outset to serve the one infinite Creator by polarizing towards service to others.

As we leave this instrument, we would simply say that, as always, we remain ready to move into meditation with you as you request our presence. There are, as we just said, many entities just waiting for the invitation to be part of your magical world, your blueprint for transformation. It is a good plan. You have all chosen well. You have chosen, indeed, for an intensity or density of catalyst, hoping both to learn and to serve, and each of you is doing well. Naturally, because of the nature of the physical illusion, there is seldom a finished or symmetrical feel to everyday existence, and yet, as this instrument has often said, once one has found that place for the first time, there is a wonderful and ever-present space wherein one is in tabernacle with the infinite One resting in love and in light, and infinitely full of the one Creator.

We would at this time transfer this contact to the one known as Jim, so that we may answer any questions that remain within the minds of those within this group. We greatly thank this group for asking this question and would at this time leave this instrument in love and in light. We are those known to you as Q’uo.

(Jim channeling)

I am Q’uo, and greet each of you in love and in light through this instrument. May we speak to any further queries at this time?

V: Q’uo, I was thinking about my pets this week, and just the nature of the pets as they relate to third-density humans. My recollection is that some pets are second density, and some pets are even beginning or early levels of third density. As third density is moving into fourth density, will our pets follow into fourth density? I guess it’s a multilevel question in that I’m not sure how fourth density works with us moving into fourth density, if we will remain in fourth density on this planet, or if we will go to other planets in fourth that will accommodate or support fourth-density entities. At what level are pets capable of remaining with us? Is there any such thing as a pet, per se, in the higher densities beyond third or fourth ?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. This is not a simple query, as one might imagine, for the experience of all consciousness is movement toward the Creator. There are for each entity companions, energy fields of intelligence that move in rhythm and harmony with you, at various portions of your evolution. Whether one calls an energy field a “pet” or a “person” is dependent, of course, upon the individuality of that source of energy. When the spirit complex has been awakened within any energy field, then there is that which we have called a mind/body/spirit complex. In your illusion, the third density in which you now inhabit, you have the companionship of those you have called the pet. In many instances, these entities, through long experience with many of those whom you would call masters—some of which have been totally experienced with one such master, others with more—have the ability to give and receive that which we call love. That is the determining factor as to the density level of the entity called a pet.

As these entities are more and more able to appreciate that quality of love, support and nurturing that is given to them by those that are their masters, so then these entities learn to give that known as love as well, so that there is a giving and a receiving that appreciates the balancing nature of fully-developed love. That these entities may approach their own graduation is also certain; that they shall continue as a pet is unlikely, for these entities, then, are able to exercise their own free will in a way which is not as likely for a second-density entity that willingly gives over its care and decision-making to another. That these entities shall continue as companions is likely, for there is always an appreciation that it is possible that there will be a maturation of the relationship which is most likely to occur, for the appreciation for the relationship is that which is based upon love and which is the, shall we say, thread that binds the two. Many times, there is a student-teacher relationship which develops from that which was formerly the master and the pet. There are throughout all of creation relationships which partake of greater knowledge, a sharing with that which calls for the knowledge, the love, the light, and the desire to serve that are the motivating factors for all intelligence within the creation of the one Creator. Thus, you may rest assured that, when love has been given and received, there is a bond that continues.

May we speak further, my sister?

V: No, thank you. I appreciate that.

I am Q’uo, and we thank you, my sister. Is there another query at this time?

Carla: I have a question: The last time that we had a channeling meditation, I got an energy in the channel that was a little different than anything that I’d experienced before in that there was a tremendous amount of energy and pressure behind the source of information, and, even though I talked as fast as I could, I was probably only expressing about 10-15% of what I could have if I’d somehow been able to speak sufficiently quickly to get everything from the stream as it was coming past. I wonder if you could say anything to me about the experience of that. I haven’t been able to figure out what made it unique in terms of anybody special visiting the group or any particular great energy that happened to be behind the question. Any comments would be helpful.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. The cycle which is most in sway for this particular type of service that is the vocal channel is the cycle of the adept, as we have heard this group call it. The eighteen-day cycle moves in the form of the sine wave with certain days being more propitious, shall we say, for such undertakings. The experience of the pressure is the experience of the availability of information to one such as yourself which serves as instrument. When one is able to open one’s own instrument in a clear fashion, putting aside the personal drama and coloration of the day, and is able to find the favor of the particular day within this adept’s cycle that is at the peak of the ability to receive information, then the information seems to come much more easily and clearly, without the struggle to define the concept, to pick a certain word or feel capable of describing that which is seen before the inner eye. The experience is one which leaves the trace of vividness which you have experienced, and which may, with some profit to future experiences, be plotted upon a graph in order to know when this cycle is available.

Is there a further query, my sister?

Carla: Well, further comment, and I would be glad to have you comment on my comment. I discovered in talking to the people that experience that with me, from the standpoint of listening to it rather than producing it, that there was an overall experience of too many words to be able to grasp any of them, so that it seems to me it would be to my benefit to learn how not to do that, how to retain the clarity but remove the prolixity. Any comments you can give on that would be helpful, I’m sure.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. It is much as the downhill skier, whose image we place in this instrument’s mind, taking the corners more swiftly than usual, feeling uncomfortable as the skill is mastered. Though you have practiced for many of your years to serve as a vocal instrument, for all instruments there is a great deal of work that can be done to refine the art. Learning to experience the prolixity of words and to find the heart of the concept and the perfect word to describe it is as the fast turns for the skier and will become more comfortable for you to experience in future sessions.

Is there a further query, my sister?

Carla: No, thank you. I look forward to not… what shall I say… banging on the ears of our meditation group so much in the future. Thank you very much.

I am Q’uo, and again we thank you, my sister. Is there another query at this time?

S: Yeah, Q’uo, could you tell us who of your group is with us tonight? Can you tell us about yourselves and just a general idea of what energies are with us tonight?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. When we of Q’uo speak with you, there is a joining of a number of social memory complexes which have had previous experience in communication with this group and which have lent their energies in order that this contact might be made possible. Those of Latwii were the first to be in long-term contact with this group, though those of Hatonn, who have later joined as a more active portion of the principle known as Q’uo, were first to initiate contact with this group in its early days. Those of Ra have been a, shall we say, a guiding principle, or over-arching energy, which has made this formation of our group possible by blending their portion of love and light to form Q’uo with Hatonn and Latwii. This is the core, or Q’uo. There are also others from the Confederation of Planets in the Service of the One Infinite Creator that have joined this circle of seeking from time to time as its composition has required or requested certain elements that are accentuated in these other entities, some of which have names and some of which do not.

Is there a further query, my brother?

S: Not from me, thank you, Q’uo.

I am Q’uo. We thank you, my brother. Is there a final query at this time?

V: I have one that’s relative to what S was asking. When the principle was formulated, how did you come up with and what is the energy related to the vibratory complex, “Q’uo”?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. We make this instrument smile. It has been a long time since he saw his 10th grade Latin teacher. In this study of the language known as Latin, there is the word, “quo,” which asks who, what, where, when. We were attempting to give this group a clue as to who we were. More specifically, we were attempting to inspire this group to ask who we were. Our efforts were minimal, for it took this group nearly two years of your time to ask.

V: That’s ‘cause I wasn’t here before. I’ve been wanting to know this for a long time.

I am Q’uo. Our choice perhaps could have been more, shall we say, piquing to the interest. We chose as we did hoping that one of the two instruments would remember high school Latin. We appreciate the time factor, for not all learn as quickly as do others. We shall learn to choose perhaps more interesting names in your future. For now, we remain those of Q’uo, and at this time we shall thank each once again for inviting our presence in your circle of seeking this day.

We are known to you as those of Q’uo. We take our leave of this instrument and this group. We leave each, as always, in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.

This morning I went outside to check on the height of the fountain in the fishpond that I have had to add water to for the last two days because the fountain was shooting water out of the pond. Thanks to very cold weather last night it looks like the fountain is now encased in a tube of ice and won’t be able to shoot the water out of the pond until the tube of ice melts.

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

January 23

Glad Tidings

Greetings in the consciousness of Love. I am the Holy Spirit of Jesus the Christ, the bringer of glad tidings to all who have ears to hear.

My children, rejoice! For the glad tidings which we of the principle of Love bear is that there is Love in all things. It is a matter of recognition, not creation; reflection, not origination. For Love was brought into the world as the world, the world itself being part of the consciousness of Love.

There is no thing outside of the consciousness of Love, only time’s confused and crazed reflections through the cracked glass of imperfect reflection. Whatever lies in front of you this day is filled with joy and replete with peace. And were you to be able to go forward in time you would see, with no need for faith, that all things have indeed occurred so that your joy may be whole.

Thus, if you sorrow this day, by faith you may rejoice in your sorrow. There is no greater peace than the recognition of the consciousness of Love in every perfected part of the present day.

Love wishes Love peace, now and evermore. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

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

2025-01-22

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

The question today, Q’uo, has to do with what is happening for the individual seeker; what is the metaphysical reality of what’s going on in our world today as each of us struggles to understand inner spiritual truths while we are caught in the swirl of economic, political, social, and other activities that are just increasing at exponential rates. We’re wondering what is really going on, when you consider that the various religions of the world have all been affected in one way or another by negatively-oriented entities trying to sway our ability to believe and where we put our faith. They have had some success, in causing us to have thousands of years of war as the concept of the holy war is born and carried out in each of the religions. In the Old Testament, for the Christians, there was a New Testament; there was a new covenant. Jesus brought the way of loving one’s neighbor. There seems to have been for the last couple of thousand years a smaller and smaller group of people who really feel committed to the way of Christ. Could you give us an idea of just what’s happening in the way of metaphysical and spiritual evolution planet-wide and individual-wide and how our various religions and their current difficulties are being affected?

(Carla channeling)

We are those of the principle known to you as Q’uo. Greetings in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator in Whose service we are privileged to be. We thank you for the opportunity to share our thoughts with you on this interesting subject and would ask only that each of you uses your discrimination to winnow out those thoughts that are useful to you from those that are as the chaff that may blow by, letting them be released from the need to have meaning. We ask that you not treat us as authorities but as those who have opinions, and subject everything that all authorities or so-called authorities offer to you to the searching gaze of your own powers of discrimination, which we assure you are excellent. Trust and believe in those feelings of resonance and those feelings of flatness that separate out for you those truths that are yours this day and those that are irrelevant to your situation. This will give us the elbow-room, shall we say, that we need to be able to feel that we are not infringing upon your free will but are only sharing the opinion of friends.

You ask this day, what is occurring with the individual who is moving through this particular phase of evolution upon your planet at this time; what is occurring individually; what is occurring in terms of the religions of the world; and what is occurring in that ever-changing intersection between the metaphysical that is unspoken and the metaphysical that has been delineated by those of a certain set of dogmatic beliefs. This intersection changes constantly, and yet it does have fairly consistent, shall we say, structures that are typical, and so we may in some degree generalize about this. But we would always point out that there is no generality that is true in all cases.

Your world religions indeed have had a long-term habit of turning from the original impetus of a certain way of religious believing to the machinations of what this instrument would call the priestly class, and here is a generality that we share with you that applies to this priestly class: the causes of spirituality are without politics and have to do with an instinct that is bred into the bone of your species. However, the religions of the human animal are those structures that are taken from a spiritual system and recreated in such a way as to benefit or be seen to benefit this particular class of ruling church leaders. The energy of religion, therefore, as opposed to that energy which is purely spiritual, tends towards moving into those areas of dogmatic and rigid belief systems that vitiate the pure strain of compassion and devotion that the religious system, as it is begun, offers; taking away little by little those freedoms to doubt, to disbelieve, and to explore that create the opportunity for the individual entity within human incarnation to seek and know the truth for the self.

Theimpulse or instinct to spirituality is that which bites at man’s heels and calls his thirsting faculty of hope forward at all times, thereby increasing continually the energy towards individual knowing or knowledge. The energy of religion is that which, more and more as the years go by, has a tendency towards removing bits and pieces of the believer’s free range of will so that, more and more, that entity which wishes to be part of a religious system must then yield up the right to judge for the self in an increasingly large number of areas of dogmatic belief. Each time that spirituality is hardened into a dogmatic belief, and faith is exchanged for the tenets of a creed, the personal power and the personal responsibility for the self, the thoughts of the self and the progression of the evolution of the self is released in order to choose a structure in which there is no further responsibility for knowledge but only the responsibility of repeating those pieces of perceived knowledge that have been handed down from authorities. In this effort to organize and then maintain a religion, the emphasis almost inevitably turns from the excitement, fervor and joy of religious seeking to the maintenance, increase in productivity of, and enlargement of the existing corporate system.

The benefits of spirituality, then, are those which accrue to that careful and thoughtful entity who does not resonate to the defined belief systems that are available and instead chooses to create, day by day and perception by perception, an independent path of seeking. That system of knowledge can never be more than subjective. There is a desire within the third-density entity for this knowledge, and from this striving, on an individual level, has come the term, “gnostic.” This term simply indicates someone who is involved in creating a personal path of seeking the truth. Those who find resonance within religions are, and, in this way we generalize overly much also, basically of two types. The first type is, as this instrument is, one who has found its niche within an established belief system, has chosen the path of mysticism which simply steps aside from all dogmatic questions and focuses upon devotion and service. The second type of entity is one which desires to fit into a group, to belong to that group and have choices taken away from it rather than left to it, so that there is not the need to judge that which is truth, that which is gnosis but, rather, only the need to learn the individual points of belief of the system to which they wish to belong, at which point they then feel that they are safe.

The group question for this session was: “The question today, Q’uo, has to do with what is happening for the individual seeker; what is the metaphysical reality of what’s going on in our world today as each of us struggles to understand inner spiritual truths while we are caught in the swirl of economic, political, social, and other activities that are just increasing at exponential rates.” Q’uo began their reply by saying that within our world religions there is an intersection of those portions of each religion that are mystical and those that are dogmatic, and this intersection is always changing so that generalizations about it are difficult to make. Q’uo went on by saying that the birth of spirituality is without politics and has to do with the  instinct that is bred into the nature of our species, but our religions are those structures that are taken from a spiritual system and recreated in such a way as to benefit a higher class of ruling church leaders so that the energy of religion, as opposed to that energy which is purely spiritual, moves into those areas of dogmatic belief systems that reduces the purity of the compassion and devotion of the religious system from its beginning and takes away those freedoms to doubt and to explore that allow us to seek and know the truth for ourself. Q’uo continued by saying that the term “gnostic” indicates someone who is involved in creating a personal path of seeking the truth which can be divided into two types, and the first type is one who has chosen the path of mysticism which simply steps aside from all dogmatic questions and focuses upon devotion and service, and the second type is the one which desires to fit into a group and have choices taken away from it so that there is no need to judge that which is the truth but only the need to learn the various points of belief of the system to which they wish to belong, at which point they feel that they are safe. On June 20, 1990, Q’uo described the general nature of mysticism:

A mystic is not a word which means one thing. It may mean any number of things, that is, it may refer to one who chooses a non-literal interpretation of life in any non-literal interpretation that entity may choose. Thus, there are no two mystics whose paths are the same, for the golden glow of sanctity is shone to one person in one way, to another in another. There is no set pattern for mysticism. It is indeed rather a process of growth or evolution which may be chosen by the seeker as the most comfortable or the most efficient way though uncomfortable, of living the most consciously accelerated spiritually evolutionary life possible while living in the illusion of third density. The mystic is one who says, “I do not need an objective referent to believe that something is there.” Thus, some mystics never leave those things founded upon what other mystics would call sheer superstition. There are as many non-literal ways of looking at the world as there are entities.

The one known as T was asking earlier about why such deeply religious people as some of his friends and relations would be so governed by fear, and perhaps it can be seen in this light that the entity who chooses the established and carefully delineated way of belief that focuses on a specific set of beliefs that make a system are choosing this structure because it feels safe. Thusly, one may see in general that the entity who has chosen to seek a personal path is less a creature of fear than the entity who feels that it is necessary to hew to a dogmatic set of beliefs and to define spirituality in terms of a laundry list of those things that are believed and those things that are felt to be not worthy of attention or even harmful to the developing spiritual entity. Along one path lies an enhanced feeling of chaos, for with free will does come more confusion or, shall we say, apparent confusion. There is less company for the one who decides to make choices for himself, and it is a rockier and more difficult path at the outset.

It is our observation, on the other hand, of those who follow the path of religion that there is indeed a tremendous amount of solace in being part of a group. We find that there is a large degree of complete sincerity in the belief system of many entities within religion and those that have the capacity to be of service to others and to think along terms of offering their love in all situations, yet who do not have a grasp of their own spiritual nature, but instead have been content to rest in the structures built by others. For that is what your temples are, those outward structures that have been created as sacred spaces and that do indeed create an atmosphere, through a long number of years and a long number of generations of workers, that is palpable and that can be felt.

We are not attempting by this description to condemn all religions, for all religions began with the yeasty, powerful, muscular energy of new vision, new realization, and new inspiration. Indeed, it is possible for those within church structures, whether they be Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Shinto or other structures of religion, to remain Gnostic; to remain those upon a personal path; to be those who do not compromise that which they feel within their hearts to be true simply because an authority figure suggests that it must be true.

However, there is a substantial portion of the population of your planet that has indeed been affected by religion in the way that those detractors of religion have suggested through history, that being that religion is a drug, a kind of addiction which keeps the “little people” contented with their difficult lives as those who have their primary use in making money for other entities. This strays far afield from the simple, single, elementary truth that connects all entities, whether truth is that which is perceived within a pilgrim heart that is moving out into that personal path of seeking, or whether that same loving heart is content with the patterns that it has been given. The vibrations in which the heart is moving, that tune that the heart is singing, has the capacity to be perfectly one with all that there is. And, indeed, at the heart of all vibrations, of all energy fields that denote an entity, there is that perfectly balanced, totally creative, original Thought that is purely true, so that at the heart of the chaos that is each entity’s unknown self lies the Creator in all of Its creative genius, in all of Its lack of limits, in all of Its power to create and to destroy.

This is the truth that underlies vast differences in opinion. It is the truth from which stems the completely unpredictable potential of all third-density entities to achieve realization in an instant; to find the epiphany in the turning of a leaf or the turning of a page. It may seem at one moment that two entities are so far apart that they could never agree, yet such is the capacity of the human heart to embrace truth when it is perceived that any two entities may in one, strong, fine moment find that rainbow bridge that unites them and release the bonds of fear which girdle so many entities to the load-bearing help of organized religion.

Then Q’uo said that the entity who chooses the established dogmatic way of belief that focuses on a specific set of beliefs is choosing this structure because it feels safe, so one may see that the entity who has chosen to seek a mystical path is less a creature of fear than the entity who chooses to follow a dogmatic set of what to believe and what not to believe so that for the mystical path there is more of a feeling of chaos, for with free will there is more apparent confusion because there is less company for the one who decides to make choices for himself, and it is a rockier and more difficult path at the beginning. Q’uo went on to say that for those who follow the path of religion that: “there is indeed a tremendous amount of solace in being part of a group. We find that there is a large degree of complete sincerity in the belief system of many entities within religion and those that have the capacity to be of service to others and to think along terms of offering their love in all situations, yet who do not have a grasp of their own spiritual nature, but instead have been content to rest in the structures built by others.” Q’uo continued by saying that they did not mean to condemn all religions, for all religions began with the powerful energy of new vision and new inspiration, and it is possible for those within any church structure to remain focused on the knowledge for those to seek upon a personal path and to be those who do not compromise that which they feel within their hearts to be true simply because an authority figure suggests that it must be true. Then Q’uo said that a portion of the population of Earth has been affected by religion being seen as a kind of addiction which keeps the masses of people content with their difficult lives and whose basic purpose is in making money for others which strays far afield from the elementary truth that connects all entities, whether truth is that which is perceived within a pilgrim heart that is moving out into that personal path of seeking, or whether that same loving heart is content with the patterns that it has been given, and: “The vibrations in which the heart is moving, that tune that the heart is singing, has the capacity to be perfectly one with all that there is. And, indeed, at the heart of all vibrations, of all energy fields that denote an entity, there is that perfectly balanced, totally creative, original Thought that is purely true, so that at the heart of the chaos that is each entity’s unknown self lies the Creator in all of Its creative genius, in all of Its lack of limits, in all of Its power to create and to destroy.” Now Q’uo said that this is the truth that is the foundation that supports vast differences of opinion, and it is the truth which awakens the unpredictable potential of all third-density entities to achieve self-realization in an instant and to find an epiphany in the turning of a leaf or the turning of a page, and it may seem that two entities are so far apart that they could never agree, yet this is the nature of our human heart to embrace truth when it is perceived that any two entities may in one, fine, strong moment of inspiration find that rainbow bridge that unites them, and then they can release the bonds of fear which bind so many entities to the load-bearing help of organized religion. On July 27, 1986, L/Leema spoke of the process of self-realization:

However, take yourselves seriously, my friends, seriously enough to be serious about joy, to be serious about peace, to be serious about love. We hope that you may discover the joy that lies within tears and sorrow when one has the knowledge of greater horizons and greater cycles, that each one may experience the peace within difficult times as one discovers that one is not alone, but may share each burden, the love which is not cloying or sentimental, but creative and transformative, in other words, the state of divine unrest which is the ceaseless changing reality, shall we say, of one who is on the path and striving to realize Oneness with the infinite Creator. Never let the knowledge of your own seeming imperfections cause you to be cynical about your divinity or the importance of your self-realization of it. Look for it in yourself, not just in other people.

We are aware of your discussion before this meditation and are very sympathetic with those feelings of disappointment and even betrayal that so many among your peoples feel at the news programs which discuss the failings of those priests within organized religions whose behavior towards children has been undesirable in the extreme. The patterns of service to self and service to others have their cleanest and most healthy expression outside the biasing and distorting energies of organized religion. In particular, we would point out the lack of validity within that church which you call the Roman Catholic Church of certain practices, the specific one which we have in mind being celibacy, which indeed was not part of the original spiritual roots of this fairly mystical and person-driven, gnosis-driven system of spirituality discussed by those of the Essene sect of mysticism within Aramea such as the one known as Jesus and the one known as John the Baptist. This generative spark which the one known as Jim has called the New Testament, the new promise, the new plan, was offered as a very simple and unitary way of being.

The requirements of this particular covenant or testament were that each entity would love the Creator and love the neighbor as the self. All of the law and the prophets, then, depended upon this basic truth, and, when there were discrepancies, the simple requirements preceded and updated the requirements of the Old Testament. We do not need to point out to any of you that the origins of this that is called Christianity among your people were not hewn to with much faith for very long, for there soon came to be an increasing effort to regularize, preserve, and establish the church of Jesus the Christ as a Church rather than as a community of teachers and students. When this grew to a certain degree, for political reasons and reasons of social and economic power, it was decided that the discipline of celibacy would be placed as a requirement for being a priest in this particular church. When some entities are born, one of their choices for their incarnation may be celibacy. For many others throughout the centuries since this decision was made, not by those seeking truth but by those seeking power, many have been in a position of desiring to be a priest and needing to accept the strictures of that position including celibacy.

We would suggest in this instance as in many others in the history of your religions that the requirement in and of itself is an unbalanced one, and it is not surprising that there have been unhealthful and insalubrious distortions that have come about in the personalities and actions of those who truly desired to be of service to others but who, along the way in attempting to deal with an outer, physical organization called the Church, have found themselves in difficult and unbalanced situations which they were not able to control. Please note that there is no political, religious, economic, or social system that does not have its imbalances, inadequacies and potentials for abuse.

It is to be noted that the vast, vast majority of those in positions of this kind have pure souls, clean hearts, and no actions of which they must be ashamed. Further, we would suggest that the pattern of distortion remains the same throughout the institutions of the world. We would suggest that there is no more difficulty in one religious structure than in another once the structure has been penetrated and enough has been learned about the abuses of that particular system to be able to speak clearly and without injustice of that particular system. It is, shall we say, the predilection of third-density entities to find ever-new ways to create a sense of comfort, a sense of power, a sense of confidence; to aggrandize the self and to protect the self in some way. These are all ways in which it is the illusion that is seen; it is the illusion that is manipulated, and yet it is the spirit within that loses the opportunities to seek in a clearer, more lucid way because of being caught up in the various distortions of a particular system.

But each of you swims in an archipelago of distortion. There is the distortion from each of the helpers that touch the life of the young and the innocent child: the teacher, the salesclerk, the babysitter, the children of friends, the mothers of friends. All of these comprise part of the world in which the child lives. All of these teachers, and friends, and parents, and those who truly do care for the child have their own biases and distortions, their own fears, and their own projections of their hopes and dreams for that child which they are offering to the child. Is it any wonder, then, that, as the child grows, it becomes more and more steeped in the acculturative forces around it so that, more and more, the child begins to give away its ability to seek, its clarity of mind, its sharpness of questioning?

Think of the very young child, and you think of a child who is asking questions. Think of the older child who is at the start of the teenage years, as this instrument would call it, and see how that entity’s basis of self has been eroded in terms of that which is that entity’s alone, in order to be replaced, by choice, with the look that is appropriate, with the sayings that are those of the group to which this child belongs. In one way and then another and then another, the child’s mind has been taught that in this and this and this area, this is the perceived truth, and there is no need or hunger for more. When this has been truly successful, it is that which keeps an entity asleep, which keeps that yearning for true inner vision at a minimum, and I think these are the concerns that justifiably can fill the hearts of those who feel that there is the possibility of subjective, personal knowledge and who mourn those energies within a culture which are attempting to stop that energy from moving forward by, shall we say, the empty calories of dogma rather than faith.

Now Q’uo said that the paths of service to self and service to others have their clearest expression outside the distorting energies of organized religion, and Q’uo gave an example the lack of validity within the Roman Catholic Church of celibacy which was not part of the original spiritual roots of this fairly mystical system of spirituality discussed by those of the Essene sect of mysticism within Aramea that included the one known as Jesus and the one known as John the Baptist. Q’uo went on to say that the requirements of this testament were that each would love the Creator and the neighbor as the self so that all of the law and the prophets evolved from this basic truth, and when there were variations it was necessary to update the requirements of the Old Testament which brought about the origins of Christianity, for there soon came to be an increasing effort to regularize and establish the church of Jesus the Christ as a Church rather than as a community of teachers and students. Q’uo continued by saying that when this process grew because of considerations for political, social, and economic reasons it was decided that the discipline of celibacy would be placed as a requirement for being a priest in this particular church, and: “when some entities are born, one of their choices for their incarnation may be celibacy, and for many others throughout the centuries since this decision was made, not by those seeking truth but by those seeking power, many have been in a position of desiring to be a priest and needing to accept the strictures of that position including celibacy.” Now Q’uo suggested that the requirement of celibacy is an unbalanced one, and it was not surprising that there have been unhealthy distortions that have come about in the actions of those who truly desired to be of service to others, but when they attempted to deal with the outer organization called the Church, found themselves in unbalanced situations which they were not able to control, so they experienced potential for abuse just like all other political, economic, or social systems. Then Q’uo said that the vast majority of those in positions of this kind have pure souls and have committed no actions of which they must be ashamed, so Q’uo suggested that this pattern of distortion is the same throughout the world, and they said once research had been done no religions experienced more abuses than any other religion, and they said that it is the way of third-density entities to find various ways to create a sense of power and to aggrandize and protect the self, and these are all ways in which the illusion is manipulated, but it is the spirit within that loses the opportunities to seek in a clearer way because of being caught up in the various distortions of a particular system. So Q’uo said that there are distortions from each of the helpers that touch the life of the young and the innocent child: the teacher, the salesclerk, the babysitter, the children of friends, the mothers of friends, and all of these are part of the world in which the child lives, and all of them have their own biases, fears, and their own projections of their hopes and dreams for that child, and is it any wonder that, as the child grows, it becomes more steeped in the cultural forces around it so that the child begins to give away its ability to seek, its clarity of mind, its sharpness of questioning? Q’uo said that when we think of the older child who is at the start of the teenage years, and see how its basic self of its younger years has been eroded in terms of that which is unique to this entity alone by the facial expression that is appropriate and the manner of speaking that is used within the group that it belongs to reflects how its mind has been taught in each of its experiences of what truth is, then this is what keeps it asleep, and there is no hunger for more, and when this has been done then there are concerns that fill the hearts who mourn the cultural energies which are trying to stop the subjective personal knowledge from moving forward by the nature of dogma rather than faith. On January 11, 2011, Q’uo spoke of the nature of dogma:

In the first place, free will is a matter of perception for each person who is living in incarnation on Planet Earth in third density. If the entity has had a successful indoctrination into some religions, for instance, the matter of free will has been declared null and void, and instead the child will obey each dictate and dogma of the religion which has an answer for every situation, usually heavily couched in judgment and narrowing one’s choices so that there are prisons made of dogma, each tenet a bar. The door is locked for the entire incarnation, once such tenets are accepted.

There are others who have been trained by their parents and indoctrinated into their culture in such a way that there is a prison made of enculturation. There are rules governing each action. And often these bars are as stringent as those of religion in limiting the choices of those who have chosen to obey the dictates of society without thought and without question.

Fortunate are those who awaken within an incarnation to a realization that it is their right and part of their basic nature to make their own choices; to discern and evaluate the truth for themselves and to remove themselves from any prisons made of words, the tenets of dogma, or the rules and regulations of society, which are words of imprisonment for many.

Now let us switch gears and gaze a bit towards the end-times scenario which your conversation previous to this meditation dealt with to some extent. Several of you were wondering what the negatively-oriented entity wants, how the negative entity perceives this time of graduation, and how it wishes to see things go. This is a complex question, for this group of negative polarity upon your planet has been to some extent distorted by a group of higher-density negative entities, primarily those of the fifth density, who have found that if entities can be kept from choosing either the positive or the negative path, and if they can be taught a maximum degree of fear, so that their minds are worried and their hearts are troubled at all times, this creates a kind of food which is used by these higher-density entities for the equivalent of an excellent diet.

The political and social history of your peoples—as you were speaking earlier of Atlantis and ancient cultures and then those that are more modern—have been these generations of those whose fear, terror, anger, hostility, and pain have been offered up as food to the forces that enjoy that world of dark shadows and negative emotions. Consequently, there is almost no true negative polarity in the sense of an organized group of people that work together for the graduation into fourth-density negative of the planet or even of a group of its people. Those who have truly found the possibility of graduation in the negative sense within this particular harvest have been those whose focus has been extremely self-absorbed and unassociated with the energies that look, from the outside in, like negative polarity. The creators of your present global situation, then, are not entities of tremendous negative polarity but rather are those entities who have been most effective in shaping the society towards maximum degrees of control over others through the uses of what this instrument would call the media, so that these are not terrifying dragons but rather dupes for fifth-density entities who are using them as well as all others within the planetary system insofar as they can be taught to hate, to covet, to control. These are the energies that are encouraged along with the fear that lies beneath such policies.

All of this dwells in the illusion, is washed by the waters of consciousness that stream endlessly through the illusion, carrying the waters of truth and beauty and life. It does not matter how intense the outer forces of fear and negativity are when the heart of an entity rests in faith, in hope, and in love: faith that all is well, hope in every hopeless situation, and love of all things, of all biases, of all entities. Rest and perfect peace, how beautiful those words are, and yet this instrument has asked over and over again since 9/11/2001, “What is perfect peace? What is the peace that passes understanding? In what does that consist, is there in my heart already?” This instrument has asked over and over again, “That peace, do I know it already? Am I squashing it; am I pressing it down out of my reach by my choices?”

We suggest to you that this peace is a state of mind, a state of consciousness, a way of vibrating. When fear runs through the system, this state of mind is unavailable. When the fear is dropped from the illusion by the choice of the entity, this state of consciousness becomes available. Many are those among your peoples who have attempted through drugs to find this state of perfect peace, but we suggest that this peace lies within your heart, it is your native and natural environment; it is real, it is not the illusion. It is one tiny, thin veil from you at this time, for fourth density truly is coming upon you. Thusly, your faculties of faith, hope, and love have an increasing amount of potential to take hold within your life. We encourage all forms of positivity within your minds, within the way you talk to yourselves within your hearts, for that state of consciousness which you create day by day and hour by hour within yourself is as the training wheels for that spontaneous and unrehearsed state of consciousness that comes to you as you awaken to the new day.

So Q’uo said that this group of negative polarity entities upon our planet that is seeking graduation has been distorted by a group of fifth density negative entities who have found that if these entities can be kept from choosing either the positive or the negative path and can be taught to experience a maximum degree of fear, so that their minds and hearts are in darkness and fear at all times, this creates a kind of food which these higher-density entities feed upon as their diet. Then Q’uo said that: “the creators of your present global situation, then, are not entities of tremendous negative polarity but rather are those entities who have been most effective in shaping the society towards maximum degrees of control over others through the uses of what this instrument would call the media, so that these are not terrifying dragons but rather dupes for fifth-density entities who are using them as well as all others within the planetary system insofar as they can be taught to hate, to covet, to control. These are the energies that are encouraged along with the fear that lies beneath such policies.” Q’uo went on to say that it does not matter how intensely we feel the outer forces of fear and negativity when our heart rests in the faith that all is well and in the love of all things and for all entities, so they suggested that peace is a state of consciousness, and when fear runs through our system, this state of mind is unavailable, but when we choose to drop fear from our life this peaceful state of consciousness becomes available. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that this state of perfect peace rests within our heart, and this is our natural environment that is real, and it is one thin veil from us at this time, for fourth density truly is coming upon us, so our faculties of faith, hope, and love have an increasing amount of potential to take hold within our life, and Q’uo encouraged all forms of positivity within our minds by the way that we talk when we talk to ourselves within our hearts, for that state of consciousness which we create hour by hour within ourselves is the stabilizer for that spontaneous and unrehearsed state of consciousness that comes to us as we awaken to the new day. On August 18, 2004, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the new day:

In the midst of all this concern for others, remember that you must tend to your own stability, wellness of mind, heart, body, and soul, your own financial wellness, your own staying beforehand with the requirements of the world. What does it take to keep you grounded and balanced and ready for the new day? In most cases, there is that need for daily meditation, daily contemplation, a time that is sacred to oneself, a time spent in the temple of the inner heart, resting with the one infinite Creator. If you have to get up early, my brother, to do this, then set your alarm and give yourself a half hour to stare at a candle, to think over the day ahead, to make to-do lists, to do whatever it serves you to do to rise from your night ready for a new day, seeing into a new land filled with infinite possibility.

This morning I discovered that the fountain on the fishpond had once again began shooting water out of the pond, so I got the garden hose out of the basement and filled the pond until the height of the fountain was small enough, by a couple of feet, to keep from shooting water out of the pond. I have no idea why this keeps happening after a short period of time, but I need to keep my eyes on the fountain frequently throughout the day.

This afternoon I went for my first speedwalk since the big snow fell a couple of weeks ago. It felt good to get back into this rhythm of taking a speedwalk, stretching, taking a bath, and posting my Camelot Journal entry for the day.

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

January 22

Useful Challenges

I am of the principle of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you in the full consciousness of Love divine. Sometimes we have not the will to go on.

Sometimes the consciousness within the body gazes upon the morning with rejection of all that it portends. These times of discouragement are important.

These times of difficulty are to be observed with great compassion and self forgiveness, for it is within the framework of trouble and sorrow that much of your spiritual work is done.

Therefore, do not chide yourself for your discouragement but rather, praise and thank the blessed Father that in the mysterious way of grace, such dark days may be seen to cause the greatest inner illumination.

Thus, to the discouraged we would say, “Take heart and know that trouble and difficulty are but useful challenges to a servant of the consciousness of Love.”

In that Love and that peace may you go forward this day and forevermore. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

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I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from October 6, 2002:

The question today concerns the power of thought and the power of belief of the words that we speak to ourselves, and the images that we create from these words, and these beliefs and how this image can be changed according to how beliefs change. We would like for Q’uo to give us some information on how we can create our own images, how we can change the way we talk to ourselves, the words we speak in our minds, and the images that we see. This is, I guess, a personal mythology—the way we look at ourselves and the way we look at the world through the creation of ourselves, so anything Q’uo would have to add to this thought, we would appreciate very much.

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo, and we greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator in Whose service we are. We thank you each for arranging the details of your life so that you are able to join this circle of seeking. We thank you for the opportunity to share our thoughts. We are most happy to do so with the request, as always, that each of you takes what you feel is good from those opinions which we share and by all means leave all of those things which do not seem to be as fair to you behind without a second thought. This will enable us to feel that freedom which comes from being a neighbor and a friend whose opinion is worth sharing, without feeling that we have represented ourselves to you as authorities or teachers, for truly we are as you: those who walk upon a path and those who reach out in service to others. We have a tremendous sea of things in common: the creation that we share is one.

You ask this day about the power one’s self-image has to affect one’s life. Indeed, this is an endlessly interesting question, because it revolves without end in terms of the effect of feedback, and how the echo of feedback never actually ends so that not only is there a feeling of progression to the energy of one’s being as one experiences the illusion of time, there is also that sense of each moment being its own perfected entity which is established as the truth of that moment, and which moves out endlessly into the creation of the Father as a perfect offering of that moment, that time, that space and that truth, so that the truth is always coming from you in its perfect form at the same time that it is forever in development in the process of birth to the ever-new moment.

The one known as J has suggested that it is quite possible that the experience or the illusion that each of you shares at this time is one which has been assisted or enhanced, shall we say, by those beings of higher densities who have compassion upon those who have gone through a tremendous amount of change. In this supposition, the one known as J was indicating that, indeed, perhaps the much talked about latter days, rather than being imminent, have actually already occurred, and were this to be so this suggestion is that all of those who indeed did graduate at that time still might have experienced so much trauma at the changes made at the shift between the old world and the new that the souls of those within this room and perhaps within this planet were placed, as it were, upon a stage that was created specifically as a hologram substituting for the world which was the old world. This new world then would be a world which was constructed to be a safe haven for those positive entities whose work was done within third density but who were not quite ready yet to spread their wings and accept the full light of fourth density without their physical vehicles. We do not state that this is true, but we do state that this is a wonderful way to envision the consensus reality which you face at this time because it is efficacious in allowing you to see that you have an enormous amount of power over your consciousness and the experiences of that stream of consciousness.

Certainly, we can say that, regardless of the model used to discuss the transition times into fourth density, the membrane between densities is semi-permeable and increasingly so as the time moves from moon to moon and year to year. Already you have experienced a great deal of shifting and opening up of energies, of patterns changing, and these things have been experienced, not because necessarily they were chosen but perhaps inadvertently, so that change has multiplied upon change, and it is easy to feel that one is completely unable to control one’s life.

However, we would suggest to you that the issue of control is a kind of seduction designed to limit the ability to envision and to dream when one is allowed to be cast loose from one’s circumstances so that one exists in that space between all things: between densities, between energies, in the water, shall we say, that the creation swims within. It can be seen that this “between place” is actually the womb within which the self is birthed from moment to moment, and, as the self is birthed, so is the creation. It is difficult to grasp that one does create the stars, the bodies within the heavens, all of the amazing and cosmic structures of energy and balance that no one’s mind in any density could actually grip, wield, and change, yet each of you, by the way he thinks of himself and the way he tells his story to himself, creates the stars of a certain color and in a certain order, creates a universe that wraps around him like a cloak and prepares him for that journey which, in his own mind, is the business of his life.

The group question for this session was: “The question today concerns the power of thought and the power of belief of the words that we speak to ourselves, and the images that we create from these words, and these beliefs and how this image can be changed according to how beliefs change.” Q’uo began their reply by saying that we asked this day about the power that our self-image has to affect our life because it involves how the effect of feedback never actually ends so that not only is there a feeling of progression to the energy of our being as we experience the illusion of time, but there is also that sense of each moment being a perfected entity which is seen as the truth of that moment, and it moves out endlessly into the creation of the Father as a perfect offering of that moment so that the truth is always coming from us in its perfect form at the same time that it is forever in development in the process of birth to the ever-new moment. Q’uo went on to say that J had suggested that it is possible that the illusion that each of us shares at this time is one which has been assisted by beings of higher densities who had compassion upon those of us who have gone through tremendous change, and the one known as J was indicating that the latter days, rather than being imminent, have already occurred, and were this to be so the suggestion is that all of us who graduated at that time might have experienced so much trauma from the changes made at the shift between the old world and the new world that the souls of those within this room and within this planet were placed upon a stage that was created specifically as a three dimensional image that took the place of the old world. Q’uo continued by saying that: “this new world would be a world which was constructed to be a safe haven for those positive entities whose work was done within third density but who were not quite ready yet to spread their wings and accept the full light of fourth density without their physical vehicles. We do not state that this is true, but we do state that this is a wonderful way to envision the consensus reality which you face at this time because it is efficacious in allowing you to see that you have an enormous amount of power over your consciousness and the experiences of that stream of consciousness.” Then Q’uo said that concerning the transition times into fourth density, the membrane between densities is semi-permeable and increasingly so as the time moves forward, and we have already experienced a great deal of patterns of changing energies, and not because they were chosen but perhaps by chance, so that change has multiplied upon change, and it is easy to feel that we are unable to control life, and then Q’uo suggested that the issue of control limits our ability to envision and to dream when we are cast loose from our circumstances so that we exist in that space between all things: between densities, between energies, in the water that the creation swims within. Now Q’uo said that this “between place” is the womb within which we are birthed from moment to moment, and as we are birthed, so is the creation, and it is hard to believe that we create the stars within the heavens, the cosmic structures of energy and balance that no one’s mind in any density could actually change, yet each of us, by the way we think of ourself and the way we tell our story to ourself, creates the stars of a certain color and in a certain order, and we create a universe that wraps around us like a cloak, and prepares us for that journey which is the nature of our life. On February 9, 2003, Q’uo described the nature of our story:

Indeed, we have a very simple story to tell, and our story is in part the story of the difference between belief and faith. Our story is a story about unconditional, pure and creative Love, a Love so powerful that it has created all that is, all that has been and all that shall be. It is also creative and powerful to destroy, and all that has arisen likewise moves into transformations which remove it from one form into another.

And this same energy of unconditional Love is that energy which creates that benign and most kind gateway to that which is the life to come. Thusly, this Logos, this great original Thought of the Creator, is responsible both for your energies of life and your consciousness and for those limitations upon the form which you now enjoy, which shall put a period to the apparent lifetime of you as an individual. And indeed, may we say that it is more than an apparent ending, for each personality shell that you choose with which to come into incarnation does indeed have its appropriate period, when that personality shell has done the job for which you assembled it.

It is difficult to imagine, faced with the riches of one’s own complex and subtle gradations of personality and beingness, that that which you experience as yourself is only a tiny portion of your true self. And yet this is indeed true. That which you experience within a single incarnation is as that tributary that is a portion of the stream of soul that is you, but it is as that stream flowing from the beginning at, shall we say, a distance from the center of the circle of life, and flowing towards the center that is your soul stream; that is, rather, a soul ocean. And each individual life experience is at the same time, in metaphysical time, flowing towards that center of the ocean of Self. Consequently, it is well that you are not able to remember or to know that which is going on in all the other radials of this circle of Self, for the information would be too much to bear.

Each of you has this kind of creatorship, and each is feeling this ability to change the feelings with which life is replete. Each has talked before this meditation began of ways in which the thoughts have been used to create a better environment for the self. The one known as Jim was speaking of how he had begun to realize that that which he had told himself made a difference in how he felt. From the tiniest thing that you say to yourself to the largest, each word and each thought is an energy that has the power to create change in your consciousness and in the world around you. The more you are able to focus upon this power to speak truth, the more transparent the environment is to the echoes of new thoughts. The one known as R was creating lists of words that took power away and words that gave power, and they were words like “follow” or “choose,” “I can’t do it” or “miracle.” The possibilities within the mind that are allowed to the self become the possibilities that are possible within your world.

If you can allow yourself the time and space to move within that closet of self and simply listen to the self as it is, the information that comes to you is that sense of self that has drifted beyond the campfire of everyday talk and moved into the cry of the wolf, the beaming of the stars, the energy of the Great Mother and the Light of eternity. What do you dream? What do you hope? We say to you, as you dream, take that time in which you color your dreams with care and love and the self-respect that all dreams deserve. The ideals that seemed fair at earlier points in the life may indeed have become tarnished. They may even seem to have failed and to have become vitiated and destroyed by experiences which you have undergone.

Howmuch of disappointment within yourself is true, and how much of it is the tail end of other peoples’ stories which they have told to you? The one known as T suggested earlier that there was tremendous power in releasing all thoughts of forgiveness in a certain stubborn situation and moving instead to thoughts of forgetting completely the past. To this entity we say, these thoughts have the power to change the life. It is a sweet mystery, the sugar-bear of truth hiding in the forest of opinion with the undergrowth of words, words, and more words. Each word has its roots and its blossoms, and the words that you plant in the flowerbeds of your sentences, your thoughts, the things that you share with others, have their own beauty, aroma, and color. We are not suggesting that your life should be a coloring book to dabble at on a day when there is nothing better to do, for we realize that each of you is moving very quickly through days that seem all too short, and we grasp the fact that it does not seem that there is a great deal of time to spend upon the details of each thought, each word used, and so forth. And yet we would suggest to you that any care that you can take with the things that you think to yourself about yourself will be rewarded, and this reward will echo and re-echo and spiral if you are able to continue to monitor your own inner conversations.

In this instrument, for instance, there is a longstanding distortion towards self-criticism, and this is basically an internalizing of childhood voices that this instrument has heard in the past. In no case does this instrument have to continue hearing this particular voice, it being the voice of her parents, both parents having passed from your illusion. However, as is the case with most children, no matter how old the child gets, there lives within that mature person a tremendously powerful memory of every hurtful word that has ever been spoken to the child. Unfortunately for the playful aspect of self, the serious aspect of living a life within the physical illusion sounds its steady toll of time and space and calls all to experience responsibility and accountability for the thoughts and desires of one’s own heart. When the moment comes that you can see into this conversation that may have ancient and irrelevant voices within it, you will be more able not simply to silence those voices but to lay them into an appropriate and loving place in deep memory with blessing and with love, so that you may indeed forget, not simply forgive the voices that would bring you down and make you feel small, but, rather, forget them. This forgetting and forgiving of the old voices can release a tremendous power of change within the life pattern.

If you do not choose then to say to the self when a mistake is made, “Oh, you stupid person, you have made a mistake,” then what would you choose to say instead? Is there indeed any dishonor in making an error? Is there a necessity to judge beyond the need to correct the error? For most entities, there is. There is always the need to make a judgment. The reasons for this, indeed, would be the subject of another discussion, but, for the entity within third density, the tendency is to make a judgment every single time an event occurs. Knowing this about yourself, then perhaps you can think upon what kind of judgments you would like for yourself to make. It may seem pretty obvious that it is not a good idea to tell the self that the self is stupid or getting old or losing memory, and yet each in this room has said these things to the self at various times. What would be your substitute for this self-comment? Perhaps the embracing of compassion for the self and a willingness to move on has more energy for the positive than any words that you might find to soften the blow of judgment.

Then Q’uo said that each of us has the ability to change the feelings with we which fill our life, and how that can create a better environment for us from the tiniest thing that we say to ourself to the largest, and each word and each thought is an energy that has the power to create change in our consciousness and in the world around us, so the more we are able to focus upon this power to speak truth, the more transparent the environment is to the echoes of our new thoughts. Q’uo went on to say that if we can allow ourself the time and space to move within the meditative state and simply listen to ourself as it is, the information that comes to us is that sense of ourself that has drifted beyond talking around the campfire and has moved into the cry of the wolf, the beaming of the stars, and the Light of eternity, so Q’uo said that as we dream we should take the time in which we color our dreams with the love and self-respect that all dreams deserve because the ideals that seemed fair at earlier points in our life may indeed have become tarnished. Q’uo went on to say that each word that we plant in the flowerbeds of our thoughts that we share with others has its own beauty, aroma, and color, and they realized that each of us is moving quickly through days that seem all too short, and they knew that it does not seem that there is enough time to spend upon the details of each of our thoughts or words, so they suggested that any care that we can take with how we think about ourself will be rewarded, and this reward will echo and spiral if  we are able to continue to monitor our own inner conversations. Now Q’uo said that no matter how old the child within us gets, there lives within us a powerful memory of every hurtful word that has ever been spoken to us, and it is unfortunate for the playful aspect of ourself that living our life within the physical illusion takes its toll upon the thoughts and desires of our own heart, and when the moment comes that we can see that this conversation has ancient and irrelevant voices within it, we will be to silence those voices and to lay them into a loving place in our deep memory so that we may forget and forgive those voices that would bring us down because this can release a tremendous power of change within our life pattern. Q’uo said that within third density our tendency is to make a judgment every time that we make a mistake, and when we know this about ourself then we can think upon what kind of judgments we would like for ourself to make, and it may seem obvious that it is not a good idea to tell ourself that we are stupid, so Q’uo suggested that we feel compassion for ourself and to move forward in our life because that has more energy for the positive than any words that we might find to soften the blow of judgment. On October 6, 1985, Hatonn spoke of how we can create a better environment for ourselves:

My friends, the difficulty with picturing a better and better and better environment is that into such an environment you bring yourself. The self that is you is always with you and the wellspring and fountainhead of your spirit is within you. Therefore, into each environment you project those opinions and biases, those pains and pleasures of your own experience that make you what you are. That which is outer cannot do the job of bringing to birth that within you which is to come in your search for the truth.

It is a difficult thing to grasp in the world of the mind where things seem so clear-cut, but in actuality your illusion is set up with some precision to prevent any entity from being correct for very long at a time. The need of this illusion is fundamentally the need for confusion. Too much clarity within third density creates a pleasant and long third density. Each of you is experiencing the culmination of far more powerful ways of experiencing third density. These ways have been rough, and each trail has been mazed, and yet the progress that each of you has made is outstanding. In all of this confusion, each has found the end of a rainbow and is following that vision.

We encourage more than anything else this basic faith in self that sees beyond the mistakes of the moment and trusts in the excellence of that self that lies within like an undiscovered country. Were this instrument never again to say to itself, “You’re just not good enough.” would she be good enough? Were the one known as Jim never to say again, “I just can’t remember like I used to,” would he remember as he used to? Perhaps, but the words that truly hurt the self are the words of judgment that create a contraction and a sorrow within the heart, and so we encourage you to cease bringing sorrow to your own heart, for it is in no way necessary. Each lesson that comes before you has its learning curve. Each learning curve has many moments of seeming failure. Indeed, the only way to learn is to fail repeatedly in such a way that learning occurs. The mechanisms of learning are assisted not by resisting the pain of learning but by speaking it, chanting it, expressing it, having a dance with it, so that there is a movement of energy and a lifting of the spirit that deals with whatever is being dealt with at the time. The one known as R said earlier life is not about working, it is about playing, and this is a good sentence to use as an example for how you can speak to yourself in certain ways. All things take effort. Shall you call that effort work, or shall you call it play? Shall you call it walking, or shall you call it dancing? Shall you call it speaking, or shall you call it singing? Shall you define yourself as prose, or shall you allow yourself to be poetry?

There is a way to play with the textures, qualities and tonalities of life. In this playing, all of the forces of nature wait to play with you, and, when the mind is released into this playing mode, there is a tremendous outburst of energy from angelic and from inner-planes nature sources who are just waiting to play with anyone else who is also playing. For the dance is ongoing, and that which you are is that which moves into this dance, becomes part of this dance, and becomes the dance.

What is your self-image? We ask each of you to define this for yourself at a time when you are simply contemplating what your myth of self is. As this instrument has said, she is a legend in her own mind, and each of you is that. Each of you is a story you’ve told yourself. It is not simply a birth, a childhood, an education, and a series of experiences as an adult. It is a story with shape, and moods, and energy, and fire, that is, if you wish to tell yourself a story that has energy and fire. The one known as Jim can tell himself that he is cutting grass, or he can tell himself he is dancing with the devas. This instrument can tell herself that she is a bookkeeper, or she can tell herself that she touches people’s lives with love. Each of you can look at the simple facts of the life and weave many different stories depending upon those things which are chosen to emphasize and those things which are forgotten and left behind. It is your world, and the possibilities of a world that is created just as you wish it are endless.

Imagine the effect if more and more entities within your Earth world truly, deeply and honestly found that energy within which is the energy of peace, that peace which passes all understanding! Have you considered why there is not peace within the world at this time? When there is not peace within the human heart, what story can the human race tell itself? Is there even a belief in the ideal of peace? Is there a willingness to know that peace is the truth, and that strife is the illusion? This instrument and the one known as R earlier were working upon the words of a song. It seemed to this instrument at the time that the words were growing like grass, sprouting up and opening to the sunshine. What artful dodgers words are: slippery, forever changing, always shifting in their nuances and their tones. Words are difficult to use with absolute justice, and yet the power of each word is the power of the spirit of the concept. The power of concept is infinite; the power of belief is infinite. The beliefs that you have create themselves as true within your body, within your mind, and within your life. May you believe well; may you seek truly and deeply your own story.

Now Q’uo said that it is a difficult thing for us to grasp in the world of our mind where things seem clear, but in  truth our illusion is set up with precision to prevent us from being correct for very long, and the need of this illusion is for confusion because too much clarity creates a pleasant and long third density, so each of us is experiencing the result of more powerful ways of experiencing third density, and each trail has been mazed so that the progress that each of us has made is outstanding because each of us has found the end of a rainbow, and we are following that vision. Q’uo went on to encourage us to have faith in ourself that sees beyond our mistakes of the moment and trusts in the excellence of ourself that lies within us like an undiscovered country, so they said that we should stop bringing sorrow into our heart because each lesson that comes before us has its learning curve with many moments of seeming failure so that the only way to learn is to fail repeatedly in such a way that learning occurs so they said that: “the mechanisms of learning are assisted not by resisting the pain of learning but by speaking it, chanting it, expressing it, having a dance with it, so that there is a movement of energy and a lifting of the spirit that deals with whatever is being dealt with at the time. The one known as R said earlier life is not about working, it is about playing, and this is a good sentence to use as an example for how you can speak to yourself in certain ways.” Q’uo continued by saying that there is a way to play with the textures, qualities, and tonalities of our life, and as we play all of the forces of nature wait to play with us, and there is an outburst of energy from angelic and inner-planes sources who are waiting to play with us, for that which we are is that which moves into this dance and becomes the dance. Then Q’uo asked us what our self-image was because they wanted us to define this for ourself when we are contemplating what our myth of our self was because each of us is a story that we have told ourself that has a shape and energy, and each of us weaves many different stories depending upon those things which we have chosen to emphasize and those things which we have forgotten and left behind because it is our world, and the possibilities of a world that is created just as we wish it are endless. Q’uo asked us to  imagine the effect if more of us within our Earth world found that energy within us which is the energy of peace which passes all understanding, and the reason that there is not peace in our world is because there is not peace in our human hearts, and if there is not peace within our hearts is there a willingness to know that peace is the truth, and that strife is the illusion? Q’uo completed their reply by saying that Carla and the one known as R were working upon the words of a song, and it seemed to Carla that the words were growing like grass and opening to the sunshine so that words seemed to be forever changing their tones which makes them difficult to use accurately, and yet the power of each word is the power of its concept and: “The power of concept is infinite; the power of belief is infinite. The beliefs that you have create themselves as true within your body, within your mind, and within your life. May you believe well; may you seek truly and deeply your own story.” On April 22, 2007, Q’uo spoke of the power of concepts:

We would like to ask all of you take a moment now and to become aware, in the silence that follows these words, of the beauty and the perfection of yourselves and of the fact that you are never alone. We ask you to rest in the silence and experience yourself. We would also like you to open yourself to receiving information at the silent level. As the one known as Joshiah says, silent communication is by far more eloquent than words, for words are poor attempts to translate the mighty and living power of concept into the flat structures of language.

We would at this time transfer from this instrument to the one known as Jim to complete this communication, and we thank this instrument and would leave her in love and in light. We are those of Q’uo. We would transfer at this time.

(Jim channeling)

I am Q’uo, and we greet each again in love and in light through this instrument. It is our privilege once again to ask if there may be any further queries to which we may speak at this time. Is there another query at this time?

T: I have a question. You said that forgetting was a good idea as a helpful aid in the act of forgiveness. I assume though that there are times when you can’t forget, and I don’t mean that you’re not able to forget but that maybe you shouldn’t for other reasons, physical reasons. I don’t know. You just come in on times when maybe you should not completely forget. There’s a mixture of forgetting and forgiving at that point… or is all the forgiving in the forgetting?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. The forgetting to its completion is the definition of forgiveness. Most, however, find that there is work to do in forgiving another before one may forget that which brought up the catalyst and placed a barrier between the two. It is not always easy to forget. For as long as one has an emotional investment in the catalyst which has arisen, then there is work to do in communication, in analysis, in meditation ,and finally in forgiveness as one is able to see another as the self and is able to accept those as the Creator. This usually takes a significant portion of your time.

[Pause]

I am Q’uo, and am again with this instrument. We appreciate your patience. Is there another query at this time?

T: Not from me, thank you.

I am Q’uo. We thank you, my brother. May we speak to any other point at this time?

J: Hi, Q’uo, this is J, and I have a question. I’m not sure, respecting my free will, if you’ll be able to answer or not, but I was wondering if you could tell me if my soul has been higher than third density previously to where it is now.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. To this query we may answer, yes indeed, for this is true for all entities. For all have been complete in their unity with the one Creator. In the sense in which you speak, we can confirm that you are indeed that which may be called a wanderer who has previous experience in densities beyond the third and who has come to this third-density planet for the opportunity to be of service as it is birthed into a new level of evolution.

Is there another query, my sister?

J: No, thank you very much for that answer.

I am Q’uo, and we thank you, my sister. Is there another query at this time?

S: I have one. You mentioned earlier that, say we’re doing so well. How can we know when we’re doing well. How do we see the unseen?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother, and to this query we must say regretfully, for third-density entities, you cannot know. Understanding is not of this density; this density, my friend, requires that one operate with faith, with will, and move forward in that strength, for that which can be known subjectively in this illusion is but a poor print. For there is much beneath and beyond that which is seen, that which is sensed, that which can be known in any particular way in your illusion. For all is a symbol here; all stands for something else, and it is a great riddle, a great knot, shall we say, that each has the task of untying and untangling, and many lifetimes are spent in attempting to do just this thing; to reduce the great complexity of this illusion to the simplicity of an individual incarnation, and each effort to accomplish this great goal is rewarded by a small amount of a sense of possibility, shall we say, of a direction, of a homing where one feels, where one hopes, where one wishes, and where one places one’s faith as surely as one aims the bow and the arrow at a target and strikes that target surely as one has the faith that the arrow flies truly.

Is there another query, my brother?

S: Not right now, thanks.

I am Q’uo, and we thank you, my brother. Is there another query at this time?

[No further queries.]

I am Q’uo. As it appears that we have exhausted the queries for this session of speaking, we would once again pause briefly to thank each for inviting our presence this day in your circle of seeking. It is always our great privilege and pleasure to join you here. At this time, we shall take our leave of this instrument and this group. We leave each in the love and in the ineffable light of the one infinite Creator. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.

This morning I went over to my neighbor’s yard and filled her two bird feeders with bird seed. For some reason the birds in her yard are eating a lot more bird seed than the birds in my yard.

This afternoon I ran some errands with my first stop at Feeder’s Supply to buy more bird seed and cat food. My second stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market to buy some food for myself. My third stop was at the vet’s to pick up some meds for Bosco. My last stop was at Walgreen’s Drug Store to buy some Pepsi-Zero and some non-food items.

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

January 21

For Those Who Trust

I am the Spirit of Jesus the Christ, the gift and manifestation of the Son of Man, the servant of all. I greet you in the full consciousness of Love.

If you ask the outer world what conditions are pleasant for growth you may, perhaps, not find the conditions which appear before you this day. Much may seem out of place, disquieting and disturbing. The peace of the Spirit of Love is that peace which trusts that the consciousness of Love abides in each and every situation and that, in the outworking of time, the justice of the sweep of the world’s actions may eventually be seen. From day to day, however, without the benefit of hindsight, the spirit of God lies in wait for those who trust.

May you trust the superior and final nature of Love, both this day 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.

2025-01-20

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from September 29, 2002:

Our question today has to do with the concept of balancing. We hear a great deal, from many different sources, that balance is important, that we should be looking for ways to balance our lives, and since each person lives a unique existence, we’re wondering if Q’uo could give some information on how we as individuals could determine what we need to do—each of us—to balance our lives. Is there a good general technique of meditation, of contemplation, or study that you would recommend for us to balance our lives so that the responses we make to people and to new situations are our highest and our best?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo, and we greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator in whose service we come to you this afternoon. We feel so privileged and so blessed to experience each of your beauties. Truly, each of you is a blessing to us as a gemstone, as a pearl, as that which is beautiful and unique and utterly essential to the wholeness of the universe. We honor you, and we thank you for the desires of your heart that have pulled you towards a seeking circle such as this one. We thank you, for our hope has been to share information of a metaphysical nature with those to whom it would be helpful.

As always, our story is fairly simple, but there are an infinite number of ways to discuss unity. We find that to be somewhat ironic but only due to the nature of language. We ask only one thing, as we share our opinions with you: we ask that you understand that we are seekers such as you, those who walk with you upon a path. We perhaps have had more experience. However, we have not had more experience in third density. In fact, we have not had as much, for our third-density experience was brief.

We consider each of you masters. We know that each of you has the capability of moving from this experience into the next classroom of experience at the cessation of this physical incarnation, and we hope by those things that we offer to provide resources for those of you who seek, as this instrument said earlier, to forge a path that allows light from higher densities into the Earth plane where it is desperately needed at this time.

Each of you is already doing this work by breathing in and breathing out. Whether you feel you are in balance or whether you feel that you are riding the crest of chaos! In fact, the very breath that you share, when shared with an open heart, is of fundamental assistance to the planetary sphere upon which you dwell at this time and to the population of that planet, which is one body, of which each of you is an essential part. Therefore, truly it is said that there are no mistakes, and we simply ask you to realize that, in that context, what we have to say is subjective truth. That concept of truth is a dangerous one for your peoples, and we encourage you to think of our ideas only insofar as they attract you, as they resonate to you, and as they help you to focus with those things with which you are working at this time. We ask you not to see us as authorities or to retain any thoughts of ours which do not seem resonant. With this freedom of will preserved on the part of each of you, then we can feel free to share our opinions with you for what they’re worth. And each of you will find different things about that which we say to keep and different things to allow to remain behind. We would encourage this, for, truly, your sense of personal discrimination is a tremendous, powerful, and valid resource for each of you. You will know that which is resonant to you. It will come to you as if you were remembering it after a long time of forgetting. It will not feel as new as it will feel familiar and positive. If you do not have this kind of chemical reaction, shall we say, to these thoughts, then leave them behind without a second thought, for the universe, the creation on all levels is full of messages. It does not matter if you miss a message, for another one will be there to take its place. The creation is incredibly, infinitely full of opportunity, and, the more it is realized that the creation is a plastic and even a fluid thing, the more possible it will be for each of you to mine the rich field of experience for the gems that it does contain.

You ask this day concerning balance. This is another concept which is relatively simple to comprehend but infinitely difficult either to delineate or to achieve. We may say a few things concerning balance this day, but by no means could we hope to exhaust the subject. Therefore, if there are remaining questions at the end of this session, we encourage each of you to remember and to bring up those questions that still remain. There will be time at the end of this meeting for questions, and as well it is quite possible to initiate a further question at another channeling if the topic is sufficiently interesting to the group.

Perhaps the first thing that we would discuss concerning the concept of balancing is the model upon which this is built. This instrument tunes according to a certain prayer which is the prayer of St. Francis. In its entirety, it is vibrated thusly: Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is sadness, joy. Oh divine master, teach us to seek not so much to be loved as to love; to be understood as to understand; to be consoled as to console. For it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in giving that we receive; and it is in dying that we rise to eternal life.

This is an excellent tuning prayer for this particular instrument. However, we use it here to point out the model’s dialectical limitations. Balance is not precisely a balance between one side of self and the other side of self. There is not a line dividing half of your body into the positive aspect and the other half into the negative aspect. While tuning towards the light is a skillful resource with which to address a momentary calmness and stability of point of view, nevertheless, it is not that which constitutes a true model of what it is to become balanced. There is a flatness to the model that could be described by the X axis and the Y axis; those things to the right of the X axis are positive, those things to the left of the X axis negative, and so forth.

Take this model of the circle that this instrument has described and allow it to become a sphere, an energy field around things. This model would indicate that one was in balance—when? When is a circle in balance? To us, a circle is in balance at all times. The spherical aspect of it creates a situation in which there is no possibility of losing one’s balance, there is no possibility of falling. There is only the rolling, the being kicked by deity into different circumstances, and the ability to bounce.

So let us look at this model a little more closely. The thing that entities tend to do when they perceive that they are out of balance is to attempt to correct. This is true when an entity is within an automobile and the car goes into a skid. The less trained an entity is in moving out of a skid, the less likely an entity is to affect positively the direction of the car by those actions which are taken after the self-perceived slip is noticed. The more skillful the person in driving, the more experience that person has had, the quicker that entity will correct the path of the vehicle. The secret, of course, is refraining from attempting to steer the car while it is out of control.

This relates strongly to that saying from what this instrument calls the “AA Prayer,” which is: Grant me the courage to change what I can, the peace to leave alone what I cannot change and the wisdom to know the difference. When applied to bringing the physical vehicle, the emotional vehicle, the energy vehicle, the energy field as a whole, through a skid within the life experience, the first thing that needs to be addressed is the fear of being out of control. The actual situation within the physical experience is that there is no difference between the skid and the correction except the feeling that it gives to the entity internally. The situation in truth is that, at all times, metaphysically speaking, there is an element of being completely out of control. This is because the entire atmosphere and environment of your planetary sphere and its many supporting sub-densities or inner-densities, as this instrument calls them, are completely focused on creating an out-of-control experience that will be cyclically more and then cyclically less in control, allowing each entity who seeks that proper and timely cycle wherein lessons are addressed, are processed, and are either learned or not. The cycle moves around, and either the same situation occurs again for that particular entity on that particular theme, or the cycle spirals, because there is now another level that has opened because of prior learning. Consequently, metaphysically speaking, each of you is in the process of infinite change.

Change is uncomfortable by its very nature. It is confusing, and new patterns that are tossed into the life experience by a most humorous deity have a tremendous ability to appear to the untutored eye like pure and complete confusion and chaos. It is only after processing a good deal of new catalyst that a pattern may perhaps become clear, and it is by hindsight, then, that most of us see the true value and benefit of most of the lessons that we have been offered by our higher selves, chosen before this incarnation with great care and great love. The only difference between before incarnation and during incarnation is that, before incarnation, the reasons for these choices were perfectly clear. Within incarnation, all of the sense of the pattern as an integrated whole has to remain beneath a veil of confusion and illusion so that the fundamental nature of the lesson of this density may become slowly and subjectively clear to each in its own way.

The group question for this session was: “we’re wondering if Q’uo could give some information on how we as individuals could determine what we need to do—each of us—to balance our lives. Is there a good general technique of meditation, of contemplation, or study that you would recommend for us to balance our lives so that the responses we make to people and to new situations are our highest and our best?” Q’uo began their response by using the Prayer of St. Francis as an example of the prayer’s opposing forces creating limitations because balance is not a balance between one side of ourself and the other side of ourself since there is not a line dividing half of our body into the positive aspect and the other half into the negative aspect. They went on to say that tuning towards the light is a skillful resource with which to address a stability of our point of view, nevertheless, it is not that which constitutes a true model of what it is for us to become balanced since there: “is a flatness to the model that could be described by the X axis and the Y axis; those things to the right of the X axis are positive, those things to the left of the X axis negative, and so forth.” Q’uo continued by saying that the circle is in balance at all times, and there is no possibility of our losing our balance because there is only our rolling and symbolically being kicked by deity into different circumstances in our life experience. Then Q’uo said that when we are out of balance that it is normal for us to attempt to regain our balance, and then they used the analogy of it being a better idea to wait until the car we are driving–that has gone into a skid–has come out of the skid before trying to correct it. They said that, metaphysically speaking, the situation of our feeling that we are completely out of control comes from the environment of our planetary sphere’s sub-densities that are focused on creating an out-of-control experience that will cycle more in control and then less in control which will allow us to come to a point where our lessons are processed and we either learn them or we do not learn them, and as these cycles change each of us is in a process of infinite change. Q’uo said that change is uncomfortable, and when new patterns are tossed into our life experience they appear to our untutored eye like pure confusion and chaos, and it is only after we process a good deal of new catalyst that a pattern may become clear, and it is by hindsight that most of us see the true value the lessons that we have been offered by our higher selves which were chosen before this incarnation with great care and great love. On October 21, 1990, Q’uo described how change is uncomfortable:

Thus, in a dark time and in the shadow of death that you call life, you seek to forgive, and pardon, and love, and turn darkness into light wherever you see the way, and to serve, if not to please. You may all be judged because you do not please, but those who wish to serve often do not please, and if you are reviled for your love of the Creator, then you have done something right, and you are beginning to create the catalyst for fear among people that are already fearful, because they do not wish to change, because change is uncomfortable.

Pilgrims upon the path of seeking are always uncomfortable, always changing, always seeking. One cannot say to another, “Come with me on this journey, it will be all rose petals and ambrosia, there will be nothing but good times, for the Creator is love.” The best that you can say is, “Come suffer with me until we learn that there is no such thing as suffering, but only pain, and not my pain and not your pain. Come die with me, that we all may live. Come, let us empty ourselves of self, that we may be earthen vessels filled with treasure, dust in the presence of the Creator.”

This lesson, as we have said many times, revolves around concepts which have to do with a principle that is of the nature of a Thought or a Logos, and that principle cannot be described better within your language than by the word, Love. The Logos or Love is an energy that has created each of you, that has created each of us, that has created all planetary and stellar bodies, that has created a house for Itself. The Creator of this house is listening, is fascinated, and is hoping that each of you will attack the school year that is known as planet Earth with great appetite and enjoyment. It is seen before incarnation as a place where it would be impossible not to be merry. As the one known as F has said, “How can one not be in a good mood in a beautiful place like this?” And indeed, your mimosa bean pods hang down with a beautiful flair in the autumn sunlight and that particular quality of color within the light of autumn is most beautiful not only on your plane but also in the inner planes where we are at this time resting.

It is indescribably beautiful, and there is only one thing that mars the carnival atmosphere, and that is change: the reason that you came! For only in illusion is the perception of real change possible. It is not that there is not a different thought every moment for infinity, it is not that things do not change, for truly no two entities can breathe the same breath twice; no single entity can breathe the same breath more than once. The philosophical river that has for so long been talked about as not being able to be stepped in twice still runs, still changes, and still brings a fresh harvest every day of things that will place the entity in the position of feeling out of balance.

Where lies the love in this structure? Love within the structure lies in that which is not seen. It lies beyond the confusion, it lies beyond the circumstances, and it lies in becoming aware of the self as a unit that contains all that there is, in balance or out of balance. All the ingredients lie within, not neatly separated into those that are identifiable as positive and those identifiable as negative but thoroughly and completely mixed, and mixed yet again with the infinite layers of acculturation that each of you has experienced because of how each has heard what each has heard throughout the incarnation. There are many of those within this group whose early experiences within this sphere have been difficult to bear; whose growth as spirits has been distorted in various ways because of assumptions accepted as true, such as: “I am not worthy,” “I am not happy,” “I am not blessed,” “I am not lucky,” “I am not good enough.” We could go on, but basically it is that feeling of being not good enough, of being abandoned, of being stranded in an unsafe place, which charges one with the need to put up defenses.

Thisbrings us back to the idea of the circular, ball-shaped nature of self. Does a ball, does a sphere need defense? Indeed not. In fact, within the civil engineering trade, the building of bridges is only possible in some cases because of ball bearings that are placed at points of balance within the structure, because the circle can hold much, much more pressure and weight and more of a changing load than any other structure, anything with corners. This means that people can use the circular form to stabilize large structures, and, if the nature of the energy field is seen to be round and spherical, then it may perhaps more easily be seen that the way to become a balanced entity is not the dialectic of, “Oh, I see the dark. I must replace it with the light.” But as the one known as J said, “Oh, I see the dark. let me love it with my light. Let it all become one thing within the heart.” The heart that is within each of you is a haven that is already in balance. There is a pre-incarnational setting that you may be able to change somewhat through the course of an entire lifetime. You are hoping that you will be able to adjust the way you perceive information so that the information that you receive is less and less distorted. One of the goals of balancing is to decrease distortion, and, as this instrument has said earlier in this conversation, to become integrated, to become not only that entity who loves but that entity who is loved so that one begins to feel the fullness of self and the rightness of having all that there is within one entity. This part of balancing simply clears the field by removing as much distortion from the perceptions that are incoming as possible.

So let us move from the concept of sphericalness or not cringing from difficult experiences, to another facet of the balancing experience. That is the great importance of not only allowing oneself to fall, but allowing oneself in those moments of self-perceived chaos to move with the chaos. Indeed, to feel as if one is falling down and not coping but also to begin to allow the self to laugh about it, to take it lightly. We have said through this instrument many times that we encourage you to love that which is beyond yourself and take it very seriously, but we encourage you also to take yourself lightly. For those things which are the highest and the best within you are those things which simply need to be found within the self and allowed to express. They are already there. They are hiding behind things like defensiveness, fear, all of those reactions that are, as Buddhists would say, not particularly skillful. There is a great deal to be said for this point of view of skillfulness.

Then Q’uo said that the lesson of this density concerns concepts which have to do with a principle that cannot be described better than by the word Logos, or Love, which is an energy that has created each of us and all planetary and stellar bodies as a house for Itself, and the Creator of this house is hoping that each of us will approach the school year on planet Earth with great appetite and enjoyment since we see it before our incarnation as a place where it would be impossible not to be merry. Q’uo went on to say that there is only one thing that mars this beautiful carnival atmosphere, and that is change which is the reason that we came here, for only in the third-density illusion is real change possible. Q’uo continued by saying that there is Love within that which is not seen, beyond the confusion, and it lies in becoming aware of ourself that contains all that there is whether in balance or out of balance, and these ingredients lie within us but not neatly separated into those that are positive and negative but completely mixed into infinite layers of experience which each of us has heard throughout our incarnations that have given each of us the feeling of being not good enough, of being abandoned in an unsafe place which gives us the need to put up defenses. Now Q’uo said that our heart is already in balance, and there is a pre-incarnational setting that we may be able to change during our life by adjusting the way we perceive information that is less and less distorted, and one of the goals of balancing is to decrease distortion so that we become not only that entity who loves but that entity who is loved so that we begin to feel the fullness of ourself and the rightness of having all that there is within is, and this part of balancing simply clears our field by removing as much distortion from our incoming perceptions as possible. Q’uo said that it is important if we have the feeling that we are falling down and not coping well that we should allow ourself to laugh about it, to take ourself lightly, so Q’uo encouraged us to love that which is beyond ourself and take it very seriously, but they also said that those things which are the highest and the best within us are: “those things which simply need to be found within the self and allowed to express. They are already there. They are hiding behind things like defensiveness, fear, all of those reactions that are, as Buddhists would say, not particularly skillful. There is a great deal to be said for this point of view of skillfulness.” On November 20, 2005, Q’uo spoke of how we can decrease distortions within ourselves:

You yourself are a distortion of the one infinite Creator in that you have been given a locality. Yet within you lies absolute clarity on an unconscious basis or level. Can you accept the paradox of distortion and clarity indwelling, interpenetrating each other and blessing each other with the gifts that each has to offer the other?

It is always helpful in attempting to decrease distortion to rest in silence in the environment of your own private time, when you gaze inwardly at the depths of your being and outwardly at the depths of the day or the night sky. There seem to be greatly enhanced opportunities for that seeking self to become able to contact the gateway to intelligent infinity, to come into the present moment, and to rest at last in the peace of no time and no space.

Each moment that you are able to live there fills with you the Love and the Light of ten thousand years spent in the hurly burly of normal living. And yet it is very difficult, perhaps nearly impossible, to live day to day and moment to moment resting in the present moment. Distortion will call you forward. You will be pulled one way or another, and you will be lost to that clarity that you had when you were undisturbed.

However, it does not come into congruency with the thought that is behind the skill, which is that of Love there is nothing restrained about the Love of the infinite Creator, nor is there anything restrained about the power of those energies that move through each of you at all times. There is distortion in the incoming data that you receive with ear, with eye, from reading, from opinion, and so forth. It comes in roughly and raw, and some of it is true. and some of it is not. Some of it is of good report, and some of it is simply gossip. Some is true. Some is false. How shall you judge yourself? How shall you look at the momentary experiences of the day and say, “This was a good thought; this was a non-skillful thought”?

There are many ways to address the subject. The best way that we know to tell you is that the key is emotion. You are of the concept because you have a biological computer called a brain that you are here to think better, and indeed in many ways as a side-effect of spiritual improvement in the constitution, there is also an improvement in the thinking. However, the harvest of planet Earth is not a thought, not on the level of ideas. Rather, it is a pure emotion. It is a thought that is creative, that has to itself the nature of a principle that engenders more of itself or children of itself so that each of your thoughts, each of these moments during any day when something crystallizes for you emotionally and you have a specific reaction, whether it is a positive emotion seemingly or seemingly a negative one, offers…

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We must indeed state that we cannot describe that which it offers except to tell a story. This instrument was communicating earlier, by letter, with an entity who talked to her about “Lunchables,” if you are familiar with this product which contains cheese, meat, and crackers. She was thinking about the difference between perceiving something in one structure and perceiving it in a different structure, and she was eating these little crackers and cheese. She discovered that if she put the crackers, then the turkey, then the cheese upon each other in that order, they tasted one way. If she changed the order, she had a different experience, and yet they were the same ingredients. This entity said to this instrument, “How can it be that Lunchables would teach me a spiritual lesson?” And we say to you that this is the nature of balance. Everything has a message to those whose energies crystallize at the moment that the message is coming through. There will be a continuation of messages for each seeking spirit. There is no concern about whether or not you get them all; there will be another one in five minutes or half an hour. There is no waiting in terms of spiritual learning.

Indeed, all you must decide is how fast you can change; how much you can transform while still remaining stable, productive and all of those other attributes that are valued by yourself and the culture in which you live. It is only that limitation that keeps each entity from progressing very, very quickly. And indeed, we would advise against very quick advances and very quick changes. We would suggest to each of you that each find the way to remove toxic intensity from any day in which it occurs. In other words, quite often the reaction of one who has learned something and is excited about learning more is to do more and more meditation, more and more balancing exercises, more and more visualizations, and so forth, which simply creates a faster rate of change until the stable, everyday self is offered a crisis that expresses to that entity the nature of that entity’s limitations as far as being able to change beyond a certain rate of acceleration.

The thing to be aware of within the self is what this instrument would call burn-out, where there has been a massive application of principle, truth, and the various resources of the “spiritual supermarket,” as the one known as T has called it, and circuits are blown, and consequently there is that time where distance must be set between the self and the spiritual seeking. Those entities who are not capable of toning down their efforts with the ability to laugh at the self are those who are most vulnerable to spiritual exhaustion. For those who wish over a long period of time to make sustained and serious efforts in opening up the self to the realization of self, we encourage laughter; we encourage good friends supporting each other; we encourage each finding the ways that relaxation truly comes, that lightening-up really happens.

Then Q’uo said that the Love of the infinite Creator manifests in our senses in various ways that are true or false, and they wanted to know how we determined what was useful to us. Q’uo went on to say that the harvest of planet Earth is an emotion, so they suggested that we could determine what was useful to us by looking at what experiences crystallized for us, and we reacted to with our creative emotions because: “everything has a message to those whose energies crystallize at the moment that the message is coming through. There will be a continuation of messages for each seeking spirit. There is no concern about whether or not you get them all; there will be another one in five minutes or half an hour. There is no waiting in terms of spiritual learning.” Q’uo went on to say that we must decide how fast we can change and how much we can transform while remaining stable and productive because it is only limitation that keeps us from progressing very quickly, and they advised against very quick changes and suggested that we  find a way to remove toxic intensity from any day in which it occurs. Q’uo continued by saying that often when we have learned something, and are excited about learning more, then we engage in more meditation, more balancing exercises, and more visualizations which creates a faster rate of change until our stable, everyday self is offered a crisis that expresses to us the nature of our limitations as far as being able to change beyond a certain rate of acceleration. Now Q’uo said that we need to be aware of when we have reached a state of burn-out, where we have used a massive application of principle, truth, and various other resources, and our circuits are blown so that we need to put a distance between ourself and our spiritual seeking because if we are not capable of toning down our efforts with the ability to laugh at ourself we will become vulnerable to spiritual exhaustion, so Q’uo encouraged laughter and good friends supporting each other in finding the ways that relaxation truly comes, that lightening-up really happens. On July 7, 1991, Q’uo described the nature of spiritual exhaustion:

When emotions run high and spiritual exhaustion is deep, you may wish that you were not this vase, and you do not have to be the vase that you are. The flower is unchangeable, immutable and everlasting; and you are learning how to value that flower, not because it is you, not because it is something that you have called the Creator, not because of anything, but because that is all that there is. And in these choice-making lifetimes, you are shaping that gift to yourself that is the most beautiful receptacle for love that you may create.

Each hardship, each disappointment, each perceived difficulty is, in its own way, true. Vases crack, break, must be made again, must be scrapped and started over, must be retouched; but you are not working on love, you are working on how to honor love. Let this be your first tool when your emotional vase seems crazed and twisted and altogether out of round: know that you can throw that pot back into the wet, soft clay, take the slip cut, and re-cut and re-cut your pot anew. Line it as you will, paint it, enamel it, fire it, stud it with jewels, or be unassuming, knowing that love needs no decoration. But you are safe; these things are occurring to the vase, to the vehicle that carries the blossom of ineffable and perfect consciousness. Vases may bump together, and clang and crash and nestle in so many, many configurations. The blossom is always the blossom. Do not fear loss, for you have only clay to lose. You are the blossom. Rest, beautiful, beautiful blossom; rest.

It is not the same for all entities. One entity can relax perfectly well doing stitchery, another entity reading, another entity walking in the woods. Another entity may have the need to remain active at all times. Whatever the pattern, that pattern itself and the emotions that it calls up are those items of real interest. How am I perceiving this structure, this that presents itself to me, this gestalt? How can I juggle, and play, and dance with this and change the structure of the way I am thinking of the contents of this constructed situation that will improve my capacity to be comfortable while I am not in balance? These are excellent questions to ask of the self, because truly reality is a plastic illusion that is very penetrable by belief and perception. That which you perceive is that which is subjectively true. If the perception or the belief changes, the body itself will believe the perception rather than the actual circumstance. Therefore, if each of you happened to be hypnotized and then placed in a situation where there was physical discomfort and yet one was told that it was not occurring, the entity’s body would not feel pain. Conversely, if an entity is told that he is being touched by fire, in the absence of any fire on the physical, that entity’s body may well blister and burn. Belief becomes the reaction to the body.

This means that the belief that you have about what you are experiencing can create a wide range of actual occurrences, for the belief system triggers the response to the situation. The way that the so-called human experience works is not particularly objective. Indeed, it is extremely subjective. It is extremely permeable, and you have much more power over your universe than you know. So, another level in working with balancing is to see that you have the creative power to reconstruct, not the situation itself but how it is looked at, what point of view is used. What difference, may we ask, would there be between a drama or even a soap opera and a sitcom? What difference is there between melodrama and drawing room farce except the way that the entities respond to the undoubtedly somewhat mired situation that is required in order for a play of any kind to occur, whether it be a comedy, a drama or a tragedy? How can you create a sitcom, so that there are laughs and saving graces to the life experience that inevitably includes all of the crazy things that occur upon planet Earth, all the things that seem unfair, all the things that pull at one, all the things that create emotion?

For you see, each of you, balanced or unbalanced, is constantly sending a signal. Each receives the same signal; each receives the infinite Love and Light in infinite supply at all times moving from the roots of being, from the roots of the body, spiraling upwards through the self and out into the universe again. The magic here is involved in your nature and how you refract that upward-spiraling light in such a way as to create your own color, your own luminosity, your own way of offering Light back to the infinite Creator. So what you are really responsible for here is simply becoming more who you are, for who you are is a spiritual, energetic being, and it is something that is encased and often buried in that illusion which is flesh and those persuasive seductions that the physical world offers, seductions such as the need to feed the self, the need to create warmth for the self with inclement weather, the need to appear to be this or that way in regard to other people. All of the needs are for a seduction of the senses and a seduction of the emotion.

Itis as if each were at a magic carnival, and one could either spend time upon the rides going around and around, or one could bring one’s bounty to the carnival and have it judged to be “best chocolate cake” or “best tomato.” It is a choice of where to put the mind, where to put the energy, where to put the love. If you are loving, you are in balance. You can be upside down or sideways or flat on your back in the illusion, but, if your heart is open, we ask you to be utterly pleased and satisfied and to move on into the moment to mine some of the wonderful, spontaneously available breath and spirit and je ne sais quoi of that particular moment, that intersection of space/time and time/space in which this perfect moment became possible.

Each breath in and each breath out is so precious. We dwell in our present density in a much more expanded time frame relative to your own, and we see the preciousness of breathing in and breathing out for only seventy-five thousand years, and we see especially at this time the preciousness of breathing in and breathing out for perhaps the last of the series of incarnations within third density. It is truly a transformational and magical time. The subjective feeling of being out of balance is inevitable. The truth always lies in the knowledge that all is well, and all will be well. Where you put your energy is precisely where you should be putting your energy even if, in subjective terms, analytical terms, or in the opinion of others, it is incorrect. Know that you will always come about to a new tack when you feel it from within. Know that, until you feel it from within, it is better to continue to collect data, to absorb and to feel, and then to observe the feelings, to learn from those out-of-control, seemingly unbalanced emotions where the mind is, where the heart is, where the catalyst is, what the lessons are.

The lessons usually have to do with the giving and the receiving of love. As the one known as V has said, it is much easier to give than to receive. Many within this group are working with the ability to receive love, so there is never an assumption that this or that situation is helpful, and this other situation is not helpful. Know that many times this situation is the reverse of that which it seems to be.

Q’uo said that these are excellent questions to ask of ourself because reality is a plastic illusion that is subjectively true according to our belief and perception, and if our perception or the belief changes, our body will believe the perception rather than the actual circumstance, so if we were hypnotized and placed in a situation where we experienced physical discomfort, and we were told that it was not occurring, our body would not feel pain, and if we were told that we were being touched by fire, when there was no fire on our body that our body may well blister and burn. Q’uo went on to say that this means that the belief that we have about what we are experiencing can create a variety of actual occurrences since our belief system triggers the response to the situation because the way that the human experience works is extremely subjective and permeable so that we have more power over our universe than we can imagine, so on another level in working with balancing we have the creative power to reconstruct, not the situation itself, but how we look at it. Then Q’uo asked how we can create a sitcom so that: “there are laughs and saving graces to the life experience that inevitably includes all of the crazy things that occur upon planet Earth, all the things that seem unfair, all the things that pull at one, all the things that create emotion?” Q’uo continued by saying that each of us is constantly sending a signal, and each of us receives the same signal which is the infinite Love and Light moving from the roots of our being that spirals upwards through ourself and out into the universe, and the magic here is involved in our nature and how we refract that upward-spiraling light in such a way as to create our own color and our own way of offering Light back to the infinite Creator. Q’uo continued by saying that if we are loving, we are in balance, and we can be upside down or flat on our back in the illusion, but if our heart is open we should be satisfied and move into the moment to mine some of the wonderful breath and spirit and the “I don’t know” of that intersection of space/time and time/space in which this perfect moment became possible. Now Q’uo said that this is a transformational and magical time, and even though our feeling of being out of balance is inevitable, the truth always lies in the knowledge that all is well, and all will be well, and where we put our energy is precisely where we should be putting it even if, in the opinion of others, it is incorrect we should know that we will always come to a new way when we feel it from within, so we should know that, until we feel it from within, it is better to continue to collect data to learn from those out-of-control, seemingly unbalanced emotions where our mind is, where our heart is, where our catalyst is, and what our lessons are. Q’uo completed their response by saying that our lessons usually have to do with giving and receiving love, and it is much easier for us to give than to receive, so there is never an assumption that any situation is helpful, and many times a situation is the reverse of that which it seemed to be. On June 29, 1986, Q’uo spoke of one way that we can give and receive love:

Thus, one area which may be fruitfully investigated is the heart chakra or energy center as the entity sees itself in relation to the creation about it and more specifically as it sees itself giving and receiving love with the mate in the relationship which endures, shall we say. The relationship of mates, as you call them, is one which provides an entity with increased and intensified opportunities to learn and to teach, to give and to receive love. And when accomplished over a significant portion of what you would call time and experience with the dedication of each to the other to be of this service, the lessons and patterns of programs within each entity may be attempted in a manner which is far more efficient than the kind of relationships which are constantly in change and motion with little stability or dedication to service.

This morning I noticed that the fountain on the fishpond was shooting out of the pond, so I turned the fountain off, and then brought the garden hose out of the basement and filled the pond to the height that kept the fountain from shooting out of the pond. I will have to keep an eye on the fountain as it has had this problem in the past.

This afternoon I went outside and used my backpack blower and blew the crushed rock from my parking areas in front of my home back into the parking areas as the fellows who removed the snow from these areas last week scattered some of the stones into the street.

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

January 20

What Is Holy?

I am the Holy Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, and I greet you in the consciousness of Love.

The word “holy” is avoided by many who have felt that there is, indeed, a Spirit which enhances the experience of humankind. We, ourselves, are careful in our use of this adjective. For it is not a part of the inspiration which love offers that it be understood as holy.

For in and of itself, Love is not holy. For when all things are holy, then are none holy. Yet the holiness of the Spirit of Love resides in its sanctification of the ordinary in human experience. There is nothing that is not full of holiness. An instinct to Love is the Love of God. The principle of Love imbues every particle of what you call matter and thought in creation.

Yet there must be the will to call that sanctification forth from within the skeletal walls of earth and rust that are so often perceived as the beginning and end of corporeal things. Call forth the sanctification of life by your will, and allow your world to become holy. For as you see a holy world, you shall share that vision and that truth with all whom you meet, inspiring each to the calling forth of that same sanctification. From such beginnings are worlds recreated and transformed.

We leave you in the abiding peace of the consciousness of love, now and ever. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

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

2025-01-19

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from September 1, 2002:

The question today has to do with the concept of gratitude. We are told by various sources that we should give praise and thanksgiving in all things whether they be what we think are good or we think are bad, and we would like Q’uo to give us some information today about why this is so effective; why giving praise and thanksgiving in all things seems to produce so much of what we call good or the feeling of being in the right place at the right time, of being in the flow. We appreciate anything Q’uo’s got to say about giving praise and thanksgiving.

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo, and we greet you in the love and in the infinite light of the one infinite Creator. It is in the Creator’s service that we find our joy and our employment, and we are extremely grateful to be called to your group by your desire for seeking. We thank each of you so much for the many things that had to be laid aside in order that you could join this circle at this time. It is a great blessing to us to be able to share our opinions with you on this subject of gratitude and thanksgiving. We ask only one thing of you and that is that you carefully employ your own sense of judgment and discrimination as to those things that we may offer, for they are our opinion. We are not an authority of any kind but rather your brothers and sisters. If you will allow us your ability to discriminate, then we feel that we will not infringe upon your free will by those things which we share. We would greatly appreciate that kindness. And we thank each of you for the beauty that you bring to us as we meditate with you and see the wonderful rainbows that each of you carry. It is a great blessing to us to share in these vibrations, to see that each of you, as the one known as H has said, is the master and at the same time joyfully encased in a shell of flesh and playing the part of the clown and the fool.

What is it to be thankful? What is it to give praise? To seek this, we must go a little deeper than zeroing in on that word of praise, or thanksgiving, or thanks, because the word, “gratitude” or the word, “thanks” does not in and of itself explain the power of the word or the concept that is behind that word. Indeed, in all spiritual realization, the awareness is bounding beyond the ability of words to describe the textures and the depth of the concepts that are moving through the seeking entity.

Let us pull back enough to gaze at each of you as stars or cosmic entities. Each of you, like a star, has an energy. Each of you is capable of radiation. Each of you is capable of being greatly affected by the radiation of other energy fields. It seems within the veil of flesh that each of you is some little pinpoint of consciousness gazing out at a common world; that is, a world held in common by yourself and all those who agree on consensus reality. Whereas in fact each of you is the Creator of your universe, and, as the one known as J has said, sometimes it becomes very clear that the universe lies within, that the reality lies within, that all that seems to be “out here”—as this instrument is pushing at the air in front of her body—that “out there” is that space that is around those fragile, delicate, human bodies that you experience at this time.

In actuality, this awareness is but a tiny portal upon the awareness which you carry deep within yourself. You carry it as a precious gem. You carry it in rich and fertile soil. You can, through meditation, find those gems of self and ask them to shine for you so that you may see their beauty. For you truly have not simply one but many of these gems within you, crystallized essences of beingness of various hues and energies that you have, through countless lifetimes, developed and in this particular lifetime have come into a specific and a beneficial balance or, shall we say, dynamic imbalance seeking towards balance asymptotically. This is your character: you are the crystal, the light, the energy that is the deeper aspect of life rather than being a specific shell, a specific weight, a specific appearance, and all these details that appear to be the most important part of consensus reality.

Thesebeings that you are vibrate to the highest truth of which the crystal of your being is allowed to become aware. If the highest truth which you allow yourself is the truth, for instance, of what this instrument would call right and wrong, then you are established to the extent of the truth of that concept in a vibratory nexus, and your spirit will rest within a comfort zone within those thoughts which identify and specify that which is wrong, that which is right, that which is good, and that which is bad. However, neither that which is right nor that which is wrong tends to create, within the energy of an entity, that emotion which partakes of what you have called thanksgiving, praise and gratitude. Rather, it holds one within the spell of this particular density, which is the spell of polarity. It is quite necessary for your environment while you are learning, that polarity be displayed in a marvelous amount of detail; that the details of the physical universe be actually infinite, so that one can lose oneself endlessly in the examination of the illusion. However, in truth, the energy which created all things, which binds all things together, which unifies, is an energy that is so far beyond words that it is ineffable, and yet perhaps one of the closest locutions to that emotion is gratitude.

We normally greet you in the Love and in the Light of the one infinite Creator. We do this in a fairly formalized way, because we are indicating to ourselves and to each of you what our vibratory energies are. The Logos which is the one infinite Creator’s original Thought is that which we call Love, and all that is manifested by the energy of this Thought, acted upon by free will, we call Light. Part of that Light is the energy of your body and the organs within your body, and the molecules within those organs, and the atoms within those molecules. Then, upon a completely other level, in the finer bodies, in the energy bodies, that energy is pure and more refined, and what each of you has come here to do is to refine that energy further. Whatever love that you came into this incarnation carrying is a part of the gifts of your previous incarnations which you harvested for this particular illusion. You hoped to add to that store and to further refine and purify your idea of what, who, whose, you are. For investigating essence takes one almost instantly beyond the words, and yet this word, gratitude, is so powerful, because it carries the vibrations of the Creator.

The group question for this session was: “why giving praise and thanksgiving in all things seems to produce so much of what we call good or the feeling of being in the right place at the right time, of being in the flow. We appreciate anything Q’uo’s got to say about giving praise and thanksgiving.” Q’uo began their reply by saying that words cannot truly define the concepts of praise or thanksgiving, so Q’uo wanted to give an overview of how each of us, like a star, has an energy that we are capable of radiating and also are capable of being affected by the radiation of other entity’s energy fields, and it seems within the veil of flesh that each of us is a small pinpoint of consciousness gazing out at a common world; that is, a world held in common by ourselves and all those who agree on the consensus reality. Q’uo went on by saying that we have not one but many of these gems of energy fields within us which are crystallized essences of our beingness of various hues and energies that we have developed through countless lifetimes, and in this lifetime we have come into a dynamic imbalance seeking towards balance asymptotically, and this is our character: we are the crystal energy that is the deeper aspect of our life rather than being a specific shell or a specific appearance and all the details that appear to be the most important part of consensus reality. Q’uo continued by saying that neither that which is right nor that which is wrong tends to create within our energy that emotion which partakes of what we have called praise and gratitude, but it holds us within the spell of third density, which is the spell of polarity, and it is necessary, while we are learning, that we display our polarity in detail; that the details of our physical universe be infinite; so that we can lose ourself endlessly in the experience of the illusion, but in truth the energy which created all things and which unifies is an energy that is so far beyond words that it is ineffable, and yet perhaps one of the closest descriptions of that emotion is gratitude. Now Q’uo said that: “The Logos which is the one infinite Creator’s original Thought is that which we call Love, and all that is manifested by the energy of this Thought, acted upon by free will, we call Light. Part of that Light is the energy of your body and the organs within your body, and the molecules within those organs, and the atoms within those molecules.” Then Q’uo said that upon another level, in our energy bodies, that energy is pure and more refined, and what each of us has come here to do is to refine that energy further so that whatever love that we have brought into this incarnation is a part of the gifts of our previous incarnations, and we hoped to add to these gifts and to further purify our idea of who we are and whose we are, for investigating our essence takes us instantly beyond the words, and yet this word, gratitude, is so powerful, because it carries the vibrations of the Creator. On September 5, 2010, Carla spoke of how we can work with our energy bodies:

To increase our polarity, we work with our energy bodies. We observe our feelings, thoughts, and impulsive actions and we balance those impulses and those actions day by day so that we are more and more cohesive. We become laser-light instead of incoherent light. And you do that at the end of every day, by asking yourself, “What triggered me?” and then allowing the remembering of that anger, that road rage, that jealously, or whatever, letting it just take you over and just express until it’s glorious, and then letting that die down and asking for its antithesis and then allowing that antithesis.

If it’s your impatience, you’re working with that. Then you ask for patience. You ask for its opposite. And you let that fill you and fill you and fill you until you really get it. And then you hold the two in mind and you ask to balance. You’re not trying to get rid of impatience, you’re trying to balance it.

It is the single most useful conscious exercise for those who would like to live in love at all times and keep their hearts open. Getting the heart open is pretty easy. Keeping the heart open is doggone difficult. So, you have to keep bringing yourself back up to your tuning, the required tuning, so that it really takes a kind of consciousness of yourself that isn’t critical of yourself, that accepts yourself but that sees when you’ve dipped down below where you’d want to be and then systematically brings you back. No judgment, but “Hey, this isn’t where I want to be.”

Gratitude is not what it seems; gratitude is not a thanksgiving for blessings received. At its best, it is a way of being so that one breathes in thanks and breathes out praise; breathes in that which is and breathes out, “Thank you,” not because of any outer detail but because it is the nature of consciousness to find an overwhelming, ever-overflowing cup of beauty and peace. And as one comes into even the shadow of this energy that lies within your hearts, there is an upliftment, and all of the energies that had seemed chaotic within the being begin to find a rhythm and pulse in harmony with the environment about you and the thoughts within you so that all of the finer bodies and the earthly body that is yours and the bodies that are wind, and rain, and planets all begin to harmonize and to vibrate and to speak to you. And when the universe is speaking to you, then there is always bliss, and joy, and peace, and praise, and infinite thanksgiving.

The trick of the illusion is to coax one into the seduction of believing that the dynamic dance between the dark and the light can be solved by choosing the light, or the dark, and turning the back upon the other choice. Certainly, a great deal of third-density existence, especially in the beginning of that process of learning that we call third density, has to do almost completely with sorting out that which you as a soul feel is positive and that which you as a soul feel is negative; that which is desirable; that which is not preferable. Sorting these dynamics out within the personality doesn’t take a great deal of experience for many people, for there are many things that seem fair until they have been utilized, and experience has been gained that indicate the failure of that beauty over time and experience.

These are the last days of this particular cycle, and each entity that dwells upon this planet at this time has basically chosen its polarity. Perhaps not in a way that activates the spiritual progress that can indeed be accelerated, but the experience of each has been rich, and decisions have been made concerning the choice of the light or the dark. What we ask you to think about, in the context of gratitude, is that land which lies beyond polarity, that unification that is very much of higher densities and very much of the fourth density which is at this time coming so close now to that vibration which is your so-called consensus reality that, more and more, there is a transparency that comes and goes for entities, so that suddenly those truths of fourth density and unconditional love are indeed opened to that entity, and that entity feels, understands, and sees, as if “real,” the perfection of all things and the beauty of the play of light and dark as the soul spins, evolves, balances and regularizes in that spiral towards oneness with the one infinite Creator.

What is gratitude? Gratitude is breathing in and breathing out with the awareness that this act is a gift. Each of you is like a cut flower. You have sprung from the soil of physicality; you have the life of a blossom; and your only responsibility is to blossom, to be, to share that which you are and take in that which all else is exchanging with each other’s energy fields, those dynamics which lie between the two of you. It is easy to give thanks when there are good times, but that is not the heart of thanksgiving. The heart of thanksgiving is to see in all things the gift of manifested experience. Oh, how precious that is! Oh, how dear!

We cannot convey to you our appreciation of the challenges that you face by being in a physical body and in third density, and yet we say to you that such an adventure calls to us simply because each of you is experiencing, within the illusion, the ten thousand colors and shapes and forms  that are what the Creator knows about itself so far. As each of you takes in the air and gives it back out to the universe, you are singing a song that no one else has ever sung, lifting to the heavens a beauty that has never before been seen. And the Creator knows more now than before, because you have been open and vulnerable to experience, and the world and all its experience has been opened and made vulnerable to you. This is the heart of thanksgiving—the knowing that every breath you take is significant, meaningful and helpful to the Creator, truly a gift given and a gift received.

Now Q’uo said that gratitude is not a thanksgiving for blessings received, rather it is a way of being so that we breathe in thanks and breathe out praise, not because of any outer detail but because it is the nature of our consciousness to find an ever-overflowing cup of beauty and peace, and as we come into the nature of this energy that lies within our hearts all of the chaotic energies within our being find a rhythm in harmony with the environment about us and the thoughts within us so that all of our finer bodies, our earthly body, and the wind, and rain, and planets all begin to harmonize and to speak to us, and when the universe is speaking to us, then there is always joy, praise, and infinite thanksgiving. Q’uo went on to say that the purpose of the illusion is to cause us to believe that the dance between the dark and the light can be solved by choosing the light or the dark and turning our back upon the other choice, which is what the beginning of the process of learning in the third density is about which is sorting out that which we feel is positive and that which we feel is negative, and this doesn’t take a great deal of effort for many of us, for there are many things that seem fair until we have utilized them, and we have gained experience that indicates the failure of beauty over time. Q’uo continued by saying that we have chosen our polarity in these last days of third density, and the experience of each of us has been rich, so Q’uo asked us to think about what–in the context of gratitude–was that land which lies beyond polarity, the unification that is of the higher densities and especially the fourth density which is at this time coming so close now to that within the vibration which is our so-called consensus reality that there is a transparency that comes and goes for us so that suddenly those truths of fourth density and unconditional love are indeed opened to us, and we understand the perfection of all things and the beauty of the play of light and dark as our soul evolves and balances that spiral towards oneness with the one infinite Creator. Then Q’uo said that gratitude is breathing in and breathing out with the awareness that this act is a gift, and our only responsibility is to be, to share that which we are and take in that which we are exchanging with each other’s energy fields–those dynamics which lie between the two of us–because it is easy for us to give thanks when there are good times, but the heart of thanksgiving is to see in all things the gift of manifested experience, and how precious that is! Q’uo completed their reply by saying that they appreciated the challenges that we face by being in a physical body in the third density, and that we are experiencing the ten thousand colors and shapes that are what the Creator knows about Itself so far, and:  “As each of you takes in the air and gives it back out to the universe, you are singing a song that no one else has ever sung, lifting to the heavens a beauty that has never before been seen. And the Creator knows more now than before, because you have been open and vulnerable to experience, and the world and all its experience has been opened and made vulnerable to you. This is the heart of thanksgiving—the knowing that every breath you take is significant, meaningful and helpful to the Creator, truly a gift given and a gift received.” On September 22, 2009, Q’uo spoke about the nature of gratitude:

Gratitude is indeed a spiritual principle, my brother. The energy of gratitude contains a world of wisdom and compassion. For one is gratified not only because of the good things, so called, not only the sunny days, but the rainy days, the stormy days, the tsunami. All weathers whatsoever, all, are occasions for gratitude. Therefore, this practice is of a very high order of excellence, and we commend you, my brother, for working with this principle in humility and in joy.

There is simplicity to the spiritual walk that baffles the intellectual mind. All that occurs is that which comes before the self in order that the self may practice responding with vibrations as close as humanly possible to the vibration of the one infinite Creator, which is unconditional Love. Consequently, the response of one that is vibrating at his highest and best shall always be Love.

Garnering to oneself the energies of thanksgiving and gratitude create for the self a tuning of the instrument that is his deepest nature, so that he may more and more be able to sound the melodies of spirit that flow through his wind instrument as he breathes, as he speaks, as he thinks, and as he acts. This attitude of thanksgiving and gratitude creates an ever-uplifting energy that brings the seeker more and more into the realms of truth, that truth which cannot be spoken but which can be felt.

We sense that there are other questions, and the one known as J has specifically said that she would like to question upon a different subject. Consequently, we would like to thank this instrument for its offering, and we would wish to transfer the contact at this time to the one known as Jim. We leave this instrument in love and in light. We are those of Q’uo.

(Jim channeling)

I am Q’uo, and greet each again in love and in light through this instrument. At this time it is our privilege to offer ourselves in the attempt to speak to any further queries which those present may have for us. Is there another query at this time?

J: Yes, there is. Hello, Q’uo. I am the one known as J, and I just wanted to tell you that we have golden spiral Milky Way needles, and they’re made of gold, iridium, palladium, ruthium, and rhodium, and, as we understand it, all those metals work on different parts of the body. We use them as healing instruments, pulling out energy that isn’t necessary and bringing in light. We’re very excited, and we wanted to share that with you, and to get your opinion about our golden spiral needles. Thank you.

I am Q’uo, and we are aware of your query, my sister. We greet you and we are most happy to attempt to speak to this query. If you will remember that which those of Ra spoke concerning the upward spiraling line of light that is the path all creation takes, then these Milky Way needles may be seen to reflect in a small way this upward spiraling line of light in the healing modality, as you attempt to relieve various distortions and imbalances that the human body, mind, and emotions are wont to accumulate from time to time due to the participation in your daily round of activities. If you will also remember that there is a phase shift, shall we say, a change of energy that is possible when entities move in a certain direction. When placing energy into that direction which moves at 90° to that direction, traveling at speeds that are in your measurement great, in what are frequently called craft of the UFO nature, then it is possible to change dimensions or densities of light with this phase shift. If you combine this information with the upward spiraling line of light, you may see this spiraling line of light as being a continuous phase shift, so that there is available to each entity that is seeking the healing from these devices a kind of amplified energy that is able to, shall we say, untangle the knots that are within the mind/body/spirit complex of the entities within this illusion.

Another way of looking at these Milky Way needles is to see them as one would see the pyramid energies. The pyramid takes the ever-present energy of prana, the Love of the Logos, the intelligent energy which creates all things and focuses it in such-and-such a fashion, much as the drain in your bathtub focuses the water as it leaves through the drain. Thus, the pyramid and these Milky Way needles tend to focus this upward-spiraling line of light energy so that it is available in the healing modality.

Is there another query, my sister?

J: Not at this time. Thank you so much for sharing that with me.

I am Q’uo, and we thank you, my sister. Is there another query at this time?

Carla: I’ve got one. I’ve noticed that two very bright lights have moved to town recently, my friend, V, and the one known as H, and, previous to that, I have very recently met others within this circle that seem to me to be very, very resonant with my own personality. I wondered if there was more than synchronicity involved? Are we of the same soul family? I just feel so much resonance with these people, and the energy change is so sudden. It’s just noticeable, and I wondered if you could comment on that.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. Without infringing upon the free will of any present, we may suggest that those present within this circle of seeking and many others as well have, before incarnational life began, made certain arrangements, promises, shall we say, that there would be the effort made at a certain time within the experience of the harvest to give the life’s energy and direction to aiding in this harvest. There is always the ability to share the load, shall we say, that those who are of service wish to partake in, for the joy of seeking, and seeing, and serving the Creator is multiplied manyfold when there are many harvesters, shall we say, working in the same fields. Thus, one may see those entities who have recently joined this circle of seeking and have relocated themselves to this particular geographical area as hearing the sound of the music, shall we say, the music that is the promise made before the incarnation now come to fruition.

Is there a further query, my sister?

Carla: That’s beautiful! Do you have a thought about how we can work together, because I know H and I both, as group leaders, have real hopes of somehow acting to unite the planet in love and world friendship. Do you have any suggestions for how we might collaborate better together or what we may support and encourage in each other?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. Again, we wish not to infringe upon free will by suggesting that which has not been chosen already in your free will. However, we may suggest that each entity within this incarnation is able to be of most service by being most authentically who each entity is. Each has brought certain skills, desires, and talents to this incarnation, and each encourages the other most effectively by encouraging each to be, first of all, to be firmly rooted within the harmony, the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator, to be who each has determined before the incarnation each can most effectively be. For each of you is unique, though each of you is the one Creator, each of you has yet another way of shining forth that Love and Light as a faceted jewel. Thus, encourage each other in whatever direction feels most appropriate. Your hearts can tell you the direction; your meditations can show you your heart. Seek them together however you can, and Light and Love shall come from this joined seeking, Light and Love which can heal a wounded planet. We then would suggest that you do as you do seek, share and love together.

Is there another query, my sister?

Carla: No, thank you, Q’uo.

I am Q’uo, and again we thank you, my sister. Is there another query at this time?

R: Yes, I have one. My name is R. With all the earth changes that are happening, the dynamics that are happening with the people that are on this planet at this time, the rage that they’re feeling, what is your suggestion to help balance that out towards a smoother experience?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. We are aware that there are those within this group and within many other groups as well who take time each day to meditate, and to pray, and to send love and healing energy to all who are in pain; to open their own hearts to the healing love and light of the one Creator; to send that energy to Mother Earth, Herself, for Her healing as she brings forth a new Earth into fourth density; to send that love and light to each entity upon the planet which feels pain, which feels weariness, which feels the sickness, and hate, and disappointment, and disease and all those other various ailments which can take the attention and turn the mind to darker thoughts and ways of sharing that do not open the heart but close it. We would suggest that, whenever it is possible, on a regular basis, that you take time to pray, to meditate, and to send love and light to all who need it.

Is there another query, my sister?

R: I don’t know that I have the words for it, it’s the astrological things that are going on… how amplified energies are. I’m having a time putting it into words.

Carla: How about “spiritual momentum”?

R: Yeah. There’s a lot going on in the positive, but the rage among the people is really amplified. Where’s that amplification coming from? Is it just for clarification? It seems like it’s more than that.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. As we mentioned previously, this is the time of harvest, the time of the change of cycles for not only each entity upon this planet but for the planet itself. For all move in the upward spiraling line of light as if in accordance with the hands of a clock striking the hour of change. The time grows short. There is much work yet to do. This planet has for many of your millennia suffered the difficulties of factions warring one against the other. This anger of war and bellicose action has seeped as heat into the crust of the planet, heat which must be released. Each entity, as well as the planet itself, is therefore asked in the spiritual sense to take a larger share of the ability to transmute this heat and anger. Those who have no firm foundation of spiritual seeking or outlet of sharing in a metaphysical manner take this extra share of energy and transfer it as anger. Thus, those who are aware of the change occurring upon the planetary and the cosmic level which reaches into each individual heart, do well to see in their meditations and their prayers hearts that begin to open, minds that begin to open, arms that begin to open, so that there is acceptance and love, compassion and forgiveness, in place of competition and anger, confusion and ignorance. Therefore, we recommend most heartily that the prayers and visualizations be added to your meditations in order to aid other entities in their attempt to open their hearts, which is the purpose for each entity here on the planet at this time. Some are more, shall we say, effective, more able to do this than others. Those who are able to open their hearts first then teach others by example and in their meditations.

Is there a further query, my sister?

R: No. Thank you.

I am Q’uo, and we thank you, my sister, for your query. Is there another query at this time?

[No more queries.]

I am Q’uo. As the queries appear to have been satisfied for the nonce, we would take this opportunity to once again thank each for joining this circle of seeking this day. We are aware that each sacrifices much in order to make the time and space in the daily round of activities available for such a gathering. It is always a great joy to be asked to join you here, and we would remind each that in your own private meditations we would be happy to join you there as a conditioning vibration to help deepen your state of meditation. A simple request is all that is necessary, and we shall join you there.

At this time then we shall take our leave of this instrument and this group. We leave each in the love and in the ineffable light of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as those of Q’uo. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.

This morning I cleaned Benny’s apartment by using the carpet sweeper to clean the rug in the hallway. Then I swept up the kitty litter in the room which has two litter boxes. And then I used the dust mop to dust all three rooms and the hall. Then I got the dust mop wet and used it to clean some dirt off of the front porch and the steps.

This afternoon I filled my bird feeder with bird seed, and then I went over to my neighbor’s yard across the street and filled her two bird feeders with bird seed.

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

January 19

Your Relationship With Your God

I am of the Spirit of the Love of Jesus the Christ. I greet you in that full consciousness which is Love in living form.

Since before the beginnings of time you have been with your Creator. And until the very last tick of creation’s clock, you shall still be one with the Creator. This is the bedrock of your relationship with your God.

We are aware that your daily life does not often show evidence of this primal relationship. Yet if you may open your heart to the Spirit of Love, that Spirit, asked within, may use that invitation to awaken, engage and fire the active relationship of humankind to deity.

May you, in humility, seek not things but principles, the principles of truth, Love and peace. To ask the Spirit of Jesus the Christ to move within your heart this day is to ask that you be used to set on fire the world around you with the power of Love. Though this power is quiet and may be expressed by soft words and gentle smiles, the impact of the Spirit of Love is transformative.

And so, you may be a source of Love. In spite of all human frailty, you have only to ask. You have only to trust. You have only to be at peace with who you really are and why you really are here. May you as children of the One Father be about the family business of sharing Love with all that there is.

Peace to you, now and ever. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

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

2025-01-18

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from August 9:

Question From T1: The question today is about pain and suffering, as I am experiencing pain in my nerves around the right side of my waist that leaves me sleepless and concerned about my future virility and health. Why do traumas such as pain and disease occur so often in the lives of spiritually sincere and seeking people? I know I’m a kind soul, so why would I or my higher self include pain in life? His Holiness the Dali Lama said the purpose of life is to be in happiness. I deeply agree with that. Some philosophy books taught us that pains would help us grow. I just don’t feel comfortable with such thinking. Should I just communicate with my higher self and say, “Just tell me what to do to make you and us happy? Spare me from such a thing.”

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. We greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator in whose name we serve with joy. We are most happy and grateful that we have been called to your circle of seeking this day. We thank you for allowing us to share our thoughts with you and to be of service in the one way in which we intended when we came to this sphere. We would ask that our words be heard with an open and listening mind and heart but that all of those ideas which do not resonate with the hearer or the reader be left behind. For we would not be a stumbling block before any but only those which are able to add to the resources which each seeker has in the awakening process.

This day you ask about the reason for, the value of, pain and suffering. Certainly, it goes against the values that are dear to the body and to the culture in which each lives to embrace suffering. The instinct of the third-density physical vehicle and the training and enculturation of childhood learning alike suggest the value of comfort, safety, and the unimpaired maintenance of the self and those whom the self feels are dependents of that self and worthy of being taken care of. It would in no way be a plan of the conscious mind to invite suffering of any kind, whether physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. Consequently, the question is most understandable, and indeed the conscious mind of the one known as T1 has not even once requested the painful difficulty that the one known as T1 is now experiencing within the physical body.

To begin to grasp why suffering exists, it is necessary to take a few steps back from the physicality and the immediacy of the experience of pain. So let us draw each with us as we retrain our focus upon, not pain itself, but the mechanism by which physical pain arises. The goal of third density is the awakening of the self to the true and ever-deeper identity of that self. This involves several key concepts concerning the self. One concept that is involved is the concept of change. The intent of the soul entering incarnation within the physical plane of your planet is to alter the condition of the vibratory rate and the vibratory strength of the self. That is, the self desires both to change in the way the self perceives the illusion and the power which the self can bring to bear upon that which is focused upon, in the processes of recognizing and dealing with catalyst. The natural tendency of the third-density entity, whether awakened or asleep, is to resist change, and yet the purpose of the incarnation is never achieved without embracing the process of change.

Another concept that is involved in effecting the purpose of third density is an increased accuracy in the perception of that dynamic known to your people as polarity. What is positive; what is negative? What is service to others; what is service to self? How does this creature that you experience as your self respond to perceived light and perceived darkness; to perceived positivity and perceived negativity? Very often, those entities which wandered to this planetary sphere from elsewhere are those who are working very hard in sixth density upon the precise balance between love and wisdom. This means that chances to experience polarity and respond to it are precious, because only by gathering the harvest of catalyst and allowing the winnowing of that catalyst by the processes of conscious and unconscious portions of the self can one begin to redefine and more accurately balance the forces of love and wisdom within the self.

These two concepts work together to create a situation in which each entity receives a series of catalytic happenings from self, from other selves, and from the creation about one. Each then is responsible for processing this catalyst, using the processed catalyst to incorporate and integrate new learning, so that catalyst is ripened into experience. Thusly, the self comes to know more about the self and about the dynamics of polarity within the self. Because the self has begun to observe the self making decisions, making choices, especially with regard to polarity, this shows up most often in those choices which this instrument would call ethical. Within the boundaries of the third-density human experience, the illusion is thick enough that the entire experience of incarnation has some of the attributes of a stage play, where the characters are sometimes roughly drawn, the staging sometimes shabby and the lines sometimes poorly written. Every so often, it becomes quite obvious to the self that that which seems to many to be a smooth and glossy-surfaced reality is actually a profoundly skewed illusion in which it is very difficult to see accurately, yet in which one is moved to respond skillfully or unskillfully.

This being said, we may look at that which the one known as T2 spoke of, in the conversation preceding this meditation, which was that the one known as the Dalai Lama spoke of being in joy, being in happiness, not necessarily the cause of any perceived catalyst but because the being itself was in that state. This is a challenging concept to one who assumes that, in order to be happy, one must be safe, comfortable, and secure. The one known as Elkins frequently said to this instrument, when he was alive in incarnation in this density, “Happiness is not an objective.” By this, that entity meant that the state of being happy had little to do with the state of one’s spiritual awakening. However, as the Dalai Lama is perceived by us to have used the word, happiness, there is more of the expression of an abiding and universal state of mind which is bliss or joy; not happiness that is the result of a comfortable life but happiness, joy or bliss that is the result of having found the center of the self, found the point of balance within the self and thusly found the peace of a certain degree of self-understanding so that the self is at peace with the self and is able to release all fear.

The group question today was: “Question From T1: The question today is about pain and suffering, as I am experiencing pain in my nerves around the right side of my waist that leaves me sleepless and concerned about my future virility and health. Why do traumas such as pain and disease occur so often in the lives of spiritually sincere and seeking people?” Q’uo began their reply by saying that it is not the nature of our conscious mind to invite any kind of pain whether it is mental, emotional, or physical, and it is the instinct of our third-density body and our enculturation of childhood learning to emphasize the value of comfort, safety, and the maintenance of our self and those that we feel are dependents and are worthy of being taken care of. Q’uo went on to say that the goal of the third density is to discover the nature of our being which is ever deeper, and one way we can do this is by going through change by recognizing the nature of the third-density illusion and how we deal with catalyst, and we tend to resist change because it is painful, but it is necessary for us to change in order to learn our lessons. Q’uo continued by saying that another way to see the purpose of the third density is to discover the purpose of polarity and our choosing to be of service to others or service to self, and many of us are wanderers from the sixth density where we attempt to balance love and wisdom, so only by using our catalyst through the processes of conscious and unconscious portions of ourself can we begin to redefine and balance the forces of love and wisdom within ourself. Then Q’uo said that the concepts of change and working with polarity create a situation in which we receive catalyst from ourself, from other selves, and from the creation about us, and each of us is responsible for processing this catalyst to learn our lessons that we store as experience so that we learn more about ourself and how polarity works within us because we have begun to observe ourself making choices of polarity that are ethical in nature. Now Q’uo said that when the Dalai Lama spoke of being in joy and in happiness that it was not caused by the use of catalyst but was the natural state of our being, and this was a difficult concept for one who believes that in order to be happy we must be safe, comfortable, and secure, but Don Elkins frequently said that “Happiness is not an objective,” and he meant that the state of being happy had little to do with the state of one’s spiritual awakening. Then Q’uo said that they felt what the Dalai Lama was speaking of was that: “in happiness, there is more of the expression of an abiding and universal state of mind which is bliss or joy; not happiness that is the result of a comfortable life but happiness, joy or bliss that is the result of having found the center of the self, found the point of balance within the self and thusly found the peace of a certain degree of self-understanding so that the self is at peace with the self and is able to release all fear.” On February 12, 1989, Q’uo described the nature of self-understanding:

If you wish to alter your perception of reality, it is well that thoughts be examined for associations and relationships that do not make logical sense. In the tracing of triggers for illogic lies much self-understanding, and, therefore, an increased ability to alter the basic program which chooses that which you will perceive. This work is best done, as always, in an atmosphere of meditation on a daily basis, and, perhaps, a period of reflection or meditation at the end of any given day, so that one may work with one’s own subjective material in one’s own way, be it serious, humorous or a mixture of the two. That, too, is a portion of programming which you may wish to change. We do recommend inserting as much humor into the biases of the personality as possible, for that light touch will hold you in good stead as you weave your way through the many, many ways of channeling the Love and Light of the one infinite Creator.

The one known as T1, in wondering why there must be pain and suffering, is absolutely accurate in feeling that it is not necessary to suffer and have pain. However, it is almost inevitable, for the simple reason that change is inevitable, and the process of change is uncomfortable to almost all entities. Now, as the one known as Ra has said, the energy of the self is first that of the mind. Catalyst comes first to the mind. The body is the secondary receiver of catalyst, and it receives that catalyst which the mind does not balance. Those who do achieve a state of bliss, joy, peace, realization or happiness in the sense the Dalai Lama used, achieve this state because they have been able to use the catalyst in such a way that the value of the catalyst is honored, the response of the self is known and honored, and those areas within which the self feels it needs more discipline are addressed.

The first receptor, then, is the mind, and when there is catalyst that moves into the mind and is not used by the mind, that catalyst moves into the physical vehicle and resides there as points of distortion, sometimes causing the symptoms which could be considered suffering or pain and sometimes hiding from the detection of the observer because of an efficiency of repression that buries the unused catalyst like a treasure beneath the earth of the body. Indeed, many are the entities who have mental difficulties because of an inability to recognize the truth of catalyst or inability to respond fully to the catalyst. However, this question has to do with physical pain, so we focus upon those catalytic experiences that are not used by the mind and are instead repressed and unexamined. These move into the portions of the body that represent some aspect of the particular catalyst that has been received.

For instance, within this instrument, the present catalyst has to do with an overload of items that must be handled: chores and duties that must be attended to, physical things that need to be done. Consequently, as this entity began to settle down and prepare for this meditation, it discovered that there was pain within the wrists and that it was substantial enough to require the work braces that this entity often wears. Why would this entity experience pain within the hands and arms at this particular time? Because there is too much to handle. It is not precisely on this instrument’s shoulders; it is moving through her hands, and her hands are carrying too many items.

It may be productive for the one known as T1 to examine the area of the body in which this distortion that is causing pain is taking place. The solar plexus energy center is the characteristic energy center that expresses this planet; it is the yellow-ray energy, and included in the yellow-ray energy are issues of society: the relationships with the birth family, with the marriage, and children, with the work, with the various groups, such as  nations, and sports teams and companies, with which the incarnated entity has to do. This is a way of beginning to enter into the process of unraveling the tangles of emotion and fear that have distorted the normal, open flow of energy through the energy bodies. There is tremendous subtlety to this subject, and we do not wish to suggest that there is a simplistic solution that would render one free from pain and suffering. Rather, we would suggest that there is great strength and power in realizing that the self is not bound by any detail of incarnation but rather is one who is here within incarnation to learn, to experience, to change.

Now, large changes within the physical incarnation do not show up as large changes within the context of the entire soul stream of an entity, that is, that entity which includes all incarnations, past and future, as well as the present incarnation in one great circle of soul being. The changes one is attempting to make are not that which they seem on the surface, but, rather, it is through a filtering system of experience that, very gradually, realization itself begins to alter the perceptions of the entity within incarnation so that catalyst may be more skillfully used, and thusly the perception of pain and suffering will respond to that skill and art of beholding that which seems to be and seeing within it that which is. It is an eternal winnowing of truth from fiction. And this is not easy when all of the details are steeped in illusion and human opinion. How many are the distortions which are fed to the entity with his mother’s milk? How many are those that are added through the processes of schooling, relating with others and, more and more, beginning to tell the self stories about the self that make us seem like this or that character upon that stage of incarnation that you were speaking of earlier?

Then Q’uo said that pain is inevitable because change is inevitable; and change is painful; and the catalyst for change comes first to our mind, and then it goes to our body if our mind does not use it so that those who achieve a state of bliss such as the Dalai Lama did have been able to use their catalyst in a way that values the catalyst, and their response is known and honored, and those areas within which the self feels it needs more discipline are addressed. Q’uo gave an example of this process and used Carla’s feeling that she had too many chores and duties that she needed to attend to that caused pain in her wrists before this meditation, so she put the braces on her wrists that symbolized that she had too much work for her to handle. Q’uo went on by suggesting that T1 look at his solar plexus area of pain as symbolic of relationships with various groups such as the birth family, the marriage family, and the workplace because this is a way that he could begin to enter into the process of unraveling the tangles of emotion and fear that have distorted his normal flow of energy through his energy bodies and help him to realize that he is not bound by any detail of his incarnation, but, rather, is one who is here within incarnation to learn, to experience, and to change. Q’uo continued by saying that the changes we are attempting to make are not that which they seem to be on the surface, but it is through a filtering of our experience that our realizations gradually begin to alter our perception so that we may use catalyst more skillfully, and then our perception of pain and suffering will respond to our ability to behold that which seems to be, and then being able to see within what seems to be that which is, and this process is an eternal winnowing of truth from fiction which is not easy when all of the details are steeped in illusion and human opinion. On September 17, 2016, Q’uo spoke of how we may use catalyst more skillfully:

Vital energy is so described as it is that energy or combination of energies within your mind, body, and spirit complexes which are useful for enhancing your life vitality, your ability to recognize catalyst, to use catalyst, to glean experience from catalyst, and to move further along your path of seeking the One Creator, and of serving that One Creator within all beings who you may meet in your daily round of activities. You named many sources of how one may increase vital energy as you discussed this query prior to this session’s beginning. We may say that in general the energies of the mind, the body, and the spirit, when combined in a useful fashion that is in a spiritually dedicated fashion, do enhance one’s ability to become able to perceive the world around one in a spiritual nature, in a spiritual way, so that one may grow from this perception and may offer the perception to others as a service to them as well.

Sometimes it is possible to have a sudden realization that cuts through all the layers of illusion and distortion, especially within the lives of those who experience an intensity of seeking, whether it be for a short time or for a long time, as any process of dedicating the life to self-study. The realization can come quickly; however, this is not usual. Usually, there is a step forward, a step back, two steps forward, one step back, and so forth, so that the net result is a very slow garnering of a wonderful harvest which is self-knowledge. As the self-knowledge increases in quantity and in quality, the self begins to discern patterns of distortion that do not serve to increase understanding within the entity. Once these types of unskillful reactions to catalyst are identified, it becomes possible to intervene in the process of distortion in order either to remove or at least to lessen the distortion that is being processed from catalyst into experience.

Manytimes, the reason for distortion is some opinion concerning the self that is negative. Sometimes the self interprets catalyst to mean that it has been abandoned; sometimes an entity may interpret catalyst in such a way that he feels that he is not good enough. Whatever the negative perception concerning the self, such perception robs the self of its own peace, talent, and magic. If an entity is not pleased with itself, if an entity does not feel that it is doing well, it is simply, by this attitude, hampered in the accurate determination of the nature of catalyst, because all negative perception tightens a net of fear about the soul, and within that net the soul within cannot breathe and cannot express itself with freedom and accuracy. It is only within an atmosphere of love that the self begins to be able to see the self clearly. This does not mean that it is possible for the self to be, specifically and generally, completely pleased with the behavior and the functioning of the self. The removal of fear from the self simply means that, when the self perceives the self to have failed, that failure is loved, honored, accepted and forgiven with the same facility and gladness with which the self is able to pat the self on the back for perceived excellences and virtues.

Moving back into the thought of polarity, it is important to love the negative portions of self, the shadow portions of self, as much as the sunny, daylight portions of consciousness that one is most desirous of sharing with the world. Blessed is the entity who is not only able to share positivity with the world but is also able to share the perceptions of his own negative nature with a calm and peaceful heart, with a forgiving and accepting heart. This does not mean that an entity embraces the darkness of self and becomes the murder, the rapist, the thief, the sloth, the prideful one, and the one who disrespects, or covets, or lives in envy and hate. It means that, when those emotions are encountered within the self as response to catalyst, that the self is able to gaze upon itself with an unblinking eye, not troubled by judgment but remaining within a peaceful and unconcerned heart. To be afraid of the shadow side of self is to invite the entrance into the life of increasing numbers of what this entity would call vampires or those who attack or greet psychically.

For there is the polarity of the light and the dark that is willing and ready to amplify the basic truth of that person as perceived by itself. Thusly, if that person is able to embrace its perceived failures, its perceived suffering, its perceived disharmony, there is no bias incurred towards punishing the self through the contractions of fear that one is not behaving well or not doing enough or not being supportive enough. It is very easy for an entity experiencing negative emotions to begin a spiral that moves ever downward, where there is self-judgment and self-despising, and then the outside consensus reality gradually offers an increasing number of mirrors that project the self to the self, showing images of fear-producing feelings. Thusly, the entity considers itself more and more of a failure; it becomes more and more willing to live in fear; and therefore it shuts itself off from those feelings of harmony, unity, and the open flow of catalyst and experience. And thusly suffering occurs.

However, there is just as much efficacy in the smallest improvement in releasing fear. As the entity perceives fear where before it did not, thusly it begins to perceive those key elements which provide the catalyst that increases fear. Once these imbedded points of entry for negative catalyst are located, it may be seen that these are like triggers towards contraction, self-protection and fear. Thusly, the process becomes more and more transparent to the seeking self, and the self begins to be able to disconnect the seemingly fear-producing catalyst from the actual process of turning catalyst into experience. It is a matter of identifying that point when an entity is entering into fear, and, as we said, this is a subtle and usually long-term process. It is an awakening that is most salubrious and certainly, usually, most dearly bought.

Now Q’uo said that sometimes it is possible to have a moment of self-realization after a period of intense seeking, but it is more normal for our seeking to take a step forward, a step back, and two steps forward for some period of time so that our gaining knowledge about ourself is a slow process that results in a bountiful harvest of self-knowledge. Then Q’uo said as our self-knowledge increases in quantity and in quality, we begin to discern patterns of distortion that do not increase our understanding, and once we identify these types of unskillful reactions to catalyst, it becomes possible for us to intervene in the process of distortion in order to either remove or to lessen the distortion that we are processing from catalyst into experience. Q’uo went on to say that when we have negative perceptions about ourself they rob us of our peace, talent, and magic, and this negative feeling about ourself will keep us from accurately seeing the nature of our catalyst because these negative perceptions tighten a net of fear around our soul that keeps our soul from expressing itself with freedom and accuracy. Q’uo continued by saying that it is only within an atmosphere of love that we begin to see ourself clearly, but this does not mean that it is possible for us to be completely pleased with our behavior because the removal of fear from ourself simply means that when we perceive that we have failed, that failure is loved and forgiven with the same joy which we are able to pat ourself on the back for perceived excellences and virtues. Then Q’uo said that we are blessed if we are able to share our positive nature with the world as well as our perceptions of our negative nature with a peaceful and forgiving heart, but this does not mean that we would embrace any darkness of ourself and become the murderer or the thief, but it means that when we encounter those dark emotions within ourself, as a response to catalyst, that we are able to gaze upon ourself without judgment and remain within our peaceful and unconcerned heart because to be afraid of our shadow side is to invite into our life vampires or those who attack us psychically. Q’uo said that there is the polarity of the light and the dark that is willing to amplify the way that we perceive ourself so that if we are able to embrace our failures there is no bias incurred towards punishing the ourself through the contractions of fear that we are not behaving well, or not doing enough, or not being supportive enough.  They went on to say that when we are experiencing negative emotions that it is easy for us to begin a spiral that moves ever downward where we judge ourselves, and then consensus reality gradually offers us an increasing number of mirrors that project images of fear-producing feelings to us so that we consider ourself more of a failure, and we become more willing to live in fear, shutting ourself off from those feelings of harmony, unity, and the open flow of catalyst and experience, and this is where our suffering comes from. Now Q’uo said that as we perceive fear where before we did not, we begin to see the key elements which provide the catalyst that increases fear for us, and once we locate these points of entry for our negative catalyst, we can see that these are triggers towards self-protection and fear, and we begin to disconnect the fear-producing catalyst from the actual process of turning catalyst into experience, and this is an awakening that is most helpful and certainly most dearly bought. On December 16, 1990, Q’uo described the nature of self-protection:

Consequently, there is strong programming toward self-protection, and much of that which is programmed to be noticed is that which has to do not only with physical needs for survival, such as the breathing the air, but more subtle needs which are discovered as the entity grows in years and experience. Usually there is much more programming concerning the behavior requested of those who wish to enjoy the privileges of being considered normal and aware of consensus reality.

Because so much of the program is concerned with behavior, the mind finds itself programmed in sometimes quite extensive defense mechanisms for slowing, stopping and being able to control uncomfortable environments. All of this programming was undoubtedly offered to each entity before it had an opportunity to consider whether or not it wished its programs to run thusly.

There are those things which enrich and deepen an entity’s ability to work with catalyst, and predictably we feel that this bliss begins with the silence. Entering into silence is an unnatural decision to the earth-bound entity. There is a tremendous amount of letting go implicit in the training of the self to enter into the silence and to release the contents of the intellectual mind. We heartily recommend this entering into the silence upon a daily basis, because it is a kind of training that is like the exercise of the body that strengthens the muscles. There are improper exercises that are too strenuous for the body, in that instead of building up the body, they break the body down. It is entirely possible to break the self down through an unwise and excessive use of silence. There are few entities who can work with silence all day, every day, for the change rate is dependent upon the amount of time spent in silence. Thusly, we suggest a moderate amount of meditation, producing a moderate rate of change in which the self is not drowned in mind, body, and spirit-altering catalyst but rather is able to keep the nose above the water of chaos that describes the nature of change in process.

A further refinement of the entering of the silence which is quite appropriate for the process of getting to know the self well is that which this entity calls the balancing meditation, which is recommended to be done at the end of the day, perhaps as one is seeking one’s rest, whereby the self moves through the day in imagination, remembering those feelings that were either negative or positive in any degree of intensity and substance. These are the points of catalyst; these are the points of entry into the self of those gifts of destiny and synchronicity which produce for the entity that unceasing flow of incoming catalyst that is designed by the self as it expresses its biases within the incarnative days and weeks and months of its living. It is an ongoing process, and it does not stop. There is not a point at which one may say, “Now I understand; now I am through with my seeking process; now I am a realized and blissful human being who has entirely awakened and who now is a creature of fourth density, not third density.” This is in fact never so. The learning within third density does not stop until the breath is removed from the body, and the consciousness moves on from the physical body to that which this instrument would call Etheria through the processes of the death of the body.

It is as though there were a certain amount of food that is on the table, and the food will continue to be brought to the table until the meal is over. When the meal of life is over, the Creator calls the soul out of incarnation and into the beginning of its next experience. Once this incarnative process has been accomplished, once the plan has been completed, the spirit moves on, freely, easily, indeed effortlessly. So the issue becomes how one wishes to sculpt and self-create the story that is playing out on the stage of incarnation. The one known as T1 at this point is experiencing catalyst that creates fear. How shall the one known as T1 respond? The answer to this lies within the learning processes of the spiritually-awakening and very sincere seeker. We would not solve this puzzle for the one known as T1, but we hope that the thoughts we have shared offer many points that will aid thinking about this situation. Remember that each is in truth Love itself. Love does not contract; Love does not fear; Love drives out fear. If the entity is at heart a being of Love, and if an entity is able to experience the self as a being of Love, this is a tremendously important step towards becoming more skillful in the process of experiencing the self as a person of power, peace, bliss, and magical effectiveness. That which is perceived as the truth will become the truth. Thusly, be extremely choosy about that which is accepted as the truth.

One can either protect itself, or one can move into a lack of fear, release protection, and embrace learning, with all that that suggests. This would seem to increase pain, and yet in effect it works effectively to reduce the pain of living. None within incarnation is ever alone in this jihad or spiritual struggle of self with self. It is tempting to sacrifice the self in various ways in order to reduce suffering. However, it is not skillful. Rather, seek to embrace that which is not understood, asking for understanding but not demanding it; not waiting for it in order to forgive and accept the self and to move on without fear into the daylight of each new morning. We are always glad to enter into the meditation of one who requests our presence in order that we may help to deepen the state of meditation, and there are many, many others within the inner planes that are glad to be of help if help is requested. Within this instrument’s spiritual belief system there are angels and archangels, and saints, a savior and names of the Creator that color this instrument’s ways of addressing the issues which it perceives. Within the mind and the heart of the one known as T1, there are also aspects and names of the Creator as perceived by the self, ways of thinking that have been developed by the self. And these are very personal and intimate and individualistic. Consequently, each entity’s path is different.

Each entity’s pain is unique to it. Not all entities suffer physical pain, but we assure the one known as T1 that all of those within incarnation are no strangers to negative catalyst or to the suffering that is the inevitable concomitant of life within third density. We ask you to look at this not as a punishment but as a fertilizer that enriches the soil of self and enables it to grow a better harvest of blossoms and fruit. We wish to each the utter beauty of the blossoming spirit that is increasingly aware of its creator-self and is increasingly willing to lay aside the fears and perceived limitations of the self in order to embrace the one original Thought that is the Creator and that is that Logos which is creative Love.

Q’uo said that there is a tremendous amount of letting go of the contents of our mind required in training of ourself to enter into the silence of meditation, and Q’uo recommended that we enter into the silence upon a daily basis because it is like the exercise of our body that strengthens our muscles, but they suggested: “a moderate amount of meditation, producing a moderate rate of change in which the self is not drowned in mind, body, and spirit-altering catalyst but rather is able to keep the nose above the water of chaos that describes the nature of change in process.” Q’uo also suggested that we use the balancing meditation at the end of our day where we review our day to remember our feelings that were either negative or positive as these are our times of experiencing our catalyst as the points of entry into ourself that reveal the gifts of our destiny and synchronicity which produce for us an unceasing flow of catalyst that we chose before our incarnation to express our biases within our incarnation, and  our learning within third density does not stop until our body dies and our consciousness moves on to Etheria. Q’uo continued by saying that once our incarnative process has been completed our spirit moves on effortlessly, so the issue becomes how we wish to create the story that is playing out on the stage of our incarnation, and if we are able to experience ourself as a being of Love, this is an important step in our becoming more skillful in the process of experiencing ourself as a person of power, peace, bliss, and magical effectiveness, and that which we perceive as the truth will become the truth, so we should be extremely choosy about that which we accepted as the truth. Q’uo went on by saying that we can move into a lack of fear and embrace learning, which would seem to increase our pain, and yet it works effectively to reduce our pain of living because we are not alone in our spiritual struggle with ourself.  Q’uo said that it is tempting to sacrifice ourself in various ways in order to reduce our suffering, but that is not skillful, so we should seek to embrace that which we don’t understand and ask for understanding without demanding it; not waiting for it in order to forgive and accept ourself; and to move on without fear into the daylight of each new morning. Then Q’uo said that they were glad to join us in meditation and that: “there are angels and archangels, and saints, a savior and names of the Creator that color this instrument’s ways of addressing the issues which it perceives. Within the mind and the heart of the one known as T1, there are also aspects and names of the Creator as perceived by the self, ways of thinking that have been developed by the self. And these are very personal and intimate and individualistic. Consequently, each entity’s path is different.” So Q’uo said that our pain is unique to us, and not all entities suffer physical pain, but that none of us within incarnation are strangers to negative catalyst or to the suffering that is the inevitable nature of our life within third density. Q’uo completed their reply by asking us to look at this not as a punishment but as a fertilizer that enriches the soil of ourself and enables us to grow a better harvest of blossoms and fruit, and they wished for each of us the utter beauty of our blossoming of our spirit as we are increasingly aware of our Creator-self and that we are willing to lay aside our fears and perceived limitations of ourself in order to embrace the one original Thought that is the Creator and that is that Logos which is creative Love. On November 21, 1982, Latwii spoke of the nature of the one original Thought:

Consider that what you seek is a portion of the one original Thought. That Thought is unity. That Thought of the one Creator has allowed each portion of Itself to travel through free will within the creation of the one original Thought. The journey takes many turns. Yet within each moment, Love exists. Within each moment, the Creator resides in full at all times. That this is not recognized does not diminish its truth. Such difficulties provide the stimulus for the inner seeking as the outer world begins to fade, for it becomes apparent to the seeker that Love may best be found within the heart of the being. Love then found there might be radiated, as a beacon shines light in the darkest portion of the night. Sorrow and suffering then motivate those feeling the suffering to seek more and more within, more and more in that portion of your illusion which love inhabits purely and always readily available.

We feel that this is sufficient for this question at this time and welcome further questions if more is desired upon this very interesting subject. For the present, we thank this instrument and those who are members of this sitting group, as well as the one known as T1, and we would leave this group embracing each and enveloping each in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as those of Q’uo.

This morning I got the new chairs in the living room arranged in their proper positions for our public channeling meditation this afternoon.

This afternoon we had ten attendees from the surrounding states and one from Canada plus three instruments. Our round robin sharing of our spiritual paths that we begin our sessions with was particularly authentic and open-hearted and was a very inspiring way to begin our session. There were about ten questions on a wide range of topics, and Q’uo seemed quite honored to be able to address them. It was a real honor for me to be part of this channeling session this afternoon.

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

January 18

You Have Good Gifts

I am the Spirit of the full consciousness of Love in the vibration which comforts this instrument. I greet you in the Love of Jesus Christ.

The nature of the Comforter is both particular and personal. Yet it does not expend itself in the movement from the winds of opportunity to the heart of one who prays that the Holy Spirit may therein enter.

The same principle which enlivens your heart and engages your attention in a spiritually rewarding manner may also then be used by you to show forth the glory of God to others. There is no deadness in the Spirit, for all are alive in Jesus Christ.

Therefore, know that you have good gifts and are not going to find it necessary to act for your Lord without the help of the Holy Spirit. It was truly said that until the ending of the age Jesus would never leave His flock, for we are the principle of Jesus Christ and of the nature of Christ’s consciousness. Thusly you and we work together to shine the Light of peace and understanding upon a world which does not yet understand that all that exists is, alike, holy.

We wish you peace, now and always. Amen.

I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:

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