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.
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.
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.
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