I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from January 22, 2011:
Jim: The question this evening has to do with this: when we as seekers pray that the will of the Creator or of Jesus be done through us, how do we do this most effectively and to what power are we giving over our will? What exactly is occurring here and how does this affect our free will as seekers.
(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 come to you this evening. It is a privilege and a pleasure to be called to your circle of seeking and we are happy to join you in this session of working and to share our thoughts.
Before we begin, however, as always, we would ask of you a favor, and it is to use your discernment and your powers of discrimination as you listen to those things that we say, taking that which moves you and feels good to you and resonates to you, while leaving the remainder behind. If you will employ your discernment, we will feel much freer to offer our humble opinions, as we know that we will not infringe upon your free will but only be a potentially helpful source of thoughts. We thank you for this consideration, my friends.
We thank the one known as J for this query and, as the one known as Carla has said, it cuts to the heart of the philosophy of the Law of One, shall we say, and to one’s concept of how one is living one’s life. Sometimes when one uses one’s will to give up one’s will to a higher will, one feels as though one is losing one’s freedom, losing one’s free will. It feels as though the personal will has been given up, and for what? The answer to that is hidden in the mystery of the one Creator. So let us look at this query more closely.
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.
The group question for this session was: “The question this evening has to do with this: when we as seekers pray that the will of the Creator or of Jesus be done through us, how do we do this most effectively and to what power are we giving over our will? What exactly is occurring here and how does this affect our free will as seekers.” Q’uo began by saying as Carla has said, this question cuts to the heart of the philosophy of the Law of One, and to our concept of how we are living our life, so when we use our will to give up our will to a higher will, we feel as though we are losing our freedom and our free will, and for what? And the answer to that is hidden in the mystery of the one Creator, so let us look at this query more closely. Now Q’uo said free will is a matter of perception for each of us who is living in incarnation on Earth in third density, and if we have had an indoctrination into some religions the matter of free will has been declared null and void, and the child will obey each dogma of the religion which has an answer for every situation biased in judgment and narrowing our choices so that there are prisons made of dogma, and the door is locked for the incarnation, but there are others of us who have been trained by our parents and indoctrinated into their culture in such a way that there is a prison made of enculturation, and there are rules governing each action, and often these bars are as stringent as those of religion in limiting our choices if we have chosen to obey the dictates of society without question. On December 3, 2000, Q’uo spoke of the reason for our enculturation as we came into our incarnation:
Each of you felt fairly optimistic about being able to penetrate the veil of forgetting. For the truth was so obvious before incarnation, so penetrating, so perfect. How could we truly forget? And, yet, the spirit comes into the flesh. The flesh comes into the world. The voices of the world come into the consciousness of the incarnated being, and confusion begins apace.
And so, each in the childhood moves through a determined assault on the spirit. By the time that spirit has become mature enough to be able to work through those layers of enculturation the enculturation has become thick, dense, and difficult to penetrate. That surety before incarnation has become utter unknowing. This is the plan. This is the way it is supposed to be. Each within incarnation is supposed to become a true Earth native, and the awakening from that sleep of Earth is the hoped-for result of that thirst with which each incarnated in the heart of self, that thirst to know, that thirst to seek, that thirst to worship and simply to be one’s deepest self.
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, we are not judging religion or society for creating dogma or for creating the rules and regulations of polite social intercourse. There are some that do very well within the narrow limits of a religion or a society. It is possible to open the energy body and keep the heart open within the prison of words. It is possible to graduate from third density in these conditions.
However, there is a tremendous power involved in realizing that you have the capacity and the responsibility to make your choices for yourself. Once an entity realizes that he does indeed have free will, and that he can exercise it he is then faced with the decision of how to bend his will, what to desire, and what to set the intention to seek. There are those who, having realized their free will, turn to objects of desire that are within the physical illusion. This instrument was talking on a radio program and was asked about how to set an intention to get what was desired. Then this instrument discovered that the object of desire was a set of dishes and she told the questioner that she was out of her depth because she only knew how to set her intention for spiritual goals and that the caller was on her own when it came to dishes.
Then Q’uo said fortunate are those of us who awaken within an incarnation to a realization that it is our right and part of our nature to make our choices, to evaluate the truth for our selves, and to remove our selves from any prisons made of words or the rules of society, so Q’uo said they are not judging religion or society for creating the rules and regulations of polite social intercourse, and there are some that do well within the narrow limits of a religion or a society, so it is possible to open our energy body and keep our heart open within the prison of words, and it is possible to graduate from third density in these conditions. Q’uo continued by saying there is power involved in realizing that we have the capacity and the responsibility to make our choices for our self, and once that we realize that we have free will, and that we can exercise it we are faced with the decision of how to bend our will and what to set our intention to seek, and there are those of us, having realized our free will, turn to objects of desire that are within the physical illusion, so Carla was talking on a radio program and was asked about how to set an intention to get what was desired, so she discovered that the object of her desire was a set of dishes, and she told the questioner that she was out of her depth because she only knew how to set her intention for spiritual goals, and that the caller was on her own when it came to dishes. On May 13, 1984, Latwii described the nature of our free will:
We shall attempt a response by suggesting that, indeed, each entity has, shall we say, programmed the basic journey that shall be traveled, has examined the general terrain over which the journey shall take place, has indeed agreed with companions to journey together, and has set before itself a certain series of lessons and services which it wishes to learn and to offer. These are general guidelines, my friend, and if it be realized that the free will of each entity during the incarnation is equal to the programming before the incarnation, then it may be discovered that there is what one might call a dynamic tension or balance that exists between that which has been determined before the incarnation and the free will that is exercised during the incarnation.
The free will, of course, also is covered by the programming, yet the programming may also be altered by the free will. Thus, an entity at any time within the incarnation may be moved by two seemingly separate forces, the programming and the free will. The actions of the entity will be the product of the, shall we say, mating of the free will and pre-incarnative programming. To attempt to discover how much a part each plays in forming the actions, the thoughts, and the disposition of the entity is difficult, for both forces, shall we say, are plaited up together as one might see a rope to be, yet each plays its part.
We are talking about spiritual goals here to the exclusion of goals set within the illusion. Giving over one’s will to the will of the infinite Creator is an act of will. Indeed, it is a very deep act of will, reaching down into the roots of consciousness, for the will is turned over to the Creator, the Creator of Love, that Logos, the one original Thought that created all that there is. Such a decision is the act of a conscious being that is conscious of its reality and of the reality within which it dwells; that is, that it dwells in the house of the Creator on an island in space called Planet Earth. It acknowledges that there is a dance between all of the parts of the Creator so that they are all dancing in balance with each other, and it indicates an overwhelming desire to be part of the harmony, the reciprocity, and the balance of the dance.
The human will, the individual will, is very powerful. Each of you is a magical entity, an entity capable potentially of creating changes in your own consciousness by thought. It is seductive and tempting to use one’s individual will, pushing against perceived reality, for a desired goal. It is easy to think that one is doing one’s part by willing that this perceived responsibility be completed or that service be rendered. And all of those energies are excellent. The expressing of one’s desires and the setting of one’s intentions are ways of experiencing the self as powerful. And this is a helpful experience.
Now Q’uo said they are talking about spiritual goals here to the exclusion of goals set within the illusion, giving over our will to the will of the infinite Creator is an act of will, and it is a deep act of will, reaching down into the roots of consciousness, for our will is turned over to the Creator of Love, that Logos, the one original Thought that created all that there is, so such a decision is our act as a conscious being, and we are conscious of our reality and of the reality within which we dwell within the house of the Creator on an island in space called Earth, so we acknowledge that there is a dance between all of the parts of the Creator so that they are all dancing in balance with each other, and it indicates an our great desire to be part of the harmony and the balance of the dance. Then Q’uo said our will is very powerful, and each of us is a magical entity, capable of creating changes in our own consciousness by thought, so it is tempting to use our individual will, pushing against perceived reality, for our desired goal, and it is easy to think that we are doing our part by willing our service to be rendered, and the setting of our intentions are ways of experiencing our self as powerful, and this is a helpful experience. On February 25, 2023, Q’uo spoke of how we are a magical being when we are able to create changes in our consciousness at will:
The basic quality of magic is the ability to create changes in consciousness at will. These changes in consciousness may be either towards the light side of service to others, or the dark side of service to self. There is within each entity, then, the ability to make this choice on a daily basis so that you empower your choice of service to others, in whatever you do, whether it be magic or the normal round of your daily activities. However, the conscious entity, that which is known as the adept, which has already opened his heart in unconditional Love, may then accelerate its own spiritual growth by sharing his abilities with others in the magical sense, creating changes in consciousness that will be of more service to others because of the intention of the adept or the spiritual seeker. Thus, you are able by your use of magic or of how you see your daily life in relation to others, to create within yourself and within the world around you the Light and Love of the one Creator that allows more people to feel your presence of Love and your intention of sharing with others the Light and Love of the One Infinite Creator.
Yet the most powerful choice, in our humble opinion, for any entity is the choice of doing the will of that agent which created all that there is and which is aware of all of those elements which shall constitute the balance point in any situation. It takes courage, in fact, to turn over the will to the infinite One, for the outcome is unknown. Those personal desires which one has may or may not be part of that balance and rhythm of the dance that is appropriate. There is the element of perceived sacrifice. We cannot even say that such decisions create peace within the self, for the Creator’s choices do not come with explanations. We appreciated the comments of the one known as G before this meditation as concerning the introduction of space or spaciousness into his experience of his own suffering. The one known as G credited the one known as Ramana in giving him the question that gave him space. That question was, “Who is experiencing this?” It established him as a witness of that which is happening and allowed him to detach himself from the stormy waters of his catalyst.
Another part of the query of the one known as J had to do with the entity to whom he was turning over his will when he prayed, “Thy will be done.” Both the one known as J and this instrument were raised in the Christian church. The one known as J is a Roman Catholic and the one known as Carla is an Anglican Catholic. So, these two share a heritage of thinking about the Creator in which the Creator’s unity is divided into a trinity and yet the three parts create an infinity of One. It is not an easy thing to wrap one’s intellect around such a concept because it contains obvious paradox. How can something that is three also be one? How can something that is unified be in three parts? Many are the souls who have been able to work well with the one known as Jesus being the object of prayer. Many others have worked well with being able to relate to and use the energy of the Holy Spirit. Yet, as the one known as J said, when posing this question, the concept of the Creator Itself was always left vague. Working within that religious system we are unable to sharpen the focus.
Q’uo continued by saying the most powerful choice for us is the choice of doing the will of the infinite One which created all that there is and which is aware of all of those elements which constitute the balance point in any situation, so it takes courage for us to turn over our will to the infinite One, for the outcome is unknown, and our personal desires which we have may or may not be part of that balance of the dance that is appropriate, so there is the element of perceived sacrifice, and Q’uo cannot say that such decisions create peace within our self, for the Creator’s choices do not come with explanations, so they appreciated the comments of G before this meditation concerning the introduction of spaciousness into his experience of his own suffering, and G credited Ramana in giving him the question that gave him space, and that question was, “Who is experiencing this?” And it established him as a witness of that which is happening and allowed him to detach himself from the stormy waters of his catalyst. Q’uo went on to say another part of J’s query had to do with the entity to whom he was turning over his will when he prayed, “Thy will be done,” so both J and Carla were raised in the Christian church, and J is a Roman Catholic, and Carla is an Anglican Catholic, so they share a heritage of thinking about the Creator in which the Creator’s unity is divided into a trinity, and the three parts create an infinity of One, but it is not easy to wrap our intellect around such a concept because it contains obvious paradox, so: “How can something that is three also be one? How can something that is unified be in three parts?” So, many are the souls who have been able to work well with Jesus being the object of prayer, and many others have worked well with being able to relate to and use the energy of the Holy Spirit yet, as J said, when posing this question, the concept of the Creator Itself was always left vague, so working within that religious system Q’uo was unable to sharpen the focus. On May 7, 2016, Q’uo described the nature of the Holy Spirit:
We are aware that each within the circle has a great many concerns that are heavy upon the mind, perhaps heavy as well upon the heart. We would remind each of you that you are much more than you believe you are, that when you call upon the spirit of the Holy Spirit, the One Creator, upon that entity known as the Son, Jesus the Christ, whatever your preference might be, there is aid available, that sustenance may be given within your meditative state, within your contemplative state, within your prayer-filled state. Ask for this assistance; ask and ye shall receive.
Yet we may offer thoughts about who that third member of the unity of the Creator may be, for the one known as Jesus, the Christ, related to the infinite Creator as “Papa.” In the Aramaic language “Abba” does not simply mean “Father.” It means “Daddy” or “Papa.” It is a name of great affection and love. When the one known as Jesus the Christ gave over His will to the one infinite Creator, He gave over His will to his beloved “Daddy.” This was His perception of the Creator. We would point out that from within the religious system the concept of a “Papa,” rather than a judgmental, stern, and distant Creator, was revolutionary. This was not something that the one known as Jesus the Christ learned from his religion or his society. It was a truth of the depths of his soul.
Yet there is great truth in this relationship for all because, from the standpoint of what this instrument calls the Law of One, the Creator is indeed a “Daddy,” a near and loving Father, or shall we say a Parent, for there are very feminine aspects of the Creator in that the Creator birthed the stars, the planets, the suns and moons, as well as each and every particle and iota of life within the infinite Creation. There was no female deity to give birth; the Creator birthed his Creation in an act of combined fatherhood and motherhood. It is very convenient to think of the Creator with a sexual connotation of “Father” or “Mother,” yet we would suggest to you that the mystery of the Creator is both and neither. The Creator is both a Father and a Mother in that the Creation is the result of the attraction between free will and the essence of the Creator, which is Love.
Q’uo went on to say they may offer thoughts about who that third member of the unity of the Creator may be for Jesus the Christ related to the infinite Creator as “Papa,” and in the Aramaic language “Abba” does not simply mean “Father,” but it means “Daddy,” so it is a name of Love, and when Jesus the Christ gave over His will to the one infinite Creator, He gave over His will to his beloved “Daddy” since this was His perception of the Creator, and Q’uo pointed out that from within the religious system the concept of a “Papa,” rather than a judgmental Creator, was revolutionary, and this was not something that Jesus the Christ learned from His religion or His society because it was a truth of the depths of His soul. Now Q’uo said there is great truth in this relationship for all because, from the standpoint of what this instrument calls the Law of One, the Creator is indeed a “Daddy,” a near and loving Father, or shall we say a Parent, for there are very feminine aspects of the Creator in that the Creator birthed the stars, the planets, the suns, and moons, as well as each and every particle and iota of life within the infinite Creation, and there was no female deity to give birth since the Creator birthed His Creation in an act of combined fatherhood and motherhood, so it is convenient to think of the Creator with a sexual connotation of “Father” or “Mother,” yet Q’uo suggested that the mystery of the Creator is both and neither since the Creator is both a Father and a Mother in that the Creation is the result of the attraction between Free Will and the essence of the Creator, which is Love. On February 9, 2003, Q’uo elaborated on the mystery of the Creator:
The instinct shall always be within the human breast to reach out to that energy that it senses as being greater than it is. Many are the stories told about this mystery of the Creator, the Logos, the Grandfather, the Father/Mother God. There are many and many a name, and many a story, and in each name and in each story some may find comfort. And in the words that those entities have said that were written down, or that were written down on behalf of these entities, some may find tremendous and substantial resources. Therefore, the spiritual panoply of riches lies open to the seeker.
When Light was added to Love and manifestation occurred, it was far down the line from the original Thought. Manifestation is a latter choice, the choice of one who wishes to know more about who He is and so He flings off many particles of Himself and then witnesses them and their experiences to glean that which He has not yet learned about Himself. So the Creator does the reciprocal thing of saying “Not My will but Thine,” as He gives each entity within the Creation free will. He is not going to tell them what to do. He is going to find out what they desire and how they experience those desires. He cannot do that by governing them, yet when He is asked, “Thy will be done,” He moves according to that which tends toward the lessening of distortion and the restoration of balance.
The mystery deepens because there are many levels upon which balance can occur so that one could never predict accurately where balance lies; where wisdom lies, where the highest and best expression of love lies. Third density is, by its very nature, a strongly sexual density in that sexuality is one of the primary ways that people experience the otherness of their dynamic opposite. Male and female are two poles of a very important dynamic. The energies of masculinity are those of reaching, on an archetypal level, and those of the feminine are the personification of that which awaits the reaching. Therefore, the male entity experiences a good deal of aggression and inception. There is the urge to begin things. The female, in experiencing that attraction between men and women, often finds herself yielding to that aggression and being delighted to do so. It is not enough remembered, however, that each entity carries within itself, whether biologically male or biologically female, both energies. And again, it is well to consider how balanced an entity one is. If male, does one have a balance of feminine energy to soften the aggression? If female, does one have the ability to make decisions and strike out for oneself along the lines desired as well as the ability to cooperate and to give way? When this is considered, it may be easy to see why so many relate to the Holy Spirit as the feminine aspect of the infinite Creator.
Now Q’uo said when Light was added to Love and manifestation occurred, it was far down the line from the original Thought, and manifestation is a later choice, the choice of One who wishes to know more about who He is and so He flings off many particles of Himself and then witnesses them and their experiences to glean that which He has not yet learned about Himself, so the Creator does the reciprocal thing of saying “Not My will but Thine,” as He gives each of us within the Creation free will, but He is not going to tell us what to do, but He is going to find out what we desire, and how we experience those desires, and He cannot do that by governing us, yet when He is asked, “Thy will be done,” He moves according to that which tends toward the lessening of distortion and the restoration of balance. Q’uo went on to say the mystery deepens because there are many levels upon which balance can occur so that we could never predict where balance lies, where wisdom lies, and where the highest expression of Love lies because third density is a sexual density in that sexuality is one of the primary ways that we experience the otherness of our dynamic opposite of the male and female which are two poles of a dynamic of the energies of masculinity which are those of reaching on an archetypal level, and those of the feminine which are the personification of that which awaits the reaching, so the male entity experiences aggression and the urge to begin things, and the female, in experiencing that attraction between men and women, often finds herself yielding to that aggression and being delighted to do so, but it is not enough remembered that each entity carries within itself, whether biologically male or biologically female, both energies, and it is well to consider how balanced an entity we are, so if we are male, do we have a balance of feminine energy to soften the aggression, and if we are female, do we have the ability to make decisions and strike out for our self along the lines desired as well as the ability to cooperate and to give way? When this is considered, it may be easy to see why so many of us relate to the Holy Spirit as the feminine aspect of the infinite Creator. On July 16, 2005, Q’uo gave examples of the feminine energy:
You may observe many figures which have attempted to express this feminine energy. The one known as Jesus, the one known as Mary, the one known as Quan Yin, and many others have expressed that yin creator-energy which is all-compassionate, all-loving, and all-understanding, all-inclusive and without the faculty of adhering judgment.
We would suggest that it might be more productive to consider the three pillars of the Tree of Life, with the Creator principle being that side which is considered male, Jesus being that energy which is considered female, and the Holy Spirit as that energy which is the middle pillar. For the Holy Spirit’s essence is the energy of Jesus that was left behind on the inner planes when the one known as Jesus departed from the outer planes, so that the energy of the one known as Jesus, the Christ, that fructified Love, would always be available until the end of third density.
There is no right way to relate to these entities. It is just as useful to the seeker to relate in one way as another. We encourage each to follow the experiences of the heart and to relate in a completely individual way, not the way others relate, but the way that you have found it helpful to relate. Therefore, whether you are turning your will over to Daddy, or to Jesus the Christ, or to the Holy Spirit, Sophia as some call her; it makes no difference for the intention in all three ways of saying, “Thy Will be done” it is the same. There is that hunger and thirst for the most balanced situation possible to flow and the willingness to cooperate when the stage is set and it is discovered what the cues are, what the situation is, and what the Love is in the moment that can be found and shared.
Q’uo said suggested that it might be more productive to consider the three pillars of the Tree of Life, with the Creator principle being that side which is considered male, Jesus being that energy which is considered female, and the Holy Spirit as that energy which is the middle pillar, for the Holy Spirit’s essence is the energy of Jesus that was left behind on the inner planes when Jesus departed from the outer planes, so that the energy of the one known as Jesus the Christ, that embodied Love, would always be available until the end of third density. Then Q’uo said there is no right way to relate to these entities, so it is just as useful to us to relate in one way as another, and Q’uo encouraged each of us to follow the experiences of our heart and to relate in an individual way that we have found it helpful to relate in, so whether we are turning our will over to Daddy, or to Jesus the Christ, or to the Holy Spirit it makes no difference for the intention in all three ways of saying, “Thy will be done” it is the same, so there is hunger for the most balanced situation possible to flow and the willingness to cooperate when the stage is set, and it is discovered what the situation is, and what the Love is in the moment that can be found and shared. On May 5, 2002, Q’uo spoke of the nature of the experiences of our heart:
We affirm each entity’s choices and can suggest again that the path which you follow in your spiritual seeking must needs be that which speaks to your heart rather than that which another suggests, whether that other be revered and honored and seeming to be possessed of greater knowledge, or to be an ordinary entity upon your street. For there are as many paths to the one Creator as there are entities who seek that One within all and within the self. Follow, then, that which is in your heart. Follow that which speaks to your heart and be always willing to increase the intensity of your seeking, the intensity of your desire, and the meditation that we always recommend for every path, for every seeker, for meditation is the surest means that we know for any seeker in third density to approach the infinite Creator.
Whether you think of the Creator, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, or some Creator-entity of your own understanding does not matter. It is the intention to maximize your service and your devotion that are the central and pivotal energies in this seeming giving over of the will. In actuality, it is the crown of free-will choices to choose the Creator’s way. It is the same energy that causes people sometimes to take off their watches and say, “This is now God’s time.” It is the releasing of the self from the minutes and the hours that frees time from its prison. And it is the releasing of the will from the lesser goals of a worldly and illusory nature and the releasing of them into the mystery that enhances to the highest point possible one’s freedom to choose.
The mystery of free will shall never be made clear. The paradox of using one’s free will to give up one’s free will shall never be elucidated. And therefore, questions will always continue to be asked, in all humility and puzzlement, as to how this works. The peace that passeth understanding, however, does stem from the faith one has that it is possible to tabernacle with the infinite One in such a way that the Infinite One can maximize balance through you. We commend each to ponder this point. We ask each person to reckon with his own power. What is the right use of power, my friends? How shall you bend your will? How shall you, as co-creator, create your universe? How shall you rule it? Shall it be a creation of Love or a creation of judgment? These matters are in your hands and yours alone. Go forth, therefore, and seek to serve.
Then Q’uo said whether we think of the Creator, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, or some Creator-entity of our understanding does not matter since it is the intention to maximize our service and our devotion that are the central energies in this giving over of our will, but it is the crown of free-will choices to choose the Creator’s way, and it is the same energy that causes people to take off their watches and say, “This is now God’s time,” so it is the releasing of our self from the minutes and hours that frees time from its prison, and it is the releasing of our will from the lesser goals of an illusory nature and the releasing of them into the mystery that enhances to the highest point possible our freedom to choose. Q’uo continued by saying the mystery of free will shall never be made clear, and the paradox of using our free will to give up our free will shall never be clear, and questions will continue to be asked as to how this works, so the peace that passeth understanding does stem from the faith we have that it is possible to tabernacle with the infinite One in such a way that the Infinite One can maximize balance through us, so Q’uo asked each of us to ponder this point and to reckon with our power, and: “What is the right use of power, my friends? How shall we bend our will? How shall we, as co-Creator, create our universe? How shall we rule it? Shall it be a creation of Love or a creation of judgment?” Q’uo said these matters are in our hands, so go forth and seek to serve. On March 5, 2011, Q’uo described how we can feel the peace that passeth understanding:
When there is a storm at sea a lighthouse is needed, for one cannot see in the storm the rocks that are hidden beneath the waters. Each of you is as the lamp on the hill. You may feel that you have very little candle power, yet light is penetrating. You can even see a candle a half mile away and you, my friends, are far more than a candle. The infinite Love and the Light of the one Creator flows through your body, and as you bless its infinite energy you send it out into the world, and that Light says to those about you, “There is Love, there is safety, there is intimacy, there is that peace that passeth understanding.”
A world hungering sees Light such as yours and they are fed, for that which is coming through you is infinite, it cannot be exhausted. You have the responsibility of being a human being at this time of shift. You carry infinity within you. Each time that you pray you move into infinite Light. Each time that you meditate you rest in unconditional Love, tabernacling with the infinite One. It is not human strength that lights the flame that you offer the world but the Creator Itself. You are simply a channel through which that Light may flow. And when your energy body is open and your heart is open, that light bursts upon the world in great beauty.
We hope that our humble comments have been some aid to you in thinking about this query and would ask if there is a follow-up question at this point. We are those of Q’uo.
Questioner: Q’uo, this is a question I have. Could you define the difference between emotional and spiritual pain?
We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my sister. The human entity has three components: physical, mental/emotional, and spiritual. Physical pain is obviously that of the physical body. Mental/emotional pain is still that which involves the mind or intellect and the emotions which are instinctually those of third-density humans, and spiritual pain is that pain which is involved in the spiritual complex as it is activated by the individual. Often, a mental or an emotional pain will strike so deeply that it feels as though it is striking to the very soul and most of the suffering of humankind is of this mental/emotional nature. Purely spiritual pain is quite rare, and yet it does occur. There are those who ache for lack of connection to the essence of their spiritual selves. It is as though such an entity is attempting to make a connection and is unable to do so. However, the vast majority of entities’ suffering is experienced in the mind and emotions.
May we answer you further, my sister? We are those of Q’uo.
Questioner: No, thank you.
We are Q’uo, and we thank you, my sister. And, my sister, we offer you, as paltry as these words are, our sympathy. And we offer sympathy to all of those who suffer. For we realize that the suffering seems out of all proportion to what would be logical or reasonable. Yet suffering is not logical. It is not reasonable. And it is always a challenge. We suffer with those who suffer, and if that offers any comfort, we are grateful.
May we ask if there is another query at this time? We are those of Q’uo.
R: I have a question, Q’uo. When I ask for guidance, does that imply that I have a particular outcome in mind in third density? I’m still caught in the third-density experience compared with what you talked about, which was surrendering completely and being at peace with whatever the experience brings. Can you comment on that?
We are those of Q’uo, and we perceive a query. If we are incorrect, we would ask the one known as R to repeat his query in another way so that we may understand better. There is, indeed, a difference between asking for guidance and the releasing of the will so that the Creator’s will may be done. Both are positive and loving actions. It is your way to ask for help and to ask for guidance. And we are aware that you have found it to be, in its way, quite effective in your experience many times. The asking for guidance can be looked at in a couple of ways.
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(Carla channeling)
Firstly, one may ask oneself, “What is the highest and best action I can take at this time? What is my highest and best self’s choice?” You are asking, in effect, your higher self to weigh in with some hint or inkling of what would be the choice of paths of service for the best you that there ever could be. Another way of looking at asking for guidance is as an extension of asking your friends for guidance—those in the physical illusion with you—and simply extending your field of request to include the unseen realms. One way of thinking about asking for guidance is a more direct remembrance of that oneness of all creation.
The other is a way of reaching out to the help that is always available, which implies “others” within your creation and not simply the self and other-selves that are the same as you. Whichever way of thinking about your guidance system that is helpful is the one we would encourage you to follow. For some, it is very comforting to think that the higher self, the best you that could possibly be, will offer the unified answer. For others it is much more comforting to feel that there are allies all around—those who truly want to help you. Both ways of thinking about guidance are the truth. Again, when you find paradox, when you find mystery, you may be assured that you are on the right track, for things of the spirit are consistently and always going to include those elements. For they break the bonds of linear thought and bring in the qualities of infinity and eternity.
R’s question was: “When I ask for guidance, does that imply that I have a particular outcome in mind in third density? I’m still caught in the third-density experience compared with what you talked about, which was surrendering completely and being at peace with whatever the experience brings. Can you comment on that?” Q’uo said that we perceive a query, and if we are incorrect, we would ask R to repeat his query in another way so that we may understand better, so there is a difference between asking for guidance and the releasing of your will so that the Creator’s will may be done, and both are loving actions, and it is your way to ask for guidance, and we are aware that you have found it to be effective in your experience many times, and the asking for guidance can be looked at in a couple of ways, so firstly, one may ask oneself: “What is the highest and best action I can take at this time? What is my highest and best self’s choice?” So you are asking your higher self to weigh in with some hint of what would be the choice of paths of service for the best you that there could be, and another way of looking at asking for guidance is as an extension of asking your friends for guidance, and extending your field of request to include the unseen realms, so one way of thinking about asking for guidance is a direct remembrance of that oneness of all creation. Then Q’uo said the other is a way of reaching out to the help that is always available, which implies “others” within your creation, and not simply the self and other-selves that are the same as you, and any way of thinking about your guidance system that is helpful is the one we would encourage you to follow, so for some it is comforting to think that the higher self will offer the unified answer, but for others it is more comforting to feel that there are allies all around, and both ways of thinking about guidance are the truth, so when you find paradox and mystery, you may be assured that you are on the right track, for things of the spirit are always going to include those elements, for they break the bonds of linear thought and bring in the quality of infinity. On August 12, 2007, Q’uo spoke of the nature of paradox and mystery:
So, all of that which seems real is the illusion and that which is the mystery is that which is real. You come, therefore, into the land of paradox and mystery. And then you know you are on the right track.
This third distortion of the Law of One is Light, and Light, in all of its gradations of circulation or rotation, has created all the orders of all the vibrations of all that is seen and unseen, from your point of view.
This Logos, manifesting through Light, created out of Itself the suns in their galaxies. And each sun is a sub-Logos, an undistorted portion of the one infinite Creator, yet each Logos was given the ability to make the tailoring details of its sub-Creation of the one infinite Father. Therefore, your Logos has created for you a certain kind of environment for the growth of your spirit and for the collection of information to be offered again to the one infinite Creator, that It may know more about Itself.
May we answer you further, my brother? We are those of Q’uo.
R: Thank you for those thoughts, Q’uo. I will ask about the difference between asking for guidance, which implies using the will in the third density, and surrendering to the infinite One, which to me implies not using the will, and just basically being and giving up on doing. I cannot wrap my mind around the difference but there seems to be a difference. Can you comment on that from your perspective?
We are those of Q’uo. We believe we understand your query, my brother. The difference between asking for guidance and surrendering the will to the Infinite One is a matter of degree. It is a matter of that which is given to you and the appropriate response to that which is given to you. If it is given to you that to give up your will to the infinite One is a releasing of your will and an abrogation of your will, then it is not for you to give up your will. Those who turn their will to the infinite One are those who have experienced the results of powering through a desired outcome until it occurs enough times to discover that one is not necessarily in possession of enough facts to successfully choose rightly. Consequently, to those who are given this experience and this attitude, it comes to them to choose freely to do the will of the infinite One, who has more information and who can see that which cannot be seen by the human eye.
In both cases, there is the desire to serve. There is the desire to be of positive polarity. And there is the desire to ask for help. For the one who has not yet come to the conclusion that the human will is often inadequate to know the appropriate outcome, the asking for help with choosing an outcome is that appropriate request. To those who have experienced the feeling of dissatisfaction with being attached to an outcome after having used the technique of choosing an outcome and moving towards it, it is appropriate to turn the will to the infinite One, not as a losing of the will, but as the capital or crown of the act of will.
R’s second question was: “I will ask about the difference between asking for guidance, which implies using the will in the third density, and surrendering to the infinite One, which to me implies not using the will, and just basically being and giving up on doing. I cannot wrap my mind around the difference but there seems to be a difference. Can you comment on that from your perspective?” Q’uo began by saying the difference between asking for guidance and surrendering the will to the Infinite One is a matter of degree, and the appropriate response to that which is given to you, so if it is felt by you that to give up your will to the infinite One is a releasing of your will and an abrogation of your will, then it is not for you to give up your will, so those who turn their will to the infinite One are those who have experienced the results of powering through a desired outcome until it occurs enough times to discover that one is not necessarily in possession of enough facts to successfully choose rightly, and to those who are given this experience, it comes to them to choose freely to do the will of the infinite One, who has more information and who can see that which cannot be seen by the human eye. Q’uo went on to say in both cases, there is the desire to serve and to be of positive polarity, and there is the desire to ask for help, so for the one who has not come to the conclusion that their will is unable to know the appropriate outcome, the asking for help with choosing an outcome is an appropriate request, and to those who have experienced the feeling of dissatisfaction with being attached to an outcome after having used the technique of choosing an outcome and moving towards it, it is appropriate to turn the will to the infinite One, not as a losing of the will, but as the crown of the act of will. On May 21, 1995, Oxal spoke of the value of our asking for help:
As the sands of the sea, as the stars in your sky, just so infinite are the shining spirits which are embodied within this creation who turn their glowing faces toward the Creator in praise and thanksgiving. At this time many, many of those not incarnate in physical vehicles flock within the inner planes of your globe. To those who ask for help they flock by the millions to offer their candle power to heighten the inner Light of those in need. Yours is third density. Ask for help, and help will be given you. Reach out the hand and it will be full of invisible but real Love. You are loved, not because you have achieved but because you exist, a child of the infinite Creator. You are enfolded, snuggled, by invisible nurturing arms. Every cell of your body is perfect. Your truth is that all is perfect. There is no striving necessary, for all is well.
One must act according to one’s lights, according to one’s feelings, and my brother, as long as you feel that you are wise enough to press towards a desired outcome, we greatly encourage that you do what you do at this time, and that is to ask for help in seeing the situation more clearly. There is, as we said, a difference, not in kind, but in degree, between those two choices. It is not the choice between taking responsibility and yielding responsibility; it is the choice between trusting that the outcome to which you are attached is good and not trusting that the outcome to which you are attached is good.
Indeed, it can also be compared to those who are right-brained and those who are left-brained, or those who are artists and work from an appreciation of beauty and those who are people of intellect and work from an appreciation of logic and linear thought. Either path is a path of service to others and of positive polarity. So, there is no choice between them. It is simply a matter of who you are, what your life experiences are and where you find yourself spiritually speaking, at a particular moment. There is no best way, there is only that way that is appropriate for you and that feels resonant to you in this present moment.
Now Q’uo said one must act according to one’s lights, according to one’s feelings, and as long as you feel that you are wise enough to press towards a desired outcome, we greatly encourage that you do what you do at this time, and that is to ask for help in seeing the situation more clearly. There is, as we said, a difference, not in kind, but in degree, between those two choices. It is not the choice between taking responsibility and yielding responsibility, but it is the choice between trusting that the outcome to which you are attached is good and not trusting that the outcome to which you are attached is good. Now Q’uo said one must act according to one’s feelings, and as long as you feel that you are wise enough to press towards a desired outcome, we encourage that you do what you do at this time, and that is to ask for help in seeing the situation more clearly because there is a difference, not in kind but in degree, between those two choices, so it is not the choice between taking responsibility and yielding responsibility, but it is the choice between trusting that the outcome to which you are attached is good, and not trusting that the outcome to which you are attached is good. Q’uo went on to say it can also be compared to those who are right-brained and those who are left-brained, or those who are artists and work from an appreciation of beauty, and those who are people of intellect and work from an appreciation of logic and linear thought, and either path is a path of service to others, so there is no choice between them, and it is a matter of who you are, and where you find yourself spiritually speaking at this time, for there is no best way, so there is only that way that feels resonant to you in this present moment. On May 8, 1993, Q’uo spoke of the creative skills of the artist:
We find much to recommend in the nascent skills of artistry and intuition which each seeker has also, and we encourage each to use the visual and auditory senses inwardly in creating ways of expressing the essence of the self as artists do when they produce the picture, the song, or the spoken performance, such as the play, the poem, or the dance.
May we answer you further, my brother? We are those of Q’uo.
R: No, Q’uo. Thank you for what you have said. That is a good food for thought for me. I appreciate it.
We also, my brother, thank you, for you give us much food for thought also. We are those of Q’uo, and we find that this instrument begins to tire. Consequently, it is time for us to relinquish our connection with this instrument. We leave this instrument and this group, glorying in the love and in the light, the peace and the power, of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Adonai, my friends. Adonai vasu borragus.
This morning I went outside and used my trimmer to trim all the weeds off of the brick walks in the back yard, the Yellow Creeping Jenny Garden, the Striped Liriope Garden, and the Astilbe Garden.
This afternoon I went across the street to my neighbor’s yard and threw some birdseed under her two birdfeeders, and then I put her recycle bin back under the carport.
From A Book of Days, channeled by Carla L. Rueckert:
June 5
Experience The Heaven Within
I am of the Light and my Spirit lies within all. And Love abounds in every portion of creation.
Let not appearances make you feel betrayed by the Creator, but make this your prayer, “Heavenly Father, grant us grace this day to know and to do Thy will with single-heartedness, joy and faith,” never doubting that the Spirit of unconditional Love, as promised, remains with each seeker until the end of the age, until the end of creation. And yet even then we shall continue to be the Spirit of the infinite Creator as new creations emerge.
See this infinite portion of yourself that is one with us as the principle of unconditional Love. And allow that vision to be your prayer today: “Heavenly Father, let me be of the principle of infinite Love.
Let me react to all stimuli in the Love of God in Jesus the Christ.” This is your choice, day by day. We urge you to make it each and every day, that you may experience the heaven within; the peace and the joy of knowing that you are not alone but supported in all that you do.
We leave you in the Love and the peace of Jesus the Christ, both now and always. Amen.
I said the prayer at the Gaia Meditation tonight:
We come in the name of love and open our hearts, minds, and souls to send love, light, and healing energy to Mother Earth as she brings forth a new Earth in the fourth density. We ask that the infinite love, light, and healing energy of the One Infinite Creator heal the hearts of all souls in pain on Earth tonight. May all souls on Earth feel our love, light, and healing energy in their hearts, their minds, and their souls. Amen.
