The Camelot Journal

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from March 5, 2000:

The question this week has to do with what would be the best way to deal with criticism from another person that really hurts us, that makes us feel real bad, especially when we feel that the criticism is unjustified. As a more specific focus for that general query, we would like information on how to deal with people that are specifically trying to take our power, that we feel drained of energy by after we leave their presence?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle of Q’uo. Greetings in the love and the light of the one infinite Creator. We welcome each of you on this beautiful spring afternoon. Through your eyes we experience the beauty of your plant life as it blooms in the early spring chill. How beautiful your dwelling place is. We greatly appreciate being able to share your setting and meditation with you. As always, we ask that you hear everything that we say with a discerning and discriminating ear, listening for those thoughts that resonate within your own mind and heart. Keep those that do so resonate and leave the rest behind, please.

You ask this day about how to deal with situations in which an entity has said hurtful things or has treated you in such a way that you feel drained of energy, or saddened, or discouraged by the exchange. As we often do, we would like to take a few steps back from this specific query in order that we may talk about the background of this question. Each of you is a complex of vibrations. Your scientists can tell you this. This is not purely metaphysical truth. You are, in one way of looking at yourself, a system of energy fields. Each energy field has its life and essence and its way of interlocking with and interacting with other aspects of your energy, other fields of energy within your overall energy complex. You have spiritual energies, physical energies, emotional energies, mental energies, and these energies are a complex kind of signature that speaks your identity as clearly as your name, perhaps more clearly than the name you may share with someone else upon the planet which you now enjoy. You share the vibratory complex that you offer up at this moment with no one in the infinite creation. You are unique.

Each, seen from the viewpoint of a perfectionist, is somewhat out of balance with the self. Yet it is these eccentric balances that add to your charm and your uniqueness and enable you to offer the Creator a new and ever-changing picture of who and what It really is. Thusly, your Creator is delighted with you whether you are in happy times or in woe, whether you struggle or flow and swim easily with the current of your destiny. But to you, gazing within at your energies, there is not seen the charm and delight of your uniqueness. Rather, because as several have said this day in your discussion preceding this meditation, each has good days and bad days, and there are sometimes less skillful ways in which we share our energies.

The energy system that you work with in receiving catalyst and processing it into experience is your physical body, together with the finer bodies that interpenetrate that physical body you can see, feel, and touch. Often we suggest to you that it is not wise to use the logical mind, but in this particular case we encourage you when you are looking at how you are feeling with regard to another person that you do take stock, using the intellectual mind as well as the intuition, of the basic balances of the body at each center or chakra of energy. For it is at those chakras or energy centers that energy is exchanged between entities or people.

We would quickly review the basic seven energy centers we would suggest as a model for you to work with. The seven centers are the seven colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Each center has its domain and together they are as the path which the infinite energy of the one infinite Creator may travel, beginning with the red or base chakra. The first energy center that the incoming infinite Light and Love of the Creator touches is the red-ray energy center or chakra. To this energy center flow those issues that are the most basic: survival, the natural functions that are necessary for survival such as sexual reproduction, the achievement of a food supply, and so forth. Those who are blocked in the red-ray energy center have a straightened or narrow or low supply of energy moving throughout the rest of the energy system. Therefore, it is well, if you see some red-ray blockage within yourself, to lay all other concerns aside while you work upon this all-important energy center.

The orange-ray chakra is up the spine from the red-ray chakra, in the area of the lower belly. And to this energy center come the issues of one person to another person. To this center come concerns of being controlled, or controlling others, the love of control, or the fear of control, the love of being controlled, or the fear of being controlled.

Within the solar plexus is the yellow-ray chakra or energy center and to this energy center come the issues of the self with regard to groups. You will find many family difficulties depending from this center as opposed to the orange-ray center because within the mind the family members are given a different kind of concern, attention and energy sharing than one gives acquaintances or strangers.

These three lower energy centers are very often the centers which you will find being blocked or being overstimulated when there are what this instrument would call personal problems between people. When there is a straightening or narrowing of the path of energy flow in these three centers the supply of energy reaching the heart chakra is diminished. Consequently, there is far less energy with which to respond to felt insult, offense, or hurt feelings.

The group question for this session was: “The question this week has to do with what would be the best way to deal with criticism from another person that really hurts us, that makes us feel real bad, especially when we feel that the criticism is unjustified. As a more specific focus for that general query, we would like information on how to deal with people that are specifically trying to take our power, that we feel drained of energy by after we leave their presence?” Q’uo began their reply by saying that they would like to give us more information about the nature of our being composed of the energy fields of our mind, our body, our emotions, and our spirits which interact with each other and create a unique vibration that is clearer than our names can ever be. Q’uo went on to say that we are usually out of balance and frequently have difficult days, but to the Creator every type of experience that we have gives It new and ever-changing ways of knowing of who and what It is. Q’uo went on to say that we have a physical body that contains an energy body that is composed of the chakras, and they suggested that we use our intellect and intuition to determine the type of experience that we are having with another person. Then Q’uo said that they wanted to review the nature of our chakras that provide the path of the intelligent energy of the Creator to travel through our energy body beginning with the red-ray chakra which involve those issues that are the most basic and which are necessary for survival such as sexual reproduction and the achievement of a food supply. They said that those who are blocked in the red-ray chakra have a low supply of energy moving throughout the rest of the energy system, so they said if we see a red-ray blockage within ourself that we should lay all of our other concerns aside while we work upon this all-important chakra. Then Q’uo spoke of the orange ray chakra that is located above the red-ray chakra, in the area of the lower belly, and it deals with the relationship of one person to another person and involves concerns of being controlled, or controlling others, the love of control, or the fear of control, the love of being controlled, or the fear of being controlled. Then Q’uo spoke of the yellow-ray chakra that is located within the solar plexus, and to this energy center will come the issues of the self in relation to groups such as family difficulties coming from this center instead of the orange-ray center because we give family members a different kind of attention and sharing of energy than we give to friends or strangers. Then Q’uo said that when any of these lower three chakras are blocked or overstimulated by difficult experiences with others, there is less energy available to the heart chakra that is necessary to deal with taking offense or having hurt feelings with others. On March 19, 2000, Q’uo described how we need to unblock the lower three chakras in order to open our hearts in our relationship with others:

However, it is important to note that the energy system of the mind, body, and spirit of the complex of energies cannot be manipulated beyond certain limits. That is, if there is a blockage in the lower three energy centers, which have to do with survival, the way the self regards the self or relates to other entities one at a time, and the way the self relates to the groups of third density, such as the work environment and the family, then the power of the one infinite Creator that enters the body in infinite supply cannot come into the heart center with full energy. There are many ways to distort or block or confuse these lower energies.

The most likely culprit in the root-ray or red energy center is the self’s basic opinion of the self as being either a deserving portion or an undeserving portion of the creation. Those who are harboring depressed thoughts and thoughts of suicide, for instance, will block almost all energy coming into the body system. Those with intense sexual cravings or in other ways in which the self has distorted the energies of sexuality and survival can also substantially block and hinder the life-force from moving into the body energy system and rising to the heart. Each of you knows already too well the difficulties of the orange and the yellow-ray energy centers, as the conversation before this meditation expressed eloquently. Each is working with the concept of self, with the concept of self in relationship, and with the concept of self in groups, in ways that distort and filter that energy. And each, being unique, is doing that distorting and partial blocking in her own way. And, therefore, each has what this instrument calls a knot to untangle that is unlike anyone else’s knot, has the confusion to unravel that is not precisely like anyone else’s confusion.

The higher energy centers are not those usually considered when thinking of how to deal with a difficult relationship or an unwise exchange of energy. However, it needs to be said that in the green-ray center there is great healing. In the blue-ray center of open communication even a little energy into this center can produce clear communication that is very helpful in situations sometimes. And certainly the indigo-ray center, which is that center which does work in consciousness, is one which the seeker is always attempting to use to some degree as the hope is held in the heart that the self is truly a seeker seeking for that which truly is there, as opposed to the self seen as a dreamer seeking for something that is not there, something that is only a dream. We can assure you that none of these energies or essences are at all dream related. Indeed, they are aspects of your nature that, to us, are far more real than your day-to-day experiences, for these are, as we said, the vibratory essences which are your signature in the metaphysical world. The saying that this instrument has is that you are what you eat. We would replace this adage with you are what you think.

What you ponder, what you hope, what you dream: these are more real than the day-to-day experiences on the deep level of work done in consciousness. Thusly, when you receive catalyst that seems to take your power away from you, to drain you, or seems to hurt the feelings, the first process, then, has nothing to do with any other person but, rather, has to do with working with the self to reestablish the feeling of wholeness of self that, in a metaphysical sense, implies safety. Sometimes there is fear connected with such a difficult relationship exchange. Sometimes there is anger, but whatever the emotions are, the experience of being out of control and left to twist in the wind, shall we say, without any power, is that which needs to be looked at carefully. Think about the exchange that has taken place and, in the privacy of your own time, ask for the forgiveness that lies within you to come to aid you. You are a powerful being. Within you lie conduits that move deeper and deeper in mind until you eventually merge with the one infinite Creator. Nothing outside of you can destroy this wholeness. However, depending upon the circumstances, a difficult experience with another entity can make you feel like you are no longer whole, entire, intact, or safe.

Thusly, the first work of the seeker is to reestablish the wholeness and integrity of the self. This instrument earlier suggested to one who was expressing the feeling of being drained that the physical motion of the scissors cutting be made over the energy center from which this sensation of being drained was being felt. We find this a perfectly sound suggestion because the work actually being done is being done in the metaphysical universe as opposed to the physical. You are not making motions in the air in the physical to any use. Rather, you are expressing an intention or desire in the metaphysical world, and in this universe thoughts are things and a thought pair of scissors will cut the thoughts of another who wishes to exchange energy in the sense of attempting to control or take the power of you. Thusly, once you have reestablished the integrity of your finer bodies you can begin to heal from this unwise exchange of energy.

The energy of forgiveness is one which is infinitely strong and yet very subtle. Sometimes it is difficult to pin down precisely whom you wish to forgive first. Are you upset with this other entity who has caused you seeming discomfort? Or are you more upset with yourself for being vulnerable to such unwise energy exchanges? If necessary, sit with this question in meditation, and simply await a sense or a feeling of whom to forgive first. For both yourself and the other are involved in this exchange. Both are individuals, holy in their own right. The deeper truth of both beings is Love. Once you are able to establish whom you need to forgive first then it is left for you to accomplish this by intention.

May we say that it is often not possible to forgive completely at the time that you would wish that all be forgiven. There are times when the disharmony within an energy center is such that such energy gets jammed and will not, shall we say, go through, much as a telephone call will not go through if the line is busy. Again, this may take time for you to work with. It is easier for you to forgive the other very often, than it is to forgive the self. It seems always that the seeker is disappointed with the self for having any problem whatsoever. It is easy to forget that the reason for incarnation, the reason for entering into a body, and entering the veil of forgetting as you do, is so that you will be confused and puzzled and have many uncomfortable experiences and undergo much suffering. This is difficult to remember when one is uncomfortable. And yet it remains true.

Then Q’uo said that the green ray healing energies of the heart, the blue ray energies of clear communication of the throat, and the indigo ray energies of work in consciousness are not usually used in resolving difficulties with others, but they are our metaphysical signatures and can be helpful in any situation. Q’uo went on to say that what we hope and dream are more powerful than anything that happens to us in the day-to-day experiences, and when we experience difficult catalyst that seems to take our power away, the first thing that we need to do is to work with ourselves to reestablish our feeling of wholeness by going within ourselves to activate that feeling of forgiveness that can aid us because we are powerful beings that are connected to our deep mind and with the one infinite Creator, and nothing outside of us can destroy this wholeness. Q’uo continued by saying that Carla’s use of a pair of scissors to symbolically cut the connection to the difficult energy exchange with another person at the center affected was a metaphysical action that would reestablish the integrity of our finer bodies, and then they suggested that we should determine if we should forgive ourself or the other person first by meditating until we have found the answer. Q’uo said that often it is not as easy to forgive ourselves as it is to forgive another person because we are disappointed with ourself for having any problem, and it is so easy to forget that the reason for our incarnation and for going through the veil of forgetting is so that we will be confused and experience much suffering. On January 3, 1999, Q’uo spoke of the difficulty we have of forgiving ourselves:

We do not have the ability to be confused and in that confusion to call upon faith. Nor have we the ability to be angry with ourselves and then to forgive ourselves. For, as we are able to see into the roots of mind, we can see that in each system of illusions there are limitations which are set for a reason, and that that reason is condign, helpful, and enlightening. Upon the Earth plane you have the ability to be utterly dashed, completely confused, thrown to your knees by life, and you have the capacity to tune your responses to that catalyst which brings you down, which makes you feel into the dark side of your personality.

Do not be beaten about by your own feelings of guilt. But, rather, see them as opportunities to do work in consciousness, to forgive the self for being human, to analyze the situation to see whether or not the guilt is productive, to work upon releasing that guilt if it has not been productive, to work upon using that guilt in the highest and best way if there still is something that one can see to be done. Above all these considerations, above all manifestation and illusion the reality, as far as we know, is the perfect outworking of perfection: Love reflected in Love, moving through each instrument that is a soul of a person and out into the world. As you receive your catalyst, bless it and break yourself open to receive it with the most love of which you are capable in a stable manner. Do not move yourself beyond that which you can do without damage to yourself. Do not ask that which you are not ready for of yourself, but rather be sensitive to the opportunities that these negative feelings, so called, of guilt bring rise to.

Once this process of forgiveness has been carried through to what you may feel satisfied with as an outcome, then it is time to begin to look to your systems of energies to see if they are, indeed, in balance. For the preparation for meeting the moment with an open heart does involve coming to a position within your energies wherein you feel relatively unblocked and able to allow the infinite energy of the one Creator to easily move through the system of energy centers traveling upwards into and then through all of the energy centers and then back out into the creation.

We took the time to go through these energy centers and to look at some of the, shall we say, high points of each center because this is a system which you can work with in many different ways. It helps to know how you are made. Any mechanism which is having difficulties remains broken until someone who knows how it is supposed to work can take it and work on it. Your metaphysical beings are such creatures. They do have a rhyme and a reason. They can, indeed, be drained of energy, and there are things that you can do to mend those broken places, but until you grasp how your energy works it is not so easy to sit down and begin to do the repairs. When you have gone through the processes of balancing and forgiveness then you are once again at peace and at rest, feeling relatively safe in your own skin.

However, you remain vulnerable, and this vulnerability is very, very important. It is central to the Earth experience. We would like to frame this vulnerability in a more positive way, for each of you before incarnation was extremely eager to come into the Earth plane and to offer the life experience as a service and gift to the one infinite Creator. From a position before the dropping of the veil of forgetting you could see that you had an opportunity in the darkness of the Earth plane to live by faith. You knew that a life in faith outside of incarnation was very easy to achieve because you, like all other entities not in incarnation, were totally aware of the plan of the one infinite Creator, of the beauty of that plan, of the goodness of the adventure of attempting in a world where it was not at all obvious that Love abides, that it would help your polarity tremendously to come into this darkness and to express a life lived in faith. It looked easier, by far, before incarnation than it does now. We are sure that this is an understatement for each of you. It does not look easy at all from within incarnation to deal with difficult people and situations, challenges that seem to rob you of energy.

However, all of these difficulties, all of these ways of moving beyond your ability to cope, are moments of great opportunity. For when you are beyond your ability to cope you still have one choice to make: despair or hope, giving up or digging in. Saying, “I’m finished,” or saying, “I have just begun.” You are entities of great power. Again and again, your outer experience will seem to rob you of that power. Again and again, there will be the level upon which this is accurate. There will be the level at which you have lost power and underlying this level of apparent experience is a faculty called faith. It lies like a floor that you must believe is there before you can feel it under foot. It is in times when you are helpless and hopeless and at the end of your human strength that faith will help you soar and fly far above all restraints and limitations. Faith is something that picked up weighs nothing but planted yields everything. It is in the air about you. It is in the heart within you. It is in the remembering of the mind that is disciplined to reject hopelessness, so you have good work to do when catalyst overcomes you.

Feel those feelings of helplessness, anger, grief, pain, and puzzlement. Allow all of those strong emotions to wash through you, for they are cleansing to you. Moan and cry if you need to in the privacy of your own chambers. Do what you need to do to validate this experience that you are having. Don’t say that it doesn’t matter, because it does. These energies that you are experiencing as being drained are very real. But also move onto the next process. Invoke faith, forgiveness, and faith again. Surround and permeate yourself with faith.

The one known as Jesus the Christ wished with all Its heart, all Its soul, all of Its strength, and all of Its mind to take upon Itself as It died the death of every other being in the creation. The difficulty with your doing the same thing is very simple. Is this your time to go to Jerusalem? Is this the time for you to be completely sacrificial of yourself? Do you feel that you will be of more help by being vanquished by this unwise exchange of energy, or do you feel that it would be of more service to the infinite Creator and the world in which you live for you to mend yourself, to re-establish your health, speaking metaphysically, and then to move on to further learning within this incarnation? This instrument, may we say, has at times been the martyr, offering the self in unwise energy exchange and not realizing that this was unwise. Each of you has had the temptation to be the martyr, to give of the self beyond all possible healing, until there is nothing left. You may be Christ-like. We do not say this is a poor choice. We only say consider well if you wish to remain bankrupt or if you wish to restore your own integrity.

We would suggest that, most of the time, skill lies in protecting and defending the self, metaphysically speaking, so it can repair its energy loss and again stand upon its own two feet, metaphysically speaking, ready once again to offer all, to love all, to serve, and hold to high ideals as best as it can. New catalyst will come and new challenges, in each and every day. But you are a powerful entity. You can and you will learn more and more skill and take more and more courage, for each time that you go through the balancing, the forgiving, and the re-determining to live a life in faith, you open to yourself more of the power that lies in potential within you. You do not need to remain a victim. You may have relationship into which these periods of unwise energy exchange will come again and again. These are the relationships in the school of Earth that you prepared for yourself. You felt that you had plenty of ability to deal with these challenging personalities. You felt that you wanted to look in the mirror at these qualities within yourself projected onto others. When you are at your lowest, remember who you are. Remember the confidence you felt in yourself and then move into the ways of faith.

Then Q’uo said that once we have forgiven ourselves and unblocked the energies in our lower chakras, then we are ready to meet the moment with an open heart and allow the infinite energy of the one Creator to move up through our chakras and out into the universe. Q’uo went on to say that our metaphysical beings have a certain way of functioning, and they can be drained of energy, but until we know how our energy works it is not so easy to do the repairs, so when we have gone through the processes of balancing and forgiveness then we are once again at peace, feeling relatively safe in our own skin. Q’uo went on to say that we will remain vulnerable, and this is an important experience because before incarnating we were eager to serve the Creator by going through the veil of forgetting and  developing the ability to live in the darkness of the Earth because before incarnating we could see the perfection of the plan to live by faith and live in a world where it was not obvious that Love abides, and that it would help our polarity to come into this darkness and to express a life lived in faith. Then Q’uo said that these difficulties are an opportunity for us to make the choice of hope or despair, of giving up or getting up and trying again because we are beings of great power that our outer experiences of difficulty seem to take from us for a period of time, but on the basic level of our being is the faith that that we must believe is there before we can stand upon it and rise above all limitations, so we should invoke faith and forgiveness and surround ourself with faith. Q’uo said that we have a choice to make regarding whether we feel that we will be of more service by being depleted by this unwise exchange of energy, or can we be of more service to the infinite Creator and the world around us by healing ourself metaphysically, and then to move on to further learning within this incarnation. Q’uo completed their response by saying that these periods of unwise energy exchange will come again as they are the relationships in the school of Earth that we chose for ourself because we felt that we could deal with these challenging personalities, and we felt that we wanted to look in the mirror at these qualities within ourself that were projected onto others, so when we are feeling despair we should remember who we are and then move into the ways of faith. On September 20, 1998, Q’uo spoke about the ways of faith:

It is this sense of the infinite riches within that we would like to share with you as we encourage you to cooperate with your destiny, to recognize that it is well to move from the safety of intellectual and rational thought to the illogical and foolish ways of faith, and knowing that all is well, and all shall be well. There are so many mottos about taking it one day at a time that we can hardly speak about that concept without trivializing our conversation. And yet one great key in living in faith is taking it as it comes. This instrument has a friend that likes to imagine the worst: “What would I do if the worst possible scenario occurred?” This friend causes itself many worries. We would encourage you that when you have that craving for surety, to think upon the fool in mid-air who does not look down, who chooses, illogical though it may be, to trust.

At this time we would transfer this contact to the one known as Jim. We thank this instrument and leave it in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are those known to you as 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 to speak to any further queries which those present may have for us.

T: I understand the need for polarity. To experience one, you have to have the other. Most of my days are very positive, but now and then I have one where I feel very negative about everything. As one becomes more positive does the need for the negative experience lessen, and when you have a number of positive experiences does that mean you need more negative to remind you where you are?

I am Q’uo, and we believe that we grasp your query, my brother. We would not suggest that there is a general rule for all entities, for the balancing process in which you are now partaking is one which you have been experiencing for some time now, where the outlook for the day, the attitude of the mind, is one which has moved in a, as you would call it, positive direction in which the joy and light of the Creator is more apparent to you because of work you have done upon yourself. On those days in which you experience the negative, the attitude of mind sees much of darkness about you and is the remnant of the prior perceptive abilities. Thus, you will find in your own abilities…

[Tape change.]

I am Q’uo, and am again with this instrument. To continue. There is a momentum that is possible to obtain either with the positive or the negative outlook, for as one feeds the beast, shall we say, so shall it grow. The momentum of the positive outlook for you now has begun to hold sway in a greater extent than in the past and this may be expected to continue.

Is there another question at this time?

T: No. Not at this time. Thank you.

I am Q’uo, and we thank you, my brother. Does another have a query at this time?

S: Our oldest daughter has very consciously avoided any contact with us. Phone calls go unanswered. My wife is quite concerned that our daughter needs our help or is in need of attention. My meditations tell me that she has done something and is afraid of our disapproval and wants to avoid us. Should we back off? Does she need our help in any way?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. As the daughter has been aided in her leaving of the home environment and has now found a place in the physical world of her own it has the normal response that is to be somewhat divided, shall we say, in appreciation for its new position and in some trepidation for its security. Thus, one may expect that if aid is needed, it shall be requested. However, there is also the possibility that the entity known as the daughter is hoping to create the feelings of fear within the parental entities so that they will rush to an unasked aid or, perhaps, simply worry that their expectations were too high. The young entity must needs exercise its own muscles in order to grow strong. This, we find, is a portion of the philosophy which has put each in the position which each now occupies, and we would recommend that the course be stayed.

Is there a further query, my brother?

S: I have been in business for fifteen years and my wife has been in it with me for ten years, and we are contemplating the possible closing of the business and perhaps pursuing other ventures. It’s not so much a spiritual question but a friend-to-friend question of having an opinion as to what we should do. Can you give me one?

I am Q’uo, and though we are aware of your query, my brother, we must respectfully decline to offer a friendly opinion for it would infringe upon your future in a manner which we would not wish to accomplish.

Is there any further query, my brother?

S: I guess I have to ask at least one question a week where you give me that response. Let me think of another one which I can put you on the spot with. It seems that I have had an infected hair on the back of my neck for years. It will sometimes scab up and go away and sometimes it occurs. Can you tell me what is the cause of that?

I am Q’uo. Buy pork bellies. We find that this response also causes this instrument to wonder, but we cannot offer any opinion other than this. Please forgive our shortness of words. We are sure that you understand.

Does any other entity within the circle have a query for us at this time?

R: No question. I just want to thank you and the other entities of the Confederation for joining our circle today.

M: I want to express my sincere appreciation as well.

T: I, too, want to thank you for speaking to us.

I am Q’uo, and we thank each of you for your gratitude. It is an attitude which is most helpful in this circle of seeking. May we ask if there is another query at this time?

Carla: If you had one thought that you would like to leave us with, what would it be—in regard to all that we have been talking about today?

I am Q’uo, and we are grateful for your query as well, my sister. We are not usually those who are quick to give a thought for the day, but we are aware of the concerns shared within this circle of seeking on this particular day. There has been much opening of the heart in true concern for the way in which the life pattern has unfolded for each in the recent of your past. We find that each is concerned that the correct approach, attitude, and steps have been taken, that the best that each has to offer has, indeed, been offered. And we would recommend to each our thought for this day that the worries of each be released, that the concern which each feels for one another, for the self, for loved ones, for any situation in which each moves, that the proper attention has been given, for each is a sincere seeker of truth and offers that which is in one at each moment and at each turn in the daily round of activities. That there is any question here we understand for each of you within the illusion, for you move within the darkness of not knowing the complete connection of all things within the one creation. However, from our point of view we can assure each of you that each is moving in the appropriate direction, accepting that which must be accepted, and moving on as best you can. And the burden of your experience seems heavy upon your shoulders. The worries that propel you to take one step or another are yet another heavy weight that each could well do without, for there is no mistake that love cannot make whole. There is no missed step that cannot be corrected with compassion. Understanding will heal many wounds, my friends, especially those that are self-inflicted.

We would encourage each to move forward in joy, in love, in light, and in appreciation and exuberance for the life which each now shares upon your whirling ball of Earth. The one Creator is strong in each and is most pleased with that which you have accomplished. You cannot displease the one Creator, for all experiences, both those which you call negative and those which you call positive, are the food of life for the one Creator that wished to know the length, the breadth, the limits of Love, if there are limits to Love. What can Love heal? How far can Love move? How powerful is the Love that made the one creation? Each of you tests these questions and many more within the daily round of activities and thus far no one has exceeded the bounds of what Love can heal. Rest, then, in peace and in Love and in Light, my friends, for each of you is doing most well in the difficult journey of seeking the truth within the third-density illusion.

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

This morning I recorded the section on Proactive Thinking from Chapter Six of 102. Then I ran some errands with my first stop being at Walmart to pick up some Pepsi Zero. My second stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market to buy some food for myself. My last stop was at the vet’s to pick up some meds for Bosco.

This afternoon I recorded the section on Strengthening Our Response To The Principles Of Individual Liberty from Chapter Six of 102. Then I took some bird seed to my neighbor across the street and filled her bird feeder with it.

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

November 26

Claim Your Good

I am of the principle and Spirit of Jesus the Christ, and I greet you with the full consciousness of Love.

Today I ask you to take hold of your divine good.

There are many situations which do not appear to hold divine good. Yet appearances can be deceiving. The cry of the child seems full of misfortune. Yet there is the divine good of the cry answered—the nurturing mother who comes and holds the little one to give it comfort and nourishment.

So, too, be not afraid to speak up, to reach out, to know that your good is before you, to ask for it, and if you see it not, to ask again. Many are the times that that good is half-hidden or perhaps completely obscured by other things which may not be of divinity, but petty, inconsequential and of the moment. Those things that are not of divinity to you, pass them by and claim your good.

For that which is divine is there for you, just as that which is not. That which is everyday is also before you. Look always for that which is of divine consciousness. Claim your good. Know divine love. And in all ways that you may be able this day, express the consciousness of love that gave you the faith to look for and claim your divine love and good.

We leave you in this consciousness which cannot be understood but only experienced, the consciousness of the Love of Jesus the Christ.

The consciousness of His healing peace be with 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from February 20, 2000:

The question this week has to do with the concept of guides. We are wondering what is the best way for anyone who wants to get in touch with his or her guide to do that? And we are also wondering, if we are trying to get in touch with our guides and looking at our guides as something outside of ourselves, does that influence or affect our ability to get in touch with our guides? And if we are able to get in touch with our guides, does that add a responsibility to our life pattern?

(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. It is a blessing and a privilege to be called to you this afternoon. We wish to thank each of you for joining this circle of seeking and for calling us to your group. It is a great blessing for us to be able to share our opinions and thoughts and you greatly serve us by enabling us to offer our service, for this is the way that we are attempting to be of service at this time. As always, we would ask that you consider each of our thoughts to see if they resonate with your own needs, for we are not those in authority but, rather, your brothers and sisters who walk the same dusty path and make many mistakes. Thusly, take what is useful to you from what we say and leave the rest. We suggest that you do this with all sources of information. For truly, your inner discrimination will be that which resonates to what is right for you, which brings us to your requested topic, that of connecting with your guidance. For guidance is always available and there are many ways in which one may frame the search for becoming more and more skillful at the using of it.

To put this question in context we would like to talk about the worldly versus the metaphysical universe. The dilemma of those who wish to live their lives from a metaphysical point of view is that this metaphysical universe is not the universe in which consensus reality, or the physical reality you experience day by day, takes place. The concerns of the outer world can absorb all of one’s time and attention. And, indeed, many there are upon your sphere who manage to move from birth to the end of an entire incarnation without even once suspecting that there is another universe which interpenetrates the physical universe whose laws are of a higher order than those of the physical universe. However, for most people there are at least one or two times during an incarnation when it is brought clearly to one’s attention that there is a higher order of reality and that it sometimes affects physical reality.

For those who are gathered today there is a complete awareness of and a desire and yearning for that second universe of higher truth. Further, the body which carries you about contains what this instrument has called a biocomputer, the earthly brain, the choice-maker brain, that is built specifically to deal with the either/or questions of survival, protection of home and family, and the other concerns of the earthly life. The guidance system for the earthly brain is difficult to describe in earthly terms, but the word, intuition, surely covers it. However, for those who wish to become serious students, who have begun their path of wandering, their seeking for a true home, this either/or mentality does not satisfy for the simple reason that it cannot satisfy the needs of the metaphysical universe. However, each of you is also, and predominantly, a consciousness, an unique entity made wholly of Love and Light which goes through many physical vehicles in many densities and through many experiences within each density. This consciousness which is you can dip into the earthly universe, the physical world, by virtue of being wedded through the incarnational birthing process to a second-density physical vehicle; that is, your body. This consciousness, being a citizen of eternity, being infinite in nature, is completely adapted to doing work in the metaphysical universe. And each of you has, lying in potential within you, or should we say, within your consciousness, all of the guidance and information that you need. The challenge, of course, is how to gain access to that guidance, for however framed in conceptual structure, that guidance is a denizen of the deep mind, the roots of consciousness. And the door from the deep unconscious self to the conscious self must needs be opened or set ajar in some way in order for guidance to move into the conscious realm and become available in order that you may have access to it.

It is well to remember that guidance is definitely and always there, even when you are at the most seemingly far reach from it, even when you feel most blind, deaf, and dumb. The guidance is there. The guidance is awaiting for your awareness. It is a matter of unblocking the channels of communication rather than searching for something that may or may not be there. We say this because in order to access guidance it is extremely helpful to be practicing a life in faith. Wedo not wish to imply a certain structure to a life in faith but rather wish to look at this quality of love that is faith. Faith is a paradox, for one cannot gain faith. One simply must leap into behaving as if one had faith in order to begin a life in faith. Thusly, the first act of faith is the leap into nothingness. Faith, after all, would not be faith if there were a way to rationalize it or prove that it existed by any reasonable inquiry. This makes faith a real challenge, for if you have not faith, then how do you achieve it?

That leap looks very foolish and feels very dangerous. And, yet, we say to you that if you can hold the essence of faith which is that all is well, and that all will be well, if you can hold to this attitude, that faith will grow, and flourish and bloom in amazing ways. And if you become overwhelmed with a lack of faith you have but to start over to take that leap again, and the journey accelerates once more. There is never a failure that faith will not be recovered from. There is never a desert that is too wide for faith to cross.

In faith, then, when you wish to seek guidance, you may approach this search in various ways. This instrument, for instance, allows guidance to come to her by praying to the Holy Spirit. This guide, which she thinks of as an aspect of her higher self, and which she objectifies as a portion of the Creator, is a projection of that essence within the deep mind that can be called guidance. Therefore, to this entity does not come a conversation but, rather, a feeling, an intuition, a sense of rightness. For this instrument this degree of clarity is completely sufficient and satisfactory. For many others there is a need to objectify guidance in persons and, thusly, many entities seek their guidance in the form of guides. Again, all that there is, is one, and in many ways and on the deeper levels all that is outside of the physical being is a projected portion of that physical being. If all things are one, then all that an entity sees is part of that entity and, in one sense, a projection of that entity. Each of you, you see, lives in a complete and unique universe, a creation of your own. It is slightly different but definitely different from that universe of each and every other spark of the infinite Creator that has been sent forth. As this instrument was saying earlier, there are non-religious ways to set about discovering more about the guides that bless the entity with love and the desire to be of help in a spiritual or metaphysical sense.

These projections of the self that are guides are also entities with their own identities, their own histories, and, to some degree, their own agendas. Some entities feel that they have one major guide, and it is to this one entity that the self goes. Indeed, some have objectified this guide to a great extent. Each of you has seen examples of channeling from inner guides that various sources offer, and each is familiar with the concept of getting in touch with the guide. The project, shall we say, of reaching to discover information is best approached within a framework of a daily rule of life that includes a period of meditation during each day. The mind in the earthly sense has that tendency to continue working whether or not there is prominent stimulation from the outer world and, thusly, the inner world can be the world of one listening to a chatterbox.

The question for this session was: “The question this week has to do with the concept of guides. We are wondering what is the best way for anyone who wants to get in touch with his or her guide to do that? And we are also wondering, if we are trying to get in touch with our guides and looking at our guides as something outside of ourselves, does that influence or affect our ability to get in touch with our guides? And if we are able to get in touch with our guides, does that add a responsibility to our life pattern?“ Q’uo began by saying that guidance is always available, and they wanted to put this into perspective by saying that there is the physical universe of consensus reality which tends to take up most of an entity’s time, and there is the metaphysical universe which interpenetrates the physical universe whose laws are of a higher order than those of the physical universe, and most people never discover the metaphysical universe although there may be a couple of opportunities in their life to perceive a higher order of reality. Q’uo went on to say that the body which carries us around contains a biocomputer, our earthly brain, which is our choice maker brain, that deals with the questions of survival, protection of home and family, and the other concerns of the earthly life. They said that the guidance system for our earthly brain is difficult to describe, but the word, intuition, is a good description for it, and for the awakened spiritual seeker the either/or mentality does not satisfy the seeker because it cannot satisfy the needs of the metaphysical universe.  Q’uo continued by saying that our consciousness moves into the physical world by being connected to a second-density body, and our consciousness is a citizen of eternity and is completely adapted to doing work in the metaphysical universe. They also said that our consciousness has all the guidance that we need, but we must be able to consciously open the door to our deep mind in order to gain access to our guidance, and we can do this by practicing a life lived in faith and leaping into nothingness. Q’uo continued by saying that we can do this by remembering that all is well, and that all will be well, and if we can maintain this attitude, that faith will grow and bloom in amazing ways, but if we ever feel we have failed, we should take that leap again because there is never a failure that faith will not help us recover from. Then Q’uo said in using faith that there are a number of ways that we can seek guidance such as praying to the Holy Spirit which is a portion of the Creator that rests within our deep mind, and then Q’uo said that we may also objectify our guidance as being a certain kind of guide that has its own identity which we may contact in daily meditation where we may hear our guidance in words. On December 15, 1996, Q’uo described how we might become aware of our guidance:

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. The desire upon your part to be guided in the seeking of Love, and the service to others, and the growth of the self is all that is required for such guidance to be received. To become aware, consciously aware, of the guidance is yet another task. For one may move throughout the entire incarnation with the faith that guidance will be received and indeed shall be correct and shall be guided without perhaps ever becoming aware of exactly how the guidance worked. For those who wish to be more closely aware of such guidance it is well to pick a manner of receiving. Some are able to perceive thought concepts such as those which we transmit through these instruments. Some are able to perceive concepts through writing within their own journal where they are able to give over the control of the manuscript. Others are able to utilize implements such as the pendulum and work in this way to become aware of guidance. Others may utilize the tarot deck of cards containing images and meanings, energies, and directions. Others may find more personally tailored manners in which they can become aware of guidance, each technique dependent upon each seeker’s personal preferences and talents, whether they be through some endeavor which will allow a certain kind of feeling to be transmitted, perhaps through music, movement, or some game of chance, shall we say, the falling of cards, the ball through the basket, the technique dependent upon the individual’s selection firstly, and secondly and most importantly upon the individual’s continued utilization of this technique on a regular basis so that a channel is set up that may be utilized again and again.

Many are the conversations entities such as this instrument have with themselves, all in the imagination. And this energy generally moves according to the laws of inertia. It simply keeps going because that is what the mental biocomputer does. It runs. It operates. It is noisy. The idea, then, is to empty out the mental pockets and allow the earthly biocomputer to have a rest so that the consciousness may float free of the either/or demands of the earthly mind. Without the regular, habitual and persistent use of meditation it is very difficult to learn to stop the mind from running. And when the mind is running the deeper guidance is very difficult to contact.

Thusly, in order to prepare the ground for connecting with guidance it is a very skillful idea to place the self in the act of meditation. This is a tremendous commitment, and it is a life-changer. This entity, for instance, is fond of saying that she does not meditate well. What she means is that she cannot completely shut off her earthly brain. Bits of conversations and music continue to filter through all efforts to shut down the noise of the mind. However true, this objective concept of the self as not being good at meditating is, this instrument would be the first to express the powerful work that meditation on a daily basis has wrought in her life experience. And indeed, any entity who has meditated for any length of time is aware that even a little of this silence of mind is a powerful accelerant of the process of spiritual transformation.

We would strongly recommend, therefore, that any who wish to connect with their guides do this in the context of daily meditational periods. Remember that although each of you came into incarnation fully aware of all of this that we are saying, during the birthing process the veil of forgetting dropped neatly and usually completely over the consciousness so that within the incarnation the path back to the metaphysical universe must be retraced step by step, and, in addition to the general confusion of the Earth plane, much must be unlearned from the standpoint of the metaphysical universe that is included in the cultural training of young entities. Many are those who have said that adulthood is that period wherein one attempts to undo the damage sustained during childhood. Much needs to be unlearned as the view shifts from the earthly and physical to the non-earthly and metaphysical. In one universe there are things, tables, people, planets, stars. In the other universe there are energies, thoughts, ideals, and as a metaphysical entity you are one who is, as opposed to the physical entity which is one who does.

Guidance is that connection between the metaphysical and physical universes which translates complex information concerning destiny and desire into earthly terms which steps down the energy of the cosmos so that the self within incarnation can accept energy, and intuition, and essence, and open the mind to the translation that guidance will make of these things in offering them to the conscious mind.

The one known as R wondered if it would matter as to how one framed the request for this guidance and we may say that, indeed, this is so. If one frames the search for advice and wisdom as a search for guides, then it is very likely that entities, as opposed to energies, will be contacted. We may say that it is very difficult to express the nature of these essences and energies that are guides and guidance. Take, for instance, that of angels. Angels are another way of describing inner plane guides. When entities over a long period of time think along the same patterns and constructions of thought there is created by such thought the reality that such thought embodies. Thoughts become things and guidance becomes angelic. And it becomes true that for each entity there are several angels.

If we were to go through each culture and its religious beliefs, we would find the channels and pathways by which that body of entities that believed in that wise perceived their guidance to be housed or contained within. And, thus, you have fairies and genies, and inner planes masters, and so forth. There are as many different ways to contact guides and guidance as there have been groups of people, or entities by themselves, who were seeking in a certain way with certain needs. What you may depend upon is that you fashioned for yourself, before incarnation, triggers whose nature would depend upon your appreciation and your awareness of the guidance that you need. As you seek for your guidance you need to follow that intuition that you have within you and those feelings that come from the heart. For it is the wisdom of the heart which often expresses through emotion only, that is the kind of beast, as this instrument would say, that guidance truly is. It is not an intellectual source. Guidance is not heavy on logic. Guidance can be paradoxical and, in many ways, can offer varying views on the same subject. What guidance is, as we said, is connections made within the self that enables the content of the deep mind to be moved close enough to the conscious mind that a translation of concepts into words and thoughts may take place. So, what you are doing is asking the self to release the physical universe from consciousness and to move down into the roots of mind. Meditation is the specific way that we would suggest that this movement down into the roots of mind be approached.

Then Q’uo said that in order to receive guidance from our deeper mind we need to use meditation to stop the running of the imagination of the earthy mind, and if we can meditate on a daily basis, we can be transformed in many ways on our spiritual journey such as being able to contact our guides. Q’uo went on to say that after we have been born into our incarnations that the veil of forgetting requires us to retrace our steps back to the metaphysical universe by undoing the damage that we incurred during the enculturation process when we were children and taught how to live in the physical universe where there are things like tables, people, and planets and the physical entity who does, whereas in the metaphysical universe there are energies, thoughts, and ideals, and as a metaphysical entity we are one who is. Then Q’uo said that: ’’Guidance is that connection between the metaphysical and physical universes which translates complex information concerning destiny and desire into earthly terms which steps down the energy of the cosmos so that the self within incarnation can accept energy, and intuition, and essence, and open the mind to the translation that guidance will make of these things in offering them to the conscious mind.” Q’uo went on to say that it would make a difference in how one asked for guidance as to how that guidance would manifest, and they said asking for advice or wisdom would be responded to by entities rather than energies such as angels or inner plane guides. Then Q’uo said that various cultures and religions have developed ways of belief that would be able to contact what we know as fairies, genies, and inner planes masters, and there were as many forms of ways to contact this guidance as there were groups or people. Then Q’uo said that each of us has, before our incarnation, created a means by which we may receive information from our guidance, so we need to pay attention to our intuition and the feelings in our heart to obtain guidance that relies on emotions rather than intellect as the means of bringing our conscious mind in closer contact with our deep mind where concepts can be translated into words, and Q’uo said that meditation was the way that they recommended that this be done. On April 13, 2024, Q’uo spoke of the nature of contact with the deep mind:

In the deeps of your being is the One Creator that exists as your deep mind and which can confirm to you, and for you, that which you feel is true. This is a question which you ask in order that this deep mind, this fulfilling of Love, the Creator’s Love, then can rise into your conscious mind and speak to you in a manner which we feel you are aware of already.

This is a kind of knowing that the conscious mind frequently questions. For the conscious mind is not totally connected to the perception of the spiritual journey. The conscious mind is often confused and feels a multitude of directions possible as answers to various questions. That is why it is necessary for the spiritual seeker of truth to move deeper beyond the conscious mind to that portion of yourself which knows the answer to each question which you ask.

We feel that you are advanced enough on your own spiritual journey to know the answer to the question that you seek. Especially if you utilize the, we correct this instrument, the technique of meditation which takes you deeper and deeper into your unconscious mind, into the mind of the Creator, where the Creator speaks to you, and gives you those answers which you desire.

Each entity will have a different experience when attempting to create the habit of daily meditation. For some entities it is a procedure that is very easy. Some entities offer to themselves within incarnation the gift of a quiet mind and economical thoughts, and for such entities meditation seems almost a natural way of life. For others, it seems most unnatural and is correspondingly difficult to create as a habit and, yet, we say to you that regardless of the subjective experience while gaining that habit of silence within each day, the progress is being made. It may feel as though one is coming up against a solid brick wall and going nowhere. We assure each that this is not so, that if the time is put in and the desire is true, the meditation periods will do their work, and situations will begin to appear in a more lucid clarity. As the one known as Tom said earlier, it is not that the situation changes. It is that the response to the situation begins to change, which alters the situation, not for any other necessarily, but only for the self. Yet, since all metaphysical work is work on the self, this is a completely satisfactory situation.

We would suggest that it is well to develop one’s personal way of approaching guidance, to put some time and concern in on clarifying to the self what is truly desired, what is truly sought, where the passion and the intensity of one’s life is. For this process of seeking guidance and of listening to that guidance is an important part of accelerating the pace of your spiritual evolution. You will evolve spiritually regardless of what you do. The Creator’s universe is somewhat efficient. Catalyst happens. Experience is gained. You do change. However, each of you is hungry for a faster pace of transformation, a more secure feeling that one is on one’s way, that one is on the path. And certainly, the whole process of meditation and of listening within that silence is central. We wish each of you the joy of finding your desires, of honing and sharpening those desires, and of seeking guidance in the pursuit of that thirst for truth, for Love, for the Creator.

Remember that you may be part of others’ guidance systems, and you may not know it. Remember that when services small or large are done with love they will provide guidance regardless of who else is aware of your actions. When energy is put out it is not ignored, so that even if you do not know that you are guiding and the entity does not know that he is being guided by you, yet still this energy transfer will take place. So, at all times be aware of the ethical considerations involving relationships with others, for you do not know what service you might provide by simply being yourself.

We are with you in the silence. We sit with you in the darkness of the mind. There is Love in that darkness. Know that it is there. Have the faith that your search is a good one, and allow. That is the word that opens the door once the silence is achieved. That word, allow. Allow the intuition to arise. Allow the still, small voice to speak. You will not hear, for it is silent. You can only act upon faith with that feeling of rightness.

Now Q’uo said that the process of entering into meditation is different for everyone, easy for some seekers and difficult for others, but Q’uo assured us that progress is being made if we put in the time and effort, and eventually our experiences will be more lucid with our responses to them being the only thing that changes as all metaphysical work is work done upon our self. Then Q’uo said that we should become aware of the type of information that we are truly seeking from our guidance and be sure that it reflects our passion to accelerate our spiritual evolution. Q’uo continued by saying we will evolve spiritually regardless of what we do because the Creator’s universe is somewhat efficient, but each of us seeks a faster pace of transformation, and meditation and listening within that silence is important, and Q’uo wished each of us the joy of finding our desires and of seeking guidance in the pursuit of that thirst for truth, for Love, for the Creator. Q’uo went on to say that we are very likely a part of each other’s guidance systems in any service to another that we may perform, and they may also be a part of our guidance system but none of us may know that, so we should take care with the proper loving way that we treat each other. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that: “We are with you in the silence. We sit with you in the darkness of the mind. There is Love in that darkness. Know that it is there. Have the faith that your search is a good one, and allow. That is the word that opens the door once the silence is achieved. That word, allow. Allow the intuition to arise. Allow the still, small voice to speak. You will not hear, for it is silent. You can only act upon faith with that feeling of rightness.” On October 29, 1992, Q’uo described how the still, small voice may speak to us:

Consider that you have two intelligences. Your first intelligence and the one which you largely use is the intelligence which came with your physical vehicle. The second intelligence is of another order. You are one of an infinite number of stations, shall we say, that in computer language runs a metaprogram which you would call a primary distortion of the One who is all: infinite Mind or intelligent Infinity. The answers come from essences bathed in this second environment, this mind with its perfect infinity, its absolute awareness. The hitch lies in running the answer back into the first animal intelligence.

There is an excellent connection between the metamind and the individual idiosyncratic mind, which you carry just for this incarnational experience. It, however, is a connection made deep within the roots of the first mind. This lies in the domain you call the subconscious. This connection has been characterized as the still, small voice. And still it is, silent to a profound level. Small it is, if it is evaluated by intellectual standards; for the metaprogramming, shall we say, of Love that is the Logos, is that which enfolds and becomes one with the listener to this blessed, silent communion.

We would at this time transfer this contact to the one known as Jim, thanking this instrument and leaving it in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are those of Q’uo.

(Jim channeling)

I am Q’uo, and greet each again in the love and in the light of the one Creator. It is our privilege at this time to offer ourselves in an attempt to speak to any further queries which those present may have for us. Is there any other query at this time to which we may speak?

T: I have had, for the last three or four weeks, several very strong dreams by spirit guides or guidance, and they are nudging me in a couple of directions. Away from a couple of things and towards a couple of things. I wondered what you could tell me about these dreams.

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I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. The experiences of which you speak are the natural function of the subconscious mind as it is working in tandem with the conscious experience due to the intense desire upon your part to know the appropriate steps to take in matters that are of importance to you in relationship with others. When the conscious mind has long sought a direction in which to move and has with an open heart found a kind of vulnerability, shall we say, then the subconscious mind moves through this desire and vulnerability and offers to the conscious mind the images and clues of the dream state. In this state there is the ability to impress upon the conscious mind a tendency, a direction, in which one may appropriately move one’s being. We recommend that this dialogue with your subconscious mind be attended to so that the conversation might be attended to.

Is there another query, my brother?

T: No. Thank you very much.

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

Carla: I often get requests for questions to be asked by people who are not here. Is that a satisfactory thing to do? Or should people have to be here in order to ask questions?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. We find that it is quite acceptable for queries to be asked of us for those who are not able to attend these sessions of working, and we are quite happy to give the best response that is possible without infringing upon free will.

Is there a further query, my sister?

Carla: Is there anything that I can do to prepare the mind of the person who is not present and is having a question asked for him that would help you in the answering?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. The simple informing of such an entity that we desire to be of true service and that is a service which does not infringe upon free will is all that is necessary in this instance.

Carla: Thank you so much, Q’uo.

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

S: On previous sessions you mentioned that you have talked with this group and with others. Can you discuss some of the other groups that you talk with?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. There are few groups such as this one that we actually speak with in the words of your culture. Many such groups are there around this sphere who in their meetings and meditations are inspired in images and what you would call intuition and hunches by those of our group and by those of others within the Confederation of Planets in the Service of the One Creator. The channeling process is one which is, though widely used in this culture at this time, one which we are able to pursue in only a few instances, for there is the need for anyone serving as an instrument to proceed in that service in a certain fashion which requires dedication and perseverance.

Is there a further query, my brother?

S: Is there any means that we can help you by as you help others? A kind word or encouragement or similar means that we in third density are more able to do that might be of help to your service?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. We salute the desire to serve others in whatever way is possible, for in any entity such as yourself and all those gathered in this circle there is a possibility of sharing information and inspiration with those that one meets in the daily round of activities. Indeed, each entity has the opportunity and the potential to serve as a beacon of light, as one who inspires faith and love in other entities. It is said often within your culture, and we find it true, that there is no end of good that a smile can do, for as each entity moves more frenetically in the pace of the culture oftentimes the simplest of courtesies are neglected and when remembered bring a great deal of encouragement to those entities with whom a smile is shared. To speak to another who has experienced a loss of significance, a difficulty in growth, a pain of the physical vehicle, and so forth, is a very helpful thing to do. Wherever there is the seed of love planted then there is a greater possibility of the open heart growing to fruition.

Is there another query at this time?

S: I have read about the planet Niberu which has a 3,600 year orbit in this solar system. Can you tell us how the catalyst from this planet will affect this world?

I am Q’uo, and though we understand that query which you ask, we are unable to speak to this query in any direct sense.

Is there another query at this time?

M: I would like to ask about kundalini energy and how we can grow from that energy and that type of meditation in yoga. Also, what that energy can bring about in our growth.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. The experience of the rising of the kundalini energy is one which is most powerful in its onset and requires that the entity which is undergoing this increase in awareness be most balanced, especially in the lower energy centers, that is, the red, the orange, and the yellow. For it is these centers of energy that form the foundation for the movement upward through the rest of the centers of energy. If this experience is undertaken without a proper balance in these centers there is the possibility of the loss of balance in the overall sense for the entity experiencing this growing awareness.

We would recommend that for any entity that is hopeful of igniting that that there be a careful examination of its own lower energy centers so that its ability to handle the increase of energy will be stable and remain so as the energy progresses through each ascending center. This may be undertaken in a daily pattern, shall we say, where the entity retires in meditation at the end of the day, looking at the experiences which have left their mark on the mind for that day and balancing each imbalance with its opposite so that the foundation is securely laid. This may take some of your time, for it is not a quick or easy process but one which takes dedication and repetition.

Is there a further query, my sister?

M: No. Thank you so much.

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

S: Recently I had a period of twenty-four hours where my gums were swollen and infected, and I had to seek medical attention for it. I am still mystified for what the catalyst was for that, and is there a better, more direct way to get my attention?

I am Q’uo, and it is in such a case as this one that we find ourselves unable to move very far with our response, for the experience of which you speak is one which, as you have said, is one which has left you mystified. It is such a mystery that provides you with the opportunity to begin the process of untangling, shall we say, the origin of such pain and suffering. When there is no beginning within the seeker’s mind of the cause of such an experience we find, then, that we must remain mostly silent in order not to infringe upon free will by putting in the mind that which was not already there. However, we might suggest in this instance that you look at the energy center which is located at the point of your pain and begin there with a consideration of words spoken and the value of such.

Is there a further query, my brother?

S: No. Thank you.

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

R: No question. Just wanted to thank Q’uo for looking after our free will and for the diligence in attempting to answer our questions, as repetitive as they seem to be.

I am Q’uo, and we are grateful for your words of support, my brother. For we are, indeed, hopeful of being of service with our humble words to this group and are also aware of the difficulties that each experiences in the daily round of activities. It is often a paradox that we observe entities which move with a great desire to be of service and in their desire to serve they stumble across this or that which seems to block the service, then, experiencing the blockage of service, ask all who may hear the cause of the blockage. When one wishes to serve such an entity it is apparently easier to give the answer rather than to withhold it and allow the entity to discover for itself in a manner which will carry true weight within the entity’s total being than to simply experience what is given by another. Thus, the table we set for you is often not completely given with all courses available. For this we apologize, for we are aware that many would rather have a simple and clear response, but in our estimation such is not always a helpful response, for entities learn most powerfully when the learning is from the self, with perhaps a clue or two from another.

Is there another query at this time?

S: To perhaps turn this around, can we answer any questions for you?

I am Q’uo, and this instrument’s mind began to run wild with that one. We shall attempt to rein him in, for he was wanting to know who was going to win the Kentucky Derby. I am Q’uo, and we are without significant query.

Is there a final query for us at this time?

[No further queries.]

I am Q’uo, and we again would thank each present for inviting our presence and for putting up with our poor humor. We are always grateful to be able to walk for a moment in the world of your words. We assure you that we always accompany you in an unseen fashion and observe those gallant forays into the murky ways of the catalyst of this illusion that each of you makes each of your days, and we cannot thank you enough for your attempts to share your love and light with those who walk with you. For in this illusion at this time there are many who are in need of such inspiration and such light. None of you knows how great an effect that you have with the sharing of an open heart, a smile, an open hand, a suggestion and the simplest gestures of courtesy within your illusion.

We are those of Q’uo, and would at this time take our leave of this instrument and this group, leaving each in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.

This morning I recorded the section on On Another Level, Gaia Meditations from Chapter Six of 102.

This afternoon I recorded the section on Open Communication from Chapter Six of 102. Then I went outside and cleaned the filters for the fountain on the fishpond since the height of the fountain was much lower than normal. As usual, the cleaning of the filters restored the fountain to its normal height.

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

November 25

Yesterday’s Faith

I am a particle of the Love of Christ, the Spirit sent forth to enliven the world which lies in darkness. I greet you in the consciousness of that Love which is powerful enough to banish night.

Yesterday’s faith is not today’s, nor is hope for tomorrow a substitute for the present consciousness of redemption. If you seek to know the consciousness of Love, seek in the here and now, not through memory or through desire for future good. For it is in the present moment that your darkness resides. It is the present darkness over which you have potential power, through the grace of Jesus Christ and through the Love of Love itself.

Know you not that seeking for Light, even in a dark present, can at least crack open the gates of Light? And for that slight, illumined crack of Light, there is no price valuable enough to purchase so dear a thing! For only a little Light, sought for and found, may illuminate all of your present darkness if you can but will it so.

Thus, do not depend upon your faith as if it were a constant thing, for, like food for the body, the nourishment of the soul, being Light, must be taken daily, and, indeed, periodically within each day, that you may replenish the Light within you which comes from another dimension.

From the dimension of peace, 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from February 6, 2000:

(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 further attempt to respond to those queries which those present may have for us. Is there another query at this time?

M: I have a question. With this six-month automobile thing I’m doing, because it is a karmic relationship with another person, I don’t know how to proceed at this point because I don’t seem to be getting anywhere. I have tied up almost half a year’s income, so it may sound silly, but something I’ve been pondering for quite a while.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. When one finds that there is the confusion as to the next steps to take upon the journey of seeking it is well to consider the situation in which you find yourself and to utilize the facilities of the conscious mind to their fullest extent so that that which can be known is known to you. Then take the time from your daily round of activities each day, to retire into meditation that those questions that have been asked consciously may sink further into the deeper portions of your mind, and that connections may be made with those pre-incarnative choices which have been guiding you in a more or less clear fashion. And simply await the speaking of your own heart, of the Creator which moves inside of you. When you have stilled yourself to a point deep enough and regularly enough—and no one can say when this point is—but when it comes you will know it, then the direction will be made clear to you that you might move in the confidence of the one infinite Creator.

Is there a further query, my sister?

M: No. Thank you.

I am Q’uo, and we thank you, my sister.

Carla: Could I follow that up?

Q’uo: I am Q’uo, and we would be happy for you to do that, my sister.

Carla: When there is a money problem when it looks like you are going to lose everything, what do you suppose could be the lesson involved?

M: Not to put all your eggs in one basket?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. When one seeks the highest path possible for the incarnation, one is then saying…

[Tape change.]

…When one has chosen the highest path for the incarnation, then one is saying to the self that all else must be subservient to that choice of love, whatever it may be. One must be willing to risk the loss of those things which may seem, for the moment, to be more important than following the path which is closest to the heart’s desire. This is where the symbol of the Fool within your system of the tarot is seen to be walking from the cliff to be suspended in midair, ready to fall. However, the faith of the Fool sustains the next step, and the next, and the next.

Is there a further query, my sister?

M: No. Thank you. That was very comforting.

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

Carla: I would like to read four questions from R, if that is all right. First, “I am vulnerable to being used by people who are more self-serving because I am lonely and want to be of service. I feel manipulated. What can I do?”

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. Again, we find that for each seeker of truth it is most salient and centrally necessary to take that time from the daily round of activities and to retire within the meditative state so that one may see the direction in which the feet are moving, may reassess, if necessary, the direction, the desire, the motivation. And, then, if there is the need for the movement in another direction that would balance that which was first chosen, then to place the feet there and to move in confidence there. We cannot choose for any, for this is the honor and duty of each: to make those choices that carry the metaphysical weight, shall we say, in the life pattern. We say to each that each within the heart knows the next step, the next, and the next. The daily round of activities within your current illusion is such that the frantic pace of existence often causes a blurring of the vision to the heart. Many do not seek the wisdom of the heart because of the commitment to the daily round of activities. We would ask each to look therein on a regular basis that one may develop a clear communication, with the heart, the intuition, the portion of the self that still moves in unity with all.

Is there a further query, my sister?

Carla: Yes, Q’uo. R asks, “It takes time for me to assimilate whole new concepts such as I have found in your group and to stay centered while I am doing that.”

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. Each seeker will approach the learning of that which is set before him or her in an unique fashion. Allow the self to move in the way and at the speed which is comfortable for the self. Do not place too many demands upon the efficiency or the speediness of the learning process.

Is there a further query, my sister?

Carla: I hear that, Q’uo. R says that he is sensing to, “Do this, or don’t do that,” in his meditations. “Is this my imagination? How can I tell good suggestions from bad suggestions?”

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. As one develops the pattern of the daily meditation and becomes comfortable with the sitting within the silence and the seeking with the heart, there is the first inspiration that moves one in this or that direction. We would suggest that each entity move as the heart instructs, with the understanding that this is not a precise science, that there may be the times when one is uncertain, that the outcome of an action does not seem to be what was hoped for. Yet, we encourage each to reinforce the faith that the heart does know that which is needed. And as the seeking of the conscious self is more and more consciously and subconsciously sought in the daily round of activities and in the meditations that that which is the product of the seeking in the meditation may be followed with confidence and one may find that the feet are placed upon the firm ground though one may not consciously recognize the territory into which one has moved.

Is there another query, my sister?

Carla: Just to follow up with that: What you are saying is that with the faith you have to walk into the midair before the faith can kick in?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. Indeed, each seeker must call upon the quality of faith again and again within the life pattern. This calling upon faith is that type of seeking which builds upon itself a kind of metaphysical momentum, shall we say. As one moves at first, the movement tends to be hesitant, not quite sure, timid, yet desirous of building the faith necessary to continue to move. And so, the movement in faith does just this. The metaphysical muscles are built as are the physical muscles, with exercise.

Is there another query, my sister?

Carla: There is, but I would like to follow up on this question first. How do you balance moving in faith and discriminating?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister? We must pause briefly that this instrument be allowed to re-focus.

[Pause]

I am Q’uo, and am again with this instrument. The discrimination of which you speak is that which each entity is in the process of learning. The following of intuition, the movement according to inspiration, the ability to discriminate with some certainty of success, are all skills which are learned through the exercise of same. There are those times when the intellectual mind will enter the doubt, or the fear, and the process will become confused. This is the common practice when an entity is first becoming aware of the need to move the self by the heart rather than only by the head, shall we say.

Is there a further query, my sister?

Carla: Yes. Do they have difficulty understanding Earth problems and situations… but you already answered that, so you don’t have to answer further. R also wants to say that he knows that you are trying to help him, and he wants to thank you with all his heart.

I am Q’uo, and we also would thank the one known as R for offering these heartfelt queries to us and to this group. Is there another query at this time?

S: A couple of sessions back I was unable to attend and a couple of questions which were asked for me were lost and unrecorded. The first one was about my wife. She seems to be at a crossroads in her life. Work no longer gives her the same joy and satisfaction. She seems to think that her life should go in a different direction, and she does not know where. She has physical ailments with her back and her feet that are not getting better. There is a lot of frustration, and I don’t know how to help. What can I do? How can I help? What suggestions or opinions do you have to help her?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. We would again suggest that the meditative state is that place within each entity’s experience where the self may face the self and seek the heart of self most lucidly. We would recommend for any such entity seeking the answer for the deepest questions of the incarnation that the meditative state is that place where such may be sought with security and with a certainty that can be found in no other experience. The entity of which you speak suffers the pains to those portions of the body used carrying heavy weights. The entity is aware of the weight upon the shoulders. The entity seeks the new direction but is unable to find the new path to travel until it is able to make the choice to leave the old path behind. This again requires the kind of faith that the Arcanum Number 22, the Fool, expresses as it moves in midair. Thus, we would recommend that this entity seek in the quiet times the depth of its heart’s desire. Here the entity will find the direction pointed for the new movement. And yet the entire direction awaits the choice by the entity to no longer carry the weight that it now carries.

Is there a further query, my brother?

S: Yes, my youngest daughter at times seems to be fascinated with my mother, who died 11 years to the very day that she was born. What are the dynamics of her interest?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. We wish to serve without infringing upon free will, and in this instance we find that we must choose our words carefully. The experience of the young entity’s fascination with the one which came before it is the one which is supposed or surmised by those closest to it. More than this we cannot say at this time.

Is there another query at this time?

S: You many times say that you do not want to interfere with free will. It reminds me of the Hindu story of two men in a boat and one falls into the water. The man in the boat does not help him and says that it is his karma to drown. It might have been the other person’s karma to save him. How do you know when you may infringe on free will?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. We look at the choices which have been made by the entity in question. If the entity has begun to utilize the catalyst which has been placed before it in a direction which needs only confirmation in some degree, then we feel free to speak. If the entity has not yet used enough of the catalyst placed before it to be able to make this beginning choice, then we feel it is an infringement for us to make it for the entity.

Is there a further query, my brother?

S: Since they are using two tapes now, what caused both tapes to fail at the same time a couple of sessions ago?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. We find that one tape failed due to a mechanical malfunction. We find that the primary tape failed due to the interference of one within the circle of seeking.

Is there a further query, my brother?

S: I have had problems with my eyes from just before Christmas and, since I don’t “do sick,” it really caught my attention. I was afraid that I might have missed the point of something that was presented to me. I might be thick in the head and just missed something. Could you comment on that, please?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. In this instance we find that you were responding to a responsibility which had been placed on your shoulders which you wished was not so and in this instance refused to see a way of accomplishing this responsibility in a timely manner.

Is there another query, my brother?

S: A week ago my 20-year-old niece was in a very serious car accident and at a time in which our family was going to get together and heal wounds that had been out there for a long time. Her serious injuries have been a shock to all the family, and could you tell me what were the dynamics to be learned, and what are the effects for the family and my niece, particularly?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. We find that the experience of the car accident involving your niece is one which may yet enable the harmonizing of difficulties within the larger family as it has become a focus point for the various entities of the family to gather about. For the one which has suffered the limitation of the physical vehicle due to the accident we would suggest that there are possible choices that this entity is now able to make, of necessity, that were receding, shall we say, from its conscious grasp as the direction it was moving its life pattern into was somewhat astray from that hoped before the incarnation began.

One may look to various other entities to see how such limitations may aid the overall incarnative process of seeking. The one known as Carla, for example, suffered the limitation of the physical vehicle due to the onset of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at an early age within its incarnation, which had the effect of forcing its awareness into the self that the meditative state, the contemplative, and the prayerful states be those which took precedence in the incarnation of the entity and allowed it to move into those areas which it has explored as its service ever since. The one known as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as those who have read The Ra Material have understood, chose the paralysis of the lower portions of its physical vehicle as a balancing to the lack of compassion which it had shown to others in its rise to a powerful position. Thus, the limitation of the physical vehicle reignited a compassion within this entity for those about it.

When the physical vehicle is so limited in its ability to carry out its normal functions that it can no longer do so without the aid of others then one may see the necessity of the others’ aid as being a significant portion of the incarnational pattern of the injured entity. The ability to give and to receive the vibrations of love may be learned in such a situation. The non-movement of the physical vehicle may also cause the entity to reinforce the looking within that we spoke of when referring to the one known as Carla. The initial response of the entity to this possibility may or may not be the recognition of its value but may, instead, be the complete denial of this need. Each seeker will need to work with the catalyst which is placed before it in the fashion which is most comfortable to it even though this working with catalyst may seem quite chaotic and destructive in its beginning stages.

S asked: “A week ago my 20-year-old niece was in a very serious car accident and at a time in which our family was going to get together and heal wounds that had been out there for a long time. Her serious injuries have been a shock to all the family, and could you tell me what were the dynamics to be learned, and what are the effects for the family and my niece, particularly?” Q’uo began their reply by saying that the injury to S’s niece might be catalyst for her family to be able to resolve some of the difficult catalyst that they were experiencing, and the accident that S’s niece experienced also was an opportunity to get her pre-incarnative lessons back on track as they had veered off the hoped for path. Then Q’uo used Carla’s experience of feeling that there was no way she could be of service as she had hoped to be causing her to have a NDE where she discovered there was service to others, so she came back to life but had developed juvenile rheumatoid arthritis to keep her from becoming over active physically and, instead, focus on meditation, prayer, and channeling as her spiritual path of service to others. Q’uo also mentioned how Franklin D. Roosevelt had pre-incarnatively planned to develop polio if its desire for power became too strong. Then Q’uo said that S’s niece may be using the injury in the accident to move back into her pre-incarnative plans to learn how to accept the love offerings of others as they cared for her while she was unable to care for herself, and she would also be able to see how the non-movement of her body would allow her to look within her to see how this catalyst was helpful in following her pre-incarnative plans although processing this catalyst could be difficult. In 60.8, Ra spoke of how Carla needed to balance her giving without expectation of return when she was a child to learning how to accept the love offerings of others:

Questioner: What would she do then in order to alleviate these problems?

Ra: I am Ra. As we have said, this instrument, feeling that it lacked compassion to balance wisdom, chose an incarnative experience whereby it was of necessity placed in situations of accepting self in the absence of other-selves’ acceptance and the acceptance of other-self without expecting a return or energy transfer. This is not an easy program for an incarnation but was deemed proper by this entity. This entity therefore must needs meditate and consciously, moment by moment, accept the self in its limitations which have been placed for the very purpose of bringing this entity to the precise tuning we are using. Further, having learned to radiate acceptance and love without expecting return, this entity now must balance this by learning to accept the gifts of love and acceptance of others which this instrument feels some discomfort in accepting. These two balancing workings will aid this entity in the release from the distortion called pain. The limitations are, to a great extent, fixed.

I would like to add that in the last four years of Carla’s life she was confined to a hospital bed in our room due to a surgical wound to her lower back that would not heal. Because she could do very little for herself, she learned how to accept the love offerings of others to complete the balancing of her giving without expectation of return that Ra suggested. And, because I was her primary care-giver, I was also able to open my heart in unconditional love as I served her meals, took her to doctor appointments, helped her with bathing, and changing clothes.

Is there another query, my brother?

S: I am reminded of my father who had problems with his knees. Hilarion channeled that problems with one’s knees is like an individual being cut off or not seeing his higher self. Could this be a somewhat similar situation?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. And, indeed, this was the point to which we referred to when we spoke of this entity’s need of the reevaluation of the incarnation and the partaking in the accident as being the catalyst which would bring this need to the fore.

Is there another query, my brother?

S: I recently finished Book Five of The Law of One, and I was wondering if you could tell us what Don Elkins is doing these days?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother, though we are not able to answer this query due to our desire to refrain from infringing upon the free will of some of those present.

Is there a further query, my brother?

S: I notice with physical exercise I don’t seem to be very flexible and I was wondering if my physical inflexibility might indicate a mental inflexibility. Could you comment on that?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. In this instance we would suggest that the physical inflexibility is more a product of a lack of use than the reflection of any mental inflexibility that may have an effect on the physical body.

Is there a further query, my brother?

S: Recently I fell and jammed two of my fingers and they were sore for many days and I could not think what I had done to cause it to feel such pain. What was going on there?

I am Q’uo, and… we correct this entity. The energy grows low. We are those of Q’uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. The awareness of the increased pain of your physical vehicle is a symptom of the overloading of that area of the physical vehicle in such a manner that the pain is accentuated according to the weariness of that portion of your vehicle.

Is there a further query, my brother?

S: Yes. There was some music that I had purchased called, “The Wing Makers.” There were ten selections and I was told there were thirteen other selections available. Could you tell me where I could get those selections?

I am Q’uo, and though we are aware of your query, my brother, we find that we are unable to find a “search.com.”

Is there any further query?

S: Yeah. When are you going to get an e-mail address?

We are those of Q’uo, and we are most grateful to each entity for calling our presence this day to this circle of seeking and would wish to speak at greater length to this group but find that the energy of this particular instrument grows low and, thus, we must take our leave of this instrument and this group. We leave each in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are know to you as those of Q’uo. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.

This morning Anna, Jason, and I listened to Carla channel Ra in Session #56 where the primary topic was regarding the Great Pyramid at Giza and the use of the King’s Chamber for healing and the Queen’s Chamber for initiation. After they began their drive back to Nashville I went upstairs and recorded the section on Local Air/Water/Other Pollution Problem Solving for Chapter Six of 102. While I was upstairs I cleaned Benny’s apartment by using the carpet sweeper on the hall rug and then using the broom and dustpan to sweep up the kitty litter in the room where she has two litter boxes. Then I used the dust mop to mop the three room and the hall.

This afternoon I recorded the section on Property Stewardship—Make Your Property Green from Chapter Six of 102.

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

November 24

Trust That Within You

I am the Spirit of the living God. I greet you in the full consciousness of the Love of Jesus the Christ.

The difficulty which living within the physical shell of the body creates in understanding that the spiritual path is a path of plenty and light is that the outer circumstances of the path of light seem anything but comfortable.

There is truly a narrow path whereby one may maintain contact within the self with the Spirit which enlivens all things. It is best not to look for evidence of the spirit’s work within men and within the world but, rather, faithfully to rest in the trust you have in that which is unseen, but which has been as a beneficent wind moving across and guiding your voyage of seeking and discovery.

Those attitudes allow one to become aware of the simple joy available to one who is not limited by the definitions of self which the limitations of the body seem to impose. Accept and respect that within you which is moved by the spirit. And listen to the inner voice as to an honored guest.

We leave you in the peace of this process of living by faith, 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from February 6, 2000:

The question today has to do with the various frustrations and angers, all the various difficulties that come around in our lives periodically and seem to be part of our catalyst. What can Q’uo tell us about what it is possible to do intellectually, logically, and consciously in learning from the catalyst, and when it is necessary to do something different, to give it up, to accept the situation, to have faith that everything is as it should be? What can Q’uo tell us about the different approaches, the intellectual, the acceptance, doing something different, giving ourselves a break? How can we know what is best for us to do at any certain time in our life experience?

(Carla channeling)

We are those of the principle known to you as Q’uo. We greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we are. It is a great blessing and a privilege for us to be called to your group this afternoon. We greatly appreciate each person which sits in this circle of seeking. We appreciate the desire that brought you to this circle and that brought us to you. It is a signal blessing to us to be able to speak through this instrument and other instruments to people such as you. For in this way we feel that we can share information and opinion without infringing upon the free will of any, for we wish our information to be taken lightly, in that we ask that you not think us to be an authority. For we are not an authority over you, but, rather, are companions along the way that we both walk. We know that the way is dusty, and we appreciate your company as much as you appreciate ours.

When this instrument was speaking to the one known as R earlier this afternoon the one known as R asked the instrument to ask a question of us within this session. That question was, do we remember the difficulties of third density? Is it possible for us to put ourselves into the experiences of third density? May we say that, yes, indeed, we do. Our third density was, in some ways, a simpler experience than the one which faces you at this time because of there being more of a consensus within the entire population concerning the choice of polarity. However, when the veil drops at the beginning of a third-density incarnation there is no possibility that any can proceed through the incarnative experience in a state of calm and peace.

So, the first thing that we would like to focus upon is the situation, for it is the situation of third density that is at once its glory and its horror. It is seen as a glory for those outside the incarnation looking at the incarnative possibilities in learning and in service for those who undergo the veil of forgetting. It can be a horror when experienced within incarnation, especially when the tempo of confusion becomes so hectic that there is no longer any island of safety for the emotional and spiritual self but, rather, all seems completely involved in a desperate confusion.

Thusly, it is well to look at the basics of the situation, to begin to see into why you as a soul would have chosen to put yourself into the way of such suffering as you now experience. May we say that the stories that we spin are our suppositions and not fact, but we suppose that the Creator said to Itself, “I desire to know Myself.” We suppose that it is this desire that birthed creation. This Creator, wishing to know Itself, spun out of Itself an infinite creation with an infinite number of unique souls, each of which contained the Creator within it. This creation was cast into the creation of Light. Thusly, you, as a creation of Love, were given a creation built of Light in order that you might experience the illusion of time and space, and cause and effect, so that in this illusory dream each unique portion of the one infinite Creator could become an experiencer, a reasoner, a source of information for the infinite Creator about Itself.

Many things have been projected by entities within your third density and in many other densities concerning the nature of the one infinite Creator. And many are the commands of various religions concerning behavior towards the one infinite Creator. But, in truth, it was not that the Creator wished to be loved but, rather, that It wished to know Itself. Curiosity, then, the desire to know more, is built into the one infinite Creator’s nature. It is only reasonable, therefore, that the infinite Creator would choose, at some point, to give Its souls free will.

Theway that the densities of Light were set up was that there was an octave of steadily increasing density of Light and that there would be creatures native to each density that would be able to experience, express and communicate the nature of their experience to the one infinite Creator. These densities begin, in our system of describing them, with the first density, which is elemental, the density of rock, of earth, wind, fire, and water, of sky and sea. Those things which seem quite inanimate, yet they are fully vibrating with the Love and the Light of the one infinite Creator.

The second density is that density of reaching towards the Light. And the natives of that density are your plant and animal kingdoms. They are not aware of self, yet they are aware of the Light, and they move towards it.

The third density is the one of which you are now a part. It has often been called the density of choice. The reason for this descriptive name is that this is the density wherein consciousness itself, that is, the soul that you are, takes a second-density physical vehicle and attaches itself within that fleshly temple to experience the limitations of time and space, to experience the first awareness of self by self. In this third density, and only in third density, does the veil of forgetting drop as each soul incarnates into a physical vehicle. This density is full of confusion and is designed that way. And we will come back to this point.

The group question for this session was: “What can Q’uo tell us about what it is possible to do intellectually, logically, and consciously in learning from the catalyst, and when it is necessary to do something different, to give it up, to accept the situation, to have faith that everything is as it should be?” Q’uo began their response by answering R’s question if Q’uo remembered their third density experience by saying that they did remember it as being more harmonious than our experience because there was more of a consensus as to how to seek the positive path, but after the veil of forgetting dropped there was no chance of continuing to feel calm and at peace. Q’uo went on to say that before going through the veil the third density looks like a great way to progress spiritually, but within the veil of third density it was a difficult and confusing experience. Then Q’uo said that it was their supposition that the way that all this came into being was that the Creator created an infinite universe with an infinite number of entities out of Its Love and Light so that each one made unique choices to help the Creator to know Itself within the illusion of time and space. Q’uo continued by saying that because it was the Creator’s desire to know Itself, It granted free will to each entity, and the way that this worked was that the densities of Light were created with creatures in each density able to communicate their free will choices to the Creator beginning with the first density of earth, wind, fire, and water. Then Q’uo said that in the second density the plants and animals began to turn towards the light seeking awareness of the self, and then in the third density the soul blends itself with a second density body activating self-awareness and seeks to make the choice of polarity within the veil of forgetting that produces confusion and difficulty. On October 20, 2018, Q’uo described how the first three densities of Light function:

Thus, your planetary sphere, your Mother Earth, has now moved through the red ray energy center, in which the qualities or entities of earth, wind, fire, and water have been able to solidify in a fashion in which life as you know it, the simple awareness of being, was able to come forth. This simple awareness of being then expressed itself as those four basic elements so that the elements of wind and fire could blow and burn incandescently, in a manner which would teach earth and water to be formed into rivers, and lakes, and land, and islands, and continents, and so forth.

This simple awareness that was able to express itself began to move forward, shall we say, to be drawn forward or upward by the upward spiraling lines of light that are the intelligent energy of creation that has made all that there is, and which calls forth each portion of all that there is, into higher and higher expressions of consciousness so that within the second density—or the orange ray energy center, that which you know as movement and growth—was possible, so that the lower forms of plants and animals began to have a beingness within the orange ray energy center.

As they were continually drawn forward as well, or upward by the upward spiraling line of light, they began to expand the simple awareness of the first density, so that there became what you may call the very beginnings of self-consciousness, of movement and growth, seeking the light.

Then there was a further transformation, or quantum leap, into the third density, that of the yellow ray, in which you now live, and move, and have your being, and have self-consciousness expressed to its greatest degree, calling forth the quality of the spirit so that that spirit, which was latent within second density, is now activated within your third-density illusion, so that you are a completed being, having the mind, the body, and the spirit, with which to process the catalyst of this illusion with the purpose of opening the green ray energy center, and moving into that harvest into the fourth density of love and understanding, which is the process which your Mother Earth and its population is now engaged in.

The remaining densities are the fourth density, which many have called the density of understanding but which we would call the density of love; fifth density, in which souls take on themselves lessons of wisdom; sixth density, which is the density of unity, where love and wisdom find the way to meld and become one. This density is the first density wherein the positive and the negative paths are reconciled and all paradoxes solved. The seventh density has been called the density of foreverness, for in this final density before the octave souls spend their last days looking backwards and finally, full of spiritual gravity, are pulled back into the heart of the one infinite Creator to become quiescent and held completely in potential, only to be flung out again at the beginning of the next creation to experience more, to express more, and to inform the one infinite Creator of Its own nature.

In third density you are at the beginning of a three density walk, either on the positive path or the negative path, the path of service to others or the path of service to self. The choice of which path to follow is an extremely central part of what you as a soul hoped that you would successfully grapple with in this incarnation. Looking at this incarnative experience from before or after it the issues are clearly seen. Every human condition contains a lesson in love that can be taken either positively or negatively. Indeed, it is sometimes difficult but always possible to look at the present moment and find the love that is within that moment. This is often very subtle work and, meanwhile, very unsubtle confusion tends to reign.

Let us look at this confusion, for within each heart within this circle we see a puzzlement, a sincere wishing that there would not be so much confusion, and yet it is the specific purpose of third density to create massive and persistent confusion. You see, each of you came into incarnation with a clear set of lessons to learn and service to offer. You laid down relationships and situations that would produce the most catalyst and would offer you the most efficient possible opportunities to increase your polarity and to share your gifts. You also provided yourself with what this instrument would call a personality shell. And within that personality shell you offered to yourself the amount of intelligence that you thought would be helpful in order for you to do those things which you came to do. Consequently, the human situation is a soul who does not remember its lessons, does not know what service it came to offer, and is placed in what will continue to be, until the incarnation is through, a constant cyclical sea of confusion.

The personality shell, you see, has one aspect that can be very difficult to control. That aspect is the mind. The emotions of self, whether instinctual and second-density in origin, or whether of third-density origin, have a truth to them that does not depend upon the veil of forgetting. The feelings that each seeker has are trustable to a far greater extent than that which the mind puts out in the way of thoughts. Let us explain.

The intellectual mind is a portion of the personality shell and is designed to solve problems. The mind is an either/or instrument. It is designed to look at a situation and make a choice. On the surface of life, on the matter of whether to go straight or turn right, whether to keep an appointment or to change it, this choice-making equipment works very well. When the intellectual mind is dealing with the physical creation and the creations of humankind, the society, and relationships, and so forth, this mind works well. However, this density is the density of the soul’s awakening to an awareness of itself. So there comes that moment within the incarnational experience when the seeker realizes that something has changed, that there is a comfortable nest in which she seems to be sleeping so well, and, suddenly, she woke up. And she got up and she stretched and looked longingly at that nest and could no longer see it. This is the experience of awakening to the metaphysical nature of the self. It is a dislocating experience because it means that you are now the inhabitant of a completely different creation than the creation that you enjoyed up until the moment of awakening.

Now Q’uo spoke of the fourth density as that of love; the fifth density that of wisdom; the sixth density that of the balance of love and wisdom where the negative path must become positive and resolve all paradoxes; and the seventh density was that of foreverness where the looking back is complete. Then the joining with the heart of the Creator occurs at the end of the octave of the creation, and then the process of experience once again begins in order to help the Creator to know Itself. Q’uo went on to say that within the third density we are preparing ourselves for a journey of the next three densities by choosing to see the love in every moment either in the positive or the negative sense, and this can be a very confusing process. They continued by saying that the confusion of the third density is that which in the kind of experience that gives us the chance to play out the lessons that we have planned and the services we wish to offer before our incarnations that include relationships with others that would provide us with the catalyst. Q’uo said that we also have utilized a personality shell to help us do what we have come here to do, yet we are a soul that does not remember what our service is or what our lessons are within the third density illusion. Then Q’uo said that whether our emotions are of second density origin or third density origin, they have a kind of truth to them that is not dependent upon the veil of forgetting, but our mind is designed to solve problems by making choices within the physical creation, the society, and relationships. But then Q’uo said that the third density is the environment where the soul awakens to its spiritual nature, and this can be a very earth-shaking experience because the seeker is now living in a totally different world. On May 25, 1997, Q’uo spoke of how the soul awakens to its purpose:

We are aware that none of you wishes to come into incarnation and then dwell in the shadows of that incarnation. Rather, each has an urgent and profound feeling or sense of purpose. Each of you wishes to accomplish that true vocation that each feels within has been made or prepared for each. And we feel that this is a true and authentic sense or feeling, the feeling of having a purpose that is spiritual in nature.

When the soul awakens to its spiritual identity concomitant with the gladness of knowing who one is comes the honor and responsibility involved in the feeling that there is work to do, and for each entity that work has been prepared in the sense that each seeker has gifts and talents for which there is a use. We encourage each to flow with those talents, to support the self in using those gifts that have been brought into incarnation, that have been carefully chosen by each for the outer service, for the actions and accomplishment that each may choose to offer.

The creation into which the seeker awakes is the metaphysical universe. In the physical universe the goals tend to be achievements, things that can be done. In the metaphysical universe the issues have to do with essence and being. In this universe it is thoughts that are the deeds. It is intention and desire that are the actions. Consequently, when the intellectual mind tends to analyze a situation that is metaphysical in nature it can only be effectual with the careful overseeing of the deeper self, that is, the more true nature of you. In other words, as a metaphysical entity, a citizen of eternity and infinity, you then turn and look back at the human situation, not with an idea to solve the situation, but with the idea to hone your intentions, your desires, and your vibration. Priorities for a metaphysical seeker are completely switched from the priorities of the physical person. And this is very confusing. Naturally, the soul tends to move back and forth between the two worlds and attempts to harmonize physical agendas and metaphysical agendas—and may we say that both physical and metaphysical agendas are valuable and are valuable equally. For you did not come into this density of choice to be aloof, wise, and in control. You came into this experience so that you might surprise yourself and the infinite Creator. You came to experience new things and give yourself new catalyst to chew over and make into deep experience.

Let us look at a “for instance.” This instrument was speaking about the irritation and aggravation that she felt at discovering that she was going to have a very sore hand at the same moment that she needed her hands to do a service that she truly wished to do. As a physical entity, this can only be bad news. As a metaphysical entity, there was almost immediately seen to be good news involved in the situation, for it asked both of the instrument and the instrument’s mate that they put aside those things that they had previously planned to do and those methods of doing them that they had previously contemplated. And they were given the opportunity to work together or to find catalyst with each other of a negative nature to the point where they decided that they could not work together. In this instance, each of these seekers chose a high road, and, consequently, the experience of increased limitation has almost seemed to be rather an experience of increased freedom, the freedom to grow closer, to accomplish things as one being, to find the heart of cooperation and sympathy.

May we say that in many, many cases the lessons of love do not involve the great boon of companionship. In many cases the catalyst comes to one who must deal with it by oneself, or seemingly by oneself. And there is a tremendous loneliness and isolation that is felt by those who are adrift in the sea of confusion for one reason or another. Yet, we say to you that when you are at your lowest point, when hope seems to be the dimmest, then is the creative moment, the moment of unlimited possibility. For it is into the darkness that Light must shine. Just as the trees in the winter stretch the roots down into the darkness and reach the naked limbs of winter to the sky, each of you has times of rooting darkness, times when it seems truly the Dark Night of the Soul.

And it is in just situations that the intellectual mind is finally brought to a standstill, is finally defeated, and knows that it cannot solve spiritual problems. And when that occurs the way of working moves from the head to the heart. Do not feel that you are less than an excellent seeker if you spend much time within your intellectual mind. You gave yourself a powerful intellectual mind in order to help with the confusion. But note the dark time when finally, you listen to your heart and write it down as a red letter day, for when you come into your heart, and when you let your heart do your thinking, the intuitions that can arise can truly seem to simplify and harmonize the experience of being in the dark and being confused.

It is not that the heart is a place of explanation, for it is not. What is in the heart is your deeper self. What is in the heart ultimately is the one infinite Creator, and this is a Creator who has learned one thing for sure so far in Its infinite creations, and that is that It loves each and every creation that It has made with a Love that is so deep and so pure that the tiniest iota of skin, or hair, or thought, or idea that occurs is important to the one infinite Creator. You cannot bore the one infinite Creator. It is endlessly fascinated by and interested in each of Its souls.

Thusly, when all human habitation fails to comfort or to simplify there is that tabernacle within the heart to which you may go in meditation, in contemplation, in prayer. In a moment of remembrance you may suddenly be in the Light, bursting with joy and peace, and aware that things will rise; things will occur; and things will pass away. And that the one infinite Creator and you will be just fine in weal or woe, in life or death, moving through all of the interesting confusions and conundrums of everyday life. When you live in the heart you shall still be confused, but you shall not begrudge that confusion so deeply. Nor shall you find yourself in the state of irritation for as long a time, for the heart, in its intuitive way, has a kindness, a gentleness when the mind would cut with its sharp edges.

Then Q’uo said that the physical universe is one in which the goals are actions which can be achieved, but in the metaphysical universe it is thoughts that are the deeds, and: “it is intention and desire that are the actions as a metaphysical entity, a citizen of eternity and infinity, you then turn and look back at the human situation, not with an idea to solve the situation, but with the idea to hone your intentions, your desires, and your vibration.” Q’uo went on to say that we live in two worlds attempting to harmonize our physical agendas and our metaphysical agendas which are of equal value because we came into this experience so that we might surprise ourself and the infinite Creator by experiencing new things and give our self new catalyst to process into deeper experience. Q’uo continued by saying that when we do not have a mate to make our processing of difficult times easier, and we feel loneliness as we are drifting in the sea of illusion, it is then that the creative moment of unlimited possibility may come to us, for it is into our darkness that Light must shine.  Q’uo said that it was in times like this that the mind cannot function, and then the seeker must move from its head to its heart, and if it can let its heart do the thinking then intuitions can arise and can simplify the experience of being in the dark and being confused. Then Q’uo said that the Creator is in our hearts, and It Loves every experience that we have because it is infinitely fascinated with each of Its souls, so Q’uo recommended that we tabernacle with the Creator through meditation, contemplation, or prayer. Q’uo completed their thoughts by saying that at some point we may find ourselves in the Light feeling joy and peace, knowing that things will rise; things will occur; and things will pass away; and that we and the infinite Creator will be just fine in weal or woe, in life or death. On February 3, 1991, Hatonn described the nature of tabernacling with the Creator:

So, we say to you that, indeed, one must accept the utter vulnerability of unknowing, of, indeed, acting as if one were faithful, for only when one acts in this way do the processes of spiritual evolution accelerate so that one may eventually have immediate experiences of tabernacling with the Creator. It is this immediate experience of unity with deity which informs one’s faith. These moments upon the mountain tops of your experiences within the incarnational pattern are precious gold, to be treasured within the memory and to be brought to remembrance again and again, for faith does not have its place upon the mountaintop, faith has its place in the valley of the shadow of death, if we may quote again from your holy works. Thusly, one acts as if one has faith, and in so doing is faithful, for nothing can be understood or known. This is very important to realize within your illusion.

This is a great and central learning, and there is more to say concerning it, but we feel that we have made a good beginning. And we feel that it is a good point at which we shall pause and transfer this contact to the one known as Jim, for we are aware that there are still questions that you wish to bring up at this time, and this instrument is asking us to keep our speeches to a certain time limit. We understand this need and, truly, we know we have too many words. So, consequently, at this time we would transfer this contact to the one known as Jim. We would thank this instrument for its service and leave it in love and in light. We are those of Q’uo.

This morning I recorded the section on The Positive Use of Resources from Chapter Six of 102. Then I went onto the front porch and opened the boxes that contain five new chairs that I bought a week ago for use in our public channeling meditations. Then I brought them into the living room and put them in their proper places for our public channeling meditation that will begin at 1 this afternoon.

This afternoon we had our public channeling meditation with twelve attendees with half of them being new friends and the other half being old friends, and as we did our round robin check in everyone shared from their open hearts some facet of their spiritual journey that brought us together as a community of seekers of truth. The channeling lasted about 42 minutes with many questions about the nature of reality and the personal experiences that were challenging, confusing, or very inspirational. Most of the group stayed after the channeling to spend more time with each other for further exploration of the connections made during the round robin and the questions for Q’uo.

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

November 23

Your Vessel Of Dust

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

You have seen yourself as a boat upon the river of life, being blown to and fro by forces which you cannot control. The Spirit within you asks you to enlarge your vision, deepen your understanding, and share yourself, not with any frail craft but with the illimitable ocean which is your true nature.

It is the illusion of wood and sail, the illusion of tides and winds which make one feel apart from the nourishing water which supports and upholds life. Think now of this productive image. The wood dissolves. The sails disappear. And that most frail vessel of the physical body is released. At last the seeker becomes one with the sea within which lies wholeness of life. This is water which the soul breathes.

This is wholeness which the body mistakenly denies. Know that you are one with that which feeds, nourishes and sustains your spirit. Know that you are not limited but are only a drop of the sea of consciousness which moves sometimes into a vessel of dust, that it may be fruitful, just as raindrops mold themselves about the dust within the atmosphere and thus fall down to nourish the crops that feed your world.

We leave you flowing freely and endlessly in the peace of the ever-moving water which is 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from January 16, 2000:

The question this week has to do with the concept of the rapture. Could Q’uo give us information about the process of rapture? Some say that people will go in the rapture without going through the process of death, and we are wondering what Q’uo would have to say about that and what value Q’uo might find in this for our own spiritual journeys.

(Carla channeling)

We are those of the principle known to you as Q’uo. We greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator in whose service we are. May we thank each of you who has come to be a part of this circle of seeking at this time. We are aware that in each case there was that hunger and desire to seek the truth, and we find this a great blessing to us, for being called to speak with you is what we consider our service at this time. So, meetings such as this one enable us to serve, and we are most grateful for the opportunity. As always, we would ask that each consider those things which we have to say, keeping those which ring true and dropping all information which does not ring true for you. For we would not wish to be a stumbling block to any.

Your group question concerns that which this instrument has called the rapture and others have called the ascension, and as is often the case, we find that we need to back up from that question to a more fundamental or basic stance. We would ask each of you, “What have you thought this day? What has occupied the mind? What has charged you with hope or with fear? What has your concern been this day?” For each of you is a creation of unique characteristics, yet at the same time each of you is the Creator. And at the very core of each of your beings there is that pure and undistorted Love, that great original Thought from which all things were created, and which moves through all created things to the extent that the distortions within those created things allows for the uninterrupted flow of that Love.

Each of you, then, is a part of the Creator. Each of you inheres in the Creator, and at the same time each of you has chosen at this time to manifest in a personality shell and a physical body within the illusion that you now enjoy. The nature of this manifestation is such that there will be distortion. It is impossible not to have distortion, for distortion is the very nature of space and time. The yearning for absolute purity, absolute truth, and absolute love is a yearning that was within you when you chose to move forth from what this instrument would call the Creator’s house. That Love has been with you as you have moved through many densities and many experiences, through many worlds, through many lifetimes, and it is that undistorted Love that draws you ever onwards towards the source and ending of all that is.

So you may consider yourself as a distorted version of the Creator, each of you distorted in unique and fascinating ways, each of you having chosen the gifts that you would bring into manifestation with your personality shell, the limitations that you would set for yourself so that you may learn, the relationships that you chose specifically for their friction, for their catalyst, that you might experience that process of distillation wherein all of those things that move before the eye of mind bloom, stutter and fail. There are many tools that each of you has available in this journey that you take together and, yet always alone.

One of those tools could be called imagination, and we would ask you to look at the material that the one known as P has brought to the attention of this group. We consider that source and many others to be valid and interesting resources from which to draw inspiration and structures of thinking. For you see, when you seek the truth, when you seek the nature of reality, you move quickly into uncharted seas within the deep mind. The deep mind does not think like the conscious mind, for to the conscious mind, to the intellectual mind, the tool of logic is considered useful and helpful. And, yet, as the one known as R said earlier, in matters of spiritual concern logic and reasoning often not only do not make the picture clearer but also may obfuscate those resources that are there.

The function of myth, then, is as a resource which aids the mind in its attempts to think about spiritual matters. When we say myth or mythical system we refer to the entire gamut of religions, philosophies, and cosmologies, whether they be what this instrument would call orthodox or within the culture and society, or unorthodox and eccentric. It does not matter what the rest of the world thinks about any given system of mythical, religious, or philosophical thought. Rather, it matters to each individual what structures of thought attract and awaken desire within that individual. When a mythical system or a portion of a mythical system rivets the attention then the seeker may know that this is fertile ground for investigation or contemplation, for deep thought over a period of time.

As long as this particular vision or structure or thought attracts the mind and the heart, then for that person this is precisely what that person needs to be looking at and thinking about, for each seeker will be drawn to those structures of thought that help that individual think about deity, devotion, and service. Such is the nature of the human heart and the deep mind that it is often a process that cannot be predicted in any way. It is a process that is full of surprises. The thought that takes the mind and heart today places it then over a period of time into a gradually changing—we are having trouble finding a word in your language. We show this instrument a nautilus. The shell of the nautilus grows each year as the animal within the shell grows, making a beautiful curling and ever-widening horn. Such is the process of thinking about spiritual matters, having those feelings and experiences seated within the personality shell and moving around in a spiral fashion so that you are hitting the same material repeatedly and each time finding new avenues of thought to be created where before there was none.

So, you see, working with mythical systems is something we feel is extremely helpful and valid. Those systems are there because inspired entities throughout your history have attempted in their own ways to share their visions of processes which they saw in a unique and interesting way. Such a piece of mythical architecture is the rapture or the ascension. We shall say through this instrument that which this instrument said herself earlier, that being that it is our humble opinion that the processes of spiritual evolution at work upon your planetary sphere at this time are metaphysical rather than physical. We do not in any way suggest that the planet itself is not laboring difficultly at this time. Indeed, your sphere itself is undergoing a graduation and a birthing into a density more filled with the light of the one infinite Creator.

The group question for this session was: “Could Q’uo give us information about the process of rapture? Some say that people will go in the rapture without going through the process of death, and we are wondering what Q’uo would have to say about that and what value Q’uo might find in this for our own spiritual journeys.” Q’uo began their reply by saying that each of us is a unique distortion of the Creator’s pure and undistorted Love, and we have chosen the gifts that we have incarnated within our personality shell such as the relationships that we chose for their catalyst so that we might learn our lessons and experience that process of distillation where all of those things that move before the eye of our mind bloom, stutter, and fail. They went on to say that there are many tools that we have on this journey that we take together and, yet we are always alone, and one of those tools could be our imagination because when we become spiritual seekers of truth, we are working with our deeper minds that can give us information that our logical minds don’t have access to. Q’uo went on to say that imagination, or myth, has the role of aiding our minds when we attempt to work with spiritual concepts, and it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about any system of mythical, religious, or philosophical thought. They said that what matters to us is what structures of thought attract and awaken desire within us, and when a mythical system catches our attention then we know that this is fertile ground for contemplation and deep thought over a period of time. Q’uo continued by saying that as long as this system of thought attracts our deep mind and heart to think about deity, devotion, and service that there can be changes in our experience of these qualities that are much like going up a spiral staircase where the same qualities are experienced but with new avenues of thought at each level. Then Q’uo said that they felt that working with mythical systems was helpful in understanding the concepts of rapture and ascension and that: “the processes of spiritual evolution at work upon your planetary sphere at this time are metaphysical rather than physical. We do not in any way suggest that the planet itself is not laboring difficultly at this time. Indeed, your sphere itself is undergoing a graduation and a birthing into a density more filled with the light of the one infinite Creator.” On April 16, 2006, Q’uo described the nature of the rapture and ascension:

Yes, you are that powerful, that magical, and that influential! You have within you the consciousness that was in Jesus the Christ. It is buried, in some cases, beneath the rubble of a carelessly spent life. Begin this day, then, to live with care, patience and love, being consciously aware that you stand for Earth this day, not only for yourself. Do not let this concern you or weigh you down. But know that your choices truly make a difference.

You have asked what the dynamic or the difference is between this theory or story of the rapture and ascension and the Confederation’s teachings concerning graduation and walking the steps of light. In a sense, the differences are slight because both stories focus upon each individual soul making a choice, of his or her free will, as to how to be and how to serve. Shall you be a radiant servant to others, a servant of light? In that case make each choice with that in mind.

For those few who read this who are dedicated to polarizing in service to self, in terms of your graduation we say to you, my friends, focus carefully each time you choose upon who you serve and how you wish to express your choices.

The suggestion has been made many times that the planetary sphere itself would, through the necessity of altering its magnetic polarity to some extent, shake off all life as a dog would shake off fleas. And indeed, one reason that wanderers first came to this particular planetary sphere was to transmute the infinite Love and Light of the one Creator through their physical and metaphysical instrument and out into the Earth plane, creating a net of Light that would alleviate and ameliorate the tectonic distress which the Earth is now experiencing. It is our opinion that this plan, though working imperfectly, has reached a critical mass sufficient to enable your planet to suffer many smaller catastrophes that allow the majority of those upon your planet to continue to enjoy the illusion.

However, there is also another kind of graduation which is taking place among your peoples at this time. It is our opinion that this ascension or rapture is a way of describing what we have thought of before as steps of light. It is our feeling that when, as the one known as Jim said, the doors of death open for an individual that individual goes through as much healing as it needs to go through to recover from the stress of physical death, to gather the feet under the self within the new configuration, the new body, the new environment. There is the review of the incarnation which takes place when healing work has been accomplished so that the soul itself may, together with the higher self, review the incarnation and consider how that learning process went and what may need to be focused upon next in the never-ending process of spiritual learning.

At the point that this has been accomplished, and the soul knows itself and is oriented to its surroundings it then comes to a kind of staircase, if you will, where there is a gradually increasing density of Light. In this process the spirit simply moves forward into fuller Light until it is receiving a maximum amount of Light that it can enjoy in a stable manner. At this point the spirit stops. That point may be in third density. That point may be in fourth density, or even higher. Whatever amount of Light is comfortable to that spirit is the appropriate density location for that entity in its next incarnation. Rather than there being a judge meting out judgment it is simply a matter of each spirit finding itself in the best place possible for new learning and growth.

We would turn now to the question of what the rapture, then, may be discussing. For it is an inspiring and riveting writing that has fascinated many, many seekers over thousands of years. It is our opinion that this writing moves into a very creative and useful way to look at death, to look at the death of the physical or mortal body. In a world of appearances the death of the physical body is the end of everything, the alpha and omega of dust and ashes. And, yet the spirit within rebels at the limit of death, at the abruptness and dislocation of death, and it says, “There must be more. Surely I could not be stopped by this arbitrary exhaustion of flesh.”

We have found in working with your peoples that it is almost impossible to be complete and satisfactory in our coverage of almost any subject, for wherever there are minds that think there will be the desire for complexity. Yet, our message is ever towards simplification. It is our feeling that at the very heart of each of you lies all that you will ever need to know, kept safe, secure and snug within your skeleton, and musculature, and all of those physical embellishments that create the fair physical body. To us, you are a vibration that we can see, and feel, and touch. To us, you are Love, and as we gaze at you, we see the reflection and it is Love.

To us, each entity has already ascended. For to us the energy which is you is already perfect. We encourage each of you to seek in whatever way is helpful to you. As always, we encourage meditation. Simply lighting the candle and sitting with the candle is a life-changing habit if it be prosecuted through time. And we encourage all the other avenues of seeking as well. Most of all, we encourage you to believe in your own rightness, for that which inspires you may not inspire others. But that does not matter. That does not signify anything for you. Whatever moves you to think upon who you are, why you are here, where you are going, of these things we greatly approve. And because each entity is very much, and of necessity, alone in the seeking within, become more and more aware of the great aid you may be to each other by offering support and understanding wherever you can, by sharing honest emotion and opinion whenever you are asked, and by simply being there to give a smile to a stranger, or to simply interact as you go about your chores. Each of you with your many, many chores are all a’ bustle, and we do enjoy tuning into groups such as this one and seeing all of the colors of your desires and hopes, your ambitions and your fears. Know that you are loved for who you are. We consider each of you our friends.

Then Q’uo said that many wanderers had come to Earth to help relief its stress by transmitting the Love and the Light of the Creator through their metaphysical and physical bodies to lighten the planetary vibrations so that there was less need for drastic changes in the tectonic plates of the planet, and the population of Earth could experience a longer time on Earth. Q’uo went on to say that there was another graduation going on where the soul would go through the healing and review of the incarnation with its higher self, and then determining what lessons remained to be learned its infinite spiritual path, and then the soul would walk the steps of Light for as long as the Light was able to be enjoyed in a stable manner. Then Q’uo said that when the Light was uncomfortable the soul would step aside, and it would either still be in the third density, or the fourth density, or higher if it was a wanderer. Q’uo continued by saying that the rapture involves the death of the physical body, but the true essence of each entity is the vibration of Love that is the very heart of the entity, and that each one is perfect and has already ascended, so they suggested that each entity use meditation on a regular basis to discover their perfection. Then Q’uo said that they encouraged each entity to follow whatever spiritual path felt right to them to seek more answers as to who they are, why they are here, and where they are going, and then to join with other seekers of like mind to aid each other on the spiritual journey, to be of service to others, and to know that Q’uo loved them and considered each one was their friend. On April 1, 2006, described the nature of the rapture:

Therefore, it is indeed so, in terms of the functionality of the graduation process, that in the moment of choice on the steps of light, an entity either chooses third density or fourth density and therefore moves into life in third or life in fourth density. We do not believe it was intended that there would be this adventurous drama suggested of a sudden and fell rapture in which life as you know it stopped suddenly and [completely] and entities were either tossed into the pits of hell or lifted up to heaven.

We believe that the reality is less dramatic but much more understandable. We believe that the reality is that you, each of you, will choose the manner of your being. You will choose it not because you judge yourself but because you realize that there is a sweet spot in the light for you. Walking those steps of light, you are not looking to push past your abilities, you are looking to find that place where you belong, and when you have found just the right place, it does not matter if it is third density or fourth density, it is the place that you have earned, it is the gift of your long and adventurous life and all that has brought you to that point at which you were vibrating in a certain way when you passed into larger life. That vibration is your being. You want your being to be comfortable. You want that being that you are to be placed where it belongs. This as we understand it is the process of graduation or ascension.

We would at this time transfer this contact to the one known as Jim. We leave this instrument in thanks, love, and 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. It is our privilege at this time to offer ourselves for any further queries which those present might have for us. Is there another query at this time?

P: Yes. I have a couple. I have some about addictions which are part of my path. Some people say if you don’t do things their way that you can’t make it to where you are going. There are all kinds of addictions: food, money, shopping, working, sex, etc. These are all lessons for us, for us to overcome. I can’t help anyone else until I have overcome them to find the path out. I believe in the rapture. I want to go on the rapture and come back to help others when the time is right. That is the first part of the question.

I am Q’uo, and we have listened carefully to that which you have offered to us and we have not found a clear query at the present time. Could you requestion, please?

P: I am saying that there are many paths, and everybody has to walk their own path. Some people don’t understand that and will place judgment on you for not walking their path. Those people distress me because I like some of them and open my heart to them and share my soul with them. Then they find out certain things about me, and it hurts, and I am disheartened, but I feel those addictions are still part of my path. The second question was, I have placed on this Bible here three amulets: a ring and two stones for E and M, and I was wondering if they could be charged so that they could help open the hearts of those who own them?

I am Q’uo, and we appreciate that which you have offered to us. We are most happy to lend our healing vibrations to those amulets which you have offered for such. We bless each and bestow upon these objects of the third-density illusion those feelings of love and acceptance which you have spoken of as being somewhat lacking from those whose judgment is heavy upon yourself. We would agree that each entity has a path which is unique, whether this path has the accoutrements which you have called addictions or does not have such is of no consequence, for each entity will fashion that journey which has meaning for him or for her. And all portions of the journey through the third-density illusion are shrouded in mystery, for from mystery and into mystery each of you shall leave. For the one infinite Creator is beyond all understanding, and the one Creator exists in full in each, though there may be a disguise that is worn for a certain purpose and a certain time. This disguise shall, at a certain time, be dropped and each entity shall return again in full realization and experience of the one Creator. For each is made of nothing else. We are aware that each entity has those qualities which may be accepted or rejected by others or by the self, and the great lesson of this illusion is to love with an open heart, to accept without condition…

[Tape change.]

I am Q’uo, and am once again with this instrument. We apologize for the delay and for the pause that was necessary in order for those present to rejoin the circle of seeking. We would ask if there might be another query at this time?

Carla: I have noticed a lot of computer weirdness, the latest being that this week, again, even though the data base was found I couldn’t open it, and I have not been able, by looking at myself and my experience, to find any psychic greeting component at all. It just seems like the typical glitches one runs across when one is working, but I do want to ask for any insight that you might have because I do want to enter working on this book with the best that I have to offer.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. In this regard we may suggest that the genesis of the difficulty is simply that, as they are called, bugs in the software, and we observe that your patience in this regard is to be commended. For an undertaking of that which you speak is that which requires a certain gentleness balanced with a perseverance that will see you through the difficulties of any nature.

Is there a further query, my sister?

Carla: As a follow up, two things are happening: I am extremely content with less, and, number two, is the joy and the bliss that I feel comes from the less—being here, doing chores, weeding the garden, cooking in the kitchen, and just doing the normal things that we do. The small things seem to contain all of the truth and the beauty and the learning that I was looking for out in the world. Is this a typical progress, from your experience, from working with people in third density, that their bliss comes not from farther and farther out but from closer and closer in?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. And, indeed, we find this is true not only for those of your third-density illusion but for all succeeding illusions as well. For the true richness of each experience is contained within the heart of the one who experiences. The one Creator, whole and perfect, is contained in each moment, each iota of experience for those whose hearts are open to Love and to the one Creator. Then does this fullness of Love and Unity pour into the moment until the moment itself is whole and perfect, and the true richness of being is appreciated.

Is there another query, my sister?

Carla: No. Thank you very much.

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

P: I wanted to know about the Mandelbrot Set, discovered back in 1981. I’ve seen films and pictures of it, and it blows me away. It’s an infinite mathematical formula that creates a stream of pictures. Scientists don’t seem to know what to make of it. I feel it is the unified field that everyone is looking for. It is the way the creation is made, the blueprint. What are your insights on the matter, what it all means to us?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. To give a full explanation of this Mandelbrot Set would not be possible within this illusion, for there is much that is beyond understanding, shall we say. But in the general gist of your understanding of this phenomenon we would agree that this is but another example of the perfection of the one Creation becoming apparent to those who peer for the first time beyond the boundaries of the illusion. The ability of the one Creator to reproduce Itself in an infinite action is that which is barely begun in this type of mathematical expression. Far more wonders exist, not only for the mind that can comprehend, but also for the heart that can open in full understanding and acceptance of the One in all.

Is there another query, my brother.

P: So, is the rapture going to happen?

I am Q’uo, and we would not infringe upon anyone’s free will by revealing a yes or a no to such a query. Is there another query at this time?

P: No. I am done. Thank you very much.

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

Carla: Just on a whim I would ask if the Latwii portion of your principle is looking at any particular colors within our inner planes these days?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. Those of the social memory complex known to this group as Latwii have been busying themselves with the qualities of communication which are located within the blue range of your spectrum of colors, as you call them. For this group has the need for the definition of this particular color as does the entire population of your planetary sphere at this time, for there is much within clear communication that can allow catalyst to be consumed, shall we say. There is much that needs to be said from heart to heart. Thus does the opening of this heart center of energy become that which is aided by the opening and balancing of all energy centers.

At this time we would thank each present for inviting us to join your circle of seeking this day. It is always the greatest of honors for us to be able to do so. We would remind each that we are happy to join each entity in his or her private meditations in order, not to speak in any words, but to deepen the meditation in order that there be more stillness of the mind and openness of the heart there, at the throne of the one Creator. We are known to you as those of Q’uo. At this time we would take our leave of this instrument and this group, leaving each, as always, in the love and in the ineffable light of the one infinite Creator. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.

This morning I recorded the section on Environmentalism from Chapter Six of 102. Then I ran some errands with my first stop being Feeder’s Supply where I bought some cat food, bird seed, and fish food. Then I picked up some meds for Bosco at the vet’s. I also picked up more meds for Bosco at the Compound Pharmacy. My last stop was at Walgreen’s where I bought some hair thickener and paper plates.

This afternoon I recorded the section on Creating a Health World from Chapter Six of 102. Then I used my backpack blower to blow the leaves in the front yard and side yard to the pile in front of my truck, Sybil, and then I covered them with a tarp to keep the wind from blowing them away.

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

November 22

Ask For The Spirit Of Love

I am the Spirit of the living God. I greet you in the consciousness of that great name which is Love. I am of the vibration of the consciousness of Love which comforts this child.

As you perceive, more and more, the depth of lack of glad understanding which you express with regard to the consciousness of Love, you may naturally become disheartened. Although it was never intended that difficulties dishearten the seeker, it is necessary, in order to appreciate Love’s consciousness, that perceptions be had of the great dynamic between the action of the Spirit of Love and the substance upon which that action takes place.

For there is much within the consciousness that is experienced by sons of God upon the Earth which is dead to all consciousness of Love. And thus, the redemption of the action of Love upon this consciousness is all the more remarkable.

Remember that those who do not ask for the Spirit of Love to come upon them shall not experience a substantial amount of grace. For even were spiritual grace to be given by another who prays for you, unless you gladly receive this grace, it shall not endure. Seek always, then, the redemption of that which is dead and do not mourn your iniquity fruitlessly.

May the consciousness of Love keep you in 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from January 2, 2000:

We have just started a new year, and we are wondering, as we look back over the past year, we are wondering what we can learn from it intellectually? What can we observe and benefit from? And how much does our intellect play into the growth that we do accomplish? We would also like to know what role gratitude plays in our evolution?

(Carla channeling)

We are those of the principle known to you as Q’uo. Greetings, in the love and in the ineffable light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we come. We want to thank each of you for calling us to your circle of seeking this day. It is our privilege and pleasure to respond to your call for our thoughts and opinions. As always, we are most happy to be with you and to share with you anything that we feel or know, with the understanding, as always, that each of you will take from those things which we say only those thoughts that seem useful and good to you, leaving the rest behind. We are not an authority but, rather, we are your companions on the way.

The topic you have asked us to speak on this day is the place of the intellect in learning and assessing one’s spiritual state and the place of gratitude in that same process of seeking ever more deeply and fully that truth that lies at the heart of things. As is often the case, we would begin by moving backwards from the question to a more fundamental place, that place which sees all of the incarnational experience of each entity on the Earth plane as a very small part of a lifetime that is eternal and a citizenship that is infinite, for each of you is a thought that has sprung from the Creator. From the Logos through many densities and experiences has come this present incarnational self with its burden of gifts and challenges. Each of you existed before time and space. Each of you will exist when time and space have no more meaning, and, yet, within each incarnation there is the hope of transformation. There are the lessons put before the self by the self. There are the gifts of the incarnations that you share. There are the sufferings of the incarnation to work with, to accept, to forgive, to heal.

Each who enters the Earth plane has these things in common, and truly each sub-sub Logos, each spark of the infinite Creator, each person, has within this small incarnation tremendous forces poised, waiting for the proper stimulation or invitation in order to exist, to guide, to help with healing processes. And if each has felt this hope that there are those forces, energies, and essences that can help with difficult incarnational challenges, then we say that this hope is infinitely justified. For each of you is as the magician with the wand, in potential. Each of you has power and force, will, and faith. These things are stored in infinite supply in great storehouses that lie within each of you, awaiting only that awareness that calls in quiet confidence for the assistance that is already there.

Since each of you is as a thought, we may see the tremendous and infinite complexity of that concept, for you are not a thought in the sense of being only one thing; that is, in the sense in which words are used. Certainly, each of you is one thing and the same thing, that being Love. And yet each of you has colored that infinite Love that is the core of being with those distortions which take the clear white Light of limitless truth and shade it in rainbows of personality and character so that each of you is as a tapestry in which dark, and light, and colorful threads are woven together through your experiences, your sufferings, your joys, and your sorrows. And all of these threads—the light, the dark, and the color—are beautiful and the way that you put them together can be beautiful, even when the material seems very difficult and the experiences very dense and hard to bear.

Upon the human plane, then, on that level of conscious living from which each of you is asking this question, the prospect of gaining a great deal from the use of the conscious mind may be seen to be, at best, limited. Certainly, the use of the mind is recommended, and, certainly, there are more and less skillful ways to use the mind in that attempt to create for the self clearer understandings of the self and of the challenges and issues that are before not just the conscious personality but the metaphysical entity that each is.

May we say that the intellectual mind has implicit limitations, those limitations being the natural limitations of reason. Ratiocination is an exercise which is posited upon the faith, and logic, and reason. To a certain extent this faith is justified. However, that which is rational and reasonable is only a small part of this essence of self and, therefore, the use of the conscious mind has natural limitations. Reason cannot move down into the roots of being, for those roots are not reasonable or rational but are, rather, of that energy which this instrument is used to calling archetypal or archetypical. The essences of each of your beings have far more to do with intense purified emotion than with reason. This is a topic in itself that bears much inquiry.

And when we have finished with all of the avenues of thought that reason, and logic, and imagination can form and create there is much material of self remaining which has not been touched by the process of analysis and thought. When the one known as T brought up the question concerning gratitude the appropriateness of this direction of thought was extremely logical and reasonable in a profound sense, that sense being that the deeper reaches of thought, and mind, and consciousness, and being are directly worked upon with far greater efficiency and effect by those energies which are usually called emotions or emotion-laden concepts such as gratitude, hope, faith and will. It is beyond all reason to expect within a little life to transform that infinite eternal being that you are, and yet within every incarnation this is possible, and in many incarnations this is realized.

The group question for this session was: “We have just started a new year, and we are wondering, as we look back over the past year, we are wondering what we can learn from it intellectually? What can we observe and benefit from? And how much does our intellect play into the growth that we do accomplish? We would also like to know what role gratitude plays in our evolution?” Q’uo began their reply by saying that each of our incarnations is but a tiny portion of our eternal being which has come through many densities from the Love of the Creator, and we have many gifts and challenges that we hope will transform us spiritually. Q’uo went on to say that each of us has many forces of inspiration waiting within us for our invitation to guide us and heal us because each of us is like the magician with the wand that can give us power, will, and faith, and we have them in infinite supply waiting for our call for them. Then Q’uo said that each of us is a thought of Love that we have colored with the Light of limitless truth creating rainbows of personality so that each of us contains a tapestry where dark, light, and colorful threads are woven together through our experiences of sufferings and joys, and they can be beautiful even when our experiences are dense and hard to bear. Q’uo continued by saying that within the third density our conscious mind has limited uses because our challenges are not for just our conscious personality but for our metaphysical nature, and our logic cannot move down into the roots of our being where the energy is archetypical and has more to do with purified emotion than with reason. Q’uo said that these deeper reaches of our mind contain emotions such as gratitude, hope, faith and will, and it is beyond all reason to expect that within one lifetime we will be able to transform the eternal being that we are, although within every incarnation this is possible, and after many incarnations this can be realized. On August 25, 2006, Q’uo defined purified emotions:

When we translate that reality back into your question, we say that within you lie rivers and oceans of purified emotion that constitute an archetypical world. You can touch into emotion that has moved through all of its more shallow expressions and into that which is beautiful and pure of its kind, leached of pity and impurity, sorrow and anger, until the emotion you experience is the essence of sorrow, the essence of pain, the essence of impatience.

When you move into those archetypal rivers of purified emotion, you become more and more aware of what kind of being you are. What an exotic, complicated, and unimaginably complex, multilayered being you are! It is stunning! And when you can see how stunning you are, you see that all of your imperfections and power. You begin to see how beautiful everyone else is because you have forgiven yourself for that imperfection. And now you are ready to see the beauty of everyone else too.

As you get to this level you begin to see that who you are change, the deeper that you go. At the bottom of that digging is a place in your heart where you are unconditional Love. In that place, the Christ waits for you. To some entities the Christ is a being, a person, with eyes and hands and a voice. To some entities Christ is the energy, the creative principle that created the world, wrapped into a cloak which any entity may choose to prepare the self to wear.

There is no incarnation that is just a punishment or just a vacation. All incarnational experiences are clear so that there are lessons to learn and gifts to share. And the channels in which each entity is moved to travel are those pathways of thought and habit that feel right to that entity, and this is as it should be. For your essence, your deepest energy, is more feeling than thought, more energy than concept, and that which works best upon the deep self is essence, that essence of feeling as opposed to sense.

This instrument has often said it is not what happens to one, it is one’s response to what happens to one which is the natural arena within which entities may wield their power and offer their truths. It is the attitude with which one meets the moment that sets and prepares the self to receive that moment’s burden of joy or sorrow. If the attitude is gratitude, if the moment is met in thanksgiving, whatever comes at that moment is bid welcome, is embraced, and this is a very positive and excellent metaphysical stance with which to greet that which is occurring in the moment. This business of attitude is extremely central to the metaphysical learning experience and much wisdom is expressed by the entity who is working with the attitude with which she greets the moment. This is not a process much open to reason. Oftentimes, in any reasonable sense, there is little to give thanks for in a given moment, and there are what seem to be weighty reasons to meet the moment with fear and trembling. And yet in these moments, as in all moments, great skill lies in keeping the heart completely open and allowing Love to flow through the self with that attitude of thankfulness and praise that looks for the very best that could be within the present moment.

are many circumstances within your experience, and, certainly, within all third-density experience in which the self is very uncomfortable, in which there are many negative feelings of alienation, isolation, anguish, grief, anger, and disappointment. And, yet, it is especially important in these times to cling to the same attitude of praise and thanksgiving with which the high points, the good days, of an incarnation are naturally greeted. It is when it makes the least sense to be thankful, to offer praise, and to have an open and flowing heart, that there is the most skill in choosing this response to life itself. For if each of you is a thought, and if that thought is Love, then shall you not be at your most skillful in attempting to keep open a channel for that Love that you are? It is as though the situations of life try to silence and make dumb that clarion Love within. And, yet, they cannot silence you if you will not be silenced, for it is always your choice to cling to hope, to believe and have faith when there is no evidence to support such thoughts, such attitudes. It is when all seems darkest that you may, with the most direct apprehension, know and feel, and sense, that truth within, that unconditional and absolute Love that created you and sustains you.

In the dark of the night that lies across the hearts of those who mourn and weep there is a humble dwelling, and in that dwelling that lives within your heart there is a principle, an essence, an absolute being that is Love. To this instrument that Love came down into the human condition as Jesus the Christ. To many to whom this is not meaningful the essence can remain unnamed and simply be Love, Love eternal, Love divine, Love creative and destroying, infinite Love. However you wish to frame it, this Love is with you in the darkness. This energy is faithful to the Light with complete disregard to outer circumstance, for to Love there are no outer circumstances but only infinite Light and infinite Love.

So, we certainly suggest that you make use of those faculties of intelligence and reason that help you to analyze what is happening to you, help you to keep yourself in a self-understood order, but, more than this, we would encourage the cultivation of purified emotions. Those emotions being faith, and hope, and charity. Encourage yourself to be faithful in meeting each moment with hope and gratitude, praise and thanksgiving. And, insofar as it is possible, we encourage each to find ways of strengthening these habits of mind so that, little by little, it becomes habitual to greet the moment with hope, to greet the situation with faith, to greet the relationship with gratitude, humility, patience, and love. Where the intellect loses energy and is no more these deeper emotions become more and more and then oceans of energy offering infinite power and infinite grace to those who persist in seeking them. May we suggest to each of you the great benefits of disciplining your personality so that the first thought when engaged in a new situation is that thought of praise and thanksgiving. For when you stand upon that thought all that your outer circumstances can give to you will be grist for the mill, fodder to be chewed, experiences to be analyzed, to be loved, to be accepted, and to be forgiven.

Now Q’uo said that in all of our incarnations we have lessons to learn and gifts to share, and our essence is more energy than concept, and that essence works best upon our deep self. Q’uo went on to say that it is the attitude that we meet the moment with that prepares us to receive the moment’s burden of joy or sorrow, and if there is little reason for us to give thanks or reasons to greet the moment with fear, we should keep our hearts completely open to allow Love to flow through us with the attitude of praise and thanksgiving for the present moment. Then Q’uo said that it is when it makes the least sense to be thankful that we should offer praise and thanksgiving, and to have an open and flowing heart. They said that there is the most skill in choosing this response to life itself–when all seems darkest–that we may know and feel that truth within us, that unconditional Love that created us and sustains us. Q’uo went on to say that when we experience darkness and difficulties there is a humble place within our hearts where the Love of Jesus waits to comfort us because for His Love there are no outer circumstances but only infinite Light and infinite Love. Q’uo completed their reply by encouraging us to be faithful in meeting each moment with praise and gratitude as our first thought when we engage in a new situation because when we do this all of our outer circumstances can give us will be experiences to be loved, to be accepted, and to be forgiven. On March 16, 1997, Q’uo said that we should offer praise and thanksgiving for all of our experiences in our life:

It does not matter how many you serve. But only that you be yourself and experience as fully as possible what the Creator has placed before you, for those things that are for you will come to you. You have prepared for yourself a line of growth. When one resists this line one may go in other directions, but there is only one place you are attempting to get. You can make your journey longer by resisting, but it shall be that same journey. Consequently, it profits one to contemplate how to cooperate with this rhythm and vector you experience in the flow of your own living. Know each thing in terms of praise and thanksgiving. Many things are easy to offer praise and thanksgiving for, and yet as each of you has said in the discussion prior to this channeling, as this instrument calls it, each has made that point.

So, we simply urge you to love. Love the Creator. Love yourself. Love each other any way you know how to. Any which way. You cannot err. You can seem to fail again and again. Yet you truly make no mistakes. For you are, at all times, secure, safe and centered. You will learn to experience more and more how to allow yourself to feel that center that is already there.

We would at this time transfer this contact to the one known as Jim that we may continue this working through that instrument. We leave this instrument with thanks, in love and in light, for we are those of Q’uo.

(Jim channeling)

I am Q’uo, and I greet each again in love and in light through this instrument. At this time it is our privilege to offer ourselves to the further responding to any queries which may yet remain upon the minds of those present. Is there another query to which we may respond?

Carla: About a recent experience that I had, I had attempted to meet a relative’s questions over many years on the subject of channeling with patience and tolerance and although this has seemed to be the right way to handle things in actuality, during this last Christmas I became unable to be tolerant and patient and expressed strong emotions such as anger and pain at this objecting that my relative was doing to me. It seemed to create a much more rapid and healing response from him than all my patience and tolerance had, and this surprised me very much. I wondered if you could comment on this process?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. As each of you move through the various levels and kinds of relationships with those who are close to you, you will find that there is a certain efficiency to speaking from the heart as contrasted to speaking from the mind or the intellect. For though the mind is quite useful in its ability to analyze experience and to chart a potential course of action, there is no efficiency greater than the spontaneous response of the heart that wells up from inside of one, for this tuning into one’s emotions in an honest manner, without desire or manipulation, is that which speaks to another heart most clearly. For though each of you is able to, shall we say, put a good face on a situation by using one’s intellect, this is only a stop-gap measure, for there is within each entity the sure knowledge of clear communication that is from one’s heart, and this kind of communication speaks more clearly than any other. For it tears away that facade or barrier which keeps one heart from another. All hearts know pain. All hearts seek solace. When one becomes aware of another’s heart that is in pain then there is the greater likelihood that one will respond honestly with one’s own emotions, the doors having been opened by the first to do so.

Is there another query, my sister?

Carla: No. Thank you. That was very clear.

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

Carla: Yes, I would just ask since this is the season of Jesus’ nativity if there is anything that you would choose to say about this entity and this particular season of the year.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. This season, that which gives the focus of attention for a moment to the life and love of the one known as Jesus the Christ is, for us, one of our favorite for observation among your peoples for it is at this time, especially within this particular culture, that many difficult relationships are made more smooth and loving as a result of the focus upon the Christ child coming into the world of illusion. It is at this time that many of your peoples find time to drop their usual cares and concerns and to make a pilgrimage to their own hearts, and, in so doing, also move in a compassionate vibration into the hearts of those about them. Though the practice of revering the life of the one known as Jesus is usually short lived, we find that the focus, even for a brief time, upon this entity’s center or central message of Love is most helpful to the entire planet, for as Love becomes the focus for more and more of your peoples so does this vibration of Love move in an harmonic manner around and throughout the planet itself. Thus, we rejoice with you at the birth of this entity in each heart that makes room for Him, and we remind each that this pilgrimage to the heart is a journey that each can take at any moment. We thank each for making this journey. It is our privilege to walk with you upon it, for we also make the same journey.

Is there another query at this time?

Carla: No. Thank you.

I am Q’uo. As we have apparently exhausted the queries for this session of working, we would take this opportunity to thank each gathered here today for making those sacrifices necessary in order to form this circle of seeking. We are aware that each works with much catalyst in the daily round of activities, and it is often not easy to remove oneself from that momentum. At this time we would take our leave of this instrument and this group, leaving each, as always, 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 stayed inside and worked on my Camelot Journal entries for the next couple of days as it was cold and snowing outside.

This afternoon I went outside and took the twelve garbage cans that were emptied by the yard waste pickup this morning and filled them with more leaves from the back yard.

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

November 21

You Are The First Sons

I greet you in the consciousness of Love. I am the principle of Christ’s Love in the vibration which comforts this child.

When we spoke to this instrument announcing our presence we said, “I am here, my son,” which puzzled this instrument mightily. She asked if we were aware that we had made an error. Yet we had made no error. For you play roles within the illusion of the mundane world, you souls dwelling, incorruptible, in corruptible flesh. It is necessary for you to experience the positive and the passive sides of purity and action in order that purity may teach action and action, purity.

And so, all who have sex need to know that their attributes are designed to help each other. You have been made for your fellow man, and yet as souls you are sons, not male sexually, but, rather, in the sense of your laws of inheritance, full inheritors, as first sons are, of the Creator of all things, almighty God.

Know your son-ship, whomever you might be, and do not be beguiled by the seeming differences in body, attitude, and understanding. We seek to bring you peace, and yet we know that you shall find your own peace in your own time.

We wish for 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from December 19, 1999:

The question today has to do with the situation of when we find ourselves being of service, whether it is the work we do for our living or it is just a favor that we do for friends, and we do it over and over, how do we deal with the anger and the frustration and the negative emotions that come into our minds when we feel like we are being pushed beyond our limits, that there are so many people pulling us in so many different directions that we don’t feel that we are really able to serve without feeling anger, frustration, doubt and being stopped in one way or another?

(Carla channeling)

We are those known to you as the principle, Q’uo. We greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we are. May we thank each of you in this circle of seeking for the sacrifices and processes which each went through in order to arrive at this working. It is a great blessing to us to be able to be called to groups such as this one for those who are seeking what this instrument would call the truth, for that is the service which we offer at this time. And the opportunity to speak through instruments such as this one is precious to us. We are glad to share our thoughts and opinions with you with the understanding that we are not authorities but, rather, fellow pilgrims upon the path of seeking the one infinite Creator whose mystery expands and recedes before us as we go. May we say that you are good company. We would like to also state at this time, since there is a concern, that this instrument challenges in the name of Jesus the Christ, and if we were not able to meet this challenge we could not speak through this instrument. This is most satisfactory for us as we are the, shall we say, station to which this instrument seems best tuned and vice versa.

As we begin to look over this interesting subject of energy exchange and blockage we note that it is what this instrument would call the season of Advent, that time in your solar year when darkness claims your Earth plane the maximum amount of time during your days, the time when the light seems farthest. In this darkness the light is born, and into this darkness the light does come, and each of you is a repository of that light, and each of you wears the crown upon your head. And it is heavy. And this is as it should be. As the one known as Jim spoke earlier, from the standpoint of each of you before incarnation, each and every difficulty that you are having, from the depletion of your energy from unwise exchange, with disappointment in yourself for energy blockage, was gazed at with delight, with eager anticipation of running the straight race, serving with gladness and joy, being a light within the darkness of the Earth plane. From that vantage point the perfection of the pattern was seen, accepted and acted upon. It is, indeed, an innocence of soul and spirit that is bound to be lost, that idealistic, optimistic concept that the self has of the self’s coming incarnation.

We would like to take each of you back to that position when you and your higher self and your guidance considered well what you wished to offer, what you wished to learn, and what you wished to share. And with a sense of adventure and creativity you chose those entities with whom you would collaborate, for in each unwise energy exchange and in each instance of blocked energy, not only are you involved and confused but also is the other self in the equation confused, puzzled, at a loss, feeling that there is imbalance and, in many cases, having not even the vocabulary with which to think about what is occurring. When each of you finished the play, set it in place, and entered incarnation, each of you went through what we have called the veil of forgetting. This veil is something that cannot be imagined from the standpoint of the higher self, from the standpoint of the inner planes, or any density but the third.

Let us look at the cause of this veil of forgetting, for there is good reason for it. That which entities learn with the book open may make sense for a little while, may enter the mind for the nonce, and an open book test may produce an excellent score. There have been many creations in which the veil of forgetting was not dropped over the third density, and it is from the failure of these entities to accelerate the pace of their own spiritual evolution that later Creations decided to use a veil so that entities entering the density of choice would have no memory of the way things actually are upon which they could count to the exclusion of other information. In other words, this darkness of mind, this disconnection between the roots of mind and the conscious mind, was an adjustment made carefully and with measure in order to achieve an atmosphere in which work in consciousness could be done by faith alone and not, in any case, by authority or proof or empirical processes. For that which you most deeply are, that about which your self revolves, is an infinite, eternal, unique spark of the Creator. All that you wish to learn lies now perfected within you. All that you sense as imperfect lies in perfection within you. And, yet, through incarnations such as those as you are now enjoying you have placed yourself in a position to choose, by faith alone. How to proceed with your own spiritual studies? How to assess yourself? How to relate to other selves?

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.

And, indeed, in terms of the stability and solidity of your waking personality there is no harm in drawing limits, in creating boundaries for relationships that allow you and the other self a measure of comfort and freedom. When you ask yourself, “How much can I give?” let the angel of humility take that question and shake off the dust of pride so that to the best of your conscious ability you define for yourself in each situation that seemingly imperfect but necessary boundary line that represents for you that which can be given with a full heart and an open hand. We might suggest that you bid come the angel of gladness. For there is much inner noise which almost drowns out a yearning for clarity and balance. It is not in noise or contention but in quietness that each may find the peace to accept the limits of self and the limits of other self.

The group question for this session was: “The question today has to do with the situation of when we find ourselves being of service, whether it is the work we do for our living or it is just a favor that we do for friends, and we do it over and over, how do we deal with the anger and the frustration and the negative emotions that come into our minds when we feel like we are being pushed beyond our limits, that there are so many people pulling us in so many different directions that we don’t feel that we are really able to serve without feeling anger, frustration, doubt and being stopped in one way or another?” Q’uo began their reply by saying that before our incarnations we chose each difficulty that we are having such as the depletion of our energy from unwise exchanges of energy and disappointment in our self for energy blockages, and we saw them with in hope being of service with gladness and joy so that we could be a being of light within the darkness of the Earth plane. Then Q’uo said that we and our higher selves chose the people that we would interact with during our incarnations that would provide us the catalyst to learn our lessons even though we would not realize this was the case when we were confused about how we were interacting within the incarnation because it was necessary for us to go through the veil of forgetting our pre-incarnative choices. Q’uo continued by saying that in earlier creations there was no veil of forgetting, and each entity knew that they were the spark of the Creator, but they were unable to move forward in their spiritual path because there was no reason to do so. Q’uo went on to say that the veil of forgetting was then implemented so that third density entities would need to exercise their faith that their work in consciousness would help them to determine how proceed with their spiritual studies and how to relate to others. Then Q’uo said that the veil of forgetting meant that the seeker was living in two worlds at once: the inner knowing that it was existing within the sea of confusion and also having the inner feeling of the truth of its inner perfection, so Q’uo recommended that we develop a relationship with our inner plane angels or guides for directions for learning the lessons that we had pre-incarnatively chosen. Then Q’uo said that it might be helpful for us to contact the angel of humility to help us establish boundaries that would allow us to determine how much we could give of  our self with a whole heart, and Q’uo also suggested that we could contact the angel of gladness to help us obtain quietness that we may find the peace to accept the limits of our self and the limits of the other self. On September 18, 1990, Q’uo spoke of the value of boundaries in relationships:

It is well to remember that all is, indeed, one being with many perspectives in experience. Thus, if an individual feels that there is the need for a boundary or a definition in a relationship which does not presently exist, then it is the honor and duty of that individual to speak with clarity to those with which it is in relationship and to speak those thoughts that are heart-felt concerning the definition and nature of this relationship.

This is the great work of this illusion in which you move at this time—to come into relationships with those about you, to communicate concerning the shared experience, and to be willing to work again and again with all of the catalyst that appears, with the inevitable misunderstandings and miscommunications that are the grist, shall we say, for the mill of your life experience.

Thus, it is the decision of the seeker, indeed of each seeker at all times, to find those balances of relationship that are most meaningful and to work in a clear and compassionate sense in order to share with others in relationship this perspective that will hopefully enhance the overall experience of relationship.

We could suggest that you bid come the angel of patience, for each process of your developing spirit must do its work through time until time is no longer. And there is no rushing the processes of spiritual evolution. There are times that will seem very wrong to a seeker when a complex outworking of inner processes is taking place. In some instances this becomes a certain kind of experience which this instrument would call initiation, and this dark Night of the Soul is also a process which is especially needful of the angel of patience. Again and again such a process will bring you to a feeling of urgency, and yet there is nothing to do. This is a frictive process which is, shall we say, a kind of tempering, a burning away of that which is stiff and unwieldy so that the instrument that you are becomes both stronger and more flexible.

We would urge you to bid come the angel of joy. Whatever you do, do not forget to take the moment to rediscover your joy. In each day and in each hour find the moment to remember with utter and whole joy who you are, where you are going, whence you came, and upon what errand you now are. You are loved. You came to reflect and share and transmute love in giving and receiving. That which your senses see, and hear, and feel, and taste, and touch is a panoply, a weaving and interweaving of a tapestry of unimaginable joy, of every color, and emotion, and sensation, and inner process—the dark, the colorful, the pale. All of the various strands of your experience and your being are woven in light, in love, in joy, and to connect through the beauty of the grass, through the star in the sky, through the frost upon the pane, through the look in someone’s eye, in every and any way to connect with joy is to come into the self most profoundly.

We would suggest that you bid come the angel of laughter. Dear ones, we, as well as you, can be serious to a fault. It seems sometimes that only earnestness and seriousness serve one in good stead in the spiritual search, but we share with you our conviction that the light touch is absolutely necessary in spiritual matters. For all that you think, all that you feel, all that you experience is a dream, within a dream, within a dream. The levels of illusion are many. We, ourselves, have not combed through the illusions to find that which is real. For us, as well as you, the mystery continues to draw us onward.

We can talk to you of resources for your seeking and for your study. What we cannot do, what only each of you can do, is express that which is you in an ever more whole and pure, and true way. The Creator loves you, each of you, and praises every distortion of the one infinite creative Thought of Love which has gone into making you just the precise vibratory complex that is you. Every quirk and cranny, every imperfection and quiggle that is in your nature is loved by the Creator. In terms of your relationship to Deity, you are completely loved. You are not judged except by yourself.

Now, let us look at that. Of course, in terms of where the next incarnation will be, each walks steps of light after completing an incarnation to discover what density of light is most comfortable for that entity at that time, and in those terms there is, shall we say, an objective judging. It is not a judging except that it is a home-finding device, and where that light is most comfortable for you might be in third density, or fourth density. This is unknown until that particular process is gone through. However, within incarnation, within the life that you now experience, your judge is yourself, and you have a very stern judge. May we say that the experiences that each of you is having in which there is unwise energy expenditure or blockage there is the mirroring effect which provides each of you with a look at imbalances within the self, carefully reflected by an other self for your learning and understanding. We encourage you to listen to yourself when you think or when you speak concerning these relationships, for as you speak of other selves you are speaking wisdom that can be heard by you regarding that portion of your universal self which has aspects of the dynamic that you are experiencing as coming from an other self to you. When you look in the mirror you see a face you know of as yours. But when you are speaking with an other self you are still looking in the mirror.

This instrument is informing us that we need to move to the second portion of this meeting, and so we will conclude our thoughts through this instrument by encouraging each of you to love, accept, and forgive as you can, when you can, and if you can, and to take note of those frustrations which you feel are overwhelming. Over time you will find repeated patterns, and we encourage you to spend some time gazing into those patterns, for they will yield to you information that you can use. We encourage you to encourage each other, to comfort each other, to serve as the listening ear and the supporting arm within the sea of confusion that you share with those that you love. Most of all, we encourage you to move as often as you can into what the one known as T was speaking of: those times of quietness and meditation that bring one to oneself, that bring one to one’s heart, for within that heart which is the center of each of you is a tabernacle and in the holy of holies dwells the Most High, radiant, omnipotent, omniscient, more yourself than you. May you yield yourself up to that inner fire as often and as whole-heartedly as possible, for there is your anchorage, there your spiritual home.

Then Q’uo said that we should call upon the angel of patience to help us deal with the Dark Night of the Soul, or that which is an initiation that burns away that which we no longer need and makes us stronger and more flexible. Q’uo went on to suggest that we invoke the angel of joy to help us know who we are, where we are going, and knowing that we came to share and transmute love in giving and receiving, and that we are more aware of what our senses see, hear, feel, taste, and touch is an interweaving of a tapestry of unimaginable joy. Q’uo also said that we should invoke the angel of laughter because the light touch is so helpful on the spiritual path because all that we think, feel, and experience is a dream, within a dream, within a dream. Q’uo continued by saying that the Creator loves each of us: every quirk and cranny, every imperfection that is in our nature is loved by the Creator, and in terms of our relationship to Deity, we are completely loved, and we are not judged except by ourself. Then Q’uo said that in the objective sense, when we walk the steps of light we will be judged by how much light that we can withstand which may be third or fourth density light, but within our incarnations we are our own harsh judge, and this is what we experience when we look into another’s eyes, and whatever qualities we see are actually qualities that we are actually judging ourselves for having. Q’uo said that we should love and accept ourselves, and we should take note of when our frustrations are overwhelming so that we can be aware of the repetition of certain patterns as these will help us learn our lessons. Then Q’uo completed their reply by saying that we should support and comfort each other, to be a listening ear within the sea of confusion that you share with those that we love, and most of all Q’uo said that we should meditate and retire into our hearts where we can tabernacle with the: “the Most High, radiant, omnipotent, omniscient, more yourself than you. May you yield yourself up to that inner fire as often and as whole-heartedly as possible, for there is your anchorage, there your spiritual home.”  On July 3, 1989, Q’uo described the nature of our inner fire:

Thus, we suggest that each begin to become aware of the very core of the being that is joyful and merry and full of passion. You see, my children, when we say that we greet you in love and in light, we are only using words which are inadequate, because there is no word in your language for the extreme amount of infinite passion the one infinite Creator has for each of its parts of consciousness that are active and teaching the Creator about Itself.

Seek that inner fire. Seek to deepen the ability to worship the Creator, to give adoration, praise and thanksgiving to the Creator for all things, including those challenges which have been set up that you may learn what you intended to when you came here. You shall never be rid of your selfhood. It is only possible to be unaware of it. The practice of honesty with the self is the cornerstone of this basically analytical process.

We would at this time transfer this contact to the one known as Jim. We thank this instrument for its service, and we leave it in love and in light. We are those of Q’uo.

(Jim channeling)

I am Q’uo, and greet each again in love and light through this instrument. At this time it is our privilege to ask if there may be any further queries that those present might have for us. Is there another query at this time?

R: The last fifteen years of my life I have changed dramatically in ever accelerating paces in ways that I cannot comprehend. I look at myself now and fifteen years ago and I see a dramatic difference. I am attempting to comprehend to the best of my ability these changes.

I am Q’uo, and we are aware of the comments concerning the change in the life pattern in the one known as R, and we believe that this entity has well stated the changes that have occurred in his own structure of personality, shall we say. And this is the kind of transformation which each seeker has desired for the self, for as each incarnation is begun with a plan for the opening of the heart, the discovery of the self, and the sharing of the fruits of an open heart with others, so then each entity begins the great incarnational journey with goals that are similar to those shared by fellow travelers but with the means for achieving such goals that are unique to each entity. For as each entity enters the incarnation, so it is with the one known as R that there is the goal and the means, the opportunity, which is presented in a fashion which shall allow the blooming of the incarnation. There are those experiences which have been programmed to serve much as the water, the soil, the sun, and the fertilizer to the growing flower of self within. Many of these experiences have been what you would call difficult and have tested the inner resolve to move forward in spite of difficulty. Many experiences have been puzzling and have left a sense of questioning which has been pointed in an inward fashion so that the appropriate questions would be asked at the right time. Many experiences have been obviously preparatory, in that knowledge has been gained and practiced over time giving one an excellence of operation, shall we say, the operation of the incarnation. Some experiences have been for the purpose of bringing one to a synchronistic juncture, if we may call it that, so that there is…

We find that we must pause briefly so that the instrument be allowed to work the recording devices.

[Transcript ends.]

This morning I went outside and filled twelve garbage cans with leaves that I had blown into a pile in the back yard and some small tree limbs as well. Then I ran a couple of errands with my first stop being at Walgreen’s where I bought some Kleenex, super glue, and note pads. My next stop was at Paul’s Fruit Market where I bought some food for myself.

This afternoon I went outside and used my trimmer to trim the weeks out of all of the gardens in the back yard, the side yard, and the front yard.

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

November 20

Tuning Your Channel With Love

I am of that principle you have called holy, and I greet you in the holy, divine Consciousness of the Love of Jesus Christ.

This instrument always asks us, after challenging us in the name of Jesus Christ, “Am I now tuned to channel?” And many times we ask the instrument to tune just a bit more. Then that which we have to say may flow effortlessly, freely and abundantly, as is the nature of love itself.

Each of you may ask, “Am I ready to channel?” For each of you moves through the day with the potential to channel the spirit of the living God in Christ. Each of you, by turning again and again to Love, is tuned by Love, hollowed by Love and thus made a channel through which Light and joy may flow.

We do not ask that you gaze upon the outer world without noticing its many seeming imperfections. We ask only that your strength of faith be enough to turn from the evidence of limited gaze and seek always that consciousness which awaits within. Thus may you become ever stronger as faith begets faith within you.

We leave you within the mighty hand which cradles all things with Love. Peace be with 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from December 5, 1999:

What are the components of clear communication? How can miscommunication happen? What is said is not always heard or interpreted as it was intended. And would there be any non-verbal ways of communicating that would enhance our communication?

(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. It is our distinct pleasure and blessing to be able to share your meditation this day and to be called to your circle that we may offer our poor thoughts and opinions concerning clear communication. This is a subject as interesting to us as to you since our form of service to others at this time is this speaking with words through channels such as this one.

The substantial and sometimes grave difficulties using your words certainly heightens the difficulties inherent in any communication, for words are as slippery as eels, and yet that is the medium of communication. And limited though it is, it must suffice for those in third density. May we say that we sympathize with each of you which attempts to express clearly thoughts and clusters of concepts within having to do with emotion and feeling and facts. It is in no wise an easy thing to be perfectly clear.

Let us look at the roots of communication, for it is from the root that the plant grows, and much can be understood by gazing at this energy in its beginning state. Each of you is a complex of vibrations. The Creator Itself is a complex of vibrations. The universe, as far as we know, is a complex of vibrations, or more specifically of fields of energy with vibrational characteristics which interact with each other. Therefore, each of you, as a being, communicates by your very vibration, your identity. Those not within the veil of forgetting, that is, those not incarnate within third density, find this information of vibration helpful and much is communicated from person to person as the two entities feel their vibratory complexes beginning to harmonize and intermingle.

Also, beyond the limits of the veil of forgetting the communication most usually would not take place by using words but by offering concept complexes or balls of thought, we might call them, which are offered from one to another in a whole fashion so that the other may, herself, draw out the threads of communication that are offered there and see the entirely three-dimensional nature of even a single seed thought. So, the first thing that you communicate as an entity is your vibration, and from it people will take much. They will form an attitude towards you dependent upon how that vibration that is they and that vibration that is you are harmonizing. Neither you nor they may be aware that this subtle bodywork is going on, but bodies themselves are aware of these vibrational characteristics, and perhaps you have had the experience of cottoning to someone and not particularly liking someone else from the very instant of meeting. Often the communication of vibration has done its work before a word is spoken.

And, certainly, once an entity who wishes to communicate clearly grasps this vibrational nature of identity in a metaphysical sense the entity has become wise enough to work on or tune that vibrational nature of self that it may become more like the vibration of the Creator. For each of you has as the basic vibration the vibration of the Creator, and each of you has found ways to distort those perfectly harmonized vibrations in such and such a way, making the individual being of yourself a one of a kind. No one distorts that original Thought the same way as you. By taking thought, however, a seeker may, indeed, lessen the distortion of the vibration from the original Thought. And this is work well worth doing.

Aswe said, in your density it is necessary, for the most part, to use words to express opinion and fact. Your peoples have great numbers of words, many languages from which to choose. And each entity comes into her existence bombarded from the beginning with words, words, words. The process of maturation of the young ones of your species is a process of learning the words, learning the phrases, learning the behaviors, and then endlessly combining those learnings in ways that are taught as appropriate. And so each flower of self grows to bloom, grows to maturity, coming through the schooling process that teaches more and more words, more and more ways to use words and also that process teaches ways to think about the self, ways to think about others, so that by the time a young child has grown to adulthood she has an enormous quantity of information, some of which is words, and the definitions of words, and ways to use words, but a great deal of which is judgment or fear-based. For the culture in which you live teaches you to estimate the worth of an entity with whom you are going to communicate thought and from the results of that judgment to slant your communication in such a way as will, you feel, maximize the clarity.

For the most part, this process of learning produces fairly clear communication. When difficulties arise you may look for difficulties to arise when an entity is seen or assumed to be some nature on the surface that, in fact, the entity is not; for them, the carefully pointed communication is misaimed. When we speak to you through these instruments, we play an endless and fascinating game wherein we assess the harmonics of each of those within the circle. We listen to the, shall we say, the sound of the hunger, or the desire, or perhaps we might say the color of that desire, and then we orient and slant our message, which is always the same message, in order to best serve the harmonics and the substantial nature of the group which we feel kinship with and are meditating with. Each time even the same people meet as a circle there are subtle differences in the inner harmonics of the group, and each time we assess anew before we begin to speak, for we would not wish to waste this opportunity to share our thoughts with you clearly.

The group question for this session was: “What are the components of clear communication? How can miscommunication happen? What is said is not always heard or interpreted as it was intended. And would there be any non-verbal ways of communicating that would enhance our communication?” Q’uo began by saying that words have a difficulty in aiding clear communication of emotions and thoughts in the third density because each of us is a vibration or field of energy that words cannot clearly describe, and this communication of vibration is the first thing that we communicate to others which may give each of us the feeling of harmony or disharmony with each other when we first meet. Q’uo went on to say that when one wishes to clearly communicate its vibrational nature in the spiritual sense, it may make the effort to lessen the distortion of the Creator in a way that each person does in a unique way from the original Thought which is work well worth doing. Q’uo continued by saying that we have many languages with many words that are used to help children as they mature in the process of learning the words, phrases, behaviors, and then combining these learnings in ways that are taught as appropriate. But then they said that a great deal of the use of words is judgment or fear-based because our culture teaches us to estimate the worth of an entity with whom we are going to communicate, and because of that judgment we distort our communication in such a way to maximize its clarity. Then Q’uo said that, for the most part, this produces fairly clear communication, and when difficulties arise that they may be the result of misperceiving the other person’s surface vibrations which causes the communication to miss its mark. On December 28, 2019, Q’uo spoke of how the use of words often cannot clearly communicate our thoughts or feelings:

Thus, as you are able to realize that the words you speak carry power of description that is lesser than concepts convey, then you realize you must work even more persistently to be able to make yourself clear to clearly transmit the thoughts from your heart, from your mind, and from your very being. As you realize that you are, of necessity, relegated to the use of words, then perhaps you will also add to your attempt at communication a certain fervor that seeks to reveal most clearly what you are thinking and feeling. When this is done in conjunction, or in tandem with another entity with whom you are attempting to resolve difficulties and disharmonies, this is very helpful in that it gives you the means by which to work with more dedication in your attempt at communication.

Earlier conversation before this channeled communication talked about the way people do not listen to each other but rather each have things they wish to say to the other, and this is, of course, a very prominent way in which clear communication is sabotaged. If you become aware of a situation in which your words are not being heard, then it is that you may ask yourself whether you wish to be heard or whether you wish to allow the other self to express that which that self wishes to express and assume a role of simply listening. In many instances the appropriate response we would say, metaphysically speaking, is simply to abandon the desire to be heard and become a sounding board that can hear what an other self is attempting to say. This yielding up of the inner agenda and the thing to say is a mark of spiritual maturity. It is an action very difficult to complete, for there is within each self a deep well of desire to be heard, to be heard by the self, and to be heard by those other selves which have meaning for the self. And yet many times the straightest and shortest distance to clear communication is to become silent, to release the desire to be heard and to accept, temporarily, a role of purely listening.

May we say that when this decision is made it is a decision which places the self in a separated stance with regard to the other self. Consequently, when relationships are close in families or in communities it is not a wise choice to become the pure listener, for the harmonics within a family or within a spiritual community especially depend upon all of those involved being able not only to speak but also to listen. Thusly, if some give up that desire to speak that seems selfish and become pure listeners, they have robbed the collective harmonized group of those things which they alone could conceive of, think through, and express. Thusly, we encourage each to see that it is a mark of respect for the other self to continue to attempt not only to listen but also to be heard.

Perhaps the next most usual or common way in which communications go awry is that situation in which the self does not want to speak what is actually true. This can be as innocent a situation as one’s mother saying, “How do I look in this hat?” If Mother looks perfectly terrible in that hat, if that hat is an outrage and an eyesore, yet still a husband or a son is likely to say, “Oh, Mother you look wonderful in that hat.” This is not clear communication. This is, however, loving communication. And we do not say that this is wrong, for there are many kinds of truth. And the truth that is being expressed by the compliment, while untrue about the hat, is certainly true about the regard that the family members feel about another family member. The desire in this circumstance is not, then, to express truth but to express love. And we feel that that has its own kind of truth to it.

However, there are many times when that which should be expressed, if truth were told, is that which the other does not want to hear. The word, “no,” when permission is asked to do something. The words, “I don’t know,” when someone wishes you to have all the answers. These things are difficult to say. These things are even difficult to say to the self, and yet it does remarkably improve communication if the self does not edit to remove negative responses. Rather, we would suggest that when a situation arises that the self becomes aware that negative seeming truth must be told that there is a calm and quiet peace within. Perhaps even a small prayer may be uttered within, tuning the self toward the light, hoping that within that additional light there will be found ways to tell the truth that will be softer and yet still clearer than the abrupt, “I don’t know,” or “The answer is no.”

When the person facing this situation can realize the degree of fear that is distorting the challenge at hand, then it is that that entity becomes more and more skillful at looking straight at the fear involved and taking that fear within the heart and forgiving the self for being fearful. This work upon the self, over a period of time, begins to build up for the self a concept of the self as being flexible, able to learn new ways, unafraid to speak regardless of the consequences. It is as if you take a comb and comb through the difficulties and brambles that seem to be surrounding communication with this other self, combing away the tightness of spirit, combing the fear of ridicule, combing away the fear of making a mistake, combing away all the fear-based limitations that hedge you about as a communicator, until all that is left in your blue-ray energy field is an honest and open desire to give and receive information and love. Remember that communication itself is vibration. It has its own energy center, that blue-ray chakra in the throat.

Then Q’uo said that sometimes that the more spiritually oriented way of attaining clear communication is by offering the self to listen to what an other self has to say, but then they said that this might not be the more effective way to be part of a family or a spiritual community where it is important that all members share their thoughts and feelings. Q’uo went on to say that another way that clear communication can become distorted is in not telling the truth about a situation such as our mother’s hat looking terrible on her head but, instead, saying that she looks lovely with the hat on since, even though the statement is not true, it is made in a loving way which is its own truth. Q’uo continued by saying that another way to improve communication is to be thoughtful about how to say “No” or “I don’t know” when we know that the one we are communicating with does not want to hear this negative response, and they suggested offering a short prayer to invoke the light within to help us shine this light in our response. Then Q’uo said that if we are fearful of making this kind of a response that it would be helpful to take that fear into our heart and forgive our self for being fearful so that over a period of time, we become able to find new ways to speak the truth regardless of the situation. Q’uo said that this would increase our ability as a communicator as we would be using the blue-ray energy field with the honest desire to give and receive information and love because communication is a vibration of our blue-ray chakra in our throat. On May 13, 2008, Q’uo spoke of the value of the blue-ray chakra and the way of activating it:

The challenge of the blue-ray chakra is that it takes a well-developed ability to be completely forthright and honest at the level that is not often seen among your peoples and normal conversation. The process of falling in love with yourself is the key in opening the blue-ray chakra.

It is a great challenge to find complete and utter compassion for yourself. It is indeed one of the great challenges which you offer to yourself as you came into the incarnation. The reason that it is the key is that when you have become able to see yourself with eyes of love and love yourself, warts and all, as this instrument would say, you then will find it child’s play to have compassion on others. For you are always harder on yourself than on others. That freedom that compassion gives to you is a palpable vibration that can be felt by other selves with whom you’re interacting.

When you know that you are perfectly worthy, it is far easier to move through a discussion with someone who may attempt to trigger your feelings of unworthiness, without being swayed from your compassion and your open heart.

Now, communication may come from any of the centers within your physical and finer bodies. When you experience substantial difficulties in communication, know immediately that you are not in blue ray. And take the time in your mind to contemplate the conversation that was not clear, looking for the signature of the energy center that is blocked, over-stimulated, or in some way distorted. Often you will find an orange-ray blockage when the conversation is between two people and about something that is between those two people. In this situation you are literally looking in a mirror, and that which you think that the other has said is a reflection of that which you have said.

This instrument is perusing a book at this time about the living memory process and throughout the book the author keeps bringing up the qualities of interaction between two things, this author calling these two things tuning fork A and tuning fork B, or Albert and Betty. But let us say that you are Albert and the other is Betty. That which you say to the other self has a certain kind of energy. That energy moves to Betty, to tuning fork B, and is taken in by tuning fork B in a way that you could not predict but that is purely the choice of tuning for B. Then tuning fork Betty B responds to you, and energy and information comes back to you altered by the other, and as you and Betty converse you are creating an entire energy system that is strictly between the two of you, that has energy and life and love.

In any conversation you are creating energy, light, and memory, and you are watching something that is vivid develop. Consequently, one way to powerfully aid this process is to do some version of that which the one known as Ken Keyes has suggested in several of his books, and that is to use the phrase, “I am creating,” when you are speaking to another and there seems to be a major difficulty in understanding each other. If someone says, “You hate me,” to you, that is a clear communication of what that person thinks, but it is not particularly easy to respond to. If someone says, “I feel I am creating that you hate me,” then it is that the other can say, “I am creating that I do not feel that I hate you, but I do hear that you feel that I hate you, so we must now find out why it is that you feel this.” Any method that allows each person to take responsibility for that which he is hearing will improve communication in difficult situations.

Thedeepest aid to communication is character. If an entity has the humility and the patience to work with another entity to achieve clear communication nothing will keep that entity from achieving clear communication. But it is to the humble only that this becomes true. Your yellow-ray world, this world of Earth and the human experience is absolutely dependent upon communication. It is attempting to learn the lessons of love for individuals and for groups. So much about communication at the level at which you are now enjoying experience has the agenda of drawing groups together as well as drawing individuals together. There is an evolutionary drive towards harmonization of vibrations, and if you examine the kind of language that nations use with other nations you will see that despite many fears, despite many reservations, despite many warring hostile vibrations, groups of people can come to agreements in clear communication. And each of you knows from personal experience that clear communication from person to person is possible.

Therefore, let your heart never be faint when you discover that you are unable to communicate. Then is the time to listen patiently, to ask humbly those questions that you have upon your mind and, therefore, to gather the information that you may need in order to grasp what someone is attempting to tell you. And when you are the one speaking and you find that your words are falling upon deaf ears then it is that you may call upon your humanity, call upon your patience and release, for the moment, in order that you may provide the service of understanding that which the other has to say to you. Once this has been done you may then reassess the possibility of communicating that which you needed to.

We show this instrument a beautiful flowing river, a river of golden rolling waters, bubbling, and springing and singing. We show this instrument that with those who would communicate they must be as fish within that water, must feel that life-giving unifying water between the self and all other selves. See the self and all other selves as united within that golden stream that is flowing and bubbling at a very brisk rate, at a very decided direction. It does no good to attempt to stop the water. It does not help to remove the self from the flow of the everyday. Rather, the good of it is always in realizing the praise and the thanksgiving for belonging in that water of life, for being in the flow of incarnation, and for having the opportunity to share this environment with others also breathing the water and living in the flow.

Perhaps the most helpful thing to remember about communication is that you are all one. You are all going through the same experience. You are intimate, intimate friends. This is the truth beyond the surface, behind the masks of personality and individuality. Above all things, keep that faith that each other self is as you are, no better and no worse. See that equality of self to self always, disregarding status and the details of wealth and position. Be heart to heart insofar as you can with each other self. And that attitude of love will greatly help the process of clear communication. Know that each of you has gifts. Some of you have blue-ray gifts of communication. Some of you have gifts elsewhere. It helps to know the self, to have confidence in the self. And so we encourage that within each.

More and more as you take responsibility for yourself, as you bring your energy centers to a real balance, you will become more and more skilled at feeling the point at which the communication has bogged down. Where is the energy that is tangled? Is it in the orange-ray of personal communication, or is it in yellow-ray of communicators working with institutions like marriage, work, and groups of all kinds? But above all, know yourself to be a child of the one infinite Creator. Rest in that identity. Rest in that Love. And let that Love feed your heart, your faith, and your will so that you may once again give a gladsome smile and try again to say things clearly and with love.

Now Q’uo said that communication may occur in any of our chakras, and when we experience a lack of communication, we should contemplate the nature of the blockage which often is of the orange ray between us and one other person where we are looking in a mirror, and what we think the other person said about us is what we said about them.  Q’uo went on to say that when we communicate with each other we create an energy of light, love, and memory that moves back and forth between us, and to do this more efficiently we might add the phrase “I am creating” before any feeling that we have about the communication we are having with someone else because this will allow us to take responsibility for what we are hearing, and it will improve communication in difficult situations. Q’uo continued by saying that if we exercise humility and patience in our communication with others that we will eventually achieve our goal of clear communication, and this type of clear communication is necessary for people and groups to learn the lessons of love that are now evolving and can be seen in how nations communicate with each other in order to deal with the possibility of coming to agreements to dispel the fears of warlike vibrations. Then Q’uo said that we should not be discouraged if we feel we are not communicating well because that would be the time for us to ask questions to try to understand what is being told to us, and we should also try to answer the questions that another person would ask about what we are saying to them. Then Q’uo suggested that we see our selves as fish swimming in the golden waters of life that unite us with all other selves, and we should give praise and thanksgiving for being in the flow of our incarnation and for breathing the water and living in the flow. Q’uo said that we should remember that we are all one beneath the masks of our incarnation, and that sharing our love heart to heart with each other will enhance our clear communication and allow us to share our gifts with each other. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that as we take responsibility for our selves by balancing our energy centers we will know when a blockage has occurred in our communication whether it is the orange ray of self to another self or the yellow ray of marriage or work, but most of all we should: “know yourself to be a child of the one infinite Creator. Rest in that identity. Rest in that Love. And let that Love feed your heart, your faith, and your will so that you may once again give a gladsome smile and try again to say things clearly and with love.” On April 1, 2001, Hatonn spoke of the value of communicating from heart to heart:

We consider your query and may report that the verbal communication has been left to us this day, which we are happy to undertake. However, we would remind each entity present that the means of communication that is most effective is not that which is mind to mind or mind to ear, but that which is heart to heart. Those entities which join us this day, who are not visible to your physical eyes, send this vibration of Love to each present with greetings, with blessings and with benedictions that each may be well and may reflect this Love to all about it. Is there another question, my brother?

We would transfer this contact to the one known as Jim. We thank this instrument and leave it 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 to additional queries which those present may have for us. May we ask if there is another query at this time?

S: I have been reading material that talks of the Guardian Races and the Ra Confederacy, and the question that I had on that is, is there any other material available to us on the Law of One?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. We find that there are many authors who, throughout the written history of this planet, have spoken of this law. Many poets, many musicians speak of the unity of all things. We are aware that you are intending to inquire of entities who are consciously writing of this Law or who have been able to make contact with entities such as ourselves who may speak of this Law, and, again, there are many, beginning with the text that is known among your peoples as the Holy Bible, for there are some instances within this work in which the concepts of the Law of One, and some of the distortions of the Law of One, are spoken of. There are entities who, from the ancient times, have spoken of this law in an oral tradition. The so-called Brotherhood of the Seven Rays is one such group that spoke concerning this law. Within your own time frame there has been much information channeled through the one known as Edgar Cayce in which the Law of One was revealed in some detail. Other entities, such as the one known as Brother Philip, have also shared information regarding this law.

Is there a further query, my brother?

S: A week ago I had some problems with my contacts and my eyes and have been unable to wear my contacts. I have been thinking all week what possible issue may be coming up as a result. Is there something that I am not seeing? Maybe you could shed some light on that area.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. Without moving too far toward the precipice of infringement upon free will we may suggest that you may fruitfully look into the area of the Christmas season and some of the concerns, shall we say, that have been a part of your history that revolve about this season, so that the sight is less than clear and is somewhat irritated when the, shall we say, sore subjects are broached.

Is there another query, my brother?

S: The last time that we spoke I was asking about the DNA activation recoding, and you mentioned that it would be an infringement on my free will to give me information about that, and I don’t understand how it could be an infringement. Could you elaborate?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. This particular area of inquiry is one which may offer a fruitful avenue of exploration to you. We are not desirous of influencing your choices to the degree that we would answer in great detail or even much detail at all in this area for we would prefer that you be able to make these choices for yourself. If you have a more specific query in this area to offer to us that is the result of your own consideration, we would be more than happy to speak to that specific query rather than being asked by you to look into this general area and to elicit from it for you that which is of importance.

Is there another query, my brother?

S: OK. I guess maybe to take it a little further in, in these readings there was a mention of how the Earth at this time was increasing its activation that will come up over the next 17 years, the next 12 to 17 years, that will be available to all. I had a dream recently that I was at 4.4 and one of the things mentioned was that the ascension of most people would have to be 4.5, and I am trying to get a better understanding of what that means.

I am Q’uo, and we believe that we grasp your query. Please query further if we are incorrect. There are various points of harmony, shall we say, betwixt the energy centers of individuals such as yourself and the planetary entity that is the sphere upon which you now dwell. As the planetary entity moves through its process of evolution it, as do each of those entities such as yourself which live upon it, opens various doors, certain tones or themes are made available so that those entities such as yourself which are in the planet’s care are able to take advantage of these doors, these tones, these reaches of possibility that allow each entity upon the planet to harmonize its own seeking with the planetary evolution. Thus, the interrelationship of this planetary entity and those upon it is that which can be utilized to enhance one’s process of becoming aware of the nature of the self, of the creation, and the opening of the heart of the self through the acceptance of all that is.

Is there another query, my brother?

S: Do you have any suggestions or exercises or anything of that nature that would be of benefit?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. And to this query we would respond by suggesting that it is well to take a portion of each day and to reserve it for the meditation so that the events of the day may be reviewed in a brief manner in which time there is the feeling again of those efforts to communicate, to open the heart, to understand, to be more aware of the effect one’s being has upon those about one. In short, this is an exercise in the increasing sensitivity of an entity to its own evolutionary process. The time spent in meditation reviewing the events that have left their mark upon the mind and upon the heart is a time during which that which has been learned can be seated more firmly within the self and that which awaits the learning can begin to be revealed to the conscious mind.

Is there another query, my brother?

S: That’s all that I have for now. Thank you.

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

Carla: I would like to ask—I’ve noticed my eagerness this whole year to work on the handbook for wanderers. I know it must be somewhat out of balance. I was wondering if you could comment on this almost compulsion that I have to keep working as fast as I can in working on the book. Is there anything that I could do to bring more into balance? I don’t want my great desire or eagerness to do the book to hurt its purity.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. The project of the writing of this book may be likened to the preparation for the running of the race. The runner has trained well, has trained long, and now awaits the starter’s gun. The pulse increases. The adrenaline is released, and the mind is focused in a single fashion upon the running of the race. That there should be some increase in the level of anxiety before such a race or the writing of such a book is understandable, for there is the desire to accomplish each well. There is also the need to give over the project to those hands which are greater than your own, to the heart which is larger than your own. And though the one known as R has a large heart and great hands, we speak of the one Creator which is able to move through channels such as your own in a more balanced fashion when the dedication to a certain outcome is released enough that one can move with the possibilities, the difficulties, the frustrations, and the, shall we say, gremlins, as we have heard them called, in as easy a fashion as one can move with the work moving smoothly. Thus, one sees the one Creator moving in a rhythmic sense so that which seems to be a difficulty in the short run may seem either insignificant or an unseen ally in the longer run. For the quality of understanding is not a portion of this third-density experience, and much which occurs in your daily round of activities, even to the smallest of details, has a beneficial purpose which will not be understood in the moment of its occurrence, if ever. However, there is a purpose to even the smallest of experiences and the one Creator may utilize each experience for the accomplishment of a larger purpose or plan.

Is there a further query, my sister?

Carla: Yes. I have noticed that I am dropping off to sleep morning, noon and night, when I don’t intend to, since I have started working on the book. Is this tendency benign?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. The wear and tear of such a project has its toll. The sleeping is appropriate when one is weary.

Carla: Thanks. This lady that wrote in is named F and she lives in Brooklyn, New York, and she has a metaphysical TV show that goes out to about a million people in the New York City area. She and I have been writing for some time. Recently she sent me a transcript of an exchange between her and an entity that she calls A that she met through her ouija board. She has been talking to A for about 15 years and seems to relate to her in the same way a personal guide would. I see nothing but a benign relationship. She asks if you would comment on the relationship between her and A.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. We look at this entity, the one known as F and the one known as A who is working with the entity known as F in order that there might be some guidance made available from sources that are, as you have surmised, benign and helpful for the one known as F. This relationship is one which has been established as a kind of rotating honor and duty, so that as one entity is within the incarnation the other remains exterior to it and serves as a guide to the one moving through the veil of forgetting. This relationship is old in terms of this cycle of experience, having begun early within the cycle, at a time when both were incarnate and shared a relationship which was that of what you would call the husband and the wife. The offspring of this mating were not just the physical children that is the usual produce of such relationships but were also concepts of the unity of all things and the creative power of love which each wished to share with others upon this planetary sphere and which each continues to share with those of this population.

Is there a further query, my sister?

Carla: No. Thank you, and I know F thanks you, too.

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

R: To follow up on the concept of one entity in the incarnation and one out of the incarnation, how does a concept of such a guide compare to the guidance provided to a person from his or her own higher self?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. In most instances the type of relationship would be nearly identical. However, those guides are related to the higher self in the role of the male, the female, and the androgynous guide. The more personal guide may be more immanent or, shall we say, accessible so that there might be a more practical, shall we say, line of communication so that words and concepts, feelings and tones, may be transmitted upon a regular basis. Thus, the personal guide—which is an entity much like the one being guided, however having remained between incarnations in what you would call the time/space portion of this planetary vibration—then is able to make a reliable contact in some fashion with the entity entering the incarnation, for the purpose of enhancing a personal evolution in the day-to-day activities.

Is there a further query, my brother?

R: What you are saying is that with this case of two entities, one in and one out of incarnation, there is a more reliable chance of establishing a type of communication which will touch upon the conscious mind of the entity in incarnation, thereby enabling some flow of information between them, as opposed to the higher self which always communicates through the deeper mind and, therefore, is more in the form of concepts which do not relate to the logic of the conscious mind as well?

I am Q’uo, and we are grateful for your elucidation of our attempt to speak to your query. We feel that you have done a better job than we, and we thank you. Is there another query at this time?

R: No. Not a question. But a comment. It sounds like music to my ears when you inject some humor into the topics which we discuss here that feel serious and deep. Perhaps they are, but if you have more of it, just keep it coming.

I am Q’uo, and we also appreciate humor, for the sense of proportion is that which provides the better view to the restricted mind, and we appreciate your comments as well, my friend.

Is there a final query at this time?

[No further queries.]

I am Q’uo, and since we have exhausted the queries for this session of working, we would again take the opportunity to thank each present for inviting us to join your circle of seeking this day. We are always filled with joy at this invitation and appreciate greatly the ability to speak with each. We remind each that we are not great authorities and do not wish any to take all of what we say as being the truth. Use your own powers of discrimination to choose that which has meaning and value for you, leaving all else behind.

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

This morning I recorded the section on The “Team”—Finding Synergy With People At Work from Chapter Five of 102. Then I went outside and used my backpack blower to move the pile of leaves beside the pet cemetery to just in front of my truck in the driveway because I was concerned that if they stay on until the end of November, as David’s Lawn Service said was when they planned to pick them up, they might kill the grass under them.

This afternoon I recorded Company Activities—Making a Family at Work from Chapter Five of 102. Then I went outside and blew the leaves behind the garage into a more even depth so that I could mulch them with Venus.

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

December 19

Open To The Spirit

I am of the principle of unconditional Love and I greet you in the name and the peace of Jesus Christ.

“Without Me you can do nothing.” You have heard these words many times. They are not words to be taken literally. Think of the sentence, “Without Love one can do nothing,” and realize that you are here at this blessed time of darkness, pregnant with your soul just as the earth, so bleak and bare seemingly, is pregnant within with all the blossoms and fruits of the harvest to come.

Whatever your spirit is, this is the time for its renewal. This is the time for its swaddling, its nurturing, the keeping of it quietly, confidently and with no need for outer expression.

Allow this young, new sense of self to be open to the Spirit which you call Holy, that you may be renewed, and that the face of the earth may, one person at a time, be changed.

We leave you in the peace of this pregnancy of self. Cherish yourself. Cherish your spirit and rest in peace and 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from November 21, 1999:

We are wondering if Q’uo can give us some information about how the mirroring effect works and how we can utilize it in our own life. It is very hard to get an objective point of view about ourselves. We have a much easier time helping other people with their problems and catalyst and seeing things in an objective way. How can we use the mirroring effect in our daily lives to enhance our own understanding about ourselves?

(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. It is in the Creator’s service that we come to this group this evening. May we thank each of you for desiring to know the truth and for calling us to your session of working. It is a great blessing for us to be able to speak to you in this manner, for it is through instruments such as this one that we are able to offer our ideas and opinions without trespassing on the free will of those whom we would wish to serve. Therefore, you serve us greatly by allowing us to serve you, for this is our path of service at this time, and to be able to exercise that which we came to offer is a great blessing. As always, we ask that each of you listen with a discerning and discriminating ear and heart to our thoughts and to the thoughts of any who would offer opinion and teaching. For truth is not a solid and unchanging thing. There are as many personal truths as there are persons or spirits, for each has an unique viewpoint. Therefore, those thoughts that we offer to you, take them or leave them as you wish and keep only those that you find helpful.

You ask us this day concerning how to make use of the catalyst that is offered to you in the form of those things about those with whom you are in relationship that catch the attention in irritation, or aggravation, or annoyance. You have said that you understand that these other entities all serve as reflections of yourself. And perhaps we can work upon this point a bit to bring it into a more lucid focus. Each of you and each of us are the one infinite Creator in each iota, or atom, or cell of our makeup. No matter who the entity is it is a portion of all that there is and all that there is exists in that portion in the way of holographic images. Thusly, when you see another entity and react to that entity, you are the Creator seeing the Creator. This is a truth about you, regardless of the situation in which one entity gazes upon another.

Throughout your recorded history it has been so that in the apparent world there were great differences between people. Some had great possessions and wealth while others had nothing or very little. Some have great influence and power while others are helpless and at the mercy of those who are powerful. The apparent inequities of the ages remain inequities because the Creator in each of you is at the core of each of you. It is the work of many, many incarnations to begin to bring the truth at the core of the being up into the light of conscious and consciously lived life. But no matter how deep the seeming vision, no matter how bottomless the abyss that seems to yawn between two people, no matter what the apparent inequity between two people, at the core each is joined to each forever in a unity that is endless and complete. Density may pass into density and octave into octave forever, and you shall still be one with every entity that has ever disturbed or bothered you, as well as one with every entity that has ever earned your respect, admiration, compassion, or love. You have no room to pick and choose amongst the great variety that is apparent upon your Earth plane in terms of the truth of your being and the truth of the being of those with whom you come into contact.

Needless to say, it is not the function of the illusion in which you find yourself to bring the core truths to light. Rather, it is the function of the illusion in which you find yourself to toss you into a sea of confusion again, and again, and again, as often as this can possibly happen without completely deluging and foundering the spirit within. Now, each of you, as an eternal and infinite being, at one point before you decided upon incarnation within the Earth plane, sat down with your higher self and with the aid of the spiritual guides and considered carefully the life which you were about to embark upon. You considered the relationships that would give you the catalyst that you needed in order for growth to occur of a spiritual type. You considered these relationships well. From the standpoint of an entity which is not within the heavy chemical illusion of third density you gazed upon the richness of the learning experience awaiting you, and you gleefully rubbed your hands, thinking to yourself that this would be a wonderful adventure, an experience to remember, a great opportunity for increasing your polarity. This last is central, for each of you chose a catalyst that would work directly upon your polarity; that is, the intensity with which you desire either to serve others or to serve yourself.

It seemed so obvious to you, before incarnation, that these relationships that were being set up and the dynamics that would develop would be helpful. It simply did not occur to you that, perhaps, you might lose your way, that, perhaps, you might become completely overwhelmed by the sea of confusion, that you might temporarily and again and again drown in this confusion and become completely without hope. It was not obvious to you from the standpoint of infinity and eternity that minutes and hours could be endlessly long, that the dynamic of a difficult relationship could be excruciating emotionally, that the pain of living through relationships that were somewhat difficult over a period of time would be cumulative and distressing in the extreme. These things did not occur to the eager and ardent soul that you are in eternity and infinity. Simply put, it did not occur to you that the veil of forgetting would have such a powerful influence upon your awareness of the truth. However, it is just this deadening, numbing forgetting that places you in the optimal position for work in polarizing, and sharpening, and honing the desire to serve ever more truly, ever more deeply, ever more purely.

Nevertheless, here each of you is sitting in this circle with a heart still ardent and intentions still earnest, ideals still high. Yet each of you is bemused and concerned because of those things which you see as failures upon your part, failures to keep the cheerfulness, to feel the light and the love of the infinite Creator surrounding each and every situation. And we can only say to you in your darkness, in your searching, in your confusion, be at peace. Know that all is well. It is utterly and completely acceptable and a very helpful learning experience to feel irritation, aggravation, and annoyance. It may be distressing. It may seem very confusing. And it may feel like an error that is dirty and sinful. Nevertheless, each time that you, as a consciously living entity, become aware that you are not treating another entity as the Creator you are in a very enviable position from the standpoint of one who has set before the self the race to run. For in this situation there is no human forgiveness possible. You see, each of you is deliberately cut off from your perfection. You embraced the humanity, which is error prone, because it was error prone, because you became blind and deaf and dumb to the full awareness of the one infinite Creator.

You may ask, “Am I supposed to flounder in this sea of confusion for my entire incarnation? Is there no way that I can improve at moving from the surface of a situation in which I experience catalyst to a deeper appreciation of the opportunities that this catalyst offers?” And we say to you, you may well attempt to become ever more quickly aware of the true situation and move from confusion to faith, but do not ever begrudge these irritations and annoyances in relationships that bring you to yourself.

The group question for today was “How can we use the mirroring effect in our daily lives to enhance our own understanding about ourselves?” Q’uo began their reply by saying that each person that we have difficult catalyst with is a reflection of our self, and both of us and all entities that we are seeing are the Creator when we look at each other. Q’uo continued by saying that throughout the history of Earth that all seeming differences between people were merely ways that the Creator was embodied in each, and it would take many lifetimes to discover this basic truth which would continue to be the truth throughout all densities and octaves to come. Then Q’uo said that the illusion of third density hides this basic truth from us so that when we worked with our higher self to plan the relationships in our next incarnation, that this would provide us the catalyst that could become overwhelming and confusing, but which would allow us to grow into a spiritual being with a greater opportunity to polarize our consciousness. Q’uo went on to say that we should be at peace as we are searching in the darkness and know that all is well because it is acceptable to feel irritation and aggravation since we have embraced our error prone humanity which has cut us off from the perfection and awareness of the one infinite Creator. Q’uo said that we may ask: “Am I supposed to flounder in this sea of confusion for my entire incarnation? Is there no way that I can improve at moving from the surface of a situation in which I experience catalyst to a deeper appreciation of the opportunities that this catalyst offers?” Q’uo continued by saying that we may eventually become aware of the true situation and move from confusion to faith, but we should be grateful for these irritating relationships because they will allow us to know our true self. On October 31, 1976, Hatonn spoke of our true self:

First, each of you who is in this plane of existence has one purpose which is of a primary nature. That purpose is to become aware of your true self and in so doing you begin to vibrate in harmony with that true self; that is, to vibrate within the harmonies of Love. This one vibratory Thought created all that there is, and as you come into harmony with this Thought you become a beacon of Light that lights all those about you. This is your primary service. Whatever else there is for you to do it is best served by you becoming more and more able to be who you truly are. Being is always more important than doing, for one acts from the heart, for one acts very [inaudible].

Now, you have asked how you can work with the awareness that entities are a reflection of yourself, and we say to you work with them by releasing yourself and them from the strictures of humanity. It is not efficient or often possible to work with situations upon the level that the situation has occurred. In your humanity you have very limited resources when it comes to expressing love. Your supply runs out, and you are not expected, in and of yourself, to have infinite love. This is not within the capacity or the blueprint for human entities. It is necessary for the learning experience for an incarnation that you repeatedly come to the end of your human resources and then are forced to look at choices between despair and hope, between doubt and confidence, between giving up and keeping the faith. Thusly, we would suggest to each of you that when you begin to experience these irritations in a relationship between friends and relatives and loved ones move immediately to a position of forgiveness of self. For your real work in consciousness is not with another entity but with the self.

Now, in the example that this instrument gave in the conversation prior to this contact the entity involved was an entity which required that which this instrument was unable to offer with a full and open heart. This entity was immediately caught up in that situation with the mechanics of refraining from offering catalyst to the other entity. The one known as R, however, was precisely accurate in pointing out that there is an alternative to bearing difficulty in silence. There are several alternatives to this. One is that choice of anger which, in a blaze of truth, blasts both self and other self in a fire of destruction, offering further catalyst to both entities. This is an acceptable way to work with the catalyst of irritation

There is the choice of attempting to express the feelings of the self to the other self. This choice is somewhat more skillful, taking into account as it does that the other entity in the equation of dynamics is also an infinite and eternal being which may wish to work carefully and thoughtfully upon its own inner processes. In such open communication there is much hope, and the faith that it takes to expose the poverty of the self to another is that effort put forth that does increase the polarity of the self. For there is that open-hearted communication in faith.

There is the choice that this instrument has repeatedly made in such a situation of maintaining a silence concerning the inner processes of irritation and anger and so forth. This can be a somewhat skillful choice if it is combined with a very light touch. The instinct of most entities in this situation is towards a heavier and heavier and ever more earnest and deeply felt concern. Whereas the more skillful approach to suffering in silence is to suffer in silence while amusing the self, finding inner laughter, and achieving a point of view that puts the entire foolish quarrel of humans and other humans into perspective as the blind leading the blind, both falling into the ditch.

Now Q’uo said that we can use the reflection of our self in others by releasing our expectations of our selves and others for our failings because at some point we will run out of love which will bring us to the point of choosing between despair and hope and between doubt and confidence when we are working with friends or family, so we should forgive our self because our real work in consciousness is to work on our self. Q’uo went on to say that when we experience difficulties with someone else that there are a number of ways of dealing with the situation besides being silent, and the first one was to get share one’s true feelings by getting angry and provide more catalyst for both. Then Q’uo said that another way of dealing with this situation was to also see the other person as an eternal being, and to share the limitations of the self in hope and faith, and this kind of communication from the open heart would increase the polarity of the self. Q’uo continued by saying that Carla had often dealt with her anger and frustration by keeping silent and using her sense of humor to take a larger view of the human foolishness as that of the blind leading the blind with and both falling into the ditch. On December 16, 1990, Q’uo gave an example of the value of a sense of humor:

That which your peoples call the sense of humor is, indeed, most helpful to any entity, no matter the position upon the path, or the placement within the life pattern. We see that which you call the sense of humor as being a sense of proportion where an entity is able to gain enough experience within the life that one may see a broader view. One stands upon a somewhat more elevated position, building experience upon experience, until that which you call wisdom is begun.

There is much in every entity’s life pattern and daily round of activities which lends itself to humor, nothing so much as the entity itself as it attempts to make a sense of and to form a cohesion from many disparate parts of the life which seem not to be held together well at all. There are innumerable instances in every entity’s life during which the entity will find itself playing the complete fool. This, in your mundane way of seeing things, often lends to the feeling of insecurity, doubt and wondering if there will ever be a time where the entity will have control of itself and be able to do that which it wishes, when it wishes, and in the manner it wishes. We would utilize your sense of humor at moments such as this, if we were in your position, in order that we might be reminded that each of us contains those elements which are less than ideal, but are completely acceptable as portions of a personality that one attempts to discipline as one would the wayward child, in order that the lessons set before one might be learned with more efficiency.

Perhaps from this exposition you may see that we are not, as teachers, particularly concerned with which option you choose, for in each process lessons will be offered, and learning will be possible. There are two elements at work when you are working upon polarity. One is faith; one is desire. Look to your desire that it may be of the highest and the best that you know. Look to the true, and the good, and the beautiful, and hew as best you can to the high road, keeping in mind always that it is intention, not manifestation, that is important in the metaphysical universe of time/space. Keep in mind that it is faith that you are attempting to express in your life and in your being. Faith does not make sense. Faith gives one no avenue to pride. Faith seems to be the slenderest of all reeds to cling to, and yet the soul who lives by faith, the spirit who clings to faith, the one who refuses to let it go, is that spirit which shall achieve advances and polarity, and this is an achievement that redounds not to the incarnational self alone but to the eternal and infinite self.

Thusly, we ask that whether you burst into angry speech, keep silence, find communication, or simply work with the self to lighten the mood, do these things with an eye to keeping the faith. What is it to live by faith but to look at a situation that seems hopeless and say, “I believe that all is well.” May we say that in our opinion this affirmation is one of the most powerful, enabling and ennobling of all learnings, of all expression, of all spiritual manifestation. The other is forgiveness. When you are looking at that part of your universal self that you do not wish to see—that is, when you are having difficulty with another entity—it may not seem possible for you to forgive that entity, and, by reflection, it may not seem possible for you to forgive yourself. And may we say further it is not possible to either forgive self or other self without a release of that self and an acceptance of help, for there is help at the core of your being waiting to be accessed, waiting to be asked. For the infinite Creator in infinite Love and infinite patience sits in a humble chair in a little corner of your heart waiting to be called upon, waiting to be brought into the center of the heart, waiting to be noticed, waiting to be asked. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with Deity and that Logos was Deity, and that Deity is Love, and that Love is you. At the heart of your being lies all the resources that you will ever, ever need. At the heart of your being lies infinite truth, infinite power, infinite strength.

When you can lay the burden of selfhood down and allow that core of self to speak as the little self, then you shall be overshadowed by infinite energy. And there are times when each of you has experienced this grace, times when you have prayed and received blessing, when it has become possible for you to love and forgive another and the self. Know that these things are possible. Know that it does not matter whether you have not succeeded or whether you feel that you have. For you are doing well simply to arise in the morning, and breathe the air, and respond as best you can to the busyness and the pleasure of the day.

All is well. This may be your mantra. All will be well. This will be your hope. Allow yourself to fail. Allow yourself to be upset. There is no disaster here, but only the opportunity for learning and growth. And know that help is always nearer than your breathing, closer than your own features or the breath in your body. Entities of great Love and wisdom surround you, love you, want to support you. Lean into that invisible help and know always that all is well.

Here Q’uo said that it was unimportant which option that we chose in dealing with difficult relationships, but they suggested that we use faith and desire to take the high road of truth and beauty because it is our intentions to do so rather than any manifestation that is important on our spiritual path. Q’uo went on to say that faith does not make any sense, but by exercising faith that we will increase our polarity which will benefit our incarnational self and our infinite self as well. Then Q’uo said that no matter what approach we take in dealing with a difficult relationship that one of the most important things we can do is to have faith that all is well, and then they said that another way to do this was forgiveness of our self and the other self. They went on to say that we should release our self and ask for help from the infinite Creator that is within our heart, and it is there that the Creator resides to give us Love which is all of the aid that we will ever need because within our heart lies infinite truth, power, and strength. Q’uo completed their reply by saying that when we can release the difficult relationship and speak to our child within, we may become aware of the power of grace to love and forgive another and our self, so whether we succeed or fail all is well because we are surrounded by entities of great Love that love us and want to support us. On December 17, 1995, Q’uo spoke of the nature of grace:

In actuality, these times when grace seems to come near and touch the entity are those times when the individual has been able involuntarily or consciously to allow the self to be completely natural, to rest in the center of being, and to allow the natural flow of energy. It is as though the self were a receiver that only intermittently worked. In simplistic terms, then, the way towards maximizing the experience of grace in the incarnative experience is to attempt to come to a feeling within of balance. We would encourage seekers to think upon and ponder the concept of self with regard to the nature of the basic attitude that is given as a natural gift by the Creator to each entity, for the maximizing of the experience of grace can be accomplished by increasing the allowing of the self to rest in the natural balance.

We would at this time transfer this contact to the one known as Jim. We leave this instrument, with thanks, in the love and in the light of the infinite One. We are those of Q’uo.

(Jim channeling)

I am Q’uo, and with this instrument again. We greet each again in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator through this instrument. At this time we would 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?

S: What do you do, how is your time spent, when you are not speaking with groups such as ours?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. A large portion of our experience is that which reaches into realms which are not available to those of third density and which would not make much sense, shall we say, to those of your experience. What we attempt to do in relation to your planetary sphere is to monitor the progress of your peoples in discovering the concept of infinity, for it is this concept of infinite which is the key to unlocking the doors of unknowing, shall we say. The experience of the intellectual mind which is so much prevalent among the populations of your planet is an experience which is largely reserved for those of third density. For it is that which allows you to gain the greatest amount of individuality possible and to begin the process of opening the heart. For as each entity begun its experience in the first density of simple awareness, and having moved through this timeless experience into the second density of gaining the seeking and movement towards the light, this process of individuation, of moving seemingly away from the complete unity with all things, then gains its zenith within third density where the great intellectual ability is sacrificed, shall we say, by those who would open their hearts to the one Creator and Its creation.

Thus, as we have been called by many such as yourselves, then we look to those who call and present ourselves in whatever form or fashion is most helpful to them, whether it be in a small number of cases such as the calling of this group to hear our words and opinions or to those who need an inspirational dream, shall we say, and, thus, a visitation within the sleep and dreaming portion of your experience, or whether it might be more helpful to provide a coincidental meeting of entities within the third-density illusion, that they might share the seeking that grows within both hearts. Thus, we aim most of our efforts toward this planet and its harvest, which is ongoing at this time.

Is there another query, my brother?

S: How is your consciousness picked by those who you speak through or to? How is it determined who is paired with whom?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. In the small percentage of entities with whom we deal where there is the opportunity for mind-to-mind contact and the expressing of the verbal representation of our thoughts, the group calling will determine whether the nature of the information sought is of an introductory or other nature. Far more entities request the introductory information which concerns the concept of the one great original Thought of the infinite Creator from which all of the creation has been made and the need for each entity to establish regular meditation times and practices so that more and more of this thought may be apprehended and utilized in the daily round of activities. When a group has persisted for a long enough period of time and has meditated faithfully, giving over a regular portion of the diurnal period to retiring to that sacred inner room to be in the presence of the one Creator, then there is the need for more intermediate information which Confederation entities are then able to give according to their own talents, shall we say. There are numerous entities within the Confederation of Planets in the Service of the One Creator who are able to serve in both the introductory and intermediate phases to groups such as this one. In those few groups in which there is the additional need for what you would call advanced information, there are also groups which are able to answer this call as well. The matching of groups which call with those who answer is upon the level of a natural affinity for that which is called and that which is shared, much as the simple analogy of the magnet which attracts the iron filings.

Is there another query, my brother?

S: I have recently purchased some quartz crystals, and could you tell me how the energy through crystals manifests itself and the additional uses that I may make of them?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. The study of those artifacts known as crystals is a large study which has been investigated in great detail by many of your peoples who have utilized such crystals for a great portion of time. For specific information, we would recommend that various texts upon this subject be studied. The general principle of the use of the crystal is that there is a geometrical and arithmetic relationship of various angles and sides and nature of the crystal itself which lends itself to certain kinds of uses depending upon the ability of the entity which utilizes the crystal to regularize and harmonize its own being, its own personality, with the crystal being used. Thus, the charging of any crystal is done by the focus of the intention within the heart and mind while in the meditative state upon the crystal which is held in various positions ranging from the lower to the higher chakras. This done over a period of time then creates a harmonic resonance, shall we say, between the entity and the crystal so that the crystal acts as that which magnifies the intentions of the entity using it. As we mentioned previously, the specific use to which the crystal is put is determined by the nature of the crystal, its size and its purity. The nature of the entity utilizing the crystal is as important if not more so than the nature and purity of the crystal used.

Is there a further query, my brother?

S: I have recently been reading and making my best attempts at DNA recoding and activation, and I will ask you whether you can give me any comment on my progress in that direction?

I am Q’uo, and am enough aware of the query which you ask that we would request a good deal more information in relation to this subject area, for if we were to attempt to speak to this query at this time it would require us to infringe upon your free will by moving into those areas which are yet undiscovered.

Is there a further query, my brother?

S: I was wondering if during the dreaming stage that I could possibly meet with you and share your surroundings?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. Such a meeting would, indeed, be possible if you are able to successfully navigate in a conscious fashion within your dreaming state. This is a skill which is achieved after a good deal of work, shall we say, over a period of time. Those who are able to move in a conscious fashion within their dreams are few upon your planetary surface. If you are able to accomplish this, we shall be most happy to meet you there.

Is there another query, my brother?

S: No more from me. Thank you very much.

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

Carla: I wondered, number one, as I get to working on various topics on my book there may be subjects which the archive material hasn’t given us anything on. On those areas would it be acceptable for you to give me information to share with others through the book?

I am Q’uo, and we would be most happy to speak upon any subject within your outline, my sister.

Carla: My other short one had to do with some really strange things that have been happening while I have been working on the book on the computer. There have been so many gremlins lately and I have been taking this as a good sign. It means a good energy is building up on the project and has attracted attention. Would you agree?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. The experience of the malfunctioning of the computer and its software is in most cases the normal working out of the interrelationship between the hardware and the software and the brain. However, there is some small degree of, as you would say, interference from the loyal opposition. However, we find that the project is being undertaken in the most appropriate attitude of praise and thanksgiving and the openhearted giving of love and light which is your great protection.

Is there a further query, my sister?

Carla: Yes. One more. I got a letter from a lady today who was in that hypnogogic state between sleep and waking and she was suddenly aware of a violent energy that was making a lot of noise and was entering at the heart, coming out the back, going into the back and coming out the front over and over. This went on for a while and at the end of this time everything shut down, but she had a pain in her back and chest and was very uncomfortable. I suggested that she had either become aware of a psychic greeting within her finer bodies, or that there was a process going on in the finer bodies that she became aware of in this state and was benign, and that moving back into her body and waking up she had gotten back in crooked at that energy center she had gotten stuck. I suggested that she make daily affirmations that her finer bodies were perfectly in alignment with her physical vehicle. Could you suggest anything further that might be helpful to her?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. The refining of the affirmation to that which suggests to the deep mind that within the sleep state the body will readjust itself into the proper alignment with the energy centers would be that which may be helpful in finalizing the realignment that has been, as you have surmised, caused by the incorrect re-entry of the astral body into the third-density, chemical vehicle.

Is there a further query, my sister?

Carla: No. I will quote your response to her verbatim and let her work with it.

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

R: No question. Just want to say thanks for everything that you have shared with us.

I am Q’uo, and we are grateful for your words as well, my brother. For as we said in the beginning of this session it is your calling to us that is a great service to us. Without such a calling we would have no beingness within your illusion. At this time within this third-density planetary influence there is a great deal of calling for assistance from any source which may provide the green-ray opening of love and compassion. That is our great desire: to partake in the awakening of the heart energy center of all those who seek our assistance, for there is no greater calling than that which calls for love, that which calls to love, and it is that calling which we answer, and those from the far reaches of the one creation rejoice at the experience which each has upon this planetary influence in the opening of the heart.

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

This morning I recorded the section on Entrepreneurs from Chapter Five of 102. Then I went outside and used my backpack blower to blow all of the leaves in the front and side yards into the pile of leaves beside the pet cemetery.

This afternoon I ran a couple of errands with my first stop being at Feeder’s Supply to buy some cat food. My second stop was at the vet’s to pick up some meds for Bosco. My third stop was at AutoZone to pick up some 50:1 2 cycle engine oil.

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

November 18

The Face Of God

Greetings in the Love of Christ. I am the Spirit of the consciousness of Love which is Christ’s self, in the vibration which comforts this instrument.

Whatever we would say this day must turn upon the face of God, for we find in this instrument’s mind a focus far from that face. And we question the efficacy of such concentrated efforts at separation from the source of life and health.

Do you burn with shame at your transgressions? Far more did the man known as Jesus burn with shame at the iniquity of His nature, for He was given the perfect consciousness of Christ and all the material of mind and body which belongs to the illusion of the world. What pangs he felt because of His angers, His pride, His sarcasm, His coldness, and His cowardice! Truly He condemned Himself many, many times. For His was the painful knowledge of perfection and the equal awareness of the absolute imperfection of all that partakes of illusion.

Yet if He burned in shame, He burned well for the face of His Creator, His Father, and His source. And so should each be zealous, not for the death that lies in perceived transgression but in the new life which comes from focusing upon the face of the Creator.

The face of the Creator is pure and creative Love and in Love there is eternal, perfect, and unfailing redemption, freedom from the memory of mistakes and an entrance into a new life unbesmirched by any past. Indeed, this is the nature of each moment. One who focuses upon sin denies redemption. And it is needless to do so.

Seek always the face of God. And offer to that face, to that presence, to that consciousness the precious gift of your agony. May you who think yourself sinful be healed of pride, for you are not unique.

May you be healed by the seeking of the face of God.

Peace be with 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.

I did the Morning Offering and then got myself ready for the day. Today the Q’uo quote comes from November 7, 1999:

(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?

R: Can a deeper portion of ourselves be used in the third density by the conscious mind to achieve mindfulness?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. And we are glad that we did not speak too soon and exclude you from this opportunity to ask a query this day, for we are always happy to speak to this group, and it is an unusual day when there is only one query.

The deeper self, or higher self, however one wishes to describe it, is a resource which is always available to each third-density entity; that is, from the higher self’s point of view it is available. Yet there is seldom the clear and open communication between the conscious waking personality and the higher self from which it springs and which serves as a guide to each third-density representation. The higher self is a resource which is most usually contacted in the deeper states of meditation or within the state of sleep and dreaming, for this resource is one which is most subtle and one which observes the need to maintain free will most scrupulously.

The higher self and the conscious waking personality that inhabit third density have, previously to the incarnation’s beginning, planned together the lessons for that incarnation and have made ready an access means that the conscious self may utilize during the incarnation to receive information from the higher self. There is the necessity for the conscious self to be seeking in a clear and one-pointed fashion in order for the higher self to respond to the conscious self. For, as we mentioned previously, the subtleties of the nature of the higher self are such that the conscious self is frequently unaware that it is being aided when it is being aided. For the higher self is often the agency through which certain connections are made by the conscious mind, the intuitive mind, and the deeper portions of that same mind. The synchronicities which bring together various resources such as books, movies, experiences, and other selves into the life pattern of the conscious self are those which are the handiwork, shall we say, oftentimes of the higher self.

If one were to request access to this portion of one’s own being for the purpose of remaining in a centered state of being, within the mindfulness of the moment, the very act of requesting assistance would be all that would be necessary for the achieving of this state of mindfulness for a certain period of your time. For the desire that would fuel the need to request assistance is the same desire that could be brought to bear upon focusing one’s being upon the fullness of the moment that is always present. Thus, the higher self could be invoked in such an instance with success, yet it is the responsibility of each incarnated third-density entity to take that which is given, whether it be from the higher self or some other guide or teacher, and use it as he or she will. It is not the responsibility of the higher self or any other source to keep the third-density entity in any particular state of being, for the hallmark of third density and all of creation is the exercise of free will. Thus, the higher self is that source that is always available and which is always offering its assistance as requested.

R asked Q’uo: “Can a deeper portion of ourselves be used in the third density by the conscious mind to achieve mindfulness?” Q’uo began their reply by saying that the higher self is always available for communication to the third density entity, and the third density entity may not be consciously aware of that, but they could become aware of such contact in meditation or in the dream state that would insure the free will of the entity. Q’uo continued by saying that before the incarnation the higher self and the third density entity have made plans for the entity to learn within the incarnation, and they must be consciously seeking contact with the higher self in a clear and focused way within the incarnation in order to be able to perceive it. Then Q’uo said that the higher self has various ways of contacting the third density entity such as the conscious mind, intuition, and the deep mind, and the messages may be in the form of synchronistic experiences through people, movies, and books. Q’uo went on to say that if one were to request of the higher self that one be able to remain focused in the state of mindfulness this request would be all that was necessary to achieve the state of mindfulness for a certain period of time. Then Q’uo completed their reply by saying that it would be the third density entity’s desire to request assistance from the higher self to attain the state of mindfulness that would be the same desire that would maintain the state of mindfulness for the entity because it is not the responsibility of the higher self to do this since it would be a violation of the free will of the third density entity. On February 25, 1990, Q’uo spoke of how to achieve mindfulness through the use of meditation:

Now we speak of mindfulness itself, a mindfulness of your choice, a mindfulness of your faith that there is indeed within you the passion that created the universe and all that is in it. In meditation roads are built that create a pathway to an immediate experience of this Love. This is work done in discipline. When the energy of living within you is good, and the desire to learn is strong, there is only joy in this work. It can also be the most difficult work you can imagine. A great deal depends upon the preparation of your self to be a person of joy and lover of life. Be mindful of who you are. You are Love; you are a co-Creator with the original Thought of your own experience and your own creation. There is not one creation, there are as many creations as there are perceptors of creation. Each personal truth is absolute. One cannot give to another faith, but only the desire to find that faith and the realization that such a thing is possible.

We come to speak to you as those who have learned mindfulness. We find in this instrument’s mind the phrase “to pray without ceasing.” This is a good phrase to express that which we mean by being mindful. In meditation you tabernacle with the infinite One, you listen to the silence that speaks deeply, without words, and gives the information that will give you the energy, the joy, and the faith to move ahead. Without the meditation, it is very difficult to remain in a state of unity with your greater Self, with the Creator within. This is the heart of the discipline of personality.

Is there another query, my brother?

R: Is there any feedback that goes back when the conscious entity uses the information and says, “Thank you.” Do you say thank you by paying attention? Does the flow go both ways?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. This is correct, for the higher self is always aware of the experience of the third-density self, for each is so intricately a part of the other that it is not possible to experience an emotion within third density that the higher self is unaware of. Thus, when called upon by the third-density expression of its own being, the higher self listens with a careful ear and an open heart and is aware of each response.

Is there another query, my brother?

R: Is this concept also true when another entity such as one from the Confederation of Planets or a inner plane teacher like Aaron speaks and offers guidance and inspiration, then whoever comes across the material and finds inspiration and help within it?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. This is also correct but is correct more to the specific case of each request, the lines of communication not being as intimate, shall we say, as are those between the higher self and the third density entity. Guides or teachers that are asked for assistance give it as freely in most instances but are not as congruently related to the third-density entity as is the higher self.

Is there another query, my brother?

R: I wonder, when a third-density entity requests help from one of the Confederation such as yourself, as the answer is given is it a community effort between the entity giving the answer and the higher self to shape the answer in the way that is most appropriate for the question?

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my brother. And although this may be the case in some instances, for there is much freedom of possibility within such relationships, it is more nearly the case that the higher self and the third-density expression of itself will work together in the formation of the query that one such as we may then respond to, and in our response and in establishing a line of communication with an entity such as yourself, then there is the awareness upon our part of the impact of our response upon your nature or your being. However, our awareness of your gratitude or response to our query is more specific to the time during which we speak with you and you with us than the higher self’s constant relationship with you.

Is there another query, my brother?

R: No. Thank you so much for speaking on this esoteric subject. And say hello to the other entities from your group that we get to hear from time to time.

Q’uo: I am Q’uo, and we are most grateful for your queries, my brother. And we have relayed your regards, and they are also returned as well. Is there another query at this time?

Carla: I’d like to ask about this concept of self in the present moment being a rebel or subversive agent in regards to time. I was surprised at the energy that was in those concepts as I was channeling, almost as if there was an anger for the seduction of time. Could you speak to that a little bit? I had never thought of moving into the present moment as an act of rebellion or subversion.

I am Q’uo, and am aware of your query, my sister. The nature of your third-density illusion is one which is constructed in such a manner as to present one with a near constant experience of being out of the moment of remembrance, for it is when one is without such a centered state of being that one encounters the catalyst that one has incarnated to encounter. This is the purpose of this illusion: to give one those experiences that will throw one off one’s center to the point that one is then put to the test, shall we say. The spontaneous response of each entity in such instances is the mark, the measure, the register for the entity and its ability and success in learning what it has come to learn. If one is able to achieve the centered state of being in which one is in, shall we say, the flow of the moment, in the center of things, then one is resting more securely in the bosom of the Creator, shall we say. That is a safe refuge from those slings and arrows of your outrageous fortune, for the entity that is able to retire in meditation, in contemplation, or perhaps in prayer to this safe tabernacle within is the entity that is not dealing as straightforwardly with the difficulties of the moment of the incarnation, and one which has returned in some sense to the unity of all things. It is from this unity with all things that entities move when they incarnate within this third-density illusion. Thus, to move and have one’s being there, to expose oneself in a vulnerable fashion to the difficulties of this illusion of forgetting, is to partake in the manner that is desired, that is expected, that is set before all. Thus, to take oneself from the schooling at hand is to, shall we say, play hooky in a certain way.

Is there another query, my sister?

Carla: No. Thank you.

I am Q’uo, and we thank you again, 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 shall once again express our gratitude to each present for inviting us to join your circle of seeking this day. It has, as it always is, been a great pleasure for us to be with you and to speak with you, to listen to the beating of each heart, and the movement of the mind, as each seeks in this circle of meditation. We would take our leave at this time of this instrument and this group, leaving each in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator. We are known to you as those of Q’uo. Adonai, my friends. Adonai.

This morning I recorded the section on The Service to Others Aspect of Earning a Living from Chapter Five of 102. While I was upstairs, I cleaned Benny’s apartment. I started by using the carpet sweeper on the hall rug. Then I swept up the kitty litter in the room where she stays in the cat tower which has two litter boxes. Then I ran a few errands with my first stop being at Feeder’s Supply where I bought 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 a light bulb to replace the one in the lamp in my bedroom that stopped working this morning.

This afternoon I went outside and cleaned the filters in the fishpond in order to get the height of the fountain higher. Then I took a shovel and went to the place in the drainage ditch where the water from my sump pumps empties out and cleaned the silt out of the pipe to increase the ease of the water flow. I also deepen the drainage ditch in front of the pipe that also helped the water to flow more easily.

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

November 17

Rise Up Today

I am the Spirit of the consciousness of Love in the vibration which comforts this instrument. I greet you in the name of that Love and in the Christhood that is the birthright of all. I ask those of you with stubborn and resilient hearts to rise up, not only this day but every day, realizing the morning of your strength, the noon of your eagerness, the evening of your peace and the nighttime of your content, dwelling in the house of the Lord.

I ask you to rise up and become citizens of the kingdom for which you yearn, that you may transform each perception of the mundane that comes before you into that of the heavenly. For this you must gird your loins and put on the battle armor of a caring and redemptive warrior.

May you go forth to wage peace everlasting. 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.