The
Triune Truth is recognized in life's subtle relationships by everyone
dealing with such relationships. Some of your religionists have described
the Triune Truth as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Some of your
psychiatrists use the terms superconscious, conscious and subconscious.
Some of your spiritualists say mind, body, and spirit. Some of your
scientists see energy, matter, ether. Some of your philosophers say a
thing is not true for you until it is true in thought, word, and deed.
When discussing time, you speak of three times only: past, present,
future. Similarly, there are three moments in your perception- before,
now, and after. In terms of spatial relationships, whether considering the
points in the universe, or various points in your own room, you recognize
here, there, and the space in between.
In
matters of gross relationships, you recognize no "in-between." That is
because gross relationships are always dyads, whereas relationships of the
higher realm are invariably triads. Hence, there is left-right, up-down,
big-small, fast-slow, hot-cold, and the greatest dyad ever created:
male-female. There are no in-betweens in these dyads. A thing is
either one thing or the other, or some greater or lesser version
in relationship to one of these polarities.
Within
the realm of gross relationships, nothing conceptualized can exist without
a conceptualization of its opposite. Most of your day-to-day
experience is foundationed in this reality.
Within
the realm of sublime relationships nothing which exists has an
opposite. All Is One, and everything progresses from one to the other in a
never-ending circle.
Time
is such a sublime realm, in which what you call past, present, and future
exist inter-relationally. That is, they are not opposites,
but rather parts of the same whole; progressions of the same idea;
cycles of the same energy; aspects of the same immutable Truth. If you
conclude from this that past, present, and future exist at one and the
same "time," you are right. (Yet now is not the moment to discuss that. We
can get into this in much greater detail when we explore the whole concept
of time- which we will do later.)
The
world is the way it is because it could not be any other way and
still exist in the gross realm of physicality. Earthquakes and hurricanes,
floods and tornados, and events that you call natural disasters are but
movements of the elements from one polarity to the other. The whole
birth-death cycle is part of this movement. These are the rhythms of life,
and everything in gross reality is subject to them, because life itself
is a rhythm. It is a wave, a vibration, a pulsation at the very heart
of the All That Is.
Illness
and disease are opposites of health and wellness, and are made manifest in
your reality at your behest. You cannot be ill without at some level
causing yourself to be, and you can be well again in a moment by simply
deciding to be. Deep personal disappointments are responses which are
chosen, and worldwide calamities are the result of worldwide
consciousness.
Your
question infers that I choose these events, that it is My will and
desire they should occur. Yet I do not will these things
into being I merely observe you doing so. And I do nothing to stop
them, because to do so would be to thwart your will. That, in turn,
would deprive you of the God experience, which is the experience you and I
have chosen together.
Do
not condemn, therefore, all that you would call bad in the world. Rather,
ask yourself, what about this have you judged bad, and what, if anything,
you wish to do
to change it.
Inquire
within, rather than without, asking: "What part of my Self do I wish to
experience now in the face of this calamity? What aspect of being do I
choose to call forth?" For all of life exists as a tool of your own
creation, and all of its events merely present themselves as opportunities
for you to decide, and be, Who You Are.
This
is true for every soul, and so you see there are no victims in the
universe, only creators. The Masters who have walked this planet all knew
this. That is why, no matter which Master you might name, none imagined
themselves to be victimized- though many were truly crucified.
Each
soul is a Master- though some do not remember their origins or their
heritages. Yet each creates the situation and the circumstance for its own
highest purpose and its own quickest remembering- in each moment called
now.
Judge
not, then, the karmic path walked by another. Envy not success, nor
pity failure, for you know not what is success or failure in the soul's
reckoning. Call not a thing calamity, nor joyous event, until you
decide, or witness, how it is used. For is a death a calamity if it
saves the lives of thousands? And is a life a joyous event if it has
caused nothing but grief? Yet even this you should not judge, but keep
always your own counsel, and allow others theirs.
This
does not mean ignore a call for help, nor the urging of your own soul to
work toward the change of some circumstance or condition. lt does mean
avoiding labels and judgment while you do whatever you do. For each
circumstance is a gift, and in each experience is hidden a treasure.
There
once was a soul who knew itself to be the light. This was a new soul, and
so, anxious for experience. "I am the light," it said. "I am the light."
Yet all the knowing of it and all the saying of it could not substitute
for the experience of it. And in the realm from which this soul emerged,
there was nothing but the light. Every soul was grand, every
soul was magnificent, and every soul shone with the brilliance of My
awesome light. And so the little soul in question was as a candle in the
sun. In the midst of the grandest light- of which it was a part- it could
not see itself, nor experience itself as Who and What it Really Is.
Now
it came to pass that this soul yearned and yearned to know itself. And so
great was its yearning that I one day said, "Do you know, Little One, what
you must do to satisfy this yearning of yours?"
"Oh,
what, God? What? I'll do anything!" The little soul said.
"You
must separate yourself from the rest of us," I answered, "and then you
must call upon yourself the darkness."
"What
is the darkness, o Holy One?" the little soul asked.
"That
which you are not," I replied, and the soul understood.
And
so this the soul did, removing itself from the All, yea, going even unto
another
realm.
And in this realm the soul had the power to call into its experience all
sorts of darkness. And this it did.
Yet
in the midst of all the darkness did it cry out, "Father, Father, why hast
Thou forsaken me?" Even as have you in your blackest times. Yet I have
never forsaken you, but stand by you always, ready to remind you of Who
You Really Are; ready, always ready, to call you home.
Therefore,
be a light unto the darkness, and curse it not.
And
forget not Who You Are in the moment of your encirclement by that which
you are not. But do you praise to the creation, even as you seek to change
it.
And
know that what you do in the time of your greatest trial can be your
greatest triumph. For the experience you create is a statement of Who You
Are- and Who You Want to Be.
I
have told you this story- the parable of the little soul and the sun- so
that you might better understand why the world is the way it is- and how
it can change in an instant the moment everyone remembers the divine truth
of their highest reality.
Now
there are those who say that life is a school, and that these things which
you observe and experience in your life are for your learning. I have
addressed this before, and I tell you again:
You
came into this life with nothing to learn- you have only to demonstrate
what you already know. In the demonstration of it will you function it
out, and create yourself anew, through your experience. Thus do you
justify life, and give it purpose. Thus do you render it
holy.
Are you saying that
all the bad things that happen to us are things of our own choosing? Do
you mean that even the world's calamities and disasters are, at some
level, created by us so that we can "experience the opposite of Who We
Are"? And, if so, isn't there some less painful way- less painful to
ourselves and others- to create opportunities for us to experience
ourselves?
You've
asked several questions, and they are all good ones. Let's take them one
at a time.
No,
not all the things which you call bad which happen to you are of your own
choosing. Not in the conscious sense- which you mean. They are all
of your own creation.
You
are always in the process of creating. Every moment. Every
minute. Every day. How you can create we'll go into later. For now,
just take my word for it- you are a big creation machine, and you are
turning out a new manifestation literally as fast as you can think.
Events,
occurrences, happenings, conditions, circumstances- all are created out of
consciousness. Individual consciousness is powerful enough. You can
imagine what kind of creative energy is unleashed whenever two or more
are gathered in My name. And mass consciousness? Why,
that is so powerful it can create events and circumstances of
worldwide import and planetary consequences.
It
would not be accurate to say- not in the way you mean it- that
you are choosing these consequences. You are not choosing
them anymore than I am choosing them. Like Me, you are observing them. And
deciding Who You Are with regard to them.
Yet
there are no victims in the world, and no villains. And neither are you a
victim of the choices of others. At some level you have all created
that which you say you detest- and, having created it, you have chosen
it.
This
is an advanced level of thinking, and it is one which all Masters reach
sooner or later. For it is only when they can accept responsibility for
all of it that they can achieve the power to change part of
it.
So
long as you entertain the notion that there is something or someone else
out there "doing it" to you, you disempower yourself to do anything about
it. Only when you say "I did this" can you find the power to change
it.
It
is much easier to change what you are doing than to change what another is
doing.
The
first step in changing anything is to know and accept that you have
chosen it to be what it is. If you can't accept this on a personal level,
agree to it through your understanding that We are all One. Seek then to
create change not because a thing is wrong, but because it no longer makes
an accurate statement of Who You Are.
There
is only one reason to do anything: as a statement to the universe of Who
You Are.
Used
in this way, life becomes Self creative. You use life to create your
Self as Who You Are, and Who You've Always Wanted to Be.
There is also only one reason to un-do anything: because it is
no longer a statement of Who You Want to Be. It does not reflect
you. It does not represent you. (That is, it does not re-present
you ... )
If
you wish to be accurately re-presented, you must work to change
anything in your life which does not fit into the picture of you that you
wish to project into eternity.
In
the largest sense, all the "bad" things that happen are of your
choosing. The mistake is not in choosing them, but in calling them bad.
For in calling them bad, you call your Self bad, since you created them.
This
label you cannot accept, so rather than label your Self bad, you disown
your own creations. It is this intellectual and spiritual dishonesty
which lets you accept a world in which conditions are as they are. If you
had to accept- or even felt a deep inner sense of- personal
responsibility for the world, it would be a far different place. This
would certainly be true if everyone felt responsible. That
this is so patently obvious is what makes it so utterly painful, and so
poignantly ironic.
The
world's natural calamities and disasters- its tornados and hurricanes,
volcanoes and floods- its physical turmoils- are not created by you
specifically. What is created by you is the degree to which these
events touch your life.
Events
occur in the universe which no stretch of the imagination could claim you
instigated or created.
These
events are created by the combined consciousness of man. All of the world,
co-creating together, produces these experiences. What each of you do,
individually, is move through them, deciding what, if anything, they mean
to you, and Who and What You Are in relationship to them.
Thus,
you create collectively, and individually, the life and times you are
experiencing, for the soul purpose of evolving.
You've
asked if there is a less painful way to undergo this process- and the
answer is yes- yet nothing in your outward experience will have changed.
The way to reduce the pain which you associate with earthly experiences
and events- both yours and those of others- is to change the way you
behold them.
You
cannot change the outer event (for that has been created by the lot of
you, and you are not grown enough in your consciousness to alter
individually that which has been created collectively), so you must change
the inner experience. This is the road to mastery in living.
Nothing
is painful in and of itself. Pain is a result of wrong thought. It is an
error in thinking.
A
Master can disappear the most grievous pain. In this way, the Master
heals.
Pain
results from a judgment you have made about a thing. Remove the judgment
and the pain disappears.
Judgment
is often based upon previous experience. Your idea about a thing derives
from a prior idea about that thing. Your prior idea results from a still
prior idea- and that idea from another, and so forth, like building
blocks, until you get all the way back in the hall of mirrors to what I
call first thought.
All
thought is creative, and no thought is more powerful than original
thought. That is why this is sometimes also called original sin.
Original
sin is when your first thought about a thing is in error. That
error is compounded many times over when you have a second or third
thought about a thing. It is the job of the Holy Spirit to inspire you to
new understandings, which can free you from your mistakes.
Are you saying that I
shouldn't feel bad about the starving children of Africa, the violence and
injustice in America, the earthquake that kills hundreds in Brazil?
There are no "shoulds" or "shouldn'ts" in God's world. Do
what you want to do. Do what reflects you, what re-presents you as a
grander version of your Self. If you want to feel bad, feel bad.
But
judge not, and neither condemn, for you know not why a thing occurs, nor
to what end.
And
remember you this: that which you condemn will condemn you, and that which
you judge, you will one day become.
Rather,
seek to change those things- or support others who are changing those
things- which no longer reflect your highest sense of Who You Are.
Yet,
bless all- for all is the creation of God, through life living, and that
is the highest creation.
Could we just stop
here for a moment and let me catch my breath? Did I hear you say there are
no "shoulds" or "should nots" in God's world?
That
is correct.
How can that be? If
there are none in Your world, where would they be?
Indeed-
where...?
I repeat the question.
Where else would "shoulds" and "should nots" appear, if not in Your world?
In
your imagination.
But those who have
taught me all about the rights and wrongs, the dos and don'ts, the shoulds
and shouldn'ts, told me all those rules were laid down by You- by
God.
Then
those who taught you were wrong. I have never set down a "right" or
"wrong," a "do" or a "don't." To do so would be to strip you completely of
your greatest gift- the opportunity to do as you please, and experience
the results of that; the chance to create yourself anew in the image and
likeness of Who You Really Are; the space to produce a reality of a higher
and higher you, based on your grandest idea of what it is of which you are
capable.
To
say that something- a thought, a word, an action- is "wrong" would be as
much as to tell you not to do it. To tell you not to do it would be to
prohibit you. To prohibit you would be to restrict you. To restrict you
would be to deny the reality of Who You Really Are, as well as the
opportunity for you to create and experience that truth.
There
are those who say that I have given you free will, yet these same people
claim that if you do not obey Me, I will send you to hell. What kind of
free will is that? Does this not make a mockery of God- to say nothing of
any sort of true relationship between us?
Well,
now we're getting into another area I wanted to discuss, and that's this
whole business about heaven and hell. From what I'm gathering here, there
is no such thing as hell.
There
is hell, but it is not what you think, and you do not experience it for
the reasons you have been given.
What is hell?
It
is the experience of the worst possible outcome of your choices,
decisions, and creations. It is the natural consequence of any thought
which denies Me, or says no to Who You Are in relationship to Me.
It
is the pain you suffer through wrong thinking. Yet even the term "wrong
thinking" is a misnomer, because there is no such thing as that which is
wrong.
Hell
is the opposite of joy. It is unfulfillment. It is knowing Who and What
You Are, and failing to experience that. It is being less. That is
hell, and there is none greater for your soul.
But
hell does not exist as this place you have fantasized, where you
burn in some everlasting fire, or exist in some state of everlasting
torment. What purpose could I have in that?
Even
if I did hold the extraordinarily ungodly thought that you did not
"deserve" heaven, why would I have a need to seek some kind of revenge, or
punishment, for your failing? Wouldn't it be a simple matter for Me to
just dispose of you? What vengeful part of Me would require that I subject
you to eternal suffering of a type and at a level beyond description?
If
you answer, the need for justice, would not a simple denial of communion
with Me in heaven serve the ends of justice? Is the unending infliction of
pain also required?
I
tell you there is no such experience after death as you have
constructed in your fear-based theologies. Yet there is an experience of
the soul so unhappy, so incomplete, so less than whole, so
separated from God's greatest joy, that to your soul this would be
hell. But I tell you I do not send you there, nor do I cause
this experience to be visited upon you. You, yourself, create the
experience, whenever and however you separate your Self from your own
highest thought about you. You, yourself, create the experience, whenever
you deny your Self; whenever you reject Who and What You Really Are.
Yet
even this experience is never eternal. It cannot be, for it is not
My plan that you shall be separated from Me forever and ever. Indeed, such
a thing is an impossibility- for to achieve such an event, not only would
you have to deny Who You Are- I would have to as well. This I will
never do. And so long as one of us holds the truth about you, the truth
about you shall ultimately prevail.
But if there is no
hell, does that mean I can do what I want, act as I wish, commit any act,
without fear of retribution?
Is
it fear that you need in order to be, do, and have what is
intrinsically right? Must you be threatened in order to "be good"?
And what is "being good"? Who gets to have the final say about that? Who
sets the guidelines? Who makes the rules?
I
tell you this: You are your own rule-maker. You set the guidelines.
And you decide how well you have done; how well you are doing. For
you are the one who has decided Who and What You Really Are- and
Who You Want to Be. And you are the only one who can
assess how well you're doing.
No
one else will judge you ever, for why, and how, could God judge God's own
creation and call it bad? If I wanted you to be and do everything
perfectly, I would have left you in the state of total perfection whence
you came. The whole point of the process was for you to discover yourself,
create your Self, as you truly are- and as you truly wish to be.
Yet you could not be that unless you also had a choice to be something
else.
Should
I therefore punish you for making a choice that I Myself have laid before
you? If I did not want you to make the second choice, why would I create
other than the first?
This
is a question you must ask yourself before you would assign Me the role of
a condemning God.
The
direct answer to your question is, yes, you may do as you wish without
fear of retribution. It may serve you, however, to be aware of
consequences.
Consequences
are results. Natural outcomes. These are not at all the same as
retributions, or punishments. Outcomes are simply that. They are what
results from the natural application of natural laws. They are that
which occurs, quite predictably, as a consequence of what
has occurred.
All
physical life functions in accordance with natural laws. Once you remember
these laws, and apply them, you have mastered life at the physical level.
What
seems like punishment to you- or what you would call evil, or bad luck- is
nothing more than a natural law asserting itself.
Then if I were to know
these laws, and obey them, I would never have a moment's trouble again. Is
that what you're telling me?
You
would never experience your Self as being in what you call "trouble." You
would not understand any life situation to be a problem. You would not
encounter any circumstance with trepidation. You would put an end to all
worry, doubt, and fear. You would live as you fantasize Adam and Eve
lived- not as disembodied spirits in the realm of the absolute, but as
embodied spirits in the realm of the relative. Yet you would have all the
freedom, all the joy, all the peace, and all the wisdom, understanding and
powerof the Spirit you are. You would be a fully realized being.
This
is the goal of your soul. This is its purpose- to fully realize itself
while in the body; to become the embodiment of all that it really
is.
This
is My plan foryou. This is My ideal: that I should become realized through
you. That thus, concept is turned into experience, that I might know my
Self experientially.
The
Laws of the Universe are laws that I laid down. They are perfect laws,
creating perfect function of the physical.
Have
you ever seen anything more perfect than a snowflake? Its intricacy, its
design, its symmetry, its conformity to itself and originality from all
else- all are a mystery. You wonder at the miracle of this awesome display
of Nature. Yet if I can do this with a single snowflake,what think you l
can do- have done- with the universe?
Were
you to see the symmetry of it, the perfection of its design- from the
largest body to the smallest particle- you would not be able to hold the
truth of it in your reality. Even now, as you get glimpses of it, you
cannot yet imagine or understand its implications. Yet you can know there
are implications- far more complex and far more extraordinary than your
present comprehension can embrace. Your Shakespeare said it wonderfully:
There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of
in your philosophy.
Then how can I know
these laws? How can I learn them?
It
is not a question of learning, but of remembering.
How can I remember
them?
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