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The
following exchange was posted on December 31st 2007
Thank you, Brian, for sharing this
(The link to Akiane
Kramarik). It is truly a joy to reflect on each of her paintings and
read her poetry. Her website will become a "favorite" on my computer.
Out of curiosity, Brian, here is my question to you. How close in
appearance is Akiane's portrait of Jesus to what you've seen? How does it
compare?
With much love,
Rosa
Good to
hear from you again, as always. I am glad you found Akiane inspiring.
I have not a moment's doubt that there are untold numbers of Crystal
children, as she is, in the process of emerging, to jolt the slumbering
world to a greater state of wakefulness of the reality of Heaven and our
rightful place there as Papa's beloved Son. Thank goodness for the
internet, so that they can be brought to the attention of the world at
large so graphically and rapidly. Truly, now is the time.
In
response to your question about the appearance of the Master Jesus and
how closely my awarenesses of him resemble the image of him represented
by Akiane, I can best answer by pasting an extract from the Forum,
posted November 1st 2007:
Jesus and Papa speak to you.
Has Jesus appeared or manifested to you in daytime, vision and dreams?
He first manifested, as described in SFGS
chapter 3, paragraph 16ff, in my full ‘waking consciousness.’ There
have been numerous dreamtime encounters and other awarenesses.
He has because He became the "door" through which you went to meet with
Papa. Are you permitted to describe Jesus' appearance as He chooses to
manifest to you? This is an important
question. It should be understood that we are not a body but pure
spirit with Mind awareness and creativity identical to that of our
Father Creator. Our body is an ego-mind construct, an illusion, does
not exist in reality and neither do our eyes, which are also part of
that ego construct, which trick us into believing that everything is
‘outside us’ – ‘over there’ – when in reality, the Kingdom of Heaven and
its Creator, Papa, are within us.
When a Master chooses to manifest to
us here in our Earth-mind consciousness, he (or she) is able to create
the appearance of a body using Christ-Mind creativity, (as distinct from
ego-mind fabrication), and sometimes such manifestations will happen by
using the psychic emanations or ectoplasm of the person having the
experience. Whatever the mechanism selected, it is to serve a Kingdomly
purpose
We
appear to ‘see’ things ‘out there’ with our bodily eyes but in reality
it is our split, little self mind that sees what appears to be out there
and it is our right, Big Self Mind that has awareness of the things of
Heaven, of God, of Eternity, within us. That awareness is not the same
as just our bodily seeing; it is a full and comprehensive ‘experience’
of our Mind. This is immeasurably more all-encompassing than our bodily
sight. One has awareness of intent as well as event. So, at our
‘tea party’ (SFGS
Chapter 6, paragraph 5ff) I did not just ‘see’ the way his mouth
moved as he smiled; I experienced the intent as well as the
event. This enables the fullness of the experience to lodge in our
awareness. It is not so much just ‘seeing’ him, as if studying a
photograph, but ‘experiencing awareness of his being.’ One knows
him, who he is, unquestioningly, at the Big Self, Christ Mind awareness
level. This is our real Self, wherein there is no doubt, no
uncertainty; only knowing. Questioning does not come into it; it is
certainty.
However, on one occasion, he was with me and a group of others at a big
house in rural Wiltshire, playing badminton on the lawn, and drinking
lemonade; and later, walking along the narrow country lanes, with hedges
either side. I was surprised to observe, very clearly, that he had a
modern day, ‘short back and sides’ haircut. Still, it was unmistakably
him, although his name - neither ‘Jesus’ nor ‘Yeshua’ - was mentioned
once. We all knew precisely and unquestioningly who he was, so we had
no need to ask. He was very ‘normal,’ very light-hearted, caring,
empathetic. He knew not just who we were, but everything about us at
the soul level of our being, but it was no big deal, either for him or
for the rest of us. At one point, one of the younger, teenage, members
of the party, who was carrying a sickle (we were obviously on our way to
do something requiring a sickle) and was getting carried away, waving it
about, coming close to causing an injury to himself or someone else.
The Master, who looked so young – barely 30 – showed heartfelt concern
that anyone should be injured, and said, ‘Do, please, be careful; we do
not want anyone to be hurt.’
As he
says in ACIM, we should not hold him in awe because we are the same as
he: one in the Sonship. The only apparent difference, which is
temporary, is that he has remembered who he is and the rest of
us are in the process of remembering; yet that seeming difference is
illusory because it is of time only.
Akiane's painting is an
outward expression of how her awareness of him in her one-on-one
encounter(s) registered in her mind. Everyone who encounters him will
have an impression of his 'appearance' that is personal to that person,
and if they create an image of him such as a painting, it will be to
serve a purpose. That purpose could be to help those who are at the
place where they need an image to help them understand the
reality behind the image but the image itself is nothing more than a
symbol of the spirit reality behind the image. There is no doubt that
Akiane's purpose is to to help people who are at that place, and the
image is easily powerful enough to accomplish that.
As Arten and Pursah
remind us over and over in Disappearance of the Universe and
Your Immortal Reality, we must keep focussed on the
fact that bodies should not be allowed to distract us (which is just
what ego wants to do) from our main/ultimate objective: getting Home by
undoing the illusion of ego-mind through the mechanism of true
forgiveness.
I hope this will be
helpful, Rosa.
Many blessings for your
going forward during 2008,
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on December 28th 2007
|
Hi brian. i don't remember if I have sent you this link but
I thought that I would send it, this girl is so talented.
Happy New year. Pearl. |
http://tinyurl.com/yxewot
Bless you Pearl and many, many thanks.
You are right; Akiane is truly a Crystal child, another in the Master's
portfolio of reminders for the awakening of his brethren from the
dream. Every time I think, 'Surely there cannot be more wonders
for our blessing and awakening,' along comes another angel straight from
Heaven. How truly and deeply are we loved and how beautifully are we
being nudged to wakefulness and remembrance of who we all really are.
Words are entirely inadequate to express what this lovely and loving
soul is bringing by way of gifts from the Heart of Papa.
With love and blessings for 2008,
Brian
PS: The link below is to
Akiane's website, for more about her.
The
following exchange was posted on December 21st 2007
Hi Brian,
Thank you for your response to my email about last year and what I called my
computer spook . (See posting below
dated December 20th 2007)You were spot on with all the things you
said, especially with that 'surge' you experienced. You said a lot of things
that I had tried not to acknowledge myself and of which you had no outward
knowledge.
There was, as
you suggested, someone whom I thought it might be - a friend who had
recently made her exit from the physical body - and there were issues which
I should have dealt with while she was in that physical body . Yes Brian, I
see this friend was calling out for love and I did love her as a friend, but
she wanted exclusive cover in all relationships while she only gave
conditional love which didn't last, hence her own dysfunctional and mostly
nonexistent family relationships.
What you reveal here about your friend shouts out
loud how desperate she was for love and understanding, and was in denial
about that, hence her what Olga used to call braggadocio character
quirks. Such can so easily be annoying and bring on a bout of
ego-mindedness in response, especially when it is so what in modern parlance
would be described as ‘in your face.’ Truly, Keith is right to describe
such as ‘JAFOs’ (Just Another Forgiveness Opportunity).
Here is an example of where
using Jesus as our example to emulate will be immeasurably serviceable to
our progress on the Way Home. By this I mean that he chose to see past all
this illusory, fear- and guilt-motivated behaviour and our misperceptions of
our self as ‘little,’ to the real us, whom he knew were just as he
was: humble, pure, innocent, unconditionally loving (how conditional is the ‘love’ of most of us, including – and some might say
especially – professing religionists?), compassionate and giving from
the heart. Most of us are so far from the example of Jesus and so in the
thrall of ego that any of us who wish – truly wish – to change our
behaviour will do well to follow the counsel in ACIM about mind retraining.
This takes total commitment, dedication and a long time because we are so
ego-mind conditioned over countless acts, but if it will get us free of the
cycle of birth and death and Home to the Eternity of Heaven permanently,
then the sooner we start, the sooner we will finish.
But we all need
to have some people who love us. She also loved herself as this wonderful
never-wrong, God-praising person she appeared to believe she was. My
immediate reaction to this is that in truth she despised herself and that
her sense of self-worth was at rock bottom; that the outward show of bluff
and bluster was to cover all that up. As I type this I am suddenly
overshadowed by her affirmation and thanks for our understanding on this
point. She has come to a new place of self-awareness as a result of these
exchanges between us and the desire-thoughts, prayers and blessings
engendered for her by them. Alleluia! I didn't go into
competition with her so we got on OK.
I believe you will be getting on more ‘okay’
after today, and will receive a communication of some sort from her to
verify this, and in thanks.
Because in
life she didn't seem to have an understanding of the unspoken, normal
boundaries that exist between people’s lives and also because of this
tendency to infiltrate other people’s space, whether their relationships or
their cupboards, (wow!)
I feared to acknowledge that this might be her trying to communicate
via the computer, although I wanted to. I had a warning feeling that if I
acknowledged her, because of her infiltration skills, she might get into
my mind and live a surrogate life. This
was a good warning feeling and no doubt provided you with some apposite
protection. I am very pleased you heeded it and also that you have had the
courage to share all this, as it will be so helpful to so many.
It certainly felt as if something was acting like a teacher and
marking my work. I am
absolutely confident now that you can place all such concerns behind you
after today.
Does a good
opinion of oneself translate into the next imaginary dream world when the
physical body drops away? Leaving our Earthly body behind changes nothing
about our mind-set and behavioural characteristics unless and until we come
to a new awareness about ourself and about reality. Many people are so
bewildered when they make their ‘transition’ that they stay as they were
before and without help from someone here who knows how is willing to
pray/commit/bless them for their release and going forward, can remain so
for an indeterminate period. This appears to have been the case with your
friend, who remained of the same perception about who she was, and her
interference with your computer was her way of calling for help, which she
has now received and has now gone forward to the start of a whole new state
of awareness. This is why I am confident that you will have contact from
her, to let you know that she has benefited by your help in this with/by
these exchanges on this matter. Here is a very real example of how blessing
really does help and that all can and will benefit by it. The addition of
true forgiveness will enable much more progress because the burdens
of guilt are dispelled also. The importance of this cannot be
overemphasised.
Because
I hadn't started studying ACIM last year with its basis of forgiveness, part
of me doesn't think I handled the phenomena very well and also I wondered
if, because of the way she was in her life, she might still be stuck near
this Earth plane. In spite of never having studied ACIM I tried to come to
terms with these negative thoughts by endeavouring to realise that on the
other side of the coin she could have incarnated as an opportunity to give
me a lesson in forgiveness, assuredly
this is her gift to you and for this you can be entirely justified in giving
thanks to her, even as she will now be giving thanks to you and I was also helped by your advice to bless.
Great; very
happy to help. She was very into things spiritual and
spiritualistic, and at times sounded like an advanced hot gospel aspirant,
so she like everyone, had two sides.
She is prompting me at this to say to you that she has
undergone a transformation in her understanding as a result of this sharing
and you will now see she has toned down greatly, no longer needing, nay,
being desperate, to impress as a result of her former lack of self-esteem.
She is indicating that she now realises she has much, much, much
self-reassessment to work on. As I write, she is emanating a vibration of
deep sincerity and humility about this.
Another
problem I have is with a brother who I believe, because of an unhappy life
family-wise, has degenerated from enjoying a drink to help him cope with
life, to a full-blown alcoholic. He is divorced and lives on his own with
the help of a very compassionate carer/friend who is trying to get him to
cut down, and spends most of the day and evening with him, for which I am
thankful, even if it is mostly at the pub. It is sad to see the state that
alcohol has reduced him to. He doesn't want to know anything about what he
calls religion and drink is his god. He drinks all day, is rarely sober and
eats practically nothing. He has many medical checkups because he doesn't
feel well but amazingly there appears to be nothing wrong with him yet. Do
you know of anything that will help him when he doesn't want to be helped?
There may be nothing you can
do outwardly, except the usual love and kindnesses whenever an
opportunity arises. However, it is a mistake a) to be overt in one’s
endeavours to help such as your brother because they are so full of
self-loathing and seek any opportunity to project it; they will often
project scorn and contempt (a cry for help) on those who love them and try
to help them the most. However, as indicated above, loving, blessing and
forgiving them from the heart (and giving those energies into the care of
the Holy Spirit – and being sure to leave them there - for safekeeping and
placing in the forgivee/blessee/lovee according to His wisdom and timing) is
the best and only real help one can be, and b) do not interfere in
their life.
This is so often what people,
with all the best intentions, do and think it is their duty so to do. It is
actually none of their business, other than to show – actually, feel
- love, concern, understanding, blessing, forgiveness, and send out,
radiate, express those feelings (not the words, the feelings; the words are
as likely to bring rejection and more scorn). It is the person who has
decided to be an alcoholic’s issue, and none of us here is in command of all
the reasons for this, which could go back more than one previous act. In
that sense, there is no difference in principle between your friend and your
brother. There must be many people with this problem.
Untold numbers, manifesting essentially the same
problem in many different ways; namely, guilt and fear over the
‘separation.’
All this is so well explained
in ACIM that I can only commend it to the reading/studying of us all,
whenever the moment to begin feels right. Sadly, that so often happens only
when a crisis has brought people to their knees, literally and/or
metaphorically. Olga used to say the Lord works through a crisis but that
is not the only way he can work. He can and will work with anyone
who is willing to allow him to work with them, before ever a crisis occurs.
Ego, and its construct known as the institutionalised church, with its
hordes of unKingdomly (unKingdomly because they are conditional) doctrines,
dogmas, rules and regulations, dos and don’ts, has turned such multitudes of
us away from our Way-shower that it is only when they are at breaking – or
broken – point that they are all out of resistance to his help and may send
out a mayday call for his help. Then he is in there like a shot because
they have given him their permission to help.
Thank you for
everything Brian. Love Dorothy
Dorothy, it is your input to
this Forum, raising ‘real-life’ issues - that so many also experience and do
not know how to deal with them, so they retreat deeper into the shell of
isolation, guilt and fear as a result - that enables some meaningful help to
be offered. Without you and others like you who have the courage to raise
such issues/question/observations/doubts/fears, no such offerings could be
made. This is a true Christ service for the Kingdom and for the release of
us all from the wilderness back into the Kingdom. So, a big thank you also
to you and to all who contribute.
Love,
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on December 20th 2007
Hi Brian,
Hi Dorothy,
My friend F
and I exchange frequent emails. We write about everyday things like family
happenings, or where we have been, or who has come to lunch, but most
importantly we seem to share a similar spiritual journey.
That gives purpose to the
relationship, enriching it to a higher level. Then suddenly
last year, whenever I wrote something a bit profound, the computer started
underlining it, all on its own. I hadn't touched the mouse, so at
first thought I was accidentally touching the action keys whilst I was
typing. But that was easily discounted as I do not touch-type and I look at
the keyboard while I am typing anyway. The underlining only appeared on
spiritual writings, never on mundane meanderings about everyday happenings
and only initially appeared in my emails to F.
At first it was
annoying, and I explained it to F as a computer malfunction. I found I
could only take it off by going into 'Font' and doing it from there, so I
started leaving it. I called it our computer spook and as the preciseness of
the underlining continued, a part of my mind became full of wonder at the
real possibility of an other-world phenomenon manifesting before my eyes. I
used to joke to F that I wondered if it was pointing out that the concepts
were approved, or if it was saying 'could do better.' So
far, I can see little ‘wrong’ – or at least, harmful
– except that no
being from the Realms of Light would do this other than initially, to point
something out to your benefit and then, only by knowing things that were not
yet known to you. No such enlightened being would impinge upon your
intentions against your wishes. That indicates it was definitely not an
enlightened soul from the Realms of Light.
My guess is that this is
either what some call a Poltergeist, or mischievous being from the etheric
realms who is ‘harvesting’ your psychic energy (like ectoplasm, though not
necessarily visible to human sight, but still just as real) and using it to
try to show off by indicating they know a bit about enlightened matters by
only underlining the ‘spiritual writings,’ and when you demonstrated you
were not happy about it, the endeavour became to annoy you. Or it may be
someone from a former relationship with you, perhaps from a former act, or
earlier in your Dorothy act. More on that below. The problem with what can
start off seeming harmless enough is that if the source is not the Realms of
Light, it can become insidious, eventually leading to invasive and even
harmful activities. How to avoid/prevent that is discussed below.
It didn't
appear on all spiritual ponderings only on specially deep ponderings
Showing off enough knowledge
to discern between enlightened words and less enlightened words. It does not take great
enlightenment to do that when the enlightened words have emanated from
someone else (you). Or, trying to attract
your attention for help, resolution of unresolved issues from the past.
If it underlined a paragraph, it started doing it at the beginning and
finished at the last full stop. It never spilled over onto the next
paragraph. If it emphasised a sentence the same pattern applied. There were
sometimes a few seemingly random words that were underlined but they always
appeared to be connected with the spiritual ponderings.
I got really
spooked though, when at the end of an email to another friend A, I decided
to tell her about what was happening and to share one of the sentences that
had been underlined in the email I had just written to F. As I started to
write the words "Things which create a negative response within are really
gifts to work with", so the underlining started. I did not want this, and as
I could not stop it and type these words without the underlining, I stopped
in mid-sentence, explained to A why, and finished the email. I felt as
though someone was standing at my shoulder interfering with what I wanted to
write and trying to take over, then with a blast of irritation, I mentally
told whatever it was to clear off and to stop underlining bits of my
writing.
In ACIM we are reminded that
everyone is either expressing love or calling for it. It seems evident that
this entity is calling for love. This is truly, as you say, an
opportunity for you to express love; toward this Earth-bound entity.
The fact that it was emphasising enlightened stuff suggests to me that it is
genuinely seeking help/love but like most of us, does not always know the
best way to ask for it.
Nevertheless, it did make an
attempt, and in a way it succeeded because, in your own words, "Things which
create a negative response within are really gifts to work with." So, by
this, you are acknowledging that you are ready for a challenge/opportunity
to grow spiritually, so this entity knew you would be ready to help it – and
yourself at the same time, even if you did not realise that yourself, yet/at
that time. So, the point is that you are coming to the place where you
would be ready, but more important, willing to help. Rather than
being irritated and telling the visitor to clear off, here is my suggestion:
First and foremost, we must
all look out for ourself as the number one priority and ensure we are
protected from unwelcome intruders (from the etheric, ‘invisible’
realms, in this context). The only sure way is to place ourself in the
care, guidance and protection of someone who is authorised and empowered to
do that. Olga Park was very clear to Theresa and me that Jesus of Nazareth
is unquestionably thus empowered and that there are also those in spirit
acting under Christ authority, working with him under his leadership; that
we cannot do better than to ask him to guide and protect us in all matters –
and mean it. This will ensure that whoever comes/is brought to us or
permitted contact with us from the etheric realms, it is for their
help/benefit and that we also will benefit by the encounter(s). See Vignette
10 in SFGS, from paragraph 5, for more on this.
Second, you could say to
this entity something like, ‘Peace be with you. You are welcome here only
if you come in the name and by the authority of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I
am willing to help you to move more fully into the Light and the only way I
am able to do that is to bless you, bless you, bless you, (BLASER blessing)
and commit you into the loving care of Jesus; to forgive you for all that
you have never really done, so that I may receive the forgiveness that is
rightfully mine; and also to ask your forgiveness for all that I have never
really done, so that you may receive the forgiveness that is rightfully
yours. I also forgive myself for any negative attitudes I may have held
toward you, so that my blessing of you may flow unfettered from my heart.’
Dorothy, as I began to type
the part above about asking the entity to forgive you for all you have never
really done, so that it could receive the forgiveness that is rightfully its
(his/hers), I felt a surge, as if affirming that this was a key area in this
situation. I have no outward knowledge on this but have a feeling that
there may be some background relationship of unresolved issues between you,
and that this true forgiveness exercise could release the karma/unconscious
guilt and fear and enable the healing of the relationship. This is my
sudden, unexpected thought/feeling. I have no idea as to the background and
perhaps you don’t either, consciously. ACIM tells us we have much
unconscious guilt and fear and an indeterminate amount of this will
inevitably stem from previous acts. I leave this with you and look forward
to hearing any comments you may wish to offer, in due course.
Well, in the
next email to F, I couldn't believe it, italics took over from the
underlining. I left it for F to see and then did another mental 'seeing
off' regarding the unwanted italics. It worked, but whatever it was had the
last word. The next email I wrote to F was ok this end , but she said the
last paragraph in which I wrote about spiritual thoughts was in enlarged
type --- but only at her end. In my Sent Box all the type size on that
email was the same. Perhaps it all really was a gift to work with. It
doesn't happen now. Are you
saying the interference has ended – at least for the time being? Perhaps
you have already been practising some true forgiveness?
But what I
wanted to point out to you was that the affair with the printer felt like a
helping hand. It did the job and stood back.
The affair last
year felt like interference (perhaps that was just my reaction and it was
harmless) but there is without a doubt, a very fine line between helping and
interfering. You are right.
Yet if we feel irritated it is a good sign that there are some forgiveness
opportunities. Keith calls these ‘JAFOs’ – ‘Just Another Forgiveness
Opportunity.’
It occurs to me
that when trying to access very deep spiritual concepts, the words to clothe
them have to be applied as they surface. Very
incisively put. So when a channel is forged, through which
they come for us to clothe in words, do perhaps other things make use of the
channel? Also very
observant. This can definitely happen, the more so with people whose
psychic door is open. This tends to be the case more with women than with
men. If you do not feel it seemly for such uninvited intrusions, the
suggestions I have offered above will be of significant assistance.
I will gladly discuss this
further with you if you wish. Just say the word.
All for now,
Love Dorothy
Love and blessings for a very joyous Christmas,
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on December 12th 2007
Hi Brian and Theresa, a curious
thing happened last week with the email that you sent with the
'deliberate' mistake. At least I thought it strange. A friend rang up as
I was preparing to go out, and because she hasn't got a computer she
asked if I would look up on the internet to see what ACIM study groups
there were in her area, so I looked while we were on the phone. None
suited. Then I remembered your latest message of encouragement which I
had only had time to glance at, and had been intending to print off to
read in comfort. I thought that she would find it interesting, so I
set up to print off two copies, one of which I said I would post to her
when we went out.
Well the computer took the order but the printer was having none of
it. I tried again and there were then three copies in the queue for
printing according to the computer, but the printer just stayed silent
and refused to participate. We checked the connections but everything
was in order. Then I decided to delete the requested copies, take the
plug out in the hope everything would reset itself, and try again when
we got back. Well, I deleted two copies but the third one stayed put and
nothing would persuade it to go, so I took the plug out anyway and went
out.
I plugged in again when we got back, the printer whirred into life and
the copy that wouldn't delete was delivered. Then I saw the email you
sent with the amendment, in my inbox . I read it and wondered whether
to block out the erroneous 'Yes' and write 'No' on the printed email, or
block the 'un' in 'unavailable'. I decided on the latter, and went out
to post it to my friend. It definitely wasn't meant to be sent with a
mistake and it would have been if the printer had complied earlier. I
was able to print my copy off and the printer has been behaving
perfectly since, as it always has. All for now Love Dorothy
Hi Dorothy,
This is a classic example of how
what Olga used to call 'the invisibles' are so close, loving and helpful
in a practical way, while, no doubt having great fun at the same time.
It seems clear you have someone close to you who is a whizzkid at
matters electronic, and I feel suddenly prompted to say, may be eager to
establish a more active Mind to Mind communion with you. You could
actively co-operate with this by attuning with your helper(s), even if
name(s) are not - at least yet - known to you.
Names, they (the invisibles)
always say, are not important for us to know, though we, here in the
Earthly life, tend to like to know who we are communing with. Attuning
is actually very simple, straightforward, uncomplicated. For example,
one could choose a suitable moment/place, where all is quiet and no
disturbances expected (it could be in the shower, walking in the hills,
driving to the supermarket - wherever one feels at ease) and send out
one's thoughts toward one's 'invisible helper(s)' (they will know
exactly who you mean because they will already be close to you; not
geographically, but on the same mental wavelength).
Gratitude is the best starter in
all such communing of Mind to Mind. One could say, in a perfectly
normal, conversational manner, something like, 'You know I do not know
who you are but I realise that makes no difference; I simply want to
thank you for your practical and loving, caring help with the computer
printer (or whatever). I also want to affirm that you are welcome at
any time and in any situation, for whatever caring help that you and/or
your friends and fellow Christ servers are able to provide, all under
Christ authority. If you wish to bring to my awareness a name, sign or
other indicator of who you are, I welcome this but realise it is not
important in the grand scheme of things; though in due course it will be
made known to me, whenever the moment is right.'
I have no knowledge of how much of
this you are already aware of Dorothy, but this is an excellent
opportunity to share such information with others on the Forum.
I must emphasise that for those
who are not already certain that they are under Christ-authorised
guidance and protection, it is vital to always (at any communing with an
'invisible' for the first time or times) say something like, 'You are
welcome into contact with me only in the name and by the authority of
Jesus Christ.' This placing of oneself within Christ guidance and
protection is setting the rules of engagement and by doing it in the
name of he who is empowered to guide and protect us (if we have already
asked him to be our guide and protector) we are thus protected from
unwelcome visitations, which can be psychically very, very damaging to
our spiritual - and eventually, bodily - well-being and peace of mind.
Theresa and I have a son, Peter,
in spirit, as described in SFGS, who is an electronics wizard with
computers and anything else. Years ago we had a car with an electric
sliding sunroof. The connection of the electrical circuitry became
intermittent and we got into the habit of asking Peter to see to it.
Without fail, whenever it became non-functional (which was eventually
quite frequently), as soon as we asked his help, it would immediately
begin working.
On another occasion Theresa was
out in the car with our daughters when the engine became overheated. It
turned out that the coolant had got very low. A helpful passing
motorist topped it up for her but when they came to close the bonnet
(hood) it would not close. They tried to unscrew the pneumatic arms
that raise and lower it but the nuts securing it would not loosen.
Eventually the breakdown service was called out. He took one look at
things and said, 'There is a coolant hose ruptured. You wouldn't get a
mile up the road in that condition and the engine would seize up.' He
replaced the hose, re-filled the system and the bonnet then shut as
smooth as clockwork, allowing a safe and uneventful journey home. When
they got home our daughter said to Theresa, 'That was Peter; I saw him
holding the bonnet open and preventing it from shutting.' He had
averted what could have been a very tricky, dangerous situation.
Truly, we are being helped in ways
of which most of us have no awareness. To welcome it, give thanks for
it and be more open to co-operating with it enables much greater levels
of such help to available to us.
Thanks for sharing, Dorothy.
Love and blessings,
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on December 7th 2007
Hi Brian:
Hi Sharon,
Your friend Dorothy has described, very
profoundly, on your forum, what is happening/has happened in my life;
awesome! Here, then
is a good example of how helpful the Forum can be for those who are ready to
receive the benefit, affirmation, reassurance, encouragement, help,
enlightenment – whatever – that may turn up there, perhaps in an unexpected
way or form. I hope – feel sure – it will be for you also, similar
encouragement to be happy for anything your may wonder about writing,
asking, sharing on any future occasion, to be posted, for the benefit of
others. This is because to Papa, we are all important, loved, honoured; it
is only ego who wishes us to see ourself – and our fellows – as unimportant,
unloved, dishonoured. So, together, we can actively work for the dispelling
of these ‘lies of satan.’
She seems to have the key to what
I've been trying to figure out - I wrote to you some time back, while
studying ACIM, that my experience of God did not resonate with what was
being said in ACIM.
I remember it well, back in
about May; the exchanges were posted on the Forum on June 1st
this year. I feel sure it will have been helpful to others.
I'm still trying to untangle what happened
to me 4 years ago - when God came into my life - the messages that came with
the wave of JOY - the messages and the wave of joy seemed to conflict - the
messages were very 'demanding' and devastation-orientated - in conflict with
the joy. The
indication from you at that time was that my responses back in the spring
helped, at least somewhat. Nevertheless, an event such as you described
then can remain in the ‘pondering department’ of one’s mind for a long time
afterwards, and keep on bringing forth new nuances of understanding. That
can only be good. Off and on over the past 4 years I
re-visited the experience many times
– ‘pondering mode',
knowing for sure God was the wave that brought the joy and love and
happiness into my life - but it SO conflicted with the messages - I just
couldn't understand the voices, the words, so there's been this 'blockage'
that I couldn't get through, I couldn't find the answer to - until Dorothy's
message - I read her posting on the forum last week and was ready to respond
but didn't because I needed to study and ponder it
(!!)
more to see if indeed it was
what I was looking for and now, even though I still don't understand the
words - could it have been the ego dying?
One way or another,
now is the time for the end of ego and every ‘little victory’ – however
small, or indeed, large – means less power over us and more
empowerment to us. So, in a way, you are correct. Every time we
say ‘No’ to ego and ‘Yes’ to Holy Spirit, we are one glorious step nearer
Home.
It makes sense that this is what it could be. Both Dorothy's posting and
your reply resonate with me in that I know there is 'going forward' here for
me with these postings. How
brilliant is that!?
When you mention 'a great temptation to be
one of the crowd.' I totally resonate with this. Sharon, I believe the vast majority of us resonate
with that. But for those of us who hear the Call to Home from the Voice for
Papa, and respond affirmatively, and extend the Call to our fellow
travellers, the journey for us ALL is being immeasurably shortened, until
time runs out altogether. It just keeps on getting better and better.
All my life I tried to 'fit
in.' How 'out of place' 'frustrating' 'demeaning' 'esteem-lowering' this
can feel all the
hallmarks of ego, again! to a
child/girl/woman - as was the case with me growing up- when you just can't -
no matter how hard you try - to 'fit in.' NOW I see why I couldn't - I
WASN'T SUPPOSED TO! What a relief! Eeee-yaaaahhh!
Now I don't want to and am so very grateful not to want to!
It feels good,
doesn’t it? No, it feels much better than that; it feels indescribably
fantastic. I resonate with
the 'carousel.' I tried to step back on the wheel when things got tough -
after God coming into my life I questioned many times whether this is REALLY
where I wanted to be or not - but the 'old life' doesn't 'fit' any more.
Indeed, it does not
and when we try to fit back in we find it is anathema. Here is the February
14th 1988 Diary entry, which covers this area of consideration.
The last two paragraphs of the Master's message will be especially
meaningful for you, I believe:
Beloved Lord, I see how the programme for mankind’s redemption has
gone forward in the last few decades. I see also how there is so much
for us to know and understand that I wonder how we can ever grasp it
all.
My son,
the soul who is committed and dedicated one-pointedly to the path of
Service of the Kingdom Purpose must first learn obedience – obedience to
the single source of guidance and love, which will bring the Kingdom
into the lives of mankind. This means a willingness to give up all
worldly power and authority and self. When this has happened and
complete faith in the voice and spirit of guidance is established, then
shall the faith be replaced by sight – sight of the Kingdom reality and
the love and power inherent in it. This is how to restore, to uplift,
to make whole, to transform, to make new. It is a power that can only
come when self-desire has been left behind and willingness for God’s
love to replace it has been adopted in its place.
You
have glimpsed the reality my son. You know of a certainty that it is
and that it will be for all the world.
I
counsel you, do nothing; you cannot bring this state of being,* neither
can you adopt the way of Mammon and its power complexes, for they would
destroy your inner being. Simply be at peace and contemplate within
your heart these matters. New realisations shall come to you from this
and all shall be accomplished for you.
Master, I know that of myself I can do nothing. I commit all to you
and pray that my life may be serviceable to you and your Great
Programme. Guide me along the path a step at a time.
* He means by this that we cannot bring it because we do not have it; but he has it and can/will bring it to us and give it to
us, freely, if/when we have FTOC enough to accept it, freely.
God’s love, Sharon
Thank you Sharon; it is always
good to hear from you. You and Dorothy are very incisive observers of
eternal reality. Love and blessings to you also,
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on November 22nd 2007
Dear Brian and Theresa, Thank you for the reply to my email, your
response was very helpful. (See
posting dated November 21st, below) It shone a light on one of
the ACIM reviews for the that day "I am never upset for the reason I
think". There it was - complete with the answer shining out. It had been
hidden within the so-called problem. As the mind read the words in your
email, the clouds cleared and the battle being fought by the ego (aka
Satan) came into focus - the battle to keep the illusion going - that
the illusion which provides the ego with its reality and its home, .
Yes, I could see then that I wasn't upset, as I had thought, because of
feeling of being an outsider in the world. Not upset because of still
wanting to jump back on the 'carousel of the crowd ' even though seeing
clearly that it was going nowhere. I wasn't upset because I couldn't
block that sight out, and so feel safe and at one with the carousel
riders. It was the ego which was upset and whispering "You'll be on your
own. It will be lonely. Go back and play the games, you only have
to pretend and you can have the companionship. Forget that you think you
know more."
I do realise that on an inner level I have been at that brink between
the worlds for years, perhaps we are all there in different stages of
realisation but prefer to stay with the crowd even though we can see the
world as we know it is insane.
But there has to be the courage to let go the ego and plunge into that
Abyss of Nothingness which is the last thing the ego sees in its moment
of death. To give up everything known and leap into the unknown - the
ego doesn't want to do that and disappear, so it will whisper all manner
of 'sensible' suggestions to keep its unreal existence from being
discovered.
What it seems we have to do then, is to acknowledge the higher part of
us, so we are not under the delusion that the ego is important to our
sense of Self. We have then to use our dream of life to prepare and
reach out to the other side of the perceived Abyss, perhaps we are
building a bridge, so that when the moment comes, faith changes to
knowledge and we, the prodigal son, can walk over to dwell again with
our Father in Christ.
I am using the guidelines in ACIM, however inexpertly, to endeavour to
do that.
Love from Dorothy
Brilliant. I am overjoyed at
your going forward and that our exchanges are helping you, me and
others as they encounter them on the Forum page. Together, we are
performing a true and blessed Christ service for the Kingdom.
I love your insightfulness.
Few indeed are blessed with it as are you. Fear is the great fetter
to our progress toward freedom, and doubt - self-doubt - is the
great dismantler of faith and trust. The way forward may be
perceived, through ego-distorted vision, as an abyss; but faith and
trust truly build a bridge that is invisible to those myopic eyes
and enable us, by taking that leap of faith, to see that the chasm
is safely and securely bridged and that our way to freedom is
unbarred. Ego may fall into the abyss, to its end, but we, our true
Self, are on that bridge, onto which ego cannot venture because it
is the bridge to Eternity. The key is, if only we can believe
all things are possible.
It is, truly, a great
temptation to want to be part of the crowd. Yet, to those of us who
are ready to begin the awakening process, it is anathema to go
back. Once we have taken that leap of faith, there is no
going back. Yes, we may take 2 steps forward, feel the uncertainty,
the wavering of our Self-belief and allow ourself to go back a step;
but then we see that going back is so retrograde, so restricting to
a soul ready to soar, that we soon realise that we must turn around
and move forward on the path back to the Light again, knowing that
there actually is no alternative.
You are doing so well,
Dorothy, assuredly there is great rejoicing in Heaven over you
(whose name means 'God's Gift'). Your contributions are a real and
welcome gift. Keep on keeping on; you are greatly loved, blessed
and watched over.
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following exchange was posted on November 21st 2007
Dear Brian and
Theresa, Hi Dorothy,
because it was
from you, I made a wish on that Mother Theresa email as you suggested - it
was the same as the prayer - and returned it to you as requested. I do
wonder however why these generic emails sometimes have requests for them to
be returned to the sender.
I
agree with you. I am ambivalent about them myself and most, I just delete,
some I act upon but have never experienced anything detectable from such
action. I have no doubt, increasingly, that it is an ego ploy to distract
us. It doesn’t have much distracting power for me.
Such matters have only as much power over us as we
ascribe to them.
We have all
received similar ones, it goes with the cyberspace territory. Indeed
it does needlessly and valuelessly, other than as an opportunity for true
forgiveness. Some are very beautiful, but some are just
sentimental trash trying to sail along on people's transitory emotions which
quickly change when something else stirs the pot.
Appositely expressed. I did a few
months ago return a couple of the said emails as requested, because I felt
it would be discourteous not to acknowledge them from that particular
source, but didn't, and wouldn't, have revealed other email addresses on the
returned one if I had sent them on. I
always put addressee details in the BCC box, so nobody else gets to see
them. Otherwise, it could be perceived as a breach of confidence.
I may have been wrong, but the silence from that end evoked a strong
feeling that this wasn't quite what was wanted. As
shown in today’s Message of Encouragement, the Master says in Section 15 of
the Manual for Teachers in ACIM:
You
who are sometimes sad and sometimes angry; who sometimes feel your just
due is not given you, and your best efforts meet with lack of
appreciation and even contempt; give up these foolish thoughts! They are
too small and meaningless to occupy your holy mind an instant longer.
I felt this
because although I was now familiar with that aforementioned, but friendly
and innocuous source, it had originally got my email address from somewhere
and approached me in the first instance to promote and deposit its copious
outpourings. .
Brian, your
email did contain a prayer That is really why I sent it
which must be good, and I realise
there is some kind of personal block I have.
I believe you would be fairer to yourself if you saw
it not as a block but as sound common sense and logic, to keep you from
getting suck(er)ed into every item that flits past on its way to the
nothingness from which it came. I would love to believe in it
all but I just feel on the outside looking in. In
this instance this is a very good thing because the outside is sanity,
reason, right-mindedness and the inside is the asylum. I guess
also that these ‘make a wish, send on, and see what happens emails’ are
probably originally created with high intentions, but are they helpful to
the real task in hand? I
usually simply ignore the make a wish bit and send it on only if the main
theme is something that appears to have some value – harmless, inoffensive
humour, uplifting to the spirit, pause for thought or whatever.
I can see that they might be comforting and give some sort of hope
for those who are going through trying and traumatic times in their lives
but is it helpful on the pathway into the Kingdom?
Perhaps some are (not counting the ‘make a wish’ bit,
with a thinly disguised implication that if one doesn’t, bad luck will
befall the errant party) and some not. As the Master says of this illusory
world of dreams, ‘Make it all meaningless.’ Do they feed the
greed and fear of the lower mind - fear of having bad luck, or the inner
greed which likes to believe it is getting something for nothing.
This is what it is all about all the while ego has any
part in it.
The opportunity
is then offered to cover over any realisation of this by virtuous
posturing in the act of outwardly clicking 'Send' by which act it is
implied that the clickers deserve and are entitled to some sort of heavenly
reward or protection. The ego works in very clever ways pretending to be
what it isn't. Bull’s-eye!
Very perceptive of you.
Realising
this, could this non-acceptance within me of what others seem so easily to
take on board, also be the ego masquerading in a different cloak and with
another mask, pretending as always, to be what it isn't? It wouldn't be a
problem except that it would be so nice and easy just to go along and
'belong', but something won't always let me follow the crowd.
This is your right mind (under Holy Spirit influence)
guiding you. It digs its heels in and says "don't go down
that road. It is going the wrong way" Should I listen to it? Definitely
listen to it. Do not let ego instil a sense of guilt, as if you are being
supercilious. An adult is not being supercilious because it does not wish
to indulge in children’s activities. The way to maintain one’s focus and
balance in such matters, where niggles of guilt are knocking at the door, is
to forgive (the person/situation/event) and then forgive yourself (for any
feelings of anger, impatience, frustration, guilt or whatever) and always
send a genuine, heartfelt blessing. If you do not feel it could be
heartfelt at the immediate moment, pause, attune with Jesus and/or the Holy
Spirit, ask Their peace and equilibrium, remind yourself that you are
perfect love, compassion and infinite patience (just as They are with us)
and ask for the Peace of Papa to envelop you, well-up from your
Heart-Centre, fill you, so that you can then genuinely extend it to the
person/situation in question. I think you will enjoy getting
your teeth into this. Dorothy, I love the way you always see past the mundane, that most would
barely give a thought to, (just as ego wants it) and see how ego is getting
deep into our mind, sullying it with trash, trivia and distractions.
It should make quite a meal.
This has been an hors d’oeuvre. But I love hors
d’oeuvres! I hope it doesn't give you indigestion though. Never.
Love from Dorothy
Thanks, Dear One. Love to
you also, BLASERed, Brian
The
following exchange was posted on November 20th 2007
Hi Brian,
Hi Susan,
Thanks for the insight on the purpose
of the communion
(see exchange below, dated Nov. 18th).
It is a
deep and soul soaring joy to know someone with whom such
esoteric realities can be shared. My thanks are, therefore, to you
also, for being such a person.
Awakening to our deep oneness with the Christ mind and that
we are the Christ consciousness is what we most need.
Set
that to music and I'll sing descant with you!!
I was able to access your recent wisdom. We are the hidden
wholeness but we don’t know it and live it. It
is my life's commitment to help as many as are able/ready to come to
that place of awareness, deep within, as possible, by the help of
Jesus and the Holy Spirit. However,
the communion helps it become more than a fleeting transcendent
state, but a more continuous way of being beyond all being and
becoming. Finding
the words to adequately express that truth is not easy but you have
done it perfectly. Thanks; I will share them on the Forum. The
dualities no longer make sense from that perspective—them-us,
self-other, you-me.
Again, I could not
have expressed it more meaningfully myself.
All the best,
Thanks; all the best to you and
Mark also,
Susan
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on November 18th 2007
Hi Brian. Do you think that weakness invites contempt from weak people, because
it is a reflection of
themselves?
Regards. Pearl.
Hi Pearl,
This is entirely in accord with the ACIM position that, under ego-mind
domination, we project our own unconscious fear, guilt, misperceptions about
ourself onto others, who are not really outside ourself - 'over there' - any
more than we, or the world, or the physical universe are here; that all that
appears to be present are projections from our ego-dominated,
unconscious
mind. Gary Renard's books, 'Disappearance of the Universe' and 'Your
Immortal Reality' are very, very helpful, in support of ACIM, in helping
us to more clearly understand all this. I commend them to you.
Ego wants us to believe we are weak, but it is not true because we are
Papa's beloved Son, made in His image and likeness, with ALL His attributes.
The 'fall' of man into 'the separation consciousness' is a religious myth
(religion being an ego-construct to keep us here under false pretences)
which appears to be the case but in our right, Christ Mind, has never
happened, and according to Jesus in ACIM has never been more than a
momentary, idle thought, that was over the moment it took place. This
appears not to be the case because we appear to have placed
ourself outside Heaven, which is Eternity, into a false, apparently
linear time and place illusion.
To perceive others as weak is not something Jesus ever did. He saw past the
illusion and is with us now to help us to do the same. That way, we can see
ourself and each other as he sees us: whole, perfect, innocent, guiltless
and sinless; one, undivided, with him in the Sonship. The way to do that is
to forgive ourself and our fellows for what we (all) have never done, and
thus not give reality to the misperceptions (because they have no reality).
This is possible, although it takes a very strong motivation and commitment,
practise and reminding ourself multiple times every day, whenever we become
caught up in the illusion, (and ask the Holy Spirit to help us with this)
that what appears to our bodily eyes as separate, individual people, walking
about in separate bodies, with apparently separate minds, is an illusion;
that we are NOT a body, but perfect Spirit, with the Mind of God, able to
think as One with Him and with our true Self, the Christ (Papa's Son); that
God and His Kingdom, our true Home in Eternity, is within us and
nowhere else; that nothing else exists, in spite of such apparently
compelling evidence to the contrary.
The Mystical Communion
with Christ is an attunement mechanism that can help us to attune our
(apparently separated) mind with that of Jesus - and others working with him
under Christ authority for the restoration to Oneness in the Realms of Light
- but it is also preparatory to our communing, Mind to Mind, with each other
here in the illusory Earthly life.
Some may see this as telepathy but it is at a higher level than 'ordinary'
telepathy because it is not just mind to mind but (Christ) Mind to (Christ)
Mind. This is a prelude to the disappearance of the universe, in
preparation of and for the Atonement (At-one-ment). We cannot be 'magicked'
into wakefulness, which is what orthodox Christians believe - i.e. that
Jesus is doing it all for us and meanwhile we carry on here in
blissful ignorance of what he is doing until the last trump begins the
rapture and we all end up in Heaven. It is an event (the Atonement) in
which our full co-operation and understanding is required.
Jesus and/or the Holy Spirit will bring us to that place of awareness and
understanding as and when we are ready to co-operate by 'ASKing' (Ask, Seek,
Knock-ing). This is taking, will take, each of us many incarnations (acts)
to arrive at the place of understanding the Great Rescue Programme. The
good news is that those of us who are already ASKing have already
progressed, by/through many acts, to the place where our
understanding/remembrance of the Truth of Eternity is growing. This can
only continue by our continued truly seeking and earnestly desiring to know
the Truth of Eternity, until we become fully enlightened. Becoming
complacent will leave us only part way there. The 'travelator' only carries
us forward by the empowerment of our own desire.
True Forgiveness is the shortcut that will save us untold numbers of further
acts. Seeing our brethren as weak is an indication of our own unconscious
misperceptions of weakness in ourself. There is only one of us, so what we
see in others is a reflection/projection of our own unconscious,
misperceived weakness.
I hope this helps, Pearl. Thank you so much for asking.
Many blessings for your strengthening and encouragement, unto the coming of
the KOHOE,
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on November 13th 2007
Hi Brian,
Hello Ted,
It has been a
long while since I have communicated with you. I am doing very well and I
hope and trust that you are doing well also.
I am very pleased to hear that you are doing well
and equally so to confirm that, yes, indeed, we are doing wonderfully well.
Life on the Path back Home to Papa may not always be comfortable but is
never boring and becomes more joyful, peaceful, blessed, with every step, as
we awaken to the remembrance of who we really are and the opportunities for
service of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth become more fulfilling.
The underlying
theme of my path has been trial and error. My
dear friend, regrettably, this is the case for most of the ‘children of
Earth’ who set out on their own without a reliable, empowered, trustworthy
Guide to lead them unerringly out of the wilderness. I am overjoyed to tell
you (it will come as no surprise if you have read SFGS!) that Jesus (the
real Jesus!) is just such a Guide. Sadly, the church has done such a
demolition job on him that few today are willing to place themselves within
the care of the real, living Jesus, because they have become so confused
about him as a result of the false Jesus the church has fabricated. People
see the sham of the church and think, mistakenly, he whom they claim to be
representing is also a sham.
That is the purpose of my
life, SFGS and the HTG website: to help my fellow travellers to see that the
real, living Jesus is not a sham; that he is really our big brother, fully
wise, knowing, empowered by love and humility, to lead us all Home. And all
without a shred of religion!! Spirituality, yes, oodles of it, full
measure, pressed down and never expiring, but no religion, which is the
polar opposite of spirituality. Good news, don’t you agree!?
I spent many years “going within” and gained some degree of understanding
through it, but I also reached an unavoidable dead end.
With the real Jesus, no such
dead end exists. Fantastic, I agree. Since all of eternity
is ahead of me, a dead end is something I would like to avoid. Ted,
this is a wise statement indeed, and such is, truly, avoidable.
Obviously
whatever you are practicing is working for you. Yes,
it truly is, but as you are clearly aware, this is not a five-minute
exercise. However, it has not worked for me. I
would be most pleased if you can explain what this means. Are you saying
you have tried following the living Jesus and that did not work?
I have found a much more infinite and fulfilling existence in going
beyond the senses rather than behind them. I
regret I do not understand this. Please explain what you mean, especially
by ‘going behind the senses.’
Through trial
and error, desire and thought are what I have found to be useful. I
am confident that Jesus is applauding this. Desire is the beginning of
everything and thought follows closely behind. I believe this is how Jesus
found his way Home (the first of the separation so to do). This is my
understanding from ACIM. He is the first to say that most of us simply
don’t think. This is just where ego wants us. The key has
been to not let the lesser desires outweigh the greater ones. For example,
would one desire to indulge and be controlled by a craving, or completely
overcome it? It is my
understanding also that we overcome by simply realising that we are not a
body and all the things that a body appears to crave are tawdry, keeping us
ensnared in our own, illusory dream world; that our true riches and
fulfilment of our heart’s desire is being back Home in Papa, where we
actually are but have forgotten; yet all we have to do is desire to awaken
from the dream and return to full wakefulness.
Another great
question is: Is it better to desire an end result or to desire to perform an
action that has a positive or beneficial outcome?
It seems clear to me that to desire (truly and
earnestly) the KOHOE is the start of our awakening to eternal truth; our
coming within the protective, guiding aura of those in the Realms of Light
who are authorised and empowered to lead us Home, one step at a time. That
then, we will awaken, one step at a time, to the realisation that
because of our desire for peace, love, truth - for ourself and for our
brethren - we will find ourself presented with opportunities to undertake
actions as we make our journey Home, that will bring a positive and
beneficial outcome. That is well documented in SFGS, particularly regarding
the ‘rescue work.’ I deeply desired it, especially after reading Hugh
Dowding’s book, Lychgate, and the opportunities for it were brought
to me. I had no idea how to do it but the Master did and he brought about
the circumstances for many rescue events to take place. Such rescue events
are, even now, taking place and this is more rewarding to my soul than any
riches of Earth.
Through trial
and error, I have found that for me it is more fulfilling to desire to
perform the action. I am
interested to note that you have desire (first) for there to be actions for
you to perform. Without desire, there can be no decision, no action, no
outcome. After all, that's what life is, living, moving
breathing. If you are
speaking of life here, on Earth, I see it as opportunity to fulfil our
potential, to accomplish that for which we have returned to a body, so that
we can heal all our broken relationships through true forgiveness and, thus
become unencumbered, and go Home.
Desire must be
mastered and also be used in conjunction with thought.
I agree that this is a deeply profound truth, Ted. Desire
without thought leads to an unpleasant end; thought without desire leads to
a miserable confusion of infinite complexities as well as a lack of energy
and purpose. The desire to do something is what makes it pleasant.
Therefore, when one has gained control over desire, they can aim it at
whatever they wish. When thought serves the highest consciously willed
desires one may find themselves living a simple, happy, existence in
eternity. I agree with all
this and observe that we are here, under the dominion (most of us) of
ego-mind; antiChrist; hellbent on keeping us here in an upside-down
thought-system that will prevent us from getting Home. In my experience,
Jesus, who is fully awake to the truth of eternity and who we really are,
can help us undo ego-thinking and re-engage our right mind. There are few
indeed who can get there unaided.
With greater
love than ever, Ted, what a
wonderful thing to say. Bless you mightily; my heart responds to your
salutation equally, with never-ending love,
Ted
Brian
The
following exchanges were posted on November 1st 2007
Hi
Brian,
My
goodness. I wasn't expecting my e-mail to you to appear on your forum.
Life is full of surprises! I hope you don’t mind. The purpose of the Forum
is to be focussed specifically on matters – questions and answers, comments,
experiences, illumination etc – that will help readers to gain an increased
understanding of what the KOH is, how/where to ‘find it,’ attune with it,
get out of the rut humanity is in and get HOME!!! Nevertheless, it needs to
be presented in a way that will not be too dry and stuffy (not what the KOH
is) and hopefully will draw readers in and keep them coming back.
I'll
have to think on what I say now. I was only speaking candidly to you, not to
others. I would have used more discernment in the content and structuring my
of my sentences. The real point here, Margaret, is
that what you say has something of interest for third party readers, either
within itself or in the opportunity it provides for an answer that will help
serious seekers to gain in understanding. That is the purpose of the
Forum. This world is so staggeringly ignorant of esoteric, spiritual,
mystical, metaphysical reality and the way Papa has Creation organised
(PLFs) that without sensibly, caringly, meaningfully helping to provide some
answers that people can understand, how can the lost sheep be restored to
the fold? The Master told me in the 1960s that I was his harbinger. That
frightened me fairly considerably because I could not possibly see how I
could do a John the Baptist job! But he has led me so wonderfully over these
last 40 years, and prepared me for the job. Now I feel ready for it. Not
that I am the sole harbinger. I am, I now see, one singer in a choir
of singers of The New Song. And each has his/her important counterpoint to
contribute to the rendition.
Especially when I had a dream after my initial posts to you showing me I was
showing a tendency to argue for argument's sake rather than share ideas.
Well, that was a good thing; a going forward for you. We never stop.
However I will respond to you a little later but with a lot less focus on
personalities in "history."
In
fact I was going to rein in my thoughts a bit. Now I'm exposed. Be careful
Margaret. Let this be a lesson. There is never a
shortage of lessons opportunities!
I
received "Your Immortal Reality," last week from Abe Books so that sits in
line until I read my current selection of two books.
I am
looking forward to Gary's third book which is about Love in the new year, so
I see all these threads coming together from many writers now.
I am delighted to hear he has another one in the pipeline. I
intuitively knew he would have and that it would be soon, so thanks for the
confirmation.
You
won't know how interesting and important your work has been to me Brian. And
so generously given. Have you any idea how
gratifying these words are to me? Sharing, extending the love, wisdom, joy,
blessing and all else that is the KOH, is all that matters to me. This has
been so ever since I met Olga and especially since January 24th
1967, when the Master manifested to me in Vancouver. Compared with the KOH,
everything else is utterly meaningless. Of course sensible, healthy eating,
caring for ourself whilst appearing to be here, treating others with respect
and goodwill, loving our neighbour as ourself etc are all contributory to
the KOH and form part of it; that goes without saying.
Sincerely,
Margaret H.
***
Hi Brian (again),
May I ask you some
questions about your work? Of course!
You have posted
your diary excerpts only recently. Were you instructed to do so at this
latter period by Jesus but not recommended to earlier by Jesus? Because it
was before the public's time? Or did you have no real impulse to put it to
public view earlier and decided to more recently because you felt it would
be useful? What I am now doing is the fulfilment
(or at least, the beginning of the fulfilment) of what began in the 1960s
with my meeting Olga Park and then the direct ‘hook-up’ with Jesus. He told
me over the years that all that was happening was a preparation for what lay
ahead; that what I was doing (the Mystical Communion with Christ, the
practise of which leads to and enables our hearing his speaking, one-on-one,
and all the revelations, enlightenment, remembrances, awarenesses that
practise brought) was ‘an operation of hiddenness;’ that when the time was
right, it would become ‘an operation of openness,’ for example, see Diary
entry April 25th
1993 in which he said:
The time is not yet for your work to become an operation of
openness. Await my word. You will know of a surety when the time is
right. It will be circumstances not of your making which shall bring it
about. Meanwhile keep on as ever, for your awareness of the Light and the
Word continue to grow apace and this must be your strength and your shield
from the wickedness of the world. Fear not, for I am with you, your guide
in hostile territory.
It was
to be another 12 years before the openness began. It had been the burning,
unquenchable desire of my heart to share his living reality with all the
world right from the moment he manifested to me in 1967. But he had other
plans for me. This is how I have described it in the Home Page of the HTG
website:
I have been greatly blessed by half a lifetime of wondrous contact
with and leading, guiding, inspiring, enlightenment from the living Jesus,
who first manifested to me in a basement room in Vancouver, Canada, in 1967.
It was such a magnificent, soul-soaring experience that I immediately wanted
to rush out into the world and shout from the roof-tops that he is ALIVE,
REAL. But he had other plans for me. In fact he told me many times
over the years that we – he and I – had agreed and arranged ‘afore time’
(which was his way of saying, before I incarnated) the path along which he
would lead me. He also said many times, as we journeyed along that path, ‘I
lead, do thou follow.’
He knew where we were going but this was, according to pre-arranged
plan, withheld from my conscious awareness, until the last few years. It has
now been revealed to me that the objective of not knowing but following in
faith, trust, obedience and commitment, was so that I could have this
decades-long experience of the real, living Jesus and his great plan
for the spiritual upliftment of ‘all who will’ to the ‘Kingdom Awareness’
and then share the practical and soul-feeding benefits of these
experiences with my fellow travellers on the Path back to Eternity. I
hope many of these events, recorded in the attached story, will resonate for
you and bring joy, enlightenment and inner peace to your heart and soul.
The event
that switched the operation of hiddenness into an operation of openness was
when I was given, in the middle of the night, the allegory of the
Caterpillars and the Butterfly. As it says in the Foreword of SFGS:
This
allegory was given to me inspirationally in a manner with which I was
previously familiar: I was awakened in the small hours of the night and
heard the words being spoken. They were so imaginatively impressed into my
consciousness that I was easily able to write them, verbatim, after waking
several hours later, well after dawn had broken.
I
e-mailed this allegory to Owen Waters, and several other people. I didn’t
even say who had written it. I had no thought of this becoming the catalyst
of the transformation from hiddenness to openness. Owen administers the
Infinite Being website and within a few hours he e-mailed back saying
this was fantastic and could he use it as one of his weekly articles? Of
course I said yes. The instant Owen asked – which came as a bolt from the
blue - I knew deep in my soul, of a surety, that this was the ‘circumstances
not of my making’ that would throw the switch from hiddenness to openness.
Owen introduced the article and said that I had also written a book and was
willing to e-mail it to any who were interested. Well I was swamped with
responses, both thanking me for the insightful allegory, which helped many
of them to get Jesus, our relationship to him and the church into a far
clearer perspective, and later, thanking me for the book, which also had
helped them with their understanding of the mystical realities of Eternity.
I sent the book (SFGS) to all who had enquired for it, saying I was
preparing a website for uploading it and also that I was intending to
upload, a few at a time, entries from what I had earlier decided to call
‘Diary of a Christ Communicant.’ The rest, as they say, is history.
Jesus and Papa
speak to you. Has Jesus appeared or manifested to you in daytime, vision and
dreams? He first manifested, as described in SFGS
chapter 3, paragraph 16ff, in my full ‘waking consciousness.’ There
have been numerous dreamtime encounters and other awarenesses. He
has because He became the "door" through which you went to meet with Papa.
Are you permitted to describe Jesus' appearance as He chooses to manifest to
you? This is an important question. It should be
understood that we are not a body but pure spirit with Mind awareness and
creativity identical to that of our Father Creator. Our
body is an ego-mind construct, an illusion, does not exist in reality and neither
do our eyes, which are also part of that ego construct, which trick us into
believing that everything is ‘outside us’ – ‘over there’ – when in reality,
the Kingdom of Heaven and its Creator, Papa, are within us.
When a
Master chooses to manifest to us here in our Earth-mind consciousness, he
(or she) is able to create the appearance of a body using Christ-Mind
creativity, (as distinct from ego-mind fabrication), and sometimes such manifestations
will happen by using the psychic emanations or ectoplasm of the person
having the experience. Whatever the mechanism selected, it is to serve
a Kingdomly purpose
We
appear to ‘see’ things ‘out there’ with our bodily eyes but in reality it is
our split, little self mind that sees what appears to be out there and it is
our right, Big Self Mind that has awareness of the things of Heaven, of God,
of Eternity, within us. That awareness is not the same as just our bodily
seeing; it is a full and comprehensive ‘experience’ of our Mind. This is
immeasurably more all-encompassing than our bodily sight. One has awareness
of intent as well as event. So, at our ‘tea party’ (SFGS
Chapter 6, paragraph 5ff) I did not just ‘see’ the way his mouth moved
as he smiled; I experienced the intent as well as the event. This enables
the fullness of the experience to lodge in our awareness. It is not so much
just ‘seeing’ him, as if studying a photograph, but ‘experiencing awareness of
his being.’ One knows him, who he is, unquestioningly, at the Big
Self, Christ Mind awareness level. This is our real Self, wherein there is
no doubt, no uncertainty; only knowing. Questioning does not come into it;
it is certainty.
However, on one occasion, he was with me and a group of others at a big
house in rural Wiltshire, playing badminton on the lawn, and drinking
lemonade; and later, walking along the narrow country lanes, with hedges
either side. I was surprised to observe, very clearly, that he had a modern
day, ‘short back and sides’ haircut. Still, it was unmistakably him,
although his name - neither ‘Jesus’ nor ‘Yeshua’ - was mentioned once. We
all knew precisely and unquestioningly who he was, so we had no need to
ask. He was very ‘normal,’ very light-hearted, caring, empathetic. He knew
not just who we were, but everything about us at the soul level of our
being, but it was no big deal, either for him or for the rest of us. At one
point, one of the younger, teenage, members of the party, who was carrying a
sickle (we were obviously on our way to do something requiring a sickle) and
was getting carried away, waving it about, coming close to causing an injury
to himself or someone else. The Master, who looked so young – barely 30 –
showed heartfelt concern that anyone should be injured, and said,
‘Do,
please, be careful; we do not want anyone to be hurt.’
As he
says in ACIM, we should not hold him in awe because we are the same as he:
one in the Sonship. The only apparent difference, which is temporary, is that he has
remembered who he is and the rest of us are in the process of remembering;
yet that seeming difference is illusory because it is of time only.
May I ask how and
at what time in (the year/s) you learned of your "past" experiences or is it
still in the larger portion yet to be posted by you on your website?
This has come in the form of what Theresa and I
call ‘Flash awarenesses.’ These are given us by the Holy Spirit, in which
we ‘find ourselves’ in a situation of another time and place, both observing
and experiencing the events that we see, and in which we have the ‘knowing’
that it is coming from the Akashic records, under the authority of Eternity,
who we are and what is happening and how it relates to this act. We don’t
necessarily receive the full understanding at the time, but the details fill
in subsequently, inspirationally, over time, as we ponder, reflect and ask
for further illumination. All this has been unfolding since the operation
of hiddenness became an operation of openness, about 28 months ago. The
timing was perfect. From travelling back in visions and dreams or
instructed by Jesus? Or the teacher? I think we
can ascribe this to the Holy Spirit, although He and Jesus are as One, which
we all actually are also, but are not yet awake to the experience of that,
although this awakening is happening even as these words are being typed,
one step at a time
The "teacher." He
appeared to Olga Park as a man of short stature. So he did appear as he
lived as John of Patmos. That is certainly the
inference I have drawn, but again, these are details with which we will do
well to not allow ourselves to become bogged down. It’s like the Immaculate
Conception, or was Jesus married. Do any such issues detract one iota from
the Kingdom of Heaven and Jesus’ empowerment to lead us Home? They are of
interest, but the knack is not to allow them to become of too much interest,
distracting us from the main event, which is getting Home, as soon as
possible. After all, who wants to stay apparently out of Heaven a moment
longer than we can help?
Has he appeared to
you Brian? Yes, I have had ‘awareness’ of him on
many occasions but it is not the ‘physical’ appearance that impresses itself
uppermost upon one’s awareness; it is the essence of his nature, character,
the intent of the appearance (e.g. is he coming to bring a moment of joyous
uplift, or a serious message of deep importance and illumination). It helps
if we approach such considerations from the perspective that we are
experiencing such encounters with our Christ Mind, in which bodies do not
exist, nor are they important. This is from the June 23rd
1991 Diary entry:
At the hymn after the partaking I saw the
Teacher lounging in a huge, antique padded armchair, legs crossed,
smiling a satisfied smile that everything was as he wished it to be.
And so it is, my friend. Your realisation of the wholeness,
the oneness of the Father's life and creation and of this ritual
attunement, with the joy and upliftment of life, goes forward at a pace
which maintains the equilibrium. This is both satisfactory and
essential, that balance and harmony be maintained; for as well you now
know, without this balance all would collapse in disarray and your lives
would be in tatters. Indeed, it is this very lack of Heavenly balance
and harmony in the lives and affairs of the children of Earth, in their
individual personal affairs, their business doings and international
dealings, which creates the energy of distress, disharmony, disease in
the aura of the Earth. And mankind, the children of Earth-life
consciousness, reel to and fro in anguish, crying for relief.
Yet it is not the will of the Father for his little ones to
be so distressed. As you now perceive, His Creation is ordered,
balanced, harmonised.
Have no concern, dear friend, even as you see that I and all
who serve the Kingdom purpose of the Lord of mankind, here in the Spirit
Realms, have no concern. We have love, compassion, caring for the
children of Earth and desire for their anguish to end. But you know,
not even the Lord can persuade them to give up their ways -- he tried
2000 years ago and well you know the result. They must come to the
place of their own within whereby they realise the foolishness of being
on the wrong path and voluntarily choose the path of
righteousness, peace and goodwill. Then shall the joy of Heaven
reverberate throughout all the affairs and realms of his little ones.
Meanwhile, I counsel you, attune your lives, your minds, your
hearts, with the realms where all is joy, and be at peace. In
such attunement is strength and wholeness and balance so that others can
recognise this in you and grow to desire that which you have and they
lack. Thus shall your heart's desire be fulfilled; that you may bring
the awareness of the living Jesus into the lives of the children of
Earth. So be it. Praise be to Almighty God.
And
this extract from November 20th 1994:
At the hymn Creator Spirit by whose word…
I saw the Teacher sitting in his “chair of office” behind the Sanctuary
table. He was presenting himself as if all was “normal” and outwardly
dignified and as befits such a being of exalted status. But this could not,
nor was it other than a scarcely veiled attempt at hiding what was all too
easy to see -- an excitement bursting forth from within that he could barely
contain and which he really had no desire to contain any longer than this
humorous pretence at being seen as reserved and dignified. It was
altogether an overwhelming, uplifting, exciting and enlightening experience.
Beloved Teacher, I'm so excited and overjoyed
at this, our work for the Kingdom, really getting underway.
My dear friend Brian, you
rightly observe the great excitement that I cannot, nor do I wish to, hide.
I do assure you that we go forward apace, with much rescue work. Now is the
time of readiness for this progress. I see you perceive that the years of
preparation have been necessary in order that your awareness of the reality
of the eternal realms of spirit could grow in your Earth-life
consciousness. There has been much for you to learn, to assimilate, in
order that you could be brought to this place. It has been my joy to
oversee your progress. Now do we all rejoice that the "serious" work
begins.
I know I do not need to
caution you to be constantly on guard against the wiles of the enemy, or to
maintain your armour of defence against the darts of destruction. You know
that the cloak of the Lord's protection -- living in Him and always keeping
your heart and life open to His presence -- is the whole armour and that no
further contortions of mind or body are needful for such protection. The
greatest threat of breach to such armour is complacency. Thus shall the
practice of this ritual serve you well in reminding, renewing and restoring
you in Christ humility, love, desire to serve. And thus shall the desire of
your heart be fulfilled in joyous fellowship of Heaven. And thus shall
there continue to be much rejoicing in Heaven, echoing and reverberating in
the caverns of Earth, as such become illuminated with the light of the
Kingdom, banishing away the darkness forever.
Peace, joy and love be with
you all, always.
I
paste these snippets here to help create an image of the character of
the Teacher, who he is, rather than simply a physical description, when in
reality, no such body exists, but the character does.
Can you describe
him. I hope the foregoing will leave you with some
useful indicators by way of a description of the man. If you think
it important, mind. It is important… up to a point
I'm simply curious. I totally resonate with such
curiosity. What I aspire toward is transcending that curiosity, so that the
events and intents may be experienced at a higher level of awareness, and
not bog me down simply at the level of curiosity. This is an important part
of what the Master describes as retraining the (ego) mind back to (Christ)
Mind.
I have received
"Your Immortal Reality," but have yet to read it. I have not read the work A
Course in Miracles though I have the book and access to it on the Internet.
I am ill and feel
unable to work through a course even very slowly. I
am willing to discuss the condition you are experiencing with you if you are
willing to share with me, but I prefer to do so on another occasion than
this. I do not feel an intention, liking and impulse to read it
through just yet either. I do however recognise its unique and superior and
highest method of forgiving and I do apply this to everything I perceive and
witness. I wonder if the cause of your health
condition is connected to your feelings of disinclination at the moment to
study ACIM? We are all here with unresolved issues, many from former acts
and these are mostly hidden within our unconscious mind.
However my dreams
and guidance show that this is fine (not reading it). They (dreams) also
advise the reading of other works. Jesus is my Guide. He presented Himself
to me in early 1999 at night during sleep. I dare
say you might feel as I have stated above about describing him.
I belong to the
Disappearance of the Universe forum and I read a little of the opinions but
it is 5,000 membered and too fast to keep up. And I feel it can be more
confusing to debate these things rather than simply quietly read them
myself. Forums such as you describe can have a very
heavy aura of argument, clamour, ego trying to jockey for position. I
usually find that a few minutes at them is enough before having to abandon
them and get back to being centred again. This is why I decided to
maintain editorial control over the HTG Forum page. Clamour has no part in
the KOH. And I tire of the conversion of life lived into ACIM terms.
I venture to suggest that when the time arrives for
you to engage with ACIM your perceptions will undergo an evolution. Twists and turns and dizziness. I commend to you
that you actively, positively, seek counsel from the Holy Spirit on this
whole area of consideration and leave it with Him. Keep asking but keep
leaving it with Him. Don’t ‘dig up the seedlings.’
Your comments on
Helen Schucman. All I can say is it's a very good thing that she has made it
back, or her illusory self/ves have been nullified in effect. This is good
for the Sonship and better for those of us still here as she can in turn
reflect her success through to us in guidance should she so choose.
I feel confident Helen would say, ‘Why are you
asking me? Ask Jesus.’
Same with John if
he has also succeeded. All good news.
I agree with you
that A Course in Miracles is as Jesus relayed it. I also agree it should not
be pulled apart and reinterpreted but applied as suggested.
I am greatly pleased to hear this Margaret. There are too many who want to
make another religion out of it. This is definitely not the intent and it
has been compiled in a way that should make such an endeavour difficult.
ACIM shares that in common with the SMCC
communion service. This is the work of the Teacher and his intent was
that it remain a private, solitary or near-solitary endeavour, with no
Earthly structure for hidden-agenda merchants to distort.
I agree it is a
mind course not a psychological or psyche course.
Brian said:
The point is that the full
awakening and return to Oneness in the Sonship in Papa will not take place
this century or even this millennium, but will be completed at or by the end
of the Aquarian age, in 2000 years’ time. In that perspective, it does not
matter that the vast majority of humanity is not - yet – ready, at the
Earth-mind level, for the message of ACIM. In terms of who we all really
are, it is the definitive message/scripture for getting us all Home.
This is the very
reason I said that ACIM is not enough. Just because the earth is an
ongoing experiential dream plane
Not making it real is essential to our escape from it
means all good works are relevant to improve the opportunities for those who
have yet to reclaim their original status which they do reside in in reality
but are not awake to yet varyingly. One example. Good education. Gary Renard
enjoys the illusion while he works to transcend it. I do the same. So
did Jesus, enjoy the fellowship with his friends, etc, and so do I. The
secret is maintaining balance between remembering who we really are and that
all around us is an illusion, and not allowing it to distract us from the
central theme of getting Home.
We don't seek to
change the world. We seek to do what the Holy Spirit advises. This advice
however may include changing something. The main,
indeed, only thing ultimately to change is our mind. It never means
seeking to change another human being of course. That is a breach of free
will which God gives us. Absolutely. This is
judgement. Really what it means is we do what our highest Ideals motivate us
to do. What our hearts tell us to do. Of course
this includes doing what we feel motivated to do to reduce our carbon
footprint, help our fellows who are in distress, love our neighbour. And
whether or not there is something we are able to do, bless, bless,
bless and forgive, forgive, forgive.
I have no guru.
Certainly I would never guruize And there was I
thinking you were a Kiwi, not a Yank☺
any human that has
or is presently walking the earth. Certainly I don't hold Edgar Cayce as a
guru. I have to be very careful I do not judge.
This comes with the territory. We are conditioned to judge, unconsciously,
multiple times each day. Mind retraining is a major exercise, and takes
absolute commitment, for a very long time. Forgiveness, love and blessing
all contribute to the retraining. I've had a plain life. Others like
Cayce had a very colourful life. That engenders envy bordering on jealousy
in me which is an ego trait I ask to be slowly relieved of as I identify it.
Alleluia. Bless you for strength and commitment to
succeed in weeding out that unserviceable condition. The fact that you have
identified it and are able to confess to it means you are half way there, at
least. That takes courage. Cayce is fallible and verifiably
fallible. Jesus also verifies these errors of Edgar Cayce's when he spoke
with Helen Schucman who was studying the work. You
know much more about Helen than I do.
Jesus has told me His
mission for me is to be involved in a work centred around the Cayce readings
after Jesus has caused the work to be edited in the future.
Please keep me posted. In short, holistic health, hand in hand with
good modern medical practice. This life purpose given to me for me
"straight from the Horse's mouth." Maybe this is
why you are experiencing health issues, to get you focussed on this mission?
The body is
unimportant in the ultimate reality. But it is our vehicle. It's a mistake
to label all body-related concerns with the word "ego." Unless you are
directly instructing and applying ACIM to receptive others.
I agree 100%. Jesus resided in a body and
His friends often females gave of their substance (work and money food and
companionship) to enable Him to do His work effectively. Jesus looked after
his body. Even though He could have turned away all concerns such as food,
He chose to live as we do, eat, become tired, rest, laugh, mourn, worship
with various groups and visit the odd tavern to share in the conviviality.
Amen! He has been with Steve and me in the pub
many, many times. I feel it's enough to live in the illusion to one's
highest ability but with fully knowing it's illusory and not reality.
Precisement, mon ami!
I agree Jesus is
completely trustworthy. I am gratified Jesus approached me Himself and
offered to be my Guide. However for all of my life Jesus' "mother" Mary was
my Guide and this knowledge is equally inspiring. In fact I feel they work
in tandem. I feel sure this would be correct. It
is a sad situation the way the Catholic church has distorted the image and
perception of Mary. Certainly Mary guides many young mothers.
Wonderful.
That's all for now.
God bless. United we stand. Divided we fall. This
has been a long one, but great to share with you, Margaret. Thanks so
much. Until next time, many blessings for peace, joy and fulfilment,
Margaret H.
Brian
The
following exchanges were posted on October 28th 2007
Dear Brian,
Dear Margaret,
I just wanted to thank
you for making your writings available online. It
is my joy and pleasure; I am glad you have found them worth reading and hope
you have enjoyed them and even benefited by them. I have added your name to
the mailing list!
I have looked at some
of Olga Park's work you provide a link to also.
Only one thing I
scratch my head a little over.
Olga Park seemed to
think her "teacher" was John of Patmos.
Edgar Cayce said in
his voluminous readings that John was to return (reincarnate) again some
time after 1939 I am pasting here from John 21:
21: Peter seeing him
saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
22: Jesus saith unto
him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
follow thou me.
The bit
in bold tells me that John was enlightened and had no need for further
incarnating but since we are now in the time of the emerging Christ Mind in
the rest of humanity (‘the Second Coming,’ after the First emergence of
Christ Mind, in Jesus, 2k years ago) it does, in theory mean John could have
reincarnated in the 20th century.
eventually to be a
sort of a messenger. But a messenger on behalf of all the good works already
provided but not adopted or accepted by a goodly portion of the global
community. I assume to get the message across Jesus Himself would need to
back this up somehow. Jesus is more than adequately
doing that in ACIM. We have many good helpful works but an
unbelieving world on the whole proportionately. And, just which parts to
believe? For this we have to go within and ask
Jesus/the Holy Spirit for help and guidance. I have written about this many
times in the weekly ‘Messages of Encouragement,’ including this week. As I
have now taken the liberty of adding your name to the mailing list, you
should receive this, with the ‘Diary of a Christ Communicant’ entries
tomorrow (October 10th).
So as far as I'm
concerned "John" currently walks on earth. This is
assuming EC was correct. Do you believe EC was infallible? How often was
he correct in his predictions? 100%? 90%? 75%? Who knows? Are we in
danger of making an idol out of him? The Kingdom is within us and if
it is there that we will find it, how likely are we to find the truth of
eternity in someone else who is not (fully) enlightened? If he was
Olga's teacher then he must have been her teacher in his future when he was
the disciple John. Bearing in mind time and place
are illusions, and are only linear to our ego-mind perception, but can be
manipulated by those who understand it (which John assuredly does) he could
be both incarnate AND discarnate at the same time, in a different persona in
his incarnate state. To get more understanding of such matters, try reading
‘The Disappearance of the Universe’ by Gary Renard. Otherwise
all our lives lived continue on, my past personalities continuing to live -
where? Within us, as 'seed memory.' that would be perplexing.
Until I had gotten right Home. I see ACIM as an ideal state. A way off state
to achieve. It will be just that for you if that is
how you choose to perceive it. I have
written about this in this week’s Message of Encouragement, which you will
receive tomorrow. When we are given a "name," I think this means
simple graduating out of returning to an earth life in relative amnesia. My
opinions change daily though.
This "all times" being
One while we are caught in the realms below the Light ones, simultaneous,
interconnecting and ultimately finished when viewed from out-of-time is
quite taxing to think on. Would you care to try
that one again? I could not follow your sentence structure; sorry.
But put that aside.
Now, you were told by the "teacher" or rather he made you
aware of the fact as you felt it, that he had been King David.
Now Edgar Cayce again.
It's suggested in one reading by Edgar Cayce that the disciple John had been
Jacob in an "earlier" experience. Jacob was the father of among others
Joseph the dreamer (an incarnation of Jesus' - Edgar Cayce
If EC was right. I am open on that but Jesus could
have been many biblical characters, even some at the same time. Don’t
forget, time is an illusion. I am inclined to the idea that Jesus was Noah
and Osiris, but ultimately, what does it matter; it is more important that
we don't get hung up on such issues because they can sidetrack us from why
we are really here).
It's a stretch for me
to accept that John was David was Jacob.
Stretching is a good thing. I'm wondering if Olga was not mistaken or
maybe even you as to who the "teacher" was.
Debating these matters is of no great value; going within and finding one’s
own truth there, with the help of those who know the truth (Jesus and the
Holy Spirit, for example), is of immeasurably greater value.
But that is just the
mental meanderings I have. Some very good works seem to make mistakes when
compared to Edgar Cayce's Is this making an
assumption that EC was not (ever) mistaken? . Yogananda Paramhansa suggests
Jesus was Elisha because of "miracles" wrought and as the One who wore
Elijah's mantle reflected in Elijah being John the Baptist & preparing the
way for Jesus. Interesting theory but whatever,
the only thing that matters is, does the real Jesus, as we can understand
him from his speaking one on one with us and in ACIM, know the truth of
eternity and can we be enlightened to it if we follow him? From my own 40
years of journeying with him as my guide, I have not one shred of doubt
about this. My objective in writing SFGS, and the HTG website, is to
present the evidence to all who choose to peruse it, so that any who feel
resonant with what I have written/am writing can decide for themselves
whether or not to ask him to lead them, which he will do if they ask him. I
have found him to be 100% reliable and trustworthy. I know of no-one else
to whom I can ascribe such a quality (with matters of Eternity), other than those who have espoused
their lives to him and his Great God Mission for all mankind.
Yet Edgar Cayce says
in a self-tranced reading that Jesus was not Elisha. Elisha had been Noah
and much more recently he'd been Joseph Campbell.
Cayce states Jesus was
Amilius, Adam (Atlantis) Enoch (Hermes) Melchizadek, Joseph the dreamer; son
of Rachel & Jacob, Joshua the son of Nun, Jeshua the scribe of Nehemiah and
finally Jesus. Only one third of Jesus' lives are revealed. Less than one
third. I suggest more likely one 1000th.
But the real point is, none of that matters one iota. What matters is, will
studying ACIM and its central theme of true forgiveness get us Home to
Papa? I can state from my own experiences that I have no doubt whatsoever
that it is absolutely so. Are you able to tell me of anything else that
matters other than awakening from the dream of time and place?
A bit longer than I
had planned. Again, thank you for your writings made available to those of
us who are interested in such things. Thank you for
writing, Margaret. Peace, joy and love be with you, always, Brian
Sincerely,
Margaret (H)
***
Dear Brian,
Dear Margaret,
Sorry to be so long responding; it has been busy here and I have
been behind with e-mails after being away for a fortnight.
I'm just concluding and
answering your post in reply to mine.
I have read Disappearance
of the Universe. I can't find Your Immortal Reality in a library so I have
ordered a second-hand copy which is on its way. In
the same way as orthodox Christians study the Bible (they don’t just read
any part of it once), so am I on my 4th reading of D.U
(and have read Immortal Reality 3 times) and Theresa and I have read ACIM
once but will continue to study it, because more can be obtained from any
spiritual writing upon each reading. I have certainly found this to be
massively true with D.U. and I.R. and it will assuredly be so with ACIM.
I do believe Jesus would
never mislead us individually but he will reveal only what is necessary to
our path. We each know a certain amount. This does not change how much work
still needs to be done by us. I'm stating the difference between mental mind
and heart mind. I agree entirely with all this
paragraph.
I'm the only one who has
lived my in full life and Jesus will (does) relate to me on that basis. And
the same with you. The same with Helen Schucman.
According to Pursah, Helen was prepared for this channelling work during
former acts. This comes as no surprise really, because it is the most
important piece of channelling ever undertaken and Helen will have required
enormous preparation for it – more than one act could accomplish, especially
as she had no prior awareness of it in her Helen act before it began. That
shows how Jesus was entirely in charge, whereas other channellers/mediums
have usually been under control/guidance from other, less illuminated souls
from the spirit realms and that can cause distortion. In her Helen act, she
was coming to this work with a clean slate and that will have meant that
there would be less distortion.
I can also state that, like you, during this act I have been
one-pointedly committed to following Jesus, with no entanglements with other
occult groups or teachings. That doesn’t mean I have zero distortion; it is
as you say, he reveals to us, individually, what we need for our particular
place on the path. That validates the purity of Helen’s channelling of his
speaking. I am not saying it is necessarily perfect but that does not mean
it should be rejected in its entirety. It also doesn’t mean we should fall
into ego’s pit of saying, ‘If it isn’t perfect, I can interpret any part of
it the way I like, to suit my own purposes.’ That is just what ego wants us
to do: doubt.
I don't agree that ACIM
is enough. It is the purest and highest (based on eastern ideas) but
certainly not the way for all. I would add the
words ‘yet’ and ‘all at once’ to that statement. We will benefit by bearing
in mind that the Great Rescue Programme (GRP) is a 6,000-year programme (the
3 measures of meal; see chapter 11 of SFGS, beginning at paragraph 35. I
have now numbered the paragraphs, so that finding pertinent references is
made easier, and the amended online version is now uploaded, as are the PDFs on the HTG
website).
The point is that the full awakening and return to Oneness in the Sonship in
Papa of all of us will not take place this century or even this millennium,
but will be completed at or by the end of the Aquarian age, in 2000
years’ time. In that perspective, it does not matter that the vast majority
of humanity is not - yet – ready, at the Earth-mind level, for the message
of ACIM. In terms of who we all really are, it is the definitive
message/scripture for getting us all Home. And it appeals to
many who are better able to grasp abstract ideas.
Such are not nascent, in this present act, to spiritual awakening but will
have already made substantial progress in ‘former’ acts.
All through time
individuals have become enlightened without ACIM as stated to Helen
Schucman. Now that we are at the beginning of the
last phase (3rd measure), we are more ready for the greater
truths of ACIM than the vanguard of humanity was ready for earlier in the
3-phase GRP. That is why Jesus has given this - the most advanced, nay
complete, comprehensive, instrument for our awakening to full remembrance of
who we really are - at this crucial stage in the GRP. The timing is
perfect (how could it be otherwise!?) Ego, of course, does not see it this way at all and will do all it
can to divert us from that truth, particularly by employing resistance to
accepting it as such and getting us to look for ways to downgrade, alter and
besmirch it or those involved with its dissemination and promulgation.
There is no real
indication except from what Ken Wapnick says in his biography of Helen, just
how Helen was when she developed in terms of completing the work (her life's
lessons) to the degree necessary to not be pulled earthwards again.
Ego would love us to be distracted by focussing on
the channel and trying to sow the seeds of doubt about the message by
picking at any prospect of finding fault - or contriving to find fault - with the vehicle by which the
message has been delivered. The Master has warned me many times over the
decades about being on the lookout for such pitfalls of ‘the enemy.’
My piece of letter that
you couldn't understand was really about this time matrix we are in which
also takes in astral realms and those still short of "arriving home to God,"
though arranged differently. An ego trick to confuse
us and keep us trapped in illusion. I was tired and I am also sick and the newer
ideas are quite taxing to a mind not grasping it all.
It was a bit presumptuous
of me to say John can't be David and Jacob. I'll ask Jesus in the nest few
days and weeks. John may well have been both. Does
it really make any difference, in the greater scheme of things?
Detail can be serviceable as a tool for increasing our understanding but it
has a habit of bogging us down (if we let it) and keeping our attention
diverted from the Principles of Life of the Father (PLFs)
Edgar Cayce is fallible
but even Jesus told Helen that he (Jesus) has far more faith in his work
than Cayce himself does. Would this not be
characteristic of Jesus about most of us? Jesus told Helen that he
will back Cayce's work in the appointed time which is not yet. Cayce's work
is large but the larger proportion is about Holistic Health. The world
cannot progress much without it. ACIM emphasises the
unimportance of the body, that getting attuned to the Kingdom (Eternity) is
the key to awakening, and this is through true forgiveness. Our bodily
health/wellbeing is entirely controlled by mind. If it (our mind) is
ego-dominated (guilt- and fear-ridden), it will manifest health issues; if
it is under Christ Mind illumination (our goal, since that is who we really
are) it will first recognise that our bodily state is irrelevant (genuinely,
not a forced, and therefore illusory, attempt to so perceive) and then our
bodily state will be, like our Mind, at peace and balanced in its
functioning. All this is possible while we still appear to be here to
accomplish our purpose of dispelling any further need for
a body - just as Jesus has done and is now helping us if we are willing to
accept his help, so that we can waken to the truth of Eternity and get back
there quicker. Is that not an offer worthy of serious consideration,
especially as it is free? Jesus also said he guided Cayce's work. I know he did
because I see it in the work itself. Jesus accompanies Cayce at times in
walking him back to his body.
I won't comment on Olga.
She seems an extraordinary woman and these characters that work almost
silently I feel are in many ways the most enlightened.
‘Fame’ and the limelight (ego diversionary
tactics) are irrelevant to such souls. Her work was unique to her and
to us but so is the work of Cayce, Steiner, Walsch and others. Even Walsch
says he has a way to go but that didn't stop God within from producing
through him - the CwG series. There is a
fundamental flaw in these communications, even though so much in them is
good. The flaw is that it (CwG) states the Creator Spirit, Papa, created the
physical universe, polarity, duality; the exact opposite of what ACIM states. Either
CwG is mistaken and ACIM is not in error, or vice-versa. Having followed
Jesus since the 1960s and found him to be utterly trustworthy, and then
coming to ACIM in the last 2 years, I immediately recognised that the author
of ACIM is he who has been leading me on my life’s path this past 40+
years. During that time he has shown himself to be unequivocally
trustworthy. Careful, prayerful reading – especially by anyone with a
modicum of esoteric awareness - of SFGS and ACIM will leave readers in no
doubt as to the identity of that Guide.
But the individuals I
mentioned are still only presenting a portion of what humankind needs. ACIM
a psychological approach I believe it is more
accurate to state it as a ‘Mind’ approach. This means, according to ACIM, a
retraining of our minds back to Holy Spirit thinking and away from ego
thinking. Ego is the ‘prince of time and place;’ Jesus/Holy Spirit is the
Prince of Eternity, which is a state of mind that is whole (holistic), not
split, Cayce a most interesting and colourful work and absolutely
necessary for whom? We have the choice of Jesus or
EC. If we have access to the Mind of Christ, why do we need EC? ,
Steiner - education, agriculture etc. Walsch an armature and structure for
humankind to build upon, Gary Renard melding ACIM with Bruce Cathie and many
similar time-matrix ideas. Then there is Findhorn and its demonstrating of
cooperation with nature. With Jesus/Holy
Spirit/ACIM we can break the cycle of birth and death and get Home,
permanently; with all the others you have mentioned this is not the case.
Jesus tells us the ‘physical’ realm is an illusion, a dream, a
prestidigitation of ego mind; that our real Home is Eternity, Heaven, where
we have always been, have never left; that time and place is an illusion.
Either this is true or it is not. If it is true, then to be distracted by
appearances from the dream are delaying our return home. D.U. speaks of
duality and pure non-duality. Only pure non-duality (of mind) will awaken
us from the dream. All else will delay our awakening and keep us in the
dream.
Yes this is an illusion
and transitory but while we are bringing (re-revealing) heaven on earth, we
still have to live, generate electricity, relieve the suffering of many not
yet served by modern medicine, better plan our cities, villages. ACIM tell
us how we can go within. These characters have gone within and produced
other works for us. To co-operate with the balance
of the material realm is a Kingdomly approach, since, clearly, to
ignore/abuse it is an ego, unKingdomly way of thinking (behaviour stems
first from thinking).
ACIM is to save us
unnecessary lives but just as long as those of us/them have to keep
returning here then all the bits of the puzzle are to be used. This
is true, as long as we keep uppermost in our mind that the important aspect
of this is to make them (all things to do with time and place) meaningless,
as Jesus said to Gary Renard. To put this into a graspable context, let us
take the example of food. Food helps to keep a body functional so we can
express through it and use the opportunity it provides to heal our broken
relationships and get us Home, but many of us make food a central aspect of
our time here, rather than simply a means to an end. This time and place
illusion and all its facets – such as food, and UFOs - is just that: an
illusion. It only becomes ‘real’ if we give it reality – in our mind.
Jesus reminds us in ACIM that that is what idolatry really is.
On the other hand, if we keep reminding ourself that none of this is real
and remain steadfastly focussed on the only reality – God and our oneness in
Him in Eternity – then the apparent reality of time and place
(including our own body, and those around us, nature, the stars and planets)
gradually becomes less and less of a reality. It is a subtle, gradual
change of focus/emphasis but that change can only come about if we are
one-pointedly committed to getting Home and leaving the illusion behind us.
Can we leave it behind us if we are focussing on it? Lot’s wife turning
into a pillar of salt is an allegory about what happens to us if we keep
looking back, hankering for what we are ‘leaving behind.’
Ego has us believing what we are asked to
'leave behind' has some value but its value is nothing compared with the
reality to which we are returning. Let us hasten and not tarry!
For example, I walk in the Cotswold hills each day, from where there
are magnificent views down the Severn Valley and across to the Black
Mountains in Wales. However, since studying ACIM and receiving the
reminders there about the unreality of all this, I have been less inclined
to admire the views and more inclined, as I walk, to enter into the within,
into communion with Papa, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The uplift obtained
by/from that switch of focus is immeasurably more beneficial in terms of
inner peace, enlightenment, joy, upliftment of heart and mind. It is not a
case of switching-off the world around us; rather a case of recognising it
for what it really is and placing it where it belongs within that context.
I don't believe anyone is
infallible. All of us who are here because we still
have some unconscious guilt and fear, some broken relationships to heal
through true forgiveness, all of us who are still open to deception by ego
mind, are fallible. However, none of that is who we really are, and those
who have awakened to full remembrance of who we really are (of whom Jesus
was the ‘firstfruits’) are infallible because they have completely
identified with Christ and replaced consciousness and perception with
knowledge. That is not partial knowledge but complete and absolute,
non-duality knowledge. Of course there are, at present, very few who are at
that place but as a result of ACIM, the numbers
awakening-to-full-remembrance is now going to take a sharp rise during the
coming generations. That is because the leavening/raising up to fullness of
Kingdom awareness is now starting to take place and accelerate. I
take what Walsch's (God within) said, "Whatever you do, don't believe these
words." That does not mean we should not believe
ACIM – though those who are not yet ready for it will not believe it – yet.
At some ‘future’ time, another act or two, or however many, it is inevitable
that they will come to a state of readiness to believe it because that is,
ultimately, who we really are, once all the illusions have been dispelled.
It was to show it is help and advice on the way which just may change
(will change) as we become more responsible.
Thank you for putting me
on your mailing list. I belong to several yahoo groups but I prefer to study
alone. I agree with you. Theresa and I study
‘alone’ (i.e., together, just the two of us, because it works for us, but we
have been together on the path of spiritual waking for a number of acts, so
we are now ready for this, but we also study ACIM not in each other’s
company) And of course I have Jesus.
Alleluia! How good is that? If only the ego-world knew. He has a
unique way of contacting me but he says its limitation is all part of his
plan with me. The SMCC
mechanism of attunement could, I feel sure, assist this for you.
So, in patience we regain awareness of our souls.
If portions of my letter
are not clear it doesn't matter. Its quite a mission for me to arrange my
ideas in a half-articulate way due to being way below par physically.
Bless you, bless you, bless you.
Sincerely,
Margaret (H).
***
Hi Brian,
I hadn't expressed
these points.
21: Peter
seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
22: Jesus
saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to
thee? follow thou me.
I
believe the two verses you quoted simply mean that John would not be
martyred. Indeed he is the only one of the eleven disciples who wasn't
killed. Poor Peter being crucified as an old man.
I stick
with my earlier interpretation of this, especially as he whom I have known
since the 1960s as the Teacher is (‘still’) John the Seer of Patmos; this
indicates John has not reincarnated, or ‘tasted death’ (although he may also
have taken other personas while remaining John of Patmos).
John did
tarry until Jesus returned to him giving him the Revelation of God. John
died an old man after returning from exile. He was the only one not to die a
violent death apart from torture. ‘Death’
of the physical body is not the ‘death’ Jesus was speaking of when he said,
‘And whosoever liveth and believeth in me
shall never die. Believest thou this?’
(Jn
11:26). This supports his theme in ACIM that we are not a body. ‘Death,’
in his context means loss of awareness of who we really are, such as happens
when we reincarnate and forget who we are, starting around again on the
carousel.
I do not
believe John or any of the disciples were fully enlightened as you put it.
The Apocrypha shows John wanted three time to marry yet Jesus would not
permit such, wanting John to help spread what he understood of Jesus'
teachings around certain areas.
Such
details do not affect the GRP. We can allow ourselves to become bogged down
in detail or choose to remain focussed on the PLFs. ACIM points us in the
direction of the PLFs by reminding us who we are and who we are not, and how
to get Home from this illusory realm of dreams.
Now we
find that most of the disciples did not understand Jesus in great part but
the seeds were sown.
This begs the question, ‘Are we fructifying soil in which those seeds can
germinate, grow and bear much fruit for the Kingdom, or are we stony ground
-
or perhaps choked by thorns (Mk. 4:7)?
Several
of the disciples returned to earth during Edgar Cayce's lifetime. Peter,
Andrew, Mary Magdalene, Lucius (Luke) not a disciple but returned and had
been responsible for the eventual book of Luke and The Acts. A couple of
others whose name escape me also returned.
Is this according to EC?
We know
that Gary Renard was Thomas and an unnamed friend Thaddeus? Gary Renard
still has another experience to undergo as we know.
When you
say John may well be here (I believe he is) wouldn't it be very interesting
if he was female? Now that would be a challenge for him/her - that soul.
I am in no doubt that we have all been male and female many times but,
again, gender is only of the time and place consciousness and has no place
in Heaven/Eternity.
The
point about John wanting to marry and not being permitted to (his love for
Jesus was great - he would do anything for him even sacrifice companionship
it seems) I think this unresolved need or wish to experience would have John
at the very least living another life/s after John's. John wasn't squeaky
clean, he and brother James wanted to have prize position on either side of
Jesus in "Heaven," and I feel there was more to both that needed working on.
Sons of thunder no less still bubbling under I would think despite a long
life (John).
I am not
convinced that John of Patmos was John the brother of James (these are
Anglicised names and there is plenty of scope for identity confusion). Olga
believed John of Patmos (‘the disciple Jesus loved,’ who outran Peter to the
tomb) was the rich young ruler spoken of in Mt. 19:16 ff. The record says
he went away sorrowing after what Jesus said to him because he was very
rich. What it does not say is that he then thought about what Jesus
had said and decided to become a follower of Jesus. He is the disciple
referred to in Jn. 18:15, 16: And Simon
Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known
unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high
priest. But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other
disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept
the door, and brought in Peter.
James and
his brother John were Galilean but this rich young ruler (who knew Caiaphas
and was in the Sanhedrin) was a Judean. This makes sense if he was formerly
David and had ‘unfinished business’ in Judea (the location of Jerusalem).
But not
to worry, these things will come out eventually. I'm working on (and have
been invited to in the future) looking back at just where I have even been.
Jesus promises this by the Holy Spirit. I'm holding him to it.
Please keep me posted on progress.
And
again thanks for being another voice who helps us to put the pieces together
Brian.
Sincerely,
Love and blessings, always,
Margaret (H).
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on October 25th 2007
This exchange resulted from
the Message of Encouragement dated
October 24th 2007
Hi Brian.
Hi Pearl,
This is the sort of thing that I have done
sometimes. Written letters to people, then cremated them
I trust it was
the letters, and not the people, that you cremated!
in my wood furnace.
This is a
mechanism recommended by a number of philosophies and organisations,
including some Christian healing centres. What we learn from ACIM and from
Arten and Pursah in Gary Renard’s books is that everything is really in the
mind. What this is saying is that what we ‘do,’ outwardly, is not critical,
or even important but that it is the motive (desire) and sincerity of our
intent that is critical to the outcome of everything. So, if we write a
letter to a person with whom we have issues – a broken relationship –
truly seeking and earnestly desiring to heal that relationship,
and are sending that person those thoughts as we write the letter and
committing the healing into the care of the Holy Spirit as we burn the
letter, then benefit will, assuredly, come from that process.
However, it is helpful
to remember that such an act (burning the letter) is only symbolic. The
real process is in the mind. It is the sincere desire for restoration of a
loving communion between the person writing the letter and the person to
whom it is written that is the all important thing, bearing in mind that
that person is, in the only reality, which is Eternity, one with us in the
Sonship of the Father Creator (regardless of any outward appearances to the
contrary, all of which are projections of unconscious guilt and fear,
designed to keep us in the illusory wilderness of time and place).
The inference that can
be drawn from this (i.e. that it is the sincerity of the intent, in the mind
that matters) is that the outward, physical act of burning the letter is not
crucial to the outcome, although if the act is felt to be helpful,
then there is nothing wrong with it.
You say to write the forgiveness
letter every day, for how many days?
I actually said ‘we
speak these words’ rather than writing them. What that means is, one
could write the words only once and keep the piece of paper with that
message on it to hand (feel free to use the example I gave if you resonate
with it). Speak the words (daily or more than once daily) for as many days,
weeks or months as you feel motivated so to do.
Here is an example of
where ongoing application of the forgiveness procedure until the desired
result (healing, restoration of the relationship) is achieved, might come
about and unfold:
Person A and person B
have been in a close, caring, loving relationship for multiple acts but
something went wrong in a previous act and the relationship was damaged,
broken, beyond repair during that act. The real, Kingdomly purpose
of reincarnation (as defined by the Voice for God, Holy Spirit) is to call
into our presence opportunities to restore and heal broken relationships, so
that we can all awaken from the dream and go Home to Papa, permanently, as
soon as possible. The purpose of reincarnation as far as ego is concerned
is to perpetuate the broken condition, to keep us reincarnating again and
again, getting us entangled in ever greater karmic conditions. Our job is
to choose our preference from these two options.
So, A and B
reincarnate, into conditions that create another opportunity for either
continuation of the breach (ego) or healing (Holy Spirit). The
circumstances will, of course, be different, but the principle will be the
same. A and B will have forgotten about the breach in the previous act as
they take on new personas in the new act. So, it appears as if they are
starting with a clean slate but in reality, the seed memory of events in the
previous act are dormant in the unconscious mind of both A and B. The
relationship will start out positive, loving, cordial but then something
will happen that will cause a breach (again).
This manifests as
adversity but in reality is opportunity for a healing to take place. Ego
will be trying to persuade A and B that the other is wrong, guilty, evil, a
scoundrel, and each will project that energy in the form of attack onto the
other. If both do respond in like manner and fail to recognise the
opportunity for what it really is, there goes another turn round on the
carousel. However, if, for example, B chooses not to allow ego to be
in charge, but, calling upon the help of the Holy Spirit, chooses to
steadfastly see past the apparent attack, guilt, fear brought on by the
event that caused the breakdown, and engage the PLF of true forgiveness,
perhaps using the example I gave, then the path to restoration and healing
will commence, even if A is unrelenting.
The objective is a
healing, of course. The greater the desire B has to heal the relationship,
the greater the commitment of B to achieving it will be regardless of the
magnitude of the breach,. Now A may be so immersed in unconscious guilt and
fear (perhaps because A perpetrated a great violence against B in the
previous act) that he is projecting the guilt and fear, in the form of
further attack – which doesn’t have to be physical but simply verbal
(though, effectively, in the ego-dominated mind) – onto B and will not have
any contact with B, or be reasonable with B at the physical level of
contact.
This is where giving
the gift of forgiveness via the Holy Spirit comes in very handy
because the Holy Spirit is inextricably linked at the Higher Mind level to
both A and B. Now in his Higher Mind, or ‘Big Self,’ A is ready for
a healing (because both A and B reincarnated to create the healing
opportunity, even though it was necessary to recreate the breach, albeit in
different circumstances, in order to provide an opportunity to heal it).
But in his ego-dominated, fear and guilt ridden, little self consciousness,
A has blocked-out remembrance of who he really is and sees B as a threat, so
must attack B before B attacks A. Yes, this is insanity, just as Jesus
describes it in ACIM. This blocking out of remembrance of Big Self with
little self is the shell in the analogy of the chick (Big Self) trying to
break through to freedom.
So, if B chooses with
Holy Spirit and truly seeks and earnestly desires a healing of the
relationship with A, even though A has no such ‘little self’ conscious
desire, so outwardly is not willing to participate in this process,
remaining intransigent instead, this is no problem for Holy Spirit (and
those of us who choose with Him). As indicated in the example I mentioned,
B repeatedly used the true forgiveness example I gave and for some time
there was no outward indication of any progress from A. But B was undaunted
by apparent lack of result and continued every day with the forgiveness
procedure. A was, of course, receiving the forgiveness at the Big Self
level of awareness but it has to come into effect at the little self (shell)
level also, to break the cycle of birth and death.
Now that shell is
very, very hard indeed but B’s heartfelt, sincere, daily forgiveness
exercise generates spiritualised psychic power at the Earth-life level for
the Holy Spirit to use in gradually strengthening the chick (A) and
gradually, according to His wisdom, weakening/dispelling/disintegrating the
shell (little self A), so that a breakthrough could be effected from above
(Big Self) down (little self), to the point where, after weeks of true
forgiveness practise, with B focussing the communing (speaking the words of
the forgiveness exercise) directly to the Mind (Big Self) of A (not little
self/shell), until suddenly, A is able to exclaim ‘I am ready!’ to
receive the gift of forgiveness.
That does not mean that
immediately, outwardly, there will be a healing, and it is vital to
be aware of that, in order not to be discouraged by not having an instant
fix.
However, it
is a
breakthrough and should encourage B to continue with renewed enthusiasm and
commitment to commune the forgiveness exercise to the Big Self mind of A,
who, after a few more days of this communing/forgiveness activity from B
says, ‘Please continue sending the blessings; it is really helping me to
break through this shell.’ This signifies further progress – and
provides for even further encouragement to B to continue, for as long as it
takes (time is an illusion; getting us all back Home to Papa is all that
matters) - in what has been a very major opportunity (outwardly, breach in
the relationship) to actually restore and heal the relationship to its true
level of siblings in the Sonship, so that we all can from there be re-united
as One, in Papa.
In due course (Holy
Spirit timing, with FTOC from B) there will follow a full breakthrough of
the shell (we all know this eventually happens as the chick hatches out)
that will result in a reconciliation/healing and A and B will be restored to
Kingdomly sibling kinship, bringing to an end what may have been a
multiple-act breach and will have saved even further acts, if we forget to
choose with Holy Spirit and choose instead (again!) with ego.
You ask
‘For
how many days?’ The answer is, it depends on one’s desire, commitment,
faith; the degree of breach and how close the relationship was that got
breached; how important is the relationship and its healing to the forgiver;
how great is the degree of intransigence of either of the parties (how
thickly has fear and guilt constructed the shell?) If the breach is minor,
between parties who are or were not close, perhaps one practising of the
exercise, sincerely conducted and committed to the care of the Holy Spirit,
will suffice. If the relationship is important and the breach severe, then
it can only be good to practise as often as the desire for its healing
motivates us, for as long as it takes, bearing in mind that this, according
to Jesus in ACIM, is our only way out of this wilderness and back Home where
we belong.
And can one also do this for more than one
person? There
is no limit to the number of people for whom one can practise true
forgiveness (including for oneself; after all, how many of us love to beat
ourselves up over the smallest matter!?) However, sincerity of desire
should be the governing factor. I would also say, if there is one in
particular that is head and shoulders above the rest of broken
relationships, concentrate on that and get
accustomed to, adept at, the procedure until results happen. This will make
subsequent forgiveness endeavours easier because we will have already seen
results and been greatly encouraged by them.
Above all,
believe it will happen. It cannot if we doubt because doubt is ego’s
jackhammer for dismantling our faith. Believing, unswervingly,
disempowers that jackhammer
Thank you. regards. Pearl.
I hope this will help.
Pearl, your questions provide wonderful opportunity to share inspiration
from the Holy Spirit, Who is our Helper and Guide on our journey, with as
many as are able to receive His answers. Bless you for asking. Please
never feel shy about asking; Jesus and the Holy Spirit are infinitely
patient, loving and caring toward us all.
Love and blessings, as
always,
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on October 18th 2007
Hi Brian and
Theresa, Hi Dorothy,
I thought I had
better drop you a line in case you thought I had fallen off the planet.
I didn’t think that very
likely but we are always delighted to hear from you! I am very
engrossed at the moment, because prompted by your references to it, and
although like a lot of people, I believe I get very little time for reading,
(honesty says the real reason is that I let other things take priority)
I decided that although I haven't finished ‘The Disappearance of the
Universe’ yet, I would start working my way through ACIM, and it is working
out well.
This is
because it came into my mind that instead of the Text-Volume1 - being a
foundation for the Workbook-Volume2, if the two are read in
tandem the Text could be a framework for the Lessons. The inner prompting
came when wondering if I could do it. “Get started” it said!!!!.
Great; go for it! And
then I saw that there are 365 daily Lessons in the Workbook -Volume 2 and
622 pages in the Text -Volume 1, so spread out over a year even the busiest
‘got no time to read’ person could attempt it. Well,
this is as good a prompt as I can imagine for all those persons to take a
leaf out of your book and begin reading ACIM. If this approach works for
you, stick with it. I suspect that continuing to read Gary’s book will also
help. I am on my fourth reading of that and am getting something more from
it on just about every page, as the awakening process continues.
Theresa and I read right
through the Text first, then right through the Workbook and are now on the
Teacher’s Manual. It works well for us. It is a great help having two of
us (well, at least the Master/Holy Breath are also there with us, plus
whoever else from the Realms of Light, to inspire us) and it is really a
study/contemplative occasion, with some joy, peace, love and thanksgiving
contributing to the wonderment and enlightenment of the process.
Then when
I looked at the introduction to the Workbook for Students in Volume 2 and
read the first paragraph, I was astounded and it seemed a confirmation of my
line of thought. It is so
comforting when that happens.
“A
theoretical foundation such as the text provides is necessary as a
framework to make the exercises in this book meaningful.
We certainly found this to be
true but we also found that 40 years with the Master has helped massively
and I guess there is somewhere around 5% of the text that we struggled
with. However, what then helps with that is to ask the Holy Breath to bring
enlightenment and then leave it with Him; then we come back on the next
study occasion to the passage that we struggled with and read it again, and
are amazed that we struggled with it in the first place, because it now
seems perfectly clear! Yet it is the doing of these exercises that
will make the goal of the course possible. An untrained mind can accomplish
nothing.
This is such a massively important statement, which I believe most
of ego-dominated-mind humanity does not recognise, and is, I am sure, the
reason so many fall by the wayside with ACIM. It is the purpose of
this Workbook to train your mind to think along the lines the text sets
forth.”
Far be it from me to be
confirming how right the Master is, but on this occasion, I must attest to
the vital, essential, paramount importance of this last sentence. The
reason for this is that our ego-mind is trained into the exact opposite of
the correct vision of our true Being as Papa’s Son and is so smothering to
our awareness of and attunement with our true Being that a radical
‘ego-mind-ectomy’ is what is really needed. It is that one-pointed
commitment to re-training that will make the difference. Of course, the
vast majority of humanity is not yet ready for such a commitment. But they
will become so during this third measure of meal epoch, during which the
whole will be leavened (raised up).
Does
'text' mean ‘Text' and is it to be used as a framework representing a
theoretical foundation for the lessons? Do we read the Text first
or does the mind have to be trained first by the lessons to be able think
along the lines of the text. So what comes first, the chicken or the
egg? That is when I decided to stop mulling it over and start reading the
two in tandem. Clearly this
was a sound decision and you will assuredly be receiving inspiration and
enlightenment as you proceed (don’t forget to ASK the Holy Breath for help!)
When I next
wrote to my email penfriend in Tasmania and included this bit of
information, there came a very excited response about the synchronicity. My
friend said she had also had a feeling for some time that she should read
ACIM, although she did not know much about it. She had just told someone
that she had ordered a copy and then this person joyfully lent her one
that had been given to her some time ago but which she hadn’t read
herself, and then my email arrived when my friend got back home. And adding
further to the synchronicity, she told me that when the email arrived at her
end, the font size of the paragraph in which I told her about my interest in
ACIM was enlarged. But when I checked it again in my ‘Sent Items’ folder it
was the same size as the rest of the email, just as when it was sent.
There
is nothing the world can bring us to match the kind of thrill a
synchronistic moment like this brings us.
What I have
noticed about the Lessons is that there is no pressure, and
the encouragement is not to do more, but to do less if what is recommended
does not feel comfortable. Because of this freedom, there is a feeling of
choosing and joy in the personal effort.
That is so characteristic of Jesus, who I readily attest
has infinite patience. It is genuine, too, based on his absolute knowledge
of the reality that time (and therefore the sense that it is ‘running out’
so we must rush at everything) is an illusion, and that in Eternity all is
peaceful, relaxed, unhurried. Am also endeavouring to finish ‘The
Disappearance of the Universe’ before it is due back at the library. All for
now, back to the books. Love Dorothy
Thanks so much for writing. Enjoy your studies (they are really a
recapitulation of what we already know in our Big Mind).
Love,
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on October 17th 2007
Hi Brian.
Hi Pearl,
Hope you are keeping well etc.
Wonderfully well, thank you; I hope you are also.
I have been reading the ACIM book, and on page 28 it says" Forgiveness is an
empty gesture unless it entails correction, without this it is essentially
judgmental, rather than healing.
Jesus is speaking about the two different types of
forgiveness. In the Message of Encouragement dated April 11th I
have written:
In the Message of Encouragement dated
February 7th
2007 it was stated that forgiveness is the central theme of ACIM, but
forgiveness appears to our ego-distorted minds as one of the most convoluted
issues of life. In truth, it is actually, like all matters of God’s
Creation, very simple once the light of spiritual discernment has been
applied to it. For that light, ACIM comes once more to our help (if this is
the real Jesus speaking, who could expect anything less!?) For here
we are reminded that there are two types of forgiveness:
1.
False
forgiveness,
in which the ‘sin’ is acknowledged and then forgiven. However, the
flaw in this misperception is that by acknowledging the sin, we give it
reality. This a ploy of ego mind, which wants us to be bogged-down in a
false world of sin, and
2.
True
forgiveness.
Here, the words of Jesus from ACIM are the most serviceable to our forming a
clear and uncluttered understanding:
Forgiveness recognises that what you
thought your brother did to you has not occurred. It does not pardon
sins and
(therefore)
make them real. It sees
(instead, that)
there was no sin. And in that
view are all your sins forgiven.
(Mt. 6:15) (My
parentheses and italics). (ACIM Workbook, page 401).
False forgiveness is an empty
gesture because it a) makes the ‘sin’ real (in our perception) and 2) does
not engage the correction process. The word correction is not implying some
form of punishment but simply the re-training of our mind from ego
‘upside-downness’ to ‘rightside-upness’ as in Christ Mind, our true,
Big Self Mind. False forgiveness is, as the Master says, essentially
judgemental, rather than healing.
Also { I forget
what page} It says not to analyze. I always analyze situations as I feel
that it helps me to cope with the situation better.
Analysing is an ego-mind function, as in ‘the
spirit of reckoning, standing in the place of faith.’ Here is what I wrote
about this last week (October 10th Message of Encouragement):
But ego doesn’t give up
without a struggle. Ego wants us to be lost in his territory, so keeps
working his prestidigitations upon us, to keep us looking to the without for
the answers to life, the universe and everything (including who we are). He
has many helpers: our parents, our teachers, our peers, our scientists, our
friends, our researchers, CNN. They all feed us with images, stories,
beliefs, mythologies as if they were the realities.
And our own, split-off mind, which has
accepted the ‘lie of satan’ from the beginning of the separation about who
we are, adopts this through our intellectual selective, comparison
(analysing) processes. This, Jesus called ‘the spirit of reckoning,
standing in the place of faith’ in his message to Olga Park of March 31st
1948 entitled ‘The Thirsting Christ’ (see
vignette 8 in SFGS).
In
our Right-Mind we do not need to ‘reckon’ because we know, of a certainty,
who we really are and where we really are: Papa’s beloved Son; safe with
Him; indestructible; fully and totally provided for and loved beyond any
imagining of our Earth-mind, little-self reckoning.
The bit highlighted in yellow
really explains this. I hope you will find it helpful. Please get back to
me if you need some further assistance with this. I
am finding it very interesting, although I do not understand some of it.
You are not alone there,
Kiddo!! It is not a five minute exercise but a lifetime – actually, more
likely more than one act (depending on where we are on the Path) – exercise,
correcting our upside-down, ego-dominated mind and re-training it up for our
restoration to our true Home with Papa in Eternity: Heaven. But that will
it serve us well if we allow it to daunt us and cause us to abandon the
task. That would be falling right into ego’s first pit! Christians don’t
study the Bible just once, not if they are committed, sincere Christians.
Those of us who are earnest in our desire to awaken from the dream will be
equally committed and one-pointed in our desire to learn how to break the
cycle of birth and death from the One who knows (and whose words have not
been adulterated by ‘hidden agenda merchants’), so that we can rejoin with
him without unnecessary delay. Assuredly, if we give up, we are simply
delaying the moment for, perhaps another act, or more. I am on
to page 217 of the Text. This is probably going to take me two or three
years to read, and then maybe start it again, I think!!!.
Alleluia!! That's the
spirit. Good old Yorkshire stick-at-it-iveness! I implore exhort and
encourage you to keep on keeping on. I am wondering if you
could explain to me what the forgiveness line means. Namaste. Pearl. Thank
you. Thank you, Pearl;
please keep writing with any questions.
Love and blessings
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on October 14th 2007
This is a continuation of
an exchange with Ed that was posted on October 3rd (see below).
Thank you for
your time and effort in your reply.
Ed, it seems
apparent to me that your attention to interpreting Bible scriptures in a
particular way is so focused that you are missing a much wider and more
meaningful and important message from Jesus to us, his brethren in the
Sonship. That message is to be found in ACIM, about which I have been
writing, under inspiration from the Holy Spirit, for some months, in the
weekly ‘Messages of Encouragement’ and about which Gary Renard’s books
‘The Disappearance of the Universe’ and ‘Your Immortal Reality’
speak in a way that can help everyone to understand ACIM more meaningfully.
You also appear to have
decided that in spite of acknowledging that the Bible has now been shown
very widely to have been so tampered with by ‘hidden agenda merchants’ as to
be very misleading to its readers (especially those without the light of
spiritual - as distinct from religious doctrine and dogma interpretation –
discernment), you are still committed to perceiving it as having some
specific – though hidden - message from the Father Creator . I believe it
would be a sad missing of a much wider opportunity for you to grow
spiritually toward the place of readiness to awaken to the reality of
Eternity/Heaven if you were to blinker yourself to what is manifestly a much
more meaningful message to us all (ACIM) for this time in our progress
Homeward than the Bible is able to provide. It is apparent to those with
eyes to see that ACIM is the definitive Scripture for mankind in this 'end
times' phase of the Great Rescue Programme (GRP).
Further, if you are (as
it seems to me) one-pointedly focused on the improprieties of world leaders,
power-structures, fiscal bodies, corporate entities etc (rather than
blessing and forgiving them and leaving them to the Holy Spirit), and how
they appear to you to be fulfilling some esoteric code hidden within the
Bible, how, have you ever asked yourself, can you come to be ready to
embrace the magnificence, joy, glory, peace, innocence, love, of Jesus, our
big brother, and all that he has come to remind us is our true nature,
destiny and heritage?
I have found some
gems that I can use to put some things in perspective.
Ed, none of
these 'gems' are to be found in the Kingdom; why then, I cannot help
wondering, are they of such profound value to you? If this is not
filling your heart and soul with peace, love and joy, it is not of the
Kingdom and will never lead you back Home to There, but rather, is a
distraction to keep you locked into the cycle of birth and death. If you
truly desire to get on Jesus’ wavelength, then attuning to it, not to the
mammon of unrighteousness, is the only way to do it.
At the present
time I am working on the commercial aspect of the Bible to step forward in
harmony with fulfilling the law of Mathew 5;17.
You keep using the word
‘commercial’ and unless you explain its use within the context of the
Kingdom of Heaven (which is what Jesus – and even the Bible, to some extent
– is all about, then I have no idea what you mean.
there are very few that see what I see in the Bible
as to your commercial redemption Ed,
I can assure you, I have no understanding of, nor interest in ‘commercial’
redemption and I feel very sure that other sincere seekers after spiritual
truth will not have either.
The reason for this is that the Kingdom of Heaven/Eternity has not one jot
of commerciality in It.
which can not take place unless one has an
appreciation for the Bible regardless of the manipulation and short falls of
it
Spiritual redemption, on the other hand, is what Jesus is all about and
ACIM explains it all in plain language. My appreciation for the Bible,
after 40+ years, is for the only tiny amount it contains of who and what the
real Jesus was (and is) all about. Much of the rest is what he was not
about and a lot of contradictions as to Who and What God and His Kingdom is.
Perhaps when I
have gotten to where I need to be in my process, I will let you know and if
you would like to see what I see,
Ed, in all your written
communications I am more confused than enlightened. Until such time as what
you are trying to say has something of Eternal meaningfulness to me and
conveys some spiritual enlightenment, how can you expect me to wish to hear
more of what I can only perceive as a bizarre quest you have set yourself?
I would gladly go to England and show you first
hand, but that would be your call and only on your approval.
Sadly, it appears you
simply ignore anything that does not harmonise with this quest, so engaging
in a progressive discussion about Jesus and his GRP does not seem to
be bearing much fruit. Nevertheless, your inner peace and enlightenment
remain concerns of my heart, since, within the true eternal context of our
Oneness in the Sonship, we are brethren indeed and I give thanks for you and
bless you for this.
Yours in Kingdomly
Brotherhood,
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on October 12th 2007
Brian,
Again, your words are right on target! (Message
of Encouragement, October
10th)
These last few weeks, I've been vacillating between my "reckoning" and
desire for truth. Today's message about putting "all" in the hands of
God, (upping the ante of "faith"), just reinforces that I need to have
stick-to-it-ness.
Rosa, dear one, I
can tell where your heart lies, or you would not continue to write and
exchange fellowship in this way. Jesus loves you and is kind to you; I
urge you, 'stick at' being loving and kind to yourself, even as I know
you truly desire to be.
Too often I
am struck by a pang of doubt, or fear that I will have to suffer
first before I can ever experience the ecstasy of heaven on earth. This
statement indicates the reality that the institutionalised church is an
ego-construct that has taken the message of Jesus and dismantled it and
re-made it in ego’s own image and likeness: duality, with the
agenda of fear and control instead of love and freedom, thinly disguised
as a message of love and forgiveness. Sadly, many of those who have
sought after the real, living Jesus but have been waylaid by the church
and taken in by it end up being the most judgemental, elitist,
separatist souls one is likely to encounter. This statement is
intended as observational rather than judgemental!!
(Oh, How I
long for that state of bliss that you describe.) That
state is as close to us all as our own heartbeat; closer. All we have
to do is allow it. You know 'your mind is part of God’s and that
you are very holy.' Keep on keeping on and never give up. Ego
wants you to give up. It is very easy to give up but there is no reward
in it, only a sinking, despairing feeling afterwards. Every day, every
moment you stick at it you have accomplished one more step toward the
Kingdom, where there is great rejoicing over you - as over us all.
You said
that there are many workers of the Realms of Light who are helping me.
This is the absolute truth.
That gives
me such comfort
Long may it continue
...and I
feel gratitude for God, Source and Infinite being who loves me so much
that I'm provided Angels of light to care for me on my journey. Atta
girl! Here is Papa’s word for encouragement from May 15th
1996; I copy it here now for your peace of
mind and upliftment:
My son,
fear is for the ungodly; in My garden of delight is joy and peace and
fulfilment. Open your arms to receive My bounty and in this act shall
fall away that which is not of the eternal.
This thought
seems to slightly fend off the fear that hounds me... of falling prey to
calamity. ...that I can't have joy without first suffering -
emotionally, financially and physically. This,
ego’s legacy through the church for the children of Earth, is tenacious
indeed. Remember: ego, the church, fear, only have the power over us
that we allow them. Ask Papa, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, to strengthen you
in repudiating that power, forgive the church and be released into
innocence (you may wish to revisit the forgiveness exercise given in the
Message
of encouragement dated August 22nd this year
...and so I'm anxiously worried about the impending financial doom that
will surely come because that's the "ring of fire" I have to go through
first.
My dear
Rosa, if it is any comfort to you, you are very far from alone in this.
I believe there are vast percentages of humanity, including - perhaps
particularly - in the developed economies of the world, who are in
this vise-like grip of fear. Most are too fearful to acknowledge it to
themselves, let alone anyone else, so you are being very, very
courageous in speaking openly of it like this. That can only be good.
As your stick-at-it-iveness continues and you become stronger in your
faith, trust and conviction of the Love and Help you are receiving every
moment, so will this debilitating fear gradually subside. I know this
from my own experience, because yes, I have been there and it has only
been comparatively recently that this has diminished significantly.
Every time you win through in faith, not only is it one more to faith
but it is one less to ego, so the gap widens much more rapidly than many
might realise.
It occurred to me that I have been operating under two beliefs that I
acquired at an early age through my Catholic religious upbringing. At
Mass we intone, "through my fault, through my fault, through my most
grievous fault.." and "Lord, I am NOT worthy to receive you, only
say the word, and I shall be healed". ACIM says neither is REAL,
neither is True. Yet, this Unreality which I have created (my ego life)
keeps forcing itself on my consciousness, and manifesting as my dream
life. I realize that all these fears of suffering are just reflecting
these two, distorted beliefs. My fears are just a projection of the
guilt I've built up through these beliefs.
This
Mass intonation is an ego constructed calumny of the greatest magnitude,
that goes so deep into our unconscious that it remains there from one
incarnation to the next. I suspect that this is an issue that you have
brought with you from a previous act and that is why it weighs so
heavily upon you; you have called it back into your presence as another
opportunity to outwork it and be released from it. If you live in the
USA, where the Unity Church is widespread (and is very different from
the institutionalised denominational churches in its perspectives on the
real Jesus, guilt and sin etc.) I believe (though I actually know little
about them but have heard some very good things) they might be able to
give you some practical help, counselling, release from this
misperception (which though it seems so real to you, always hovering,
sapping your life energies, is - as you really know - what it is).
I know this. Yet, often the old fear rises up and I am scared.
It takes some time to make my way out of it...always starting with "my
mind is part of God's. I am very holy."
This is and can
only be a good, powerful mantra.
Even as I tell you this, I don't say it to confirm your comments about
the Church not being truthful, or being deceitful. I no longer harbor a
grudge against the Church....amazingly I've recently taken a position
within the Catholic church. I
do not say this to deliberately unsettle you, but I wonder if you have
asked yourself if this might be some of a previous act’s condition
drawing you back there because you unconsciously feel this is where the
issue has its origin and are drawn back to ‘the scene of the crime’?
I feel the
Holy Spirit has guided me here so that I can use my experiences as the
opportunity to find the True Freedom promised as "heaven on earth"...as
an opportunity to develop the daily discipline to work my "forgiveness"
program as a member of "J's team."
I hope this is correct.
Perhaps it might help if you ask Him to affirm this for you and then
leave that request with Him. If nothing shows up as the affirmation
within a ‘reasonable’ time, it might be worth looking into the Unity
Church (without quitting your job, unless subsequently guided so to do).
By the way, my prayer is now "Lord, I am so worthy to receive you,
and I am thankful to be one with you." This,
assuredly, is an antidote to the condition. Thank you so much for
sharing this Rosa. I pray, earnestly, that you find swift release into
‘the joy of Heaven to Earth come down,’ and that others may also
benefit from hearing your candid and honest expressing of your feelings
and experience.
In Christ's holy name,
Love and many, many
blessings for your inner peace Rosa,
Rosa
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on October 3rd 2007
I recently forwarded a prayer kindly sent to me (copied below) to a
number of people, and received an interesting reply from Ed.
Best
Prayer I Have Heard In A Long Time...
Heavenly Father,
Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single
mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help
with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her
children.
Help us to
remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't count
change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his
apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for
next semester.
Remind us,
Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day
(who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to addictions that we can only
imagine in our worst nightmares
Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slowly through the
store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment,
knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be
the last year that they go shopping together
Heavenly Father,
remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is
love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our
hearts not just to those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us be
slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love.
If you send
this on to some other people, then you have a chance to touch some other people.
Working for God
on earth doesn't pay much......but His retirement plan is out of this world!
Dear Ed,
I am going
to speak forthrightly, which does not mean insultingly, but merely
straightforwardly, in response to what you have written.
Debbie
Ford writes that we can either be ‘Affected’ by something (or someone) or
‘Informed’ by it, or them. Affected means it pushes our buttons, in a
negative way; gets our blood pressure up; upsets/distresses us. ‘Informed’
means we are at peace in/with such an event or person; we accept it/them for
what it is/they are, and are relaxed about it.
If we are
affected, it is telling us that we have some deep, unresolved issues that
are causing our distress, angst, negative reaction to the person or
situation. The reaction is a message to ourself that we have some resolving
to undertake and that by ‘retracing, facing, embracing and replacing’ the
cause of our negative response we can move forward, grow (spiritually),
leave behind, deal with the issues we have come here to address; that
railing against them is taking us nowhere but into ill health and another
circuit on the carousel; that the issues never go away (ever – and will
require further incarnations to deal with them if we are unwilling to deal
with them when they arise) until we have retraced, faced, embraced and
replaced them. ACIM speaks of true forgiveness as the resolution mechanism
for the healing of relationships – more on that below.
I usually don’t get into stuff
like this because there is so much of this which really means nothing in the
big picture. I really enjoy this one and will pass it on because as a
student of the Bible, I know that we live in a truly pagan society that pays
lip service to the Creator and does not honor him and this makes me VERY
FRUSTRATED with people.
Do you
think it might be helpful to ask yourself whether you believe Jesus, the
Lord of unconditional love is affected or informed by such as you
describe. If he is at peace within himself (and radiating it out toward all
of us, including the pagans, the child molesters, the despots), and we who
love him desire to emulate him, is allowing ourself to become VERY
FRUSTRATED honouring Jesus (and ourself)? Do you believe Jesus would wish
us to honour ourselves or dishonour ourselves, based on the PLF that
to dishonour another, we dishonour ourself (because, in truth, there is only
one of us)?
The last part of this comment
is really what it is all about and I know our time here is nothing compared
to eternity which is what we have when you realize that you keep incarnating
back into school until you learn what is stated at the end here.
Olga
Park’s friend, to whom reference is made in SFGS as ‘the Rector,’ said to
her many decades ago, ‘To understand all is to forgive all.’ I have
pondered that statement many times over the decades since the 1960s and the
more I ponder it the more I realise what a true statement it is. By
understanding what is causing another person to behave in a certain way
(which may cause distress to others) it enables us to forgive that person
instantly. THAT, for me, is the message of this prayer. The last sentence
is actually speaking of the end result, the effect, of the forgiveness –
which comes automatically once the cause of the behaviour is understood -
that is cited several times through the prayer.
The thing I find frustrating
is that when one looks at the Bible as a commercial book,
Regrettably, I do not understand what this means, although we did exchange
communications at length some while ago on this. I do not see the Bible as
a commercial book but sadly, it is a deeply flawed book because of
all the additions, deletions and alterations that unKingdomly agendas have
caused to be made to it over the centuries
we have our commercial remedy given to us at the end of this age
Are you
speaking of the Piscean age (second measure of meal) now ending, or the
Aquarian age (third measure of meal), just beginning? Also, I do not
understand what you mean about a commercial remedy being given to us; by
whom? so that those
who know who and what they are can step forward as Sons of God The
Bible, and Jesus in ACIM, reminds us that we are all Sons of God
(though most of us have forgotten this reality) and he is here to help us to
awaken from the dream that is causing us to mistakenly believe that we are
guilty, fearful sinners
in harmony with the Bible and
like Jesus at Mathew 5;17 says, I CAME TO FULFILL THE LAW, NOT DESTROY IT.
Too many want to change thing when we
Who are 'we'?
have thing set
up perfectly
According to Jesus, speaking to us in ACIM, things on Earth are not and
never have been set up perfectly; that only in Heaven/Eternity is this true;
until we have escaped the time and place illusory realm, through true
forgiveness of our selves and our fellows for all the things none of us has
ever actually done (because this 3-dimensional realm is nothing but a
dream and we are and always have been at Home in Heaven with Papa), so that
we can receive the forgiveness that is rightfully ours; that true
forgiveness is the only way we can dispel the unconscious guilt and fear
caused by our upside-down, split, insane, ego-dominated-mind and be restored
to our right-side-up, Christ Mind that is the true us.
but we also have the
Synagogue of Satan
Satan is a
religion-mythologised character representing ego. Ego does not want us to
know that ego is within us (our split, upside-down mind), so projects
all that it represents – separation, guilt, fear, attack, lies etc – into
the without; something outside ourself. The Synagogue of Satan is the
Church of Laodicea, on which I have written extensively in SFGS
(Vignette 8) that
has obscured the real message and has been blocking the Sons from accessing
the provision set up by the Creator for his Sons.
The Church
of Laodicea (Synagogue of Satan) is only able to do this to those who
voluntarily place themselves under its ‘power,’ which in reality is zero.
That same church has no power whatsoever over those who repudiate its
authority. Today’s harbingers of the Kingdom Age (third measure of
meal) are telling people that they no longer have any reason to place
themselves in subservience to the dogmas and doctrines of the
institutionalised church (Laodicea). In truth it was never required of any
of us but ego had us fooled up until now, when all that is changing as
people answer the Call to awaken. Papa’s angel
says:
Come
out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye
receive not of her plagues.
(Rev. 18: 4).
Thanks for this message
It is my
absolute pleasure
because I needed it to
keep me focused on the fact that I have to accept all regardless of whether
they are Godless or not.
I do not believe Papa compels us to accept all, in any ‘Do it or
else’ manner. How the Great Rescue Programme (GRP) works is by awakening us
with/to the Truth of Eternity, so that we then see the reality about
everyone else (just as they will then see the reality about us) and then we
simply will be unable to not love them.
This does
not come to us unbidden. We have to truly seek it and earnestly
desire it because it is given in commensurate measure to our desire for it.
If our seeking and desiring is intermittent, luke warm, insipid, so will be
the measure of our receiving the unconditional love and spiritual
enlightenment of Heaven. Not because Papa withholds all that He has but
because of our partial attitude toward receiving it. He only
(always) gives us what we ask for, so if we ask only a little, He will give
us only a little. He knows our hearts and if therein we are truly
seeking and earnestly desiring spiritual truth, discernment of it, awakening
from the dream, forgiveness of our fellows (and ourself), then He will
assuredly give it all, full measure, pressed down.
Peace, joy
and love fill your heart, Ed,
Brian
The
following exchanges were posted on September 30th 2007
Dear Brian,
Dear Margaret,
I have been reading your diaries and the forum for most of the day and I am
astounded at the synchronicity of events that led me here.
Aah! That wonderful word/phenomenon again. Whenever
it happens, be sure you are being watched over very caringly and lovingly.
I will try to keep this short and succinct; however, I am so thrilled I am
not sure I am able to describe what is transpiring in my spirit.
Let me first say that I have known always that there had to be more than
what I had been taught in church; a simple knowing in the depth of my
being. It is that lack in the
church that has really motivated my commitment to sharing my experiences of
spiritual reality and the Great Rescue Plan (GRP) of the Master Jesus, who I
love with all my being. What I have always known for sure is
that I so deeply love Jesus and that that love is indescribable to this day.
What can I say? ‘Alleluia’
springs instantly to mind!
Many years ago I began a journey in my spiritual life that at once
overwhelmed and inspired me and it was during the time my sweet daughter was
dying of cancer. What a
desperate time it must have been for you. It is events of this kind that can
be so massively helped by opening to the reality of Heaven and eternity, so
close around us, if only we can believe and open our eyes to receive Its
truth, love, blessing and joy, even in bereavement. Indeed, such awareness
transforms bereavement into a different dimension of understanding and
awareness. I could write/speak for hours on this, I have such a longing to
help my fellows who are walking blind, by their own choice, when Jesus and
the Holy Spirit are there, right with us all, to bring comfort, succour,
eye-balm, remembrance of who we all really are. Thanks be for ACIM;
assuredly, the Holy Scriptures for the third measure of meal awakening epoch
that will bring an end of time and a return for us ALL Home to Papa, where
all the tears are gone forever. How indescribably magnificent is THAT!
Unfortunately,
I was not as strong as I thought and all my awareness stopped and left with
her. I spent 10 years in bitterness and anger; needless to say this state
is devastating to the spirit and nothing can be accomplished here.
How right you are.
It was not long after her passing that I wanted to know something, anything
that would reconnect me to her (though she had sent me many messages, it
wasn't enough). I called a psychic and she told me my child was having
difficulty passing. It seems
clear to me that your holding on was much to do with that. Don’t beat
yourself up about that; it is entirely understandable because of the
widespread ignorance of eternity, and is happening all over the world. This
is why the world is in such need of the Kingdom Age revelation that is
coming into our midst at this, the most exciting time in world history.
This I could not bear to think; naturally (or unnaturally) I shut down even
more.
For the past couple of years, I have been in a higher state of awareness and
forgiveness. Gradually, I have been coming out of the darkness and
recently I have been devouring websites for information about what I believe
in my spirit to be truth without denying Jesus. So finding your website is
an affirmation to me and no coincidence at all; it is so reassuring and
exciting!! We always say,
‘There are no coincidences; only Godincidences.’ How thankful I am for
this, and that the HTG website was there for you. That is my reward and
fulfilment of my heart’s desire: to help my fellows to awaken to the reality
of the real, living Jesus and his GRP.
Anyway, several weeks ago a group of friends and I went off for the weekend
to celebrate my daughter's birthday and fellowship with her somehow. I must
say it was the most amazing experience of my life, she was there and there
was no doubt. I don't know how you feel about pendulums but she spoke to us
through that and others did as well. I
have no problem with pendulums; all I would say is, many can become stuck
with such mechanisms when they could be going forward more rapidly with more
comprehensive forms of attunement with the Realms of Light. I
noticed in one of your posts that you said those in the higher realms could
see those in the lower but the ones in the lower could not see the ones in
the higher. This is
absolutely so. And this leads me to question so many things.
But for now I would like your input about my daughter's reaction when asked
about my father. Mind you, my daughter is extremely happy and at peace
where she is; Thanks be for
this she is with Jesus and is in communion with many others as
well; however, when asked about my father she very clearly indicated she had
not seen him and did not want to? It was clear to all of us she did not
want to comment or could not about my father. I will tell you that my
father was a highly RELIGIOUS man. He went from an abusive alcoholic to an
adamant follower of the Bible and the Baptist Church.
It is clear that there are some unresolved issues
between your father and your daughter. This is between them, and on one
hand you can help by loving, blessing and forgiving - true forgiveness, not
false forgiveness, as explained in ACIM and on several occasions in this
page of the HTG website:
http://www.honest2goodness.org.uk/Messages_of_encouragement_1.htm
And on the other hand would
be contrary to cosmic law to interfere with by trying to intervene from your
Earth-mind, limited understanding. By giving this matter into the hands of
Jesus and/or the Holy Spirit and allowing Them to deal with it, with your
only input being love, blessing and non-interventional goodwill and caring.
This way you will be helping to untangle the karma and not make it worse.
I know nothing of this
situation other than what you have said but it is not hard to guess that
there could be all manner of issues, some from this ‘act’ (incarnation)
and/or from previous acts. Unless you receive inspiration from the Realms
of Light on what it is all about and any particular action you can undertake
that could be beneficial, it will be best for them and for you to do nothing
that comes from (ego) self-will. If you would like to say any more on this,
please feel free so to do. I will gladly offer any inspirational help that
comes to me.
I would so appreciate your comments on this subject. And thank you so much
for sharing so much with the rest of us. You are truly blessed.
Sincerely,
Margaret (P)
***
Dear Brian,
Thank you for responding to my email; I understand that you must get
inundated with emails on a daily basis and I am one of a large group seeking
your council.
I have finally finished reading your writing "Synchronicity" and I just had
to write to you once again. I am deeply moved by all of it and I could not
help but write and thank you for sharing this knowledge. I have never felt
more reassured to know that it is possible to go beyond what one conceives
as the limits placed here on earth into the realm of light. This
quote always comes to mind on this issue:
Mt 23:13
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye
neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go
in.
Nothing has changed in the
institutionalised church since Jesus spoke those words. But it is
changing now because the spiritual awakening of the children of Earth is
taking place in spite of the church and if they don’t change they will find
themselves on the outside looking in.
I have seen
glimpses only and have so desired more but never allowed it, I guess because
I feared so much. Fear and
doubt are the great dismantlers of faith and blinkers to the light of
spiritual truth and discernment.
I have seen the lengths that our Father will go to return his children to
Him. I felt the presence of angels, especially during that time. It is so
wondrous to know that there is so much more available to one who seeks and
allows the doors to open.
I look forward to your response to my questions in the first email. And
again thank you for reaffirming what I have always felt in my heart. That
clearly indicates that you were ready for this, otherwise it either would
not have come to you or you would not have recognised it for having any
importance or resonance for you. I cannot express in words
what it has meant to read you book; and the affirmation given to me. You
are truly one of the messengers to those of us seeking love and truth from
Jesus and Our Father. I have no doubt that he led me to this place.
My dear Margaret, this is
one of the most rewarding and blessed communications I have ever received.
Knowing how much it has helped you (and, I hope, will continue) brings joy
of Heaven to my heart and soul.
Many Blessings to You Always,
And to you, Dear One,
Margaret (P)
Brian
hi
i am Seve from sweden i have been seking the truth all mi life
and i have always felt that christ is my guide hi has led mi on mi
way in life he nows what i seek for only the truth
i whold be so hapy if i were in contact
whith him so my quetion is what shall i do to get i contact
Hi Seve,
Thanks
for writing; I feel your message is a cry from the heart, from a soul so
eager to fellowship with Jesus. I resonate very strongly with that.
I note
that you seem to have a bit of a struggle with English. Regrettably I
have no ability with Swedish. If you are able to read English fairly
well, I strongly recommend that you read "Synchronicity, for Goodness'
Sake," and that you then visit the Christ Communion website:
Then,
please come back to me with any questions at any time; it will be my joy
to help you all I can.
Please
keep in touch and let me know how you are getting on in your quest for
direct contact with the living Jesus.
With
many blessings for Spiritual Awakening under the guiding of Jesus,
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following exchange was posted on September 28th 2007
Hi Brian ,
Hi Dorothy,
Thank you so much for what you have written, especially the words of
enlightenment in the last paragraph.
(see posting dated September 22nd, below)
It’s a pleasure.
You have obviously realised that I find it hard sometimes to interpret
whether gut feelings about something are due to prejudice and tarring
everything with the same brush, or if they are a warning from a higher
source.
In a way, they are both
because a) ego-conditioning has us prejudiced (judgemental) about just about
everything, so a ‘jaundiced eye’ gets cast upon anything coming our way, as
a conditioned reflex; most of the time we do it without even being aware we
are doing it, it is so habituated, and b) the fact that you are, like many
of us who are truly seeking and earnestly desiring the KOHOE, starting to
become aware of and objectively observe these conditioned reflexes.
That is, if not exactly a
warning, at least a reminder, a wake-up nudge. It is part of the
forgiveness process because once we become aware of what we have been doing
(pre-judging) we can then start to undo the ego-conditioning of our mind and
replace it with Holy Spirit Mind, namely by/through true forgiveness.
Until we can see the face of
Christ in our fellows (as distinct from somebody ‘out there’ intent on
taking unfair advantage of us), we will be stuck in time and place, unable
to break the cycle of birth and death and return Home permanently to Papa,
one again in the Sonship. This is because whatever we see ‘out there’ is a
reflection of who we appear to be. If we can see the face of Christ in our
fellows it is because that is who we have remembered we really are; if we
see something less, we are perceiving ourself as something less.
One of these
areas of scepticism, that I have had to deal with, born from this separation
consciousness, believes that there are many people who are setting
themselves up as spiritual teachers and advisors, but not all of them are
awake.
It is not wrong to have the
light of spiritual discernment and if we see another in the way you
describe, then to deny what our faculty of discernment (as distinct from
judgement) tells us would be to deny our own awakening spiritual
discernment. I have no doubt Jesus knew exactly how others saw themselves
and believed themselves to be. He did not deny himself those powers of
observation/discernment. What he did do was recognise that such a
person was mistaken about himself, look past that mistaken self-perception
(of the other person) and chose to see that person for who and what he
really was but had forgotten: Christ.
Not in the
way people think they are anyway. But you have given me a different
perspective on this, to see it all as movement towards the shift in
consciousness. Which is
precisely what it is. This switch-over is chaos time. That is
inevitable, so we do well to see it as such, allow it (not rail against it),
give thanks for it. Jesus has said many times, ‘When you see chaos and
disarray all around, then rejoice and give thanks, for it is a
certain sign that the Kingdom is at hand, even at the doors.’ That is a
good reminder to keep in mind because it is very easy to become dismayed,
despondent and disillusioned by such bewilderment and disintegration.
That is an area you have brought into my view, and it is a much wider
view. Alleluia; I am very
happy about this.
But my feeling
is still that some could be used by 'the enemy' and could perhaps lead
people back deeper into the dream with more and more elaborate play games
and sometimes with all the treacle sentiment thrown in to form part of the
trap. That is inevitable and
will happen; is happening, to many without the light of spiritual
discernment. The knack is to avoid that trap, having rightly observed it as
such, just as you have done/are doing. Then the thought comes,
what can I or we do about this in reality, perhaps just mind our own
business? We can give thanks
for our preservation from such and bless the fellow who has succumbed, and
at the same time forgive them for what in reality they have not done
(because this is all a dream and none of it is real). One could BLASER them
with words such as ‘I bless you, bless you, bless you for restoration to
fullness of remembrance of who you really are.’ Getting into the habit of
such blessings helps us to remember who we really are, so that we
move forward toward the place of experiencing ourself as Christ and
can thus see the face of Christ in all our fellows – because what we see in
them is a reflection of our Self.
The ego is
clever. It knows how to stay alive --- in the dream..... Sometimes it adds a
promise to its victims of ways to get more and more of this world's
playthings (which we can so
easily allow to become sidetracking distractions from why we are really
here: to return Home) into the bargain, and could this dream
catcher be sold as a 'waking up' signpost, -- as the preliminary ‘waking
to the dream’? It
could, depending upon the degree of spiritual awareness/discernment (or
otherwise) of each individual.
But Jesus did
none of this did he, nor did he preach it? He said you have to give up this
world's goods to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
In ACIM he counsels us to allow such to become
meaningless to us. To speak of ‘giving them up’ can so easily be
construed as an instruction to sacrifice, albeit only for those who are not
yet ready to give them up - which is almost everybody!. Sacrifice has no
place in the Kingdom. To allow ‘baubles’ to distract us from our objective
of getting Home is an indicator of where we are: not yet ready to awaken
from the dream and leave this realm behind. When we arrive at the place
where those baubles have become meaningless to us it doesn’t mean we have to
physically part company with them; rather, that whether we have them or
not makes no difference to our proximity to the Kingdom.
In other words we have to hold in our hearts the treasure of the Kingdom of
Heaven as the real treasure, and recognise the treasures of this life
as that which will vanish into nothingness in the Glorious Light of the Son.
Perfectly put.
And as you so
rightly say, adversity is opportunity in disguise. Adversity stops us
getting too comfortable and these will be the times when there is the
possibility to rise up from our illusory dream-world and open our eyes. We
don't even think of this if life gets too cushy, we just stay and enjoy it.
That is a very good reason
why we can – and will do well to – give thanks for adversity.
Anyway, who am
I to take my eyes off my own limited view and look askance at someone
else's. Well, dear Dorothy,
don’t beat yourself up about it; we are all there, or have been there. The
only question to ask is, ‘Am I choosing to allow the Holy Spirit to retrain
my mind to think/observe as He does?’ After all each
individual will wake up from this dream of life in their own time.
Precisely. It is
inevitable. We can assist the process by co-operating with it or we can
choose to allow ourself to fall behind by not co-operating. One thing is
certain: we cannot hinder the process. We can hinder ourself, to our
own detriment but not Papa’s Holy Purpose.
Should others
try to awaken them, even those who seem not ready to awaken. It
is manifestly a waste of time trying to awaken someone who is not ready.
That is like digging up seeds to see if they have germinated. It is
counterproductive, and will cause damage. Loving and blessing them,
forgiving them - and ourself, doing them no harm and being who we really are
will be the greatest help possible for all such. We are told
that time is an illusion anyway so does 'when' matter. It
matters not a jot, though that is hard to see until our perspective becomes
more aligned with our eternal awareness. What is the
'right' attitude to this? I
hope this has helped. Also, in this context I would be inclined to think in
terms of ‘most beneficial’ rather than ‘right.’ Thank you
again for your email and the advice on perspective in the last paragraph.
It is always a joy and a pleasure to be able to help.
Am going to try
to get 'Disappearance of the Universe' from the library tomorrow.
That title sounds right for the bit of the path that is currently on show.
It sounds from what you say,
that this is the moment for you. Having already read ‘Your Immortal
Reality’ you will be well prepared for it. I have read both books at least
3 times and gain more each time from them. They are very helpful for
improving the understanding of ACIM.
Keep up all
your good work. I will
continue, by the help of Jesus and the Holy Spirit, which makes it a joyful
and fulfilling endeavour, for which I have been eagerly waiting since 1967!
Love Dorothy
Reciprocated, with Kingdomly
interest, Brian
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following exchange was posted on September 22nd 2007
Hi Brian and Theresa, welcome
back. Hope you had a good holiday and are feeling rejuvenated and ready
for all the work awaiting you.
Bought a copy of Gary
Renard's 'Your immortal Reality' and read it while you were away. Also I
found something that was quite interesting to me and I thought it might
be for you. By typing the words 'ACIM read book on line' (
http://the-christ.net/ ) in
the search engine, and when all the web sites came up, choosing the one
with that title, then scrolling down the home page, a section appears
called 'Original Guidelines Given By Jesus'. One of the tenets given by
Jesus is the same as he gave you, "Freely have you received, now freely
give"
I expect you will guess, that
at the moment, it seems from the view of my limited consciousness that
there are two factions in this study to which I have to give the labels
'waking to the dream' and 'waking from
the dream'. Maybe they are just two sides of one reality. Waking from
the dream, or perhaps partially awaking, would present the opportunity
to explore lucid dreaming, or 'waking to the dream' when the dream
reality could be manipulated. There are also loads of 'How to get
everything you ever wanted' merchants out there, selling the idea of new
dream formats to those who are not consciously aware that they are
dreaming, but never-the-less respond to the inner recognition of this
truth.
Well I had better not write
any more, you will have enough to read when you switch your computer on.
With all good wishes Dorothy
We are back from a wonderful
interlude with our dear friends from our Vancouver days, John and Helen,
whom I met in 1965 and we have been linked at the soul level ever
since. We met up with them in Belfast, hired a people carrier and spent
a fortnight travelling right round the island of Ireland anticlockwise,
with Theresa and me acting as driver and tour guide to John and Helen,
whose first visit this was to Ireland. It really demonstrated to T
and me that time is an illusion, to be compressed or expanded according
to our perspective on it.
What is so utterly resonant about
Gary's writing is how it is so one-pointedly focussed on the Kingdom and
how to get back there - permanently - to it. Every time the dialogue
strays, even for a moment, such as into a bit of humour, or in any other
way off the point, (not that humour is off course) Arten or Pursah pull
the conversation straight back on course. This, I have learnt from my
time with Olga and from the communing with Jesus and the Realms of Light
subsequently, is absolutely vital to prevent ego - the enemy - from
sidetracking us from our objective, goal, destination.
I have written about this somewhat
recently, as you may have noticed! The truth is, it is my desire to
write about it and emphasise it a great deal more because one-pointed
commitment is so absolutely crucial to our getting home to Papa in the
most timely manner, without unnecessary delays, or reincarnations.
In ACIM the Master speaks about
the importance of a trained, disciplined mind and that a mind under
ego-domination is undisciplined; that ACIM is about getting the mind
trained and disciplined. That means being one-pointedly, focussed,
centred on and committed to the desire of our heart: the KOHOE. We have
to have the KOH on Earth first because we have to get onto the
wavelength of the Kingdom before we can enter into oneness with it.
When all of us on Earth have been
restored to oneness with the Kingdom, then we will be One again in the
Sonship and Papa will welcome us back Home into the Kingdom of Heaven in
eternity. Then the universe of time and place will disappear and we
will have awareness only of the true Universe of God's Heaven. It is a
good - nay, perfect - Plan, the GRP and as the Christ servers
from the Realms of Light have told me many times, it is infallible
and unstoppable, because it has, in the only reality - which is
eternity - already happened. That, it seems to me, is cause for
celebration and Jesus is a great one for celebrating. Truly he takes
after his Father.
We are reminded in ACIM that
giving and receiving are one and the same thing and that there is only
one of us anyway, so the admonition that as we have freely received, so
should we freely give, is compelling; who would wish to make a charge
against himself for what he gives to himself!?
Thanks for the lead to
'Original Guidelines Given By Jesus;'
David Hoffmeister seems to me, from the
little I have seen of him, to be a wonderful 'Teacher of God,'
and there seems no doubt that he is a truly enlightened soul, fully
resonant with Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the objectives of ACIM. Thanks
be to Papa for David and his work for the Kingdom. (For more on
David, go http://i-am-love.net/)
It does seem inescapable to me
that there are only two choices we can make: to choose for Jesus/the
Holy Spirit and the Great Rescue Programme (this is equivalent to what
is described in ACIM as the Atonement) or to continue allowing ego to
dominate our mind. I have been warned numerous times over the years to
watch for pitfalls of the enemy (ego), who will never give up trying to
deceive and mislead us until we are fully enlightened and his 'time is
up.'
My understanding from ACIM is that
Jesus' objective is to help us to awaken from the dream
and that before we can do that we need to awaken to the
dream, or in other words, awaken to the fact that this world of time and
place is only a dream. The vast proportion of humanity has not yet done
that. However, this is not a problem for the Holy Spirit and the GRP
because the process is not a linear one but a hologram, where the end is
already accomplished and the awakening to that is not
time-dependent. So, it will happen/is happening at an exponential pace
and the next few generations will see changes Kingdom-wards that will
render this world unrecognisable from what we have known it to be in the
recent past.
As for the peddlers of merchandise
for the new order, this is part of the transformation process, the
shift; it is a stepping-stone towards the goal and will phase out as the
Spirit of Truth becomes more established in the minds of the children of
Earth. How exciting is all this!!!???
Many blessings and love eternal,
The
following exchanges were posted on August 31st 2007
My Dearest Brother in Christ,
My Dear Scott, Your greeting
brings a tear of joy, love, blessing and thanksgiving to my eyes, and a lump
to my throat, of resonance with your soul. How thankful I am for the
fellowship of brotherhood with people of such devoted commitment as are you
to the real Jesus of Galilee, our beloved brother in the Sonship of
Papa, and who is so lovingly, caringly, devotedly awakening and leading us
back home to Heaven.
I just wanted to write and thank you on the wonderful newsletter you
faithfully deliver each week. It
is the fulfilment of my heart’s desire since he first came to me in 1967, to
share the reality of the living Jesus with my fellow travellers in this
dream world. To have messages such as yours, thanking me for this, that
takes this fulfilment into another, greater dimension of reality. Words are
not adequate to express my thanks for this; I hope you will feel the
gratitude that the words are unable to convey. I am a
relatively new student of ACIM although I have been preparing for it all my
life.
I know just what you mean by those words.
Theresa and I only came to ACIM about 21 months ago but our lives have also
been a preparation for that moment.
I have recently read Gary's book, Disappearance of the Universe, and have
Your Immortal Reality on order.
Gary’s writings make
ACIM so much easier to understand; truly this is very much a key part of the
GRP. I have also been enjoying Ken Wapnicks teaching
excerpts on the FACIM site.
Now if ever there was a devoted,
one-pointedly committed soul for the Master and the KOHOE, Ken assuredly is
it. His unassuming humility and gentleness are characteristic of Kingdomly
qualities. I bless him for all that he is.
It is such a blessing to know our eternal destiny is assured and God's will
cannot be thwarted. A
very loud amen to that, Scott.
I am honored to join with you as God's most holy Son.
Thank you, thank you, thank
you; the honour is entirely reciprocated.
Bless your day and all your continued efforts.
Thank
you again, Scott. I ‘BLASER’ this back to you.
Scott
My bio page:
http://look2u.powerfulintentions.com
A
wonderful resource for the Kingdom. I commend what you have placed here to
anyone.
"Care about all things and care about nothing. Place all your expectations
in God and you will never be disappointed."
Truer
words have not been spoken.
No more messages please. My comment is that I
find the messages rather repetitive over time. The same old thing time and
time again.
Best wishes, Abraham
Dear Abraham,
I have removed you from the list, as requested. I
appreciate your candour; thank you.
The difficulty with attempting to communicate meaningfully
on deeply esoteric matters with people from all different places on the Path
with a single communication is that for some it will seem 'old hat' and for
others, very advanced. For most of us, especially those who are a few steps
behind, repetition is highly beneficial in order to get the message deeply
and meaningfully installed into our comprehension, so that the point can
become part of our mind re-training - back to our true, Christ Mind - and
enable us to leave behind our guileful, upside-down, ego-dominated mind, by
which we have become so encumbered.
The objective of the HTG website, including SFGS, Messages
of Encouragement, the Forum and the Diary entries sharing, is not just
metaphysics for metaphysics' sake. Its focus is and has always been
specifically and solely directed toward helping a) people who have been
confused by religious mythology, doctrine and dogma and b) anyone in general
who is awakening to a realisation of the spiritual significance of these
'end times' but may be in need of some light of discernment as to the
opportunities and implications of them for us all. This is of crucial
importance as we move into the leavening of the third measure of meal, the
fulfilment of Jesus’ Great Rescue Programme and the establishment of the
Kingdom of Heaven on Earth, so that we may be part of it, one with it, with
the least amount of delay.
If the restoration of humanity to our spiritual
wakefulness in eternity, through the process of true forgiveness, under the
leadership of Jesus of Galilee, is of further interest to you but you are
finding the general communications too slow or repetitive for the pace at
which you feel ready to progress, I would be very pleased to continue a one
on one dialogue with you on this subject, outside the weekly sendings.
Should this be the case, please feel free to respond any time and we may
perhaps find some mutual benefit in such exchanges. They could, perhaps,
especially be helpful to some of our fellow travellers on this journey if
they are serviceable for sharing in the Forum.
If I do not hear back from you, then I bid you God-speed
in all your endeavours.
Warmest wishes and many blessings,
Brian
Hello again Abraham,
I was thinking about the things you said last year
about the first 3 centuries of the Church and remembered the article,
below, that was sent to me from a friend in USA. It is quite long but
seems to be something you are interested in, so here it is.
This is all activity at the intellectual level and
the authors (and readers) of articles such as this who have no soul
awareness of and commitment to the spiritual realities will be
imbalanced in their perspective of eternity. This is what I call
engaging too heavily in the sojourning in time part of their being, and
inadequate focus on the citizens of eternity part. This is the whole
problem with life on Earth, as I feel sure I do not need to remind you.
Best wishes,
Brian
NB The article is many
thousands of words long, so only the introduction to it is shown here
and any who wish to read it all may be able to obtain it from Nexus
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Extracted from Nexus Magazine,
Volume 14, Number 4
(June - July 2007)
PO Box 30, Mapleton Qld 4560
Australia.
editor@nexusmagazine.com
Telephone: +61 (0)7 5442 9280; Fax:
+61 (0)7 5442 9381
From our web page at:
www.nexusmagazine.com
by Tony Bushby © March 2007
Correspondence:
c/- NEXUS Magazine
PO Box 30, Mapleton, Qld 4560,
Australia
Fax: +61 (0)7 5493 1900
What the Church doesn't want you to know
It has often been emphasised that Christianity is unlike any other
religion, for it stands or falls by certain events which are alleged
to have occurred during a short period of time some 20 centuries
ago. Those stories are presented in the New Testament, and as new
evidence is revealed it will become clear that they do not represent
historical realities. The Church agrees, saying:
"Our documentary sources of knowledge
about the origins of Christianity and its earliest development are
chiefly the New Testament Scriptures, the authenticity of which we
must, to a great extent, take for granted."
(Catholic
Encyclopedia, Farley ed., vol. iii, p. 712)
Hello Brian,
Hi
Abraham, Thanks for your reply.
Thank you for your email
and copy of Tony Bushby's article in Nexus Magazine. As I usually buy a copy
of Nexus Magazine as they become available in our local bookshops, I was
already familiar with Tony Bushby's article, which confirms with a great
deal more detail my findings of how and why the Christian Church was
created.
I guessed that might be
the case.
I am at a loss to
understand how you can conclude that those, like myself, who read or write
articles, like that of Tony Bushby, have no soul awareness of and commitment
to the spiritual realities and thus imbalanced in their perspective of
eternity. What
I actually said was: "those
who
have no soul awareness of and commitment to the spiritual realities will
be imbalanced in their perspective of eternity." It was not my
intention to state definitively that all who write or read such articles
have no soul awareness. Some will have, others will not.
Information
comes to us via three channels, or levels, of awareness:
1)
Intellectual activity, such as reading, researching, studying, using our
Earthly senses in what I call ‘Horizontal’ activity, meaning mental or
physical activity at the Earth-conscious level only, in which there is no
openness or receptivity to input from the Realms of Light - our true Home.
2) as with
1) but in which inspiration is received from the Realms of Light
unwittingly, without any conscious awareness of it happening or the source
of the information (inspiration). This happens much more than most of us
are aware, simply because we are eternal spirit, not a body, whether
we know it or believe it or not and also because even in a state of
unbelief, we are deeply and totally loved by and from those Realms, who
desire above all to help us.
3) By
conscious co-operation with and openness of mind and attitude to
receiving such inspiration, guidance, enlightenment, wisdom, revelation.
I call this ‘Vertical’ attunement. This does not entail the intellect,
which is an outgoing activity and is a device of ego to keep us focussed at
the horizontal level. Vertical focus, or attunement, employs much more a
state of receptiveness of the mind. Most of us are focussed at level
1) during our daytime activities, especially if we are researching
historical or physical events, though level 2 will often come into play.
I
acknowledge that Tony Bushby’s article was long and I did not read it slowly
and comprehensively; it was more to get the general drift of it. During
that scan I gained the impression that his writing was simply a setting out
of information and historical facts about events that took place at various
times since the first century. I also acknowledge that his motive was
constructive, not destructive and is well balanced. I detected no bias for
or against the religious institutions. I further acknowledge that he is a
man of spiritual values and principles. The comment I made was not intended
to cast aspersions on the integrity of his character, motives, intentions or
sincerity. What I was endeavouring to say was that there did not appear to
be any statements or comments about the mystical, spiritual nature and
reality of the man we know as Jesus, of whom I have had many experiences and
contacts since 1967 (written about extensively in SFGS and in Diary of a
Christ Communicant).
To me, the
history of the church and its institutionalised form of religion, which is
manifestly the antithesis of spirituality, has no place in the Kingdom of
Heaven, either on Earth or in Heaven. I quote from the Foreword of SFGS:
In
December 1995 I was given this message:
…Be not surprised that many souls are lost,* for the light
of my spirit was deliberately snuffed out from the Church of Earth by those
who sought riches of Earth before riches of eternity. But it is not possible
for the Father's purposes to fail and the light shall be shone in the dark
places until all the shadows of death and fear shall have fled away. Rejoice
greatly at this my beloveds and sing the New Song, that my little ones
may hear and dance the dance of freedom. That which I have purposed in
you shall prosper according to the wisdom of the Father. Be not anxious for
any detail; all is well.
*It
should be noted here that this is not indicating that such souls are 'lost'
for all eternity, but simply that they have lost their way on the Path back
Home to Eternity, or Heaven.
After this, any
doubts I may have entertained about whether to proceed with making public
the message that this account of my experiences places before you, the
reader, must be removed from serious consideration. This writing is my
rendition of The New Song. May it produce a pleasing, informative,
enlightening counterpoint with renditions of The New Song by other singers.
At this
momentous period in the outworking of the Great Rescue Programme, there are
two opposite forces in operation. One is the dissolution of the ‘old order’
of institutionalised religion (in fact everything that is not Kingdomly in
its vibration), and its passing away. The other is the bringing back into
the mind of God’s Son the remembrance of his eternal, spiritual,
unchangeable nature, which he has momentarily forgotten in his dream of time
and place.
This is
what the GRP is really all about (the dissolution comes about of its own
accord because all that will be dissolved is not of eternity, has had its
‘season’ and run its course). This happens by the shining of the Light of
Spiritual Discernment into our minds, direct from the Source. This is
awakening us from our dream of time and place – an illusion that has no
reality in eternity, our true home. (Sorry to be repetitive!) Our true
nature has never actually left us and is now in the process of being
restored to us by this process of awakening from the dream, which seems
like the reality but is no more real – from the true perspective of eternity
– than any other dream.
It seems to me that at
heart you are a very conservative fundamental Christian,
SFGS makes
it unequivocally clear that this is not the case. By the time I was 22 the
sham and un-Christlike nature and function of the institutionalised
church had driven me away from it and I was led, by the interceding help of
a man from the Realms of Light, (without me having any conscious awareness
of his presence or activity) into contact with Olga Park, who had had many
mystical encounters with he whom most of us know as Jesus of Nazareth.
There was never anything fundamentally Christian about Olga.
I wish to
differentiate between a) ‘fundamental,’ with its inference of accepting and
adhering to doctrines and dogmas of an institutionalised church, and b)
sincere, one-pointed commitment to following guidance, inspiration,
spiritual illumination, leading direct from the author of A Course in
Miracles (ACIM), who first manifested to me in a basement room in
Vancouver in 1967 (as described comprehensively in chapter 3 of SFGS). Olga
was one-pointedly focussed, committed and devoted to this real,
non-church-constructed Jesus, but this has nothing whatsoever to do with
fundamentalism in the conventionally understood sense, and that applies
equally for me.
The point
here is that regardless of the intrigues of the church down the ages, the
spiritual, mystical (not academic, intellectual) guidance and revelation of
ACIM, and that recorded in Diary of a Christ Communicant (which share
so many similarities as to indicate the source of both as identical) is
all-sufficient and adequate to those who are willing to follow such guidance
faithfully and one-pointedly (as distinct from ‘fundamentally’) from such a
trustworthy, constant, unwavering, reliable source from the Realms of Light
(which ACIM and the ‘Diary’ source has proved to be).
This source
of spiritual guidance is leading those who are willing to follow somewhere
and that is from the place where they have believed themselves to be (in the
wilderness of confusion about who we all really are) to the place of
remembrance and restoration to full wakefulness in eternity – here, in the
Earthly life, not just after we ‘die.’
and utterly
convinced that only people, believing like you, know the real truth.
We
can read in ACIM that there is spiritual knowing, which comes from
mystical revelation, that is far beyond belief. The author of ACIM (let us
refer to him here, for convenience, as Jesus, however different the Jesus of
the bible and the church might be from this real person) is at that place of
knowing, and by following him we can and will also arrive at that place of
knowing, beyond believing.
This is true, unchangeable knowledge of
eternity, not according to the changing perspectives of Earth-mind humanity
(this is also written about in SFGS; I wonder if you have read it?) Here is
a case in point: I often – frequently, in fact – get asked questions, the
answer to which is in SFGS. The questioner may have read SFGS once, and has
not absorbed, picked-up on the answer there, from that one reading. That is
because there is a vast amount of information in it that is not part of
their present understanding. That is where repetition comes into play and
is so beneficial.
Ego does
not want us to believe such knowledge of eternity is possible, and wants us
to keep going round in ever-decreasing circles, based on what Jesus
described to me as ‘the elaborate theories of men.’ Those elaborate
theories are often more far-fetched, and indeed, laughably ludicrous and
absurd, than the actual truth of eternity, yet are clung to by those who
doggedly stay in the wilderness, labouring under the heavy and uncomfortable
yoke of the enemy (ego).
Looking back on my life's
journey, my spirit guides have introduced me to knowledge, that taught me
understanding of myself and others with an open mind, of which I am most
grateful.
I am very pleased to
hear that you are under such guidance and illumination from spirit. If you
are willing to share some of these treasures with your fellows, perhaps they
also can benefit from it. Do your guides speak to you of the Kingdom of
Heaven and its joy and unconditional love and perfect Oneness in the Father
Creator?
You said my messages of encouragement are
repetitive, saying the same old thing time and time again; the writing of
these messages is under guidance from the Holy Spirit, so I am simply going
with It/Him, allowing Him to lead, having surrendered the leasehold on my
life back to Papa. We are told in ACIM, ‘Disappearance of the Universe’
and elsewhere that repetition is very important when the information is so
far from our prior beliefs. Most of us cannot take in such revolutionary
information at first hearing.
For those who are always seeking some new
source of information it may be more desirable for them always to be hearing
something ‘new.’ To me, the trustworthiness and reliability of the source
is paramount. In my experience over 40 years, Jesus has led me at the pace
that he knew was right for me, even though I was almost always eager to be
racing ahead a mile a minute. But he, from his vantage point, knew that
would not serve me. I can now state from the certainty of experience that
he was right. Here is another quote from SFGS (chapter 4) that sets this
into a true perspective:
During this period,
when I was in the very early stages of the Path back in the 1960s, I said to
the Master, “Why don’t you just give me the answers to the ‘top 10’
questions (about the Creator, Creation and Eternal Truth) and then we can
really get this show on the road.” He said, “It doesn’t work like that.
This is a growing process and you have to be able to assimilate the
realities of eternity (back) into every level of your being. To simply have
them on a plate for your mind, which has not yet been made ready to receive
them, would not be serviceable to that growing process and would cause
confusion because the growth has to be balanced across the full spectrum of
every aspect of your being.”
Abraham, it
is my intent that exchanges such as this be in the spirit of peace, goodwill
and brotherly love between us. I have no desire for confrontation or to
make me right and you – or anyone – wrong. That is not what the Kingdom of
Heaven is all about, and that is my life’s passionate commitment and desire,
for us all.
Best wishes,
Best wishes, always, to you also, Brian
Abraham
Dear Brian:
Dear
Sharon, I always know when I am going to hear from you. You come into my
mind; not just fleetingly, but with that sense of knowing that we are
communing together, on the same wavelength. Then, usually within 2 or 3
days, presto! your message is there. Great to hear from you again.
Thank you for being that
place that is there when I need it; even though your words may not be needed
at the time they are given, they sit there in my arsenal and when I need
them they are there to get
.
Fantastic; this sounds like the Holy Spirit working His works – again!
Big
storm, high seas; I felt like I was going down with the ship, but I had the
life-raft you gave me and it saved me.
How
wondrous this is and how glad I am to have been helpful
The joy returned; I didn't know if it would.
The
glorious thing about Papa is that He NEVER lets us down; all He asks of us
is that we trust Him, have faith in the certainty of His loving help never
failing us. It is only by our faith that we can receive the help
that He always gives us in response to our asking.
I wanted it back so badly, I was so remorseful that it wouldn't come back.
That is such an empty,
bereft feeling. It can be very, very fearful, with a great a sense of being
alone, without help.
Once you know joy and you experience it gone then you know for sure where
the path is, you know without a doubt. Doubt was part of my life.
Doubt
is the great dismantler of our peace, faith, trust and sense of wellbeing.
It is utterly life- and hope-draining.
It's leaving now.
A big, Heaven-ringing Alleluia!
It was a 'biggy' holding me back from so many things.
I had no idea that I would have to go through such a big storm to leave it
behind.
The Master
said to Olga Park many decades ago, ‘Because of the steep places, I have
veiled thy sight.’ That is love and compassion and real help.
That same love, compassion and help is available to us all and you have
experienced it in this situation. If we knew ahead of time what steep
places lie ahead, would we be able to face them? Yet all such are decided
upon by us, as our path, before we incarnate, so we are never the victims of
such but the choosers, the beneficiaries, for the outworking of a higher
purpose.
Such
storms as you describe are an opportunity (heavily disguised as adversity)
to demonstrate for ourself that our FTOC is intact. Then, when we have
survived (perhaps only by the skin of our teeth! and always with help beyond
our imagining) and come though, we find our FTOC has been immeasurably
strengthened in the process; preparing us for receiving greater gifts from
Papa than we previously were aware could be possible. Truly, He is the Good
Husbandman, always growing us into fulfilment of our true potential.
Brian I am so grateful
that you're on this voyage with me
.
My dear
Sharon, I do absolutely assure you that that sentiment is entirely mutual.
When I was heading into the storm I asked God for 'safe passage' I don't
know where those words came from but I repeated them over and over and over,
........ and he granted it.
The
key here, when racked by doubt and uncertainty, is to keep on asking,
refusing to listen to ego pressing down so hard on our apparently vulnerable
mind. You have demonstrated to yourself the essential importance and value
of that. Ego does not want us to do that because it knows that is the
channel, or mechanism by which we are able to receive Papa’s answer to our
prayer, so it does everything it can to lull us back to the apathy and sense
of hopelessness of our dream. Keep on asking and never give up; that is the
undoing of ego’s stranglehold in a situation such as you describe
When the
storm passes and the seas subside, and the sun comes out and you sail along,
Joy flows again.
What a feeling that is;
surely there cannot be another like it on Earth.
It is SO
important that people know that it WILL RETURN,
yes, yes, yes, it will
just know for sure. ASK, ASK, ASK; it is SO important to KEEP ASKING, even
when you're sinking, the last breath you take, the last fleeting thought of
life, that you KEEP ASKING.
That is exactly it; never,
ever give up.
Thank you for being my life-raft
Thank you for seeing me
thus and for saying so; it is deeply appreciated,
I know for sure now that A COURSE IN MIRACLES is where I am to be.
This truly has made my
day. Another of ego’s life-lines severed; another giant step toward the
Kingdom.
Thank you for being there to teach me.
It is my joy and
pleasure.
We are all teachers for
each other; we all learn from each other. Your sharing is teaching me how I
was right to continue with the courage of my convictions in setting out on
this path.
With a grateful heart, Sharon
Amen to
that. Thank you so much for this, Brian
Hi Brian.
I felt fear but decided I will do this and keep on
reading my ACIM book. I am trying to do a 30 day mental
diet. I wrote to my Higher self as a friend suggested, and
what I understood from the answers is that I rely too much
on people, and I am too sensitive.
This
was very courageous of you but I feel it is a very
beneficial process and it certainly affirms my own feelings
from what you have written about yourself on previous
occasions, so it does appear to be accurate in helping you
to gain an objective perspective on yourself. I feel
prompted to say: 'Don't forget to forgive yourself (true
forgiveness) for this, so you can be released from this
illusion about your self and see only the face of Christ in
you. This will be a big step in enabling you to see only
the face of Christ in others, as you practise true
forgiveness of them.'
Thank you for your emails to me.
They have been a great help. Namaste Pearl.
Thank you also for sharing and for blessed,
Kingdomly fellowship Pearl. Joy and Peace be with you,
Brian
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The
following exchange was posted on August 18th 2007
Hi Brian,
Hi
Susan,
I have been pondering some of the things your messages say about how our
life in time is illusory relative to the ultimate divine unity, and wonder,
in light of this, how you deal with Jesus’ focus on the kingdom of heaven
upon earth and the love of this planet, its long evolution, beauty, and the
value of the temporal consciousness.
I am deeply grateful you are asking this question. I find it surprising
that nobody has asked it before! It is so contra to our Earth-mind
perceptions and understanding, turning all our multi-generational
understanding on its head. That is why ACIM (and Gary Renard’s writing,
which focuses entirely upon it, with immensely helpful explanations) is so
revolutionary. The answer is actually very simple once we have adjusted our
focus from double vision to single vision, so we can start seeing past the
immediate and begin to observe from the perspective of eternity, which is
not just different from time and place but the opposite of it.
Olga was
absolutely right in her perception that Jesus prayed and worked for the
Kingdom of Heaven ON EARTH (KOHOE), and I am deeply and profoundly
grateful to her for emphasising that so much during our years with her. The
reason why it is so vital for us to pray and work for the KOHOE is because
time and place, which is an illusion fabricated in an instant by the Son of
God (us) and not by the Father (as explained over and over in ACIM and
Gary’s books) is an opportunity for us to become ‘Kingdomly in our
thinking;’ to re-train our minds back to the right way of thinking, while we
are still here in ‘upside-down,’ ego-land, so that we are made ready,
prepared, leavened, ahead of time, so to speak, to return to eternity.
We
cannot return – permanently – to eternity (Heaven) until we are restored to
‘Heaven-mindedness’ because it is so different (opposite) from
Earth-mindedness that it would be too great a shock for us to deal with,
especially all the unconscious guilt and fear accrued in time and place.
So, the real purpose of the Earth-life experience, of time and place,
is to re-train our minds Heavenwards. That, according to Jesus’ teaching in
ACIM, was not its original purpose. Its original purpose was to hide away
from a vengeful God, (Adam and Eve, covering themselves with fig leaves and
hiding amongst the ‘trees of the garden’). However, Holy Spirit has taken
that situation (Earth) and accorded His own purpose, namely the re-training
ground for our upside-down, ego-split minds, to restore them to
right/Heaven/Christ-Mindedness.
Of
course, most of humanity at present is so heavily engaged with sojourning in
time that their citizenship of eternity is far from their thoughts. Jesus,
having been restored to Christ-Mindedness and thus, oneness (as the Son) in
the Father, came to begin the re-training process for the rest of us, his
brethren, and has now established a vanguard of souls – billions in the
etheric counterpart of Earth and a now ever-growing nucleus in the Earth
life – to continue the leavening process, until the whole is leavened.
Earth
life is the training ground for restoration of Kingdom-thinking (which
leads, automatically, to Kingdom be-haviour. I have written that word
hyphenated to emphasise that how we act is an outward expressing of our
inward being). Earth, and the KOHOE is, as I have written in SFGS
and the Messages of Encouragement, a staging post. Here is what I
wrote on March 28th:
The HTG website
focuses heavily on the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth; however this is a
temporary situation, a ‘staging post’ from where we - at
present still labouring under the yoke of the Earth-mind (ego) consciousness
- are being metamorphosed back into the Christ- or Holy Spirit-Mind, or
Eternal awareness (remembrance). We are still in the early stages of this
because we are only in the beginning part of the 3rd measure of
meal. However, this process does not progress arithmetically but
logarithmically. It has taken billions of years, in linear time – from the
moment of separation – for our return to the Kingdom consciousness to reach
this place, but by the end of the 3rd measure of meal, 2000 years
hence, the process will be complete and the consciousness of all humanity
will have been leavened to its true potential, just it was 2000 years ago
with the ‘firstfruits’ – Jesus.
And this
was in the August 8th Message of Encouragement, an extract from
ACIM with my parenthesised comments:
The Holy Spirit reaches from the Christ in you to all your dreams, and bids
them come to Him, to be translated into truth.
(This is the activity that is taking place now, in this,
the final measure of meal, being leavened)
He will exchange them for the final dream which God appointed as the
end of dreams.
(This is the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth; the final staging post
immediately prior to the consummation of the marriage of Heaven with Earth,
in which Earth consciousness will have become transformed, metamorphosed,
subsumed into Christ Mind – our true nature – in the Oneness of
Eternity in Heaven and the physical universe will cease to be part of our
awareness, cease to exist, just as the dreams we had last night and have
already forgotten are no longer part of our awareness, no longer exist).
For when forgiveness rests upon the world and peace has come to every Son of
God, what could there be to keep things separate, for what remains to see
except Christ’s face?
(Indeed, there
will be nothing to keep us separate and we will no longer be
separate, either from our Self, our brethren in the Sonship or our Father,
the Creator Spirit).
And how long will this holy face be seen, when it is but the symbol that the
time for learning now is over, and the goal of the Atonement
(At-one-ment)
has been reached at last? So therefore
let us seek to find Christ’s face and look on nothing else
(He means right now, here, in the Earthly life; for any idea that we must
wait is a ploy of ego which we are now, already, free to repudiate without
delay, if we so desire).
As we behold His glory, will we know we have no need of learning or
perception or of time, or anything except the holy Self, the Christ Whom God
created as His Son.
In the last
vignette, number 21, at the back of SFGS,
it says:
Holy Communion February 16, 1997
At the beginning I saw a ladder/stairway
stretching from highest Heaven to darkest, deepest ‘hell.’ It disappeared
out of vision into the light above and the darkness below. Our Communion
Sanctuary was like a ‘staging post’ about halfway up the ladder. I
felt as if the words concerning the Lord’s eternalness and His great
God-mission for all mankind were being broadcast down to all levels and, as
if we were an amplifying/relaying station, via what we do and our
commitment, into the depths below.
It then goes on to say
that I saw Jesus fastening a ladder to the floor of bedrock hell and then
added:
Our
sanctuary of Mystical Communion with Christ was placed on a circular
platform through which the ladder passed on its way up to Heaven.
Susan, I believe the
purpose of John of Patmos, the Teacher, King David, establishing the SMCC
attunement mechanism in the Earth-life is to help ‘all who will’ to get
attuned with Christ Mind, in the guise of Jesus and the Holy Spirit, ‘the
Voice for God,’ to act as a major instrument in preparing the Children of
Earth for ‘lift-off’ or ascension into the Heaven, eternity awareness.
Some people, like the secretary of the interior under Ronald Reagan, James
Watt, answered environmentalists who were concerned about humans’ treatment
of the planet by saying something like, “What does it [the physical
environment] matter? The Lord is coming soon anyway and this world will be
burned up. So who cares about a few trees.” I know, of course, that this
is not what your language implies; in fact, just the opposite. Yet I have
seen this kind of apocalyptic, other-worldly thinking used to denigrate
earth and human experience in time.
Apocalypse is an ego-mind perception of a metamorphic event. There is not
and cannot be anything apocalyptic (widespread, mass destruction) about
anything to do with Papa, Jesus or the Holy Spirit. This is
literal-mindedness of ‘little-self’ humanity, dominated by fear, guilt and
negativity putting their (not God’s) slant on the end times. That does not
mean that little-self may not effect apocalyptic activities (9/11, Iraq,
Afghanistan, Wounded Knee, Enniskillen, Hiroshima, Nanking, etc., etc.) but
it is not part of the GRP and in fact the GRP includes every possible
mechanism (other than intervention, which is contra to cosmic law) to avert
as many such events as possible.
Ego
wants us to perceive the end times as an event so fearful that we will not
wish it to happen and will do all it can to delay/avert it but its thought
is so puny and impossible that it is simply one more delusion to add to the
pot. But that is not part of the Programme for the Marriage of Heaven with
Earth. The ‘end times’ are literally that: the end of time and the return
to eternity for the Son of God. To read other/more into it - of a
negative, apocalyptic nature - is an entirely unserviceable misperception,
born of ego to maintain the consciousness of fear.
It seems to me this physical sphere, though less comprehensive than higher
levels) is crucial to the mission of the Master and, hence, his focus on it
over the millennia.
You are
absolutely right; the Earth is crucial to the GRP because that is
where Jesus’ brethren in the Sonship believe themselves to be, so that is
where he is focusing his efforts (the ‘physician’ coming to the sick).
Nevertheless, let us not forget that, as indicated above, Earth is the
staging post in the leavening process, so while it is essential
to the process, when the process is complete – that is, we have been
restored to Oneness with Jesus and all our brethren in the Sonship, in
Heaven, and time and place are no longer necessary, because we will be in
eternity for eternity, in a totally
unrecognizable-to-Earth-comprehension state – the physical universe will
simply cease to have existence for us.
It is
also helpful to keep in mind here that according to quantum physicists,
there is no such thing as ‘solid’ matter. It is no accident that this has
come to light in recent years. It is part of the preparation, the
transformation, the re-training, the metamorphosis, the resurrection of the
mind - not the body; we are perfect Spirit, as created by the
Creator and our bodies are a temporary device for re-training our mind
Heavenwards; when that is done, our bodies have no no further purpose to
serve - of Earth-life humanity (the caterpillars) to our true, Christ-Mind
awareness in eternity.
ACIM
reminds us that the Earth and all the physical universe was not created by
God but by the Son in a moment of musing which was over as soon as it began
and that the Son (us) never left Heaven. That is why we can be sure
that all we appear to see and experience is a dream, an illusion. In
fact, Jesus also tells us that all we are apparently seeing and experiencing
actually ended as soon as it began and time is/was over as soon as it
began; that the billions of apparent ‘years’ since the big bang are
imaginary, in the dream-moment of the Son’s mind that ended as soon as it
began. Thus, all that appears to be happening here and now is actually,
already over within the perspective of eternal, Christ Mind, and it is an
illusion that we mistakenly perceive it is still going on. That is an
indicator of the creativity of the Christ Mind (albeit, a momentary
misdirection of it with apparently lasting consequences), which is
our birthright, inheritance and destiny.
Every stage of consciousness is good, because the spirit permeates and
sustains it all. It
is true that spirit permeates all, but time and place is not our true, real,
eternal and only Home, so while we may have fond feelings toward this
world, it is like a beautiful lily of the field, more arrayed than Solomon
in all his glory; ‘tomorrow’ it will be ‘cast into the oven’ (not to be
taken literally as destroyed by fire by a vengeful god, or by apocalypse!)
and gone. The reason not to be dismayed at its disappearance is that it is
nothing compared with the glory of our real Home. A lily of the field is a
beautiful thing but is come and gone in the blink of an eye, so getting it,
along with time and place and all else that appears to be in it into
a balanced perspective will be serviceable to our mind re-training
activities.
After all, Jesus’ central teaching was on the
kingdom of heaven on earth, not just on some other realm, and the emphasis
of his words was not merely on gaining a better place in the afterlife, but
building the kingdom here and now through a radical shift in consciousness.
This is essential, as indicated above, to our preparation for the ascension
into Heaven: the resurrection of our minds. This is why we have to prepare
for the Kingdom here on Earth – by the resurrection of our minds to
Christ-Mindedness - otherwise we will be unable, unprepared, to ascend.
This is all very carefully, comprehensively – and beautifully – explained in
ACIM.
The kingdom of heaven is within us and around us
and we are that kingdom, but we don’t see it.
Exactly
so. That is our Earth-mind, with its double vision, causing our whole body
to be filled with darkness (Mt. 6:23). Hence the need for
resurrection/leavening/raising-up/metamorphosing/transforming and that can
only be done here, in preparation for the ascension back into
eternity/Heaven.
Mark and I have had some messages over the years on how changing how we
perceive and act here has impact on all realms
This is
true, because there is only one mind – Universal, God Mind, of which we, the
Son, are indivisibly part. It is only the split, upside-down, ego part of
our mind that sees things as separated from
that. That split mind has no effect on our real, true, Christ Mind, which is
unaffected by the separation. Holy Spirit’s job is to help us to recognize
one from the other and choose, freely, between ego-mind and our real, Christ
Mind
and that our lives are not illusion or unreal, but very important and on a
continuum with the ultimate reality.
Our lives are not an illusion; our bodies and all of the time and
place consciousness is the illusory bit.
As ACIM
reminds us many, many times, we are not a body but eternal radiant spirit
and that anything that dies is an illusion, not of God, because God created
us in His image and likeness: eternal, indestructible, like Himself.
That is, it is important that we love this planet and our bodies and our
temporal selves
To
behave toward ourselves, our fellows, our planet in an unKingdomly way would
not be at all serviceable to preparing us for our true Home, which we must
do here in order for us to move from the Earth staging post into our
eternal Home.
In Luke
ch. 16 Jesus says: He
that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he
that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have
not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust
the true riches? And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another
man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
at the same time as we realize we are much more than the body and that we
are cosmic beings as well.
The
emphasis of Jesus’ teaching in ACIM (for me, the definitive Holy Scriptures,
straight from the CEO of the GRP - unadulterated by those without the light
of spiritual discernment - for the third measure of meal) would, I believe,
place a full stop after the words ‘cosmic beings’ and omit the ‘as well,’ on
the basis that this is focusing on two states of being, thus functioning
from a place of duality, or trying to serve two masters. This is why Olga
emphasised over and over and over the essential importance of
one-pointedness, and the Master emphasised repeatedly the importance of
singleness of purpose and of vision. In 1992 he said:
… as
you go forward from this place so shall your singleness of vision
increase and draw the Earthly sight into oneness with it so that the two
gradually become one.
I cannot improve on
that!
Later,
in the same message, he said:
I shall be with you at each step, that ye falter
not, neither stumble and fall.
This indicates his
concern for our physical well-being. Of course, while we appear to be here
he wants us to be safe, so that we can accomplish what we have come back
here to do. Hold fast little one and
this vessel I
feel sure I do not need to say he is referring to our physical body
shall come to no ill in the tempest
and here to this
world and its stormy conditions
but shall safely arrive at its ever-intended
destination
and here to Home, Heaven, eternity. In 1998 he said:
The enemy
(ego)
wants fear to invade and take control in your heart, your mind, your life.
Hence the need for singleness of vision, so that his objectives are
screened out. This is
what Jesus/the Holy Spirit are engaged in with the ‘Children of Earth’ right
now, with ‘all who will.’ It is the leavening, resurrecting activity,
getting us back to Christ-Mindedness, singleness of vision, so that our
whole body can be filled with light. Ego’s objectives are to sidetrack,
distract, bog us down in worldly matters, to the extent that we lose our
one-pointed focus on eternity. That certainly calls for singleness of
vision and purpose.
It’s a delicate balance.
It certainly
is!!
Love and blessings,
And to you also. Thank you for this opportunity to extend some awarenesses,
for our mutual going forward. Brian
Susan
The
following exchange was posted on August 15th 2007
I have a friend of around 15 years who is a psychic. Recently I rebutted
something she said- by the way she knows little about the New Testament and
Jesus’ mission on earth. In response she said I was a negative person and
negativity just oozes from my being. She said that the reason why we got
broken into (our garage was robbed for the third time of bikes and tools)
was because I have such negative thoughts. She follows the movie “The
Secret” avidly and believes we are what we think. I replied to her,
"Jesus was the perfect man, the son of the living God. He had enemies and
confronted evil 24/7 while he walked the earth.
There is an inference that
could be drawn from this statement that Jesus went about looking for evil
with which to go ‘head to head’. I feel sure that is not what you were
implying, but this wording makes it easy to misconstrue. I have no doubt
that Jesus was/is functioning from such a high, positive place of being that
negativity and evil was not registering as a significant concern on his
radar because he knew it was all an illusion and none of what ‘appears’ to
be ‘confronting’ us is real, so it cannot impact upon any (including him)
who have that awareness.
His death at 33 was the result of
man's belief that he spoke heresy declaring himself to be one with God.
Again,
I feel it is important to place that statement within the context of the
fact that he chose that, ‘cup’ or event, before he incarnated (almost
certainly, before Abraham incarnated, if one looks from a linear time
perspective, though he was in the eternal awareness) and it did not happen
‘to him,’ as if it was, in some way beyond his control, a ‘victim’ of
someone else’s plot. This was his plot; he was the lead player and
Caiaphas, the Sanhedrin, Judas, Pilate, the Roman soldiers etc., were all
his supporting players in this grand drama.
Does that support your argument?
Are you saying that Jesus created these circumstances because he had
negative thoughts?" She said, "That's not what I meant," and went on.
Brian could you kindly respond to this as I must admit it has caused a major
rift in our relationship.
Regrettably, you did not say
what she went on to say, so it is difficult to respond to this further.
Now just a note, this is a very conceited woman who does a
fair amount of grand standing in promoting her gifts.
Can you see her as an angel
whom you have called into your presence to bring the wonderful gift of a
magnificent opportunity to transform adversity into fulfilment by
remembering who you really are and awakening from misperceptions of your
self into true vision of your Self?
Realizing this, I take it with a grain of salt, but her words did cut deep
to the open wound and admittedly, I was depressed after I spoke to her.
Debbie Ford writes that we
all have unresolved issues lurking in our unconscious mind, from childhood
traumas or from ‘previous’ acts and that there is a foolproof way of finding
out if such issues have been ‘Retraced, faced, embraced and replaced.’ That
is to observe whether, when faced up with something such as you describe,
one is ‘affected’ by it or ‘informed’ by it.
‘Affected’ means, does it get
our blood-pressure/hackles up; does it hurt and make us feel vulnerable,
threatened, attacked, defensive? ‘Informed’ means we feel none of the
above, but our pulse, demeanour, attitude toward the other party does not
alter. That is because we are comfortable with who we know ourself to be,
even if the other party is mistaken by outward appearances; it means we can
genuinely have feelings of love, goodwill, equanimity toward the other party
(lying to ourself is a waste of time in such an exercise).
If we find that our
spontaneous reaction is ‘affected,’ it is a signal that we can turn to our
advantage by beginning to retrace the causative factors of our
affectedness. For example, if your friend saying you are negative, etc.,
affected you, it is a signal that you unconsciously feel this is a ‘direct
hit’ in terms of your own, deep-down self perception (even if you might
strenuously deny it outwardly, or, in other words, be defensive about it).
If, on the other hand, you
truly are aware that you have a balanced perspective on yourself, and are
not negative, then the motor-response of quickened pulse, feeling hurt,
vulnerable, threatened, attacked, defensive would not occur and the
heart-rate would remain unaltered by it. If, as your message suggests, you
have been affected, the first thing to do to help turn this around
and use it to your benefit (as distinct from trying to respond to perceived
‘threat’ with ‘attack’) is to acknowledge to yourself that this is the case
and be honest with yourself, ask help from Jesus/Holy Spirit in this matter.
This way it can be brought to
the surface (rather than remaining buried, only to keep re-surfacing because
it is there to be resolved, so you can go forward); faced/acknowledged;
embraced/forgiven (using the ACIM true forgiveness of one’s self and whoever
is, mistakenly, perceived as the ‘out there,’ projected cause of the problem
of, in this instance, negativity; for example, it might, typically, be
something from a parental relationship during formative years etc); and
finally, replaced, such as by some ‘mantras’ from ACIM.
Here are some examples you
might wish to consider:
‘I am not the victim of
the world I see’
‘I have invented the
world I see’
‘There is another way of
looking at the world’
‘I could see peace
instead of this’
‘I can replace my
feelings of (list, or name them, such as negativity, depression, anxiety; or
my thoughts about this situation, person, event)’
‘My mind is part of
God’s. I am very holy.’
‘My holiness envelops
everything I see.’
‘My holiness blesses the
world’
‘There is nothing my
holiness cannot do because the power of God lies in it’
‘My holiness is my
salvation’ (as a countermanding of ‘my unloving thoughts about …. are
keeping me in hell’)
‘God goes with me
wherever I go’
‘God is the light in
which I see’
‘God is the mind with
which I think’
‘God is the love in which
I forgive.
‘God is the strength in
which I trust’
‘There is nothing to
fear’
These are all from the ACIM
Workbook and each has a detailed explanation of the meaning, value and
benefit we can derive by going through the committed process of making them
our truth. These are worth careful, detailed investigation, as they will
assuredly help to bring about a new, transformed perception of one’s self
and the world. This takes commitment, dedication and it will work, but is
not an instant fix.
Rather we have to undo the
hard-wiring of our synapses and retrain our mind into a new, Kingdomly way
of thinking, seeing, being. It will take time but the alternative is to ask
oneself, ‘If I do not make this commitment, and carry on as I am, where will
I be in a few years/at the end of my sojourn here/when it is time to
re-incarnate?’
I will not say ‘No gain
without pain’ but I will amend that to ‘No gain without commitment.’
It will seem slow and almost imperceptible and ego wants us to believe it is
not happening, and therefore, to give up. Papa says to us, exhorts us: ‘Don’t
give up!’
Can you help me on this one, dear
brother? Dearest Patti, I
earnestly hope this will be helpful. Try to look past the immediacy of any
situation and see the perfection in it and ask why you have called it into
your own presence. It helps to switch to a different, true perspective.
Love to you and yours, Patricia.
With love and many blessings, as always, Brian
The
following exchange was posted on August 10th 2007
Hi Brian. Thank you very much for your email,
(see August 9th posting, below)
it is a great help. I thought that you would like to read some of
Vernon Howard’s sayings. He seemed to know what people are all about.
Regards. Pearl.
Dear Pearl,
Many thanks for these. They are so utterly in harmony with HTG objectives
of focussing on manifesting the Kingdom of Heaven to Earth that I am posting
them on the Forum page.
Bless you for sending them,
Brian
Here they are:
FOR BETTER HUMAN
RELATIONS:
When two people meet,
the prize always goes to the one with the most self-insight. He will be
calmer, more confident, more at ease with the other.
Never permit the behavior of other people to tell you how to feel. Any
friendship requiring the submission of your original nature and dignity to
another person is all wrong.
Mystically speaking, there is no difference between you and another person.
This is why we cannot hurt another without hurting ourselves, nor help
another without helping ourselves.
You understand others to the exact degree that you really understand
yourself. Work for more self-knowledge.
If you painfully lose a valuable friend, do not rush out at once for a
replacement. Such action prevents you from examining your heartache and
breaking free of it.
Every unpleasant experience with another person is an opportunity to see
people as they are, not as we mistakenly idealize them. The more unpleasant
the other person is, the more he can teach you.
Do not mistake desire for love. Desire leaves home in a frantic search for
one gratification after another. Love is at home with itself.
Change yourself, rather than working to change others.
Attend to the reason why you felt hurt, not to those who hurt you.
We demand a social gain of a person because we think it will fulfil us
inwardly. It won’t. It never will - as we have suspected all along.
So-called success provides ego-excitement, but never self-fulfillment. It
is just as impossible for an exterior result to provide inner happiness as
it is for a new hat to give us a new mind. Reflect on this!
Flatly refuse to let anyone put pressure on you. In some cases this means a
calm but firm statement that he or she must stop it. When done correctly it
is a favor to both of you. A bully might resent being told to knock it off,
but at the same time he will like you, for he is secretly glad to find
someone who isn’t bluffed by his childish pressure.
No one can possibly behave above his
own level of understanding. Don’t expect people to do any better than they
are compelled to do at their present level. Your problem is in assuming
that they should and could behave better. That is like thinking that a
monkey should be as dignified as a deer. Understand this and annoyance
disappears.
Anything you get from another human being that requires a sacrifice of your
integrity is not worth getting.
A certain sign of deepened understanding is when you no longer criticize
unkind or troublesome people, but feel sorry for them. You realize that no
one can get away with badness, that unkind people are their own punishment.
When a man catches his first glimpse of what it means to live above his
usual mechanical and negative reactions to life, he feels a new pleasure.
And he senses an entirely new kind of opportunity!
These wonderful and reassuring gems
of wisdom come from The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power and The Power
of Your Supermind, by Vernon Howard.
We all encounter challenging people
and situations on a daily basis. These wonderful and exceedingly blunt, but
true insights to human behavior will help shake us up and finally enable us
to begin seeing things on a higher and more realistic level. This will
help us to then finally extinguish the enormous pain and suffering we have
in our interactions with others and to begin having much larger spans of
happiness, harmony and peace of mind no matter what is going on in our
lives!
anewlife.org
And Pearl has also lovingly sent this,
from www.godwriting.org
HEAVEN
#2450 Can you not love yourself?, August 10, 2007
God said:
It is inevitable that what I
say will sink into you. You will forget My words, and yet you will have
taken great strides. You may think you are getting nowhere, but you are
getting somewhere. You are rising to meet yourself, beloved. You are
becoming a friend to yourself. As you uplift yourself, you uplift the world.
Your journey is not for
yourself alone. You are to raise the consciousness of the world. How would
you raise it if you stayed the same? You have perhaps been waiting for the
world to change, when the first move is yours.
If you want peace in the
world, make peace with yourself. You have fought yourself long enough. Lay
down your arms. You have been stalking yourself, tripping yourself, laying
imprecations upon yourself. Today look up and see Who you really are. Then
you will love yourself. You must love yourself. You must know that you are
worthy of love. Can you not love yourself? Can you not love what I love? Are
you so much better than I am that you can say you are not as good as I say?
You have been mistaken. You
definitely had the wrong idea about yourself. You descried your humanness.
What makes you so high and mighty that you would disdain one particle of one
Being I made and made with love? How dare you not value yourself more? Much
more. How dare you put yourself down. You are here to raise yourself up. You
are here to reach the stars. You are here to rescue yourself.
The world may try to glue
your feet to the ground and keep you right where it wants you, but the world
is not your leader. I am, and you are.
Become a beneficent Being.
Be beneficent to yourself. This not at all the same as selfish. It is
supreme selfishness to keep yourself nailed down. Make the decision to free
yourself. Free yourself first from all the false ideas you have had about
yourself. You took what you heard at face value. Now you know that what you
heard was not true. You believed everything then. Believe Me now.
Remove the cellophane of the
past. Remove the records of the past. Remove all past associations from your
heart and mind. Whatever amount the past served you, you are done with it
now. The past is an old newspaper. Burn it. Let it go up in smoke. Today is
a new day, and you are to be the hero of it.
Let go of all your laggard
thoughts. Begin to do yourself justice. Gain a new image of yourself. You
are not a weakling. You are a strongling. You were birthed from Greatness.
Think of it. I created you. From the palette of My heart, I painted you the
colors of love.
You have somehow thought you
were an accident of some kind or a manufacturing mistake. Not at all. I knew
what I was doing when I created you. Only you have not known what you are
doing, You have belied yourselves, beloved. You were the treasure, and you
thought you were refuse. You thought you took up space. You thought you were
a bump on a log. You had an incorrect impression of yourself. I made no
mistake. You have been mistaken. You mistook yourself for less than you are.
Heretofore, you have been good at that.
Today, begin to look up.
Look into My eyes, and begin to see Who you are and why I made you exactly
right. My hand did not slip. You did not fall from grace. You merely have
not looked up enough. Look up now
The
following exchange was posted on August 9th 2007
Hi Brian. Thank
you for your answer to my question. This situation has been going on for
some years now. My friend thinks that she is afraid of me for some reason.
Situations like this are
nothing to do with outward appearances but are of the psychic, or
unconscious mind realms, to do with issues, karma, from previous acts. If
rational, reasoning discussions do not lead to the outworking of the issues,
which clearly in this instance they are not, then it is because the other
person – your sister-in-law - is not ready to confront and resolve the
issues. This is because she is living in the consciousness of fear and is
thus in denial of who she really is. That is how it appears. Now let us
see what Gary’s book, The Disappearance of the Universe (‘DU’), says
about this within the context of true forgiveness, as explained in
ACIM, as being the only way out. If you turn to page 256 of DU, you will
see it offers an example of a true forgiveness thought process:
TRUE FORGIVENESS:
A Thought Process Example
You’re not really there. If I think you are guilty, or the cause of the
problem, and if I made you up, then the imagined guilt and fear must be in
me. Since the separation from God never occurred, I forgive “both” of us
for what we haven’t really done. Now there is only innocence, and I
join with the Holy Spirit in peace.
I have underlined a really
key part of this, for emphasis. It says in the paragraph preceding that,
that we can apply ‘you’ and ‘you’re’ to any person, situation or event, so
here, you could apply it to your sister-in-law and the entire situation. On
page 258 Gary goes on to say,
In my ego’s script he (in
your scenario, your sister-in law) was the guilty one, not me
– but now I could change my mind. It didn’t really matter if I got
in touch with the form
(sister-in-law) of my own guilt that he was symbolizing for
me. All that mattered was that I forgive. The Holy Spirit would take care
of the details.
Without separation, this guy couldn’t exist apart from me – and if our
separation from God was an illusion, neither one of us could possibly exist
as individuals. What I was seeing wasn’t really there. I could now
perceive innocence, or true perception, by having the attitude
that he was entirely without guilt. I could forgive him for what wasn’t
really happening. In that view, my own sins, of which I covertly accused
myself were also forgiven. I released my brother (sister-in-law)
to the Holy Spirit in peace, and thus I was released as well.
Of course, to ego mind this
is all utterly absurd; a complete fantasy. Of course my brother
(sister-in-law) is real; I can touch her, experience her presence… etc.,
etc. Ego has had it all its own way on this one since the beginning of
time. Now it’s time to turn the tables on that illusion and see past
it, to the truth of eternity. That seems very, very, even a third very,
hard. It will appear impossible unless we have the desire for all
this to be behind us, consigned to the ‘cosmic recycling bin.’ If we
resonate with the idea, the concept of all that appears before us as an
illusion, we will be half way there. If we simply cannot see that, embrace
the idea, however hard we may wish to believe it, then we are not yet
ready. Even if we are ready, we are not yet ‘there’ so there is still much
work ahead for us in retraining or re-educating our mind, getting the
hard-wiring of the ego-synapses undone and some serious re-wiring done.
However, we do not, of
course, have to do this on our own. This is where FTOC in the help provided
from/by Jesus and/or the Holy Spirit is a requisite. All that is required
of us is the desire for it and the FTOC to keep on keeping on. All the rest
is done for us in response to our desire and FTOC. Don’t let ego convince
you otherwise. We have the choice of keeping on or giving up. By keeping
on, we really begin to see how our thinking does undergo a revolution. It
isn’t a sudden firework display of new perceptions but a slow, almost
imperceptible change, where it gets less hard to think in this new way, and
less hard to stop thinking in the old way. The one does not suddenly,
instantly replace the other, but a gradual switch-over takes place, with the
new phasing in and the old fading out.
I have an idea
what it is but I could be wrong. I have talked to her, my husband, her
brother has talked to her, but of no avail. I stayed away from the family
gatherings for a year. I hoped that I would get enough strength not let her
get to me. She has a strong Aura.
As the ‘Heavenletters’ quote you sent me so perfectly
and timely states:
‘A tyrant could not exist when everyone is his
own sovereign. How could there be a bully when everyone is strong in his own
worthiness? There would neither be bully nor bullied.
Govern yourself. Do not be unruly. Attune to
a greater rule.
You are not subjects in the world. You do not
bow your knee to any one person, you bow to all. Bow to yourself.
This really says it for you,
doesn’t it Pearl? Another (person, church institution, mythology, whatever)
only ever has as much power over us as we ascribe to it. Once we look
closely, carefully enough at it to see past the illusion, we can see the
truth of eternity within it. In this instance, that you are, have, your own
sovereign power over your life. Take a step back and look at the
situation. Then you will be able to see it more clearly and I believe you
will be able to laugh at the unreality of it all. But most of all, get
focussed on true forgiveness by saying, ‘None of this is real because it
will pass and only that is real which is eternal.’
I went with my
husband last Saturday to his 65th. birthday party. She arranged it, but did
not include me in this. I feel that I will have to stay away permanently,
but I will still bless her. I have been married for 37 years. I am probably
too sensitive. You can
choose anew on that, dear Pearl My friend thinks that she is
bringing up old wounds, as she is just like two of my sisters. Anyways, I
feel that staying away is better for me, and I can bless her and the rest of
her family. Space is a very
serviceable tool in enabling peace to become established but only if the
space does not make you feel excluded, put upon, victimised, because that
would be ego ensnaring you in another of his devices.
Namaste. Pearl.
Hi Brian. I
have read your email again, and am wondering why this person is seeking
love? Most of us in the
wilderness of this illusory realm are seeking love. It stems from
unconscious guilt that we have betrayed, attacked God and goes back through
previous acts and the guilt, fear, attacks that have been our experience
since the separation. I never had any children, and my family
are all in Ontario, and one in Germany. She has two lovely daughters and her
family. She controls them behind a brick wall. Brick walls are hard to
penetrate. Try observing all
this from the perspective as outlined above; namely, she isn’t really here,
neither are you, so she cannot be guilty, and neither can you. That change
of focus is the only way Home. Don’t give up Pearl; I know you won’t because you are still persevering and have a tenacious
FTOC. I wish to encourage you with all the encouragement I can muster.
Thank you for being patient with me.
Patience is not an ego trait but a Holy Spirit trait.
It has not been an easy part of my journey, moving into patience. But Jesus
has been infinitely patient with me and without that I would not have been
able to stay the course. I give thanks for that every time impatience wells
up within me, and then I choose again, to be like Jesus. It is working and
I am much transformed in this regard in recent time. As he says in ACIM:
Your patience with your brother is your patience with yourself. Is not a
child of God worth patience? I have shown you infinite patience because my
will is that of our Father, from Whom I learned of infinite patience. His
Voice was in me as It is in you, speaking for patience towards the Sonship
in the Name of Its Creator.
Now you must learn that only infinite patience produces immediate effects.
This is the way in which time is exchanged for eternity. Infinite patience
calls upon infinite love, and by producing results
now it renders time
unnecessary. (Text, chapter 5, section 6).
I have been
quite upset lately, I know it is me being upset, but after 37 years of being
married to her brother I feel that she could appreciate me just a little. I
will forgive as much as I am able to at this time.
That’s the spirit. I have gotten
over it before, so I will get over it again, and hopefully be even stronger.
As the Master has said to me many times, ‘Hold fast.’
Here are some Diary extracts on this for your upliftment and encouragement:
Hold fast
to that which you know to be true, right and of eternal values; such shall
stand you in good stead and serve you well as strength and support. Do that
which you perceive necessary; let love, compassion, caring, kindness,
goodwill and resolve guide your thoughts and actions at all times,
especially of decision.
And let your heart and mind be aware of
those in the realms of Light who care also for you. You (all) who travel
the Earth-life path are not alone. We are ever close to you.
Heed my words to hold fast to that
which you have, that your crown be not taken from you; nay, rather that it
may be embellished with all the jewels for which it has been prepared.
Hold fast
to that which I have given you and let this light shine for the children of
Earth to see and know of this living reality.
It is my desire and purpose also to be the
Way by which my little ones may be brought safely back from the wilderness
to the Kingdom and be freely given their garments of purity, to take their
rightful place with Abba and me.
Of course there will be resistance from the
enemy and, in ignorance, by those my little ones who foolishly and blindly
follow him. This is as nothing my son, to all who hold fast to that
which I have given them. Their crown is theirs. Ultimately, the choice
must be made by each as to whether he desires his rightful inheritance or
whether his adoptive hovel is his preferred dwelling place. There shall be
no compulsion. Only love and freedom.
Now is the time of great outpouring of
(God’s) Spirit upon all the world and many shall be the signs and wonders
given to those who love Him and hold fast to that which has been
given to them.
Those who gladly and gratefully receive and
hold fast in the face of persecution and ridicule and torment shall
desire to share those gifts with their fellows who have not yet so received,
as a result of unreadiness.
Hold fast
to the goal of your vision so that perspectives in-between do not lead you
astray.
It is paramount that, come what may, you,
and all who would follow me, must hold fast, be utterly one-pointed
in your focus, steadfast in your desire to be my disciples. Only by
experiencing flat spots can you become aware that effort, commitment, faith,
trust and obedience are absolute prerequisites of the path of discipleship.
The enemy seeks to trip you, to tip the crown that it is my good pleasure to
give you, over your eyes and deceive you into many false ways…
The enemy wants fear to invade and take
control in your heart, your mind, your life. Hence the need for singleness
of vision, so that his objectives are screened out. I say to you, keep on
one-pointedly; the great refining process continues and all who hold fast
shall be saved, protected, all their requirements for fulfilment of their
hearts’ desire provided.
Have I not told you, Papa knows all your
needs before you ask? Assuredly you know that it is so. Hold fast
in faith. All your needs are well within His ability to provide. Have no
anxiety about the timing, for this is a toehold for the enemy to insinuate
his fearful ways.
Hold fast.
That which passes away is not your strength and your salvation. I am.
Every detail of your life is within my care.
Each new step always appears to be a great
obstacle with almost insurmountable height to be transcended. Can you do
this without guidance, instruction, help, faith, trust, obedience,
commitment? As each step becomes steeper, so these qualities become more
necessary. So I say to you my son, stand fast, hold fast, trust in
Me. I will never forsake you or leave you but will be for you your beacon
of light, your tower of strength and protection, a very present help in all
your needs.
I say to you and your beloved, as I say to
all who have taken the downwards journey into the place of the evil one,
hold fast, your faith shall make you whole. Let your focus upon this be
sharpened. Ask and continue to ask of me. It shall not be denied you.
I counsel you, hold fast; focus on
the God of Grace, whose good pleasure it is to give you the Kingdom, to make
new, to restore the fallen caterpillar to the fullness, beauty and glory of
its rightful estate of butterflydom.
Because you have followed faithfully, one
step at a time, so does your journey bring you to the Hill of the Lord.
There lies greater vision of Earth and of Heaven. For atop this Hill come
together Earth and Heaven. Then, once the vision has become assimilated
into the wakefulness and perceived as the reality, attainable by all who
hold fast, believing, so shall such a faithful one be enabled to bring
that reality down from the mountain top into the valley and establish it
there for the entertaining and revivifying of parched and hungering souls
for whom the rains have failed and the crops withered and the river of the
waters of life has run dry.
Namaste.
Pearl. P.S. Sorry to bother you again.
Pearl, dear One, I do assure you that rather than a bother, you are
providing wondrous opportunity for you, for me and for all who might
read these words and benefit from them to be blessed, uplifted, encouraged,
restored and renewed in commitment for continuing the Homeward journey.
***
Hi Brian. You
said in your email to go to April 11th.07 for the Message of Encouragement,
False forgiveness. I went to the Forum on your web site and it goes from
April 5th. to april12th. The
reference to false and true forgiveness is to be found on the ‘Messages
of Encouragement’ page of the HTG website, rather than the Forum page.
Also when I start reading the ACIM book, where is it best to
start, at the text or lessons?
ACIM and DU emphasise the importance of
reading/studying the Text first because without it, the context of many of
the Workbook lessons is incomplete. First reading Gary Renard’s books is a
massive help to the understanding of the Text but assuredly you will not
understand all of it at the first reading anyway. Do not let that put you
off. If we truly desire to get Home as soon as possible, perseverance will
pay immeasurable dividends. I strongly recommend that you persevere with
the text before moving to the Workbook. It will aid your comprehension and
assimilation of the Workbook lessons very greatly. I have read
The disappearance of the Universe and Your immortal reality. Have you read
the book You Are God Get Over It?
No, I have not heard of this but it sounds
interesting. There are so many wake-up calls to those persisting in second,
or even first measure of meal consciousness mind-sets, one wonders how many
more wake-up opportunities it will take for them to begin to awaken to where
we are on the ‘cosmic calendar.’ It was written by a Story
Waters. Answer when you can, I know you are busy. Best regards.
Pearl.
Love and many blessings for
your strengthening and encouragement, unto the fullness of your remembrance
of who you really are: the Light of the world,
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on August 8th 2007
I have just finished re-reading Gary Renard's Disappearance of the
Universe. The first reading helped me understand ACIM, which was
difficult and revolutionary in thought (for me at the time). I've
almost finished reading the full ACIM Text now, and I am grateful to
Gary Renard and the Holy Spirit in assisting with my understanding
of it. His books
are really immeasurably helpful. I am reading DU for the 4th time
now and still getting much from it, in concert with ACIM.
It is no mystery any more to me
that your weekly messages are always attached to my weekly readings
and musings. They speak to me....because you are me....we are
Christ, the Son of God.
How wonderful it is to hear a fellow traveller speak these words, so
resonant with my own realisations, and to know others on the Path
are awakening to the light of Home that is growing so illuminatingly
as we draw nearer to our Destination.
I remember an incident in his book that Gary cites of a person
bleeding, dying in a mall. He says/thinks to the person: You are
not who you think you are..."You are Christ." When I am faced
with a "forgiveness" opportunity, my ACIM mantra is: My mind
is part of God's. I am very holy. Fantastic.
That is a real armament in the dissolution of ego's lie that we are
sinners, unworthy; well worth daily self-reminding. And ACIM has
almost endless further mantras that will inspire us out of our
dream.
I then think, if my mind is part of God's and your mind is part of
mine/God's, then together we are very holy.
This is the great thing about ACIM; it leads
us, one step at a time, through these sequences of thought until we
arrive at the inevitable conclusion: we are all One in the Sonship,
with Jesus and in God, and have always been.
It is then so much easier to let go of
the judgement and see it for what it really is...an illusory barrier
to God. Rosa,
our job is now to be Beacons of Light for the restoration to eternal
truth, by awaking from the dream, for our fellow travellers, so that
we may be restored. It sounds to me your work also has
begun, or at the very least, you are ready for it to begin, and by
these exchanges we are together shining a light for the New Dawn
that is heralding the Kingdom Age.
I am so happy that you are discovering
ACIM at the same time as I am....again, no accident.
Indeed, no accident but a happy
synchronicity.
With much love,
Thank you; received and returned, amplified,
Brian,
Hi again, Rosa,
Thank you for your
reply. I always so much look forward to your weekly entries. I know
you are my true friend/brother as well as a beacon of light for me on
our journey out of the dream.
Bless you for such words of kindness, which
I can feel are right from your heart. In today’s fear-filled,
untrusting world, to speak openly and unguardedly from the heart takes
great courage but those of us who truly seek and earnestly desire to
awaken from the dream will set an enlightening example for the help and
encouragement of other, nascent seekers after truth and we will also be
helping ourselves in our forward progress by so doing.
I want to share just one more thing with
you, as I don't know anyone else who would appreciate/understand
it. While reading DU for the first time, something unusual
happened. I don't have my book available at this moment to pinpoint the
spot, but it was somewhere in the beginning of the book. The ascended
masters were explaining the use of J versus the use of Jesus. They
said Jesus was building a team to do forgiveness work for the salvation
of the Sonship. They described the “J team.” At this point in my
reading, the pencil in my hand moved toward those words and a strong
forced underlined those words many times...... ‘the J team.’ I
realized the message was for me.
Wonderful; a true demonstration of the help
for you so close (literally) to hand. That same help is available
to us all, if only we can believe (to borrow J's own words).
I am to join the J team.
I cannot think of one reason to indicate that
you are not already a member ;-)
The Avatar course, The
Disappearance of the Universe, the ACIM and your SFGS/journal entries
on-line, all have converged in my life over the last few
years...bringing me to this point in my life. I clearly understand
that I am on J's team.
Aah!
Now you are talking. It is my
life's purpose....to forgive.
If we are to believe Jesus (if we can’t
believe him, we are in deep wilderness) then this is the most
important thing in life and the only way out of the wilderness and back
Home, permanently. Can there possibly be anything more important than
that? Of course to believe anything else could be is ego-mind
perception deluding us. This seems to somehow be more clearly in focus
now and I feel sure that is because that is the focussed thought of the
Holy Mind in this Holy Instant, and the power it is building is
beginning to break through into the Earth-mind consciousness of
ever-increasing numbers of souls in this world right now. The leaven is
really working its works.
Your journals brought the reality of Jesus
to my understanding...after so many years of rejecting and denying him. For
so many, such a situation would be cause for endless guilt, fear and
shame; just what ‘Dr’ Ego ordered. For Dr Jesus, however, such is
nothing because it has never happened and he knows it. If it is nothing
to him, we can, assuredly allow it to become nothing for us also. Well,
thanks to him and his ACIM we now know it and can really start applying
it, allowing it, until we remember, once more, that this is who we
really are. That's why I
am eternally grateful for your one-pointed commitment.
Your success in this area is also an
example for me to follow. I know that I must be vigilant and true to
this commitment as an early member of the J team. This
is enough; it is all that is required of you. Your truly seeking
and earnestly desiring are sufficient. Papa, Jesus and the Holy
Spirit will perform all the rest, in response to your desire. It is
really that simple.
Ego does not want us to believe that, so keeps
driving, goading us to ‘do’ more, flagellate more, feel inadequate more,
feel worthless, guilty, useless more. None of that will get us Home, so
why bother? Holy Spirit/J will get us Home to Papa because They
know how and are so empowered. We don’t know how, nor are we
empowered, in our Earth-mind, ‘little self’ understanding. I don’t use
such terms to deprecate, degrade or belittle anyone; simply to observe
that this is how we have been seeing ourselves since the separation took
hold, and to point out how it is wrong-mindedness.
I count on you as my true friend in
Christ... Thank
you Rosa; that is the kindest, most blessed and blessing thing I could
ever hope to hear from anyone as a result of the mission for the Kingdom
upon which I am now embarked.
The Holy Spirit's grace brought to me over
the internet. (Of course, his grace transcends the internet). When I
think of all that has transpired, I can hear “All is well.” loud and
clear. Indeed,
all is well; wonderfully well. Alleluia.
Gratitude is abundant.
Amen to that.
Thank you, dear Brian.
Thank you, also, dear Rosa,
Rosa
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on August 4th 2007
Hello Brian:
Hi Patricia,
Thanks so much for
sharing this moving, poignant story with a blessed, Kingdomly outcome.
This is especially significant as I have
always struggled with forgiveness particularly when I have been wronged
by someone for no reason.
True forgiveness can really be one of the
hardest aspects of our being here to truly accomplish, yet is assuredly,
the key, most crucial thing for us to master because it means the cycle
of birth and death is broken forever and we are, once more, Home with
Papa. Ego knows that and will work hard to prevent us from getting
there; that’s why it seems so hard. And it can take years – even
life-times – to achieve it, even just with one particular karmic
entanglement. This is why we need so much help to win through, from
Jesus and/or the Holy Spirit.
With Their help it can collapse the amount of
time from thousands of years, or more (multiple incarnations), or
circuits of the carousel. Yet, the sense of release upon succeeding is
more than any other experience can give and that is because true
forgiveness is the only route out of the wilderness, according to the
central theme of ACIM. This is why it seems so worth committing to.
Years ago, my uncle wrote me out of his
will and for years I pondered why?
He was childless and his wife, my dad's sister, always embraced me as
her daughter. My uncle met another woman and she deleted my name in
favor of her three children. Well, needless to say, they got a very
handsome inheritance but I was left in the cold. I felt hurt more than
anything as I was very dedicated to him- taking him to appointments,
bringing him meals and the like. Shortly after he passed away, he came
to me in a vision and told me he did not know how this could have
happened. I sent him away telling him I did not want him around me. For
years he was bound as if one ties an old carpet.
It took years to get to the point where I could say, “I forgive” and
mean it.
This was a very big opportunity Patti and I
observe that the bigger the opportunity, the greater the amount of
progress it affords us on our journey Home to Papa, so it is well worth
the effort, regardless of how long it takes and how painful the
experience may feel while working through it; worthy of a big ‘Thank
You’ to Papa for all the blessings and release it brings
Right now I am free, I totally forgive him,
albeit I still feel the pangs of hurt by the betrayal- not the money so
much as the mention. To this day I have had difficulty grappling with
the notion of forgiveness. You have provided such a clear explanation.
Well, that is worth an ‘Alleluia’ and a ‘Thank You Papa’ also; thank you
for letting me know. Thank
you again, dear brother. God bless you and yours. Patricia.
P.S. Brian: may I ask you if you could tell
me why it is important to fast? I notice in many biblical writings,
there is mention of fasting as Jesus did while spending 40 days in the
desert etc.
I am not convinced it is that
‘important.’ I believe that we could do well to look at this within the
massively larger context of who we really are. Jesus tells us we are
the Light of the world, that we are Papa’s only, beloved Son, with all
the creative empowerment bestowed upon us at our Creation; that this
illusion called the physical universe was created by the Son (us) in a
moment of idle thought that was over in no ‘time’ and does not even
really exist. The church (an ego-construct) has had an agenda for many,
many centuries, of keeping us ensnared within the percept that we are
‘little self,’ ‘sinners,’ ‘unworthy,’ etc. It loves to make up ever
more rules and ‘don’ts,’ all to keep us off the true Path, by simply
loving God and loving our neighbour as ourself (because he is our
Self).
I have not a shred of doubt that Jesus, who
knew all this not only before he incarnated, but a very long ‘time’
before Abraham incarnated, also knew that fasting would not hasten our
return Home; that the Gospel records have been tampered with by the
hidden-agenda merchants many times since the first century AD and that
fasting has been added to many of the accounts.
If Jesus fasted for 40 days it was because he
had meat to eat of which his brethren in the Earth life knew nothing,
and it meant little to him one way or another. He was so focussed upon
what he went into the wilderness for that food simply was not on
the agenda; it was not a case of him going to fast to enable the
accomplishing of that agenda, although it no doubt did nothing to
interfere with that accomplishing. Additionally, he was here on a
mission so immeasurably greater than any of the rest of us that what he
did or didn’t do is in a very different sphere from what we feel we
should or shouldn’t do (especially if someone else tells us!)
Why is it spiritually important to fast?
This begs the question, ‘For how long?’ Olga
used to remind us that a full stomach takes blood away from the brain
and makes one sleepy, so we only take breakfast after communion. That
makes sense and is only a couple of hours! Is that ‘fasting’? If one
ate before communion because one was distracted by a rumbling stomach,
how much should one eat? In matters to do with the esoteric, spiritual
facets of life, getting things into a balanced, peaceful order of
perspective is immeasurably more important than following somebody
else’s rules, particularly if they do not resonate with our own inner
feelings of what is serviceable to our spiritual awakening.
Is fasting, according to someone else’s
perception or rules, going to get us Home any quicker, or is it going to
make us feel resentful and thus keep us stuck in the wilderness for
another circuit?
I am so grumpy when my stomach is not
filled, me too!
yet Mother Mary asks
visionaries to fast weekly on bread and water and in some cases only
water. Why? I
know nothing of this. Where does this asking take place? Is this
something she has done one on one with you? Or is it what somebody
else says she asks? The KOH is within (us). If fasting
(for one hour, one day, one week or whatever), brings us into greater
at-one-ment with the Master and the Love, Joy and Peace of Heaven, how
can it be wrong? If it makes us grumpy and causes a blood-sugar crash
and miserable feelings, how can it be right?
Thank you for your time and attention.
Thank you, dear Patricia, and much love, always, Brian
The
following exchange was posted on August 2nd 2007
Hi Brian. Thank you for your emails, they are
very interesting. I have finally got my book a Course in Miracles, and will
start reading it. I have a question. When one has forgiven someone for
something they have done, why do they keep doing more things sometimes worse
than before? Namaste. Pearl.
Hi Pearl,
Thanks for your
message of encouragement and support.
A Course in Miracles is
'strong meat' for most of us in this world. I know a number of people
who have started reading it with great enthusiasm but have ground to a halt
after a few chapters because so much is esoteric, alien to our upside-down
ego-dominated minds. If you find this happening, I would like to urge that
you get Gary Renard's book 'The Disappearance of the Universe,' which
is massively helpful in understanding ACIM. Here is what Rosa says
about it:
I have just
finished re-reading Gary Renard's Disappearance of the Universe. The
first reading helped me understand ACIM, which was difficult and
revolutionary in thought (for me at the time). I've almost finished
reading the full ACIM Text now, and I am grateful to Gary Renard and the
Holy Spirit in assisting with my understanding of it.
Your question is very
incisive. Effectively, the answer is very comprehensively covered in ACIM
and also in Gary Renard’s books. It is because we, in the Earth life are,
and have been since the apparent separation from Papa, been under
domination from ego-mind, which is the antithesis of all that we actually,
really, truly are and Papa is. This has, in linear time, been the case from
‘day one,’ so we are truly within the thrall of, indoctrinated by this
upside-down, insane, attacking consciousness, motivated by unconscious guilt
that we have because we believe we have attacked God and he is gunning for
us to heap vengeance upon us. That is a deeply and profoundly fearful thing
and we are a) living in denial of this, so we suppress it into our
subconscious, unconscious mind and/or b) project it onto whoever or whatever
is ‘out there,’ to try to avoid God’s punishment of us. One might say it is
us saying, ‘It wasn’t me, Sir, it was him, Sir,’ to God.
Now, just because
you, (or any of us) say, ‘I forgive you’ (using the ‘True forgiveness’
method, which has been covered in several earlier ‘Messages
of Encouragement’ – see April 11th 2007 and elsewhere), does
not mean the Earth conscious, ego/fear dominated, guilt-projecting,
attacking mind of the other person has yet received your forgiveness into
their perceptions of life and relationships (which they clearly have not if
they keep on with the same attacking attitude). ACIM tells us that a) we
don’t have to (and should not if the forgivee is not ready to hear it) speak
the words out loud to them, but can say the words of forgiveness silently
and give them to the Holy Spirit (HS) to keep for the forgivee until HS
knows the time is right for the forgivee to receive them, b) the words and
forgiveness act are NEVER lost and will be used by HS to correct the mind of
the forgivee according to HS wisdom and timing. This means we should
never give up having our true forgiveness attitude toward our fellows,
regardless of the apparent, outward lack of response or change for the
better, because, as there is in reality, only one of us, by forgiving the
apparent other person, we are in truth forgiving our self and releasing our
self from hostage to ego and opening our self to become, once again, host to
God.
ACIM makes it
unequivocally clear that true forgiveness is the only way out of the
wilderness of forgetfulness of who we really are and back Home to Papa in
the Sonship. It will be serviceable to our grasp of this if we keep this
all in mind within the perspective of the 6000-year long Great Rescue
Programme (GRP), or 3-measures of meal parable. We are now at the beginning
of the last measure and the leavening is now beginning to really take
effect. As Olga Park and Owen Waters have observed, this, the changeover
between 2 epochs – the Piscean Age and the Aquarian Age – means chaos time,
which is inevitable before the GRP takes sufficient hold on correcting our
minds and a critical mass of restored-to-right-mindedness souls is empowered
to re-establish balance where chaos reigned.
This is already
happening – in fact has already happened in the etheric counterpart
of Earth – but is still in the process of manifesting at the physical level
of consciousness. As we become more attuned to the Kingdom wavelength, so
will we, at the individual level, become more aware of these changes and the
chaos realm will become of inversely proportional significance to us,
because our centredness in Peace, Harmony and Balance will be our focal
point, leaving all else only at the periphery of our attention, fading into
obscurity. Imagine how that percept, applied to all of us – which
will be the case as the GRP unfolds and takes hold – will cause the
disappearance of the universe. It is we who have thought the universe
into existence and as soon as we remember where Home is, we will cease to
think the universe into existence and it will disappear.
The way out of the
wilderness, true forgiveness, is simple in its principle but hard in
practise because it is not a quick fix. We of Earth (ego) consciousness are
so inured into the quick-fix mentality that anything that is not a quick fix
is eschewed as not working. It is hard because it takes commitment.
Commitment is not an ego quality and there is a paucity of commitment to
awakening to spiritual truth in this world. I have observed repeatedly that
it all depends on the degree of our desire. If we truly seek and
earnestly desire, we will have the willingness to stay the course,
however long it takes. The reason we will do that is because the only other
option is to delay, to give up and let the ego world take control over our
life again. That simply means that rather than dealing with the inevitable
– getting back Home to Papa – now, or sooner rather than later, we
put it off and it will add immeasurably to the ‘time’ it takes us to get
there. That means what we could do in ‘this act’ will only have to be
addressed in another and yet, likely, another and another act.
ACIM reminds us that
we are all either expressing love or calling for love and that
all attack is actually a call for help, or to be loved and understood. (The
sooner our society awakens to that truth the better and nearer it will be to
the Kingdom). So, when people ‘attack’ they are actually crying out for
love, help, understanding, compassion, in their desperation to escape from
the wilderness of this ego-dominated world. If we allow the apparent
behaviour of the forgivee to deceive us into believing that is who that
person really is, we have allowed ego to deceive us with its
prestidigitation once more.
We are
empowered to break that vicious cycle and reclaim our true nature and
heritage. All our loved ones in the Realms of Light are saying to us when
faced with situations such as you describe, ‘Don’t give up!!! We are
here to help you. Call upon us for that help and it is yours, in the moment
of greatest need. Instead of allowing such attack to get you down and on
the retaliatory track, BLESS that person, who has forgotten who he really is
and is crying out for love. Send it to them, unreservedly and so shall you
be blessed unreservedly, and will have taken a giant step toward the
Kingdom of Heaven,
instead of another backward step into hell.’
I said to Patricia
recently, who wrote that her two younger daughters were treating her like
the enemy in the house:
Do not also let any apparent lack of outward response from, or change
within, your daughters - to your inward change of perspective,
forgiveness and blessing - to deceive you into thinking this is not
working/will not work (ego's favourite ploy). I assure you with all my
powers of assurance that it IS working. Instant fixes in the outer
appearances are not always the Way because the situation is almost certainly
deep seated over one or more previous acts. Fix your focus on the reality
that every call for help is answered and every blessing you send out is a
real, palpable energy for good that will be received by them within their
own inward being and this will, even if slowly, almost imperceptibly, impact
beneficially upon their hearts and minds and will eventually manifest in
changes of attitudes; a healing, a resolution of karmic issues. This
requires one-pointed commitment and what Olga used to call 'keep on keeping
on,' or 'stick-at-it-iveness.'
Pearl, the reason
things sometimes seem to get worse rather than better after one has begun
the forgiveness process is because the guilt and fear held in the
unconscious mind of the forgivee begins to come to the surface, stirred into
the beginnings of wakefulness by the forgiving process. This causes the
person to feel, temporarily (it could be hours, days, weeks, months,
depending on their path to that place, which will usually involve previous
incarnations as well as any childhood traumas) threatened, so their
ego-instinct is to attack. This is a good thing, in spite of
appearances to the contrary, because it shows your forgiveness/blessings are
starting to work and loosen their entrenched position in the illusory prison
in which they have been held captive so long. Redouble your efforts when
you see this and give thanks that you are able to serve the GRP in this
wonderful way. This gets you onto the Kingdom wavelength and uplifts,
strengthens, protects and empowers you. You will feel that and it will
encourage you onwards and upwards.
With much love and
many blessings, always,
Brian
The
following exchange was posted on August 1st 2007
Hi Brian,
I had a thought. In your reference below, and it is
very good by the way, is it possible to include Daughters of God as well as
Sons of God? It seems so masculine . . .
Much love and light to you . . . al ways
"All
the while we think we are a body, with all its limitations, in which we
restrict our self to one place for one blink of an eye (an incarnation)
we will be simply that; a ‘little self.’ In our true estate as the
Son of God, we are God-filled, with all the spiritual
empowerment of our heritage in eternity. Jesus, the ‘firstfruits’ of
the awakening from the dream and restoration to the Sonship in God,
demonstrated this for us 2,000 years ago. The three-stage Great Rescue
Programme (GRP) leads us from our primeval, unconscious state - from
which we start back on the path to Home – which might be described as
‘God-seeking’ (the state of consciousness in which we began the
first measure of meal part of the restoration process) through a state
of being ‘God-aware’ (the second measure of meal) into
‘God-filled,’ the completion of the leavening (raising up, or
resurrection of our Mind - not our body - from its moment in the
illusory realm of time and place) process of the three measures of
meal. Jesus was at the God-filled state of being before Abraham
incarnated (Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Jn 8:58)."
Thanks for your
message Evelyn, and your kind words, always received with deep gratitude and
appreciation. And thank you for raising this point, which I am sure many
will be wondering about.
I have been asked
about this before and agree that it does appear, to our time and place
perspective, to be 'one-sided.' There are really two points that help to
put this into the context of eternity and who we (humanity, male and female)
really are, from that perspective. It is from the context of
eternity, rather than time and place, that I have endeavoured to present the
message.
In eternity there
is no gender because there is no separation; separation is a 'time and place
thing' and does not exist other than as a dream, an illusion (one of the
better parts of the illusion, I think most of us in the Earthly life might
agree!!) but in eternity there is no need for reproduction because we are
all One and, well …eternal; indestructible. The ‘separation’ brought about
the division into the dyad that has male qualities (of character as well as
biology) and female, and at the restoration to Oneness in the
'Father' (Jesus' terminology, not mine!) Creator Spirit, of which we are now
blessed to be at the vanguard at this early stage of the 3rd and final
measure of meal for leavening '...until the whole is leavened (raised up or
resurrected),' the separation will be over.
From the beginning
of A Course in Miracles Jesus makes it unequivocally clear that the
Father has only one Son, and that we - all of us - are that
Son; at the 'separation' - a momentary thought by the Son that brought on
the dream, or illusion, that was only a timeless moment in eternity (where
the Son indivisibly is and always has been, in the Father) but appears
to have been ongoing in linear time since the 'big bang' billions of 'years'
ago – the continuing division of everything, including the male and female
dyad, into ever more separate illusions, such as the 6 billion humans on
planet Earth, was set in motion, and will continue until the end of time.
According to the 3 measures of meal parable, when the whole has become
raised up (back to oneness in eternity), which is at the conclusion of the
leavening of the 3rd measure (or 'watch': Lk 12:38 And if he shall
come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so,
blessed are those servants.') we will be restored to the Oneness. This is starting to take place, if
we are open to seeing the signs of it, right now, and is gathering pace at
an exponential rate of acceleration.
This is a state of
Christ Mind awakening or remembrance within us. It is all very mystical and
to understand it we have to step back from our Earth-mind perceptions
and allow a willingness for the truth of eternity to start re-training our
minds toward that state of looking at things, including, of course, our
self. This is the role of the Holy Spirit. The only part we have to play in
that is desiring that process to take place and allowing the
Holy Spirit to accomplish it for us (like the caterpillar allowing the
Creator Spirit to metamorphose it into a butterfly, which it certainly
cannot do of itself).
Jesus describes
the 'self' that we perceive our self as being, here in time and place, as a
limited, 'little self' and that such a perception is a false image because
our true Self is a 'Big Self,' with all the empowerment for unlimited
creativity of our heritage as the One Son of the Father that the Father has
vested in His beloved Son. Jesus, the ‘firstfruits’ of this mind-retraining
awakening process, demonstrated all this at the beginning of the 2nd
measure of meal, so we have that reminder/example to focus upon for our own
leavening. It is looking at, desiring, choosing, to see our Self in that
Light, that perspective, that our true, spiritual vision - (as distinct from
Earthly, double sight - see Lk 11:34-36) that will, one step at a time, in
response to the degree of our desire for eternal truth to replace the
illusions that bombard our Earthly, illusory, senses - will come into focus
and replace our upside-down, 'little self,' misperceptions of who we really
are.
Jesus referred to
the Creator Spirit, the Source of All, as ‘Father,’ (or ‘begetter) and that
which is begotten as the ‘Son.’ The truth of eternity (the only reality) is
that it is all of us, not just Jesus, who is the ‘Son.’ This is
his terminology (use of masculine terms). To that, it seems to me,
there are two observations: 1) he knows something – a lot, actually! – that
we don’t know and I am happy to go along with his greater knowledge, at
least long enough to allow a greater vision on all of this to be revealed to
me and 2) this terminology is simply that; words; symbols of a greater
reality that we, in our Earth-mind consciousness, have difficulty
assimilating into our understanding. If we allow such symbols to become
stumbling blocks to our greater vision of eternity, then that is what they
will be.
Lastly, if there is
one message of ACIM, it is that we are not a body. This is
emphasised over and over. Here in this world, it is our perception that we
are a body but it is a misperception; we are eternal, perfect spirit, in
which gender has no role. In time and place, where we have all reincarnated
many, many times, we have all assumed male and female roles on different
occasions. We can choose to see our self as either, if we wish, or we
can choose to observe from a larger perspective; the perspective of
eternity.
I hope this will
help to answer your point, not just for you but for all who see it on the
Forum page. Thank you again for presenting this opportunity, Evelyn.
With love and many
blessings, as ever,
Brian
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following exchange was posted on July 17th 2007
Dear Brian, Dear Rosa, Thank
you so much for your encouraging news of progress you are making.
When reading your recent message, I stopped at the point where you
invited your readers to "share" their progress along the way. As I
reflected on that, I realized that I have much good news to share....and am
in awe of God's Love for me. How do I begin?
Twice when I've written earlier, I mentioned that I have been worried
and in fear of financial ruin because of some investment decisions I had
made. This can be so all-pervading, fearful,
debilitating. Following ACIM counsel to trust the Holy Spirit, and to
"make no decisions by myself", I decided to try letting my worry go and
trusting in the Voice for God to lead the way. Truly,
this is the only way to dispel ego’s pall; and Holy Spirit – our Big Self –
really takes care of it for us. It is eons-long conditioning by the
voice for fear, ego, that causes us to believe it is not possible. But now
is the time to kick that voice into touch, once and for all. Alleluia!
Truthfully, I haven't always been consistent, You
are definitely not alone there, Rosa but often when I felt like a
"hostage of the ego", I would recognize it, and then ask the Holy Spirit to
take over. That is the best news; and once we have
asked and received the answer, how much better do we feelJ
The result has been that 1) I'm not worrying about this anymore
Thank you Holy Spirit! 2) Within the space
of a couple of weeks, I interviewed for and was hired for a job in
my original career; I retired two years ago. This employment will provide
me with additional cash to meet some of those financial obligations
that I've been stressing over. This, one can call
a result.
The wonder of it all is that I only decided about one
month ago to return to the workforce. When we give
our lives to Their care, Jesus/Holy Spirit really get to work, as a labour
of love, freely given. To resist surrender into such wonderful and
trustworthy care can only be described as ego-madness, just as Jesus
describes it in ACIM.
The result of giving one's decision-making to the
Holy Spirit is peace of mind There is nothing in
this world that comes close to that Peace of Heaven....and in my
case, a new job! A bonus!
Thank you Brian, again...for your one pointed
commitment. Rosa.
Thank you, dear Rosa, for sharing. Brian
The
following exchange was posted on July 13th 2007
Yes indeed
Brian. I received your diary entry this AM. It was a joy to behold as
currently I am going through challenges with my two younger daughters.
The oldest one is ok because she works fulltime but the other two are
around more since they did not take summer session at school. They have
decided that I am the enemy of the house and it is most unpleasant. I am
simply not happy about their behaviour and their choices and they make their
discontentment well known. What to do? I hate living under adversarial
conditions. Unfortunately I have the day to day battling which is very
challenging. Thank you again for including me in your correspondence.
Blessings always, Patricia.
My Dear
Patricia,
Thank you so
much for your words of encouragement and support, which are always
appreciated and gratefully received.
Your
circumstances with your daughters is obviously distressing, for you and for
them. It can be of massive help if you choose to undergo a change of focus
on this situation by reminding yourself that this is no accident and it is
clear that there are some outstanding issues between them and you, from
‘past’ acts (otherwise the situation would not be as you describe it).
People choose the circumstances, including their parents, into which they
reincarnate and whether they (and their parents) are consciously aware of
this or not, it is because there is unfinished business to attend to.
We are all calling into our own presence, by the circumstances of our
incarnating, the opportunity to address those issues. This will keep
on happening, incarnation after incarnation, unless and until we actually
awaken to this reality and face the opportunity.
Debbie Ford
writes that we cannot escape this until we 'retrace; face; embrace and
replace.' This means, get to the source, the cause, of the unresolved
issues; face them when we have retraced them, and do not give in to the
temptation (good old ego deceiving us again) to run away from them or sweep
them under the carpet; accept them for what they really are rather than
trying to make them something else or project the blame for them onto
someone else, because we cannot give anything away until we own it; and
only when we have embraced, or acknowledged that it (the unresolved
issue) is truly ours, can we then choose a new situation, namely the
resolution of that issue.
In ACIM the Master reminds us that the only way to resolve
outstanding issues - and clear the Way for the return Home to Oneness in
Papa, permanently, and thus break the cycle of birth and death, so that our
sojourn in the illusory realm of time and place can come to a conclusion - is by/through ‘True
Forgiveness.’ Here is what the
Message of Encouragement said about this on April 11th:
In the Message of
Encouragement dated February 7th 2007 it was stated that forgiveness is the central theme of
ACIM, but forgiveness appears to our ego-distorted minds as one of the
most convoluted issues of life. In truth, it is actually, like all
matters of God’s Creation, very simple once the light of spiritual
discernment has been applied to it. For that light, ACIM comes once
more to our help (if this is the real Jesus speaking, who could
expect anything less!?) For here we are reminded that there are two
types of forgiveness:
1.
False forgiveness, in which the ‘sin’ is acknowledged and then
forgiven. However, the flaw in this misperception is that by
acknowledging the sin, we give it reality. This is a ploy of ego mind,
which wants us to be bogged-down in a false world of sin, and
2.
True forgiveness. Here, the words of Jesus from ACIM are the most
serviceable to our forming a clear and uncluttered understanding:
Forgiveness recognises that what you
thought your brother did to you has not occurred
(whether in this act or any number of previous acts)
. It does not
pardon sins and
(therefore)
make them real. It sees
(instead, that)
there was no sin. And in that
view are all your sins forgiven. What is sin, except a false idea
about God's Son? Forgiveness merely sees its falsity and therefore
lets
it go. What then is free to take its place is now the Will of God. (My
parentheses and italics). (ACIM Workbook, page 401).
It is actually very
simple but can appear to be very, very difficult to move into the
place of being able to adopt such a perspective but a massive help to
this is to step back from the minutiae of what appears to be our daily
world and life and see that all this that we perceive with our Earthly
senses is an illusion. It is a dream of separation from Papa that has, in the
perspective of the eternal reality (which is our one and only true
perspective because the separation has never actually happened and is
impossible, so we can only be imagining, dreaming this fallen world)
never happened.
ACIM reminds us that
we are all either expressing love or calling for love and
that all attack is actually a call for help, or to be loved and
understood. (The sooner our society awakens to that truth the better
and nearer it will be to the Kingdom).
Does it not
sound as if your daughters are calling for love (as are we all!)?
Then on June
6th the Message of Encouragement
said:
The only reason we
are here is to respond to opportunities to remember who we are, resolve
outstanding issues with our fellows through true forgiveness so that we
are unencumbered by the ballast of karma that keeps us returning here
from one revolution of the carousel to the next (one incarnation to
another) surrender the ‘leasehold on our life’ to its true Source, Papa,
and thus be free to the raising of our 'little' self back to our true,
'Big Self' estate of
perfect Oneness in Him.
This cannot happen
all at once but one step at a time. So, let us still our outward clamour
an instant and welcome our Big Self - our real Self, the Christ
that is already in each and every one of us, and always has been - to
bring us peace, so that we may, for a few moments at a time, be
transported in a trice Home with Him. When we have (re)experienced this
Peace of Heaven just once, however fleetingly, we will earnestly seek it
again and again and become, one step at a time, more adept at entering
in to that place of communing with the Christ within us until we find
ourself at last permanently at Home with Him and will then see only the
true face - the face of Christ - in all our fellows, just as they will
see the face of Christ in us. Then will we remember that there really
is only One of us, truly Papa’s only Son and be, again, permanently,
eternally One in the Sonship with the Father.
There is
massively more about true forgiveness in ACIM than can be rehearsed here. What I believe you will find
immeasurably helpful is two books by Gary Renard, both of which are about
ACIM and its true depth of meaning, value, help and importance for us all. They are called
“The Disappearance of the Universe” and “Your
Immortal Reality.” I commend them to you absolutely.
Patricia, this
situation with your daughters is an OPPORTUNITY. It has turned up heavily
disguised as adversity. Do not let that disguise fool you. It IS
opportunity. Our son, Christopher, in spirit, said to me some 10 or 15 years
ago that the Master is the great opportunist and cannot permit a single
opportunity to go to waste. If we aspire to be like him, it will serve us
well to emulate this position. Of course you, like most of us, are not
sufficiently spiritually awake to take full
advantage of this opportunity without the help of the Master/the Holy
Spirit; so, at every opportunity, ask Their help to enable you to
take fullest advantage of this OTAF, which is
Opportunity to
Transform Adversity into
Fulfilment.
All this will require a letting go of Earth-mind perceptions, which are
designed by ego to deceive and to cause our sight to fall short of the true
vision of eternity.
Do not also let
any apparent lack of outward response from, or change within, your daughters - to
your inward
change of perspective, forgiveness and blessing - to deceive you into
thinking this is not working/will not work (ego's favourite p
