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you tell us at the beginning not to put chemicals in our bodies? What
difference does it make?”
101 Did I say the body was not important?
102 “Not exactly. But spirit is most important, right?”
103 Why?
104 “Because it’s what is here learning, isn’t it?”
105 How is it here, learning?
106 “Well, by being here in this life…”
107 ‘In this life.’ And how will your spirit experience this life? This
place. This world of life, death, joy, sorrow, pleasure, pain. Would
you rather be a spectator of a sport, or go out and play it? You are
here to play, not just observe. And how will you all do that?
108 “…In our bodies. I’m sorry. I see. We’d be just ghosts without the
body, too.”
109 Do not be sorry. Your passion is great – although you try to keep it
hidden. Master it, and both your body and spirit will experience
more joy than you can imagine. But, believe no one who tries to
pollute the vessel you are in. Can you have pure water in a
contaminated container?
110 “No.”
111 Do you understand, fully? There are many who will try to seduce
you with promises of feeling good, or fixing your ills. Only you can
do these things for yourself, for all eternity. Give no one else this
power over you. Counterfeiting always cheapens the true version of
what it has copied. Any time you allow a substance to create
counterfeit experiences, you bastardize the true version of
experience.
112 “I understand. I promise not to fall for it. But, there’s another thing,” he
contended. “Why did you say we should innovate, if everything already
exists. I mean, why should we bother? Won’t we just realize things
eventually?”
113 To innovate is to reveal. That is what it is, and it is an integral part
of the mind. If you did not want to expand, would you be here –
asking questions of me? No, of course not.
114 There was one many years ago, you know from your schooling as
Leonardo. He is remembered as a great inventor – but that is not
completely accurate. What he was, in fact, was a boundary shifter.
115 He did not focus on inventing new things. He looked to universal
laws, and what man had already designed. With these, however, he
challenged everyone’s accepted ideas about what was possible.
116 He often wished to take the smallest designs, and make them huge.
And, he revealed that, if he kept the universal laws to scale, he could!
117 This is the pioneering outlook you should maintain. Do not listen to
those who will say it cannot be done. Come to understand the core
laws, and challenge yourselves to see how far you can take them.
118 Remember that you will be creating what is around you all the
time – whether consciously or not. And, likewise, you are on a path of
evolution – whether you like it or not! Sitting still will get you
nowhere, and it is not how you are made. You are made in the
likeness of the Creator, and you must create!
119 “This is all so complicated!” complained a girl of eleven earth years. “I
mean, on one hand it is. But then, on the other hand, there really isn’t that
much to know – is there?”
120 There is not that much to know, as you put it. There is, however, a
great deal to have unfold within you. You only need grasp the
concept once. After that, you are simply applying and staying faithful
to it – and observing the unfolding taking place within you
121 Can you understand yet that all the enemies of your growth are
within you? Why would you allow anything to be denied you, when
the denial comes only from within - not from without. Why would
you ever accept ‘no’ for an answer?
122 You fight against others and the world only until you come to the
realization that there are no ‘others’. There is only you. Once you
know this, you accept responsibility for everything that has ever
happened to you. Likewise, you take authorship of everything that
ever will happen to you. What an awesome responsibility and power
is then yours!
123 This is a key as to why some are not yet called. They are simply not
yet willing to bear the burden of authoring their own lives. They will
continue to blame outside situations for the conditions in their life.
124 You will not convince them otherwise. In fact, they will become
very hostile to you, when you try. Simply lead by example, and leave
them to their struggles. I understand it is hard for you to watch – but
you cannot change when it is their time to hear the message. Yes, you
may share your experiences – if they ask. This may be the very seed
that one day sprouts as their hunger to know who they really are!
125 “That reminds me of my friend,” stated a girl of only around ten earth
years. “She only thinks in terms of what she DOESN’T wish to have
happen. I know deep down that can’t be good – but I can’t say why. I’d
like to help her wish correctly, if I can.”
126 Your instincts are right, young one. Remember that your desires
are always trying to whisper a truth to you. Your desire is to try to
change her thinking. Why do you suppose that is so?
127 “The way she does it just seems all wrong.”
128 And, why do you feel it is ‘all wrong’?
129 “It just seems she is focused on the wrong thing.”
130 Precisely! Very good. As I told you before, to make movement in
the Universe is similar to dropping a stone in a lake
131 This movement is about making waves. You may have to ponder
this for a while to fully understand it, but a wave can never be a
negative. A wave is always a positive motion.
132 You may have been told this brain-teaser before: “Do not think of
the color Red.”
133 What is the first thing that your mind tries to picture?
134 “The color red!” They all chorused.
135 Of course! You cannot send out movement that orders a negative.
The movement is always positive.
136 Now, my dear – back to your friend. Suppose she is carrying very
fragile objects. The way you tell it, as she walks she would keep
thinking to herself, ‘Don’t drop any…Don’t drop any…Don’t drop
any’. Now, what is likely to happen?
137 “She’ll drop one?”
138 Why?
139 “Um…the suggestion of drop…drop…drop?”
140 Exactly. When something is wished for in the negative, remember
that the wave it radiates out must be as a positive. Remove the
negative, to decipher what the Universe experiences as having been
ordered to provide.
141 ‘Don’t drop any’ becomes what…?
142 “Drop any?”
143 And, ‘Don’t let me get sick’ becomes what…?”
144 “Me get sick!” I mean, “Let me get sick,” she corrected herself, as they
all shared a good laugh.
145 And last, ‘I am afraid to be poor’ becomes…?
146 “I am poor.”
147 Very well done. Again, do not attempt to send out negative waves!
You cannot, and you will not. Remove the negative to hear that
which the Universe will interpret as your desire.
148 A boy of thirteen earth years still had a question. “About her friend,
though. If she’s only nine or ten, is she really responsible for what
happens to her? I mean, what about really little kids? Can they actually
cause bad things to happen to themselves?”
149 That is a very astute question, young man. The very young are less
‘influencing,’ then they are ‘being influenced’ by the adults in their
life.
150 Picture a mother who worries constantly that her child will get
hurt. Well, guess what? The child will likely get hurt. To the adult
mother, this simply reinforces her conviction that her fears were
justified. It is her poor little child who suffers from her ignorance.
151 Now see, one of the reasons it is so important for you to be exposed
to these teachings, at this age, is this:
152 You are entering the Age of Influence – where your own thoughts
begin to be what creates your reality. No longer will it be just the
thoughts and focus of the adults in your life.
153 The boy pressed the subject further. “But aren’t we all timeless? I mean
– the same age, like – in our souls? So, how are we different ages?”
154 Very wise, my boy! But, remember, we are in this physical body. It
has a specific phase-in of physical development that must occur,
before your mind is capable of comprehending who you are.
155 The bright girl from the beginning of the lessons now jumped back in.
“Then why isn’t everybody just ‘called’ to understanding, when they
reach twelve years old?”
156 A good question, my girl! Of course, if everyone did, we would not
have the range of experiences we do when others go through a whole
life without hearing!
157 A glimmer of a smile crossed the face of the flickering image.
158 Many of you know others who are fifty – or even seventy – years
old, who are still small minded. In fact, you may even draw one into
your life, to help you grow to a new level!
159 The key for now is that you have reached the point of Influence –
not the point of Ascension. You must learn these teachings now, or
risk wallowing in the mistakes of your ignorance. Always cursing the
world that is against you – all the while creating that very world! Is it
not a life of paradox?
160 A hopeful look came over the face of a girl of eleven earth years.
“Once someone knows the rules, then, does it mean they won’t ever have
bad times again?”
161 Life is not quite that simple, my dear. As we discussed earlier,
there is a process of manifestation in the physical world that appears
to ‘take time’ - that will require a succession of events, before it
manifests in your life. So, what you will be seeing around you is not
what you are thinking, but what you were thinking.
162 There will be times when your thinking slips. Reasons why doubt
creeps into the back of your mind. Situations in which you may feel
powerless. Some ‘time’ after these thoughts, you will experience their
manifestation in your life. This lag in ‘time’ can cause you to fail to
put-two-and-two-together, as they say, and not realize the true cause
of your problem.
163 Your former focus was the cause, though. So, you cannot blame
what you will now be seeing around you, for the troubles you are
experiencing. Remember when I said it was ‘many thoughts ago’? It
was, and you will have to get through the problem, until the new
thoughts take hold.
164 However, do not dwell on these side trips. They are to be expected.
Perhaps there was a lesson to be learned. Simply set your thinking
right, and anticipate the improvement in your circumstances. Never
fear. Just steel your faith to outlast the ‘lag’ where you do not see
results. The results will come in the speed proportionate to your
belief that they will.
165 “Well, what if we do slip up in our thinking, and go through a bad
spell? Won’t our friends say it is proof that imagineering doesn’t work?
That things happen because of outside reasons?
166 Probably. But, consider this: perspective varies so greatly that no
two people even seem to live in the same world. We all see things
differently – and have a different ‘take’ on them.
167 Ask two friends to read your favorite book. One may say it was so
exciting they couldn’t put it down. The other, that it was so
uninteresting they didn’t finish it! And, yet, they both read the same
type, on the same pages. However, they saw it from their two
completely different perspectives.
168 No true friend will abandon you, because your life has hit a
troubled spot. You cannot, though, expect the un-awake to have the
awareness to see this inconvenience from your perspective.
169 As I said earlier, the reason they are not yet awakening is precisely
because they are not ready for the responsibility of authoring their
lives. Surely you do not expect them to believe that your thoughts –
many days ago – brought you this trouble, and that thoughts will
correct the problem – some days ahead. What nonsense this will
seem to them!
179 You see, they still believe in failure. They believe failure exists. You
are awakening to the fact that you always succeed – you just
sometimes fail to understand that you succeeded! Succeeded in
something you perhaps never consciously intended to do.
180 When one continues to fail to understand why they have succeeded
in everything, for event after event, it begins to form what is known
as the ‘snowball effect’. Each bit of erroneous evidence supports that
which comes after it. The illusion of being controlled by
circumstances builds and becomes bigger and stronger, like a
snowball rolling down a hill – until the poor individual gives up all
hope that anything can ever change for the better.
181 This is the life of the un-awake. You do not desire it. You would not
wish it on anyone – and yet, almost every adult you know is
entrapped in it.
182 “Why is that?” they all desperately asked. To the last, they had been
affected by the frustrations of the adults in their lives.
183 Let me make a comparison. Try to think of people as hardening
up, at room temperature.
184 “WHAT!?” they all exclaimed.
185 Yes, they harden up. Like warm chocolate, young people are
malleable and flexible. The longer they sit out in the world, though –
the more rigid they become.
186 Finally, they harden up so much that they have no flexibility left.
This is how most adults have become. When a challenge comes to
their ‘reality’, they have no flexibility to bend and adapt. They break
like a hollow chocolate egg dropped on the floor.
187 A boy of thirteen earth years, bent over in a fit of laughter, howled,
“I’m picturing my dad as a chocolate egg!” The others giggled until tears
came to their eyes. Finally, they righted themselves – and were ready to
listen again.
188 Absurd, perhaps – but it will help you remember. In most cases,
you are not going to experience flexibility with adults. Try to be
patient with them. They carry a great many burdens. One day, you
will likely have your own young ones. It is then that you will have to
master balancing flexibility with responsibility.
189 There are those already awakening, of course, who are adults.
Once awakening, as one of you pointed out before, you are all
timeless. There is no longer age – only the wisdom that comes with
experience.
190 “Well, then, shouldn’t adults be the ones that would most welcome
finding out…you know…what has caused the problems in their lives?”
191 That is the perspective of a still-warm-chocolate mind! Still flexible
to new ways of thinking. Please understand, once the snowball has
grown to a massive size, this terrible illusion of Circumstances is all
the person can see. It has compacted and frozen solid like concrete,
and the person inside will insist that not only do conditions and
circumstances decide everything in life, but there is no way to chisel
free from the concrete reality they are now in.
192 You can talk until you are blue in the face – but, in most cases, you
will not convince them to hold on to a positive vision long enough for
it to manifest in their life.
193 This caught the attention of one girl of twelve earth years who had
never accepted the idea of waiting for wishes to manifest. Always
impatient, she asked pointedly, “Well, why can’t we manifest things
instantly – once we’re good at it? Why do we have to wait?”
194 So, you would have a loud clap of thunder, and your desire
brought to you in a whirlwind? And what about his desires, the
apparition pointed, and hers, his and his? How will you stand up amid
all these tornadoes?
195 “It wouldn’t have to be a whirlwind! It could just appear – like with a
magic wand!”
196 You - who created the earth and the stars – and still you think in
terms of separate realms of the physical and the magical? Have I not
made it clear that everything that is created, is created? There are
not two worlds – there is only One. It is the physical realm that is the
illusion – yet it is the world in which you find yourself, and in which
you must work.
197 It is that you must mature considerably, before you will bring
about your desires – not some unnecessary delay in the Universe’s
timing. Why? Because your deepest thoughts are still on what you do
not have!
198 Pointing to another girl, the figure asked…
199 What would you most like to appear to you?
200 “Um…I would like a lake next to my house!”
201 What is there, presently?
202 “Well…a meadow. Flowers. A field with birds and animals, I guess.”
203 And, if I snapped my fingers and made it so – where would the
birds and animals be?
204 “Gee – under the water, I guess!”
205 Drowning and suffering for your wish.
206 “I didn’t wish that!”
207 Now, if you proceeded slowly – bringing about the clearing of the
land, building of the dam, letting the water fill in – would the animals
stay to be drowned?
208 “Well, no – I think they would move out of the way.”
209 And, so, can you see the wisdom of waiting for the natural
successions to take place, in the physical world, that will bring about
your desire through physical channels? What if you manifested your
lake, the very moment your neighbor’s children had decided to have
a picnic in that meadow?
210 Can you understand that, while this world may be an illusion,
changes in it best come about through the mode of this world. A
sequence or succession of events, that may seem like coincidence, but
end at your desire. This will cause fewer unwanted side effects, will it
not?
211 “Yes!” they all agreed. This example had helped them see clearly that
everyone manifesting their different wishes instantly would cause
complete chaos.
212 “You just mentioned things seeming like coincidence,” brought up a
boy of fifteen earth years. “When I have - I believe - brought things into
my life, people say it was just coincidence. That I didn’t do it. It’s so
frustrating! Sometimes I don’t know what to believe.”
213 Ah, my boy – this is one of the ironies you cannot escape in this life!
Let me try to help you understand, in a way that will deflect any
negativity you have to tolerate.
214 Results, in your life, come from your focus – yes?
215 “Supposedly!” he answered, wryly.
216 Indeed! Well, suppose something you consciously wish for comes
about very rapidly. Why? If it seems like a “coincidence”, it may in
fact be what I will call a confluence of focus.
217 Let me illustrate. You are getting taller. Say your wish was for a
bigger bicycle. You’ve been picturing yourself on your bigger bicycle
only a short time when, out of nowhere, your neighbor asks if you
would like to have his bicycle! Why did this occur? It may have been
that he had been envisioning getting a used car. Another
‘coincidence’ brought about his receiving an old car. This left him
with no further interest in bicycles!
218 The separate focus of the two of you merged into a ‘confluence’ of
movement. It came about quickly, because of a ‘coincidence’ – so the
un-awake will say. Let them say it. You will be too busy looking out
for such confluences of movement to be bothered any longer by
anything thy might say…
219 “Wow, thanks – that does help. I owe you one!”
220 Not at all, my boy. Is that not the very reason I am here? Your
expression, though leads me to a new question for all of you to
ponder…
221 You live your lifetimes in this physical world. How do you get, in
your daily life, the objects that you need? You are a slave to this
body, while in it – are you not? You must feed it, keep it clothed, pay
what society says you must contribute. How will you do this?
222 The realization happened when the children heard the word ‘pay.’
223 “You’re talking about money!” they chorused.
224 Ah, yes – ‘money.’ What is it?
225 “What is it?” the older teens asked. “You know what it is!”
226 I do. But…do you?
227 “Yeah. It’s…you know…paper or coins that represent…”
228 “Represent,” another chimed in, “uh…what you’ve earned. Yeah –
that’s it.”
229 What have you earned?
230 “You know…the right to trade it for a certain amount of something
else…”
231 And how did you acquire this ‘right’?
232 “Well… I guess you would say it is an agreement. An agreement
between everyone that we’ll all recognize it. I don’t know how to say it!”
233 So, what makes you so sure that others will abide by this
‘agreement’?
234 “Well, I guess it’s because they couldn’t make all the things they need,
themselves. So, they have to trade for things, right?”
235 What you are saying then, is that without this money you will do
without that which you need
236 This is why I said that you do not know what money is. You are
placing limitations on what you can and cannot receive, based on this
mortal world’s definition of value. You are not seeing the broader
sense of money, as ‘units of gratitude’. Say a dear friend lends you a
hand, repairing your house. Is that any different than money? No. It
is an exchange, as you said. It can be any exchange, however. This
includes the movement in the sea of energy, in exchange for your
disciplined concentration and envisioning.
237 Listen closely to these words, ‘What things soever ye desire’ have
the conviction that you claim it for yourself, and you shall.
238 Note that it is not ‘some of what you desire,’ but, ‘everything and
anything you desire’. Do not place restrictions on what you can
achieve. The adults in your life may say you cannot receive without
money, but you must know better. It is your actions through the
immutable laws of the universe that bring all that exists in your life.
For better or worse, they are acting. Make it for the better…
239 One of the older girl’s thoughts were still on an earlier point. She had a
parent who had been very ill. “Could we go back to the part about being
timeless? Why do people get old and sick, then?”
240 Because they believe they will. Remember, it is not the words we
say, but what we believe, that brings about results in this life.
241 You may say that you are healthy, but hold thoughts of tension,
strife, and ‘getting older every day’. How, then, can you stay well?
242 People slowly but surely become the image of that which they feel
the most. If you have accepted that you are becoming older and
weaker each day, what else would you become?
243 That is not to say the physical vessel is immortal. Immortality is not
what it is for. However, there is no need to be weak and sick in your
latter days. Accept nothing less than the belief in glowing health, in
your mind – and provide clean materials for your body to replenish
itself – and there is no reason for you not to enjoy lifelong health
244 With that said, I will provide you with a clue as to how to go about
this…
245 From what have we established the created world is made?
246 “The ‘sea of energy’.”
247 Correct. All things emerge from this sea of essence. This happens
because all aspects of this sea can manifest in perfect proportions.
There is no need to measure how much of each material is needed to
create the physical world. Living material will come together in
perfect confluence, to heal or grow, given the availability of all
needed aspects.
248 So, what then, is likely to be the model on which you should base
your health?
249 “Uh…space…?”
250 Try again. That is no longer your sea, as far as your physical body
is concerned. You have the equivalent much closer to home…
251 “Oh, I know! The ocean!”
252 Very good, my dear! Study life in the oceans, and you will find the
physical bodies near ageless. All properties, down to the minute
micro-nutrients, are held in perfect proportions – available at all
times, ready to be made use of by the perfect wisdom of the physical
bodies that live there.
253 Study this, and make use of the knowledge to feed your own
physical bodies. Do this, and your well-being is all but insured.
254 Now, this might be a good time for us to discuss what these
conditions are, that you see your loved ones experiencing. I will
confess to you a secret:
255 Do you know there are no such things as conditions
256 “How can you say that?!” they demanded, incredulously. “We see them
in our lives, all the time.”
257 Ah – but that you see are not conditions. Here is the secret. They
are, in fact, clues. And, as such, they actually serve you. You have
been led to believe it was the other way around, by people of
authority, and so you never questioned it!
258 Now you know the truth. Conditions serve you. If you are serving
them, you have gone astray from the path. Use them as the clues they
are meant to be. What are they trying to tell you?
259 Just like the wisdom taught by nature, the universal laws only
whisper their truths. You must listen carefully, or you will miss the
teaching. So, watch the ‘conditions’ that appear in your life, and
make them serve you!
260 Which of you can give an example of this, from your life?
261 After a period of silence, one boy sheepishly admitted, “Well…I got
into a little bit of trouble at school…”
262 Why?
263 “I’ve been worrying, because we are going to have to move to a new
town. I don’t want to move. I guess I was tapping on my desk, or
something. My teacher said I need to stop ‘disrupting’ the class. I didn’t
even realize I was doing it!”
264 So – in actuality – what were you doing?
265 “I’m not sure, except maybe reaping trouble for negative thoughts?”
266 That is a very good observation. However, I would like you to take
it deeper. Were you not, in fact, revealing your true state to your
classmates?
267 “I guess. Though, I doubt they saw it that way
268 Ah! Only because they do not know what you are about to realize!
Can all of you see how his example makes something clear - that our
thoughts can never be kept a secret?
269 Oh, others may not be able to see what we are thinking at this
moment. BUT – can they not see what we have been thinking?
270 “I get it!” responded several of the group. “They can see what we are
experiencing, and that gives away what we’ve been focusing on!”
271 Precisely! You understand more than you give yourselves credit
for. Begin to observe others, and you will know their thoughts.
Perhaps not their current thoughts, but their predominant thoughts.
272 In the same way, however, the awakening ones will know yours. Be
careful what you are experiencing, as we are seeing your thoughts
naked!
273 The group all giggled at the thought of seeing each other naked in
public – even if it was just their thoughts and minds!
274 So, we have established that these ‘conditions’ are actually clues.
But, how is it they are clues to precisely what you need to attend?
275 Anyone?
276 “Well…” hesitated one of the shyer girls. “It’s pointing you in the right
direction – but I can’t see why…”
277 When you plant a seed, what will spring up from the ground?
278 “A sprout?”
279 What kind of a sprout?
280 She asked, looking around to the others for encouragement, “Well,
whatever kind of seed it was, right?”
281 Correct. Why is that?
282 “What else could it be?!”
283 What else, indeed! Each from its own kind, as it is written. But, did
you know this refers to the law of thought?
284 Blank stares were the affirmation that this was new ground for the
entire audience.
285 If you plant seeds of dissatisfaction, what else could spring forth in
your life but dissatisfaction? Likewise, when the seeds planted
deepest in your mind are those of abundance and joy, what could you
expect to experience?
286 “Abundance and joy!” they chorused – now understanding the lesson.
287 Suddenly, one of the older girls blurted out, “This is driving me crazy!
Why would anyone not want to know this?? It is such good news!”
288 Many of the others concurred, nodding their heads.
289 Patience, my dear! Have you not reached this point in steps,
yourself?
290 Consider that the mind cannot comprehend a completely new
pattern at once. Each piece of the pattern must be laid, like a mosaic,
until the brain can recognize the completed picture.
291 Can you not see why then, when presented with an entirely new
pattern of reality, the un-awake simply cannot receive it? The will
react against it, denying it vehemently.
292 This concept has been taught as parable, since ancient times. The
enlightened one is denied by those who have a concrete picture in
their minds of how the truth had to be revealed. They could not
accept a completely new pattern of immortality, all at once – and
neither will those to whom you try to explain it.
293 ‘The imagination creates reality? Nonsense!’ they will declare.
294 ‘You create the physical world? Blasphemy!’ they will cry.
295 So, save yourself the trouble. Encourage others to simply look for
ways in which like seems to attract like. Perhaps you can help them
lay their first piece of mosaic…
296 Perhaps, at some point, a hint of the truth will flash into their
mind. In fact, these insights into life’s challenges are everyone’s to be
had, in this way. Who has seen this in their life?
297 “I have…I think,” spoke a young man of fourteen earth years. “All of a
sudden just the idea I needed pops into my mind – but I have no idea why
or when it happened.”
298 I would be willing to bet it was always when you had managed,
however fleetingly, to uncoil yourself from daily living.
299 Inspiration is happy to visit, any time she is made to feel welcome.
She is a Grande Dame, however, and likes the stage in your mind all
to herself. The only way to make a suitable place for her, is to bring
complete stillness to your mind – either consciously or unconsciously.
If you think back to when she has visited you, you will no doubt find
that it was in an instant when you had let your mind go ‘blank’.
300 This does not have to be by chance. I will now show you how to
invite this lovely lady into your life more often. There is no part she
cannot improve with her insights. Choices to make, ideas to come up
with – anything for which you need a flash of genius – she is the
answer.
301 So, here is what to do. Do you remember the ‘centered place’ you
practiced arriving at – by focusing on your breathing?
302 “Of course.” “We are using it to relax at night.”
303 Good. Continue to focus on your breathing. But, when in search of
Inspiration, practice in a place other than preparing to sleep. Find a
quiet spot, where you will not be interrupted, and make yourself
comfortable. Focus on the breathing, again, until you are relaxed
304 At this point, however, you will do something new. Try to focus
your mind on the thought of complete calm – complete stillness. It
will not happen immediately, but with practice you will still your
mind sufficiently for Inspiration to make her appearance. It will
happen in a flash! She is there – and then she is gone, leaving her gift
of a breakthrough thought behind.
305 You will be tempted to stay in your comfortable position, and act
on the idea later. May I warn you, this is a mistake. Capture the
thought on paper, immediately – or it may have evaporated when
later you try to retrieve it. Have paper and pen next to you, and you
will not have to get up to make your record. Please heed this advice –
as Inspiration will have no intention of bringing you back the gift a
second time, after you so disrespectfully frittered it away!
306 Do you have any questions?
307 “Well…I know I shouldn’t ask this, but…” brought up a younger girl.
308 Shouldn’t? What does that mean? If you feel it, you must ask it.
309 “Ugh! Okay – here it goes. Can we use Inspiration to…you know…get
things?”
310 Still you are focused on things! Fine. Focus on your things. Do I
have to explain again that material wealth is as a mirage in the
desert? Only when you arrive at it will you realize it was all an
illusion. Just a symbol of that which you were truly seeking – the
trappings of power, that left you powerless.
311 You will then have become as a delusional beggar – grasping at
whiffs of smoke, thinking them the robes of God!
312 Go on with your quest for things. But when you finally find
yourself with a thirst that cannot be quenched, turn and come to
know what you truly are.
313 “I knew I shouldn’t say it!” she cried. “It’s not that I’m not interested in
growing – but I’ve never had nice things. Is it wrong to wish for them?”
314 No, my dear – it is not wrong to wish to experience fine things.
Where you get into danger is if you love the things, not the
experience. Can you keep them separate in your mind, and feel
gratitude for the experiencing – and not the things? Promise me this?
315 “I promise.”
316 Good, because eventually you will learn this lesson. It is up to you
how long you will suffer through not learning it. Inharmonies will
appear to you again, and again, until you finally make use of the
clues, and understand the wisdom they were trying to impart.
317 Another girl joined in. “I have been wondering if we are supposed to
somehow be masters of the world. You know – with this special
knowledge.”
319 You will have mastery over the world only when you realize which
world you are really in. You, yourself are a metaphysical Earth – and
it is yourself over which you must gain dominion.
320 He who holds his thoughts in subjection will be able to know them.
Bt truly knowing them, he can become them. Becoming the highest
thoughts held in your mind makes your life a garden.
321 This life in a beautiful garden adds to the experiences for all of us
to know. You will come to see that this is what you are called to
achieve: mastery over yourself – not others! And in the gaining of
that mastery, a disciplined mind is your most faithful assistant.
322 Another of the boys jumped in with, “I understand disciplining my
mind, to create my images. But, what I’ve had trouble with was
understanding how we were to change our outside – by not changing our
outside. Can you go over that again?”
323 If you knelt at the edge of a placid lake, son, and looked at the
water – would you see your reflection?
324 “Well, yes…”
325 What if you did not like what you saw? If you struck the water
with your hand, to break up the image – would you have changed
how you look?
326 “Of course not!”
327 Indeed. You would have changed only a reflection – not the object,
itself. So, how will you change the world around you? Is it not the
reflection of that which you have recently considered yourself to be?
How then will striking your hand against the world possibly change
your thoughts – the objects being reflected?
328 “It wouldn’t, …would it?”
329 I am afraid not. To change the reflection, you must change the
object. And to do that requires the belief that it is done. Perhaps you
have been falling into the trap of wondering how the change could
come about.
330 Can you not see that trying to figure out how the thing will come
about, by definition, means that you do not truly feel you have
already become it? That you secretly doubt?
331 “And, no thoughts stay secret, right?” several others added.
332 Not if they are held onto. So, you will not achieve your change in
circumstances because of your doubt – and you will see no change in
your life because of your belief!
333 Doubt and Belief, both attacking your wish – one from the front,
and one from the rear. How does the poor desire stand a chance?
334 You must stand up for it, by denying your doubts. Go to your
centered state of tranquility – where you are a blank slate of
potential to be anything, and be born again to that which you desire
to be. Picture it as so. Know with certainty; feel the wave of
gratitude. You must revisit this again, and again, until you truly
learn it. Learn to believe in yourself!
335 Please do not think that I dislike your company. But, there are
deeper levels for you to reach. You cannot cycle around this level,
forever! Grasp the basic truths, and make them second nature. Soon,
you will be ready to step out of this ring – and concentrate on
mastery.
336 As you gone on, remember never to blame a mirror for what it
shows. Nor attach power to things. It is only your belief in the image
of the reflection, or the strength of the things, that gives them reality.
You have then let them rob you of your birthright, and changed
yourself from a temple to a den of thieves.
337 “So, we are to live our whole lives this way?” an older boy asked.
338 Yes.
339 “We will really be creating everything we experience?” one of the
younger girls added.
340 Yes. Everything. So, you might as well become accomplished at it –
had you not?
341 “Well, I’d like to know when I’m going to perfect my envisioning,”
volunteered the older boy. “I know a lot of the others feel the same way.
Is it just a matter of practice?”
342 When will you feel you have mastered envisioning?
343 “I don’t know…When I get the things I hope for?”
344 And when are you supposed to get those things?
345 “Uh…soon after I ask for them – once I’m good at it – right?”
346 How will they come about? …
The Final Key
By Jairus Shiloh
(c) 2006
Observe! My grand creation! Lo, that I could not enter it, myself – to feel
all that the creatures feel, without knowing who I really am. But, why should
I not enter it? Look: there is one who, over the last brief million earth years
has developed a mind that will – in just a few thousand more – have the
mental capacity to gradually awaken a sleeping grandeur within himself. I
could lie down within him, and see how long it took for every last piece of me
to awaken. What fun!
And how many would I divide myself into? Let me see – if it takes an
average of four hundred years, and there is an exponential rate of
appearances – oh, never mind… one blink of an eye to me, regardless.
Now, how to hide myself thoroughly, and yet give out enough clues
that those of me maturing will see the truth…hmmm…Nothing concrete. I
don’t want those still asleep given too much assistance. Visions and
dreams, perhaps? Yes, that’s it! And, a line of succession of
personalities - depicting the awakening, from start to finish. Perfect!
But, will they understand? Yes – eventually – surely I, er, they will. For a
while, perhaps, they will think of the personalities as great, great, great
grandparents. But, that is alright. Those who need to see a man can see a
man. Those who are ready to see a state of consciousness can have that.
We’ll all be back together soon enough!
I can’t wait to feel the sensation of feet walking on grass (those plants –
to make available the energy of the sun and minerals of the earth – brilliant
idea!). Oh, and to swim. What joy! But, before I go, I must set aside some of
me to play the parts of laying out all the clues to follow – very important. No
point having to step out of the play halfway, because no one could find their
way to the final scene!
I’ll go in waves, and be coming back as more of me goes. Fascinating. And,
to walk among my creatures – how wonderful! Oh, how long will it take them
to look inside? Ha-ha! With such a sense of self in that form, it will be quite
a while. What an experience this will be! Here we go…
The gatherers sat around their fire. They gazed into the flames, and felt the warmth
radiate against their skin. Suddenly, they blinked and looked around as the newborn’s
first wail reached their ears. Approaching, and looking into the new face, they saw the
hint of something they’d never seen before.
A certain glimpse of emotion in the child’s eyes. …And then it was gone
Was that how we came to be here? Perhaps. We won’t know until we get back. What
we can say, at this point in man’s development, is that:
Thought molds forces into forms
Life is evolution, experienced in stages, and
Everything represents something
These three observations are as columns, holding up the platform on which the final
key rests. And, what is this key? Like an itinerary for a trip, we should summarize it first
– then give you the specific instructions you need, to get where you are going.
First, the summary:
You will come to understand that everything represents something, in the way of level
of development. That, ‘how much’ of something you see is not all there is of it. Studying
how this is so, you will use the understanding gained to turn your focus inward – and
learn yourself.
You will then use this learning of yourself to align your heart with that of its source,
enjoy the bountiful life that unfolds, and inspire others to do the same. Your life will
speed by so enjoyably, you may be completely surprised when the hour of your
awakening comes. At that time you will receive universal understanding – and know that
you have again become whole.
The final key is to get past the Dark Censor, and embark on this journey. The journey
inward, which may be a long road – but an enjoyable adventure that will, in the end,
bring you home.
Now, what does this mean to the life of a young person? Do you feel restricted,
hemmed in, or like you are being forced into a life you do not desire? Then this third of
our little discussions will bring into focus how to create the life you do desire.
The following is very brief. If you are looking for step by step instructions, you will
not find them. The fact that you were given independence of thought, by definition,
means that you alone must create your own journey. What fun would it be, otherwise?
If you program a robot to create something, has it created? No. But, you are here to be
creative – and so, there is room for you to make choices in the paths you take. It is an
irony that, whichever you choose, they will end up at the same place! The variations on
the travel, though, are yours to decide. These suggestions are to help make the trip more
of a joy, and less of a burden. I hope you find them helpful
Realization
As stated in the introduction, everything represents something, with regard to level of
development. Behind everything there is a core idea. Symbols, allegories and parables are
the clues used to gain better understanding. When you are a child, you can listen to them
as a child. However, once you are evolved enough to embark on the deeper meaning, you
will need more than just their ‘face value’.
Complete guides have been laid out for you, as you quest for this deeper meaning.
There is no need to undertake it alone. Others on the path have deciphered many of the
hidden information of growth, and put it down for all to uncover. They have gone before
you, and left clues to follow. Out of these volumes, we will use but one example, to get
you started.
When studying the meanings of the great teachings, your identification with any
specific religion will be put away. We are speaking of the Universal. For our first
example, in fact, whether or not you have any religious training of any nature matters not.
You would have had to grown up in a cave, to not of ever heard of the twelve disciples of
Jesus of Nazareth. Called, one by one, they joined to hear their master’s teachings – so
that they could teach others, one day.
But, have you ever been told what they stand for? Again, I tell you, everything stands
for something – and how much of something you see is not all of it there is. Get this
solidly into your mind!
Typically, the disciples are discussed in the order they were called. However, for our
purposes we want to put them in the reverse order. Why? Because, in evolution you start
at the bottom, and work your way to the top. The first one called is the last, and the last
one is first. You will see why, in a moment. In the spirit of coming up with a ‘catchy’
name, we will call this our Ladder of Success.
You will read in your later studies how the twelve disciples represent twelve faculties
of the mind, which must be mastered to reach a higher level of development. Let us
discuss this. In the story, the disciples are called in this order: Peter, Andrew, James,
John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James - son of Alphaeus, Thaddeus,
Simon, and Judas. Our trip up the Ladder of Success entails working up the list, in
reverse:
Judas – Most have heard the story of how Judas betrayed his master, then killed
himself. But, what does he mean? Is he just a historical character to be reviled? There is
no deeper learning in that. It’s time to look at it a new way…
Judas represents Ambition, or belief in limits. For you to have more, another must
have less. The journey inward usually starts after the realization of how letting decisions
be made based on what your personality wants, or believes you can’t have, leads to
suffering by yourself, or those you care about. Let this be your first exercise in looking
for the core idea behind outer things. Once you know to look, it won’t take you long to
see examples of people living in this phase, and causing suffering to those around them.
However, without the revealer, there is nothing revealed. The Judas phase is very
important. As we have become convinced of our physical reality, uncomfortable
experiences must be felt, to learn there is a better way. When you can surrender the selfcentered
demands of personality, this Judas commits suicide, and you can develop the
next level – usually:
Simon – Think of the times you have seen someone in the zeal of a new love or belief.
Simon represents Zeal. However, zeal is not always positive…
At one point, Jesus says to the rebel, “Barabus - your zeal blinds you to the Truth.”
Now, again, this Barabus represents something. That something is rebellion. You may
hear it said that this adversarial consciousness has the Devil for a father. Well, the Devil
is Doubt. You can make a strong argument that Doubt is the father of Rebellion. If you
did not doubt that there is spirit within you, you would not rebel! First against that which
you cannot see, and then against that which you can!
Once your newfound zeal has released its initial steam, it settles into the more
constructive capacity of receptivity. Instead of knowing a little, but being certain you
know it all, you will realize it is all awakening within you right on schedule – that it is not
a race, and that you are not in a competition. This receptivity allows you to develop the
next facet you must master:
Thaddeus – This is the faculty of Elimination or removal. To make further gains, you
must refine your ability to let go of (or eliminate) all those things that no longer serve
your purposes. People, by nature, do not want to let go of things – but this is necessary to
make room for the new. How hard it is to give up that which you are familiar with! Even
if it is painful, it is yours – and you don’t want it to go away! However, you must find a
way to become comfortable with letting go of the old, and welcoming the new. You
might try picturing yourself sitting at the base of a waterfall. As the water cascades over
you, it washes away all that no longer serves you. Washed clean of these limitations, you
have room to evolve further to:
James, son of Alphaeus – This James represents the quality of Order. You will not be
able to progress further, until you have developed the ability to keep order in your mind.
Scattered and mixed thoughts will not allow you to evolve. They keep you searching in
all different directions – looking for reasons outside yourself. This only causes confusion.
Once those thoughts are kept orderly, they will naturally pull you toward a more inwardly
focused, spiritual life. This happens at:
Matthew – Matthew was a tax collector, but gave that up to join with the others. This
is the clue to what he represents – the Will, in your development. Before being mastered
the will focuses on personal accumulation (This is pictured for you as ‘tax collecting’.
Are you seeing how every label has deeper meaning?). If you can get your will to give up
that focus, and concentrate on spiritual growth, it becomes a very stabilizing force. You
need a firm base to build on, and once your will is stable and working for you, you can
move up to:
Thomas – The ability to use what is typically referred to as Reason. Having taken the
will’s biased views out of the picture, your mind has the ability to see what is truly there -
and not what your will may have told you was there. Most people walk around every day,
only seeing what they have convinced themselves is so. True clarity must be achieved,
before you can make full use of the next level:
Bartholomew – The mastery of believing something exists, before you can see it. You
should be well familiar with it by now – Imagination! If you have struggled with your
imaginings, you are learning how to evolve up the scale to be able to put them fully to
use.
In the story, it is said Jesus knew this man was present – before he could see him.
Now you know what this implies. To use your imagination properly, you must know the
result is true, before you experience it. Anything you believe can be formed into solidity
can be so. The only one you have to convince is yourself. This ability gives you:
Philip – The Power and self-discipline to hold on to the Bartholomew imagination,
until it becomes manifest in your life. Additionally, this self-discipline is the realization
that power is mastery over yourself – not others! Many are the ways the world has
suffered under the hand of one who has developed the power, without the realization.
Keep your seeking turned inward. This will show you the way. Once this self-mastery is
achieved one can act as:
John – or, Love and Good in action. At this point, you realize that not only do you
have only yourself to master; but, that all others are your equal (your brothers, if you
like), and that there is no separation between you and them. It is after the loss of this
separation from others that you can look upon all others with love. There are no ‘others,’
after all. We are all one. When you come to see everyone in this light, it is a short jump
to:
James – who stands for Justice, or disciplined judgment. Once you realize we are all
one, you have developed the ability to ‘judge others as you would be judged’. This is not
just a quaint saying, but literally true. In addition, mastery at the level of James gives you
the discipline to not allow anything but the truth slip past your judgment. The ability to
have nothing but the truth pass your judgment grants you:
Andrew – or, Courage of conviction. This is the courage that only comes from true
strength of character. You will not have this courage, until you have mastery over judging
the truth or fallacy of whatever is in front of you. Your solid conviction that you are on
the path of Truth leads you finally to:
Peter – or, true Faith. Unshakeable as a rock. Though pure and simple, it cannot be
moved by the most trying of demands. This faith is summed up by the word certainty.
Life becomes very easy, with certainty. It leaves no room for self-sabotage. Once
achieved, this pure Faith is the one who is next to what the master, himself, represents –
spiritual perfection. This is your final destination. Where you become whole, again.
Our Ladder of Success is a useful example of the stages of growth. There are many
others from which to learn. And, learn you will! But, between stages of growth, you will
have to align your mind to your new position…
Alignment
There are only two words you need to know, to understand alignment. That is not to
say it will be easy for you to accomplish! Sometimes the simplest things can be the most
challenging. The two words are these: Faith and Inspiration.
We spoke of them in the Second Level, if you recall. And, above, we mentioned the
certainty involved with Faith. Be comfortable with allowing each level to settle in and
become natural to you. Never try to force growth. It simply will not work! This feeling of
naturalness you will become familiar with, and will soon be able to tell when you are
poised for another period of growth. That is alignment.
As to inspiration – what is there to say? Something will inspire you. If you have to
search the ends of the earth, find it. You are one with everyone, and yet unique. This is
fascinating, is it not? How are you different from everyone around you? What might you
do to bring a refreshing new way of looking at some part of our world?
Keep looking. Once you find it, you are well on your way to…
Victory
The first two aspects prepare you for the last. The hardest to achieve, for any child
born on Earth. This is not a victory over anyone else. It is mastery of yourself. Who
stands in your way of this mastery? The Dark Censor.
Who is the Dark Censor? It is the one inside you who says, “I can’t, because…”.
Where did it come from? Everyone and everything around you, your whole childhood,
that told you how life is limited.
All of your life you have been told by people who and what they think you are. I do
not care what they have said. I am here to tell you what you are going to become. You
will awaken in stages, pause to assimilate, and embark again. You will become perfect,
again, because from perfection you are made.
All around you, in the sky, are gold sparks you do not see. You do not see, because
you do not know to look. It is that from which everything that is made is made. Sunlight
reflects off of it; and one day you will see it for yourself. What is it? Little bursts of the
formless, before it forms.
From this your entire life will be created. You will tire of manifesting specific things.
Of this, I assure you. But, just the certainty of where you are going will bring you a life of
discovery and joy. Play with it. Remind yourself every morning. Say, “Today, I will
play.” Forgive those who expect you to behave a certain way, just because everyone else
does. They are still asleep. Just smile, and know that one day they will join you!
Does this mean you will never have challenges? No. Do wolves not prey on the sick of
a herd, leaving the healthy members? Storms down diseased trees, leaving room for the
strong to grow? In the same way, any trial you face will force you to admit to the things
and actions that are no longer contributing to your growth. Go back to your waterfall, and
wash away this debris. Come out renewed, and ready to continue to play. The journey is
yours, and we are waiting for you to join in the celebration.
Consider the following thoughts well: Always continue to learn. Always share what
you learn with those who desire to know. Balance your action with stillness. Look around
you, now, and see that your character has revealed itself in the clothes of your world. Do
you like what you see? If not, change it.
How? Law is law. Freedom is being able to use the law to further your growth.
Whatever it is you see around you, that you wish to change, know that it is actually
within yourself – and so only by changing yourself will you find happiness. Remember
that whatever you would complain about in others, an aspect of is lurking within you.
Conquer it, or the pent up energy will destroy the vessel you are in.
If the universal is infinite, it cannot be divided. If it could be divided, it would not be
infinite. Therefore, none of us is ever separated. You touch everyone, and everyone
touches you.
Look to nature for clues of ways around the Dark Censor. Again, you have only
yourself to convince. Study names, study dreams, fear your wish – if it will make it more
real. Remember the journey is within, not without. And nothing else can come close.
Now, add to this list of observations with ones of your own. Jot them down, before
you forget them. Look back at them later, and you will see your growth, right there on
paper! Get started today. Let me know how you are doing. Look at each thing you pass,
with your new vision – and ask yourself, “What does this really mean?”…

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