FREDOM 11

AUTHENTICITY---FREEDOM 11 

p. 94-103

GREAT TO BE BACK

I found that there were a lot of words tonight and for me, at least in these days, sometimes words will get in the way of my understanding. My old method of understanding would be reflected in the attempt to understand exactly what each word meant and to have some sort of intellectual concept to grab ahold of that would say to me and the world, “I've got it!” I would then be satisfied and would move onto the next concept. (“Well, that’s done; what’s next?”)

What I am realizing more and more is that this teaching and really all spiritual teachings are not about “getting it” so much but are about experiencing it, and the experience sometimes still leaves us with a sense of Mystery or a sense that we are in an experience whose description or definition is beyond words.

So the questions come to my mind quite often, “How comfortable am I living in mystery? How willing am I to go beyond the confines of my intellect into a space of mystery and wonder that sometimes does not always feel safe.?

“Behold, I make all things new,” claims the Christ in the Book of Revelations. Openness to a shift in consciousness comes about when we very simply ask the question, “How can I hold this differently? How can I relate to the circumstances of this life experience in another way? How can I hold this person, this situation In a way that is healing, in a way that is graceful, in a way that does no harm ? 

“The True Self will render anything new. So you accept that it’s a television, but the True Self receives it in a new way, in a new agreement, to be in relationship to it. So much of what you see was claimed for you that you are in agreement to what you see without even understanding why it was made. There is nothing that was created in form that was not created without intention, and the intention that has made anything into form is present in it now. Every chair bears the memory of the first rock that was ever sat upon for comfort. Every tree bears the memory of the seed that grew it and planted the field of trees thousands of years ago. Every human being still holds the DNA or the memory and idealization of its first ancestor.”

In other words, we are all living with the meaning we have given certain forms or the material objects in our lives, and most of the time without thinking. We never question the meaning we have been given. Now we realize this is quite difficult to do which material objects--a tree certainly seems to be a tree what else could it be?

But instead of trying to make this whole thing more difficult or confusing it might be helpful to move into realms beyond the physical. For instance, each one of us has given a meaning to many objects in our lives and that meaning goes beyond their physical form. We might call some of these mementos or keepsakes. So the program I have a play that my daughter acted in 30 or 40 years ago has quite a different meaning for me than might have for someone else who simply comes across this as a scrap of paper. It is a scrap of paper but I have put my own meaning  upon it.

Now I know there have been times in my life when I have been cleaning out my stuff and I will probably continue to do this, and I come across a physical object, it could be a book that has been signed by somebody, or a prayer card from the funeral of a friend, or a ticket stub or yearbook, or something else of the same sort . I realize that in years past I would have had a difficult time letting go of this thing because of the meaning I gave it, but then I realized today that somehow or another I have absorbed or integrated the energy around this object. The memory of my daughter in the play is still there, the experience of love and a pride is still there, in fact, it always was. I realize I do not need a material object to remind me of that experience, the experience is alive within me, and so this old program, as we are using as an example, is no longer necessary for me to hold onto. I no longer need a material object to remind me of the experience. Please recognize this is a simple example but can be applied to many other circumstances.

Time and again we are encouraged to open ourselves to the possibility. We have spoken of this in other books similar to this one, but we will remind you again as you are working with these levels of consciousness what we sometimes referred to as your small self or enlightened self or Divine self that there is growth and balance occurring on all levels of your being.

Although the personality self cannot become the Divine self, it can open itself to be sanctified, to be made holy. It does that by opening itself up to the possibility of growth and evolution and transformation and by opening this door, the realization or the revelation of the Divine truth comes through. So we can push the personality self to this highest vibration of openness, to possibility, and then with little or no resistance the energy of the Divine self, the higher self, moves us to a deeper level of understanding 

“When you begin to bypass rules and claims made for you, you often encounter resistance. “Who are you to say such a thing? Such a thing cannot be so.” And it may not be so in this dimensional reality, but it is certainly true in potential. Underline this. In potential all things are possible. In potential all things may be claimed. But unless you attend to anything in its potential, it cannot be realized or known.

“Humanity cannot become the Christ” is a claim of the small self, perhaps the claim of a church, or a heretical claim made by some who would deny the authorities that came before them. The Divine as what you are is not in the least bit a heretical teaching. “All is holy” is the fundamental reasoning to support that claim. “All is holy,” including the bodies you’ve taken. But as the body begins to realign to a higher degree of manifestation, which means resonance in octave, it must announce the new at the cost of the old.”

>>>>“to realize itself as the who and the what that you have always been at this level of agreement. And its assumption of the soul as a being of light, or as an expression of God, is its action, lifetime after lifetime, and then beyond that as well.”

Love or God or whatever you want to call the continuing force of creation is never static. It is a continuing or evolving thing. The personality self yearns for this trip to be over. “When can I be done with this work so I can sit in a hammock and sip lemonade?”

The Divine self Revels in the growth and expansion of it all.

I could really identify with that sense of not wanting to be here, wanting to be finished, wanting it to be over. “Can I get done with this please.” It was interesting to become aware that this particular mindset of pushing to the finish line or wanting something to be over was not as loud or insistent as it used to be in my life. It's certainly still there sometimes but I have also begun to recognize that it is not my true voice speaking. It is the voice of fear or anger or not enough notice or limitation or separation and I know on the deepest level of my being that is not who I am.

The stuff of my life for the meaning I have given things does not necessarily disappear but it begins to become rather irrelevant 

(As I was reviewing this I also recalled that marvelous song from Jesus Cjrist Superstar--in which Mary Magdalene plaintively sings “Could we start again, Please. And I was reminded spiritually we can always start over).

“In the higher octave, as you align to it, you still have a body and a reality to attend to, and if you are given a nasty look, we promise you, you won’t care. You know better. You know who you are. Becoming the Divine Self does not mean everybody gets to behave as you want them to, nor does it mean that you will not be learning as you progress. We promise you, you will be.”

It is still quite easy even in the midst of my spiritual thinking to become somehow lost in my own sense of individuality. where is the journey entails me dealing with not only the lessons I have chosen to learn in my own unique way but also that I am a part of many many communities groups who are also learning collectively. I could look at that in terms of family my country my planet and even further than that. there is all of this going on on many many many levels .

Another concept that is flowing through all of these books which is similar to the sense of opening ourselves up to the possibility is becoming aware of our willingness and Our intention which I guess might be a way of describing our opening up she's a possibility. my willingness in my intention a kind of a bridge between my personality self and divine self everything about me can participate in my willingness in my intention and like all other aspects of creation it will continue to evolve 

“When you decide that being free means you can claim things that you were not allowed to claim in vibration, that you will not be claimed by that which is not in truth, you move to a new identification as the one who knows who he is. The idealization that we offer you here—“I know who I am in freedom”—is the potential that may be claimed by any and all of you, but in potential first. It’s not so in your experiential reality yet, but it is true in your experience as a True Self. We will explain this for you. Because at the true level of the Divine Self you are free, it is always true, and aligning to its announcement claims the being you are in its intention—to be free. And as it realigns you and informs your world, your world is transformed to reflect the truth that you have announced. Then there are no prisons except the ones you build for yourselves. The only dark rooms there are, are the ones you go to rest in. There is no fear, but there is wisdom in its place. It may not be a wise thing to go for a dip in the pool with the alligators rushing around. There is no fear of alligators. It is just not so wise to have a ”“swim with them. Do you understand the difference?”

Scott Peck in The Road Less Traveled suggested “Then once we accept pain is  pain it's no longer pain anymore; it's simply part of the process.” That is also true in our spiritual teaching. What the book is calling “heavy lifting” is a label that the personality self might use to describe the difficulty in moving to a higher vibration, whereas the truth is, you don't have to get to a higher vibration or create a higher vibration, you simply need to allow yourself to be embraced by it.

That is an image I keep coming back to me-- instead of embracing my Divine Self ,I allow myself to be embraced by my Divine self,  and sometimes all that takes is a breath of fresh air.

Peace