FREEDOM 14

P. 124-129

We are so much more than we could ever imagine. 

“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” Eph 3:20

Unfortunately, the translations of scripture seem to support the idea of separateness. We realize in our work together that when mention is made of God or the Divine, we are referring to the Divine Nature within each one of us. It is not separate from Who We Are- it is Who We Are.

It is probably very easy to see how this sense of separateness from the Divine permeates the very nature of our being as we have been taught. A major aspect of the lessons we are learning here is to go beyond the language, the thought, the idea, the belief of separation.

“Once you attend to the language we use in realization, the claims we make for you that you speak on our behalf for your own well-being are known by you in a much deeper way. The claim “I am here,” the Divine Self in purview, may be uttered in a castaway fashion. It may be uttered in truth. When it is uttered in realization, it becomes the memory that will solve all your problems, because all your problems, we suggest, are the result of misidentification with who and what you think you are. The I Am self, the one who is here, the one who is free, the one who knows her name, has come as you to bring forth the value of her expression, his essence, to support a world in change.”

There is a section of that paragraph above that expresses the heart of this work:

“The claim “I am here,” the Divine Self in purview, may be uttered in a castaway fashion. It may be uttered in truth. When it is uttered in realization, it becomes the memory that will solve all your problems, because all your problems, we suggest, are the result of misidentification with who and what you think you are.”

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“Now we would like you to imagine that this aspect of you, the True Self as you, is in fact boundless. He has no edges, she holds no limitations, and her awareness of herself in a small way is no more challenging to her than her awareness of herself in a vast way. Imagine that the light you are, the Divine Self that you are, is now expanding and increasing in value and vibration. As you expand, everything that you encounter and is known by you is known by you in truth. You are the one who is free and, consequently, has the right to announce herself “before all she sees to claim the liberation that is inherent in the divinity of all matter.”

The only way we can truly resonate with that one is through experience. We can do all sorts of work and study around that Truth and yet it is only the experience of knowing you are greater than anything your intellect can grasp that affirms the truth for us.

Now, as usual, that is going to seem overpowering to the personality self, but we are not attempting to teach the personality self that it is Divine. Although the personality self, since it is a part of creation, is imbued with the essence of vinity that is not its nature. Its nature is to be grounded in matter and to be an expression of limitation rather than infinity.

It is only the Divine self that knows the Divine self and the Divine self already knows its truth. So here we are again on the edge of paradox, identifying ourselves with that aspect of self which A Course in Miracles calls “the decider” or that some on the spiritual path might refer to as the “Observer consciousness” or the Witness. It is that aspect of self from which the decision comes of who or what it is we choose to identify with. Whether we realize it or not we make this choice every moment of our lives.

Again, the personality or the small self tends to make this whole process quite difficult, but as we have learned before being in your Divine wisdom is not necessarily connected with drama. It can be as simple as recognizing that you are at peace; it can be as simple as that wonderful example from Thic Nyat Han of washing the dishes and imagining that each dish is a little baby Buddha. It can be as simple as walking outdoors, appreciating the freshness of the air, the sunshine, the crinkle of the leaves under your feet, the smile of a stranger, the laughter of a child.

“On this day I choose to be remembered as my True Self in service to the world before me. On this day I choose to give permission to my Divine Self to be in expansion and in song for the awakening of humanity to claim itself in unity with its Source. As I say yes, I say yes to all I encounter, yes to all I see, yes to all that may be known, yes to all that may be claimed in the highest octave I am available to be in broadcast with. I know who I am in truth. I know what I am in truth. I know how I serve in truth. I am free. I am free. I am free.”

In this work we do together it is very possible to know that the personality self, the ego consciousness, by its very nature lives in linear time and also to know that there is awareness and aspect of self the lives beyond the limitation of linear time. That does not have to be difficult or confusing. It would be as if you were teaching a child to read, and what you might do is to put yourself on their level of understanding--all the alphabets and words and pronunciation and teach from that awareness, but also knowing, at the same time, that you have a much larger or broader perspective. Your method of teaching does not have to interfere or contradict what you are already aware of. An interesting aside to that is that you would not expect a child who is first learning to read to pick up a copy of War and Peace and to understand it. (Again, that is not a judgment, simply an awareness. 

I recall hearing a story about a child talking to one of his parents and the child related it to told the story this way: Pretend that you're in a forest and all of a sudden a wild animal comes out of the trees and starts chasing you and you run and you run and you run and you come to the edge of a cliff and you look down and there are rocks and alligators down there and you know if you jump off the cliff you're going to get eaten but if you stay where you are you are going to be eating too. What are you going to do?”

And the parent thought and thought and  was completely flummoxed. “If I stay I'm going to be eating if I jump I'm going to be eaten.” He could see no way out.

So he turned to the child and said, “What would you do?” and she said,  “I would stop pretending.” 

“Stop pretending you are not who you are. Stop lying to yourselves and saying you are your pain, you are your suffering, you are your fear. Stop saying to yourself that you have no right to claim the Kingdom. That is a claim of fear. We are saying this for you now, wherever you are, whoever you are, whatever you think you have done or could be accused of. Whatever you have named yourself as in limitation, we say this to you. We will not agree to you anymore at the level of fear. We will not support you anymore in acquiring more fear. We will not say yes to it. And we say this in love. We know who you are, even when you deny it, and we will not agree to the shame, the blistering fear, the condemnation of your fellows that humanity has wrought, because the price you pay for this is far too great. You are deeply loved. The one you would find the most horrible on this plane is deeply loved. We suggest this to you. The Divine as you is here, is here, is here, and must be sung.”

I have not been able to track down the origins of this prayer but I remember learning it years ago as I began my metaphysical studies. It is simply this:

I am whole; I am filled with light. I am perfect; I am filled with light. I am surrounded by the Pure White Light of Christ. Nothing but good shall come to me, nothing but good shall flow from me. I give thanks; I give thanks; I give thanks.

Even fear can be loved and transformed. Fear is simply an over identification with the limited personality self. The personality or the ego is simply doing what personalities and egos do. When I recognize that, I allow myself to rise above the struggle. I begin to  notice even those aspects of self that live in limitation are performing their role perfectly. 

Yes, we are your teachers and we are your teachers because you have asked us to be so for you, but we do not give you something you don't have already. We hope to lead out of you what already exists.  (the real meaning of “education” is to “lead out of.”)

If we can use an example, which by the way is it is a is not a ‘perfect’ example. There are no perfect metaphors, so please do not argue with this one but let it teach you what it can. 

Suppose you are a child learning to walk. We can hold your hand; we can let you find your balance; we can help you up if you fall, but the learning is yours. We cannot learn that for you. 

Now in some ways you already know how to walk and to balance, but at the same time you must teach your muscles and your muscle memory how to be able to put that knowing into practice. There is no judgement involved here. There is no “better than or worse than.” And you will learn to walk or you will learn to teach yourself to walk in your own unique way.

We ended on this note concerning absolution and confession, and we realize that those words carry with them some very old and mistaken notions. Confession also means “expression”--expression or acknowledgment of realizing I have “missed the mark.”  So it is bringing into consciousness any thought or idea or pattern of behavior that is interfering with me acknowledging the truth of who I am. Now we understand that some of that awareness might be painful, but it is only painful if it is kept hidden. It is like a pebble in your shoe, once you take it out of your shoe it's still a pebble but it's no longer causing you pain or discomfort. It is like an irritating grain of sand to an oyster, but which eventually turns into a pearl. Absolution is simply the washing clear of any leftover bits and pieces a shame, blame or guilt that might remain after the expression or confession is made.

We recognize this is not necessarily a one shot deal. Because you have learned in lower vibration over and over and over again, there are times with certain incidents in your life, or certain memories or experiences, that they might need to be visited more than once to be expressed to be absolved and to be healed. Again this is not a judgment, it is simply the awareness that some wounds need more attention than others.

We cannot ignore our supposed woundedness. In the long run, we might realize it is an illusion, but sometimes we will only realize that after the healing has taken place. 

We leave you this now in love and peace and gratitude

Thank you; thank you; thank you