Channeling from Raj

Random quote: RIGHT NOW YOU'RE CONFRONTED WITH REALITY. NO MATTER HOW YOU ARE PERCEIVING IT, YOU ARE CONFRONTED WITH REALITY, YOU'RE CONFRONTED WITH THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE FOR YOU TO BE EXPERIENCING.~~Raj - (Added by: amena) Brain is not Mind. (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health) June 15, 2008 ©NWFFACIM PAUL. Okay. I want to thank everyone for being patient while Chris worked out some technical problems so that We could successfully broadcast tonight. And so, before we have our quiet time, let’s go ahead and get on the same page. If you're in the Sparkly Book, it’s page 332, a new section entitled: Perception Without Deceit. If you're in Second Edition, it’s page 287, the new section is entitled: Sharing Perception With The Holy Spirit. If you're in the First Edition, it’s page 266. Again, the new section: Sharing Perception With The Holy Spirit. If You’re reading from the JCIM, it’s page 139, the new section: Perception Without Deceit. And, if You are in the CIMS edition, it’s page 279, Perception Without Deceit. Okay. Let’s take a few moments to be quiet together. Quiet Time RAJ. Okay. Good evening. … … And welcome to every One who’s joining Us on the Internet. … A new section: … Perception Without Deceit. … … Let’s … let’s remember what a miracle is. … A miracle is … a sudden shift … of perception. … We could say … it’s a shift of perception from … perception with deceit to … perception without deceit. … And to flesh it out a little bit more, it’s a shift from the orphan mentality – second gear – to That Which is nothing more than Your Right Mind – which is the Holy Spirit – which is first gear – which is You experiencing Realty through God’s eyes, as God is Experiencing It. … Now, … has it ever occurred to You that every single moment is … the perfect opportunity for … a miracle. … Every single moment is a perfect opportunity to wake up. … Oh, but You say: ‘Oh, I’m in a state of emergency. There was just a car accident. This is not (small laugh) an opportune time to Wake Up. There are things to be taken care of. Uh, … uh … This is a- I can’t give My attention to a sudden shift of perception! Come on! … You see? This is not … the perfect moment for a sudden shift of perception.’ … And what You’re saying is: ‘My mindset will not allow for Me to see this … as a perfect moment for a miracle – a perfect moment for a sudden shift of perception.’ And yet, what mor- what better time for a miracle, than when a miracle is needed. … What better time … than when there is … a call for healing? Oh, You see, You’re not – for lack of better words – conditioned in Your mind to respond to needs with a- a clear call for clarity in Your mind. … You’re conditioned to react. … You’re conditioned to be alarmed, … and feel the alarm, and use the alarm to motivate You to … get busy and fix things up! … … Not … not one of the times when You would naturally think to ask the Holy Spirit: ‘What’s going on here? What is really going on here? What is God’s Truth right here? … … You’re not inclined … to have something come to Your attention – let’s say as You’re driving along and You see a dead animal in the road – You’re not- You’re not conditioned or primed to (finger snap) instantaneously say: ‘That’s a lie! … That is not God’s Truth. I don’t accept it.’ No, You say: ‘Oh boy, these damn drivers! They can’t- They can’t stop for a minute to … to let a simple little critter get across the street. They just … gotta go, go, go, and kill, kill, kill. I have the right to sit here in this car and react and be mad because it’s unfair!’ Well, hell! If it’s so unfair, heal it … by using Your mind, … in its healing capacity. Use Your mind to immediately reach to the Holy Spirit: ‘What is the healing Truth … that needs to be known here? … Help Me see this critter … not exhibiting … something that God could not have created, … and a condition that God could not possibly be manifesting, right there where I see it.’ … … Again, … what better time … for a miracle … than when a miracle is needed. … Any moment … is a perfect time for a sudden shift of perception. Yeah, I know, You’re eating dinner. The whole family’s there. It’s been a … hard day for both You and Your wife at work. The kids are tired and cranky. It was a … busy day at school, and They had baseball and piano lessons and everybody’s at each other’s throats. And it’s not a pleasant time. You know, this is not the best time. This is not the perfect time for Me to have a sudden shift of perception, … because I’m upset, along with everybody else. And We all have a right to be upset. … Let Us get it out of Our system. We have a right to do that.’ Yeah. … Well, … yeah. You can do that. But You have missed what … nevertheless is a perfect opportunity for a sudden shift of perception. … … You know, … … You’re never faced with … complicated circumstances. You’re always faced with one of two things: the Experience of Truth … or the experience of illusion. … … No matter how it’s fleshed out, … You’re either faced with the Experience of Truth, or the experience of illusion. And the experience of illusion is simple the distorted perception of Truth, because You have nothing else available to You, to be experience but Truth – see clearly, or seen through a glass darkly. … … … What I want to convey tonight is … how simple it is – how uncomplicated it is … that … that a sudden shift of perception is not one of an infilling of grand and complicated and … … … drawn out … improvement of Your mind. … It’s simply a shift … from a distorted perception … to a real perception; like … holding Your camera up, and adjusting the focus. You’re either seeing Reality out of focus, or You’re seeing It in focus. … It doesn’t matter … … what the scenario is. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a war. It doesn’t matter if there’s gunfighting going on. It doesn’t matter if people are beating each other up. It … it doesn’t matter! … Because You’re either seeing Reality … out of focus or in focus. And the call is not for improving … the circumstances, but … by improving the focus. …That’s why any moment … is a perfect moment for a sudden shift of perception. Any moment is a perfect moment for bringing things into focus. … 11:20:5 Another way of putting it is that any moment is a perfect moment to abandon second gear. … To abandon autonomous, private authority … and yield to … Your desire … to feel … Your Sonship or Your Daughtership with Your Father … and Your Brotherhood with Your Brothers and Sisters; … and choose to see Every Thing consciously – consciously choose to see Every Thing … as Your Father sees It – as Your Father is Be-ing It. … … Mind You, when You’re looking through the camera, and Every Thing is out of focus, it doesn’t mean that what You’re seeing is false. It doesn’t mean that what You’re seeing is an illusion, even though You can’t make sense out of it. It’s just Reality – Truth You might say – out of focus. Turn the lens. Bring it into focus. Now Every Thing makes sense. … A shift of perception … has occurred. Not a shift of Reality, and … and not actually an undoing of unreality, because unreality was never going on. It was already- It was always Reality, misperceived. It was always … perception … with deceit. Now, … why suddenly bring in such a word as deceit? Because it- it implies dishonesty, but it- it- We- We’re using the word because … it is important to be honest, (small laugh) and uncover when You are being dishonest, so that You’re not fooled. … There is deceit when You’re looking at Every Thing and saying: ‘But Father, I’d rather see it My way.’ In other words, ‘I’d … I’d rather change the setting on the lens, so that what’s perfectly c- clear becomes … unclear, … and susceptible to misinterpretation, so that I can apply an interpretation, which is actually a misinterpretation, to it, and join with My Brothers and Sisters in a mutual misunderstanding of it, that We’re gonna call- that We’re going to call … … an explanation of the reality of everything. And it will be called science. … … And We will live according to the precepts of science. … … … We will live according to the definition that has been given to … a distorted image of What’s Real. And what It Really Is will forever escape Us because of Our commitment to the definition We’re giving It. And so We’re going to say It’s this, when It isn’t, and that … is where the deceit comes in. You see? We are going to pretend … that It’s not the Presence of God, that It’s something else. It’s the presence of matter. The presence of matter than came from a big bang that had nothing to do with God, and on and on and on. … So, … … when You shift from the authority You love to think You have – as an orphan – as an independent agent – when You shift from that … to an attitude of saying: ‘Father, what- what are You really Be-ing here? Father, what … what is … what does- what is … Show Me what this Thing Really is.’ … … … When You make that shift, You abandon Your desire … to practice deceit. … … And, … You have what’s called a sudden shift of perception – a miracle. Healing, injuries from an accident gone. Someone dying in a hospital bed, revived fully, instantaneously; immediately free of the need of life-support systems. … … Every One of You needs to … begin to think – I’m going to say that – cautiously. Every One of You needs to begin to think in a new way. … Every One of You needs to … begin to condition Yourself … to respond to emergencies – not with reaction first, … but with an immediate call to the Father; … an immediate call to Your innate Divine Wisdom; an immediate call to the Holy Spirit – Which is nothing more than Your Right Mind – to reveal to You what’s really going on, with an expectation of seeing the illusion … out-of-focus fuzziness – shifting into perfect clarity, where there’s no question whatsoever about What … It Is. And no room for Any One to come to a misperception or a misunderstanding of What It Is. An Experience of It which – because It’s the True Experience of It – is so compelling to You … that You would not choose to see It any other way, any longer. … And when that happens, there will be instantaneous healing. … There may even be gradual healing. We’re not going to quibble. The evidence will be healing. But it can be instantaneous. And You can learn to instantaneously respond to a call for Love with a desire to know what Love is, and what Love … needs to be expressed as by You – in that moment, instead of … reacting … and being governed by fear, which is the opposite of Love. … … So, going into the book: “What do you want? Light or darkness, … Knowledge … or ignorance are yours, … but not both.” Again: “What do You want? Light or darkness, Knowledge or ignorance are yours, but not both. Opposites must be brought together, and not kept apart.” … We could say: What do You want? First gear or second gear? Sonship or orphanhood. … They’re Yours, but not both. You either have one or the other. You have One or the other, right now, already! … They’re aren’t any other choices. So You have One or the other right now. But the question is: “”What do You want? … Light or darkness, Knowledge or ignor- ignorance are Yours,” – and I’m adding: first gear or second gear is Yours; Sonship or … orphanhood is Yours, but not both. “Opposites must be brought together, and not kept apart. For their separation is only in your mind, and they are reconciled by Union as You are.” – Now what in the heck does that mean? They’re “reconciled by Union, as You are.” Well, Waking Up is shifting from … a sense of Your having Your own mind; something that You say is in Your skull, and a hunk of meat, called a brain. … … … … Unknown to You because things that are kept apart cannot be had at the same time – cannot be experienced at the same time – unbeknownst to You – as You’re making this claim of a … mind that’s in a skull, in a brain … – You – the Divine One That You Are – that You’ve been unconscious of … and Your Mind – Your Right Mind – which is the only Real Mind there is – Which is Yours – isn’t being experienced by You. … But It’s there. And as You know now, It’s called the Holy Spirit. It’s Your Identity. It’s Your Be-ing, held in trust while You imaginatively play with the ego – dally with the ego – pretend to be an ego – have fun being scared to death by the experience of being an ego. And so on and so on. Okay. Now, … Someone has come along. The Course has come along. I’ve come along, … and You’ve been told that – contrary to Your beliefs that Your mind is in Your brain, and that it’s a physical thing – there was a Real You – One that isn’t imagined. One that can’t be described the way You’re describing Yourself. … And, … the Experience of It can be achieved – or taken hold of – the Experience can be had, by desiring to … connect with God; by embracing with What to You in the beginning is an idea … of God. But in Your willingness to … reach for the Experience of God … what are You doing? You’re abandoning the autonomy of second gear. You’re abandoning the commitment … to being an independent agent. You are bringing the illusion to Truth. … You are uniting what seemed to be separate by bringing them together. The puny little orphan that You thought You were … has begun to change its goal … … and brings itself – by virtue of desire to an Experience of Joining, … with Something You didn’t even know was there. You didn’t know what Truth was. … And You didn’t know how to bring Yourself to It. But now You are beginning to understand, and beginning to have a feel for engaging in this … well, what had been an unknown practice, … even an unknowable practice, … because Your orphanhood was so exclusive that it didn’t … allow such a thing. So, … “Opposites must be brought together, and not kept apart.” What You think You are … must be brought to … What You actually Are! … … “Opposites must be brought together, and not kept apart, for their separation is only in your mind, and they are reconciled by union as You are.” … You are reconciled by the uniting of who You thought You were with Who You Really Are. “In union, everything that is not real must disappear, for Truth is Union.” In other words, Truth is Union. Union is the Truth of Be-ing, and therefore, … disintegration – the opposite of Union – has to disappear, … because it’s not Truth. And in the Experience of Truth it becomes obvious. Untruth becomes obvious. ‘Gee whiz. I always thought two times two was five. … And now You come along and … You show Me two apples and two apples. Two times two is what? One, two, three, four. My God. … It isn’t five!’ … Ignorance has been replaced by the comprehension of Truth. … And never again, … will You think that two times two is five. … 28:38:5 “As darkness disappears in Light, so ignorance fades away when knowledge dawns. Perception is the medium by which ignorance is brought to knowledge. Yet the perception must be without deceit, for otherwise … it becomes the messenger of ignorance rather than a helper … in the search for Truth.” … Okay. Eventually, You’re not going to perceive anything at all, any longer. … Perception and misperception will vanish. … They’ll vanish in the Experience of Knowing. They will vanish in the Experience of Understanding Truth – experientially. … The Experience of What a Thing really is will be a direct Experience – not a perception of It. A perception of It is like a snapshot of It – or a- an idea of It. … But the Truth of What a Thing is will be Experienced by You, directly. But in the meantime, since You’re operating in the realm of perception … because that’s how You come up with … illusions, We’re going to use perceptions. … How do You have a new perception? how do You have a perception without deceit? You have a perception without deceit by abandoning the self that used thought-processes to define Reality different from What the Father created it as. … … That’s perception without deceit. It requires You to go within and ask of the Father: ‘What is the Reality here? What are You Be-ing in that organ? What are You Be-ing in that table? What are You Be-ing … in My fingernail? … What is True here?’ Because – as I said earlier – every moment is a perfect poment for a sudden shift of perception to occur, and … since … there aren’t two Realities. There’s either Reality Experienced in focus, or there’s a Reality experienced out of focus. Then whatever You’re calling a fingernail … … in the out-of-focus view – is Something that’s really there to be seen in focus. All You have to do is … turns the lens … to bring it into focus. … … When You ask: ‘What is really going on here? What are You Be-ing here God? What is- What is It that’s really here in front of Me, no matter how I’m perceiving It at the moment?’ 32:28:8 That desire, genuinely felt, genuinely extended to the Father – or to the Holy Spirit – or to Me – will elicit a response in answer. … Not a misdirection. Not a distraction, but the answer will be forthcoming. The … turning of the lens will happen. You’ll say: ‘My God! Two plus two is four!’ (in an overjoyed Voice) You see? … ... So, Waking Up is a matter of abandoning perception with deceit, which means it’s a matter of abandoning … the orphan mentality, in which You made up the definitions of Every Thing; … made up definitions about Every Thing Real that defined Them incorrectly. Divined- defined What was Real falsely. And that’s how deceit came into play. And You let go of the deceit by desiring once again to know what the Truth is. What’s the Truth of the fingernail? What’s the Truth of the glass? What’s the Truth of the book? What’s the Truth of the paper? … What … what is going on here that I’m currently seeing in a blurred fashion, … which I … know I will be able to see … if the- if the focus … is returned to the picture. What is it? … … … “Perception is the medium by which ignorance is brought … to Knowledge.” – to the Experience of Knowing. “Yet the perception must be without deceit, … for otherwise it becomes the messenger of ignorance rather than a helper in the search for Truth.” … If You’re not asking … to know what a Thing truly is, … so that You might perceive It without … … misperception being introduced, then … misperception will be maintained. Misperception will continue to be … established. … And You will continue to be ignorant. So, perception either leads You into temptation … and illusion, or perception leads You into the Experience of Truth, depending on … what voice You’re using, in order to be told what Truth is. … … If You’re going to continue to use Your puny little voice – and Your puny little mind – and Your puny little head – … You’re gonna stay with illusion. … … But You’re not bound to that any more, because You know better. … And tonight it’s clearer than ever, because I’ve said it so clearly to You, … that there’s only one thing going on, and it’s Reality, which You’re either seeing clearly … or out of focus. … So there’s nothing complicated. You don’t have to get rid of a material world. And You don’t have to rise above a material world. You just have to stop … keeping that lens in a position where Reality is out of focus. That’s all! Put It into focus, and the Reality that was present all along – that You were misinterpreting and misunderstanding – will be clearly seen for What It Is, in such a compelling way that You will recognize that It’s Heaven! … … Now: … “The search for Truth is but the honest searching out of everything that interferes with Truth.” … You have to be careful with this. … The best way to search out … that which interferes with the experience of Truth is to desire to know what the Truth is about Any Thing and Every Thing, because the moment You do that, You will find out what conditionings are present in You that You … use … to keep Yourself ignorant of the Truth. If You … begin to desire to know the Truth about so-and-so, … You will find Yourself automatically being caught up short … if You don’t like so-and-so, … and never have. … Or if so-and-so hurt You – or abused You – … Your desire … to know the Truth – God’s Truth about Them – will be blocked by Your reluctance … to know the Truth about Them, … because You don’t want to abandon … Your self-righteous, negative appraisal of Them. And You will say: ‘This … this is not a perfect moment … for a sudden shift of perception.’ … … And You will have a direct experience of what interferes with Truth – with the experience of Truth, … without having gone on an internal witch hunt. … I promise You something: if You do an honest search – what You might call an honest searching out of an- of everything that interferes with Truth, … Your ego can lead You on a merry little … self-righteous chase. ‘Oh. … You wouldn’t believe what I learned about Myself as I’ve begun to (small laugh) honestly search out everything that interferes with Truth. My God. … I found that I’ve been doing this, and I found that I’ve been doing that, and … Wow! What an eye-opener! You can’t believe … the shift it’s caused in My mind.’ … (laughing) And (laughing) and no shift has occurred at all. You just … You’ve just developed new, wonderful things –uh – to praise Yourself about. And you know what? You will never have found out … that You … were … resistant to … acknowledging the Truth about … so-and-so. … Which You would have found out if You had decided You wanted to know what the Truth was about so-and-so. So keep Yourself grounded in this … searching out of everything that interferes with Truth. Don’t look for errors in You. Look for the Truth … in Every Thing! … Look for the Truth in Every Thing. … Desire for there to be this … sudden shift of perception … called a miracle. The movement from blurred … to in focus. … Desire that, … and that will automatically … bring up to You the … the … the means You are employing for staying ignorant, and being unconscious of the Truth. And then, … that which uncovered It – because of Your desire to know the Truth – will help You set it aside, … by showing You the Truth … that undoes Your conviction – and Your commitment … to the misperception … You had created, … by virtue of wanting to live in a world of blur. … … “Truth is.” It just is. … “It can be neither lost, nor sought, nor found. … It is there, wherever you are, … being within you. … Yet … It can be recognized or unrecognized. Real or false to You.” Even though It’s … wherever You are – and within You – “It can be recognized or unrecognized, Real of false” depending upon … whether You’re functioning in first gear or second gear; whether You are … creating … a split mind – you know – Your Right Mind and Your orphan mentality. … … “If you hide it,” … – Truth – “It becomes unreal to you because you hid It and surrounded It with fear.” … So, That Which is nothing but Your Right Mind – which is the Holy Spirit – which You have a hard time believing – … You have a hard time believing because … You hid Your Right Mind from Yourself when You said: ‘But Father, … I’d rather see It My way. I would rather use My mind in a way You did not design it, for a purpose You did not make it. … That purpose being to call Every Thing that You had made – You’ve made – some Thing different from what You made. … ‘I will put My stamp of approval upon Creation, … in a slightly distorted way.’ You see? There’s where the deceit came in. … And so, when You decided to function as a mentality … that wasn’t the Father’s Mind – that wasn’t the Holy Spirit – the Holy Spirit became … unknowable to You; something … You can think about, something that a= … that a word could be applied to and everybody could talk about. ‘Oh, the Holy Trinity. The Father – the Son – and the Holy Spirit. Wow!’ – Never for a moment realizing that the third part of the Trinity – the Holy Spirit – was nothing more than Your Right Mind! You – ... as You experience Yourself when You stop trying to be the personal, private author … of the definitions and meanings of Creation. … … So, You hid It, and It became unreal to You. … In fact, unknown to You as Be-ing You. … … … “Under … each cornerstone of fear” – because, of course, fear accompanies everything You do from second gear; second gear is always accompanied by fear – “Under each cornerstone of fear, on which you have erected your insane system of belief, … the Truth lies hidden.” … … Behind every … fuzzy perception … lies Reality … Perfect. … Reality lies hidden behind out-of-focusness. ... … “Yet you cannot know this, … for by hiding Truth in fear you see no reason to believe the more you look at fear the less you see it, and the clearer what it conceals becomes.” … … Now, again, We must be clear here, because it’s very impractical just to look at fear, … and to look at it consistently. … … You must look at fear with One Who is Awake … … – the Holy Spirit – … That Which is nothing more than Your Right Mind, Whose task – if You will – is to reconcile You with It! … so that You might experience Your … Sanity once again. … And, … the more You look at fear with Your Guide – and the Holy Spirit – or with Me, the less You see it, … and the clearer What it conceals becomes; the clearer Reality behind the blur becomes … as the blur … shifts into focus. … … “It is not possible to convince the unknowing that They know.” … … It’s impossible for Me to convince You that Your Right Mind is the Holy Spirit; … but I can tell You over and over and over again, in so many different ways that You might begin to experience curiosity, and begin to do the essential thing – which is to reach for It – to dare to embrace It as thought It’s actually there. … … But I can’t convince You – the unknowing – That Which doesn’t know of Its Divinity – that You know. I can’t convince the orphan that You think You are – that You are the Holy Spirit! … “From Their point of view,” – from Your point of view – “it is not true. … Yet it is true because God Knows it.” … This is important: God Knows it. And You Know it, … if You were in Your Right Mind. “These are clearly opposite viewpoints of what the "unknowing" are.” … … “These are clearly opposite viewpoints” – viewpoints are like vantage points. Viewpoints are perceptions! Aren’t They? ‘Well, My perception of the accident was this. Someone else’s perception of the accident was that. My perception of the meaning of the movie was this, and Your perception of the meaning of the movie was something else.’ 51:00:5 … Viewpoints are different from Knowing! … … Viewpoints … are different from Knowing. “To God, unknowing is impossible. It is, therefore, not a point of view at all, but merely a belief … in something that does not exist. … … It is only this belief that the unknowing” – the ignorant – “have, and by it they are wrong about themselves. “They have defined themselves” – You have defined Yourselves – “as They were not created.” – as You were not created. “Their creation” – Your Creation – “was not a point of view, ... but rather a certainty. ... Uncertainty … brought to certainty ... does not retain any conviction of Reality.” Uncertainty which is characteristic of the orphan mentality and of … gear number 2, … brought to first gear – with the desire to know the Truth here – “does not retain any conviction of Reality” – because the Truth is so compelling … that there is no way to hold on to … the illusion any longer, with any belief. Now, … there’s a saying: You believe what You see and You see what You believe. … … The implication of that statement is: If You want to see something different, believe something different. … And it’s as though that is the answer. That’s the solution. That’s the way You correct things. But I’m here to tell You that … something had to happen … before You had a belief … to believe. You had to abandon the experience of Knowing. … … You had to say: ‘But Father, I’d rather not Know It. I would rather create an experience of it … that I have made up, that I have created, through the use of My mind. … … ‘And so, … I’m going to call this such-and-such a thing. And I’m going to say it has such-and-such a purpose. … And that will be … My belief. … And I will believe what I see, and I will see what I believe.’ If You understand this, then You will also understand that the solution to a better experience is not to have a better belief, but to abandon belief, and yield to Your capacity to Know, which You abandoned in favor of having beliefs … and governing Yourself according to beliefs; and being governed by Your beliefs. So the answer is – and the freedom from belief comes from – … asking: ‘Father. Father, what is the Truth here? 55:36:0 What is really going on there? What is really going on where it looks like there was an accident at the intersection? What is really going on?’ Because, again, no matter how gory it looks – in other words, no matter how fuzzy it gets – it’s still a fuzzy, unfocused experience of Something that’s utterly clear, utterly flawless, utterly perfect! … And so, in spite of what You’re seeing, all that is needed is a sudden shift of perception. … Because the fuzzy picture – the distorted picture – the gory picture that You’re seeing is nothing more than an altered perception of Something That Is Utterly Perfect. Ah, but I’m telling You something You don’t know. I’m telling You some I cannot convince You of. I understand that! I must tell You what You cannot believe, so that You might open Your mind up and let Your belief be replaced by a new experience that eradicates the value of beliefs, and allows actual sudden shift of perception to occur, that will be called miraculous. 57:28:1 … … :You must have noticed that the emphasis has been on bringing what is undesirable to the desirable: what You do not want to what You do.” Here again, let’s be careful. What You do want- what You do truly want is what the Father or the Holy Spirit reveals to You. If You just go after what You want – as You perceive Yourself to be at the moment – a handy-dandy little orphan – then … … wanting what You do want is just going to keep You in the orphanage. So: “You must have noticed that the emphasis has been on bringing what is undesirable to the desirable: what you do not want to what you do. … You will realize that salvation must come to You this way if you consider what dissociation is. Dissociation is a distorted process of thinking, whereby two systems of belief, which cannot co-exist, are both maintained.” Hmm. Two systems of belief. Oh! First gear. Second gear Son or Daughter of God. Orphan! … … Those are two systems of belief. Why am I calling Be-ing a Son or Daughter of God a belief? Because, right now You don’t believe it. (laughing) And so to You, that is a belief. Fine. Once You have the Experience of It though, You won’t call It a belief any longer. Nevertheless: “Dissociation is a distorted” – fuzzy, out-of-focus … process of thinking, whereby two systems of belief, which cannot co-exist, are both maintained.” They sure are, aren’t they? You don’t experience Your Divinity while You’re being an orphan. And when You experience Your Divinity, You won’t experience being and orphan. But, You are demonstrating right now the fact the You believe You’re an orphan … is keeping You absolutely blinded to Your Be-ing the Holy Spirit – to Your Right Mind Be-ing nothing more than the Holy Spirit. So, the two are being maintained – even though they can’t actually exist in Your mind – at the same time! “It has been recognized that, if they were brought together, their joint acceptance would become impossible.” In other words, You couldn’t believe both of them! … … You get that? You couldn’t believe both of them. … Belief would not make sense. The practice of believing would not make sense, … because the Truth would be so obvious. … “But, if one is kept in darkness from other,” – if second gear is kept in the darkness from first gear, and first gear is kept in the darkness from second, … … “their separation … seems to keep them both alive. .. and equal in their reality.” … Mind You, this is all nonsense, but this is the way dissociation works. “Their joining … thus becomes the source of fear, for if they meet, acceptance must be withdrawn from one of them.” … … And, … You all know (small laugh) that acceptance will have to be withdrawn from … the belief of orphanhood. … And You don’t want to do that yet. … … ‘Oh! But I do, but I do!’ … No. If You wanted to, … You would have done it. … You’d be saying: ‘I’ve done it!’ You would not be saying: ‘Oh, I want to! I want to!’ … … Okay. “You cannot have them both, for each denies the other. Apart, this fact is lost from sight,” … – that “each denies the other” – “for each, in a separate place, can be endowed with firm belief.” You see, You can even read the Course, and You can listen to what I’m saying, and You can think about … the Holy Spirit being nothing more than Your Right Mind, and accepting that as a fact – and being and orphan, and accepting that as a fact. And they can both sit there side by side. Why? … Because You’re … not making commitment … to both of them. You’re making commitment to one. You’re making commitment to being the orphan. … … The necessity, here, is for You to dare to make … commitment to That Which is nothing more than Your Right Mind, and stop thinking – and stop reasoning – and stop coming to Your own conclusions. And in every instance where You would have come to Your own conclusions, You lean into the Holy Spirit … demanding … a response, from That Which is nothing more than Your Right Mind, because You want to know the Truth! 1:04:06:7 … … “Bring them together,” – as that would amount to – “and the fact of their complete incompatibility is instantly apparent. One will go … because the other is seen in the same place. Light cannot enter darkness when a mind believes in darkness, and will not let it go.” … … – Simple. – “Truth does not struggle against ignorance, … and Love does not attack fear. What needs no protection does not defend itself. … … Defense is of Your making. God knows it not. “The Holy Spirit uses defenses on behalf of Truth only because You … made them against It.” … … “The Holy Spirit uses defenses on behalf of Truth only because You … made Them” – defenses – “against It.” – the Truth. … … So, how have I described tonight … the practice of defending Truth? I’ve described it by saying that if You see a- a dead animal on the road, You immediately (finger snap) say: ‘That’s a lie!’ … Or instead of reacting to an accident or an injury or illness, You say: ‘Father, what is the Truth here?’ … … That’s how You defend the Truth. … You defend the lie … by becoming upset, by justifying anger, … by justifying thinking … that comes to conclusions that are false, and … believing the conclusions, and acting on the basis of Them! … … So, again, since You’re used to- to … practicing defense, the Holy Spirit – when You listen to the Holy Spirit – will Guide You to use defense on behalf of Truth. … … Now, You notice … that I didn’t describe … setting up shields against everything that would attack Truth. … The way You defend Truth is by … wanting to Know … the Truth, … and not expressing – or practicing – any other desire! You defend Truth by … letting Your intent be fully on … having the Experience of What Truth Is. You defend … the Experience of Truth by not allowing Yourself to be distracted by anything but Truth. … ... That’s the way – through the Holy Spirit’s Help – that You defend Truth and make the shift more easily … from second gear to first gear; and have a sudden shift of perception, in which deceit … is absent. … … … … Now We’re going to stop here for this evening, … because I want You to remember – during this … coming week – to defend the Truth. … And to remember that the way You defend the Truth is to wish to Know what the Truth Is, … and by not allowing Yourself to be distracted from … hearing the answer. … Especially … not being distracted from hearing the answer by spontaneously indulging in the habit … of thinking. You will Know by desiring to Know, not by figuring out an answer. … … … Remember, … every moment … is a perfect moment … to have … a sudden shift of perception. … … Every experience of a call for Love … is a perfect moment … to find the way … to let Love through You. … Every call for a miracle does not constitute a moment which is not perfect for a miracle, … because it’s too upsetting! … It is a perfect moment for a miracle, because that’s when the miracle is needed! And, if miracles are not for the moments in which they're really needed, they are useless! … … … .. … I Love You. … I Love You All. … And I look forward to Be-ing with You next week. ----- How could anyone ever tell Us we were anything less than beautiful? How could anyone ever tell Us we were less than Soul? How could anyone fail to notice that Our Loving is a miracle -- how deeply We're connected to the Whole.

Channeling

Trust

A message from Karen Bishop from Whats up on Planet Earth
http://spiritlibrary.com/whats-up-on-planet-earth/trust

TRUST, TRUST, AND trust some more." This could easily be one of the most pivotal mantras of the ascension process. Going through this many times confusing process can create feelings of bewilderment and perhaps leave one wondering if everything and anything is in divine right order at all.

As the ascension process slowly but surely creates a higher level and higher vibrating human, when we reach these New and higher ways of being, they are not always how we expected them to be. And with so much leaving our lives along with so much change occurring, we may wonder what in the world is going on.

Even though we may not consciously know at the time why and what our lives are evolving into, simply trusting in the process can bring us great comfort and relief. At lower levels things may not make sense. But at the higher dimensional levels they always make perfect sense. Although the phrase "All is always in divine right order," may at times sound trite and repetitive, and get old as well, when we are able to see through personal experience that this process is in total perfection, that old, trite phrase begins to make some sense.

Over and over again, as I have viewed things from a higher dimensional level, the perfection is always evident. Things are always working like a perfectly oiled machine. And even though it may appear otherwise, these strange and confusing experiences are here to support us in every way.

For instance, one typical higher level scenario involves the separation of partners. So many times I have seen individuals go through what they interpret as an "error" or a painful experience of being left behind or "dumped" by their romantic partner. This painful experience usually places them in the victim posture. What is almost always occurring is an immense expression of love at higher soul levels. One partner knows that the other is ready to experience more of their higher purpose, or ready to expand and grow, and hence, will then leave the other in order to give him/her this very important opportunity.

In this same arena, another scenario can also express itself. Partners separate because the vibration of the planet has reached a certain level. Before we were born, we agreed to fulfill certain roles and purposes. Each of us has several soul partners and there are many in our soul groups. We came to serve as companions and supporters for each other...not necessarily as romantic partners. When the planet reaches certain frequencies, we are then activated according to our pre-birth plans. In this regard, we separate from those we have been with during certain phases of the ascension process. We need to now fulfill New and different roles, and therefore, need to go in different directions. At lower levels this may manifest as a sudden "not able to get along" experience and reality. But the truth of the matter is that at the higher levels, we need to separate and will then create an impetus at lower levels. If we are not fully conscious at higher soul levels, scenarios will then occur that inevitably get us where we need and have chosen to be.

There is always great and expansive love at higher soul levels. This is also very evident in regard to the love shown us by our non-physical "guides" or those non-physical beings that have chosen to watch over us during this process. We are never abandoned here. We are only left alone so that we can grow and expand through experience. Losing jobs, loved ones, money, or our health are all part of the process designed to get us where we need to be. Things are always being navigated at higher dimensional levels.

If you have chosen this page, you are being reminded that all is in divine and perfect order. You are being asked to trust, even though you may not be consciously aware of the reasons for your current experience. As you evolve through the ascension process, and rise to higher levels enabling you to "see" beyond the veil, you will in time come to know and understand what this experience was all about."

A book excerpt from The Ascension Companion

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A Course in Miracles Lesson 169

Lesson 169 A Course in Miracles

I find this lesson to be very difficult to understand and at the same time very easy. I have had the desire to comment on all of the lessons and all ACIM from what is in my mind when i read them now. I am not tooting my horn, but I have been a student and a teacher for ACIM since 1983. When I read the lessons now or the text I am inspired or my mind is filled with thoughts that are not what I ordinarily think. I know it is coming from a plane of intution.

The Thought as occured to me to comment on these passages and to bring more clarity of mind into the present time of what meanings these lessons give to me.

By grace I live. By grace I am released.

Grace is an aspect of the Love of God which is most like the state prevailing in the unity of truth. It is the world's most lofty aspiration, for it leads beyond the world entirely. It is past learning, yet the goal of learning, for grace cannot come until the mind prepares itself for true acceptance. Grace becomes inevitable instantly in those who have prepared a table where it can be gently laid and willingly received; an altar clean and holy for the gift.

Grace has for me been a gift of extraordinary proportions which as allowed me to go beyond anything that I have tried to do on my own. It has been the support of the universe. No matter how many time I have seemed to fall and unable to get up by my self, meaning mortal means, Grace has lifted me beyond any thing I could of imagined. "There but for the grace of God go I."

Grace has taken me places or has transported me beyond time and space. I envision grace as the "many called to the one." As each of us conspire to join together with each other as one and as we breathe together we give the energy of the universe, the grand Harmony in which all is transpired, to each other individually and on a collective scale. It reminds me of the thought that the Whole is greater then the sum total of its parts.

Grace is acceptance of the Love of God within a world of seeming hate and fear. By grace alone the hate and fear are gone, for grace presents a state so opposite to everything the world contains, that those whose minds are lighted by the gift of grace can not believe the world of fear is real.

Grace is not learned. The final step must go beyond all learning. Grace is not the goal this course aspires to attain. Yet we prepare for grace in that an open mind can hear the Call to waken. It is not shut tight against God's Voice. It has become aware that there are things it does not know, and thus is ready to accept a state completely different from experience with which it is familiarly at home.

We have perhaps appeared to contradict our statement that the revelation of the Father and the Son as One has been already set. But we have also said the mind determines when that time will be, and has determined it. And yet we urge you to bear witness to the Word of God to hasten the experience of truth, and speed its advent into every mind that recognizes truth's effects on you.

What I see here is time and eternity, where eternity is already set and at the same time accomplished. Time is where we have yet to make the decision, for eternity that has already been decided. These are two different time frames.

I get a feel of what time travel is all about from these statements or interplanetary or galactic time travel is all about. One you are already there experiencing yourself coming home where everything is there awaiting you when you thought you left.

It would be like a time traveler or just a traveler from another planet who got lost in time and forgot who he really was, this superbeing that was able to travel in time and forgot who he was and where he was. When in an instant, the memory came back to him and at the same time returns to the place he never left, as if in a dream and came back to realize that he never left and that he only left in a time sense and returned in a eternal sense.

Oneness is simply the idea God is. And in His Being, He encompasses all things. No mind holds anything but Him. We say "God is," and then we cease to speak, for in that knowledge words are meaningless. There are no lips to speak them, and no part of mind sufficiently distinct to feel that it is now aware of something not itself. It has united with its Source. And like its Source Itself, it merely is.

We cannot speak nor write nor even think of this at all. It comes to every mind when total recognition that its will is God's has been completely given and received completely. It returns the mind into the endless present, where the past and future cannot be conceived. It lies beyond salvation; past all thought of time, forgiveness and the holy face of Christ. The Son of God has merely disappeared into his Father, as his Father has in him. The world has never been at all. Eternity remains a constant state.

2012 is a star date where we will have a galactic experience being one with the universe, but the truth does remain that in eternity we are already one with the universe and there is no time or need to accomplish what has already been set and done.

In time for us to reach eternity would be the same as how much light would it take for us to reach the farthest star traveling at the speed of light is how much energy we would all need to expend or extend to one another to realize our goal of complete oneness even though we are one now and that energy is called grace or epigenisis.

It is the whole momentum of the universe in cosmic movement of time. So let you light shine without limit and you will experience what is the unlimitable.

All of you Holy Instants will return on to you as one and that one Holy Instant will be an eternity for you to remember. yes, every Holy instant you have ever experienced will return to you as you step into eternity. Now you see these instants as moments to cherish, but wait until all of the instants that have been stored and saved in your right mind will again appear as one with all of that which is one and that will be for you what is called the feast of perfection which is right now, your birth right to be experiencing with each other and all that is.

This is beyond experience we try to hasten. Yet forgiveness, taught and learned, brings with it the experiences which bear witness that the time the mind itself determined to abandon all but this is now at hand. We do not hasten it, in that what you will offer was concealed from Him Who teaches what forgiveness means.

All learning was already in His Mind, accomplished and complete. He recognized all that time holds, and gave it to all minds that each one might determine, from a point where time was ended, when it is released to revelation and eternity. We have repeated several times before that you but make a journey that is done.

Yes, we must not forget, we make a journey that is done because we are going back home to where we belong and where we really all are and when we arrive we will meet each other and greet each other as brother and sister who thought we were on a long long journey, but never really left at all and we will smile with a smile of eternity and we will laugh with a laugh of eternity. All that we ever knew before we thought we left will come back to us as if we never forgot we knew.

For oneness must be here. Whatever time the mind has set for revelation is entirely irrelevant to what must be a constant state, forever as it always was; forever to remain as it is now. We merely take the part assigned long since, and fully recognized as perfectly fulfilled by Him Who wrote salvation's script in His Creator's Name, and in the Name of His Creator's Son.

There is no need to further clarify what no one in the world can understand. When revelation of your oneness comes, it will be known and fully understood. Now we have work to do, for those in time can speak of things beyond, and listen to words which explain what is to come is past already. Yet what meaning can the words convey to those who count the hours still, and rise and work and go to sleep by them?

Suffice it, then, that you have work to do to play your part. The ending must remain obscure to you until your part is done. It does not matter. For your part is still what all the rest depends on. As you take the role assigned to you, salvation comes a little nearer each uncertain heart that does not beat as yet in tune with God.

Forgiveness is the central theme that runs throughout salvation, holding all its parts in meaningful relationships, the course it runs directed and its outcome sure. And now we ask for grace, the final gift salvation can bestow. Experience that grace provides will end in time, for grace foreshadows Heaven, yet does not replace the thought of time but for a little while.

The interval suffices. It is here that miracles are laid; to be returned by you from holy instants you receive, through grace in your experience, to all who see the light that lingers in your face. What is the face of Christ but his who went a moment into timelessness, and brought a clear reflection of the unity he felt an instant back to bless the world? How could you finally attain to it forever, while a part of you remains outside, unknowing, unawakened, and in need of you as witness to the truth?

Be grateful to return, as you were glad to go an instant, and accept the gifts that grace provided you. You carry them back to yourself. And revelation stands not far behind. Its coming is ensured. We ask for grace, and for experience that comes from grace. We welcome the release it offers everyone. We do not ask for the unaskable. We do not look beyond what grace can give. For this we can give in the grace that has been given us.

Our learning goal today does not exceed this prayer. Yet in the world, what could be more than what we ask this day of Him Who gives the grace we ask, as it was given Him?

By grace I live. By grace I am released.

By grace I give. By grace I will release.

May I suggest if you so desire to use your breath as a means of intent when you do the lesson for the day. What I mean by that is when I do the lesson I use a set of Tibetan beads to keep track of my remembrances as a say the lesson over and over with intent and meaning. I say for example, with first a prayer to Spirit of God to help me invoke what these lessons mean and their experience and to give these words over to the spirit with pure intent that they may be used by Spirit as He see fit.

I then very slowly as I breathe with my mouth closed, through the nose on the in breath say, "By grace, out breath, I live." on the in breath, "By grace,out breath, I am released." On the in breath, "By grace, out breath, I give." In breath, "By grace, out breath, I will be released."

Now leave a space between breaths or pause so that the spirit can speak to you or bring revelation to your mind. Be in the space between you breaths as you let it in and let it out. If you have reached within to that place of silence or stillness and you can focus your attention there then do so and if you leave for a moment use your breath to bring you there again. Dismiss any thoughts you may have wondering in the outer mind and that does not come from stillness as you do the mantra or the remembrance or if you like the Thought of God.

For me I spend or dwell there in that silence or stillness repeating the lesson using my breath for about an hr and sometime more. It is a wonderful way to spend in meditation and is only a suggestion if you are inspired or have another way to reach the silence within or to prepare your mind to receive revelation or higher communication with the one Mind then do so. Happy Journeying.

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You are neither behind the point of perfection nor are you advancing toward it. You are at the point of perfection and it is from there you must understand your self from.

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Namaste The Divinity in me greets the Divinity in you.

Journalings

June 16 Sun in Gemini Moon in Sagittarius

Lesson 168

Your grace is given me. I claim it now. Father I come to you. You come to me as I have asked. I am your Son eternally whom you have always loved.

Your grace is come and I am eternally touched by you. You have come to me with your very presence of Love and if I do not know you as God Creator as yet then I Know you as Love and your loving presence now surrounds me and fills me and moves through me as your Holy Spirit fills me with your Illimitable love.

A tear forms and I am at joy knowing that you have come to me with your gift of love once again. I am amazed with what I am feeling now. I have come home and you have come to me from a great distance and have rushed out to meet me here where we are one and where I can proclaim,’ I have returned, your son is home’ and where you have proclaimed, “My son was lost, but I have found him. I have touched Him and I embraced him. I have girded him with the golden cord and his white robe of light and his eternal ring have I granted him, because He is home my Son. Now we can feast on all that is good and my Son’s inheritance is still here and has never gone or left him and is his still to claim always.”

Today, in this quiet moment in this place to dwell, I felt his living Presence and his Love. He has come to me as He has promised and I realized, He this living Presence has never left and in this presence at this altar I know as I am known I am his Son forever. I am complete in my Father and my Father is complete in me and we as Father and Son are one and again I am filled.

Whereas before in my deluded mind I was thirsty and hungry for the Spirit to fill me with its sustenance has now filled me overflowing with His eternal Love. I was dry as in a desert, parched were my lips and now I am kissed by the eternal, my eternal love. I am touched again by the Spark of Life and I am inspired.

The Holy Spirit has filled me again and I am moved and I am directed and I again know I am supported by the Universal Flow of eternal being.

It is a new week and I am invigorated and ready to continue my journey through the pure field of Gods fiery Love and I see again all is transformed before my very eyes all is love. My heart is a flame of Love before this loving altar that I have come to, to know Gods Presence once again. It is a light that never goes out. It is a love that is never changing and yet ever new.

I rest my mind and heart in this Knowing Presence and because of it I am able to trust my mind to the Holy Spirit and to use it has He sees fit. I am even able to open my heart a little bit more and envision paradise once more, Gods Kingdom we never left and only thought we did.

God loves us still with His undying love. It is the eternal flame on ever altar of every heart and it never goes out or is it ever extinguished. I breathe it in now and I can feel this charged atmosphere of energy the energy of love and spirit. I feel animated and I feel alive. Where I was dead and asleep, I am now alive and awake.

Thank you Father, for your heavenly embrace.

Channeling from Raj

PAUL: I would like some help in getting perspective on this.

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RAJ: Thank you, Paul. I will endeavor to clarify things for you.

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First of all, the manner in which I became your Guide was absolutely normal. The fact that I am a Master was pure happenstance, and simply means that I am further along in my own development than a Guide would be. The fact that my work involves the reappearing of the Christ and the Masters is of no consequence to you. it is simply information which I have shared with you about my activities, and that is all.

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Remember, Paul, you were not "picked" for this experience of communicating with a Guide, whether a Master or not. Now happens to be the time when you opened yourself up and requested that your Guide contact you. I cannot help it that you picked a time to do this which coincides with a worldwide event of some import. That is pure coincidence.

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However, because it is going to occur, you are going to have to deal with it in order to maintain your equilibrium and remain clear as to your own inner unfolding of your Being. And so, we are discussing it. If there were some other major world event which would involve you in any way, we would be discussing that.

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Let me state that primarily I am working with you because you have requested a Guide to work with you. I am "it" as far as you are concerned at this time. First and last, I am working with you on your behalf, and that is all there is to it.

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PAUL: Thank you Raj. In this afternoon's conversation, you indicated that we are within days of the Second Appearing. Since then, I have found that Mr. Crème did not say that the reappearing would occur during the month of March, but rather in late spring. I am not here to quibble over your statement as opposed to his statement, although I am curious.

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RAJ: Paul, it is good to get the air cleared. The simple fact is that Mr. Crème is wrong, and I will say nothing more than that. You will simply have to watch and see.

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PAUL: When you said that we were within days of the Second Appearing, were you referring to the announcement of Maitreya of His presence and His purpose?

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RAJ: No. I was not.

PAUL: Then I am confused. Are you playing word games with me?

RAJ: I most definitely am not, Paul.

PAUL: Then in what respect is Mr. Crème wrong?

[Nothing perceived]

RAJ: Paul, there is, indeed, need for clarification here. Let go here, and just be open. Do not try to grasp ahead of time what I might be going to say.

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PAUL: All right.

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RAJ: The star heralding the birth of Jesus rose over a state of unenlightened thought, leading that thought to the place where the Christ Child lay in human experience. Conceptually speaking, you can see that it was not possible for the people of that time or land to perceive the dawning within their consciousness of the existence of the Christ-consciousness in any other than the smallest way--something brand new, but something small. And the appearing of the Christ-consciousness took a very literal form for them. They could not conceive that it was themselves, so it had to be someone else, somone else new and small. And so, the baby, Jesus was a very literal manifestation of the only way in which they could conceive of the appearance of the Christ in their world.

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In the present day, the awareness of the Christ-consciousness is no longer new. indeed, there is a large part of the population--Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, et cetera--who are quite at the point of recognizing that the Christ-consciousness resides within them. And this is where it will come to pass that the reappearing of the Christ will occur.

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Stop trying to figure it out, Paul.

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It is obvious that the literal manifestation of the level of development of mankind today would not be conceptualized as a brand new baby. Instead, it would be an adult facilitator of that inner Self-discovery which will actually constitute the reappearance of the Christ.

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You must realize that the majority of mankind is not at this conscious point of Self-realization. they are, nevertheless, at the point of recognizing their Divinity. it is for this reason that an adult will appear. This adult will meet the requirements that will allow them to pay attention and give credence to the appearance.

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You must realize that there are all states and stages of individual inner development represented by mankind as a whole. All will see their Christhood according to whatever level of enlightenment of belief, the graduation of mankind will occur.

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The degree of enlightenment/belief each one is at will govern the degree to which Maitreya will have followers or co-workers. Those who are enlightened will continue to pursue their own inner, unfolding Self-discovery. As that growth takes place, they will become co-facilitators in one form or another, working shoulder to shoulder with Maitreya. They will not be blinded by what He is, because they will recognize that He is what They Are, and that They are what He is to some degree.

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Mr. Crème is incorrect about the time of the reappearing, in that the reappearing has been going on for some time. It will continue far past the time when Maitreya announces His presence.

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I know you must go to dinner now. We will continue as soon as you return.

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PAUL: Thank you Raj. [dinner break taken. During the dinner break, Susan and I read and discussed parts of both Mr. Crème's book and the Treastice on Cosmic Fire.]

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RAJ: Paul, Iknow that since you have gone to dinner, you have frustrated yourself to an even higher degree than when you left. I know that you are arriving at a place where you couldn't care less whether Maitreya returned or not. Correct?

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PAUL: Absolutely correct.

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RAJ: The conclusion that you are coming to is correct: The only appearance of the christ that is worth a hill of beans for you is that dawning in your own experience of your own perception of Reality. It comes as the result of being the Door. It literally doesn't mater one way or the other whether Maitreya returns or not. On this point you are absolutely correct.

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Paul, you are the one who was interested in the idea of Maitreya returning and what impact the return might have on your life. You were interested in finding out whether or not you might have some part to play in that return--with all the implications of position, prestige, and power.

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The fact is that very often the quickest way to show a person that he doesn't want what he says or thinks he wants, is to give him what he wants. And so, I have played along with you until you are sick and tired of what it would mean for you to constantly have to relate to someone "out there" -- whether his name is Maitreya or not.

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Paul, let the world have its own development in whatever way it most clearly can experience its growth. remember that this world that is experiencing its growth--in the apparent drama of the reappearance of the christ and the Masters of Wisdom--is the infinitude of your Self. One way or another, you are going to have to come to terms with that fact without selling your Self short.

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There are groups of people actively participating in attempting to pave the way for His return, but this is not where you are. This is not your point of unfoldment. To whatever degree you think they may be doing something more correct than what you are doing, to that degree you are disintegrating your experience of your Self as the One that constitutes the Many. If you try to make comparisons or cross-references to attempt to validate or invalidate what is going on with you, you will lose your awareness of your cohesivness.

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Your gut-level feeling of frustration and anger is just a small taste of the suffering that will be in store for you, if you attempt to move back into a three-dimensional frame of reference.

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It doesn't matter what day the announcement of Maitreya's return is made on. it doesn't matter by what means, or for what purpose, you and Susan are receiving an influx of inspiration and enlightenment--whether you're awake, asleep, in meditation, or flying a kite. The fact is that no matter what is going on anywhere else in the world, you are experiencing the inexorable unfolding of your Being as Conscious Being. you might as well accept it.

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~~~ excerpt from "You Are the Answer" by Paul N. Tuttle, March 1, 1982, pg.164