WELCOME 3

Becoming ready to receive (on a deeper level) the Truth of who you are requires both the work of surrender and the conscious clearing away/releasing of all that might get in the way.

This morning we shared a short meditation on increasing our capacity for taking in/receiving/realizing unconditional love. One of the images shared reminded of that great line from Jaws—“We’re gonna need a bigger boat.” 

We all got the opportunity to expand our inner awareness and our inner capacity for love. A thimble can be completely full of water, but so can a gallon jug. If I keep thinking of myself as a thimble, I might be able to experience a “fullness” of love, but that is always going to be limited by my perception of my capacity. 

Wasn’t there a children’s story a few years ago called, I Love you to the Moon (and back?). That is a wonderful example of a child opening up to the infinite capacity for loving.

All of this might sound quite rudimentary and perhaps even a little simplistic, but this stage of the work brings us to the essence of it all. You see, first of all, the mind cannot comprehend unconditional love so in order to be in my KNOWING of it, I must be in the energy of the heart, what teacher of mine calls LOVE/WISDOM. I am being asked to honor and nurture that knowing which goes beyond my mind and five senses, and yet is just as real and just as powerful aa any other kind of knowing. Secondly, we are asked to examine our perception of our WORTH. Of course, for most of us, if we asked, “Am I worthy of unconditional love?” We would probably answer, “Yes, of course.” But in reality if that assessment were true, we would all be in bliss all the time! This is not a judgment; it is an awareness. Now we could spend a lot of time/perhaps a few lifetimes, attempting to “root out” all those ideas, behaviors, attitudes, beliefs which get in the way and cloud my perception of the truth, but the solution offered here is much more simple—focus and concentrate on continually opening yourself to Love. Continue affirming the Truth of who you are. 

“Word, I am Word through my body; word I am word through all that I see before me. I know who I am, I know hat I am, I know how I serve. I am here; I am here; I am here.” 

“Now the listening we do with you is to hear you when you ask us for guidance, “Can I know myself in a new way?” “Can I attend to myself in a better way than I have?” And of course, we always say yes. Yes, you can. Yes, you are allowed. But you must claim and welcome what you claim. When you welcome something to you, it allows itself to incorporate itself as you, as part of your frequency that can then be brought into manifestation.”

Again, this might seem obvious or overly simple, but the fact is that having the package is not enough, you need to open it/give yourself the opportunity to experience the love that you are. As Henri Nouen expressed, “You can’t open the package with closed fists.” In other words, your hands/your spirit has to be open, unencumbered, to be able to open the package/to receive the love within.

Or to use a biblical image, it’s not enough to have a wedding garment, you’ve got to put it on. You need to acknowledge your WORTHINESS. Even if there is still some unworthiness lurking around in there, don’t feed it; embrace the worthy knowing that already exists, even if it does not seem to be perfect and complete. 

“You call something to you, you claim something in your creations that you believe you need, that you require for your growth, and it would like to come. It would like to come to you and be an aspect of your life. But it does not come and you do not know why. We will explain this to you very simply: It has been left outside the front door, in a manner of speaking, and you have not opened the door to receive it, to say “Welcome,” to invite it in.”

“Now the doubt of worth, we say, is claimed by you as well. If you are what you say you are, you are your doubts and fears as you decide them. If you wish to relinquish them, you have the opportunity to do so here. The requirements for this are very simple. Change your mind. Change your mind. Change your mind and decide that you can have what you say that you need. Open the door and say, “Welcome.” Say welcome to what can be, what you may allow, what you may be in accord with in a new way.”

There was a beautiful sharing this morning about an experience of “newness/freshness” that just seemed to happen. It was simply a matter of walking down a different street/taking a different route, and having an experience of “the light going on.” There was a marked difference in the way the sun was shining, the birds were singing, the squirrels were playing. Now what the difference was would be hard to put into words, but there was a deeper sense of the beauty and wonder that is all around; a deeper sense of connectedness.

I believe these moments are given to us every once in a while as a way of our soul reminding us—this is the way things truly are and you can realize this when your (inner) eyes are open.

I as reminded of that beautiful piece of music by the Moody Blues called The Balance. You might want to Google or YouTube it for a listen. Here are the words;

After he had journeyed,

And his feet were sore,

And he was tired,

He came upon an orange grove

And he rested.

And he lay in the cool,

And while he rested, 

He took to himself an orange

And tasted it,

And it was good.

And he felt the earth to his spine,

And he asked,

And he saw the tree above him,

And the stars,

And the veins in the leaf,

And the light,

And the balance.

And he saw magnificent perfection,

Whereon he thought of himself in balance,

And he knew he was.

Just open your eyes, and realize,

The way it's always been.

Just open your mind and you will find 

The way it's always been.

Just open your heart and that's a start

And he thought of those he angered,

For he was not a violent man,

And he thought of those he hurt

For he was not a cruel man

And he thought of those he frightened

For he was not a evil man,

And he understood.

He understood himself.

Upon this

He saw that when he was of anger 

Or knew hurt 

Or felt fear,

It was because he was not understanding.

And he learned, compassion.

And with his eye of compassion

He saw his enemies

Like unto himself,

And he learned love.

Then, he was answered.

Just open your eyes, and realize,

The way it's always been.

Just open your mind and you will find 

The way it's always been.

Just open your heart and that's a start

Just open your eyes, and realize,

The way it's always been.

Just open your mind and you will find 

The way it's always been.

Just open your heart and that's a start

I often think, “How many times do I have to hear this stuff?” And, of course the answer is, “Until you get it; until you don’t need to hear it anymore.” 

So here we are, not only hearing the same things in different ways, but also realizing the depth of our hearing, the scope of our knowing and the scope of our sense of worth is continuing to deepen in this process as we all journey on and “walk each other home.”

Peace.