THIS INCARNATION 2

P. 89-91

I had a thought at the beginning of our class this morning that I hope was not a distraction. I am continually moved by that wonderful expression by Ram Dass that we are all walking one another home. it is a beautiful expression of our seemingly separate being and yet also our Oneness.

We took some moments to wonder about why people preps people we have not seen in years and years simply come into our mind in a Flash. I could look upon that as being rather meaningless or as a hint to delve into past memories but what seems to me even more appropriate is if this person has entered into our mind so that we might pray for them or hold them in the light. since each one of us is unique expression of God it is our unique expression of the Divine that's somehow on some plane of reality this person is asking for. as I sit with that it does not seem so strange. there have been numerous times when I might have found myself in a down or depressed mood I'm done all the right things to raise my vibration and yet have not seem to be able to muster the energy to move from that dark and state of mind. And then seemingly without reason the fog lifts and I become free. I wonder it's at those moments my presence might have entered the mind of another and they have chosen to pray for me to hold me in the light. I often wonder as well how many times people that help me in the light when I could not hold it for myself. Not necessarily even someone I know but maybe a meditating monk 2000 miles away Who gifts me with their unique expression a God's Divine love which is exactly what I required at that moment.

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How much is enough? Enough money, ice cream, insurance? In the limited consciousness of the ego and the personality self, there is never enough. This miniscule aspect of the self literally lives in fear and scarcity. When John D. Rockefeller was asked, “How much is enough money?” he replied, “Just a little bit more.” What a frightening example of fear and scarcity.

When Jesus was approached with this conundrum of enoughness in the material world, he suggested, “Store up for yourself treasures in heaven where neither rust no moth consume.”

I would suggest exploring the meaning of that statement in each of our own lives. What is it that I am “storing up.” (and I don't think that means brownie points with God)

Most of us have grown up with many conflicting messages about who we are. The example I gave this morning  was remembering my old Baltimore catechism lesson that “I am made in the image and likeness of God,” but then a short time later getting smacked on the knuckles with a steel ruler for talking in class. Which one am I going to remember, that I am a Divine Child of God  or that I am a bad boy? As we explored this we all became aware then we were not blaming the nun or whoever we got that message that mixed message from because they were the results of mixed messages passed on to them from generation upon generation. What we are being asked to do is what Jesus asked his Father to do at the moment of crucifixion, “Forgive them for they know not what they do.” it does not deny the hurt or the confusion we might have experienced from the behavior of others, but it does give us the opportunity to become unbound from the anger and resentment which not only holds them down but puts us in chains as well.

I have often thought, “Why is all this stuff coming through now?” Not too far back in history the channeled works of Edgar Cayce were looked upon as important and perhaps even world-changing but back then that was practically just one voice calling out from the desert. Today we are practically bombarded by works of the Spirit channeled by any number of beings all of which are teaching lessons which are quite similar in design.

The impression I have is it after generations of mixed and confusing spiritual messages, We Are The Generation that begins to turn all of that around. Today we have the conscious choice of reinforcing the illusion of separateness and fear or opening up to the transformational power of love and unity. This is not magical thinking. We are encouraged to be well aware, that although these tremendous transformational energies are moving to and through us and manifesting as truth within each one of us, that it might take some time, generations perhaps, for these transformations to show up in the physical/material world. So it is important to keep in mind that we do not look to the physical world for the proof that these messages are real, but that we look inside of ourselves, to our own inner knowing that ratifies these teachings as being real and being true. Not only are we going beyond the five senses to realize their truth, but we are also not relying on our five senses to prove it to us. This is what Jesus meant when he said “Blessed are those who do not see and yet who believe.” As we have said many times in the past, this is not blind faith, but it is resting in the knowledge that is already within you.

We continually reinforce that by claiming the truth both out loud and within our own hearts and Minds, “I know who I am I know what I am I know how I serve.”

Can I be this? Can I truly know throughout my entire being that I am a Divine Child of God, that I am unique expression of the Divine? What we are being asked to do is to open ourselves to the possibility of that, and by doing so we begin to counteract those old illusory beliefs that have kept us bound. One of the many lessons here we begin to discover is that what we call our spiritual work does not have to always be difficult or painful. Through willingness, intention, and surrender as well as the use of our imagination, which is another form of knowing, instead of struggling up to the top shelf, we simply allow ourselves to be raised up, to be lifted.

“Now how do you lift, to rise, to the top shelf? Through intention. And, simply said, intention is a creative action that you claim as being so, not “one day will,” but being so. “I am Word through this intention” sets the action of the frequency of the Word in consciousness to the circumstance, or situation, or requirement that you need to bring into manifestation. When you are doing this, in accord with your vibration as the one in worth, it will be so.”

The last piece this morning is somewhat reflective of the beginning thought today, “How much is enough?”

I still have material desires and some of them I still feed, yet I have also become aware that both my life and my desires have become simpler over time. I even find myself rejoicing in that simplicity. Neither Buddha nor Jesus condemned the material world. Difficulty and conflicts arose not through material things so much but through our attachment to those things. There is that often misquoted phrase from scripture, “Money is the root of all evil.” The corrected quotation states, “The love of money is the root of all evil.” In other words, it is not the material thing itself, money or whatever might happen to be, it is the love of that or our attachment to it or if you want to go further making that thing into a false god that begins to claim our power.

Instead of identifying myself with being a Divine Child of God, I find myself as a person who is thinking about wanting a new car or, for me, it might be a new guitar or new camera. Obviously that's not a definition of who I am, but in my desire, in my attachment, I become so identified with the object of my desire, that without me even realizing it, I have given away my true identity and turned myself into this limited thought and attachment.

“As you exist here, you create mountains of stuff that is your legacy that goes to dust the moment you are gone. When you rise in vibration, you claim things in accord with truth because truth lives in high frequency. What is in truth is eternal and you carry that with you throughout your lives.”

Thank you for your grace, your light, your truth and you loving support.