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Saturday, January 22, 2005
Today we continue A Course in Creation. Today we will continue in our Course of Creation. We have focused up to this point on you and what is inside you, teaching you to learn to love yourself deeply, to understand your own perfection, to learn to train your mind to allow only this concept of perfection in and to quiet the voice of criticism and judgment. We then spoke about releasing the past, for this is what forgiveness is, just a gentle release of the past.
And all of this has been focused on you, you and who you are, teaching you to look inwardly as the source of your own goodness and beauty, knowing yourself as the source of your own truth, knowing yourself as the author of your own life, the forger of your own path. And all of this is true.
And now, today, we will begin to focus a bit more on what is around you, so that you can realize not only that you are a precious spark in the great universe, the one and only piece of being and perfection that is exactly like you are, but so that you can also begin to understand the universe as a wonderful place, made of love, filled with love. Today, I would like to focus on all of the help which is there for you, surrounding you in every moment, and discuss how you can learn to call upon that help and turn it toward your own intentions.
And as we do this, remember always that you are the only authority in your life. Nothing I say is ever more important than what you believe in the heart of your own truth. If anything I say, or anything anyone else ever says to you, makes you feel afraid, makes you feel uncomfortable or simply does not feel right, then just set it aside and know that it is not your truth. You are the authority in your life, and the system you build around you, the worldview you have of how things work, is of your own making. You must be deeply comfortable with it. And please, feel free to form your own world view. No, I will take that further. You must form your own world view. For you have had your own experiences, and how it all weaves together into something understandable will be different for you than it is for someone else.
Tolerance also comes from this. First, it comes from allowing yourself to be different than you have been taught and trained to be, allowing yourself to be unique and to have a unique vision of the world. And after you do this, after you give yourself this freedom, then it is a very easy thing to extend it to others. Then it is easy to see where people are held back by their own fears and their early training, and it is also easy to just allow others to have views which are different from yours. Of course they are. You are unique in all of the universe, the only spark with exactly this glow. All you need to do is come from your own internal truth and love, and the rest will flow.
This world is a world of energy. We will try to construct some images which will be helpful to you, but again, you must trust your own view, your own vision, your own feelings of the way things are. And if you have some concepts right now that you like and that make you feel comfortable, then you do not need to abandon those. Nothing I say is meant to tear you from a foundation of love and comfort and safety within. Everything is meant only to get you to abandon fear and doubt and move into love and light.
There are many questions which can be answered, but the one question which will not be answered and which will not be productive for you to follow is the question "Why'? Why are things the way they are? Leave this. I will not make any attempt to answer this question, and if you pursue that path it will only lead you to frustration. You will need to accept that you will not understand this. Just accept it. There is a mystery which will not be revealed, a veil which will not lift. Let it be.
What you wish to learn is how things work, how things are and, importantly, how you can form a system of understanding for yourself, a way to look at the world, which leads you to peace, joy and love. And of course, to faith. For if you form a world view for yourself that makes you comfortable, that holds up to your experiences and experiments, that helps you through the difficult times as well as the joyful times, then you can rely upon it.
Know this: The world means you well. You are in the arms of a benevolent universe made of love. Yes, made of love. You are surrounded by love on all sides. Think of that love as energy. Think of the world as built on the energy of love and light, sparkling all around you. There are waves of energy, forms of energy, flows of energy, all around you. And you, of course, are made of that energy as well.
You, in this physical life, are a manifestation of energy. I would have you think of yourself in at least two parts: the part of you which is eternal and lasts forever, which we will call your soul and your higher self, these terms being interchangeable for our purposes, and then the manifestation into your physical self, which consists of your body, your personality and ego. Your mind is an interesting place, because it is a meeting place of the two. You can allow your mind to be ruled by your ego-personality, that part of you formed during this lifetime and which will end when this lifetime is over, or you can begin to train your mind to reach up into your soul, and to focus into your higher self and your higher direction. We have spoken of this; it is the purpose of meditation and contemplation, to lift your mind up and into the higher self.
And of course, we cannot leave this discussion without speaking of you in yet another form, your highest form, which is where you have no differentiation from the rest of creation. At the highest and widest, at the greatest place of being, you are one with all that is. At this highest and widest place, you are one with the godhead, with all of creation, with the great silence, the great all.
You may have a concept of God which makes you comfortable and you can retain this, of course. But I would ask you to make sure that it is not too external, that it is not an outside authority who judges you and finds you wanting. You are not lacking or wanting in any way. You are perfect, for you are a piece of God, a piece of the one, the all; you are an expression of it.
You may wish to look at God in this way. At the heart of the universe is a force of energy, all pervasive, and it is made entirely of love. Nothing but love. Love expressed as energy, love expressed as light, great and all-encompassing love. And then a little bit of that is manifested out and into you and the other unique forms of energy which exist. You are, at one and the same time, a part of God and yet yourself, in your highest self, in your soul self which is eternal. Allow yourself to imagine this, that you can be both of these things at the same time.
And then, this soul self, this higher self, which is your individual self, has manifested yet another form, which is you in this physical being. And this form is also a part of the soul which is a part of the all, the all which we call God, and all of this exists at one and the same time. And it is true also for every other form of energy around you.
And so you are a manifest form in this physical world, made of energy, particles of light, sparkling in this form, in a form which comes and goes in linear time, in a lifetime which begins and ends. But, at one and the same time, you are also your soul self, and in this form you are outside time and never end. And if you reach up into that soul self, if you allow that soul self to pour down into you, if you welcome in the love, the pure love which is your soul self and let it fill this body here, then you are reaching up closer and closer to the true self, to the true being that you are. And if you do this, if you fill yourself with your own loving truth and if you then grow closer to that eternal you, then you can just touch the very edge of the great all, the God that you are, the God that is infused in each little particle of light which makes up your mind and body. And when you do this, in that moment of deep silence, in that great gift which is yours to have if you will allow it, even if it lasts for only one fraction of one nanosecond, then you will know the pure love and joy which is you, which is all, which is God, which is in everything surrounding you.
And I would have you look upon fear and doubt as merely the absence of this light and love. Look upon the manifested world here as created in a void; and where the void exists, fear and doubt can exist, as darkness, as shadows. But where you shine out your light, where you drive fear and doubt from within you and shine out with who you are, with your own truth and being, then fear and doubt are driven from the world around you, for they are only darkness, the absence of light, and have no power over you. Darkness cannot defeat the light. It cannot, for it is nothing except absence of light. Know this and know your power.
And know that you have a job to do here. And your job is to let your soul self pour down into this manifestation, to learn to know your truth, to fill yourself with the love and light which are you, pulling that energy in from the universe and letting it fill you, until you are a great beacon of light and love. Do this and the world around you will begin to shift and change. Do this and join with others who are doing this, and you can light up great expanses of the world.
And now that you see who you are and the world in which you live, now let us talk about other forms of energy which are manifested differently. You, in your soul self form, have chosen to manifest this physical being. Do not ask why, simply accept this. And there are others around you who have obviously chosen the same. Some are full of light and love and some are covered by the shadow of fear and doubt, obscuring their light. But they are all manifestations of love, even though their light may be dim.
But there is more in the universe than this. There are also other forms of energy such as I. I, Quado, am a form of energy which has chosen not to manifest in physical form, but yet to enter into this dimension more fully. I am here, existing side by side with you in this dimension, level, realm or whatever you care to call it, because I wish to help you to find your own light. That is my purpose, to help you find your own light. My purpose is not to have you rely upon me as an authority, to lead you or to influence you to be anything other than yourself. My purpose here is to help you to learn to shine, to be who you are. You may pay attention to me or you may not. You may turn to me directly, or through Carrie, or not at all. It is entirely up to you. But I will be here, shining among you, passing on what guidance I can, and all in the form of love and energy.
A brief word about names and about genders. I am pure energy. As such, I do not truly have a name. And as such, I certainly do not have a gender. However, since Carrie was open to me and my energies, I offered the name Quado to her mind and I also allowed her to feel the energy as she would, and she felt it as a warm masculine presence, because that was a good, loving connection for her, to welcome my energy as not dissimilar from her father’s loving energy.
Know that there is a particular form of energy which has manifested in this realm in which you live that is I, and Carrie calls me Quado and thinks of me as a male presence, and it may be useful for you to do the same, in that it may help you to connect to the same form of energy. But know also that this is your choice, and if you call in my energy to you, you may make of it what you will. That is the way of it.
For in the end, spirit guides, angels, power animals, all of this is just metaphor for what you cannot understand. In societies without concepts of angels, they use animals to call in energy forms. It is all the same. You feel, and rightfully so, that there is powerful energy outside of you, swirling through this dimension, and you wish to call it to you and give it some sort of understandable form. And this is right.
Your mind, when it moves up into the spiritual realms, has great power, vast power, and you can call energy forms to you. And in order to call them to you and make use of them, it is very useful to have a mental image and perhaps a name. And so, on the one hand this is just metaphor, but on the other hand, it is deeply powerful.
In fact, metaphor is of ultimate power, for is it the mechanism your mind uses to summon its power, to channel it and make it work.
For a moment, look at the world about you. Realize that advertising and politics use metaphor and symbolism constantly. You are manipulated by it, bombarded with it, because it is very powerful. The right image, the right symbol, the right metaphor, and you can mobilize people to live or die for your cause.
And if you will but ignore the symbols and manipulations which surround you in your society, and which are just projections of fear meant to control you, and build instead your own system of being and thinking based on metaphors of your own choosing, metaphors and symbols which pull toward you the forces of love and light, then you will increase your power immeasurably.
It is for this reason that rituals can be powerful. Ritualizing something is the same thing; it is just giving the energy a name, giving it a symbol, and infusing it with power through your focus and attention. All spiritual practice is a form of ritualization. Just make sure that you are calling in love and light, not fear, doubt and darkness. And if you are doing this, if you are consciously calling in love and light and letting it fill you, then any ritual you develop is good. Anything you like to do, if it is lighting candles or talking a walk in the woods, is good if it works to fill you with love and light. If you like to pray to God, that is good. If you like to call in Jesus or Mary, that is good. If you like to call in me, to ask me to surround you in a warm blanket of love, that would be my pleasure as well.
There are many forms of powerful, loving energy surrounding you at all times. Use us. We are here to help you.
Jesus was an interesting case, because he went a step further, actually manifested down into physical form for a time to make people more aware. But he is here and accessible to you in a highly charged energetic form. And the characteristics of his energy are those of compassion, deep love and forgiveness. A highly merciful and penetrating love form that can be yours to help you, if you care to call it to you.
And again, if you wish to develop certain rituals to call in what helps you, to call in angels and specific guides, that is good. Anything that you do which helps you to focus and turn loving energies to your use is a good thing.
Fill yourself with love. Fill yourself with faith. Reach out and recognize that you are surrounded by love. There are helping energies all around you. Learn to trust this. Know that the angels speak in a whisper. Fear yells. That is why it is so important to silence fear, to quiet your mind. Because the energies around you are subtle. They are deeply powerful, but they are not what you are used to in the physical world. It takes a different way of sensing, like peripheral vision.
And so, this week, open yourself up. If you suspect that there is help around you, open up to it and know that it is so. If you feel loving presences around you, know that this is so. You are deeply loved. There is help at every turn. You are never alone.
But do not ask for something loud and obvious. It is all very subtle. Subtle, but yet powerful, in its own way.
The forces of loving energy do not work in the ways you have been taught. You cannot lay out a project plan and ask them to achieve the milestones on schedule. No, it does not work that way at all. What you can do, is fill yourself with love and then ask that all of the forces in the universe be marshaled to your side, to help you become the most loving and giving expression of self that you can possibly become. Ask that the forces around you help you to turn your life away from fear and doubt and toward love and faith. Ask that they might help pull toward you events and people which will take you into the best possible expression of yourself, the greatest and most loving expression of self that you can possibly achieve in this lifetime.
Ask them to open up a path before you that you might walk. Ask that loving and caring people might walk toward you, and that they might share with you gems of wisdom which will help you on your path. Then listen. Listen as the passing stranger utters a sentence which speaks to your heart. Pay attention as you suddenly pick up a magazine which normally would not interest you and read the words which will help you to take that next step. Listen to the whispering of angels as they direct your feet to turn down a new street, to speak to a new person.
Quiet fear and doubt and begin to sense in a new way. You are being directed all the time, by your higher self and by these other outward energy forms. And all you need to do is open your heart to love, open your mind to light, and step out in faith. Help is all around you.
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I thought today’s Quado message was particularly interesting, because it took the concept of creating your own world a step further. I once had a vision of ‘the way things are’ (click here to read about it). What Quado is saying today is that this vision was not the authoritative statement of how things are; it was a vision which helped me understand things. And even though it came to me, in a sense I created it; it was an expression which worked for my level of understanding at that time.
And I can see that it will evolve over time. As I become more open and less fearful, I am able to handle a more and more open concept of how things are. And your vision and mine will be different—and that is just the way it should be.
Let me also share with you something wonderful that happened in this last week. I have spoken to you before of Maureen Moss, the author and speaker I am teaming up with in many ways. She has a wonderful book, The Nature of Bliss, which is going to be the foundation for some of her upcoming talks. She wrote the book a few years ago, but was recently inspired to write a Contemplation for each of the five elements of Bliss: · B for Balance · L for Love · I for Integrity and Intention · S for Sacred Sexuality · S for Soul.
And she kindly asked me to record the contemplations to be an accompanying CD to her book. I did so, in a deeply joyful session, and Maureen is now offering the CD as well as the book on her website, www.maureenmoss.com. These are contemplations, not meditations, a combination of things to think about and prayers; each is under ten minutes. We do not yet have MP3 samples available for you to listen to, but trust me, it is a terrific CD.
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I urge you to go to http://www.maureenmoss.com/products.html and buy both of Maureen’s books, Commitment to Love and The Nature of Bliss—as well as the accompanying CD, of course! I previously recommended Commitment to Love, and have had marvelous feedback from those of you who bought and read it. When I first read Maureen’s work, I was amazed at how consistent it all was with what I have received from Quado. It has that same foundation of love that you feel flowing out of Quado’s words.
Have a joyful week!
Love & peace, Carrie
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