Sunday, June 19, 2005

Question from a Quado Reader:

The “I AM” message has ironically thrown me into a place of fear.  On one level I understand it completely.  On another it has made me unsure about how to move forward.  Do I no longer dream?  Is manifesting a contradiction?  Is setting goals and achieving these of no relevance?  

I am someone who has just changed my career and I am now working to help people clear negative beliefs and energies.  It is an honour to work in this way.  However, at times I struggle financially, whereas before when I was working in a corporate environment I earned four times as much.  I have a goal for a beautiful healing centre but this message has challenged me on this vision.

Quado’s Response:

Yes, of course, manifestation is a contradiction and a paradox.  As I stated before, if you were so completely one with your spirit that you could instantly manifest anything at all in the world, then you would have no desires to manifest because you would be one with all that is, and the perfection of its oneness would be abundantly clear.

This is so.  But it does not mean that there are no ways to achieve your dreams.

You must take everything with a very light hand.  Fear is a heavy, slow energy that will instantly pull you out of your ability to create.  Desire can be very heavy as well, when it is tinged with fear and with overemphasis on the future.  If you are worried about money, that worry, which is, of course, fear and doubt working their way with you, will pull you out of the field of creation, the field of I AM, and drop you down into the field where you must crawl toward your goals.

Over-planning is also a great difficulty, for you can then move into control, into that place where you decide what will work and what will not, take control and begin maneuvering and manipulating.  When you decide that you are in charge and you will make it happen, no matter what, you are beginning to move into very dense energies.  And it is here, in this place of control and grim determination, that you will encounter many walls of frustration.

It is a delicate thing to keep your balance in the world of creation and intention.    It must all be done with a light hand and an elevated spirit.

This state of lightness is also referred to as detachment in some belief systems.  And here it enters into the area of paradox, for in order to create an outcome, you must detach from it.  Attachment is wedded to fear and to control.  Detachment is part of the lightness which is necessary.

And yet, even though the truth of creation comes wrapped in paradox and contradiction, feel how it rings true in your deepest core.  There is a part of you that knows and understands this.  And this deep core also knows what to do.

You will, of course, need to meditate.  Meditate in order to open the door to the fields of intention and creation.  Meditate to allow yourself to enter this field, but not burdened by heavy expectations, but instead with a very light intention to create.

Visualize what you wish to create, release it and enter your field of meditation.  Do what you can to lift your energy level, through meditations and through visualizations.  And when you are within this lifting, your focus is to be solely on the energy, on the blank and flowing mind, on the oneness and connection.  If you focus on your object of desire when you are in the field of high energies, you will pull yourself out of those high creative energies.  In the field of I AM, your desires and intentions may be no more than a bit of mist clinging to you as you enter.  You must have faith that this intention is carried with you and not focus on it as you enter, focusing instead on lifting your energies and your presence.

And then, when you return and go about your life, you are to have a new attitude.  First, never allow fear to take hold.  No matter what happens, send fear and doubt away.  Be vigilant in this.  They must not be allowed to dominate your thinking.  Learn to recognize fear and doubt and instantly send them away.  Just release them and refuse to listen to their whining and complaining, their repetition of old regrets and new worries.  Refuse to listen.

And then, when you set about doing what it is you wish to do, connect with your inner core, in your solar plexus.  Once you have sent fear away, you can reach a place of settled peace there.  Reach this place and know it.  Know when you are settled and calm, and know that this is the only place from which to make your decisions.  Never out of over-excitement.  Never out of fear and doubt.  Just from a calm center of peace.

And then, the attitude to have is not one of planning, control and determination.  The attitude to have is one of complete faith and openness.  Have faith that your desires entered into the field of creation along with you, but know that they will not be manifest just as you would have them.  Know this.  This is not magic.  This is energy work, and it is a mysterious process indeed.

You will not create exactly what you envision, but it is not a reason not to envision.  For in fact, if you go through life with an attitude of belief and openness, you will be led, step by step, to a wondrous life which is greater than what you had imagined.

Will you accumulate wealth?  You may or may not.  It is not a spiritual concept.  Will you have sufficient abundance to create, to be in peace and love?  Yes, you will. 

And there is no reason to accumulate great wealth, for that is an act of fear, an act of disbelief, for the creation of safety and security through money is nothing compared to the safety and security which comes through faith.  Store enough nuts to see you through the winter, yes.  But not hoarding, not focusing on fear and what might happen if you are wrong, if the universe does not listen, if your creation does not come to be.

For it will not come to be, not exactly as you envision it.  That is guaranteed.    But what will come is a steady stream of opportunity to move in its direction, a steady stream of possibility.  And what you need to do is open wider and wider.  Open to new people and new opportunities.  See each person in your life as a possible gift for moving toward your dreams.  See each event, even though it appears negative, as a possible opening to a new path to do what you want.  Continue to walk forward and you will be taken to the next step, and then the next and then the next.

And now, of course, we come to the ultimate paradox about goals and dreams.  They will not be fulfilled, because there is no goal, no destination, there is only the journey.  And if you are living a deeply blessed and creative life, you will be continually surprised at the step which appears in front of you; you will be led across wondrous landscapes, through forests deep and dark and thrilling, always walking, stepping lightly and then seeing the next step ahead of you.

There is no destination.  There is only the path, the opening of the path and the walking upon it.  And if you wish for your path to go in a particular direction, yes, you may visualize it, you may influence the universe in that way, but then, when the steps appear before you, do not question and wonder, do not become discouraged and confused.  Instead, just ask yourself for the truth, whether this step has the feel of truth and knowingness about it, and then step forward and walk.

There is no expectation here, just a deep knowledge that you are guided and a deep faith that the universe and your higher self know better than you do, the best way for you to walk.

Release.  Release fear.  Release expectation.  Release that feeling that if only you had this or that, then you would be happy, then you would be fulfilled and accomplish great things.  Just reach down inside and find the truth.  Fill yourself with happiness now, right now, just for being alive and taking one more breath, and step forward in faith and joy.  Then let life offer you her gifts and surprises, as well as her obstacles and challenges.  You will find all of them on your path.  And your object, the purpose of this life, is to walk, one step at a time, until your life, this great adventure, comes to an end, and the next great adventure begins.

A Word from Carrie:

If you missed the “I AM” message referred to above, click here. 

Our telemeditation yesterday focused on lifting into higher I AM energies.  I’ve included the imagery below, in case you would like to try it out for yourself. 

Imagery from June 18^th Telemeditation

Picture yourself as walking out onto a grassy field on a gentle summer evening.  Lie down on the grass.  Then allow the moon to give you a cleansing bath, letting the gentle and loving moon energy slowly travel the length of your body, opening each of your energy centers (chakras) and washing away fear and doubt. 

Then see a star in the sky and know it as your star, full of your purpose and intention.  See a star glowing in your solar plexus and allow the stars to connect, filling you with light and love, pure being. 

And then, as you lie there filling with higher and higher energies, allow yourself to lift up and float.  Just stay in that place for a time, feeling the incredible higher energy from your star filling and lifting you until you are also a glowing star in the sky. 

And then, when you are ready, gently float back down, like a leaf on a windless day, keeping the higher energies in your solar plexus as you enter the denser energies and land softly on the grass.