Q. I appear to be carrying guilt regarding past relationships. Will this hold me back on the Path?
A. Forgiveness of self and other selves will allow you to let go of everything of the past. If you can empty your cup completely, then new wine will be poured liberally from the heavens, and you will see how all your past experiences have led you to this present place of spiritual opportunity. Nothing need be wasted. You must empty your cup if you would court Revelation.
The past does not exist. It is an old dream, although dreams may leave their mark in consciousness. However, only in the present stands the portal to New Life. Do not fret over the past. Come forward now and be who you truly are: a beloved child of God.
Q. There is so much suspicion and distrust in the world at this time. How to overcome it?
A. Suspicion is just as cancerous to the emotional and mental vehicles as are fear, doubt and prejudice. Indeed, suspicion is a symptom of fear and ego-identification. Suspicion creates a vibration - a doorway if you like - through which unholy influences can and do infiltrate the personal consciousness. Aspirants should intelligently seek with an entirely open mind before concluding on anything or anyone, and then seek some more, until suspicion is replaced with Faith and Knowing.
SWINGING THE PENDULUM IN DUALITY
Q. Through my journey with your group, I am experiencing a new power and a new strength. I am experiencing this as a glorious symphony of elation of the heart. The heart within the 'I' or the body is merged and reverberating with the radiations of the Heart of Christ through the heart of my soul. Together, in lovely synchronicity, chords of joy are surging along God's radiant channels of Love. We are One.
A. Well you appear to be somewhat euphoric, and we would dutifully remind you that if our pendulum swings one way, say to the positive pole as yours seems to have done, then it must always swing to the opposite side again, the negative pole.
While we would never wish to undermine a person's true Joy etc. (which is a neutral quality, like Love), we would suggest that the kind of euphoria of which you speak: "the radiations of the heart of Christ through the heart of my soul", for example, will only truly be experienced at a later stage in the Work, closer to the time when the "consummatum est" is pronounced for the world.
Let us not forget that Jesus was only able to utter his ecstatic words: "Oh Lord, how dost though glorify me!" AFTER he had been crucified. This is an integral condition of any true Passion Play on Earth.
Therefore, let us be careful not to lose ourselves in mystical ecstasies too early in the group program, for there is still much work to be performed, and sitting in bliss like a meditating yogi in a cave will certainly not help to get the Job done.
"He who subordinates the animal-ego to the spiritual can keep his will focussed on Tao. He will abide in perfect tranquillity, while the doors go on opening and closing." - Lao Tzu.
However, having said all of that, we are, of course, rejoicing with you at your latest decision; a wise consecration that we have long prayed many seekers might make in their lives before the end of this cycle.
Q. I don't know whether to feel compassion or disgusted, because we are all responsible for ourselves ultimately. Again I keep bringing myself back to Jesus' example: compassion!
A. In Service to fallen mankind, compassion must be to the fore, but often, especially at the end of cycles such as today, Love can be very forthright, and thus perceived by the spiritually insane as compassionless and another 'good reason' to crucify Christ, which is intelligent Love (Wisdom).
Q. I have noticed for some time now that whenever I think of the group and what is expected by the Divine Plan, I get a sensation that is new to me. I also get strong tingling in my third eye chakra and a surge of strong love in my heart. I feel as if I am not alone; as if am being engulfed in a great loving and warm cloud, I feel it strongly especially in my heart chakra to the point that I cry for joy. Do these symptoms have meaning?
A. Doubtlessly they do. It appears that as a result of making contact with the group-field you are experiencing some of the inner changes that are discussed in The New Call. There are many more to come. Best not get attached to them, but instead forge ahead in spiritual helpfulness to the world and humanity. Keep your focus true and observe these developments, but never give too much importance to them.
Q. I feel very poignantly-strong vibrations coming from the centre of the group. These vibrations are powerful and very warm as if my heart chakra is enveloped with great loving light - dazzling light - and I feel, literally speaking, a pull towards a higher vibrational level. This experience may last only for seconds but the effects are definitely lasting. However, lately the feelings of sadness due to a vague nostalgia is almost physically breaking my heart. What is happening? Is it a kind of spiritual process taking place or am I a victim of a kind of illusion?
A. When Servers connect with and open to one another on physical levels (like over the Net), we are also able to work more closely together on the inner side of life. It is upon the hidden levels where the greater spiritual work is carried out.
Your experience is real and valid; a trickle of a far greater process that is unfolding upon higher levels of your being.
It is also significant and most heartening that you are sensitive and responsive to these things; most are not.
There is no time or space at the level where we really work, so we may expect further inner experiences to trickle down into our waking awareness from time to time.
The sadness that you experience is a breaking up of the illusions of the fallen world to which the personal or ego-self may have become attached but which must be left behind.
There is nothing to be truly sad about, however, in liberation from an illusion.
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Q. I am being viciously attacked on the physical and psychic levels as well as in my own work. The only way out I can feel is to wait in complete surrender while keeping the awareness up. Personal conflicts are breaking out everywhere around us. It is very suffocating. I need your help.
A. The fallen world is rejecting you. This is a blessing. . .unless, of course, you refuse to reject everything of the fallen world.
Q. As soon as I decided I was going to try coming from a place of devotional service, I got a phone call from someone I had not heard from for 4 years, asking me to help them with a weekend workshop as a volunteer. I accepted. I have learned to honour such synchronicity.
A. Please be aware that there is 'negative' as well as 'positive' synchronicity. The fallen hierarchy of the psychic sphere practices certain magic that precipitates synchronicity in the lower worlds. In order to really see, we require to cease relying upon the intellect and instead cultivate intuition, which can only be done through purifying the heart on the path of selfless service. "They who know truth in truth, and untruth in untruth, arrive at Truth." - Lord Buddha.
However, even if we follow negative synchronicity with the right attitude, we shall continue to court Grace and so be of use in the world.