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Session #117 – April 23, 1989
Gloria’s circle
Present: Betty Welty, Jean Chisholm, Jnana Sivananda, Joni Schultz,
Marlayna Brady, Myra Perala, Owen Cramer, Peter Valiton and
Sidney Smither.
Meeting began with the usual AUM’s, invocations and meditation.
Sheariam: Greetings students. So we once again gather. Today we discuss
the Second level of Mobilizers so that we may quickly move upon the study of
“Wants” and Thoughts”. Time grows short, and we must accomplish the completion
of our task on the Wheel of Karma.
As discussed with Bodily Functions, there are five, and then there are three
Empowerments. So it is with Second Levels. Today we discuss the Creation and
Maintenance of your Space.
The Creation of Space begins with bodily function, for you, as humans on
this planet, and indeed for all of life forms on this planet, that is where Space begins.
You, as self-conscious beings, with the capacity to exercise initiative and to follow
through, have open to you a secondary level of Function, that mainly involves
Choice. You choose your Space by taking the first step and declaring your “Need”.
You cannot expect others to respect your Space if they do not know what your
“Needs” are. This is why we asked you some time ago to examine yourselves in
terms of Need vs. Want.
Certain Needs establish certain Space. Those Needs are based in the Desire
Body and are acted upon through the Emotional Body. But it is through the
common Mental Body that you call upon those forces that allow you to state what
you Want. Your custom has betrayed you, because you have been taught to give to
the other with less and less concern about your own Needs and Wants, particularly
the Wants. So you find yourselves in unhappy spaces.
You actually bless another when you say what it is that you Want. That is not
a demand of the other individual. Demand is made upon Universal Forces through
the Mental Body. But if you do not express what it is you Want, then those Wants
are unlikely to be met or filled. Give the Universe and your world the chance to
allow you to have what you Want.
So you must have a satisfactory Self-Image to know what you Want. It is not
impractical to want substance: money, prosperity, love. Those are your rights. It is
the way in which you make your Space that determines how much of what you want
you will get. You can demand of the Universe limitless possibilities, and they then
become probabilities, and you manifest them through the empowerments.
Now, in establishing what you want, you also make some choices as to your
Place. That is the second step – choosing your place. Again your custom has
betrayed you. In diminishing your Self-Image and repressing your sense of self-
importance, you place yourself at the bottom of the ladder, and you say, “This is
where I belong because I am not as good as someone else.” You choose whether you
are to be at the bottom or at the top, or somewhere in the middle. One of your first
choices as an incarnating human on this planet, is to choose your position in the
family. Are you eldest or youngest, smartest or dumbest, most loving or most
unloving? These are choices. You choose them. So if you do not like the place you
have occupied, you can change it.
The third step is Attitude. You choose your Attitude. You can maintain
optimism or maintain pessimism, confidence or diffidence, acceptance or cynicism.
What is your Attitude? Do not expect “Wants” to be filled if you are entertaining a
pessimistic Attitude. The minute you say, “But not for me,” you have made your
declaration. If you wish to be cynical, then do without. If you wish to be pessimistic,
then deal with what you draw to you. You choose your Attitude, and you can change
your Attitude any time you desire to do so.
The fourth step is Participation. Are you involved or detached? Are you part
of or merely an observer? The degree to which you wish to Participate determines
the extent of your Space. You may withdraw, if that is your wish, but then do not
blame others when they ignore you. If you wish to be loved, you must be loving, and
you must be loveable. Do not sit on your throne and expect your subjects to bow
before you. You must learn to be equal and Participate to that degree of which you
are capable without judging the degree of another’s Participation. The minute you
begin to feel that you are giving 150% and another is giving only ten, you are
defeating this effort to accomplish this step in choosing your Space.
In establishing your degree of Participation, you must be tolerant. You must
be accepting. Denial is refusal to Participate, and it has its place, for as you can
choose to Participate in that which benefits you and others, you can refuse to
Participate in that which is destructive. So you do not need to share another’s anger,
resentment or hostility. It depends upon the Attitude that you have already
established.
The next step is Ethic. You cannot maintain your Space without Ethic. You
must not use force, because force meets force and generates hostility. It brings into
manifestation resistance, more resistance than that which you are attempting to use
force against. Each must establish one’s own Ethic, but above all else, you must do
no harm which then requires you to draw upon the Mental Body in order to know
what is harm and what is not.
When you are in the process of deciding what is harmful, one of the most
advantageous guide lines is to place yourself in that other position. What is it that
you would choose to have done, if another is in your position? Would you have
sharp words or love? If you are a plant, would you give of your substance joyfully,
or prefer to stay where you are? It is harmful in some instances to harvest plant life.
There is a very delicate ecological balance that must be observed if you are to
maintain your Space and assist others and all life forms to maintain Space.
So soon as you permit emotional involvement in another’s harmful action,
you are adopting those actions as your own whether or not you actually take part.
So if you accept another’s anger, you become involved in that anger, and it becomes
yours.
You maintain your Space with the Ethic of love and well-wishing and caring
and nurturing without placing your value judgment on that other one. So you may
love someone although you detest their actions. That is when you detach and be
uninvolved except in the action of blessing. That is how you transmit the Love Force
– “Blessing”. It is a factor of communication which you do not indulge often enough.
The Christians have a saying: “Do unto others as you would have others do
unto you.” There is not a better guide line. Establish your Ethics on the basis of
doing no harm, and you can do no better under this Law of Dominance. But you
must also take into consideration the harmful effects of diminishing your own
Space. Ethics takes careful thought, and that will be further discussed at a later
time.
Now, to maintain and to empower, you must exercise Authority,
Commitment and Responsibility. These are the last three which have been most
corrupt in current evolution of the human race. You must exercise Authority over
yourself. You must take charge of yourself and your own Space. As you join with
others who are doing that also, you establish your Social Authority. Out of this
joining grows custom. As we said earlier, your custom has betrayed you, for in
seeking to honor the letter of the law, you transgress the Universal Laws over and
over and over.
Authority must be held only with honor and commitment and of prime
importance if you are to exercise your rightful power. Your Space is your arena of
action in which you are the Authority. But you must be committed, and you must
keep your Commitment. Do not give your word idly. Personal honor is important,
because you diminish your Space when you dishonor yourself or another.
Responsibility must be self-imposed. That does not mean that you do not
accept Responsibility at the behest of another, but do so by your choosing, not
because your custom says you must. You choose. If you do not choose, then you are
not creating and maintaining your own Space. If you allow your Space to be
determined only by bodily function and the demands of others, you are obviating
the opportunity you selected in manifesting on this planet under the Law of
Dominance through the Karmic Wheel.
Sidney: You talked a little bit about anger, and we were discussing anger Friday
night at the study group. I wondered if you could take a moment to discuss personal
anger from a position of health, and also, if indeed there is a healthy and best way to
express it, if you are going to express anger? (First must be determined: is it righteous
anger? Is it anger that stems from a Desire Body Need that is not being met, and
then the fires fed by resentment and blaming on another for one’s lack? Is it an
anger as a response to suspected invasion, and is that invasion because you have not
maintained your own Space? In maintaining one’s Space, one may observe
another’s anger, but, in not responding in like kind, one does not become involved
and maintains one’s Space, dealing with the other’s Attitude with cool head and
clear thought.)
Is it ever healthy for one’s own body to express anger? (If the anger toxins raise
to such a level within the tissues that they must be emitted, it is better to work hard
and sweat out the toxins than to vent one’s anger in such a way as to demand a
response from another. Your anger is your own Responsibility and must be dealt
with within your Space.)
Myra: How about anger that wasn’t dealt with in the past but still resides in the
body? (You must cleanse the tissues of those anger toxins before the angers can be
converted into love.) And what’s the best way to do that? (Work. Sweat. Activity.)
How about counseling like with “rebirthing”? (Sometimes one cannot do for one’s self.
It depends upon the level or capacity for understanding, and thus there is an
appropriate place for counseling. So communication is often a way of dealing with
the anger toxins in the tissues.)
And during the counseling, that’s exactly what I’ve been working on, and I had
felt reluctant to allow myself to go back and feel that anger again, because you had taught
us that this can be a very devastating and bad thing to do, so I resisted doing it until my
counselor said I really couldn’t get rid of it until I experienced it again. (When did we
ever say such a thing?)
I guess I put words in your mouth. My understanding was that was what you said.
(Anger is a feeling which finds expression through the Emotions of certain Attitudes
and Habit Patterns. It is for you to change the Attitude and Habit Pattern through
which anger is expressed before the anger can be mollified.)
Sidney: So essentially you’re saying that anger can be a positive statement, but the
expression is the most important thing. (It is how it is emoted.)
Owen: It would seem that there is a possibility of conflict between Commitment
and Responsibility to yourself. I’m thinking particularly in marriage vows, for example.
Over a period of time, lives change, and the Commitment that was made needs to be
honored, but if you take on additional responsibilities that seem to conflict with the
Commitment, there is a kind of imponderable situation. (First of all, is there in truth a
real conflict, or is it a seeming one by your own words. Secondly, rules are
established by your own Authority. You must express your own Needs, and the
rules, though previously established, can always be re-established by negotiation of
contract. Remember, we did discuss that. Interpretation of a Commitment is also
impairment to one’s understanding. To what did one commit one’s self? What are
the ramifications of that Commitment? What about the Commitment can be
modified? What contract was made, and what were the conditions of that contract,
and can they be re-negotiated?)
Joni: Sheariam, the marriage contract. Most of those of us who are married
made a promise to be together, to love, honor, whatever, until death do us part. Is it
appropriate in some cases to simply negotiate that contract out of existence and separate?
(Your concept of “death” has much to do with that. As you grow and become, the
old person “dies”, and “death” does not mean necessarily the expiration of the
physical or carbon body. Remember, that what you call “marriage” is a social
contract. Marriage from time immemorial has been a contract of economics. It is
only you, in this particular culture, who believe marriage to be a bond of love. That
is one of the greatest deceits your custom has handed you. Love does not require
your social contract, a legal document. Love Is. Equal knowledge requires written
contracts. Your marriage licenses should have more written out such as the
conditions of the contract, the edges.)
Marlayna: Sheariam, do we have also in this culture a misconception of “soul
mates”? (Indeed.) Could you enlarge upon that? (That has been spoken of in the
discussion of the Realms, and many times we have repeated that. Do you still not
have a clear conception of the Realm structure? If you are of the same Soul Body as
another, you are a “Soul mate”. If you are of the same Ego structure, you are an
“ego mate”. Only in the Realm of Self and through Personality do you have
separation. Two personalities of the same Ego may find in each other such
complimentary interaction as to believe themselves to be “soul mates”, but that is
using the word “soul” in a modern western language manner. You may be finding a
“spiritual mate” which may not be of the same Entity or the same Soul.)
Sidney: It would seem that an “Ego mate” would be closer to one than a “Soul
mate” which is one step further removed, both of course, being “Soul mates” if they are
“Ego mates”. But “Soul mates”, of course, are not synonymous with “Ego mates”. (That
is correct.)
Betty: Will you speak more later on “Spiritual mate”, or now? (If time permits.)
I would very much appreciate some clarification on the answer you gave me
concerning my mother and taking responsibility there, and the answer you gave Edith and
her taking responsibility for providing joy and caring and love and support. Could you
please clarify a little bit more? (Between the two, to compare the two, it becomes an
environmental issue. It is important that Edith provide the environment that she
now provides for her sister, support and maintenance and nurturing and care. In
your instance, your mother is capable of providing her own environment. The
problem arises when she believes or tries to make another believe that her
environment should be in a different geographical location. At her current state of
health, mental, emotional and physical, it is better for her to remain in one place
where the environment is stable, the necessary bodily functions are served
appropriate, and her safety is maintained.)
When do we take on the responsibility that Edith has done. When do we make
that commitment? When do we make that contract? (Remember re-negotiation.
Circumstances change. You are not the only one creating and maintaining Space.)
And that advice doesn’t necessarily come with a marriage contract, then? (It does not.)
Thank you. That clarifies it a great deal. I appreciate that.
Sheariam: Remember that in any contract, the partners thereto are equal,
equally responsible for fulfilling all conditions of that contract. If the contact is to
love, then both members to the contract must love. When one ceases to love,
whether or not the other one does, then that condition must be communicated. That
is in the first step of expressing your Need and your Want. You must communicate.
It is one of your greatest failings. If the contract is to be mutually supportive
economically, then both or all partners must contribute equally. Whether or not it is
in the same goods, the same values must be delivered. A contract is void when a
partner ceases to make his or her equal contribution. Then the contract must be re-
negotiated or abandoned.
Betty: Could you speak a little bit more, or give a “for instance” about “equal
contribution”? (Contribution is made in many ways. In a husband and wife situation,
the husband may, indeed, be the bread winner and provide all of the monetary
substance. But the wife is equally responsible for making the contribution of
services in equal value in your custom. Many wives contribute much more in value
in their services than the husbands provide economically. So if that imbalance
exists, then there must be something else to bring the balance about, either in
emotional support, intellectual communication, physical support systems, etc. There
are so many factors to be considered that it could take hours to discuss.)
Your explanation has been very helpful. Thank you.
Jnana: Sheariam, the next issue of the Cosmic Connection is basically going to be
about adapting to change. Do you have any words of wisdom that might guide the
direction of that subject?
Sheriam: This is a good time to discuss adaptation to change, not merely with
respect to your product, but it is general to our topic. As you grow and learn about
yourselves, or not learn about yourselves, you create your Space, and you maintain
or do not maintain. All about you the same thing is happening with all life forms so
that you are in a constant state of creating and maintaining, and re-creating and
maintaining. Thus flexibility becomes imperative. So soon as you become rigid in
your thinking and inflexible in your Attitudes and habits, so soon do you begin to
concretize your Space and cease to grow, which means that you are in the process of
dying.
Now life does not cease to exist. Life, itself, does not die, but that portion of
manifestation which you are does diminish, and eventually becomes absorbed,
which is, in effect, a death even as you grow and you absorb what you were and
become more. The old “what you were” no longer exists and thus is dead.
You must be sensitive to the Space-making effort of those about you. This is
Ethic, and you must be ready to give a little here in order to take a little there. This
is the Balance of which we spoke. You have already entered a contract in becoming
humans. In incarnating on this planet you have made a contract to live with others
of your kind among the other life forms that inhabit the planet. This means
adaptation and adaptation is at the bottom, at the very base of Evolution.
If you are to achieve the ultimate specialization of your species, you, of all life
forms on this planet, must do the most adapting. The plant life adapts. Animal life
adapts. Mineral life adapts. Yet the human species plundered and forced adaptation
that is unnecessary. Do not plunder the state of those with whom you share this
planet. Create your own Space and maintain it. Be balanced. Do not plunder
another’s in order to survive yourself. You must develop your own survival tools
and use them for your own benefit, as well as the benefit of all life forms on your
planet.
Does that help you?
Jnana: Yes, it does. Thank you very much. There are four traditional stages of
change, according to some studies, those being anger, denial, bargaining and acceptance.
Could you address those issues?
Sheariam: We did address Anger as a toxin in the system. This pervades all
subtle bodies. When it pervades so far as to pollute the Mental Body, which it now
has done on your planet, every participant is in trouble. So, your individual
responsibility is to cleanse your own body of the Anger toxins. That is why we
suggest work and sweat, because when you are working hard, with the right
Attitude, you are cleansing all of the subtle bodies, including the Mental Body.
If you work with resentment, you increase the Anger toxins and make
yourself ill as well as all who partake of that Mental Body portion to which you are
contributing your Anger toxin. You may deny Anger, and that is very foolish,
because Anger is a natural part of the Desire Body as it has developed on this planet
under the Law of Dominance.
You cannot go further into acceptance if you continue to deny Anger. You
can deny that which you think sponsors that Anger. You do not have to accept
poverty. You do not have to accept invasion. You do not have to accept exploitation
or repression. What is it that makes you angry? Cease to deny the Anger, and deny
that which sponsors the action on your part.
Jnana: What do you mean by “deny” in that case. Not “deny that it exists”?
(Deny its power over you. You cannot deny the power of Anger. You merely repress
that force, and it comes out in illness.)
Joni: Sheariam, in feeling Anger over something and going to work it off,
whether it be digging in the yard or scrubbing the floor, how do we avoid sending the
Anger out? (Attitude. Concentrate on love. If you scrub a floor, then scrub it with a
feeling of loving it. If you dig in the yard, love the earth. Love that which you turn
out of the earth. Concentrate on the Attitude of loving, and Anger cannot resist that
force.) Thank you.
Jean: Sheariam, I am thinking now of the study group. This later material is so
important, and we’re having new members coming in, and it takes so long to cover all of
the previous, but it seems to me that’s a very important part in understanding the present.
So, it makes a dilemma on the use of the time. Can you give me any guidelines on this?
(If you had not learned of the Realms and the hierarchy of power, could you
effectively comprehend, understand and utilize what is now being taught?)
It certainly helps a whole lot in accepting. (If one can take these words on faith,
then it can be taught advantageously.) You mean it can be short-cutted if they can take
it on faith? (Yes.) But if they can’t, then the background must be filled in? (Yes.)
Owen: Don’t we also accept the background on faith, because it’s beyond what
we can experience? (That is true. But in studying the background, at some point, you
must, within yourself, address your degree of faith, or you would not continue. This
is part of Commitment.)
Jean: When it comes to faith, some things are said, particularly in the health
instructions. My question is: “Are you always right?” Other times you say, “You’re only
human.” So, to what degree is what you say without error? (We have said time and
again to take what we give you and try it with open heartedness and honesty. If it
works for you, then you know that it is truth for you.) Thank you. That’s what I
thought. (We have never asked you to take what we say on pure faith. We have
always insisted that you put what we teach to use. That is the proof for you.)
Betty: A question that I have in relating to this is: I feel that sometimes we have
heard what you said, and we have made assumptions as to the meaning of it and gotten
into problems. (Quite true. Communication, very imperfect, and this means of
transmission is far from perfect.) But we appreciate it. (We appreciate the
opportunity.)
Owen: Would you say, then, that what would be truth for us would not
necessarily be truth for others? (In some instances. This outline of Laws, for instance,
is truth for everyone, but as you well know, in your man-made laws, while they are
truth for all of the land over which they hold jurisdiction, they are not necessarily
practiced.)
I was thinking in terms of the many religions we have here. (Those are all
merely interpretations of the basic which we have given. Look into any religion as
deeply as you wish, and when you find the kernel, you will find what we have given
– different words, perhaps, but the basic sounds, even will be there.)
Jean: I have come to accept, and really have changed a great deal. I’m much
more willing to relinquish now, and just have faith. Can this come about, except through
time and study of materials such as this? Is there any short cut? (Laughter.) (To have
faith, no. Each individual establishes that in the creation and maintenance of his
Space.)
Then are you saying that I have gained faith because I’ve tried out these things
and find that they work? (Yes. So you have created Space of a different texture, not
only of size. You have empowered yourself.)
So I’ve questioned authority and then established my own truth for myself.
(Authority must be established from within.) Thank you. That was very helpful.
Betty: I have a very mundane question. You tell us that all life has the right to be
on our planet as much as we have the right to be here. I think about this every time I
squash a slug, splat a fly, vacuum up a spider. I keep telling them they’re in my Space. (If
you can reach them with your vacuum, they are.)
That relieves some of my guilt. Thank you very much. (Every form of life has a
natural place to be, and humans are not the only ones that invade others’ Spaces.)
Jean: So the slug that’s eating my plants is invading my Space and I’m justified
in arranging for it’s departure? (There are many ways in which this can be done. If the
departure is brought about in such a way that the substance of the offender is, in
essence, recycled by your intent, then you have not dishonored that life form’s
Space. You have the choice of removing that life form to a more natural habitat, or
of destroying that form which it takes at that time. But the substance which has
brought about that form also has other potentials that it can be used for. Thus it is
that it is wrong to poison and cause what you call death. Try to think in terms of
recycling. All of life on this planet, and everywhere, is cyclical. Try to promote the
most beneficent opportunity in that cyclicity. There are ways that you can treat your
plants that will dissuade the invasion of the plant’s Space by the insect or pest.)
Jnana: Do you have suggestions for recycling insects, such as mosquitoes, slugs,
flies or others? (Mosquitoes should be controlled in the prevention of the larvae.
Slugs often can be persuaded to live on other forms of vegetation by protecting your
vegetation with something that the slug does not like, such as ground chili.)
Marlayna: Sheariam, Gloria Ruth was telling us, some time ago, about vacating her
premises of some cockroaches. Thinking about that, I realized that I sort of vacated some
ants from my kitchen, but right now, I’m working on a mouse. I think maybe I’m not
being exactly fair to the mouse because it got itself into the garbage can, and I
accidentally dumped it into the big plastic garbage can. The other day I opened the can,
and the mouse was sitting in the middle of the mound looking up at me. I clumped down
the lid again. I’m not feeling quite right about that, but I’m not sure how I could feel right
now and still not have the mouse in my Space. (You have several options. You can take
the creature elsewhere and turn it loose. You are not outside your prerogative in
bringing the life form to a cessation, so long as the life form is buried and can
become a part of the earth again. But if you poison it, then it poisons the earth in
which you bury it, and you must not cremate it.)
Betty: Speaking of cremation, when we do pruning of large branches, trees,
humongous pines and so forth, the family tradition has been to burn all this. (Wrong.)
I’m uncomfortable with that. (It should be mulched to provide fuel, such as needed for
heat or cooking.) That creates problems.
Myra: So the chipper machine is a very valuable tool, then? (Indeed, it is.)
Sidney: You can chip the product and put it in the ground as well. (Yes.)
Joni: Can you give us suggestions on moss and dandelions in the yard?
(Dandelions are excellent food, and moss can be convinced to remove itself with
your mental action.)
Myra: How about just pulling it up off the ground or wherever it is? (No reason
not to, except that you introduce the same spore wherever you put it, so you must
choose carefully.)
Owen: To what extent can we invite the cooperation of devas? (To the fullest
extent. That is an area in which you fail miserably. You do not think to do it because
your custom has convinced you.)
Is it correct that there are some creatures, for example, moles, that the devas seem
to be completely independent to suggestions that would be nice if the moles went
someplace else to do their cultivation, which would be appreciated in the forest, but not
right in the middle of a garden or the lawn. In Findhorn, they mention that the mole deva
was very independent. (It is, indeed, but they can be persuaded to move elsewhere. Of
course, when mole has decided to make its home in the yard of the human, it is
inviting disaster. Remember that it also has choice, limited in comparison to yours.
However, the important thing is: Do not poison. Do not use chemicals.)
Myra: Moth balls would be bad then? (That, used in a certain way might
persuade the mole to go elsewhere, but it would poison the area in which it was put.)
Joni: If they do not choose to respond to suggestion, how are we best advised to
convince them? (Trap it. Cause the form to cease. Recycle with burial. One dead
mole can persuade lots of others not to come.)
Betty: That’s the same thing they tell us on insecticides. If you gather the insects
that are creating the problem and make them into a spray and spray it around, that
discourages them. (That is quite true.)
Jean: Do you have any suggestion on ivy? I think it’s beautiful in other people’s
yards, but it certainly is stifling of other plants in my own yard. It’s a real problem to
control. (That is a responsibility for you to exercise control.) Is there any way other
than just pulling it out by hand? (You can, of course, kill it with chemicals, but that is
not the best way.)
Owen: This is maybe a good subject to attack when you need to vent your Anger.
(laughter.) Express love to the plants that are being liberated.
Betty: I have a problem with anger that I’m not sure how to deal with yet. I feel,
as I drive by the farms and see a lot of the chemical fertilizers being put on, and
pesticides and herbicides, I feel anger. I’m having trouble dealing with that. Am I
perceiving something more harmful than it is? Can you suggest ways to handle it? I’m
trying to bless the fields. (That is an excellent action to take. You must examine why
you are angry, and how you can convert that emotion into a more positive
expression. Now, the individuals who are performing these actions which are
sponsoring this response in you are responsible for their own Space. So, if they are
doing wrong, it is not your purview to do something about it in direct action. You
can do so through your mental action, which we have attempted to encourage
among you for a long time.)
Am I incorrect in perceiving that the herbicides and the chemical fertilizers are
doing harm to the soil? (You are not wrong in your perception. You are wrong in
your response to it. Instead of being angry and frustrated, sit down in your
meditation and bless those fields and areas and forms that are so treated. Do not be
punitive of the one who is so doing it because that individual may not be able to do
any better because of the level of awareness. It is not for you to judge what another
does, but you can bless that which is done unto, in order to change the
consequences.)
On our own farm, the feeling has been that in order to survive economically,
which we’re not doing a very good job of, that we must use some of the chemical
fertilizers, even though we prefer not to. (Remember that a fertilizer is encouraging
growth, even though it may be chemical. Not all chemicals are anti-life.)
So if they are used with moderation and knowledge… (With discretion.) OK.
That helps a great deal. Thank you.
Myra: Sheariam, the other day I ran into a woman who was promoting a product
called “Open-all”, which is a soil conditioner, which is produced here in Vancouver. It’s
pretty amazing material. Do you know about this? It opens up the soil down to thirty-
nine inches and reduces water need. It increases productivity by fifty percent. Do you
know about that product? (We have not examined any specifics.) It sounds like
something that Hadiki would benefit in getting involved in. (It is our recommendation
that planting be done above ground.)
Joni: Hydroponically? (Not necessarily.)
Myra: Raised beds? (Raised beds. That reduces the invasion of these life
forms to which you object.)
Owen: Sheariam, another life form that is perceived as a little bit of a problem is
blue jays, who take over bird feeders, and drive other birds away. Sometimes they attack
and even kill smaller birds. I’ve managed to move them a little way off by removing
nests in preparation, but the blue jays are still pretty much in charge. I’ve tried to speak to
them, and the devas, without any results. (First of all, you have created a situation in
which the existence of these creatures is in an imbalance. By placing feeders, you are
drawing in the very prey that they look for. In their natural habitat, they are able to
find shelter as well as food. As long as you continue to provide an attractive place to
draw the prey, you must expect the predator. Thus you have created something for
which you are responsible, and you must answer the consequences.)
It’s best to observe nature in balance. (Where it is spontaneously, not by your
design.) Is this to say that it’s inappropriate to have bird feeders? (You must examine
why you have the bird feeder.) For our own enjoyment. (It would seem.)
Jnana: I believe, at one time, you mentioned that there was some danger of
invading another’s Space by blessing them or surrounding them with white light? (The
white light, not the blessing. The white light, in fact, is your own Vital Body, and you
invade another’s Space with your Vital Body even as much as pushing your hand
into their face. But you can bless, because that is spreading out the universal
beneficence.) Thank you very much.
Joni: Sheariam, when I pass the scene of an accident or hear through the news
of tragedies, my response at this point is to just send blessings. Is that OK? (Perfect.
What we have struggled so long for you to develop as a proper response.)
Myra: Especially when you hear an ambulance or a siren.
Betty: Mercy, Love and Compassion (are infinitely reproduced. Yes.)
Joni: You spoke last time about us being able to stop bleeding ourselves, to heal
ourselves almost instantly, and I realize this is a matter of Consciousness. (Forget
“almost”.) It’s forgotten. Tell us more. (I cannot tell you how to give your body the
command to close your eyes, or digest your food, or wiggle your toe. I cannot tell
you how to give your body instruction to lower blood circulation rate, or decrease
heart rate. That is something you must learn through examination and practice of
your own body responses. It goes without saying that to be able to accomplish these
bodily controls, you must first have mind control, that you can calm yourself,
become centered, become detached from the carbon body, so that its own
consciousness can be addressed. You must ask the body if it wants to comply.)
Peter: That brings up another question. I have a difficult time separating my
Mental Body from the Carbon Body. I haven’t done it very many times. I know it can be
done, but I want to do it at will. What can you give me as a clue? (Are you your big
toe?)
No. (You’ve just discovered that you are not your body.)
Then why don’t I have the perception of my other bodies? What I’m aiming for is
the amelioration of my Carbon Body by being in accordance with my higher bodies, and
I’m having a difficult time with that. (You would benefit by using some of the early
exercises given by Silverthistle in the creation of a ball of energy between your
hands. When you have developed the capacity to feel that ball of energy, you will
then be sensitized to the force of the subtle bodies which surround you, so that when
you move your hands through your subtle bodies, you will recognize them as
substantial. When you have reached that sensitivity, you will be able to move in
awareness into those subtle bodies and view the Carbon Body as a separate entity.)
Thank you very much. I’ll work on that.
Sheariam: It is time we depart. There is great tension building in this Carbon
Body which we now control, and we must relinquish, for Gloria wishes to return.
So, we bid you adieu, and go in great joy and love and peace.
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