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Thursday Session #5 - March 15, 1984
Gloria’s Circle
PRESENT: David Burns, Karl Lofquist, Sharon Sawyer, Tony Richardson,
Kristine Curry, Dorothy Lee, Bill Teppola, Pat Swope, Betty Welty, Trance Medium - Gloria
Rivers
GLORIA: Let's have a little meditation to get us in the mood. Relax your bodies and take
some deep breaths ... And begin to focus your attention on the candle ... See in the candle the flame
of life -- it moves, it changes form, it flickers, it gets more brilliant, and it dims away ... And relate
that to yourself, as you see yourself sometimes very active, high level energy, and at other times
very quiet ... And see how the spark of life, or the flame of life, flickers within yourself ... And as
you concentrate on the thought, I will be silent for a while ...
SHEARIAM: Good evening, friends.
[Responses.]
And how have you fared since last we met?
[Responses.]
We are pleased to be with you once again, to continue our dialogue with you
on subjects of great interest to us, and, we hope, to you. Has anyone as yet memorized the
definition of "existence?"
[Silence.]
If you are to proceed in a serious course of instruction, it is essential that you
get some basic grounds upon which to build. Let us again define "existence" for you, for we cannot
continue our comments until you have grasped that. "Existence" is having being in a condition or a
place within recognized limitations. Do you understand that definition?
[Some affirmative responses.]
Then we have the basis that all we know, all we ever can know, exists in
some condition or in some place with limitation which we can recognize. Now, obviously, you do
not at this moment in time comprehend all that exists, but you can do so. When last we met we
began to discuss consciousness. Without a grasp of the meaning of "existence," we cannot go on to
grasp the meaning of "consciousness," And thus be able to explore all of its nooks and crannies. I
shall give you a definition of "consciousness," at least a basic one, from which we may depart.
"Consciousness" is the knowledge that one exists. Simple, is it not? Give it some thought. You
will see the profundity of that definition. Do you know you exist?
[Affirmative response.]
How do you know?
[Silence.]
DOROTHY: There is a witness within me to that fact.
SHEARIAM: Exactly. But do not overlook the consciousness that exists that moves, persists,
endures, within everything. Now it may not be apparent to you that your mineral kingdom has
consciousness, but it does. It has the consciousness that it exists. It may not know that it exists as a
distinct form from something else as you do, but it has the consciousness within the particles of
which it is comprised, to be what it is meant to be. The fact that consciousness is knowledge of
one's existence does not mean knowledge of one's existence in specified form. Remember that
existence is defined as having recognized limitations. Recognition in other forms of existences
does not operate as recognition does in the self-conscious being we call human. Have we
sponsored any questions yet?
KRISTINE: Can you elaborate on this consciousness of the mineral kingdom?
SHEARIAM: The consciousness of such that it seeks its rightful place and form, that it behaves in
appropriate manner according to the laws of its being as does all forms of consciousness.
KRISTINE: Can you give a concrete example of that?
SHEARIAM: You assume because a metal radiates a particular frequency which can be detected
by certain types of mechanical devices that that is an unconscious function of the metal. It is only
unconscious in your perspective as not being self-conscious, but it is a consciousness that can emit
that particular frequency which identifies it as a particular metal.
TONY: Can you define what you mean by a self-conscious being as opposed to
something that is not?
SHEARIAM: A self-conscious being can say "I AM" and understand it is unique amidst
everything else.
TONY: And what about the thing that is not self-conscious?
SHEARIAM: Such as mineral or plant kingdom?
[Yes.]
And what is your question?
TONY: How is their consciousness ... How would you describe their consciousness?
SHEARIAM: That is what I am trying at this time, unsuccessfully apparently, to do. Each form ...
each form that manifests is comprised of particles which we shall call "erts" which have
consciousness. Each of these minutest particles combine their consciousnesses to function
according to the laws of the form which they assume.
DOROTHY: In various spiritual groups that I have attended in the last few years, basically
metaphysical groups, they speak a lot about developing the Christ consciousness as though that
were the ultimate higher level a human being could attain to. They call it "the Christ
Consciousness." Is this the highest form of consciousness a human being can experience?
SHEARIAM: It is not the highest consciousness that a human being can attain, but it is the highest
consciousness a human being in physical flesh form can operate within.
DAVID: We can go higher, then, if we leave the form?
SHEARIAM: Yes, but do not be misled. The physical organism which you inhabit is not the only
form which comprises your life.
DAVID: It's the only one we perceive at this time.
SHEARIAM: That is not entirely so, and that is part of what I wish to convey tonight. It is through
consciousness that you perceive the other forms of yourself.
DAVID: So we would need to switch levels of consciousness then?
SHEARIAM: Focus of consciousness rather than level would probably be more appropriate.
TONY: When you use the word "consciousness," how is that different from the word
"awareness?"
SHEARIAM: As in the mineral or plant kingdom, there is consciousness but not awareness.
DAVID: It's not aware of the form that we perceive it as?
SHEARIAM: That is correct.
DAVID: It is aware of itself as being.
SHEARIAM: Exactly. It knows that it is alive. It has consciousness of life. You tend to limit
your consciousness of life to people, animals and, only recently, plants. But life subsists all you can
perceive. There is life in rock, in mineral, in ore, metal. The most inanimate object which you can
conceive, nevertheless, is subsisted by life.
DAVID: Does that include the particles within an atom?
SHEARIAM: Most particularly so.
KRISTINE: Are plants and minerals aware of other forms of life?
[Yes.]
So if we are in a room with, say, plants and minerals, they are aware of our
presence?
SHEARIAM: To a certain degree. They are not aware as you are aware, but there is interaction at
all levels of being.
KRISTINE: Is there a communication from plants and minerals with other forms of plants and
minerals? Is there a certain network or communication between them?
SHEARIAM: Yes. I doubt that I could describe such communication to you, but as I said earlier,
the mineral kingdom manifests in accordance with the laws which rule its being. Therefore, one
mineral will not behave as another mineral does. But you know that certain substances when
brought together with other substances change form. There is that communication which science
tends to attribute to magnetic attraction, overlooking the part which consciousness plays in such
operation.
Thus it is that there are times when science is puzzled that it does not get the
same results as it should be able to expect. Because the mineral kingdom and the plant kingdom
have consciousness, you also have the capacity to influence those kingdoms by your consciousness.
Thus it is essential that you develop awareness of these realms of being, particularly as they are
essential to the continuance to life as you know it on this planet.
[Thank you.]
TONY: How should we go about that ... go about becoming more aware, and more
conscious?
SHEARIAM: If you have no specific goal in mind, it is well to simply hold some form of mineral
in your hand and attempt to become aware of the consciousness therein. Crystals are an excellent
form for this exercise, inasmuch as the laws which govern certain crystals cause them to emit
powerful ... "radiations" is a poor word ... but certain crystals emit rays, if you will, which are
perceptible by human awareness.
TONY: Which crystals are these?
SHEARIAM: Quartz crystal is probably the most accessible for you.
DOROTHY: Is this why people a few years ago were having pet rocks?
SHEARIAM: That was a superficial fad, but all things have their fundamental existence in reality.
The thing I want most to convey to you is that consciousness, like life, permeates all there is, and
the consciousness is not something chopped up into bits and pieces, but is rather a stream that flows
through all that is, and the consciousness inherent in the mineral is the same consciousness inherent
in you as humans. It simply operates differently.
DAVID: It isn't bound by space and time.
SHEARIAM: Consciousness is not.
DAVID: Less so in the minerals that it would be like our consciousness, where we
keep it focused here and now.
SHEARIAM: That is true ... You can see that in your kingdom of coal and diamonds, that
consciousness has flowed according to its own rights for centuries. You, as self-conscious human
beings, limit your own consciousness. The story of how that came about will be revealed in the
other class, but it will be available to you also. We are not here at this moment to discuss the
history of this planet and life upon it.
DOROTHY: Do you have a lecture for us tonight?
SHEARIAM: Only that which I have been delivering on consciousness. Without the development
of your awareness that consciousness persists in all things, we cannot move forward. And as yet we
are not assured there will be a sufficient number to warrant a structured system of lectures.
We have begun the foundation so that no time is wasted, no energy wasted.
But consciousness is so very important. I would also this night suggest to you that we begin to talk
in terms of Supreme Being, rather than God. We have spoken previously of the Absolute, from
which emanates Cosmic Being. If existence is having being in a condition or a place within
recognized limitation, then we have the right to establish Supreme Being as being that sphere of
existence nearest to the Absolute, but still within the limits of our comprehension.
The Supreme Being encompasses all that we can perceive. That is its
recognized limitation. Therein lie the seeds of all else. Therein lies the genetic code for all of life
as you know it. On that premise, then, we shall say that out of Supreme Being is born the universe
of which you are a part. But this universe which you know is not the only universe in existence. In
that your consciousness stems from the consciousness of Supreme Being and consciousness is a
continuous flow, then you have access through consciousness to other universes, but it is not within
the scope of your awareness to comprehend any universe but your own.
Herein lies the difference between consciousness and awareness. But there
are many forms of life in this universe of which you may become aware because you are connected
by consciousness; and they exist in the same sphere in which you exist. Thus there are other selves
to which you are bonded, which you should get to know. We have previously discussed some of
these support systems. There are other facets of your own psyche which you have the option to
explore through consciousness ...
[Tape ran out.]
... the pathway to know these other realms. We must establish conventions
of language if we are to guide you and aid you to exercises to expand your experience of life, and to
quantify the quality, as was given before. Do we have any comments?
DAVID: Is there a group consciousness here?
SHEARIAM: Most certainly so. As given earlier, inasmuch as the most minute particle of
existence has consciousness, and unites with other particles which have consciousness to create a
group consciousness of, say, an atom, which then joins with another consciousness of an atom, and
other atoms, and forms the consciousness of a cell.
As cells join together to form the consciousness of an organization such as
the body, the consciousness that flows is the same consciousness. It is the awareness that changes.
The consciousness that you have of being is the same consciousness that a plant has of being. It is
your awareness that you exist as a unique individual which makes the difference in the expression
of your consciousness. As humans unite in groups, the group consciousness then expresses the
orientation of that group. And as we have given before, it is through the group action that the
ultimate outcome of your actions can be changed.
DAVID: When the group breaks up, does the group consciousness break up to rejoin
later, or does it continue on as a consciousness in itself?
SHEARIAM: It continues as a consciousness. It has force. It has life and vitality. It has no form
until it finds a place to reside. It may join forces with a group consciousness created by some other
faction. Thus it is that groups who pray for peace, who develop the consciousness of peace,
actually do have effect.
KRISTINE: While you are away from the group, can we draw on that group consciousness?
SHEARIAM: You certainly can. That force and vitality continues, and by tuning in to it, you do
not sap its strength.
KARL: And how do you do this?
SHEARIAM: By quieting yourself, by thinking about the group, by visualizing yourself as you
were at the time you took part in the group, by focusing your consciousness.
KRISTINE: Much like you would when trying to recall a dream?
SHEARIAM: Not exactly. Let us try another example. Say that you know some individual who manifests
a high level of consciousness, a great understanding of human nature, who seems always to have
tremendous vitality and strength. Someone you know you can turn to in any crisis, and they will be
like a rock for you. Even though you are not in the immediate presence of that individual, you can
quiet yourself, you can think of that individual, you can imagine a conversation with that individual,
and just in that activity draw strength. Do you understand?
[Affirmative.]
BILL: What can we do as a group to develop the consciousness to the extent that we could
reach and communicate with another realm?
SHEARIAM: The development takes place as you acquire knowledge. You cannot become aware
of something until you have made contact with it. And so as the group acquires knowledge and
ponders the knowledge and thus expands its awareness there is power built. And contact is most
often made from the other side. You may reach up and reach up and not make contact. Until that
towards which you reach makes the contact for you. Thus it is that you are admonished to ask, to
seek, to search, to work for, to aspire. You must aspire in faith. You must have faith in place of
awareness. For once you have the awareness you do not need the faith.
BILL: Do we do this reaching through our subconscious mind?
SHEARIAM: Not at all. That is not the only ... the reach is made through conscious will. There is
a certain life drive inherent in the quality which acquires experience, but to reach beyond, to aspire
takes conscious will.
KRISTINE: Can you elaborate more on the term "conscious will" and how we can use that and
how we can gain that to work with that?
SHEARIAM: If you must drive your car to go to the store, that does not happen unless you
consciously will yourself to perform that operation. If you have faith that there are better
experiences for you, that life can be richer, fuller, more abundant, then you reach for those things.
If you set a goal and move toward that goal, you do so through conscious will, not simple
inadvertence, do you not?
That is what we are trying to convey. As you aspire to be alive in a peace
consciousness, you must have the faith that such a thing is possible, and then you make the
conscious decision to live in peace. And that conscious will must be enacted moment by moment
so as not to fall into the trap of non-peaceful attitudes.
TONY: So that's essentially like tuning into that consciousness in order to bring
ourselves into that consciousness. We sort of think about it as you described thinking about a
person, the consciousness of that person.
SHEARIAM: Yes, you tune into the consciousness of that principle.
TONY: So it follows, then, if you are thinking, or concentrating, or living in a state
of the opposite, you would tune into that principle instead.
SHEARIAM: Yes. You are aware of the polarity of your existence. You are aware that there is
both positive and negative. Where there is a principle of peace, there is a principle of conflict, and
you can live in the conflict consciousness as well as living in the peace consciousness. It is your
conscious will which decides which way you will live.
BILL: Well, isn't that also the choice that we've been given, what direction we want to go?
SHEARIAM: You are given choices of many kinds moment by moment. You may choose to live
in a conflict consciousness. Many have, obviously. There are consequences to both actions.
DAVID: But don't we make our choices for learning experiences?
SHEARIAM: We are put in the position of making choices because we are learning. If we knew,
we would not have to make the choice.Again, we must go back to consciousness.The
consciousness which flows through all that is, does not have polarity. Your awareness focuses that
consciousness to one polarity or another. That is the choice that you make.
KRISTINE: Why is it that sometimes we set a goal to attain, maybe even a spiritual attitude, and
yet we seem to sabotage that effort? We may take some steps forward, then a step back. It just
never seems to go smoothly. Why is it that we allow things to interrupt that process? We mean
well, but we get sidetracked.
SHEARIAM:Because life, as it has taken form on this plane, has limited itself by lack of self-
discipline. That is one of the conditions inherent in life on this plane, in this form, at this time. It
might be said that all humans are experiencing the consequences of the aggregate of human action
up to this point. As you individually develop self-mastery, you overcome that karma. You move
all in the human condition toward that point of transcendence.
KRISTINE: This self-mastery you speak of, how can we attain that?
SHEARIAM: Through effort, conscious will. Each time you witness a personal failure, or witness
an inadequate response, you have learned something. As you become aware of these points where
you do not quite meet your goals, you know then that there you must put more attention, or put
more energy. If you have an unruly temper, for instance, become aware of what triggers that anger.
Develop in times of peacefulness ways and means by which you can deal with those existences,
and thus not fall into the trap of losing self-control.
DAVID: I have read that we create our realities through what we believe. So, then, if
we have beliefs that will manifest itself according to the way we believe it, and if we don't like it, to
change it we have to change the belief itself.
SHEARIAM: That is true. I will restate an original premise with which we started. There is only
one reality. What you consider reality is that portion of reality which you perceive through the
prism of your consciousness at any given time. Thus as you change your focus, you change the
perception, and thus you change your reality. When I spoke earlier of faith ... faith is a belief in
something which you cannot at that moment prove, either to yourself or to another. You have faith
in many things. You believe in many things. Be conscious of where you place your belief.
KARL: Could you list all the forms of emotions or conditions we must overcome in order to
attain mastery?
SHEARIAM: That would be a futile exercise, inasmuch as each individual has his own unique list.
[Thank you.]
There are some common denominators, but of all of those, I am sure all of
you are aware. What you must concentrate on in these perilous times is the principle of peace.
Remember that each thought you think, each emotion you experience, affects all else. If you would
have peace on your global situation, you must have peace at home in your own heart.
DAVID: Are we, as a human race, working towards peace at this time?
SHEARIAM: No, you are working towards self-destruction.
DAVID: Is that through the world, or just the world powers?
SHEARIAM: That is throughout human nature. Going back to the question of why does one
permit himself to be self-defeating. It is a course that has been set many generations ago. So you
are suffering the consequences of decisions made long ago.
TONY: Does that require us to use more will to overcome that ...
SHEARIAM: Yes, indeed.
DAVID: Is that one of the challenges we have set up for ourselves as a human
species? Is it only through experience that we will learn not to destroy ourselves, or is there another
way?
SHEARIAM: There is another way. And that would be the very motivation which brings people
to groups like this. The desire. You set the goal, and it begins at home.
DAVID: Is that what anti-nuclear protests are about?
SHEARIAM: Yes, but remember that when the protest becomes violent, it is defeating its own end. Force
meets like force. If you would have peace, you must be peace. If you want gentleness, you must be
gentle.
DAVID: What would happen if the United States were to throw down all its arms and
not use them? How would the rest of the world, Russia in particular, take that?
SHEARIAM: Certainly as a victory. I did not suggest failure to defend. Because of the
consciousness that is abroad, until mankind worldwide can lay down its arms, then each individual
can only move towards peace through the peace he holds in his heart. The smallest amount of
anger felt against your neighbor adds to the power of destruction. The smallest amount of love
shown to a neighbor defeats those powers of destruction.
KRISTINE: Sheariam, can we change this attitude of self-destruction in one generation?
SHEARIAM: Probably not. It would take a great deal of concentrated energy, and no one at this
time is truly ready to make that sacrifice. There have been a few in past centuries, and one in this
century -- Ghandi is that example, who sacrificed all of his personal desires for peace in this
country.
KRISTINE: Will there be an avatar that will come with the new age, the new century, that will
lead us toward this?
SHEARIAM: That is always the hope in the human breast, that one does not have to do it himself,
that there will be one to lead the way. The way must be found within the heart. You may find an
example, but how many are willing to follow Ghandi's example? How much peace is there in his
country now that he is gone? How much peace is there among the Israelites? How much peace is
there in Iran? Who is willing to put aside all personal considerations, even if a leader appeared
right here at this moment in this room? How many of you would be willing to follow? Read your
New Testament. How many were willing to lay aside their personal concerns to follow Jesus? It
begins at home, my friends. This is why we come. This is why our channel makes itself available.
[Silence.]
KRISTINE: That's certainly quite profound. It puts a tremendous responsibility on everyone.
SHEARIAM:Your only responsibility is to live your life in peace. You do not need to go to your
capitol and protest. You do not need to stand on a street corner and preach. Live your life in the
exemplary fashion of peace, and let the universal laws work on your behalf. That is what we come
to teach you. Not to say to you, `leave your family, leave your concerns, and follow me.' You must
do your job where you are. And you can. You have the power. Consciousness flows through you.
You have the awareness. You know what kind of world you want to live in. Then create that
world within your heart. [Sheariam's voice was very emphatic and earnest.]
Comment?
DAVID: Sounds like a long process.
SHEARIAM: It would not be if there were sufficient numbers who would do this thing of which I
speak.
DAVID: The most wouldn't believe it possible, and without belief you can't have it.
[Tape ran out.]
SHEARIAM: ... is not necessary to evangelize. It is only necessary to be it. When you exemplify
by your own life that which is desirable, then others attempt to emulate.
DAVID: Our personal beliefs aren't that easy to change. Experience tells us that
believing the world is good isn't right.
SHEARIAM: I did not say that you had to believe the world to be good. I said to live in peace in
your own heart. Can you not believe that you, yourself are essentially good?
DAVID: I don't really know.
SHEARIAM:Then you have a lot of work to do. Until you learn to live in peace within yourself,
you will not exhibit the peace consciousness to others.
BILL: Isn't it true that if you feel this way, that this is your choice? I mean, you can make a
choice that you believe you are not able to, or you make your choice that you know you can.
SHEARIAM: That is correct. You choose your beliefs.
DAVID: But what if we don't pay attention to when we do the choosing and therefore
don't really realize that we are choosing one belief over another?
SHEARIAM: When you become aware of having a belief that you dislike. In that moment you
have the choice to re-establish the belief.
DAVID: But if you aren't paying any attention, how can you be aware of it?
KRISTINE: Affirm that.
SHEARIAM: It is in the very nature of a human being to want what he sees another having. If you
have peace, your neighbor will want that peace for himself. By your example, you make him aware
that he does not have what you have.
DAVID: So we need to find the peace within ourselves first.
SHEARIAM: That is correct.
KRISTINE: Sheariam, it seems that from my experiences, it’s easy to feel that peace when
around other people, say at a retreat where like-minded people are. And yet when you come back to
every-day life, it seems much more difficult to maintain that peace. How can we maintain that
sense of peace?
SHEARIAM: Avoid the trap of the game of dominance. Know that you do not have to control
anything or anyone but yourself. Avoid the trap of egoism, of pride of authorship. As long as you
can remain established in your own self-consciousness, in the confidence of your own worthiness,
that you are here by Divine Fiat, then no one can ruffle your feathers. When you find yourself
feeling hurt, feeling angry, responding to anything negatively, tally up. Take a count. Look at
what's happening. What is it that you fear? What do you think you are losing? What do you think
you stand to lose? If you are involved in a power play, recognize it. That's how you remain
peaceful.
DAVID: It requires a lot of self-analysis then.
SHEARIAM: Introspection. This is why meditation is so important. Everyone should take a
certain amount of time each day to be quiet --to ponder himself, his motives, his goals, to get
acquainted with who and what he really is. And this brings us back to our subject of tonight --
consciousness.Work on the precept that consciousness flows through you. You are not a chopped
off, isolated bit of consciousness. You are a part of all that is. Your awareness makes the
difference of how that consciousness will be expressed through you.
DAVID: Then, if I'm not my consciousness, then what am I?
SHEARIAM: I did not say you are not your consciousness. I said you are not a chopped off,
isolated bit of consciousness. You are a part of all consciousness. You recognize that you are an
individual human being, and yet you are a part of the whole species of human being. I did not say
that consciousness flows undifferentiated. I simply said that it flows.
BETTY: If we ask for peace within ourselves each day, will that help?
SHEARIAM: Of course it helps. Remember as given before, you are not alone. There are higher
powers which you can invoke. You must ask.
TONY: How do you invoke these higher powers?
SHEARIAM: Simply ask.
DAVID: Conscious intent?
SHEARIAM: Yes.
BETTY: Can the request be as often as we want?
SHEARIAM: Moment by moment you can give the thought `let there be peace. Let there be peace
in me. Let me be peace.'
The most powerful affirmation you can make begins with “let”.
KRISTINE: Even stronger than I AM?
SHEARIAM: Yes. Because "I AM" is always, and you are striving to invoke that which you have
not.
DAVID: I AM-ness is not static, though, so one I AM-ness isn't the same as another.
SHEARIAM: But IS always IS.
KRISTINE: So, then, when we desire to be in a certain consciousness which we feel we lack, we
should always begin with “let”.
SHEARIAM: “Let there be”.
BILL: But you must believe, if I'm not mistaken now, you must believe that this will work.
If you don't believe, it will work -- it won't work. Am I right?
SHEARIAM: I must disagree with you. If you will ... I must refer you, on order to find a common
denominator here, to the miracles of Jesus. It was not always the believer who was healed. If any
of you have attended any healing meetings, for instance, Kathryn Kuhlman, it was not necessarily
the believer who received healing. Many times it was the skeptic.
BILL: May I re-state my statement about believing. What I meant was that if I say, “let
there be peace in me”, if following that in my mind, I say, “well, maybe it won't come anyway”,
that's a negative.
SHEARIAM: That is a lack of acceptance.
BILL: That's what I meant.
SHEARIAM: Yes, you may invoke, but if you do not accept, it does not come. That's like asking
for a loan from the bank and then refusing the money. [Laughter and comment.]
BETTY: Why is it that the non-believers sometimes receive the healing and the
believer does not?
SHEARIAM: Remember, we said that the I AM always IS. That is awareness that makes the
difference between acceptance and rejection. Many times the person who seeks healing believes he
wants the healing, but in truth is unable to accept the responsibility that goes along with the healing.
Even the skeptic who receives a healing can reverse the process if he will not abide by the rules of
healing.
BETTY: Could you expand on the rules of healing?
SHEARIAM: There are different rules for different things. But, for instance, one of the more
common types of rejection: a person may be ill because, fundamentally, they do not want to face
something which they must perform if well. This is not a conscious choice, but a subconscious
choice. This is why personal examination, analysis, if you will, in the quiet of one's self is so
necessary.
BETTY: Can all physical illnesses be corrected, be healed?
SHEARIAM; Yes, all organic disabilities.
BETTY: Is there a state at which it's beyond healing?
SHEARIAM: In your current physical condition, it is unlikely you will grow another limb, but it is
possible.
BETTY: In other words, as long as there is still life in the individual body, they can be
changed back.
[Yes.]
If there is something in the subconscious blocking the human, can the person
just simply ask that that be cleared?
SHEARIAM: Only in certain instances might this healing take place. Usually that block is there
placed by previous choice, either this life or another.
KRISTINE: Even the diseases like Huntington's Disease, where the mind begins to deteriorate
and the brain cells begin to die, there is still hope for regeneration?
[Yes.]
If the individual cannot communicate, then how can it work on healing
itself?
SHEARIAM: There is a subliminal level of mind function which is independent of the brain, and
even though the brain tissue is degenerate, that subliminal mind can function to regenerate tissue.
These are special conditions. It is not something that would happen spontaneously, although it
could.
KRISTINE: In situations like that, can other people, particularly who are interested in healing,
not heal someone unless they desired or had asked for that healing? Is that not true?
SHEARIAM: That is true; you should not offer your services. They should be requested, and then
given freely. However, there are certain things you can do that are permissible. Poorly expressed.
One of the things that you can do without incurring undesirable consequences for invasion is to
hold your concept of that individual in your mind, together with a specific principle such as peace.
That serves as something of a signal to that subliminal mind similar to the
radio waves which pass through your daily existence. They are not heard until you specifically tune
to that frequency. Thus, you may radio the principle to the stricken individual, and if that
subliminal mind chooses to accept, it will tune in, thus making the choice. Do you see?
KRISTINE: I think so.
SHEARIAM: Most of the time, when a human being seeks to operate as a healer, either through
use of personal bio-energies, or by channeling outside energy, there is within the mind and
consciousness of that individual a certain perception of the person who wishes the help. Most times
that consciousness includes the disability. It is very difficult for human consciousness to now
envision a person as being totally pure and whole. By not having such a pure visualization, you are
enhancing the disability. This is offset when the subject requests the help. That is not a very good
explanation, but it must serve for this time.
DAVID: But don't you just send energy to them to accept or reject as they choose?
SHEARIAM: In effect that is what you do when you hold them together with a principle. But if
you just broadcast energy in their direction, that energy then is misappropriated. It just simply
serves to enhance the disability.
KRISTINE: If someone is asking to be healed, and yet you intuitively pick up that they do not
want to be healed, but they are nevertheless verbalizing that request, can you do harm to that
individual or to yourself by meeting that request?
SHEARIAM: It depends on how you meet the request. If you simply place your hands in their
aura or upon their body, with the intent of channeling energy, you are not incurring any
consequences to yourself if they misuse the energy channeled to them. But you see how much more
effective treatment can be if it is combined with a specific principle in a positive polarity. Then the
energy cannot be misappropriated. It's either accepted as it is, or it cannot be taken in.
KRISTINE: I understand. Thank you.
BETTY: These principles are the ones given by Judith.
SHEARIAM: That is correct.
BETTY: Any one of those will do?
SHEARIAM: There are some that are better for certain things than for others.
BETTY: Could you give us more on that?
SHEARIAM: There will be more as it is presented. That has not been entirely presented to the
other group yet. They are only now entering a period of study which will incorporate that.
TONY: When will that material be available?
SHEARIAM: As quickly as they can prepare it for you.
[Some laughter.]
Have we, then, come to the time for our closing meditation?
KRISTINE: I have one more question.
[Yes.]
How important is meditation in going within in our daily lives, and how
much energy or attention should we give it? Is there specific times better than others?
SHEARIAM: First, it is of the utmost importance. One should not pass a twenty-four hour period
without at least ten to twenty minutes of that period, although all of that time need not be spent at
one time.
KRISTINE: Is morning or night better, or is that individual?
SHEARIAM: That is highly individual. It depends upon your own cycles.
[Thank you.]
Do we have any other questions? Very well, then, let us have our meditation
...
[People settle themselves.]
Breathe deeply to relax your abdominal muscles. As you relax these
muscles, the subtle bodies also relax. Move your attention through your body beginning at the
crown of your head. As you come upon tension, simply dismiss it. Simply tell it to leave.
Now, as you breathe deeply and as your body releases the tension, begin to
visualize blue and green energy rays emitting from your abdomen ... That is the creative center ...
And as the creative center emits the blue and green radiation, you are sending forth healing energy
... Now as these energies circulate throughout the room, you will find them coming back into your
body through your toes and through your fingertips. Let this circulation continue -- in to your toes
and fingertips, and out through your creative center ...
And as this circulation continues, you will become aware of a pulse beat. It
is not a steady flow; it is a pulsating thing. Allow yourselves to flow with the rhythm of the cycle ...
Now gently but easily stop the flow from your abdomen. Allow the energies to come back into
your body and direct it to any portion of your body which is disabled in any way. And as the energy
is directed by your conscious will, you will feel that part of your anatomy becoming warmed. If
you wish to heal another kind of disablement, if it is a relationship, you will feel the warmth in the
heart chakra. If it is a matter of courage, or decision, a matter of personal power, you will feel the
warmth aggregating in the throat chakra. If it is for illumination, understanding, you will find the
energy aggregating in the third eye area, the center of the forehead ... Accept your personal healing
... Become at ease with that energy.
Now bless that part of your body, or that relationship, or that situation.
Allow the energy to move down to the pit of your stomach. This is the point of your anatomy
which deals with peace. Let the energy rest in that chakra. Feel the energy systems of your body
becoming balanced.
Now, as you become peaceful inside, you can release that energy again as
peace. Let it move from the center of your peace to join with the others in our midst, forming a
great ball of blue and green energy that is organized in the principle of peace. And before we
release this energy to the world, take a moment now to include your loved ones. Invite them to join
you by speaking their names aloud.
[Many names spoken softly.]
Now, in peace and good will, bless those who have come ... And as your
thoughts of peace and good will go forth, and your thoughts of blessings, the great ball of peace
energy is lifted from your midst and sent aloft. And the energy is dispersed throughout the heavens
and around the world. And as you take joy in that you feel within yourself, allow your loved ones
to return to themselves.
And now bring your consciousness back to daily awareness. I give you my
love and blessings and bid you go in peace until we meet again. Good night to you all.
[Responding "good nights" and "thank yous."]
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