BALANCING: WORK AND REST. I

The Forces made the suggestions subtly. We did not take note. Eventually, they got our attention and we were compelled to take a time out. They harped on the need for humans to learn how to balance the three aspects of our being. Have you forgotten the aspects? Never mind, starting from today your memory will be refreshed. 

How did The Forces make the contact? Forces on the spiritual plane speak to us via a medium we are comfortable and conversant with.  We shall leave it at this. With the passage of time, you shall figure it out and eventually experience it. Wouldn't that be great? Just be patient and steadfast with what we share. The Laws must be fulfilled!

The Master, Christ, took time off to relax and rest. From the Akashic records, we know that He not only gave out His only sister, Ruth, in marriage but solemnized the ceremony. For the curious minded, He had two brothers also. They were born by natural methods, unlike the Master Who was immaculately conceived, like His mother Mary. We shall show evidence of these facts at the appropriate time.

The Forces reminded us, too, that numbers are not God's way. In other words, rushing the number of posts or  striving to increase visitors to this site are irrelevant. We shall strive to be attentive in the future to avoid a longer hiatus. To cap the encounter, the  following information was given:

Take time to work, to think, to make contacts for a social line and for recreation. This old adage might well apply: after breakfast, work a while, after lunch rest a while, after dinner walk a mile.  3624-1

  

In the spirit of balancing work and rest, we have decided to revisit our postings so far. We know that there must be a fresh perspective for those who had read them earlier. 

In dealing with information from the Book of Remembrance, experience shows that going back to what has been studied almost always reveals new dimensions. May be, this might be one of the avenues for The Forces to communicate with you!

Consequently, the review--for old visitors--of what has been covered so far on this blog starts now. It is stunning how much ground has been covered. Yet, the journey is just starting!

FOR A START

Very few things in life happen by accident. Self will and always meets self. You have landed at a place your inner self intends to be a path towards its further unfoldment. Read moreↆ

WHY CHRIST BASED? 

 A recurring theme in this exploration and education will be: Mention of Christ Consciousness has no religious connotation... Read moreↆ

WHAT IS THE AKASHIC AND HOW DEPENDABLE IS IT? 

There have been assorted names for the term currently known as the Akashic over the ages. They include The Book of Life and The Book of Remembrance. 

Religions and other philosophies base their teachings about judgement at the end of time on this record. Whether there is an end of time as it is literally understood is another question...Read moreↆ 

THE THREE-DIMENSIONS OF REALITY ON THE EARTH PLANE part one 

In the last post we broached the fact of a three-dimensional physical world. This has been taught under different guises in various religions, esoteric and philosophical schools of belief. What are the bases of this reality from the Akashic perspective?...Read moreↆ

THE THREE-DIMENSIONS OF REALITY ON THE EARTH PLANE part two 

On another level, the same fact of a three-dimensional reality on the earth plane has been characterized as mystic, psychic and occult powers. They mean spirit, soul, and mind forces respectively. It is difficult for the normal human mind to picture these without an attempt to partition the relationships...Read moreↆ  

May the Christ Consciousness continue to guide your journey towards the Father.

PRINCIPLES OF CHRIST-BASED SPIRITUAL LIVING. III

We purposely left unasked an important question till this moment. Why are you interested in leading a spiritual life? Many esoteric and religious organizations advertise their presence with catchy headlines. One of such by the former is thoughts are things which you can harness--and, may we add, for what purposes? 

This site has never been promoted. When the student is ready the Master will appear is one principle that is, probably, least understood but has never failed. The truth requires no champion for it is the Champion of champions! No man can ever stop the Sun from shining on the earth.

Many a student on the path, as neophytes and initiates of mystical schools are designated, are drawn initially by the dream of controlling their destiny! In other words, they ignorantly and erroneously associate material comfort and imposition of self-will on the material plane with oneness with the Divine and co-creating with God. 

They are wont to project and visualize the best for themselves and loved ones. These are continuation of the practices that landed us in matter in the first instance. The book of Remembrance counsels against projecting and visualizing. This will form the basis of a future discussion.

But Christ's actions run contrary to such human tendencies.  By the way, anyone who strives to follow a Christ-Based way of life is a student on the path too. So, you are a student on the path also! 

Jesus laid the groundwork for anyone who wants to be an independent student on the path. He showed, through His actions and teachings--mainly through stories--how you can become an initiate with Him as The Master of your lodge! 

Today, we highlight some common denominators in virtually all His earthly activities. He was not a stickler for the letter of  the law and never used His unlimited psychic powers to bail Himself out of dangerous situations. However, He never hesitated to use the powers to assist individuals who genuinely sought help. 

Put differently, Jesus never acted to pump up His ego. Through His many incarnations and sufferings, He learned to obey the Will of the Father in His personal affairs. This is one of the greatest keys to success hidden in plain view.

From parts of The Book of Remembrance, discussed so far,  self-aggrandizement is one of the reasons why souls got trapped in matter. The urges to act to satisfy carnal desires self and not the Divine is innate in all human beings. 

It started with the initial rebellion in spirit. Learning how to restrain and finally eliminate self-aggrandizing motives them, like The Master did, is the main reason why souls you and I continue to reincarnate in flesh.

When confronted with tough situations, before anything, silently recite: Not my will, but thine O God, be done in and through me. Believe it and allow things to pan out as He wills! This is very potent if followed with religious fidelity.

As mentioned earlier, Christ allowed the will of the Father to prevail in His personal matters.  To be a practitioner, you have to follow in His footsteps. Ease your ego aside gradually with the prayer. With time, you shall come to see how shortsighted man can be.

As a practitioner of Christ-based spiritual living, to walk the talk means trying to follow His precepts and emulate His actions in any circumstance. In addition to the recital, ask: Christ, what would Thou have me do?

Since we are students on the path, let the Akashic speak to close this discussion.

 For as has been given, He was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without error. Yet He bore in the body, the sufferings of the body; want, loneliness, forsaken; and all that play upon the emotions of the bodily functions; knowing within self the abilities of self to by the mere word, by the speaking to the influences, eradicate this entirely. (1440-2)

May the Christ Consciousness continue to guide your journey towards the Father.

PRINCIPLES OF CHRIST-BASED SPIRITUAL LIVING. I

Today we have to step away from quoting and analyzing information registered on the skein of time The Book of Remembrance that deal with the creation of the universe and souls. We will provide you some guidelines on what Christ-Based spiritual living entails.

In line with our policy, we shall quote from the Akashic Records to support the principles recommended. For the first time visitor, we do not make up stuff or impose any dogmas here. We try as much as possible to avoid the infiltration of human ideas into our discussions. 

Today, we share with you some principles of Christ-Based spiritual life. This is particularly relevant in an era when almost everyone has an expert opinion on any issue, even if it is beyond his experience and knowledge grade!

We start with what The Book of Remembrance says about dealing with others.

Few people allow others to live their own lives. We want to tell them how; we want to force them to live our way and see things as we see them. Most wives want to tell their husbands what to do, and most husbands want to tell their wives what they can and cannot do!

Have you ever stopped to think that no one else answers to God for you? Nor do you answer to God for others.

If a person will seek first to know himself, then the ability to know another's mind will come. Most of those who will practice it for just a while can develop along this line. But be sure you don't attempt to do God's work! Be content to do your own, and you'll have your hands full!

We have a right to tell people our own personal experiences and let them decide for themselves, but not to force them, for God calls upon every man, everywhere, to look, to heed, to understand for himself.

The Only Master, Christ, sums up the long talk in the admonition judge not and condemn not others, do unto others as you would love them to do unto you. 

Can you promise Him to put the above rules into action in all your thoughts, words and deeds starting from now? It is never too late. It may appear not to be much, but it is certain to turn your life around.

Be patient with your self. What has been part of you over many earthly experiences cannot be erased in days or weeks. Take it one day at time and when you catch yourself going against the principles, smile and tell the ego to please cooperate! 

The ego is the conscious mind. It is discarded at death transition to another state of consciousness. The subconscious becomes the conscious mind of each soul at transition. The superconscious mind then becomes the subconscious mind.

What the Akashic states about the almighty ego.

So often it is the ego so enrapt in self, that it constantly fears it will lose its importance, its place, its freedom. Yet to have freedom in self, give it! To have peace in self, make it! These are immutable laws... For in patience possess ye your souls. In patience you become aware that the body is but a temple, an outward edifice. But the mind and soul are the permanent furnishings thereof--the essentials in which you shall constantly abide.

May the Christ Consciousness continue to guide your journey towards the Father.

WHAT IS THE AKASHIC AND HOW DEPENDABLE IS IT?

There have been assorted names for the term currently known as the Akashic over the ages. They include The Book of Life and The Book of Remembrance. 

Religions and other philosophies base their teachings about judgement at the end of time on this record. Whether there is an end of time as it is literally understood is another question. A post will  address this.

It is enough, for now, to recognize that it is a spiritual medium where all human activities are recorded. The exercise has been on since the first wave of projection of souls into material forms. 

Acquisition and correct reading of information from the Akashic have diverse layers of challenges. The first is the level of evolution of the soul of the medium and the motivation of the seeker.

Another is how far the medium is able to shut out the physical senses. When this is possible, the subconscious mind, which is permitted access to the records - with limitations - can make in road. 

Next, assuming all the challenges noted have been overcome, are the limitations inherent in human language. The earth plane is three-dimensional and our vocabulary is tailored to suit this actuality.

The spiritual realm is multidimensional. Consequently, transcription of data from a realm where time and space do not exist to one that is shaped by time-space illusion becomes tricky.  

Guides on the spiritual plane present answers to inquiries in symbols mediums can relate to. Hence, the total subjugation of the physical is very crucial.

Few individuals are capable of checking the boxes on the above challenges in one earthly incarnation. As such, access to the records does not assure correct transmission. 

Notwithstanding, the Creative Forces update, from time to time, explanation of higher laws for humans. Modifications are determined by the overall level of consciousness.

To say reliance on demonstrable facts, in the present age, is sine qua non for consideration of any thought, is to understate the obvious. Nonetheless, quantum physics makes a case for caution when it comes to reality at the subatomic level. 

What I am talking about is the wave theory and particle theory of light. It remains a puzzle to physicists how light can manifest as waves when experiments are set up accordingly; and when altered on purpose it is observed as a particles!

The more we think we understand the nature of reality the more the Creative Forces throw curve balls. The constraints in rendering symbolic data notwithstanding, God aided a retrieval operation in modern time. 

The transliteration of information gleaned from the Akashic addresses most of the skepticism associated with religious materials - oral and written. 

The intelligible doubts are supported in large part by certain scriptural pronouncements and their rendition. For instance, believers are wont to paint God as a Loving Father. 

Holy Books represent such in one generation and out of nowhere, down the road, a grumpy image stares at the reader. This is contrary to predictability - a hallmark of nature. This discrepancy in cross-referencing ought to trigger an error alert. God cannot be haphazard.

Edgar Cayce's over 14,000 readings to assist children, his initial purpose, ended up as a massive Divine revelation and corrections  of misconceptions on issues, especially cosmology. 

He had a full time secretary who recorded all the messages from the Akashic. Some sessions were witnessed by eminent Ivy League researchers. Mr. Cayce scoured the The Book of Life while in hypnotic trances. He was never able to recall any of the sessions on regaining consciousness. 

God threw an interesting curve ball here too. Cayce was a fundamentalist Christian who taught Bible studies his entire life. So, for him to reintroduce the doctrine of reincarnation - which is antithetical to the provisions of the Bible - is hilarious. He struggled with it initially. 

However, after praying and witnessing how treatments offered from the Akashic  cured cases science had written off, he started to come to terms with reincarnation and other disclosures that were diametric to his beloved Bible and Christian doctrines.

On the academic front, he stated that a mystical group, the Essenes, had female members. Prior and up to the time, research results were unanimous on only male membership. Cayce's insight was scoffed at, to put it mildly. 

Years after his death, the Dead Sea Scrolls were uncovered. Lo and behold, the information from The Book of Remembrance was right on the money. So much for absolute dependence on empirical evidence.

Cayce's work provides a clearing house to cross-authenticate claims by any source deemed to be from the Akashic. Readings given over different decades for unrelated events never contradicted themselves on spiritual laws, teachings and the dates of major events in human history. Amazing!

Above shows you the sources of the principles of Christ Based Spiritual living.

May Christ Consciousness continue to guide your journey towards the Father.

WHY CHRIST BASED?

A recurring theme in this exploration and education will be: Mention of Christ Consciousness has no religious connotation. My circle of acquaintances spans the gamut of many of the worlds' belief systems. Any time I mention what I am into, my Christian buddies, almost always, jab: Do you believe in Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior? And He died for your sins?

My old self, full of law school influence, would have been grateful for any opportunity to debate and figuratively step on throats! However, with what I have experienced and learned from Him, (The Christ), now the approach is measured. The standard response is: I know there is Christ. I do not need to believe.

Holy smoke. Heresy in full color. Facial reactions to my harmless assertion are better experienced than narrated. Some do not reflect on the import of my statements. They robotically cry out: So you do not believe that He died so that your sins will be forgiven and you can make it to heaven? Constantly, references are made to the Bible and why I risk being a lifer in hell. I would have been outraged by this.

Now, I understand better. Such encounters provide opportunities for me to assess how far I have come from my proselytizing days while affiliated to different religious and esoteric groups. I also see them as avenues to contextualize many spiritual teachings and principles. The truth needs no champion for it is the champion of champions! 

The goal of Christ-based spiritual living is to demonstrate how practical knowledge trumps dogmatic obeisance. For instance, heaven and hell are states of consciousness created by our actions based on free will. Also, we grow to heaven not go to heaven. Furthermore, no two souls persons have exact levels of spiritual development. Consequently, there is no one size that fits all.

Any one on the earth plane is not here by chance or accident. The Master established the pattern. By incarnating thirty times and at the end sacrificing His life, The Way was set. The Christ Consciousness is now available to anyone who believes, knows and follows His precepts in all spheres of activities. This is how each willing soul would reconnect to the Creative Forces. Self must be conquered.                   

According to the Akashic, Intolerance is ignorance matured. It is not worth it to debate religion from a spiritual perspective. There are obligations in addition to a belief in Him. Believing without following His precepts is like trying to make omelet without cracking eggs. When one comes to this level of understanding, then, belief translates to knowledge of Him. 

As written accounts state and Akashic sources confirm, He stated, over and over, that His burden is not heavy. He did not prescribe onerous requirements. Love thy God with all your heart and love thy fellowman like thy self is the summary of His teachings. This is the key to spiritual enlightenment and practice.

Love from the spiritual perspective is providing assistance to the needy. This does not mean only material things. In fact, material help does not rank very high. But who am I to judge in the first place on this. A smile to a stranger, a word of encouragement to one who is down, resisting the natural urge to judge and condemn rank higher on the spiritual scale of love. 

The greatest display of love is to see something good in anyone who despises you or uses you. Every human being has an element of the Divine within. It might be masked by the dominance of misplaced good evil. How do we know this? By extrapolating what the Master did and the Akashic Sources tell us. For example, what was His reaction to the charges brought against a lady accused of adultery?  He without sin should cast the first stone. He then told the woman to sin no more.

What is sin? Departing from the will of the Creative Forces. In other words, engaging in non-constructive thoughts, words and deeds. It is impossible for anyone to unequivocally claim immunity from any shortcomings. Yet, the sun still shines on all. We all breathe the free air provided by the Creative Forces. 

Even those who do not believe in God are allowed to enjoy the wonderful free gifts of nature. This is the ultimate love. So, love is knowledge that not all souls have evolved to the point of accepting what one deems right or wrong. As such, with this at the back of the mind, it is possible - though not quite easy - to let go of perceived shortcomings from others.

This is what Christ-Based spiritual living is all about. The Creative Forces overlook our shortcomings in the same measure as we give others a break when they err. However, we have to dispense this with the affirmation of our ideals. On the surface, these appear contradictory. Paradoxes are recurring themes in comprehending the operation of spiritual laws. Comprehension of the spirit of higher laws makes seeming paradoxes easy to grapple with.

In affirming our ideals when dealing with others, the intention is what matters. Am I acting to avenge a misdeed or to show tough love? In Christ-Based spiritual living, there is no tough love but loving indifference. The goal of this way of life is to allow the will of God to always prevail in all circumstances. This is heaven on earth.

What can we do to display loving indifference in the face of an issue, say, verbal hostility? Christ Based spiritual living is anchored to prayers. Not praying in the in the orthodox sense. New Age practitioners use the term affirmations to allude to this form of praying. Once you know the essence of communicating with the Creative Forces, it is easy to make up prayers on the fly. You will learn it here.

All situations, cheerful or otherwise, are opportunities to grow spiritually. On our own, because of self, it is easy to slide into selfish acts sin, which we try to justify otherwise. The guarantee against such is to seek guidance from the One who has experienced it all, is waiting and willing to help. How I wish I had known this earlier.

The first prayer when confronted by any situation, say you just won the jackpot!, is to say: Christ, what would you have me do? Do not analyze how He is going to respond or what the options are. Remember, He does not need our input on favored outcome if we genuinely request help. Just ask and forget about it. The guarantee is eternal, the response will come. However, it is only in patience that you possess your soul. Start now and watch how He will step into your life. 

For loving indifference, say, someone has pulled a fast one on you. In addition, to the above prayer add this:

         Father .... is Yours as I am Yours

          I am willing, I forgive

          I present the problems to You

         Use me, use him/her in whatever 

         may be Your will in this matter

 May you remain protected by the white Light of Christ Consciousness