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By Athene Raefiel
Mother Earth is trying to balance herself. She has and will always do what is necessary to harmonize the nature of the Planet. The news media portrays her to be cruel and violent when in reality she is simply doing what any other Mother would do to protect her abode and young life.
We are merely at the beginning of what will be world conflict brought about by natures need to harmonize and balance. Rather than us killing, torturing, creating wars and fighting for the greatest power and wealth we need to be unifying as a world in crisis to save ourselves and the planet. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see this fact; it is plain as day.
The Andes Indians came down out of the mountains in about 1995 to tell us of the devastation humans were creating to nature and her cycle of life. Many did not even know these people existed or that they had been living in the mountains there in natural harmony with the Earth for thousands of years.
Landmasses started moving when the large underwater Earthquakes began setting off Tsunamis in between 2001 and 2004. Old Volcanoes coming back to life after lying dormant for thousands of years is going to continue as the water levels continue to rise and we are having more and more earthquakes world wide.
When Earthquakes occur on the Ocean Floors then the floors begin shifting. This sets off massive changes globally. It is a domino effect, a chain reaction of sorts. Since the Ocean floors make up two thirds of our Planet Earth they are sure to effect all and everything else on the planet.
Since species upon species of Aquatic Sea life has been becoming extinct, the oceans have created a momentum to save themselves. The waters have the greatest power known to this planet and all of its life. The oceans can supply us with all the power needed to heat homes, run vehicles, create electricity and feed us, yet we fill it debris trash, oil spills and over-fishing as well as over-hunting for hides and trinkets we do not need.
If there were a conspiracy theory, I think I would say that we are all living a lie perpetrated by great minds who see the developing world as an entity unto itself that can control not only nature itself but also the nature of life living upon it.
If the greatest wealth in the world is actually distributed between less than one percent of the population then for those few there would be little to gain if it were not for free trade, market and big oil.
The United States has all the resources it needs to take care of itself and yet we depend on other nations for almost all of our food, clothing and practical needs. Survival has become such a powerful entity in our life that we no longer have time to be with ourselves or by ourselves. We have no time to relax and enjoy family, to plant some vegetables and enjoy a sunrise or sunset. While in many third world countries people are being starved and tortured, babies thrown in boiling water and killed simply because others can do it to them without fear of reprimand.
We have lost our balance as a civilized world and we have lost our way as Divine Beings. Everyone has an agenda and almost all believe they are the only righteous ones in Gods eyes.
All wars continue to be about Religion, Resources or Simple insanity. War has no common sense value at all nor does it serve any true Divine Entity. It is always selfish and never selfless except for the warriors dying.
Where is the conscience of the world? When did we quit believing that each and every person has a responsibility to Mother Earth and Nature to honor the life within and upon it?
Depression, sadness and mental illness are becoming a way of life for massive amounts of people. Animals are losing their sense of direction and becoming more violent as humans lead the way. Some species even of insects have just decided to become extinct as they too no longer sense the beauty and love of nature necessary for them to survive.
We as lightworkers have nothing to work with but the Light and Love of the Divine. We are Spiritual warriors fighting always an uphill battle for a place at the table that will allow us to be heard amid the brain jamming devices as well as the brainwashing that accompanies the masses.
Yes we have Nobel Peace Laureates that we adore and appreciate, but by and of themselves, they too must continually battle energies that find them to be a threat to the very core of the negative power structure.
The poles are shifting ladies and gentlemen at an unprecedented rate, see (http://www.greatdreams.com/spinaxis.htm ) just as the glaciers are melting. www.sciencedaily.com/, http://spaceweather.com/ Here are a few other websites to tell you about Solar activity and other Earth Changes as well.
I share these things with you not to frighten you but to educate. Too many of my friends have already quit reading, National Geographic, watching the news or even reading a newspaper, because they feel they are better off just not knowing the truth of the 3D world around them. I do not believe the answers lie in burying my head in the sand.
Human consciousness is strong my friend and every one of us have the potential to change our own consciousness in order to effect the whole.
We must re-program our own thinking, feeling and believing in order to stay on track. There are many beings that have moved into the awareness that they're energetic beings of consciousness over this past century. Some have chosen to live lives as peaceful warriors away from the fray of the rest. I do not believe this an option for me this lifetime. I believe that we must educate and inspire more and more individuals to find consciousness and learn to use it to change the world happenings.
We as a unit within the Divine Light of Source and all of its Hierarchies and Galactic Brotherhoods have the power to shift the Earth and its inhabitants to a new evolutionary path. We may not be able to stop the devastation that will be wrought by Mother Earth to re-balance herself but we can help her as well all species of life still upon her but we must act daily.
Suggestions for Daily Living:
Teach and share only what you practice yourself.
Recycle and reuse at every opportunity, be the example.
Each day you go outside greet the sky the earth the trees the animals and pay honor to Earth, Air fire and Water, North, East South and West.
Avoid wastefulness.
Change your thoughts to positive thoughts if they tell you negative things.
Do affirmations for the beauty and love you want and need in your life.
Look through anothers eyes before you judge.
Take time to breathe and be with yourself.
Learn to like and love yourself.
Learn to Meditate and discover multi-dimentional thought and knowingness.
Anchor Light and Love each morning and night.
Sample of Affirmations:
I am, I am, I am, a child of the Divine Light
I am, I am, I am, special in my own right
I am, I am, I am, sacred as is all life.
I deserve to free to be me. I am worthy to feel joy and beauty.
I deserve to help others help themselves. I am worthy to love and be loved.
I am open to receive Divine Light and Love always.
I am a soul and spirit light.
I deserve to have abundance in my life on all levels.
I am open to receive.
I am riches and wealth.
I forgive myself for being simply human and recognize that to be human is a great gift and honor.
I appreciate the Divine Light that shines within all life and myself.
I trust in the power of my True Inner Light to guide and protect me.
I am the one true power of light that always resonates with truth.
I am free to be unlimited.
I am unlimited.
A lecture by Yogi Bhajan, June 1970
It is a universal phenomenon that man always seeks union with God. Kundalini Yoga[1] is the yoga of awareness that makes it practical today for the man to be with God. If one can be one-pointed on the Name of God, one can always find God in his heart.
We have eight centers of God consciousness in the body. The lowest is located at the rectum. Second is the sex organ. Third is where these two centers meet when they are pulled together. Then comes the heart center where we can come out of the lower triangle, or our animal nature. That is where love, equality, and service begin. At the next center (fifth chakra, Throat Center), if the consciousness can be pulled to dwell there, man knows the truth. Then above the two eyes is a triangle known as the “third eye,” or ajana, where all the knowledge of the past, present, and future is known. Real humility, flow of love, and kindness come through here. And lastly, we have the seventh center at the crown of the head, the highest of all, a lotus petal with a thousand petals in it where you only want to know God, and everything is nothing but God. Your personality and ego are merged into that great Universal personality and Universal ego. While we live as human beings, we can bring together our physical, mental, and spiritual beings, and be God-beings. The circumvent force, the entire force which is the aura around us, the God-light which protects us, is the eighth living center.
Up to this time, in the United States of America, there was no place for people to learn or teach Kundalini Yoga. It is the grace of that Bhagwati, the creative power of God, that now everyone is free to learn this great supposedly secret science. Now there are American teachers who teach this science too. One only bows to that One great God, because we have created channels through which the knowledge, truth, and technical know-how to raise your consciousness from your lower centers of consciousness to the highest can be learned, practiced, and perfected.
We have all material wealth, but there is no contentment. Man wanders from morning until evening, but he does not know that between God and man there is one link only: that is the breath. The breath is the key to the control of one’s emotions. One can easily feel that when the breath becomes irregular and shallow, man becomes mentally upset. Therefore if we can practically control the breath in such a way that it is normal and simple and soft, man in behavior will be normal, simple, and soft. In other words, he’ll be a happy man.
One thing man forgets which is a reality and truth: Death. We are not permanent on this Earth. We have come here under the command of a Universal force, that cosmic energy; some people call it God. It is that great master computer in which we are all the unit computers, and we are here to perform certain practical duties. All our vibrations are time-clocked into that master computer and our balance sheet is struck every minute. Sometimes, because of our ego, we draw different lines than that of the master plan and we mess up the whole system and society, jeopardizing our own happiness in life. Fortunate are the few who start the day always looking to the vibrations. With each breath they vibrate the Divine Nam, the Name of God, to cleanse themselves, to enrich themselves, and to energetically charge themselves so that they can be positively effective for the whole day.
When the sun energy in the evening is low because Earth is between the man and the sun, man’s mentality and consciousness leap towards the low, shallow behavior. At that time, if one has a system to do sadhana, to practice for awhile with these few precious breaths— the Divine Will which prevails through him—to glorify the Name of his Creator; or as a unit computer he tunes into the great master computer, one is saved from the cycle of karma. Let us not cause a cause which shall have a negative effect. Each negative will bounce back on us and shall bring us unhappiness.
Man has to live in love—love which is not lust. Love where there is no possession, no slavery of another person. Love which is a giving. Love which is for the sake of love. Love which lasts forever. Love which is a total sacrifice. Love which is more than the grace of God itself. Love which gives a halo around the face of the person. Love through which one can see God in the eyes of the person. Love with which the body shines, the words become sweet, and the communication is absolutely beautiful. That love for which one sacrifices his own life to save a little bit of injury to another person. That love with which one pleasantly and peacefully takes all the pain in his heart to redeem another fellow being. That love can only flow when one knows how to tune into that universal God.
Some people make it possible to pretend that lust is love. They are really successful for a short while, but when they are caught in the clutches of time and smashed, and time is gone, then they are left alone to pay back their karma ten times.
Man does not know that this world is a restaurant and he has come here to stay only for awhile. And this is a period for liberation. If he will possess whatever he has to possess but will not be possessed by the material things, and not be a slave to them, it will be most beautiful for him to feel free and light and live in love. That is what love is.
Sometimes man behaves even worse than an animal. His attitude is very steadfast, because his ego does not let him feel he is wrong. That not only gives him unhappiness, but it becomes a permanent sore.
Man has to understand that it doesn’t take a long time to tune into God’s Name, and the flow of that Divine energy will flow through him and he will be filled up to the brim with the love and the light of God. His consciousness will be clear and pure and his animal nature will become helpless right before him. Instead of his being helpless before his animal nature, he will be able to ride his animal nature and travel the distance into the kingdom of God much easier than he can think.
When one can see between lust and love, this discrimination makes him not only a pure being but a Divine being. And the flow of energy from him goes to other channels and brings them out of the negativity. One day this world will be nothing but love, nothing but pleasure, nothing but happiness. Everybody will be happy together; love will flow from one person to another person. Truth will prevail through all and Sat (Truth) shall be the guiding Name for all. And that will be the dawn of the new age—the age of happiness, the age of pleasure, the age of understanding, the age for man to know God within himself. In the love of God men shall dwell under all circumstances as one unit with the constant flow of that energy which they call God. We call Him Cosmos, ever-living, ever together, ever-existing, ever in us. He was, He is, and He shall be.
©The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan
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[1] Kundalini comes from the root word kundal in Sanskrit, which means, “the lock of the hair from the beloved.” The uncoiling of this “hair” is the awakening of the Kundalini, the unlimited potential that already exists in every human.
Source: http://www.3ho.org/ecommunity/2010/12/living-in-love/
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The mystery of the descent or "fall" to Earth of the rebellious angels—the
solar angels or agnishwattas—is said to be the mystery hinted at in the
Scriptures, and "the secret of the ages" (Esoteric Psychology II, p. 93). Thus
it is not surprising that there is so much confusion and misunderstanding
concerning the "fallen angels" of which Lucifer is the best known
representative.
The secret of the "fallen angels" is essentially the mystery which lies
behind the very Plan of evolution, for the solar angels' willingness to "fall",
to sacrifice themselves in order to bring the light of the principle of mind to
what was then animal man, marked the coming into action of the great Law of
Duality by which matter, form—negative and passive—could be quickened by spirit.
This act of sacrifice at the dawn of human history is a thread woven throughout
the great scriptures and mythologies of the world, including the myth of
Prometheus who stole fire (mind) for man, and the biblical story of the Prodigal
Son, who left the Father’s home to embark upon the path of experience in the
life of form and the senses—the journey to "the far country".
The role of the solar angels and their sacrifice on behalf of humanity is
discussed at length in The Secret Doctrine by H.P. Blavatsky. In fact, in 1887
the magazine of the Theosophical Society took "Lucifer" as its name in an effort
to bring clarity to what it regarded as an unfairly maligned sacrificing
angel.
The name "Lucifer" comes from the Latin words, Luxor Lucis (light) and ferry
(to bring); thus Lucifer literally means "light-bearer". It is linked with the
planet Venus in Revelations XXII: 16 when Christ says "I am the bright morning
star", which is Venus, heralding the coming into full light of the Sun—the Son,
the Christ. Interestingly the role of "light-bearer" is linked with Mercury, or
Hermes—the divine messenger for the Gods in Greek and Roman mythology. In
Christianity Mercury’s function is served by St. Michael, "the Angel Guardian"
of Christ, according to St. Thomas. The esoteric interrelationship of this Angel
Guardian and Christ is further illumined in the statement by the Tibetan teacher
with whom Alice Bailey collaborated to write a series of books on the Ageless
Wisdom, that "Mercury and the Sun are one".
Esoterically, the role of Guardian Angel was made possible by the sacrifice
of the solar angels in their preservation of the principle of mind or, occultly,
fire, through persistent repeated incarnations in form until animal man became
thinking man and, finally, began to awaken to his true spiritual heritage:
human/divine man. Thus the solar angel creates the form for the incarnating soul
principle—the causal body—and it also withdraws that body at the fourth
initiation, when the link between form and spirit has been permanently fused and
the causal body is shattered.
The notion of the "rebellious angel" seems to trace back to the poet John
Milton in Paradise Lost, which seemed to anchor in human consciousness the idea
of the descent of the solar angels as an act of rebellion and therefore a fall
from grace. ("To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reign in
Hell than serve in Heaven.") Yet this spirit of rebellion and ensuing pain is
not found on Venus, we are told by the Tibetan. The rebellious spirit appears to
rest squarely on Earth, for the Tibetan suggests that this spirit of rebellion
qualified the attitude of our planetary Logos himself, the "Divine Rebel". The
Tibetan quotes the Old Commentary:
He entered into life and knew it to be death.
He took a form and grieved to find it dark.
He drove Himself forth from the secret place and sought the place of light,
and light revealed all that he sought the least.
He craved permission to return.
He sought the Throne on high and Him who sat thereon.
He said "I sought not this. I looked for peace, for light, for scope to
serve, to prove my love and to reveal my power. Light there is none. Peace is
not found. Let me return.
But He who sat upon the Throne turned not his head. He seemed not even to
listen nor to hear. But from the lower sphere of darkness and of pain a voice
came forth and cried: "We suffer here. We seek the light. We need the glory of
an entering God. [I can find no other words except these last two to express the
ancient symbol from which I am translating.] Lift us to Heaven. Enter, 0 Lord,
the tomb. Raise us into the light and make the sacrifice. Break down for us the
prison wall and enter into pain.
The lord of Life returned. He liked it not, and hence the pain.
(Esoteric Psychology II, p. 98)
Evil of Separatism
Yet sin and evil do exist on Earth. We are told by the Tibetan that the only
true evil is the sin of separatism. And in this sense we gain some understanding
of how Lucifer became identified with evil, for the awakening mind which
characterises the stage of advanced humanity today is, as we know all too well,
our means both of liberation and of further separation and imprisonment. The
mind, functioning and powerful but devoid of soul, can be the great
crystallising factor which builds powerful barriers of separation. "The mind is
the slayer of the Real. Slay thou the slayer", the disciple is commanded. In
this sense the mind in its concrete and analytical element becomes the refuge
(and the unrecognised prison) of the ideologue, and is indeed capable of the sin
of separatism through prejudice and hate and the willingness to accept the
distortions of half-truths.
Further clarification of the role of the solar angels is found in a
consideration of the fourth Ray of Harmony through Conflict and the fifth Ray of
Knowledge, and the planets Mercury and Venus, through which they respectively
channel their energies. For Mercury is the "Messenger of the Gods" and the
fourth ray is the fluid principle which links the Plan and Purpose of divinity,
known on the level of buddhi or intuition, which is ruled by Mercury, with the
mind or menes, ruled by Venus and the fifth ray. "Venus was the custodian of
what we call the principle of Mind and brought it as a pure gift to embryonic
humanity", we are told in The Rays and the Initiations. Or as the Buddha said,
"Love is the deliverance of mind". And the fifth ray, channelled by Venus and
mental in expression, "operates in connection with the Law of Cleavages", and
"is also responsible for the rapid formation of great conditioning ideologies"
(Ibid., p. 602). In this we are reminded that the solar angels who chose to
descend to Earth submitted to the Law of Duality so that the evolution of the
human being could be dependent upon the development of mental discrimination and
free will, and thus upon the capacity to make choices and to choose the higher
way. There is always a choice of two paths, and it is a choice which must, for
the human being, be guided by free will.
The substance of the mental plane is fifth ray, channelled through Venus, and
because the angel kingdom works with substance—with the form aspect—so the solar
angels brought the substance of mentality to man by establishing the link of the
causal body of the soul on the mental plane—a link preserved until the fourth
initiation which shatters the no longer needed form of the causal body. Some
idea of the magnitude of this act of the solar angels is suggested in the
realisation that the fifth Ray of Knowledge "is the energy which admits humanity
(and particularly the trained disciple or initiate) into the mysteries of the
Mind of God Himself. It is the 'Substantial' key to the Universal Mind" (Ibid.,
p. 591).
Further, the link of the fifth Ray of Knowledge and the second Ray of
Love-Wisdom is said to be exceedingly close, because the second ray rules this
present solar system, and in the sacrifice of the "Light Bearing" solar angels
on behalf of animal man, the second ray aspect of wisdom was awakened, for
"wisdom is knowledge gained by experience [the journey of the Prodigal Son] and
implemented by love". Thus the descent of the solar angels into substance
brought the legacy of experience to the unfoldment of the divine Plan.
So, returning to the story of the Prodigal Son, to understand the deeper
implications of the Prodigal Son’s experience, it is important to note that,
upon his return to the Father’s home, the Father joyously rushed out to embrace
him, leaving the elder son who had remained at home feeling jealous and
unappreciated. That such a journey to "a far country" is part of God"s Plan
seems to be verified by the following passage from the Tibetan:
This urge to sacrifice, to relinquish this for that, to choose one way or
line of conduct and thus sacrifice another way, to lose in order eventually to
gain—such is the underlying story of evolution. This needs psychological
understanding. It is a governing principle of life itself, and runs like a
golden pattern of beauty through the dark materials of which human history is
constructed. When this urge to sacrifice in order to win, gain or salvage that
which is deemed desirable is understood, then the whole clue to man’s unfoldment
will stand revealed. This tendency or urge is something different to desire, as
desire is academically understood and studied today. What it really connotes is
the emergence of that which is most divine in man. It is an aspect of desire,
but it is the dynamic, active side and not the feeling, sensuous side. It is the
predominant characteristic of Deity.
(Esoteric Psychology II, p. 97)
Through the energy of the fifth ray, which is "essentially a light-bearer",
the evolution of humanity is hastened, bringing about the descent of the Kingdom
of God to Earth as a result of the ascent of so many taking initiation in this
age. The fact that The Secret Doctrine equates Venus with Gaia (Earth), and the
awakening consciousness of the Gaia theory recognises that Earth is a living and
unified organism, suggests that humanity may now be beginning to awaken and
cooperate somewhat with the reason for which the angels descended into matter:
for the salvaging of substance and the awakening of mind in form so that the
Purpose of Deity could be registered and expressed in substance. The solar
angels "fell" as an act of choice and of supreme sacrifice on behalf of
humanity. Those "Lords of Knowledge and Compassion and of ceaseless persevering
Devotion" are ourselves, and we in turn must consciously choose to take control
of our incarnation in form, seeking Purpose and thereby rendering life on Earth
a gift of sacrifice to the lesser lives dependent on our care.
Christ said, "I am the bright morning star". His promise, and the legacy of
the presence on Earth of all such "light bearers", may best be summarised in the
following words: H. P. Blavatsky wrote that "in all the ancient cosmogonies
light comes from darkness". And Alice Bailey expressed a similar recognition in
the following words: "The Master M. . . adds darkness unto light so that the
stars appear, for in the light the stars shine not, but in the darkness light
diffused is not, but only focussed points of radiance." (The Rays and the
Initiations, p. 170)
Packing 400 lunches - and love - to serve the homeless
Kansas City's 'mother of the streets' rises at 4:30 each morning, packs 400 decorated bags, and then seeks out the homeless.
Marcia Merrick’ s Reaching Out Inc., in Kansas City, Mo., serves the city’s homeless. Here, she delivers socks and toiletries.
David Conrads
By David Conrads, Contributor / March 8, 2010
Kansas City, Mo.
For years, Marcia Merrick began her day making lunches for her two children. Her kids are grown up now, but Ms. Merrick still makes lunches every morning – 400 of them. Each decorated paper bag contains a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich or a bean burrito, chips, fruit, and two homemade cookies. She also includes a note of encouragement – and then distributes them to the homeless of Kansas City, Mo.
Dubbed the “mother of the streets,” Merrick starts every day (Christmas and other holidays included) at 4:30 a.m. so she can finish her preparations and make the 15-minute drive to downtown Kansas City by 6 a.m., the time when most homeless shelters close and their overnight guests are turned out. She also makes stops at homeless encampments tucked away in secluded spots around the fringes of the city, under bridges and highway overpasses, and along the banks of the Missouri River.
Each day is a little different. She gives out half of the 400 lunches in the morning and the rest during a similar afternoon run, before the shelters open again at 4 p.m. The time in between is taken up with other tasks, such as driving someone to a social services office or to court or a health clinic. She also gives away items like clothing and bedding based on individual needs. In addition, Merrick and the volunteers who work with her help some 370 homeless families a year.
Merrick doesn’t just feed and clothe the homeless. She talks with them, learns their names, listens to their stories, and gives them hugs and encouraging words. As a result, she’s well known on the streets of Kansas City and has the trust of many of the city’s homeless.
“Really, the food and clothing I give them is just a way to get into their hearts,” she says. “A lot of them want to change, but they don’t have ... the knowledge and the emotional support to do that. Some have been on the streets so long they don’t even know where to start.”
What keeps her going, she says, is the success she has had in helping destitute individuals and families turn their lives around.
Kim and Wayne Hill are one such case. The self-employed house painters found their work all but evaporated when the economy began to sour a few years ago. In time they lost their house and found themselves living with their young son in a family shelter.
That’s where they met Merrick. She was able to do many things to help them reclaim a normal life, including helping Mr. Hill receive much needed dental work. She even found painting jobs for the couple.
“I can’t begin to tell you everything Marcia did for us,” says Mrs. Hill, whose family now lives in an apartment in a large complex, where her husband is the staff painter. “She’s so compassionate. She’s good at finding that place in your heart that’s lacking – any heartache or sadness – and then filling that void. She’s the ultimate mother.”
Merrick works not only to meet the basic needs of the homeless, but to uphold their dignity and self-respect.
Gloria Brown is the kitchen manager for the City Union Mission Family Center, which provides long-term shelter for homeless families. One Saturday a month, Merrick and a group of volunteers bring food and prepare and serve a breakfast to the residents, who number as many as 120. Ms. Brown says that instead of having the residents line up and receive their food at the serving window, as is customary, Merrick puts out place mats, silverware, and a small vase of flowers on each table. She and her helpers then take the residents’ orders.
“They wait on them like they are in a restaurant,” Brown says. “She just likes to treat them with respect and let them know that somebody cares about them.”
“Marcia serves,” says Gary Blakeman, a retiree and volunteer who has worked with Merrick for seven years. “She doesn’t just dole out food. She actually serves the homeless. And she does what she does with love. She’s truly concerned with their welfare.”
Merrick says her work of providing care and hope for society’s disadvantaged began when she was in high school in Wichita, Kan. She made several church mission trips, one for an entire summer, where she first encountered large numbers of needy people.
“I realized what a difference it makes in how I felt, caring for other people,” she says. “I didn’t know it then, but I think I was developing a heart for people who had been shunted aside by society.”
Her charitable work took a back seat to her own family for a time. But 10 years ago, when her daughter was 15, Merrick felt the need to resume her caring activities. At first, she matched up friends and acquaintances who had items they were willing to give away with people in need. The recipients were not just the homeless, but also victims of domestic violence, the unemployed, the recently divorced – pretty much anyone she knew of who had a need.
“It kind of snowballed from there,” she says. In 2001, as her activity increased and donors asked for tax write-offs, she started a nonprofit, Reaching Out Inc. Today, about 80 percent of her work is for the homeless.
Her organization works with an area church, which provides her with storage space for food, furniture, and supplies. An ever-changing roster of volunteers – school groups, church groups, friends, and acquaintances – help with decorating the bags, putting together hygiene bags (toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, clean pair of socks, and the like), baking cookies, and organizing food and clothing drives. Occasionally, volunteers go out with her on her rounds.
Merrick herself gets by modestly on alimony and a small pension. Circumstances may compel her to return to the paid workforce sometime this summer, which would necessitate an adjustment to her current grueling volunteer schedule. Regardless of what the future holds, she says, she will continue to work on behalf of the homeless in one way or another.
“I truly believe we can make a difference in their lives, and I don’t want anybody to ever think that somebody doesn’t care,” she says. “They’re homeless, but they’re still human.”
To learn more about Marcia Merrick’s work, go to www.reachingoutinc.org
Greetings in the Love and Light of our Creator. Peace and Love to all of you.
Today's lesson is on The Path of Surrender. My goal is to be of Service to the Whole. To be Love in Alignment with Free Will. If this lesson resonates with you then great, if not then let it fall away. This is my perspective. We are all slices of the same truth, so I am open to your perspectives as well. Only when all sense of self is merged into the whole can we realize the truth. My name is Chris or Christopher, which means the Christ Bearer so this lesson for you is part of my purpose.
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According to Richard Rudd's book The Gene Keys Embracing Your Higher Purpose, Gene Key 43 explains the Ascension or Awakening process eloquently. The Process is Survival then Service then Surrender. Let's estimate that each phase of life is 30 years, but it is unique to each person. So approximately 30 years spent in Survival followed by 30 years spent in Service followed by 30 years spent in Surrender. Only God knows how long each process takes or where you are at but this is a general guideline to paint a picture for you. Honestly I'm starting to believe that younger generations take less time in each phase, as the Planet's vibration lifts more into Love as we move closer to the Great Central Sun in the Universe. An example of a younger generation would be the Crystal children.
So let's talk about the Survival phase. Survival is full 3D. 3D is designed to allow us to make free will choices for polarity. At first your purpose is Survival. The Survival phase in living in the shadows as discussed in Richard Rudd's Gene Keys. Survival phase examples are "How do I get enough to eat/drink, where is my shelter, will I have enough money?" etc. etc. The vast majority of humanity is in this phase, but changes are happening behind the scenes lifting humanity to the next phase. During this phase of Survival humanity indulges in physical, emotional and mental addictions. It is the avoidance of pain and the acceptance of pleasure. This phase has the ego in full bloom. The Survival phase is fear based. The survival phase is absorbed in negativity. The Survival phase is also all about the Selfish "I". In my survival phase I enjoyed the pleasures of the senses, which led to more suffering. I ended up nearly dying 3 times. During the survival phase, spirit is not understood. The losses and pain were wake up calls to enter the next phase. There had to be more to life than just suffering. That is when ignorance is removed, and awareness begins. In the next phase spirit starts being understood.
The next phase of Awakening is Service. Service is 4D and 5D. Many Lightworkers are in this phase. The Service phase leads to the Gifts as discussed in Richard Rudd's Gene Keys. Service is embracing the shadows, taking responsibility for your actions and unlocking the Gifts. The Service phase starts when you Open your Heart then re-connect with your Soul, and you ask "What is my Purpose? My Purpose must be more than chasing money and basic needs." Your Soul will resonate back to you and guide you to your Purpose. Once we enter into the service phase we begin to choose jobs and volunteer work that aligns with our purpose. Also, there are many techniques to connect to your Soul. It is my perspective that Reiki Healing and other types of energy healing, Mantras and prayers, as well as Silent Meditation, connect you to your Soul. Simply being in Service to Others to make Others happy will reconnect you to your Soul. You may get more psychic and start reading thoughts and feelings. You are more intuitive following intuition over what the mind thinks. You start to learn what you do to others is done to you, that the inner and outer are connected. You also start to learn that others are connected to you. The Service phase is the movement from Service to Self to Service to Others. The negative polarity never enters the Service to Others phase because it involves the opening of the Heart.
In the Service phase, humanity is tired of indulgence and selfishness and finds satisfaction in love to others. Service is work that feels good to the person, but there is still some separation between service and God in the person's consciousness. The Service phase is the gradual merging of the human personality with the Soul. The Involution of God's Grace meets resonance with the evolution of Humanity searching for freedom. The Service phase begins the Path of Initiation. Richard Rudd talks about the initiations in Gene Key 22. Also Charles Leadbetter talks about it in the Masters and the Path. The Path is also found in Initiation - The Perfecting of Man by Annie Besant. You can read about the initiations at https://www.thepranichealers.com/initiation
During the Service phase the person moves into refining purity in the thoughts, feelings and body. Service is when the individual begins forgiving. The individual asks for forgiveness. Service is when gratitude is embraced. Gratitude leads to Satisfaction which leads to Peace. Service is the movement of the person's entire being into Service of the Whole. The questions at this phase are "Why does evil exist? Why is there so much suffering? What is God? What is Spirit? What is my purpose?" As refinement and connection to love gradually happens, then love filters through the person's being. That love vibration allows the higher Buddhic, Atmic, and Monadic bodies to descend and merge with the human personality. The Buddhic body (Divine Heart) is the body of Oneness/Love/Compassionate action, the Atmic body (Divine mind) is the body of Christ Consciousness, and the Monadic Body is The Oversoul/Group Soul and the body of Divine Will. The Monadic body is Oneness with God. At this point in the phase, the person begins to release the 10 Fetters as talked about in Buddhism and follows Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path. The person lives and breathes Spirit in daily life. Spirit overtakes the person's life. The connection with God and the Ascended Masters, Angels and other beings is stronger. The person begins absorbing spiritual wisdom at a rapid pace. I will leave some wisdom books for recommended reading down below. As a result of all of the work in the Service stage, Oneness is experienced. Oneness is a result of God's Grace. Duality is removed, the tree of knowledge of good and evil (duality) is uprooted, and the tree of life appears. Good and Evil are seen as expressions, sides of the same coin, as well as pleasure and pain. They are choices that show contrast to each other. They are God's Will and part of the 3rd density we live in, which has the purpose for us to choose our polarity. Eventually Service work and worship/devotion to God become one in the same. All life's experiences are seen as opportunities and then are seen as sacred. Doing good works on Earth are all that matter in the Service and Surrender phases. During these phases all individual needs are surrendered for the needs of the whole. The person still has self-worth and keeps healthy boundaries but endeavors to be love in all actions. Empathy and compassion improves at this stage. This phase leads to becoming like a child, in awe of God's Grace and Beauty.
The Service Stage leads to the Surrender Stage. Surrender is 5D and 6D. Surrender is the oneness with Spirit. Surrender is the Oneness with God. In this stage, only God exists and all is God. There is nothing else. Only God. The grip of the mind on the human is released at this stage. Past and Future are released, and only Mindfulness- Being in the present happens. Only working from the heart exists. There is no judgment anymore or negative thoughts or feelings. The Surrender stage leads to the Siddhi's as discussed in Richard Rudd's The Gene Keys. The Surrender stage starts with total Oneness with all of Creation. Unconditional Love for all beings. Love in alignment with the free will of each. This stage is the Surrender of the individual self for the Greater self. The merger of the human personality with the Higher Greater Self. The surrender of the Soul (which was the bridge of the human to God), and to merge completely with God. There is no individual "I" anymore. Everything in life is done for the Greater Good. Everything is done to please God. Have no desire but the Desire for God. You can desire to make others happy, for that in the end God is pleased, since we are all one. If you want an example of the surrender stage, I invite you to read the book Mother Teresa, Come be My Light, the Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta. In her prayers and letters you can feel the surrender. Another book about Surrender is St. Francis of Assisi's biography. Or simply read all 64 Gene Keys in the Gene Keys Embracing your higher purpose by Richard Rudd. In the final act of surrender of all individual needs, desires and wants, the vessel becomes emptied. The surrender of the individual self. It involves complete humility, complete loss of the self. In a paradox, the vessel then becomes filled with God's presence. The buddhic, atmic, and monad bodies combine fully with the human, but the human personality is driven to follow only God's Will. Remember The Buddhic body (Divine Heart) is the body of Oneness/Love/Compassionate action, the Atmic body (Divine mind) is the body of Christ Consciousness, and the Monadic Body is The Oversoul/Group Soul and the body of Divine Will. In the stage of surrender the human becomes Divine. If there is no human left in the vessel, only Divinity exists. Only God is this instrument and this instrument is only God. At this point all existence, all creation is realized to be part of the body of God. Creation is cells in the body of God. Therefore, literally what you do to another is done to yourself because all of Creation is seen as connected with God's Love and Light. The human personality has become the Adam Kadmon, the perfected human. The Divine human now sees with God's eyes, hears with God's ears, talks with God's voice,thinks with God's consciousness, and uses God's hands. The human vessel is now God's Instrument. Only God is present, as the human mind, emotions and body were sacrificed and surrendered in favor of God. All of life is seen as connected with a stream of Eternal Light. All creation is seen as sparks of God. Serving another spark of God, is serving God because you are a spark of God. That's why Mother Teresa says, I am only the Instrument, all Glory be to God. This is in fact truth at the surrender stage. Not my will but Thy Will. God's Will be done. The surrender phase is the dawning of the Christ in each of us. The Christ Consciousness. Jesus said I AM THE WAY, I AM THE LIFE. This is because God was working through Jesus and God IS THE WAY AND GOD IS THE LIFE. Once the surrender phase is completed the Ascension process on Earth is completed. This would be the Communion or 6th stage of Ascension. The surrender phase is freedom of the Law of Karma as the individual was sacrificed for the Greater Glory of God. God has no karma so former being is replaced with a Divine being free of karma. The soul is absorbed into the Monad or Oversoul. At the conclusion of the surrender phase, the being is harvested as the Law of One discusses, which is that the being has achieved Greater than 50% Service to Others to be harvested into Eternal Life.
That is my understanding of the 3 phases that culminate in enlightenment. Today's lesson was about The Path of Surrender. My goal is to be of Service to the Whole. To be Love in Alignment with Free Will. If this lesson resonated with you then great, if not then let it fall away.
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This instrument of God, which expresses as Chris, honors the Divine in you. Peace and love to all of you. From my heart to yours, I love you all. With deepest eternal gratitude to all of you for listening to these words. I am the way, I am the light, I am the path that leads to Eternal Life. As Buddha says, I am the raft that leads to the shore. Do not mistake the raft for the shore. Go onwards my brothers and sisters to the shore. God is the shore. God is All That Is. Who has ears, let them hear. The Divine in me honors the Divine in you. Shine on my brothers and sisters. Wishing God's Grace upon all of you. God's Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Praise the Lord our God on High! Kodoish Kodoish Kodoish Adonai Tsebayoth! God bless you. Namaste my brothers and sisters.
Initiations:
https://www.thepranichealers.com/initiation
Service Phase Book Reading (Not an all-inclusive list; find what resonates with you):
The Complete Ascension Manual by Dr. Joshua David Stone;
Beyond Ascension by Dr. Joshua David Stone;
The Law of One 101- The Choice by Carla Ruckert;
Book of Knowledge: Keys of Enoch by Dr. JJ Hurtak;
Bhagavad Gita;
Pistis Sophia, translated by G.R.S. Mead;
The Goal of Life, by Hiram Butler;
The Causal Body and the Ego, by Arthur E. Powell;
Initiation, Human and Solar, by Alice A. Bailey;
The Masters and the Path, by C.W. Leadbeater;
108 Lectures of Wisdom at http://www.maharishiphotos.com/lecture1.html ;
21 Essential Lessons (Vol. 1 and 2) by AMTF;
Gene Keys: Unlocking The Higher Purpose, by Richard Rudd; Also check out https://genekeys.com/
The Voice of the Silence, by Helena Blavatsky;
The Corpus Christi - Science of the Rainbow Body, by Richard Rudd; Also check out https://genekeys.com/
Surrender Phase Book Reading (Not an all-inclusive list; find what resonates with you):
Mother Teresa, Come be my Light: The Private Writing of the Saint of Culcutta
St. Francis of Assisi, A Biography by Omer Englebert
The Corpus Christi - Science of the Rainbow Body, by Richard Rudd; Also check out https://genekeys.com/
Gene Keys: Unlocking The Higher Purpose, by Richard Rudd; Also check out https://genekeys.com/
"As a being, standing in the sun, suffused with its light, and pouring it forth, would feel no difference between ray and ray, but would pour forth along one as readily and easily as along another, so does one on the buddhic plane feel brotherhood (or sisterhood) and pours themself into any one who needs their help. One sees all beings as themself, and feels that all one has is another's as much as one's: in many cases, more another's than one's, because their need is greater, their strength being less." ~ Arthur E. Powell
"Think, not what you want to do, but what you can do that will help someone else; forget about yourself, and consider others. A pupil must be consistently kind, obliging, helpful—not now and then, but all the time." (The Masters and the Path, p. 80) ~ The Master Kuthumi
More of God's Wisdom in the book The Path of Oneness available via the links at https://www.cityofshamballa.net/pages/store
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