2008-10-31 01:13:00
Dear Pat,
You may be surprised to learn that you have come closer than anyone to the right answer. Maybe it is because you have fewer preconceived notions to drop.
Your last comment was:
"I don't know who I am...a free will...I do think ALL life is sacred...there has been nothing in my life to let me know I am not this body...an impasse."
What was it in that statement that gives a strong hint of who you are? If you know then the next step is to elaborate with understanding.
Give it a try. You've come closer than anyone else so far.
Dear Carole,
Your last answer was by far the closest because there is a powerful hint in it. Let me quote your words:
"Yes, I am familiar with the course. Who/What am I? The ego is but a distraction. I can't remember right now the teacher that used this method in their training. Siting with a partner for hours answering the question Who Am I? Going thru the obvious and the subtle. Dropping away the ego and physical to become the observer. The watcher. Some have identified this as God, the one who watches and grows from the input of each new experience, no judgment, no resistance, just watching. Ram Dass also speaks of being the observer."
There are two key words in what you said that, if contemplated upon, will lead to much greater light on WHO/WHAT YOU ARE.
Even though you have broken off from the Church of God (started by Herbert W. Armstrong) you may still have some subconscious fears of going to hell or being annihilated. Perhaps it would be helpful if I explain a fearful scripture they use:
"For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten...." (Eccl. 9:5 Also read verse 6)
To understand what Solomon is saying here you must go to the beginning of the book where he says: "Vanity of vanities...all is vanity."
The writer spends most of the time in the book elaborating on the vain and stupid things that man says. One of them is "the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward."
Then in the last two chapters he starts teaching the truth of the way things are: He speaks of the silver cord, the golden bowl (the etheric body) and the spirit going home to God who gave it. (Eccl 12:6-7).
To sense your spiritual friends who are in your group you must obtain communion with your higher self because all the true spiritual guides and masters only communicate through your soul via your Higher Self.
There are clouds of darkness between you and your soul. You remove them by always following the highest you know.
It will help you to answer the question WHO/WHAT ARE YOU?
The person who has come closest is a lady who is a novice at New Age material. Here is what she said: "I don't know who I am...a free will.. I do think ALL life is sacred...there has been nothing in my life to let me know I am not this body...an impasse."
There is a key word here that is a great hint. Can you guess what it is? If you do then contemplate it in relation to yourself and tell me your thoughts.
I would like to spend my time teaching the principle I began with, but I feel I must respond to a reader's comments.
Some things in your epistle are perplexing. On one hand you say:
"I applaud your willingness to work with individuals and to seek out more God, and to be so outrageous as to put your Truth out to the world for the purpose of upliftment. Clearly, you have a high level ability to communicate and to teach. You have put yourself out (here) and are receiving various reflections, which takes great courage....You are a grand master, indeed! How I love you, Sweet Joseph!"
Next you turn around and say the following:
"By what right and on whose limited authority do you claim to have the right to judge who is ready to know what and when? How dare you tell any other sentient life form what their Right Place is in this universe?...It is very hard not to shame you for not being able to go beyond your soullular programming...Will you parry me off with fancy plays of words... remapped aphorisms from debates centuries past? Will you seek to poke holes in me so you can still shine as the brightest star? How many blows will it take until you surrender yourself to your Godhood? Do not harden yourself Master Joseph..."
You would make a good politician with this type of doublespeak. It sounds like half your brain thinks I am a "Master" (your choice of wording, not mine) and the other half thinks I am some type of antichrist or at best a Jim Jones.
Where do you get the idea that I am judging someone else's right place in the universe? People find their own place. Seeking to help and teach others is in no way "judging" their place. Are you seeing some type of reflection here?
You criticize me for making judgments and then you turn and make judgments about me. That wouldn't be so bad if your judgments were correct or had some foundation to them, but some are totally mislead.
You say of me: "Half of my being (My emotional body) is not present...." What a judgment for one who is communicating with me for the first time! You have absolutely no basis -- I emphasize none whatsoever -- for making such a judgment. I emphasize again: NONE WHATSOEVER! Can you feel some emotion here? I can. Tell me. How do I feel great emotion with no emotional body?
Checkmate.
You continue:
"You have managed to get far enough out of your body so you don't have to touch your so-called "lower" emotions very often."
Again. You have no basis to make such an unjust judgment. I am in very close touch with all my emotions and do not suppress or deny them. I have authority to say this because I know me much, much better than you know me.
Some of your choice of words bothers me. You address me as "Guruji Joseph," a title I resent. You call me "Master" when you think I have not mastered. You suggest I seek to "enforce" my will upon others. You say I "scoff" at Masters, and I need to "stoop" to study a book you recommend.
It sounds to me that you need to read Ceanne DeRohan's books again. Especially her first one. You seem to have some bitterness in you that is in a state of denial. Find these feelings within you instead of reflecting them in me. Then maybe they can be expressed in a positive way.
You say:
"What if I say that my Understanding is greater than yours? What emotional reaction does that provoke?"
I think it would be great if your understanding is greater than mine. I am always thrilled to learn new things. One with greater understanding does not pose a threat to me. Why don't you share something with me that I don't understand? I would be particularly impressed if you shared a new principle with me rather than memorized data.
A lot of what you say is true. There are many suppressed and denied feelings that need to be worked out with humanity. Those who do suppress can be deciphered through handwriting analysis with great accuracy. I am one of the few teachers that will agitate others enough to bring out some of these feelings. You seem to think this is bad. I think your teacher Ceanne would recommend it.
I could write a book commenting on your comments. I trust those following us in this folder will discern for themselves which of your statements are true and those which are not. Hopefully you can reach someone with the positive part of your writings.
I will be making comments that will enlighten you on my thoughts on other comments you have made that I haven't had time to cover; but please understand, my motive isn't just to make myself look good. (Who wants to look bad?) My prime motive is to serve. In this coming age of Aquarius, I, an Aquarian, seek to pour out the water of knowledge to a thirsty world.
My way of teaching is NOT to take power from others, but to empower without consideration to my own power. "He who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven is the greatest servant." This statement of Jesus is my greatest inspiration.
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