2009-08-22-Service to Others and Self

Session

Opening

Prayer: [Jonathan] In tranquility that is our soul, as deep and broad as the ocean, may it penetrate our mind and heart, may it soothe our bodies and may it carry over into an affection for one another and for all.

Lesson

Michael: [Mark] Hello my dear ones, it is I in whose name you gather at this time, here to accept the honor that you bestow upon me by gathering in my name. When I walked the earth as you do now there were the same conditions prevailing in which no mortal of the realm could truly know what was to become of their actions and their efforts taken in the moment, and great acts of service were performed for which there would be no reckoning or understanding as to the impact or effectiveness of these acts of service.

But what was present was the faith of the individuals who so tirelessly worked with me and even for me but they were in service not only to me but to the Father above and it was not for them to know the ramifications of their work, the fruits harvested as a result of their labors in the field. But it is my privilege to know, for even in this hour in this day do I witness the fruits planted and tended so lovingly such a long time ago in a place so far away, for you are all here. You have gathered to honor my service to the Father and even to you lo these many many years later and it is with some delight and pleasure that I note that you have at your disposal more tools to work with, more connections to be made, more avenues of approach than did my earthly brethren of my day.

We were simple people and had only traditional time honored methods to be used to gather truth, process truth and be in the presence of truth. You today are quite privileged in this regard. You have many routes that you may take, many approaches that may be made, many options before you for gathering to you that which you seek and surely, just as it was in my day, those who seek shall find as is evident with the lives that you lead which I behold. You have gathered to yourselves many many fruits of the spirit and you are ever ready and willing to share these as you pass by in your lives. In doing this I receive this tribute that you make in my direction for you know that I have asked you to do whatsoever you can to the least of my children and in so doing you do this for me. You have embraced this teaching and taken this principle to heart and you are eager and willing to be about this task of spreading truth, beauty and goodness as you are aware of it and to the best of your capacity. This, my dear ones, is all that can be asked, is all that can be given of any mortal of this realm. If you will hold fast to this course and maintain this heading you are indeed on a direct path not only to me but to the Father who sent me.

But as much as I appreciate and approve of the efforts and gestures that you make daily towards being in service, I also have gently reminded you that one of your greatest acts of service would be directed at yourself for this is an act of service that only you are capable of performing for me. It may seem as though turning this attitude of service inward reflexively may feel as though this is a selfish or self centered act with no immediate evidence that it services any other but I would like to once again assure you that when any service is done to any of my children and I mean you, you do this service for me. When you treat yourselves with kindness, that pleases me for that is my desire. When you extend love to yourself it is as though I am there with you. And so I invite you to reconsider having any thoughts of selfishness when you are considering who next to be service to. Put yourself in the mix, think of yourself in your minds eye when you visualize those who you could envision servicing. Do not leave yourself out of this picture. Sometimes it is far easier to take up the needs of another for they are so easy to discern and so satisfying of their being addressed but the same is true with your own needs, your own desires. They are equally as valid and within your internal paradigm there is only one who can properly address such needs. Another may attempt to do so if they see such a need but even so there is the internal component of being willing to accept the gift, the massage, the song, the touch, the dance, the meal, the embrace.

Do this for me my dear ones. Open your hearts to accept that which is meant for you and do your best to navigate these feelings of unworthiness or unreadiness or even unwillingness. I invite you to lay those aside, to even offer them to me. I will dispose of them properly and then you may be in a better position to simply allow the grace that was meant for you to get to you through this veil of unknowingness, through this obscure uncertainty. Let this grace penetrate straight through and be taken in by you for this is my desire. I wish all of my children, peace and love and grace. Not just those who are in distress or who are in need but rather all of my children. Those who are being served and those who are the servers, they are all the same to me, cherished children who I would bestow equally my peace, the Father's grace and our love. So perhaps during the course of these social exchanges you have with each other you may see yourself in two capacities, as the one with something to serve, one with love to bring to the equation and as the one there to receive the love within the equation. In this way you may reflect back and forth to each other this gift of grace and all may take it in and have it as their gift, the one from the other.

Now, before I take my leave at this time I would offer to remind you of my words offered in this very room before to many of you present at that time and which I will never tire of repeating. It is my desire to remind you that it is my intention to be so close to you as that you could feel my hand on your shoulder and whenever you cast a thought in my direction I will be there ready to rest my hand on your shoulder, ready to acknowledge your invitation that you bring and it is me who will be with you when it is your desire to be in service. Then it may be our desire and we may go forward together if you are in awareness that I am next to you, that I touch you in this process and that then we may touch another. Think of me in the moment as you are able and provide me with the necessary petition to work with you and I will unfailingly work with you. So let it be so as we gather here this weekend. I will not leave while you are gathered in my name. I will not forsake this group for even one moment. Consider as you go about your activities, my presence, and feel it as you are able. This represents my desire and you have already represented yours by assembling and providing your intention. Let us just be about the action of making it so. That is truly your contribution in this co-creative process, to provide and allow and accept and it shall be so. Be in peace. I now allow this platform to be used by others who are in attendance. Thank you.

Elyon: [Jonathan] Elyon in attendance, greetings to all of you. I will speak some regarding Light and Life. There is light, it is everywhere, it is the luminosity of God that fills the universe. There is also the creativity of God that fills the universe and it is life. There is one life and there is one light. You are likely to perceive light by its source of emission or by a point of reception. You depend upon the sun as your greatest source of physical light. You recognize yourself, your pets, your friends as lights. You each are emitters of light just as the sun is the emitter of light. The benevolence of the divine is often described in the metaphor of light for light is no respecter of persons, it shines on all. It feeds every plant [and] tree. All one needs to do is be open and receptive and one is nourished by this divine energy.

Life grows unceasingly. You are keenly aware of the finite interval of your physical life but death is not thus the end of living. Life in your biological form constrained by time appears to go through sequence soul advancements, attainments, and you each follow a similar course of unfoldment. But life is not a procedure of follow a b and c. It is the vitality of growing, a dynamic energy, vibrant and powerful. To be in LIght and Life now is to recognize this eternal luminescence be it be the vision of the spiritual eye, the illumination of the mind. It is to be aware and to be actively engaged in growing. You have life now.

The ages of Light and Life spoken of are settled stages of a planets development but life on such a world still has its struggles, but they are natural struggles. Just as the moth emerges from the cocoon, they aren't distorted dysfunctional struggles like those found on Urantia. Even ignorance is present on a world of Light and Life but it isn't a darkness anymore than shade under a tree, it is a natural state of awakening. To be in Light and Life now is to know that Light and Life is, you are absorbed in it presently. All planets reach Light and Life if allowed to do so in a natural course of evolution. Allow yourself Light and Life, permit yourself to even entertain the notion of ceasing to look for it. Take it, it is here. I now pause and as I go into silence I ask you to take a moment, experience light, feel your life. Thank you.

Sontad: [Peri] Greetings, I am Sontad, this beings personal teacher. I am delighted to give you a bit of an overview as we perceive you in the various groups.There are the appearance of waves, waves in the moonlight and as one group droplets seem to catch the light to be replaced in the next moment by another group yet together you are all moving with the wind, with the tide to the shore. As each one is caught in the spiral of light as it turns and changes and rises, others are drawn, others who may not know themselves to be seekers, to be spiritual beings. But as you land, each one of you can create a vacuum that draws others in and upward to seek how the very thought, the very existence is a blessing. Do not be hard on yourselves for those times when the wave appears to go down into the trough and out of the light. You are always part of the movement as we are, as our Michael is, as all these forces and energies are turning together. Thank you for this time and this most delicious peace that you are holding here today.

Serena: [Mark] Greetings, I am Serena here to make my way into such a glorious floodlight as I behold coming from this group. I too would accept the invitation that you would offer by gathering here with such good intentions and such willingness to extend yourselves to include the likes of even myself. You all know of my reputation for loving a good group that I can work with in hooking up all the energy generators that you all are onto one grid which then may be used by any member and for the good of all by the creator of such a grid.

Exercise

I would start today into a two part exercise:

First, I would ask for your internal consent, that it be provided for the purpose of donating your energy field to be en-circuited onto the grid which I will overlay upon such a configuration as you represent. The purpose of this exercise is two-fold, to both generate a common energy field to be used for the common and general good as I believe it is your desire and this force may then be directed by the powers that be as you would see them to the point of their greatest need. But part two of this exercise is in honor of your Master's request today and that is that you each, as individual contributors to this energy circuit or this field of energy that not only comes from you but surrounds you as well, to be accessed by you for you. It is far more common for creative personalities to think in terms of creating such fields for the benefit of others and this is well and good and proper. Now it just takes some slight adjustment of your concept frame to add yourself to the equation thereby changing it for the good of all where you are most certainly included. So while it may be more readily discernible to you, this notion of contributing and giving and serving, likewise if you see yourselves as part of the energy loop it comes back around to you and through you once again and it is then that you may consider taking a drink of the cup as it passes by. You are entitled to this, you are one of the ones out there in the statement of service to all, and so it is only proper that you consider partaking of this goodness in the process as well as just contributing to it.

The second part of this exercise today is an ongoing effort and attempt at strengthening the circuit between you and your Inner Guide and in so doing comes the recognition of the circuit enjoyed by all of your Inner Guides together. This as well requires your consent, even your petition that it be so for in the very formation of such a desire and the expression of such intention, there is an alignment which occurs and your having taken the steps bring you into such alignment and provide the necessary latitude through your Adjuster to take this intention and run with it. Therefore I encourage you to be mindful that while you may not know fully of the ramifications of providing your intention into the process, it does open the door and allow your Inner Guide to direct the motion that is underway.

I bring you these descriptions in word symbols of what we attempt to do in a rather wordless plain. Nevertheless we use the tools at hand to activate the universe principles and so it is my pleasure to furnish such words which may be as seeds which may then be nurtured and grown within your garden of desire. As a final suggestion, may I encourage you to see it as done, to welcome the results as part of your certainty of the validity of this equation. You know that if you activate certain universe principles, then the results are assured.

This is one of those cases and you have built some experience around these principles. And so now I invite you to trust once again in their certainty and to act as if you do. This is one more technique to strengthen this circuity, [and that] is to operate in certainty and with conviction. So be it. I am here with you now to state my certainty and to invite you to offer yours as you will and we will both receive the rewards of our efforts.

Closing

Thank you for allowing me to come in and offer my services and receive your fellowship. I will remain grateful, farewell.