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Subject: No.
Idaho Team 2014-01-12
Teacher: Charles, Serena, Light
T/R: Mark Rogers, Cathy Morris
Charles: [Mark]
Good morning my friends, I would accept your offer to join the discussion this morning, I am Charles. I would be delighted
to talk more on this topic of integrity because there are so many different aspects of it, so many different facts of this
word that may be used to explore the different components involved. Lets take the thread offered here this morning of an individuals
integrity and when we refer to this, once again, we find ourselves bringing in words like trust, confidence, even having faith
in an individual. All these things are in no small part conditioned by your perspective of whatever it is you are considering
to have integrity.
If it is another individual and you consider them highly regarded, then your degree of trust
and faith in this individual is bolstered and you declare that they have integrity because as far as you can tell, they are
in alignment with principles and ideals that you agree with and support. This alignment that you observe is somewhat of a
compass heading for this individual, a direction that they are pursuing that puts then in alignment with goals that you as
well pursue and approve of. So this level and degree of integrity for you is largely observed and measured and determined
by whether or not this individual aligns themselves with the same principles and values that you do.
What is so
interesting about this is, all this alignment that you are observing and judging and using word symbols like integrity to
describe are all varying levels and degrees of alignment with the First Source and Center, the true North of everyone's compass
heading. There are only so slight and varying degrees of fluctuation and yet because there are these differences and there
are notable distinctions, there are these judgements to be arrived at as to who has integrity, who demonstrates steadfast
adherence to an alignment with truth, beauty and goodness. This becomes observable by the fruits of the spirit in their lives
and when so observed, you rightfully deem these individuals to have integrity, to hold integrity, to demonstrate integrity
in the process, to adhere to principles of truth, to align themselves with causes of justice, to identify with aspects such
as peace and love.
This constitutes the game in play at this point in your ascension career, to work on aligning
your compass heading, to paralleling yourselves to the current of truth, beauty and goodness and in so doing, strengthen your
integrity throughout the process. The one who has integrity may strengthen it, questioning their own level of sincerity, their
own degree of conviction and in this way observe what obstacles they may have in expanding their alignment. Having applied
these energies to self improvement and personal growth, then another can observe this and declare that one operates with integrity,
they are true if they are genuine, that they are sincere in their search, then they are operating with integrity.
This does not
mean that individuals will not err in the process, will not explore other dimensions to ensure that their trail is indeed
the right one, will not stray from the compass heading by following distractions, may not fall short of their own desire to
uphold their own standards. These are all aspects of honing your direction, of maintaining your course throughout all of these
that will happen as a part of the game that you play at this time. Nevertheless, the one with integrity is the one that maintains
throughout being buffeted about, being distracted, being knocked off course, falling down in your attempts. All of these are
simply steps in the process and provide you the opportunity to once again, rally and demonstrate your integrity.
I hope I have
been able to expand the many aspects of this term a little bit more, it is worthy of discussion as are many other fine topics.
I will now step down to create space for another contribution, thank you.
Serena: [Cathy] I am pleased to join the group today and comment on the idea of integrity. In interactions between mortals
on this world there has been a tendency for some to act with integrity in all their dealings with other persons. In the history
of the planet, these persons have stood out as role models and examples of a person who are trustworthy. In a broader sense,
integrity refers to the ability to be true to the higher aspects of truth, beauty and love. It is most difficult to live a
full life when conflict is existing within the person in relation to these basic principles. While you are building your soul
through experience in this life, your actions are needed to be in agreement with your vision of higher truth. Your Inner Guide
is the pattern that leads you to the higher truth and the way of action in all situations. What is sometimes referred to as
integrity is in reality, ethics. Ethics, while useful, are not at the same spiritual level as the true guidance from your
Adjuster. The guidance of Divinity Within is your true example of a path to follow and by adhering to this guidance, you exhibit
the external aspects that others would label as your integrity. In these turbulent times, we would encourage your steadfast
following, inner guidance. We of course will assist as requested.
Light: [Mark]
Hello to my friends, I am Light here this morning and would offer something a little different. There is a famous quote that
is resident as part of the human mind structure and is resident in the human mind of my partner in this process that I have
access to. The quote I refer to is the definition of good people. It goes: Good people are those who do the best they
can, with the sense they've got. I think this quote is most serviceable and useful in this discussion of integrity
because it demonstrates that everyone is at their own level of having the sense they have, and if they do the very best with
what they are given to work with, then they have integrity in the process.
All people have some level of integrity,
all people are true and faithful to something, even religious about things and so it is very true, as the statement says,
that good people are the ones simply doing the best they can. However, I would substitute one word in this phrase for you
and you will understand. Good people are the ones doing the best that they can with the awareness that they now have. This
is where, as you know, your ascension career is constantly in flux and you are constantly observing from new levels of awareness,
able to choose from new plateaus of awareness, able to respond to life from ever increasing levels of awareness. Therefore
do you constantly have the opportunity to strengthen and demonstrate what you would refer to as a persons integrity in this
process, your commitment to truth, your alignment with goodness, your observance of beauty.
So, as I mention, it is not a matter
whether or not individuals have some integrity. They most certainly all do, it is their level of integrity as judged by you,
as the results of their efforts in their lives to show fruits of the spirit. And so it is that others will observe you and
determine in their minds whether you demonstrate aspects of integrity and if so, at what level. So this idea of integrity
is a constantly moving target, ever providing opportunities for growth. Thank you all for the opportunity to play around with
some wording about integrity. We have but scratched the surface with this word. I bid you all have a good week, farewell.
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God is always bringing us closer to Him. | Heavenletter #4810 Fear Is a Bully , January 25,
2014
God said:
You learned not to have trust. You were taught distrust. You were taught to live in the world as you would live with
an unruly beast. You were taught to be bold, even brazen, in the face of life, or you were taught to be timid. Either way,
you were taught to fear. You were taught that certain happenings in life were untenable.
What if you had not
learned all that? You would have a different understanding, and you would move differently in life. Hot or cold, both would
be okay. You would be far more than a recipient. You might even be a welcomer of life as it shows up.
If you
did take life as it comes, what would be fearful to you? What would be horrendous? As you feel, so you act or react. What
if you were not fearful? What if your whole world did not depend upon what occurred in it? Would you not be free from fear?
And
why not be? What good does living in a state of fear do for you anyway?
You may have been living as a triangle
that sits on its point instead of on its base. Be grounded in yourself, beloveds. Be grounded in yourself over fear any day.
Create a different basis for your life. Be not afraid when the doorbell rings. Be not afraid.
Good Heavens, you
don’t have to swagger in life, nor do you have to tiptoe. What it does come down to is that you are too often afraid
of your own shadow. We can say that there is nothing but your own shadow-thoughts to tremble at. What is not your thought?
The concept of fear is a thought, and you carry it with you constantly as you might with an umbrella when you expect it to
rain. And so you carry an umbrella of fear with you just in case. In that way, your life may be fearful.
The
shoe you are waiting to fall is named Terrible!
What if, instead of looking out for rainy weather, you had sunshine
in mind? What a difference your life on Earth would be. What a different establishment you would live in. You would have freedom
from fear. If you were at the edge of a cliff, you would look up more than you looked down. Upward is vast, and below is less
vast. If the world exists of all possibilities, and surely it does, then why focus on only one kind of possibility? Focus
on the horizon and lift your head high. The Kingdom of God certainly does lie within you. Within you lies the Kingdom of God.
Within God is the splendor and the glory.
Certainly, fear did not make you. I made you. Too often fear has been
your guide. Remember Me. Remember angels. Be your own angel. Steer yourself away from fear. Look, fear is a big bully. Fear
is not your Higher Self by any stretch of the imagination. Fear perpetuates itself. Fear is a perpetrator. It is up to no
good. You may well have trusted in fear. You may have majored in fear instead of love.
Love yourself, and fear
will not hold such a high place of reverence in your life. Fear will get out of the way. It will no longer hold the ascendency.
Fear will not be your first thought in the morning or at night. Fear might not hold a place in your heart at all. Fear is
mighty only as you say so. And who, in his right mind, despite all the reasons given, would live in fear, live waiting for
the axe of fear and trouble to fall?
When you are stuck, think of Me, for I am the Field of All Possibilities,
or let Me say I am the Field of Love. Where I am, death is not. There is life and Life Alone. We, you and I, live together
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God is always bringing us closer to Him. | Heavenletter #4811 You Arise from the Mist , January 26, 2014 God said: You grew up learning to judge. You were taught that this is good and that
is bad. You also learned that you were good and bad. What a thing to learn at such an early age. You were good when you smiled
and bad when you cried. Besides that, you received mixed messages perhaps. It was good to be quiet and sometimes not. It was
good to speak up and sometimes not.
You were taught not to listen to your heart. You were taught to repress.
To play in mud was not good. To play in sand was permissible, all because of something called dirty and something else called
clean.
You were told to always tell the truth, and you learned a need to protect yourself by telling a lie.
And
yet you grew up often without acquainting yourself with what you learned. You may be the last to know. What you learned and
who you really are are two different things.
You were always good. Innocence was not actually considered good.
There was so much you had to know and so much you had to be taught, said the world. And so you were misguided.
And,
yet, you grew up and you learned some Truth along the way. Your soul cannot be denied, beloveds. You are A-OK despite everything
you may believe.
Regardless of what you have been taught, you are you. You are as I made you. And the time comes
when the made-up you, the pretend image of you, the misrepresentation of you, disappears. This is when you rise as you are,
the you as you were always meant to be.
No longer must you carry the debris of the past. You are your own choice
now. So choose. Let go of your supposed past and progress to the simple unadulterated you. This is progress, not regress.
Or, if it be regress, then it is regress to the present, beloveds, and you will know who you are. You are Wholeness Complete.
What
do edicts and paste-on’s have to do with you? Not any more. You arise from the mist, and you are Pure Soul. The Pure
Soul of you rises from the mud you were perhaps not allowed to play in. You so wanted approval.
I approved
of you the moment I had a thought of you. In life, perhaps you were denied the Truth of you so that you could see it afresh,
so that you could come to know yourself and go beyond the make-over poured upon you. Your True Self emerges from the waters
of love. There comes a clearing in the forest. You arise from the waters of life to the High Being you always were and did
not know about. Even so, you may have had vague stirrings of a Higher Awareness. You hid them away, good boy or good girl
as you were trained to be. You were not a wild creature who had to be trained with admonishment. All you had to do was have
role models to follow. You were trained. Love was on the back burner. Results were exalted. Truth was underplayed.
And
this was the story you read, and this was the story you lived, and this was the story you went along with until one day, Truth
begins to dawn on you.
You can’t put off Truth forever. The Truth is good. The Truth is always what you
wanted, and you were not always privy to. You may have been forced to Me, indentured to Me, which is not quite the same as
coming to Me. Yet now you know in Whose Arms you are. Yet now you know you abide with Me. Now you know I rise and shine in
your heart. What else is there, beloveds, but you and I, ever true to the Oneness of Love? |
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