| Dear Friends, This week's quote is from the spiritual awareness class entitled, "Class November 15, 1974," which will be published in Volume 18 of The Living Light Dialogue. It contains two questions from one student and both of the questions are italicized.
"OK. You were talking about not becoming involved in a situation or, like, if there's a person that you didn't agree with their actions, to not be, that if you did become concerned, that you'd become a victim of it, of this . . ."
"That, yes, is absolutely true. Number one: we cannot have an experience in life that we have not first in our own consciousness become receptive to. Now a person may say, "Well, I have someone that calls me every day and they're always in a low level of consciousness." Well, my dear friends, if we were not in a low level of consciousness, we couldn't attract that person to call us every day in a low level of consciousness. Because one of the basic teachings of Spiritualism is that like attracts like and becomes the Law of Attachment.
"Now, you may say, "All right. I'm having these experiences in life, and I choose not to have them anymore." The place to go to work is not outside, for that is not where the cause is. For Life herself is a mirror reflecting where we are at any given moment. The place to go to the cause is inside our self, to find out what level we are on and, once finding that out, to raise our soul consciousness to another level. If we do not do that, then we continue on with experiences that are distasteful to us because we have lost control through a lack of awareness. Does that help with your question?"
"But what if that lady calls again? What do you say? "I'm sorry, I don't want to listen to you." Or, you know, what do you do?"
"Well, no, my dear friend. My dear friend, you have what all souls have: the divine right of choice. You may listen and yet hear not. In fact, even the Bible prophets said, "You have ears to hear and hear not. You have eyes to see and see not." So, you see, if you go to work on you, that person will not call you in that level of consciousness again. Do you understand? Now give it, if you wish, give it a try. Because, you see, it works. Like attracts like and becomes the Law of Attachment.
"So if we are not happy with the experiences that we are having, if we are not happy where we are in life, all we have to do—it is so simple. You see, truth is simple and unconcealed; 'tis falsehood that is complex and deeply hidden—all we have to do is stop and think: "I do not care for this experience. Therefore, I will change my attitude of mind concerning it. I will rise to another level of consciousness." And then you will no longer experience that experience."
We change our experiences by going to work inside. To argue or battle with experiences that we do not appreciate only feeds them more energy, and that energy allows those experiences to grow even stronger. A wiser path is to go within. First, accept the right of that experience or person to express. Accept that we are responsible for the experience, even though we may not be consciously aware of the level within us that is bringing that experience into our lives. Accept and then redirect. Our experiences are the effect of energy directed through the vehicle of thought. So it only makes sense to direct more of our thoughts to that which is harmonious, uplifting, and encouraging.
A related spiritual exercise is to ask ourselves, "Why this and why now?" If we are sincere and if we are persistent, we will awaken to an understanding of the cause of any of our experiences. As with any skill or talent, it will take effort and energy to develop, but a broader understanding is possible for all of us. And that, I find, is very encouraging.
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Sincerely yours, Russell Fitzgerald Vice President |
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