Always, there\u2019s an opportunity, which is to take the Light road and the loving road and the peaceful road.<\/em> – John Morton<\/p>\n This article comes from a sharing with John Morton at an MSIA staff meeting on July 18, 2006. It seems just as relevant today as it did twelve years ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n Every once in a while, I like to point out that there\u2019s always been something, and a lot, going on in the world that we interpret as tumultuous, catastrophic, violent, or something like that. I don\u2019t know of any time that it hasn\u2019t been happening on the planet. But in these times, there is the technology that allows us to be much more conscious and aware of where it\u2019s going on and how it\u2019s going on. So always, there\u2019s an opportunity, which is to take the Light road and the loving road and the peaceful road.<\/p>\n First, it\u2019s important to do that for yourself so that you\u2019re not interpreting that if something is happening in the world, this means something\u2019s broken with God or with your life or something like that. Obviously, there are lots of levels of consciousness working out through these situations. And I\u2019m thankful to be with people where we tend not to resort to flinging bombs from one office to the other or something on that order, people who are obviously focusing on the higher-consciousness way of relating to one another and to situations.<\/p>\n This is just a reminder that it begins with each one of us, all the time, every time. And, you know, in one sense I think people feel helpless when listening to the news. I don\u2019t dwell on it. I just pick it up here and there. I hear that people talk about it, but often even the people in the situations say that they don\u2019t know what to do even if they wanted to stop it.<\/p>\n One aspect of the situations, and of those who are in the position to wreak havoc, is that there\u2019s something karmic there. And so if we can send something \u2014 like Light \u2014 to help shift the situation to a more peaceful and loving one, that\u2019s a good idea. I personally wouldn\u2019t spend more than a minute doing it because the Light action is really instantaneous.<\/p>\n If you have some personal level of concern \u2014 maybe you know somebody or something that has a direct relationship to the situation \u2014 then that can change it to a 10-percent kind of thing for you to decide about. And in your ministry, there\u2019s always an opportunity to consider if there\u2019s some kind of call for you to get involved. For the most part, I find there isn\u2019t, and it\u2019s just something going on. So if it comes to my mind or consciousness somehow, I work it inside so that there\u2019s a Light field all the time.<\/p>\n I find that\u2019s the reality of who the Traveler is, there\u2019s always a consciousness of Light and love. So whatever is brought into my consciousness, there\u2019s a personal choice where I could say, \u201cLet me look at that before that goes into the Light field,\u201d and make it something personal. And I find it\u2019s important that I don\u2019t do that unless I want to get involved. And for the most part, I don\u2019t want to go off to war or something like that.<\/p>\n So stay up. Don\u2019t let it get you down. And if you are down, then you have a self-ministry right there, \u201cOops, I let it get me down. I let it depress me. I let it worry me. I let it take me into fear.\u201d That just shows you a level inside of you that you\u2019re not holding up in love and Light.<\/p>\n Stay with your experience and don\u2019t move into the tendency to doubt your experience instead of just relating it as best you can. Go ahead and get the expression out. And if you want to restate it because you have a clearer way of relating it, go ahead, \u201cLet me say that another way.\u201d Or you just restate it. If you observe me, I do it all the time. It\u2019s important in having freedom in your expression. Doubt, fear, and judgment tend to interfere with that. And that\u2019s not our Movement. Our Movement functions in the freedom of expression.<\/p>\n This doesn\u2019t mean that we\u2019re exempt from the law. So if we\u2019re in freedom of expression and we\u2019re bashing things and making a mess of things, there will be karma in that and responsibility. Some people misinterpret what freedom means. It doesn\u2019t mean freedom to violate the law. It really is freedom from the law, which comes into living in grace.<\/p>\n That begins in realizing that you are already a creation of perfection. So that how you express yourself, the way that comes through, is perfect even when you don\u2019t think so or even when the reflection of the world in some way criticizes, judges, or reacts. You can realize that you have perfection going and you willingly, openly express that perfection for what it is, rather than try to change it to something else or control it, which doesn\u2019t really work.<\/p>\n The beauty of that is that when you are freely expressing who you are, it harmonizes. It doesn\u2019t have any againstness in it. So that would be a hint: If you ever experience yourself against something or someone, including yourself, you\u2019re off.<\/p>\n So how do I work with that in freedom? There\u2019s a freedom that functions through silence, peace, and quiet. Be still with yourself. Peace. Be still. It\u2019s an inner process. So find who you are if you\u2019ve lost yourself.<\/p>\n Rather than interpret, \u201cThere\u2019s something wrong. I should doubt myself. My consciousness is not fully aware of my \u2018I am-ness,\u2019\u201d see this as a good opportunity to be consciously aware of your \u201cI am.\u201d If we consciously follow our breathing in, it takes us into that awareness. And as we consciously follow it out, it takes us into the connection, into how the Light relates to all things. So your \u201cI am-ness\u201d is God\u2019s \u201cI am-ness,\u201d and it also includes the consciousness of all of God\u2019s creation.<\/p>\n One of the opportunities we have is to be the Light with our eyes open. It\u2019s one thing to be able to go into a cave and retreat from the world and connect to our divinity. That\u2019s worthwhile. But the great masters radiate the Light with their eyes open, walking and talking and taking the Light road.<\/p>\n Baruch Bashan<\/p>\n WATCH A BLESSING WITH JOHN MORTON<\/strong> Enjoy much more from John Morton in this outstanding Video compilation: The Life of an MSIA Initiate<\/a>, available as an MP4 or DVD. Click here<\/a> for more info or to purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Always, there\u2019s an opportunity, which is to take the Light road and the loving road and the peaceful road. – John Morton This article comes from a sharing with John Morton at an MSIA staff meeting on July 18, 2006. It seems just as relevant today as it did twelve years ago. 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