It is important to understand how intention works. If we have this opportunity with the Traveler on the line, called forward, then we can consider that Spirit is leading. There\u2019s already a plan in place from Spirit and we are seeing it.<\/p>\n
Or are we seeing something else or looking at something else and making that the focus, instead of what Spirit is actually presenting to us if we care to attend to it? I\u2019ll claim that for us, that we do care to attend to Spirit\u2019s leadership. We all have an opportunity\u2014and I mean all Souls\u2014to be highly attuned and become more highly attuned.<\/p>\n
One way I look at this program is that it\u2019s taking the opportunity to be more highly attuned spiritually, including all that goes with that. I see that in our willingness to be present with what is and look at it. If we open up that sense, it opens up other senses that could bring greater understanding about what it is to be more highly attuned and on purpose with our Soul and what we\u2019re doing in this world.<\/p>\n
The good news is that the way I experience the Traveler Consciousness is as the Light, the truth and the way. There are other words we could say, but those are powerful words. Whoever has the authority may speak them in the I am<\/em>. I consider the Traveler Consciousness is that I am<\/em> that is the way, is the truth.<\/p>\n The Transcendent Leadership faculty wrote: \u201cTranscendent leadership is about recognizing that there is loving greatness in everyone. It is not about putting loving and greatness into people. It is already there.\u201d Amen. \u201cOur job as transcendent leaders is to create an environment where the loving and greatness can emerge and flourish in ourselves and others.\u201d That\u2019s another Amen.<\/p>\n None of us is here to do what somebody else is doing. They\u2019re already doing it. Hopefully that\u2019s a relief. That\u2019s how it should be experienced. We have what we\u2019re to do, and one of the ways I see it is that everyone\u2019s a genius. Everyone is gifted spiritually. If you are breathing, that\u2019s a spiritual gift. That\u2019s the prime requisite on this level. Take the breath. If we\u2019re not breathing we are going to be in some dysfunction, out of alignment and not here shortly! It\u2019s required with what goes on. You breathe into your experience and it delivers conscious awareness. It delivers the Light. The breath is the Light, the illumination, and in that consciousness is direct knowing.<\/p>\n As we expand, it becomes something greater in that we\u2019re finding we can do something greater. We took that on as a purpose through the Seminary and through the Travelers\u2019 works. That\u2019s how I see it. That got my attention. I see this program as moving higher in our works and also moving higher in the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness as that is rolling itself out on the planet at this time. Not only what John-Roger laid down in particular, but also the spiritual head of this church, Jesus as the Christ Consciousness.<\/p>\n We are coming directly through that work. It doesn\u2019t require that we wear certain garments, eat in a certain way or face in a certain direction. Those are ritualistic forms. What we\u2019re looking for is something that gets beyond a ritual or formula and gets to the essence. Whatever your essence is becomes what you can present and offer into the program. That then becomes a gift.<\/p>\n Essence is a word that speaks to something in a greater way. What is essential nature? We\u2019re not looking at the lesser nature, the part of your nature you could possibly cut off, but the parts you need. You need a heart. You need something that can bring oxygen into the bloodstream. The cells need that molecule, that eruption, the spark of the divine that comes through when it hits the cell and fires and illuminates. That\u2019s the least of it, but it brings an opportunity into the greater.<\/p>\n There is another opportunity going into the second year of the Transcendent Leadership program. You\u2019re not regressing; you\u2019re progressing and expanding. What would that be? It could be a turn, like we\u2019re going to go into the unconscious. Some might say: \u201cYou mean the dark? The place I don\u2019t want to go? The place that has scary awful things there?\u201d That\u2019s one way of looking at it. Another way is that it\u2019s what comes just prior to God.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a necessary traversing. We\u2019re going to deal in whatever would be in a repository of what we have not completed. Every one of us has that assignment in this world; to come into completion of what we came here to experience, and to be conscious and awake as a knowing that we have that assignment.<\/p>\n The beauty is that we have the requisites to do it through the spiritual nature that breathes and walks with every one of us. There are no exceptions. The soul level consciousness has those requisites. The soul is then individualized so that each person has what it takes to transcend. Leadership here is asking, \u201cShall we transcend? Let\u2019s go!\u201d Imagine if I could walk into the first day of class and say, \u201cShall we transcend?\u201d Maybe some would say, \u201cYes!\u201d And I say, \u201cLet\u2019s go\u201d and start walking out the door. It would be interesting to see who gets up and who doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n My version of what Jesus did is that he came in that way. He came in as a living demonstration of Spirit walking and talking. He said, \u201cWhen you\u2019ve seen me, you\u2019ve seen the Father.\u201d And only the Father could deliver that. That was the Father\u2019s will being done.<\/p>\n In our new dispensation, that which has been talked about as grace, an opportunity came forward. Jesus said, \u201cI am the Light, I am the truth.\u201d I\u2019m doing it right now. I\u2019m demonstrating it and you are having the experience right now as much as you are prepared and open. For those of you who have the ears to hear and the eyes to see, I\u2019m going. Come follow me. Let me start walking.<\/p>\n That\u2019s how I see it here. You start walking. You don\u2019t have time to debate this. If you want to debate this, I\u2019ll be gone. Then you\u2019ll probably ask, \u201cWhere did he go, where did he go?\u201d You had your opportunity. Maybe in that way, it was delivered over and over because Jesus was making a point. There were those who had the faith and trust who came into it. That\u2019s called students in the second year. We could claim that for them. They have the willingness to keep going. They come into whatever the class is doing as a progression.<\/p>\n What if that involved the most difficult, challenging thing in your entire existence? \u201cWe have that prepared as your assignment this semester. No more dilly-dallying. It\u2019s time to go.\u201d You\u2019re going to go.<\/p>\n Or, it\u2019s allowed for you to delay, but we\u2019ve done that. My attitude is that this is a group who\u2019s in their laters. <\/em>The opportunity is now. The kingdom is at hand, meaning grab my hand. It\u2019s that close. I think it was put in that form to wake us up like flesh and blood. Not like one day in the mystical occult traditions, that there will be a coming. There are a lot of those on the planet, some fashion of: \u201cWe\u2019re waiting for the coming of the Lord.\u201d I look at it as, \u201cWhat\u2019s the Lord doing now?\u201d<\/p>\n Even if we\u2019re some of those who missed the opportunity to go before, we don\u2019t want to miss it again. It\u2019s not because it wasn\u2019t available before. It was available all along but very few find it. Maybe we find it in such a way as it\u2019s like a garage door. Not a slit hidden in a mountain so people end up at the bottom of a crevice before they get to it.<\/p>\n If we, through this program, found an easier more direct way, a wide opening, and we say it\u2019s here, do you have the willingness to come?<\/p>\n Here is what John Morton had to share about some of the specific course topics in the PTS Transcendent Leadership Program.<\/em><\/p>\n On \u201cLight in Shadow\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n One obvious thing about \u201cLight in Shadow\u201d is that it becomes illuminated. If you had light on one side of the door and darkness on the other, what happens when you open the door? Does darkness go into the light, or light into the darkness? My overwhelming experience is that the light goes into the darkness. You can\u2019t stop it.<\/p>\n What I would invite for whoever is in the program is: \u201cWould you be willing to bring that into its greatest outcome?\u201d By greatest I mean the most value and greatest opportunity. If someone asked, \u201cIs that the highest good?,\u201d that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m talking about. No games, faking, or deceiving. We\u2019re talking about the best outcome.<\/p>\n Then, we all can say, \u201cI am the Light\u201d and in that bring in a greater illumination. It\u2019s along the lines of, \u201cWhere two or more are gathered in the Light, there I am also in a greater Light.\u201d It\u2019s allowing us to make our choices as creators. We have creative choice.<\/p>\n The Traveler is saying, \u201cDo you want to go home now or later? Do you want to do it your way?\u201d Or, I am <\/em>the way and I\u2019ll show you. You\u2019ll have to do it. You\u2019ll have to walk it. It\u2019s not like I will pick you up and carry you all the way home. At some point, you are doing this. If you have that willingness, that\u2019s all you need.<\/p>\n I see this as the opportunity present for the program, illuminating whatever the shadows might be that people are frequenting that are part of being in this world. There are plenty of them, but because the Light is here, we\u2019re seeing each other. With the Light comes clarification and the opportunity to see, not partially, but fully. Are you willing to deal with the whole truth, not just partial truth or the convenient truth?<\/p>\n Are you willing to see it as it is? Are you willing to be disillusioned, to release beliefs that keep you from moving into the greater truth? Call it an \u201civory tower\u201d or attachments or a false self. These are the kinds of things we need to be willing to release and let go. I\u2019m going to let my faith and trust lead me.<\/p>\n On \u201cMyth, Story and Archetype\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Any story you tell that places you outside of Spirit is false. It\u2019s an illusion. Spirit doesn\u2019t have separation. We\u2019re in illusion when we experience separation. If we look at it spiritually, that\u2019s when laughter shows up around the appearance of separation. It\u2019s ridiculous to think that, because it is your breath. How could you be separate from something that breathes you, that is your life? If you\u2019re alive, it\u2019s with you and not in any way partially, but completely.<\/p>\n The opportunity is that we would come into the oneness and experience that we were never separated. The eternal is the eternal, so when we become conscious, there was no beginning and no interruption. If you are completely loving toward one, then you love all creation. There\u2019s nothing to forgive because it\u2019s released. There\u2019s no judgment that puts anything into a duality or separation.<\/p>\n We can still enjoy the stories, myths, and fables that help bridge other worlds, including the one we\u2019re in. What does that mean? What is the moral of the story? We all live happily ever after! Do you hear that? Can we go to happily ever after right away? Just go to it! Just say, \u201cThey all lived happily ever after.\u201d I don\u2019t think I need to read this story because the result of the reading is here.<\/p>\n That\u2019s how I really look at living in this world. We might as well enjoy it while we\u2019re here. We do that as much as we can, knowing that I\u2019m just looking for that opportunity when I\u2019m not here, when this is no more. It goes into nothing, because that\u2019s where it\u2019s coming from. While I\u2019m in the illusion, the dream, I could direct it toward more happiness, joy, and peace.<\/p>\n Other people may be telling nightmares, but when I get up, I\u2019m going to tell something that\u2019s a nursery rhyme where everyone goes home and even the Wicked Witch of the East turns into something fabulous. Consider this: If we can imagine it, then it can become. It would be a bridge so that eventually we release the imagination, the image to what it is. And it\u2019s better than what we imagined, which is how it came down in my consciousness.<\/p>\n What is it like to be with God? It\u2019s better than you could imagine. Go ahead and see if you can get closer with your imagination. Live up to your ideals. That\u2019s the opportunity. Make this world more heavenly while we\u2019re in this moment of the illusion.<\/p>\n On \u201cBeing and Doing\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n I could say we\u2019re just having thoughts, vocabulary, or something along that line, that would go on like some kind of discussion. We could put more words to it and it would be an ongoing conversation. Do we ever have a resolution? I would say that in the being<\/em>, we always have resolution. It jumps off a page as language, so we\u2019re putting something out. You can say that\u2019s still a concept, but when you want to call it being<\/em> it\u2019s not limited to letters or a person\u2019s image. Just understand that you\u2019re dealing with something that is\u2014that has is-ness<\/em>.<\/p>\n There is another dimension of doing,<\/em> which is practicing with our being. <\/em>Putting it into practice and expression. There\u2019s an exercise there; I\u2019m hearing echoes like spiritual exercise, expression, and practice. That\u2019s what we\u2019re doing in the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness. We\u2019re working on it exactly, but at some point it\u2019s not an action. It is, and then that\u2019s transcendent. It\u2019s a direct knowing of what is and also what we call the oneness with God, or Soul Transcendence.<\/p>\n Those are words, but by having some inkling of that awareness, even if my mind doesn\u2019t know how to go there, we learn to let the mind be and just let it run and do what minds do. That\u2019s kind of how I experience how to get off the launch pad in spiritual exercises. At some point, the mind is allowed to be in a free state and do what minds do, even if I give it some direction to be quiet. Something happens in my experience by setting the mind free. I bless the mind, not trying to kick the hell out of the mind or put it in a dungeon somewhere. It actually lets the mind do what minds do but in such a way that the mind can be in harmony with being.<\/em><\/p>\n It\u2019s open as much as it can be to what it is and then still be a mind. \u201cI\u2019m a mind and I can\u2019t fly and I want to fly. I can run fast and I\u2019m powerful. I can leap but I don\u2019t know how to soar.\u201d Know that that\u2019s okay. Have the awareness of, \u201cI\u2019d like to fly but I seem subject to this damn gravity thing.\u201d You have the awareness you want to fly. Make peace with what you are. Make peace with what the mind, body, and the world are. That is a free state.<\/p>\n We are learning how to be in a free state with aspects of consciousness that are in the lower nature. We\u2019re in it, but not of it. How do we do that? If you try to control the lower nature, my experience is that you\u2019re trapped. You\u2019ll find out and realize you need to let go of the control and be in a state of something like awe and openness. The lower nature can be transformed. I say, \u201cThank you God, that lower nature has the capacity to be more like the higher state.\u201d<\/p>\n A Transcendent Blessing:<\/em><\/p>\n Dear Lord, we thank you for your amazing presence in our midst. We are those who attune and bring our consciousness forward as best we can. We also welcome the support that comes from within that You are the Way. So when we release, when we come into consciousness of freedom and liberation, we have the greater experience of what\u2019s here for all of us. That You show us our innocence, our purity, and the opportunity to know it is always so, regardless of what has transpired or what is in the evidence in the world or in any other form.<\/p>\n This day is a blessed day, a day which the Lord is rising up in each one. As we look to one another and find the sparkle that\u2019s in the eye, that lilt that\u2019s in the voice, that dance in the step, we are one.<\/p>\n Baruch Bashan<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n PTS\u2019s Transcendent Leadership Program is a two-year program that explores what it means to lead a life of Soul Transcendence. Faculty are accepting applications for a new class that begins on August 19. You can participate in the program from wherever you live, with a 5-day \u201cresidency\u201d in Santa Monica every semester (six months). Students and faculty come together in person at these residencies, where we are blessed with intimate time with our Beloved Traveler, John Morton, as well as other exceptional guest speakers who demonstrate leading a life of Soul Transcendence. 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