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\u00a0It is through our awareness and choice to relate to all in oneness and loving service that we find the one accord.<\/em> – John Morton<\/p>\n

This article by John Morton was originally published in the New Day Herald in March of 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You can identify yourself either as being in discord or in accord with the Lord. That\u2019s something to be aware of as your choice. You choose. You need to be conscious of who you are and what you\u2019re identifying with. That awareness allows you to be conscious of things that appear contrary or as negativity that could move you into discord. \u00a0It\u2019s your choice to move back into accord.<\/p>\n

When we become conscious of who we are, it\u2019s something spiritual. It goes by a lot of other names, but the quality is uplifting, beautiful, perfect, and harmonious. The negativity appears as opposition to us. \u00a0It appears contradictory. That\u2019s often where the confusion or conflict comes up.<\/p>\n

When relating to negativity, we can choose to move away from confusion and into understanding. \u00a0Then with whatever is appearing to us, there is an opportunity to be conscious of our true state, our spiritual nature. Then we can look at what appears to be the discord and the conflict in the world — what appears to be negativity, or disturbance — from a higher view. It\u2019s what we do with our awareness that becomes really important in the moment.<\/p>\n

The simplicity of it is to choose you<\/em> this day — who you are and what you serve. That comes right into now. Even though there\u2019s negativity and disturbance in what appears present which could include how you feel and think personally, you can still identify with the one accord, the peace that is present. \u00a0As you do that, it becomes what transmits from you. It starts becoming transformational. It isn\u2019t necessarily changing anything with what is going on for you in relation to what\u2019s happening, what the news says, or how others are responding. Yet, the accord is still present.<\/p>\n

Your awareness makes a difference in terms of what you experience. You can choose to move your awareness and identify with what is the accord inside of you. Then the awareness of the accord within you becomes something that\u2019s transformational in your own personal experience. \u00a0At the same time, you\u2019re a radiant being. You\u2019re a creative being in this world. That energy can go out from you because you\u2019re making the choice as a creator to ask yourself, \u201cWhat am I relating to? What am I identifying with? \u00a0What am I transmitting?\u201d<\/p>\n

Your choosing to be in accord will play out in ways where, at the very least, you can be silent and quiet. That may not look like you\u2019re doing anything. But one of the greatest ways we can contribute is by exercising spirit or doing spiritual exercises. That\u2019s another way of saying we\u2019re choosing into the spirit.<\/p>\n

If you see somebody in againstness or violence or expressing negatively, you can choose to relate to them in your spiritual nature and transmit your accord. I\u2019m not talking about something that\u2019s necessarily easy. Our spiritual accord is something that is challenged with quite a lot in the world.<\/p>\n

Something may appear to us as againstness. \u00a0Or maybe it\u2019s just simply, \u201cI don\u2019t like this, or I don\u2019t want this, or this isn\u2019t what I expected.\u201d It could be that simple.<\/p>\n

Consider what discord has to do with the state of the world. It\u2019s our attachments that disturb us. We are attaching to things that are really nothing in relation to the accord. \u00a0If we take out that sense of attachment to the negativity, we find out that all disturbance that we issue out of our consciousness is not necessary. We can bring ourselves into the accord.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a seminar that John-Roger did quite some time ago called, What is the One Accord?<\/a>. \u00a0The seminar is about the time of the Christ when Jesus had gone, and the disciples, those who were involved closely with him, were gathered in something referred to as the Upper Room. The One Accord came upon them. It\u2019s also been called the Pentecost when Holy Spirit appeared as though flames were above their heads. At that time, there was a realization amongst them of something greater. They had an awareness of being in the accord.<\/p>\n

When I read that passage in the Bible, there\u2019s something about it that isn\u2019t explained in what\u2019s written. There\u2019s something that happened that is a spiritual blessing or a spiritual miracle. At the time, there was discord amongst the disciples. Part of that was they were trying to work out, \u201cWhat do we do now after the head guy left? How do we work that out?\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the concern was, \u201cDo we survive? Do we break up and split up and go our separate ways rather than to be part of the persecution?\u201d A questioning and a doubting occurred about what took place. So in the midst of what came forward as a one accord and a presence of the Holy Spirit touching onto each one, there was a doubting, a fearing, and a questioning about what was taking place and whether it was real. But the experience of being in accord was still present within.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s always an opportunity to touch in spiritually to what\u2019s going on. \u00a0It takes willingness to do that. It can be something that may cause you to pause, hold or stop because whatever\u2019s going on has disturbed you physically or psychically and you\u2019re aware of that. If you allow the negativity to come into your consciousness and take up residence, depending on to what degree and how deep that runs in your choice level, there are always opportunities to clear whatever that is by choosing into the spirit. In our PTS classes, we teach a lot about how to discharge and clear yourself from the identification with the negativity.<\/p>\n

Your true nature is never disturbed or out of balance even though the reflection in the world often says something else. Consider that when the astronauts in space look down at our planet, they see the beauty and harmony of the accord. They see the oneness. \u00a0The astronauts\u2019 perspective is a great reference point for all of us to understand that peace is present. Good is always present. Love is always present. So if you\u2019re in some way thinking it isn\u2019t, then you\u2019re off. You have a job at that point to minister to yourself and find a way to find the love, to move into the one accord. \u00a0That\u2019s a tremendous ministry in this world.<\/p>\n

How can we move into the accord? \u00a0By cooperating and serving. When we are assisting someone, there is a sharing and caring that transmits. We are simply providing a reflection that in some way the assistance is about seeing what is better, what is greater, what heals, and what nurtures.<\/p>\n

One of the tests in this world is to relate to the negativity through our service. In that way, the negative power is our friend because it teaches. It teaches us our responsibility. It teaches where we choose separation when we do not have to and it\u2019s not the truth of our beingness. You are the one making the adjustment yourself. \u00a0You are choosing to move into the oneness through your loving service. \u00a0So keep that in mind whenever you feel lost or separate.<\/p>\n

Choosing oneness with all and loving service takes tremendous vigilance because the ability of the negative power is through whatever\u2019s negative. It humbles us on a personal level to realize that the negativity and discord can come at us in so many dimensions and different ways. \u00a0Through our personal abilities alone, we can\u2019t handle it. Yet, we\u2019re affected by it. No one is exempt even though we may want to be exempt. We\u2019re all vulnerable to the negativity, and that provides the opportunity to move into greater strengths and wisdom. \u00a0It is through our awareness and choice to relate to all in oneness and loving service that we find the one accord.<\/p>\n

One of the great questions to ask yourself when you\u2019re disturbed is, \u201cIs this true?\u201d
\nThen monitor and be very conscious about what is disturbing you. Often, the quick reaction is, \u201cThat disturbed me\u201d or \u201cThey disturbed me.\u201d No, that\u2019s not correct. It\u2019s actually your perception of the situation or people that causes disturbance and discord. Look at how you perceive whatever it is that disturbs you. Your perceptions are important.<\/p>\n

You might consider that you perceived in disturbance by the way they talked to you that they don\u2019t like you, they don\u2019t understand you or they don\u2019t appreciate you. Regardless of the outer conditions, you have an opportunity to choose to be in accord with Spirit.<\/p>\n

At some point you\u2019re going to come back to realizing it doesn\u2019t matter what they said or what happened. What matters is how you relate to it. You can handle whatever is present in the world because your spiritual nature is bigger. \u00a0You\u2019re true nature is bigger than whatever occurs or however someone relates to you or thinks about you. So act like it.<\/p>\n

You have the opportunity to grow and mature from experiences of discord. By choosing to look at your perceptions, you may find yourself realizing, \u201cI remember I got upset, disturbed, depressed or angry when somebody talked to me like that. It\u2019s like that\u2019s my button. They pushed it, and I got upset.\u201d<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to get upset. You can change your way of being so that you handle people that are acting like tyrants towards you or you are in situations that you consider are not fair. Ever notice that the world has a way of seeming unfair? \u00a0The world is uneven, such as the wealth isn\u2019t equally distributed or there is not justice for all. \u00a0So we can decide that something is unfair and \u201cshouldn\u2019t be like that.\u201d\u00a0 But it\u2019s better to move into acceptance and cooperation because the world is<\/em> like that, and our true nature is to be loving with all.<\/p>\n

Consider there\u2019s divine perfection in the way the world is. In my experience of going into the Spirit, it is a journey into perfection. What\u2019s the journey? The journey part is waking up to the perfection, to the harmony and one accord.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that the perfection suddenly moves. It\u2019s not like, \u201cOkay, now there\u2019s perfection. Oops, now there\u2019s not. Oops, now there\u2019s perfection. Now there\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perfection has this quality of eternity. Perfection, like being in accord, is always. Some people confuse that with being static. Perfection is not static. It\u2019s dynamic. It\u2019s alive.<\/p>\n

I find it comes into asking, \u201cDo you trust yourself?\u201d And if you trust yourself, \u201cWho are you?\u201d And we come back to, \u201cAre you divine or are you not divine?\u201d Often that\u2019s a question that we may find ourselves afraid of the answer. We\u2019d rather believe, even if it\u2019s false, that we\u2019re not divine because we judge our human nature as less than divine. \u00a0Forgiving our judging is one of the greatest ways to experience our divine nature.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re thinking something like, \u201cI\u2019m really a bad person and they\u2019re out to get me and it\u2019s just a matter of time before they do,\u201d what does that do to you when you think of yourself in that way? If you say to yourself, \u201cI\u2019m no good. I\u2019m going to get caught. They\u2019re going to put me away. Something bad is going to happen,\u201d then your perception is separation from that place of divine perfection within.\u00a0 And your life is bound to reflect that to you until you stop thinking and acting as though you are less than divine.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t put the authority outside of yourself. \u00a0The truth is within you as a divine presence. \u00a0All of the circumstances are what they are. \u00a0It\u2019s your disturbance that needs your attention. If you could let the disturbance go, free yourself of the disturbance within you, what would you be experiencing?<\/p>\n

I can guarantee you\u2019d be experiencing something better than a disturbance. \u00a0So when you discover that, you\u2019re also going to find the opportunity to let go. \u00a0You may realize, \u201cWhy don\u2019t I just let go of the disturbing way I\u2019m relating to what\u2019s going on? \u00a0I can just let go of insisting they shouldn\u2019t be like that or the situation should be different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why not just let it go? What would you be like if you thought they, whoever \u201cthey\u201d are, should be exactly like they are, doing exactly what they\u2019re doing? \u00a0What if you accepted that they should be yelling at you and calling you names? What would it be like if you identify that their actions are clear, fine and no problem because you\u2019re at peace? \u00a0You\u2019re in accord. \u00a0You can go on about your day, knowing the peace is present within you. \u00a0Who you are is far greater than any negativity that comes your way.<\/p>\n

If you have an interaction that disturbs you and you don\u2019t get over it, then you\u2019ll be out of balance. You\u2019ll feel it inside you and you may carry it around all day. \u00a0But does that make your day better?<\/p>\n

Whatever happens, whatever the content or the subject, you can handle it. Obviously, you have handled whatever was presented to you up to now. So whatever it has been, whatever disturbances you have experienced, you\u2019re here now. You survived. You progressed. You passed. That\u2019s a vote of confidence for you.<\/p>\n

Your question may be, \u201cCan I handle what\u2019s next? How would I handle it in the way I would like to be?\u201d \u00a0That gets back to your identification. Who are you? \u00a0Are you loving? \u00a0Are you caring? \u00a0Are you in accord with your true nature?<\/p>\n

I suggest you say, \u201cYes,\u201d even if there\u2019s great protest amongst your inner thoughts and feelings. You may argue with yourself, \u201cNo, I\u2019m not. I\u2019m not very loving. \u00a0There\u2019s all sorts of evidence about when I\u2019m not loving.\u201d<\/p>\n

Actually, we are loving, but sometimes we don\u2019t act like it. What happened? We forgot. And at times we do forget we are divine. We do forget our natural true self. What\u2019s obvious to me is that everybody is magnificent and glorious. We just don\u2019t act like it all the time.<\/p>\n

I am often reminded of the exampleship of Jesus on the Cross when he said, \u201cForgive them for they know not what they do\u201d (Luke 23:34). \u00a0That was a moment of transcendence. Right there, something magnificent was being put into the world. There is forgiveness that allows us to err. We are not eliminated. We are not damned to eternal hell.<\/p>\n

We are allowed to have fantasies of the negativity that then appear real like nightmares. But then you wake up. My view is let\u2019s wake up now. Bring your awareness into all the states of consciousness as much as you can.<\/p>\n

This world is a multidimensional place, and it converges. How do we keep up with it? How do we stay awake and alert? \u00a0Do we ever falter? Do we ever stumble? Do we ever do something that we didn\u2019t want to do?<\/p>\n

Well, of course we do. That\u2019s human. And the remedy is always, let it go. Release that. Forgive yourself. Love yourself. Accept yourself.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s amazing how much loving and forgiveness by you can attract that same presence for you. \u00a0It becomes something John-Roger referred to as a Portable Paradise. You can walk in heaven wherever you go. It\u2019s heaven on earth. How is that? Is God sparing you from this world? No, you\u2019re sparing yourself from anything that is less than God which ultimately is not possible. \u00a0It’s a form of illusion that we can stop relating to as our identity and expression. God made the first move by loving all of Its creation.<\/p>\n

Choose to relate to yourself first as heaven on earth. Then whatever is left is good and holy. \u00a0Whatever you don\u2019t know how to relate to in that way, you surrender. You offer it up. Like, \u201cOkay, God, I don\u2019t understand this. This is bewildering to me. \u00a0I\u2019m aware that I\u2019m disturbed emotionally and mentally by what I just experienced in my perceptions, my senses, my mind and my emotions. Can you help me?\u201d<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re aware that what you\u2019re seeing, relating to and considering is \u201cbad and wrong\u201d or you\u2019re thinking \u201cThis should not be,\u201d then realize you need help. Your faith and trust inside will tell you that it is not \u201cbad or wrong,\u201d that there is nothing that \u201cshould not be.\u201d \u00a0So refuse to take on that attitude.<\/p>\n

Your acceptance and cooperation with what is present heals you. It takes great faith that must be acted upon. So demonstrate you have the faith. Demonstrate that you refuse to enter into a reaction of negativity. Just refuse to do that.<\/p>\n

When faced with the choice to react in negativity, you can simply say, \u201cNo, I\u2019m not doing that. \u00a0I\u2019m not entering into that negativity.\u201d \u00a0Who are you talking to? \u00a0I suggest you talk to yourself first. Sometimes it\u2019s important to shout it from the rooftops so all can hear. You realize you are talking to God in all of the creation. That can be a great moment of transformation when you stand up and declare your life is for the good and only the good. Then that which is not of that dissolves, disperses and goes back to the nothingness from which it came.<\/p>\n

When you choose into the good, you are waking up. And that waking up isn\u2019t even like you\u2019re stretching, and you have a moment of, \u201cOh, what was that?\u201d \u00a0It\u2019s a complete waking up. The negativity is gone. There\u2019s no trace of it. That\u2019s the soul. The negativity doesn\u2019t go there. Negativity can\u2019t exist in the soul.<\/p>\n

We have the opportunity to decide who we are. \u00a0When we ask ourselves, \u201cWho am I? Am I that state?\u201d we can answer that we are one with God. We are in accord in with the Lord.<\/p>\n

I encourage you to bring the experience to yourself that you are that state of accord, of perfection, so you have a direct conscious knowing of the truth of who you are. And when you forget and you lapse or go to sleep, it will serve you to move your awareness into accord with your divinity. \u00a0Remember, your true nature is a soul who is in one accord with God always.
\nBaruch Bashan<\/p>\n

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Blessing for Awakening to the Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Lord, we welcome You now to find us as we are. We surrender so that we will let go of our resistance and our fear. \u00a0Particularly, what we have placed in our unconscious levels, no matter where it came from or how it developed, especially whatever we have forgotten from our past existence. <\/em>
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\n Through our courage and willingness in this moment, we present ourselves freely and openly to You. \u00a0This is our intention. To trust You is also our demonstration that we trust ourselves to be before You exactly as we are. \u00a0 <\/em>
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\n We are surrendering. We are submitting to Your will, letting go of any attachments, taking this moment to release our life into You that however You want to change or direct us to be fully compliant in Your will, to understand You can do all things for greater good. <\/em>
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\n We consciously are recognizing that it has been us who have placed the resistance, who have found the fault, who have chosen the darkness. Let us register what we can fully, right now no more. <\/em>
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\n We stand up and rise up in our consciousness, in the truth of who we are, the strength of who we are, the blessing of who we are — we offer unto You. <\/em>
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\n We recognize. \u00a0We accept, and we choose to be servants of Your actions through the Divine will. You bring that forward into our life. <\/em>
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\n Thank You for reminding us of how simple it is, that it begins in each moment, in each circumstance, in every little thing. \u00a0When we have done it to the least of the things that are Your creation, we have done it unto You. <\/em>
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\n Let us love. Let us appreciate. \u00a0Let us see the value that You have placed in each and every thing. Let all things serve Your purpose. <\/em>
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\n As we come into completion with each and every thing, we accept Your movement, Your presence and direction to move forward, to lift, to learn and to grow. <\/em>
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\n We let go of what no longer serves, to let it be. Yes, to leave this world be so that we are done with it. So we come with fresh eyes, a new ability to look into our life and to those who are close to us and in every situation, and see the harmony and see the peace. <\/em>
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\n We appreciate what You have done for us. We come with a smile more often. We come into a dark situation with the willingness to give, to bring joy and comfort. <\/em>
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\n In our offering here that represents sacrifice, we give up our demands. \u00a0We give our attachments away. We give away what we want that we might fully embrace what You want. \u00a0We find in Your embrace, in the way You look upon us, You want us just as we are without our falseness, without our pretense, without our illusions that express into the negativity. <\/em>
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\n Again we ask for Your grace, Your direction, that at this time, this place, this decision becomes a life that we live. \u00a0We accept the fulfillment that You bring to us. \u00a0We are complete in You. \u00a0It is done.<\/em><\/p>\n

Baruch Bashan<\/em><\/p>\n

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WATCH A SHORT VIDEO WITH JOHN MORTON<\/strong>
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