For some people, the \u201cgood news” is that you don\u2019t want to be here, and the \u201cbad news” is that you\u2019re here. And there\u2019s a purpose in that, which is the good news. You might wonder what\u2019s the good news about being here if the reality in Spirit is so much better and you\u2019re heartbeat away, a moment from it, and you already know you want to go. What is it about being here on the earth, where you\u2019re completing and fulfilling, which is good news?<\/p>\n
Part of it comes in the consciousness of service, so if you can get on to that, then you\u2019ll solve your dilemma about being here but not wanting to be here. It may take a while, but if you can just do it, then you\u2019ve solved the dilemma because in the consciousness of service is the willingness to give your life into the world, to really present yourself in a way that is a gift, and to do that consistently.<\/p>\n
Serving has its rewards because it creates an equilibrium so that you\u2019re giving outwardly into the world, and that keeps you in balance inwardly. This also does a progression inwardly so that you are evolving and moving at a very high rate and acquiring higher consciousness by holding yourself open to what God would do in the flesh, as you. It\u2019s the realization that the consciousness that is of God, that loves all His creation, comes into the flesh as you, and that is the consciousness that serves. It serves without reservation, with unconditional love, unconditional giving, all of which are quite magnificent.<\/p>\n
When we take a look at those who are the saints, who have been seen as God-anointed beings, we see that they\u2019re great servants. That would be one way to look at who is anointed, who qualifies as a saint. It\u2019s the one who comes in to render their life and demonstrate service. Then some people equate it to this: \u201cWell, they\u2019re famous people, they\u2019re recognized and honored. They\u2019re saints.” But if you look at history, this is not always so.<\/p>\n
And, of course, there\u2019s also the part of history that isn\u2019t recorded in any outer way that\u2019s known. So it would be good to consider that there are those who have been anointed of God who expressed that in a way that perhaps was a complete secret. Only God knew. They were the silent servants. And sometimes that\u2019s who the \u201cvillage idiot” is: they\u2019re rejected, ridiculed, and taunted, yet they\u2019re the one anointed. What are they doing? They\u2019re kind of waking people up and demonstrating that there\u2019s another way. Some people get it, and others just get worked over in some way.<\/p>\n
But what about people who don\u2019t want to be here to the extent that they have thoughts of being in car accidents, getting hit by a bus, or something like that, so that being here is ended? These thoughts are to be managed. Rather than the person\u2019s deciding that there must be something deranged or they\u2019re screwed up, I\u2019d say to forget about that. Instead, they can just look at it like, \u201cWill somebody handle these crazy thoughts?” In other words, they can look at it like the thoughts come to them, and the thoughts are there to be managed.<\/p>\n
If this fits you, you might even think of it as if the thoughts are with you in a way that the rest of us can go free. It\u2019s almost like it\u2019s \u201cgood” that you have those thoughts, so I can get in the car and I\u2019m not thinking about having a collision or getting run over. You are managing those thoughts. Could you somehow slip? Sure, and that\u2019s why it\u2019s important to keep your consciousness up, like, \u201cI\u2019m not going to allow that to happen.” Sometimes you may feel like you shouldn\u2019t drive. Well, maybe you shouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
One person managed thoughts like this by just saying, \u201cNo, thanks.” That\u2019s another way to manage them, rather than having some rule that says, \u201cI shouldn\u2019t be having these thoughts. Sane people, good people, right people don\u2019t have these thoughts.” But you\u2019re good, you\u2019re sane, you\u2019re right. John-Roger has said on occasion, \u201cYou know, the crazies keep me from going insane.” And maybe there\u2019s a way to work that out, so that you\u2019re a little on the wild side. That\u2019s fine, that\u2019s entertaining. The village idiot is on the wild side, but that doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s something bad or wrong going on. It\u2019s just a different way.<\/p>\n
And part of your service is to bless those thoughts, love them, not allow them to move into something harmful. It\u2019s kind of simple. If you just pay attention and stay with yourself, stay connected to yourself, the thoughts that are not serving you become manageable.<\/p>\n
Sometimes it may be like going into a grocery store with a very free-spirited three-year-old. One approach is to keep your hand on the child or keep them in the cart. Another approach is to let them go wherever they want to go in the store. But the store manager may come up to you and say, \u201cIs this your child? Do you realize what they\u2019ve been doing? Do you know the mess they\u2019ve made?” It\u2019s like that with your thoughts. You have a responsibility to watch over your thoughts and not allow them to do what they\u2019re not here to do, in harmony with the highest good of all concerned. So you discipline your thoughts. You hold them correctly.<\/p>\n
This is not a call to condemn yourself or condemn the thoughts. It\u2019s not a call to respond in fear or self-doubt. It\u2019s more like, \u201cOkay, I can handle this.” And there\u2019s another reference point that I have: if you had a choice and you could deal with this in one of those strange asylums that they had in France in 1788, where they put their crazy people, you could do it that way. Or you could be out and just manage a few crazy thoughts. You\u2019d probably say, \u201cThis is much better than being in an asylum. Much better. So I\u2019m happy to manage a few crazy thoughts so that they somehow don\u2019t lead to trouble and I end up doing things that just put me back in the crazy house.\u201d<\/p>\n
The good news about who we are spiritually is that we can overcome. We can endure past any negative thought or action. The Soul cannot be corrupted or stopped by the world. As we learn to be conscious with the Soul, we also learn to be how God would be in our thoughts and in our actions. We learn to release the thoughts that do not serve the highest good. We learn to endure until we can see the peace that is present in all. We become the forgiveness. We find a supreme truth that loves all, regardless of any negative condition in our midst or present in the world. We keep rising up one more time in the world until one of those times we transcend into Soul once and for all.<\/p>\n
Baruch Bashan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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