When you are working with the Spirit, your responsibility is to hold the Light for others until they open up to it.

I may say that "God will take care of me," but if I identify "me" as my clothing, my food, my car, my house, my furniture, that's what I have to take care of. It's my area of responsibility in this physical world. So which part does God take care of? The part that lives. That's the part that transcends the physical environment, that leaves the body and continues on. God does sustain that.

If someone's bleeding to death and you say, "Just a minute, I need to call in the Light. Father-Mother God, we ask for the Light here. . . ." They're bleeding! So get down there and help stop that bleeding. That's the practical spirituality. The Light is going to be in your hands and your actions; that will call forward the Light that serves for the better and the highest good of all concerned.

Charity truly begins at home. I see charity as that process of taking care of yourself so you are not a burden on your family and of the family taking care of itself so it is not a burden on society. Charity is doing your work so well that people around you don't have to come along behind you and redo what you have done. Charity is handling your level of agreement and responsibility so well that people say, "I'm glad you were here. I'm glad you participated in my life."

Question: I feel really low in energy and I don't know why. I've seen health practitioners, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong physically, but I just can't seem to get the energy up to do anything. Answer: Remember that you get what you create. If you think too much about that which is negative, you'll create that. So keep your thoughts positive and your energy flowing upward. You might also want to check out your diet (physical, mental, and emotional), not only to see what you're eating, but also to see what's eating you.

Enter into all situations and relationships in a state of love, freedom, and responsibility. You will find life flows more easily for you.

If you want to change anything or anyone, change it inside yourself.

When the human consciousness inflicts itself upon another human consciousness - when it creates harm, hurt, pain, etc., through physical action, thought patterns, verbal expression, dishonesty, deceit, financial fraud, emotional control patterns, or any other way - it is held accountable for that and will be given the opportunity to clear the action and bring it into balance. No one has the right to harm or hurt another, in any way. When that happens, the action must be balanced; it is the law of cause and effect. If you cause imbalance, the effect is that the imbalance is returned to you, as its creator, and you get to make it right. This, in essence, is the action of karma. It is a just and fair action. And it is the creation of karmic situations that institutes the action of reincarnation.

As you create positive effects, you will be dissolving past karmic bonds and will not be creating additional karmic debts. You will be moving into freedom. This is why I am so very careful with everyone I meet. I state over and over that I am responsible only for what I say and do. If someone tries to involve me in their illusion, you will hear me say, "I'm not part of that; I'm not involved in that." I do not let anyone get me into anything. You have the same right. You have the same freedom. If someone tries to get you to do something that does not feel clear to you, just let them know. Say, "I don't feel clear doing that. I don't feel comfortable. I'm not going to be involved. If you want to do it, go ahead; I'm not part of it." And go your way. You are responsible for what you create. It is wise to be careful.

One way to tell if you are functioning in the Christ is to see if you complete things in the world. If you do, you're ascending. If you don't, you may be descending. If you have too many jobs, too many things to do, cut out some of them. Be wise. Don't take on more than you can handle. Take on just the thing you can complete. Those things that are not completed are thrown right back at you, and you must take the responsibility for them.