Part 84, Why Did You Choose This Life?

"Today we'll talk more about the process you all went through before you came here for this lifetime. It is not something you were taught in Sunday School, or even something anyone talked about directly for most of you.

"There is a huge misconception in the way humans think about their life paths. Most people believe they were sent here on a mission, or they believe it was all some random lottery, and they got the straw they got because of some judgement about them being good or bad, on the part of Higher Powers. This is completely untrue. We do not assign anyone to anything. Soul growth is strictly a voluntary process. You and your guides, who consult with you throughout your time here at Home, help you to clarify what you will be needing in the coming lifetimes and plan with you what conditions and people you will make contracts with to fulfill your mutual needs. So, you see, the particular conditions which make up the broad strokes of your lifeline are preplanned, but not predetermined, because you have free will, and at any time you can choose to deviate or adhere to your chosen path, and everyone else has the same option. 

"Now let's consider what needs you might have felt you were going to address in this lifetime. If certain issues were revealed in your past lifetimes, such as a need to develop greater independence, you would be inclined to accept an assignment to enter a lifetime with a family where both parents will be required to work, or even where you parents will die when you are young, or where you have a younger sibling with severe disabilities who needs constant attention, leaving you to fend for yourself much of the time. You will choose the basic parameters of the life you are to enter into, knowing it is for your own personal development and growth. Another example: let's say in your past lives you have been extremely independent, to the point where you have lost touch with your tender side and have been lacking in compassion and love. You might decide to accept the scenario in which you will fall in love and marry, and will have a child with a terminal illness, whose sweetness will capture your heart, and you will be devastated but appreciative of the wonders of the child you loved so much, and as a result you will be able to open your heart to other children who have illnesses or disabilities. Your love and your heartache might lead you to teach, or establish a charity, or adopt a child with special needs. 

"There are others, on the Creative side, who may come to a life in which they have an innate longing to create music, and are determined to write powerful and uplifting love songs for all the world to learn from and enjoy. Since artistic talent is honed by some adversity - we appreciate our art more if it is difficult to accomplish - some obstacles may be a part of the path, such as poverty early in life, or parents who scoff at your dreams. These challenges help to reign in ego and encourage a sense of humility and gratitude for being able to pursue the craft you feel passionately about, and the work will communicate more meaningfully to others. 

"The goal for each lifetime is always to learn greater love, deeper compassion and empathy for others, and to use those lessons to make a contribution for the greater good. No one is expected to request a life in which no hardship or challenge will emerge, for this would be considered a wasted lifetime from our point of view, because very little can be deeply learned from an uneventful life. There are times, of course, when a person may request an easier life for the sake of recovering and restoring themselves after an especially traumatic experience. This is encouraged if needed, and can prepare them for a more challenging life the next time.

"So, you see, you can never know from the outward appearances of a person's life where they might be in their soul path, or what challenges might appear in their lives at a later date or for what purpose. When you understand this deeply, you will become less judgmental, more tolerant and more compassionate toward others and their difficulties and their seemingly luxurious lives. In fact you might consider that when you look around you, you would learn a great deal from noticing which people signed on to accept a life in a poor minority community, or as a gay or lesbian person, or as the oldest child of a Mob boss. People with double minorities - any of the above, with a physical disability, for instance - are often the most courageous souls who are in a hurry to evolve and grow.

"What about the people who agree to be born with Down's Syndrome, or mental retardation, or severe autism or cerebral palsy, or deafness or blindness? Why would anyone choose such a life? These are often, although not always, more advanced souls who wish to come to Earth to experience life in a body without the demands of a business life or other attachments and responsibilities. This way, they can still observe, experience the pleasures of taste, touch and smell, while also providing the opportunity for caretakers to be of service. Any lifetime on Gaia is considered a precious and rare opportunity to experience soul growth. There are no opportunities that go begging, when the options are presented to souls-in-waiting for their chance to come here.

"One more note: Because of the precious and limited opportunities for entering into a life on Gaia, it is looked upon with genuine horror and sadness when a person decides to commit suicide, especially when that action is taken impulsively as a result of a disappointment or supposed failure of some kind. Still, there is no punishment to be meted out because of the lack of courage to stick it out when things get difficult. We know how hard it is there. However, the person will be required to come back and live out a life of possibly greater difficulty to overcome the feelings of inadequacy and regret which often result from the suicide. All in all, it is not considered a reasonable way to achieve relief from pain of an emotional sort. 

"We would, however, feel compassion for a person who might be suffering terribly because of a terminal illness if they feel they have lived long enough. In many of those cases, the death is brought on by little more than not taking extreme measures to preserve a life that has already ended. We do not insist that anyone should endure excruciating pain for a long time, but we do believe that the slow process of dying is often very beneficial for the person and their family members who need the time to adjust to losing their loved one.

"As in every other important area of living, we do not make rigid or absolute rules. Every case is different, and we are always within the all-encompassing energy of Unconditional Love and Compassion.

"We hope that this information helps you to find peace within yourselves and with the fellow humans who have shared this life with you.

We wish you joy,

Yahweh"

Via Kathryn May, Jan. 18, 2013, 1 am.

Part 79, New Gaia Brings New Life Through the Universal Law of Flow

"Here we are, at the beginning of a new year, a new age, a new beginning for Gaia and all her children. All the Kingdoms of Earth are beginning the new age together, expanding in their capacities to experience Love and Light. This includes the animals as well as people, as you have seen by the many videos being circulated which depict unusual relationships between species. This is not just because everyone has a camera now. It is a genuine shift into feelings of Love and Gratitude, especially for those who have shown kindness. Animals have the capacity for these feelings, and their expansion is bringing forth more vivid expressions of those feelings toward each other, and toward those beings who have brought compassion and Love into their lives. You see, their DNA is changing too. It is only fitting that a planet inhabited by Lightworkers and angels in human form be populated with animals of similar nature.
 
"Those of you who are living consciously within the embrace of the Universal Law of Flow have already experienced amazingly serendipitous events - encounters with the person who appears to answer a pressing question, or someone who offers the very assistance you needed to accomplish something dear to your heart. These are not accidental or coincidental events. They are the natural result of a confluence of energies coming together for a common good. This is the new and powerful Shift we have told you about, and as more of you become accustomed to operating within the higher levels of energy, the strength of these attractions will increase. This is the phenomenon you have traditionally thought of as your prayers being answered. Of course prayers are an important part of the Law of Flow, but they are not the major source of this serendipity. You are. It is your own intention, the outflow of feelings of Love and Light creating the vortex around you which leads to the inpouring of like energies.

"As one evolves into higher and higher dimensions, it becomes increasingly apparent how thoughts, actions and feelings are directly connected to events around you. You are not separate from your environment, the small being who is being buffeted about by forces outside yourself. Not at all. Now, we must explain so that you don't then take this statement to mean that you are at fault for all bad things that happen in your presence. 

"We have already explained the process by which you plan the outline of your life before you come to Earth. That outline contains the probability that you will encounter any number of difficult challenges, as will the people around you. Every lifetime can be expected to carry with it the possibility of 'bad things' happening. These are the preplanned (though not predetermined in the strict sense) events which are placed in your path to help you grow and learn as a soul. They are (we repeat) not designed to make you suffer. They are opportunities for growth. People who approach their challenges with this philosophy always find their burdens lighter and more manageable than those who experience themselves as victims, because they experience themselves inside the Law of Flow, knowing that good energies are swirling all around them, and help for their problem is just around the bend.

"Imagine yourself as a moderately strong swimmer, cast into the water when the railing of your Caribbean cruise ship gives way. Alone and unnoticed, you suddenly find yourself in the warm water, several miles from land, which is visible in the distance. The water is calm, it is early morning, and your calls for help have gone unnoticed. What do you feel? What do you think? What do you do? Let us contrast - the difference between an experienced spiritual Earth traveler with strong connections to their own heart, soul and Spirit Guides on one hand, and the person whose 3D duality-thinking leads them to think in terms of good and bad, right and wrong, punishment and reward.

"Here might be some of the thoughts of the 3D person:

'I'm a goner. Help! It's too far. I'm alone, I'm going to die. There are probably sharks just waiting to eat me. How could they have allowed this to happen to me? Maybe they will see I'm missing and send a rescue boat. I'm terrified; I can't breathe; I'm going to drown. If I live through this I'm going to sue them for all they're worth. How could God do this to me??'

"The spiritual seeker would be inclined to think something like this:
 
'Yikes, this is a problem. I haven't ever swum this far, but then, I never needed to...They don't see me. I'd better get my shoes off and start swimming. I can float, so no matter how long it takes me, I can just take it easy and save my energy. I can do this. I have a lot to live for. Archangel Michael, could you please come along with me here and help protect me while I swim for shore? St. Augustine, could you talk with the creatures to give me safe passage? Mother/Father God, please breathe the breath of life into me to give me strength. It's a lovely morning, not too much sun yet. Someone will see the broken rail. I'll send a message to my friend Joe on the boat to look for me. Here I go'.

"Who do you think was rescued first? Who made it home without a scratch? Would it be deemed a miracle if Joe suddenly got the urge to look for his friend? If he was mysteriously drawn to the broken railing and sounded the alarm? If the swimmer was accompanied by a school of dolphins squeaking and calling? If a small cloud shielded the sun so that the swimmer did not suffer sunburn? If the sailor with binoculars on the bridge was drawn to a whale breaching and spotted the swimmer?

"Nothing is impossible, My Children. When your heart is open to the miracles around you, life becomes a thrilling and magical adventure. Even in the worst devastation of war or natural disasters, people fall in love, children are born, and as the song goes, a flower grows. You always have the choice, to concentrate on the disaster or seek Love, to sink into depression, or put your shoulder to the wheel and push through to a brighter future, and to notice the flower beside the path. 

"As you take hold in your 4th dimensional energy field, be aware that you can continue to rise, like a leaf on the wind, toward the Light and Love that is your destiny. You are not limited by the energy around you; it is only your springboard to higher dimensions. Do as daring souls have always done, and keep moving, keep growing, keep reaching out to others to give them a hand, and you will be lifted along with them. You are my birds on the wing, my leaping gazelles, my valiant tigers, and my gentle children of Light. You possess all that you need to live courageously, create brilliantly, and transcend the Dark memories of life on Old Gaia. 

"Take the golden flame that is my gift to you; hold it high in triumph, and lead the procession to higher elevations still. There is no limit to the glorious successes you can envision and bring into being. Think big, as they say, and then think bigger. 

"We are here to add the spice and the comforts to your days; We love you beyond words,

Your Yahweh and all the Beings of Light"

Via Kathryn May, Jan. 11, 2013, 11 pm.

Part 75, The New Spirituality, as Compared to Religion

This is a good day for Light. The awakening continues across the planet, spurred by increasing numbers of Lightworkers like you, Dear Readers. Those of you who read these messages every day (and I know there are growing numbers of you) are beginning to feel comfortable with sharing your hopeful feelings about the future with others, and telling them about what we discuss here. Send them here too, Dear Ones, so that I may connect personally with more of you. We are working hard to make contact with as many of you as possible, and this new era has given us this new medium of the internet with which to come closer to you. We appreciate this, because it removes the middle man, the priest or pope or minister, who have always pretended to be the go-between for lay people. We do speak through our channel, Kathryn, but she is careful not to impose her own opinions or feelings, and the more you read these messages and do your meditations, the better you will become at contacting us directly. This is the goal, you see, for each and every one of you to feel comfortable opening your channels to speak with us directly. And then, there will be no need for religions as you know them now, where individual humans set themselves up as experts in how We think and behave. We can tell you that a great deal of what passes for Holy Scripture is nothing of the kind.

While we're on this subject, let us give you a few examples of places where the Bible pontificates on topics which are simply made up to reflect the feelings of the writer, not Us. For instance, we do not punish or retaliate against our Children. The system of soul development which is in place is sufficient to allow each soul to progress individually, at their own pace. Punishment doesn't work anyway. It just makes people angry and resentful. We also respect Gaia's independence, and her need to shake the violent invaders off her back from time to time, as she has been ready to do when underground nuclear testing became a popular fad among rich governments. And now, fracking - a diabolical invasion of her mantle - has caused her enormous pain and anguish, but we have not intervened. We do not single-handedly create tsunamis to drown sinners, nor do we cause earthquakes to swallow up fornicators or merry-makers. We gave you sexuality for your pleasure, not to punish you over it, and we love singing and dancing, especially rock and roll. (I am told to put a ;) here - K.)

In the book we wrote with Kathryn, our beloved Jesus asked to have a single chapter which could debunk the most unfortunate myths about himself and his life. I will not paraphrase the chapter here, but we will mention a few of the most horrific lies. First among them was the lie that Jeshua, as he prefers to call himself, was a celibate monk-like man, and that Magdellan was a prostitute whom he befriended because he felt sorry for her. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our Mary Magdellan was a strong and loving wife, passionately dedicated to teaching the Word as he was. This slander has remained unchallenged for centuries, to our amazement. Only in recent years have scholars begun to search for the truth. As with many other myths, this will eventually be cast aside as fantasy, or a powerful tool for the manipulation of vulnerable minds. It was perpetrated by power-hungry men who deliberately fabricated lies in order to weaken the power of His teachings, and to enslave people with a rule-bound religion which is impossible for normal people to succeed at, but which does create enormous guilt and shame. People who are immersed in guilt and shame are far easier to control.
The second Big Lie was that Jeshua came to Earth to establish a new religion which would worship him, and which would be called Christianity. There was no such intention, to pit the Jews of his heritage against non-Jews. In fact, as you know, Jeshua was a Jew, and was carrying on the traditions of Judaism with the intent of opening it up to more expansive and joyful traditions, bringing the practices back to direct contact with Us, rather than becoming even more rule-bound and rigid. But We will not spoil the story for you; you can read it for yourselves.

Now, back to how we manage difficult challenges when they arise anywhere in the firmament, and especially on the topic of not resorting to punishment, which it seems we cannot explain too many times, since the concept is so ingrained in your picture of who We are. No matter how many times we describe our respect for your free will status, there are still those who object that our actions are arbitrary and unfair. This misunderstanding may arise from the 3-Dimensional perspective which requires thinking in terms of duality - good or bad, fair or cruel. Just as with your complex societies, we are often confronted with complexities which arise from the destructive actions of an individual or group which presents danger to other souls. We are dedicated to the Protection (Yahwehs traditional role) and Nourishment (Mother Gods role) of our beloved Children. Yes, all the beings, even the deranged ones, are our Children, and we will make great efforts to help those injured souls heal and come back to the Fold, but not at the risk of damaging those who are working hard to ascend.

For this reason, the Ashtar Command is standing as Protection against any negative outside forces which might interfere with Gaias successful Ascension, for a planet in Ascencion is like a mother giving birth. She must not be interfered with or damaged in any way. We are grateful to Ashtar and his Legions, which number in the millions, but that is a story for another day.

Now, about evil. There have been times when, in rare cases, a soul may become so deranged and dangerous to others because of a dedication to Darkness that no amount of counseling, Unconditional Love and special attention has succeeded in convincing them not to act outside any contract with other souls, by bringing misery and death as a matter of their own choice. There have been rare occasions where those souls were denied further incarnations, and if they continue to cause havoc around the Universe, they can be “dissolved� back into the infinite matter from which all souls are created. We strongly resist doing this if there is any chance a soul can be saved, and sometimes We wait for many centuries before we decide to take protective action to safeguard the smooth succession of soul work for others. So, you see, we are anything but the angry, punitive male with a white beard who sits on high, meting out punishments and rewards. Well, perhaps we are a bit liberal with our praise and planned festivities to celebrate the triumphs of our Children, but we celebrate all equally lavishly, because all our Creations bring us delight.

There are circumstances where one of the angels or other Master Teachers may be authorized to intervene in an individual situation which might otherwise end badly for ones who have not yet fulfilled their life path. For instance, there have often been reports of angels sighted around accident sites, like car crashes, where one or two people might have died without helpful intervention. There are also nature spirits who sometimes help out when an animal or even a plant is suffering. These are individual circumstances which are deemed to be out of sync with the soul path of the person or being involved, and it gives our beloved angels great pleasure to rescue a child from a fire, or deflect a bullet when the targeted person did not include such an incident in their life plan. So, you see, it is a complicated and many-faceted organization of which you are a member. 

You have a plan before you come here; one which will best serve your evolution as a soul. You have chosen to come into this life with certain other souls because your plans are in synchrony, or because you have spent lifetimes together in the past and you wish to complete unfinished business. Always, the goal is to elevate along your individual path, and the plan is to devise scenarios which will benefit all involved. Your idea of karma accumulated from one lifetime which needs to be “worked off� in another is not accurate. Each life is a learning experience in its own right, and further lessons along similar lines would only be recommended if it would benefit the soul in question. There are often life plans which include, for instance, one life as a slave master and the next as a slave, but this would be planned as a logical learning experience, not as punishment for having played the role of the slave master. It is common for a soul to request a wide range of experiences to fulfill their need for learning all the difficult lessons on the way to Ascending to the highest levels.

Our original plan, which we have tweaked over the eons, has always been to allow our children to experience as wide a range of life choices as possible, and they choose for themselves which challenges they wish to take on, with expert guidance from more experienced souls. No one is ever forced to live a life which is beyond their ability to succeed, although souls do occasionally take on a great deal, from the comfort of the higher dimensions where Love and Light reign supreme. They may be counseled against extreme difficulty, but none are ever denied their hearts desire, as long as it is not damaging to anothers hearts desire.

So, Dear Ones, we create and we oversee, but we do not control and manipulate you as you do each other. We are not concerned with power, because we have the power to create, and that is enough. We have concern for each and every one of you, and we follow your progress with great interest and pleasure, especially when you find ways to fulfill your path by being of service in ways which use your talents and gifts most effectively. Remember: the things you are good at are your gifts. Do not take it for granted if the “onlyâ€? thing you are good at is making friends, or baking, or riding a bicycle. This is a gift which will play an important part in your life path, and which may bring important learning experiences for you and others around you. This is what matters, all that matters - your soul development - not making money, not being famous or winning awards, not building an empire of one kind or another so that you can be the emperor of your own domain. No, it is only the relationships you create with Love, and the contributions to the greater good you make from the bottom of your heart which really matter. 

Accruing knowledge is a valuable pursuit, if you can use that knowledge to help lift the level of vibration around you. So, look to your strengths, my Children, and begin to find ways every day to use those strengths in service to others. You will find your heart expanding along with your mind, and you will feel fulfilled in ways you never dreamed were possible. This is the only religion human beings need: the commitment to one another, and to making the connections to Us, your loving Creators, who will teach you, comfort you, and encourage you to learn the ways of God, which is the ultimate resolution to your Ascension - to join with us in joy and Unity, and we will truly become One.

I Am That I Am; We Are That We Are; You Are That We Are. Yahweh.
Via Kathryn May, Jan. 7, 2012, 11 pm