Hello, fellow companions. As you know, we find ourselves in an incredible period of transition. It is a great movement from our previous Age of Pisces, to our present Age of Aquarius. The reality of a period of transition is exactly what it implies. Indeed, we are not our past entirely, nor are we completely our present just yet. In many ways, we are both at the same time. A period of transition also implies the need for us to transform all that we knew to be true and valuable in our past into the new and better way. We have learned, we have grown, and we are now ready to create new forms to contain the more expanded consciousness we have developed in our long journey here. Our current level of consciousness indicates our current perception of ourselves, our lives, and our world, does it not? Can we notice, then, can we acknowledge that things have changed, that we are different than we used to be? Great periods of transition always include a certain level of stress, born of a temporary confusion about who we have become. The confusion and subsequent stress we experience is not because we do not understand who we are now, it’s because our outer life, the physical world, does not seem to match this new level of consciousness, the new self we have become. My friends, is it possible that the perception of our reality has shifted from a focus on the outer world as the cause of creation, to the inner world as the cause of creation? Isn’t the outer world, what we see and experience in our physical lives, but a reflection of what we believe, what we know, how we would like things to be? If there is anything we must acknowledge today, it is the reality of this basic truth. If we can accept the simple fact that we are the cause of things as they are, then we can allow ourselves to be the true co-creators we are. We can, in every way, know, beyond any doubt, that we have the ability to change whatever needs to be changed in order to express this better self we have become. And, I must say, we will feel much better about ourselves, we will have a more complete sense of our actual purpose, and be able to live in this beautiful world that is ours with all joy, willingness, and certainty, if we allow ourselves to be entirely engaged with this process. Consciously engaged. Our present opportunity, in this new Age of Aquarius, is a fuller awareness that we do indeed have control over our very destiny. In the past, in the previous Age of Pisces, we had no such control or awareness. We unfortunately believed that our destiny was defined by something that existed outside of us, you see. Again, this great period of transition is a shift in our understanding of how things really happen. Essentially, we are gaining the ability to understand the causes of why everything is the way that it is. How we want things to be, then, is entirely up to us. And, my friends, we’re ready!
One of the greatest transformations we see happening today, and for a decent time ahead of us, is our perception of all types of authority. Authority defined in the simplest terms is basically “who knows what?”. It clearly also involves “who knows the truth?”, and “where does the truth come from?”. In the past Age of Pisces, all authority existed on the outside. We needed to be told what our reality was, and how to go about it. Someone else knew, and we did not. In a very significant way, we gave all our power away to outside forces. In terms of our spiritual understanding, we had very little, because we believed that some higher, undefinable source of truth lived above us, outside of us. There was no conscious connection between what we sought and ourselves. We did not know, we could not know, and faith alone was therefore our only possible way. Our ability to participate in the creation of our reality was therefore very limited. All forms of outside authority were our only teachers for a very long time. Again, we had no real power of our own. We had no say about the reality we were living in. In our current time, in this most glorious Age of Aquarius, we will see a complete reversal of all authoritative ways and means, if you will, and become our own authority, which is the most basic and intended truth we have been seeking all along. It is an inner authority we will acquire. Real knowledge, my friends, does not come from the outside. It comes from within. Remember, wisdom can only be gained through the application of knowledge within our experience. This is how we will truly know ourselves and what the truth actually is. There is no person or institution outside of us that can provide it. The only thing God wants us to realize is that we must find our own way, a way back to Him, a way back to ourselves. Whatever part of the truth we are currently aware of, and again, our understanding must always be based on our experience, we shall live to the fullest. And we must always know this truth will change, it will expand, in order to provide us with a more complete truth. We allow for change, and all we need will therefore be provided.
Ok, dear friends, we are in the greatest period of transition, into a time when everything we know will be transformed into the new and better. This, we have long awaited. Our perception of our reality is in the process of changing from one of the outer life to one of the inner life. We become our own authority in this way. The transformation of the outer forms of authority will necessarily follow. I am in no way suggesting that no forms of authority will exist in the outer world, but how that all happens, what these authorities have to say, will change entirely. There are many ancient forms of authority that no longer serve us well. Today, let us consider five of them in order that we may participate more consciously, thereby alleviating some of the confusion and stress. And remember, in your process of becoming your own authority, do not blindly accept anything I have to say. Do be willing, however, to think, to apply, to experiment, to have your own experience, to pay attention to that experience, and then you will know what you need to know. My friends, I will be brief and allow you to think these things out on your own. In this most necessary process, create changes in your thinking, then, and the outer world will certainly follow. In all change, all truth will be seen.
Religious Institutions
If there is any form of authority that has ruled our lives more than any other, it would be our religious institutions. Our seeking of God, our seeking of our spiritual selves, has only happened in this way for countless centuries. That is, until we accept the opportunity we have today. Friends, everything in life is our spirituality. Spirituality is God, us, a flower, and going to the store to pick up some milk and bread. God is both spiritual, inner and higher, and physical, outer and lower. Either spirit is everything or it is nothing. Again, our reality is a matter of perception. Life is not a religion, but religion can be a vehicle for it. If our religions are to truly express life, then they must do so in all practicality. If their principles have no way to come forward into our daily living, they have no practical value at all. Let me just say, if you are paying attention to your daily life, you will notice that all things change. This is the nature of our universe, and everything within it is therefore subject to this constant change. We grow, we move forward. We become more of who we are. Friends, there is no area of human living that has resisted the need for change than our religious institutions. Why do you think this is so? Well, again, we have allowed the leaders of these institutions to be the authority of how we discover ourselves as spiritual beings, essentially, to know what God really is. We let them tell us what the truth is, and in so doing, we fail to do our own work. Religious institutions are indeed man-made institutions. Just because a human being is well-versed in the various scriptures and inspired writings of our world, it is still based on an understanding of someone else’s words, you see. To be truly “divinely inspired”, one must have an actual experience of “divine inspiration”. All truth, if it really is truth, must be lived, if that truth is to be truly known. Divine inspiration always comes from within. There is no religious institution, no religious leader, who can know of your experience. They are no closer to God, they have no higher understanding of reality, than you or I. It is the love within your heart, and the light within your mind, that have the only authority. Every religious institution, doctrine, every form of spiritual training and education, must include this simple truth. Each must find their own way, and the truth shall be revealed. Light and love within, then light and love without.
Government
Government must express the consciousness of the humanity it is attempting to rule. This is also a practical matter. My friends, we just do not have the time to do everything. We have to rely on others to do some of it. Government does have the potential to express the Will of God. Yes, to express real power and purpose. The power to decide for others rightly, and the purpose of bringing all of us together. There is no government in our world today that comes anywhere close. Again, in this area of human living, we have blindly accepted the belief that our government will do the right thing on our behalf. If we were honest, however, if we were to see things clearly, we would know that most human beings still come from a place of self-interest in all that they say and do. If our governments are reflective of the will of their people, which should be their very goal, then we can expect our governments to come from a place of self-interest as well. That is, until we are willing to undergo the transformation necessary. It is the transformation from self-interest to the inclusion of the needs of others that must become our new direction in this new age. When we come together in love and cooperation, when we see equality as the only truth, that all are welcomed, that our needs are the same as the needs of others, then we become the real authority being presented to us today. If we do not understand ourselves, of what we are really capable of, our governments can and will do nothing. If we expect our governments to lead, we must learn how to lead ourseves. If we believe we have the right to take advantage of any other, our governments will naturally do the same. My friends, it is time for us to change our minds. If we need our government to serve us bettter, then it is we who must serve.
Patriarchy
If we are to be successful in this great transition, we must regain the necessity of basic commonsense. Simple logic, a simple knowing. My friends, we make things too hard through an over-analysis. We separate everything, when there is no need to separate anything. If God is all things, then God cannot be one thing and not the other. God is both man and woman, and much, much more. God is every human being, and every form of life, or God could not be at all. Commonsense. The idea that a patriarchy should be imposed, and exist as the only way forever, has no basis in the reality that our God intends to express. Our world is out of balance, and chaos naturally ensues, because women are not given access to an important and equal say concerning human affairs. Woman and men have a slightly different outlook, a different way of going about life, perhaps a set of values that support a different perspective, but with a closer look, are they really that much different? I see men everyday, I talk with them, and they are becoming more sensitive, more caring, more loving as the days gently pass. I see women everyday, and they are becoming more assertive, more willing to have the courage to lead, and more willing to do what needs to be done, without the guidance of men, as the days gently pass. Think of what the two could do together. Women must be allowed to be in positions of leadership in every department of living if we are to find the best way, if we are to resolve the many poor conditions we see in the world today. Women have never asked that they have all the power, only half. If they were allowed all the power, world conditions would indeed be as poor as we find them today, due to the undue and unearned influence of men. Neither shall win if both do not win. Commonsense suggests that our perspective must be all-inclusive, or the expression of our true selves, the true reality, can never be. My fellow men, you fear women having equal power in the objective world, because you wish to continue there with no accountability. You wish your female counterparts to remain where they are, with more power in the subjective world, the home life, and you have every indication of this fact. She already has power. She needs you there, in the subjective life, the home life, and you need her qualities of leadership in the outer, objective life, just as much. Whether you want to recognize it or not, my fellow brothers, a woman proceeds in life with a bit more caution. We need this caution in the world today in order to offset our current pathway toward disaster. Men must help women become more extroverted, in order that they bring forth the essential qualities the world needs. Women must help men become more introverted, in order that they better understand the essential qualities the world needs from them. Both men and women must understand the causes of things before action is taken in the outer world. This is commonsense understanding. If it were true that it was God’s word, a universal mandate, that men were to be the only authority, then the world would be working for the best of all already. It doesn’t take a group of men, or a group women, to find the best way. It takes a community of human beings. All human beings have a heart and a mind. No gender has a particular hold on either one of these. Each soul, for that is who we really are, is imbued with all the essentials. It has always been this way, and it still is. God is fair and just. Let all qualities of each come forward, then, to create the best for all.
Money
Is money the final manifestation of our incredible and unbounded creativity? If we return to our commonsense, the answer is surely no. Unfortunately, for thousands of years, we have convinced ourselves that it is. My friends, if we continue to identify ourselves by one thing alone, we will give authority to the most temporary part. In all honesty, money is the only authority that exists in the world today. How tragic. There is no joy. There is no love. There is no peace. There is no understanding. Money changes everything. If money were the correct way, again, the world would already be working, for there is plenty of it to be had. Every human being would be healed, every person would be whole, every soul would be free. We have become entirely superficial, essentially dead, because we have allowed ourselves to be entirely attached to one small thing that can never last. I am a thing, not a life. I am a form, not a creator. Money, selfishly cornered, as the Master Khul would say, is the root of all evil, because the creative human spirit cannot be expressed and therefore shared. It is like we are squeezing our entire mental process through a tiny hole. If we don’t have any, we are nothing. If we have too much, we believe we are far more important than we really are. Having said all this, money is not a bad thing, if it is used wisely, if it is used to benefit the greater whole. On a cold winter’s day, one person has food, but no wood for a fire. The other has plenty of wood for a fire, but no food to create a warmth within. Imagine all the wonderful things that could happen next. There is no amount of gold in the world that can reveal the truth in these imaginings. Again, as the Master Khul would say, “think this out”.
The Outer World of Form and the Inner World of the Soul
Our last ancient form of authority is the most important of all. If the outer world is seen as the creator, if the physical life is seen as all there is, then we will experience it as permanent and suffer thereby. We will essentially be a victim, with nothing to do and nothing to say. My friends, this cannot be. I will tell you, the outer world, the physical life, is a product of our own thinking and what lies within our very own hearts. The outer life is simply an effect of inner causes. The personality, the physical self, is a vehicle for the creative processes of the soul. We are this soul. The personality is the form through which the qualities of the light and the love of the soul are expressed. If the soul requires better forms to express itself, then better forms are what we will create. We are the self that knows. If God is change, then we are change also. There can be no other way. The center of life within the universe is the center of life within us. The God, the higher understanding, the greater love we have been seeking is ourselves. If we want to be acquainted with God, then we will search for the self that is already here. The only authority that really exists, then, is the soul living within. Listen, my friends, and all shall be known. All ability will be given. We create. It is what we do, it is who we are. We make the world, humanity, and all life, be what they are intended to be. An awareness of the inner life has all authority. The forms we create have none, because they are temporary, and must therefore change in order for the light, love, and purpose that we are can always have a better home. The Spiritual Hierarchy has all authority, for this is where our soul lives. Will you help us create a better home for all? Will you let us help you? Will you understand yourselves as part of us, for this reality has always been? Let us be part of you, and purpose will stand revealed. You have believed, for almost an eternity, that you are the individual self, the sole wanderer. You have done everything within your power to become the very best self in the outer world, in the physical world. Now you have noticed nothing more can be done. You have fulfilled that particular purpose, you see. It is time for the true self, the greater self, to be sought. This greater self is the soul. This greater self can and will be found within, ultimately, but it must be found in your fellow brothers and sisters in the outer world also. The soul has never walked alone. It knows only of togetherness. What can be created from this place is the greatest beauty ever known. Yes, from this place, the greatest outer world can also be created and therefore known. Will you let us be with you today? Together, all is known, and all will indeed be achieved. In this new age, in this new reality you have sought, life will be seen as the only authority that is. The struggle ends. We see all that you are. Allow yourselves the same. The gift of love is simple and all-inclusive. Let this be all that you seek, and let this be all that you find. Indeed, a beautiful and perfect world is yours, and a beautiful and perfect world is ours. As above, so below. Peace, fellow companions, peace.
*Our past Age of Pisces was all about the seeking of authority from outside sources. Our present Age of Aquarius will reveal the only authority that has ever been. It is the life, the soul, that lives within. Let the past go, then, live in the present, and all truth shall be known. Our current opportunity is therefore the transformation of the following:
From the outer life to the inner life
From the objective to the subjective
From the individual self to the group-self
From imposed authority to realized authority
From fear and loneliness to love and wisdom
From the darkness of the unknown to the lighted pathway of the known
From the not-self to the real self
From the form to the life within the form
From the physical to the spiritual
From acquisition to giving
From a manufactured reality based on separation to the reality of inclusion
From a self-imposed prison to freedom for all
Together we achieve
Much light, much love, and much purpose to you
Be well