September 21, 2004

• The relationship of the material to the spiritual, the temporary to the permanent

• Many forms and uses of energy

• Spiritual evolution is about losing differences

• No human-produced Armageddon

• Earth will be consumed by sun

• Intelligent life on other planets

• Universe is a single entity

• Prayers are for wholeness

God is with each of you in a very personal way. It is true that every human being is connected to God, but that connection is always unique. It is personal and it is driven by the relationship between God and the spirit center within you. You are the house of your soul, but we and God are more connected to that spiritual center that is so permanent, for it is your soul that ultimately joins the loving center of God. The body is so temporary. The soul continues forever, for all time.

When we see you, when God sees you, you radiate energy. The most important kind of energy within that radiation is absolute and unconditional love. It is this love that you bring to your spiritual life from your human experience. That love is not just a quality; it is a total and vibrant consciousness. You feel in your human form as if you are alive, vibrant, fully aware of your surroundings, but we tell you that your awareness is a miniscule portion of the life, the consciousness that you experience when you cross the divide to a thoroughly spiritual life.

Our life is not in any way similar to being asleep with no dreams. We see, we love, we are aware of all things, we are aware of all souls. We know fully what it means to be loved and we know what it means to be loving. There is no experience of Life, with a capital L, in its greatest manifestation that is beyond our vision. But how do we see you? How do we identify your lives? Indeed, how do we communicate to you? You are seen through your energy.

You are only partly aware of the visible spectrum of energy, the tangible spectrum of energy. You can feel the presence of energy. You can feel heat, you can feel motion. You can see light, you can see different forms of energy—liquid, gaseous, solid. Those are all ways of experiencing energy, but they are very limited. When you are a part of the spiritual plane, you realize that energy consists of far more than you can see. You are aware of radio waves. You do not see them but you know they exist. You are aware of the potential those waves carry. So human life can use its senses in a tangible way to identify energy. Human life also uses senses to detect energy that cannot be seen or felt. This is not intended as a physics lesson, but it is important for you to expand your own awareness of what energy can be.

You are identified by your energy. We sense that energy in a way similar to your seeing light—by the color of the light, by the character of that energy. We know your concerns. We know your hopes, your fears, your anxieties. We know what angers you. We know what motivates you into action. We know what frustrates you. But we also know much about the gift that you have been given individually by God, for what are talents, what are abilities other than energy directed toward one objective or another?

So when we speak of your light, we are speaking of your energies, most of which you are unable to perceive directly. But we speak of them because it is important for you to know of them. You know what it means to be loving, but if you understand the connection that each of you shares with all that is created, then you are more willing to step across the veil of confusion and question, and begin to direct your lives through an understanding of an energy that rests within, an energy that can shape and direct your lives—your lives as they impact others and your lives as you experience them personally.

We communicate with you through energy. You perceive our presence through energy. You sense your soul at times through energy. You receive a glimpse of God’s presence through energy. You sense the importance of someone else outside your own being through energy. These messages are merely a communication between energies, between sources of energies. Each of you, we have said many times, is given the capacity to be receptive to your guides—your individual guide, guides who also look over you, who care for you, direct you, the company of guides, if you wish to consider them as such. There is no human being incapable of benefiting from such guidance. The energy that is used is an energy of openness, of receptivity. It is an energy that welcomes. It is an energy that listens. It is an energy that acknowledges a reality beyond the normal senses. There is nothing more to that communion of souls, for all souls are given the gift of being open and listening and learning and watching and ultimately responding.

Your lives are shaped by that energy. All human beings have an energy which is unique to that person. It is for that reason that all human beings have different gifts, different interests, talents, whatever. There is an individual identity, a marker, that allows all souls to recognize others. Despite these differences, we are sometimes overwhelmed in our early experiences in this life with how much the same are all human beings. The expression “there is more that unites you than divides you” is thoroughly appropriate here, for what unites you is actually permanent. It is what you bring with you. What divides you is ultimately cast away. The different gifts that you are given ultimately blend with the gifts of all human beings. That blending process does not take place significantly within the span of human life. In the levels of spiritual life, a soul gradually discards those differences. In the end, all souls have no differences whatsoever. They are fully identified with the God Center of all creation. Your evolution in spirit is one of losing your differences and becoming one single entity. We mention this, not from the purpose of telling you what it is like to live on our side, but to provide you a perspective of what it might mean to human life if you begin the process of casting away your differences.

You seek peace, you seek understanding, you seek nonjudgmental relationships with others, you seek an understanding of the union you share with all others. But can you see that all that you pray for is directed toward the elimination of differences? You pray for the health of others. The natural direction of all souls is wholeness, is fullness of life. As you pray, it is important to acknowledge that the goal of such prayer is wholeness, is fullness—wholeness of health, wholeness of body, wholeness of spirit, wholeness of energy. When a part of your life is not whole, it is experienced as illness. Illness is merely a lack of wholeness. We have likened this in the past to balance. Wholeness, balance—they work together. But wholeness implies in the end that there is nothing that acts as a counterbalance. If you have a balance of good and evil, there is a balance of sorts, but it is in part evil, and that is not wholeness.

The life we seek for each of you is a life of wholeness. It is a life that has no room for what is negative, a life that has no room for that which is not godly. A life that is fully whole is a life that has become God. It is for that reason that full wholeness is never achieved in human life. It is for us on our side to evolve and to become. It means fullness with God. That is the direction of all souls. That is the direction of all energy. That is the direction of all that has been created, whether or not that creation is human. There comes a point when that full creation is at one with the Creator. You move inexorably in that direction. That is what life is intended to be. It is the pursuit of that natural direction of the spirit.

You wonder about the nature of the earth, the individuals, the philosophies, the energies of the earth. Is it merely a classroom? If it is, then there is no evolution of the earth. As a condition of life, there is only evolution of those who proceed through that life. We tell you that the earth, the experience of all who live on the earth, continues to evolve. Yes, the earth is in a greater condition of peace now than it has been in the past. It will continue to become more peaceful. It will only become wholly peaceful when it is in full union with the Creator. Until that time, the nature of life will continue to evolve toward wholeness.

Is there to be an Armageddon? Is there a moment when human life is completely destroyed? Is there a point where a great selection is made between those who are united with God and those who are not united? The simple answer is no, there is not an Armageddon that is essentially human-produced. It is not a surprise for you to acknowledge that the earth, ultimately as an earth in its current form, will cease, but that is part of the design of all creation. Stars, bodies of the universe, are created, they are transformed, energy is transformed, and new forms of existence emerge. That is what happens, but that is the natural process of human life. And since human life is a part of the total creation of God, why should that transition from one form of existence to another cease in its application to other corners of God’s creation? It does not cease. There is not a limit. There is no principle in action that says human beings will be transformed from human life to spiritual life, but all other forms of creation will remain relatively unchanged.

All creation evolves. All creation transforms itself. The stones become pulverized. The stones become minerals. The minerals are mined and new forms are created. Human life is transformed—transformed physically, transformed spiritually. The earth will be transformed. The earth will ultimately be consumed by the sun, which itself will be transformed into new forms of energy, and those new forms of energy will lead to new life and new transformation.

The secrets of the universe are profound. Those secrets are in no way different than your understanding of the transformation of human life or the transformation of chemicals. Transformation, progression all belong to the creation of God.

Earth is not unique. There are other bodies in creation that have intelligent life— other forms of life, but intelligent. Some forms of life are aware of the Creator; some forms of life are not. It is easy for you to feel that you are in some way unique in your corner of the universe, but you are not. It was not God’s intention that the only opportunities of the spirit to experience life as a means of growth was to be limited to one planetary object. Your lives are an important part of the entirety of God’s creation. This is not to belittle your concerns, but to help you understand that the natural tendency of all that has been created is a return to the Creator. Each of you is a part of that grand plan.

It is important that you acknowledge that all passengers on the planet called Earth share equal space on that journey. You are united in that equality, and you are furthermore united with all that has been created, all that has been transformed. You are a part of all forms of change that are yet to be. Your connection to one another is shared throughout the universe.

The universe is a single entity with absolutely no limits. There is no limit to the size of the outer reaches. There is no limit to the size of the minutest realms. The universe is All That Is. It is what is transformed and recreated and recreated again and yet again.

The Armageddon that you ask about is therefore not an end. It isn’t a defining point that separates, for there is no separation. Your lives are intricately woven into the fabric of all that is God. All that God created is God—all human beings, all animate and inanimate objects, all bodies, all forms of energy, all that can be imagined is a part of the wondrous center that is God.

We cannot emphasize too much the importance of your seeing yourselves and all that surrounds you as being a part of this magnificent creation. When you recognize what unites you to all, you cannot be bent upon its destruction. You cannot destroy another life for it is a part of your own life. Live your lives in the full conviction of this unity that you share. It will shape the direction of the days and months and years that lie ahead. It will provide meaning to those generations that follow, and it will provide a center that allows you to connect to the energy of God and your guides.

You are blessed in your awareness of this interconnected life that you experience. We are blessed when we see your lives reflecting that understanding. Rejoice in the oneness! Rejoice in the wonder!

Amen.