August 26, 2024

• All belong to the river of love and light

It is always with God, it is always with love, and it is always with a unity of all different energy forms. The vastness of reality that we portrayed in part in your most recent gathering was explored not with a sense of completeness but to share with you the reality that all belong to that river of love, that river of light, and all are equal.

As humankind continues to evolve, there will be further glimpses of that ultimate reality, and yet there is no intention on the part of the central energy that unifies all, that all components of that unity clearly see its entirety. The takeaway principle from that discussion is your unity with all. That unity exists on a grand scale and on a very granular scale.

There is no real separation in the kinds of energy forces that exist. One does not say this energy is light, that energy is heat, another energy is electricity, another energy is time, another energy is space. These labels all refer to differences that are recognized at one level, and yet viewed from the totality of all that is, such differences do not exist.

Individuals differ in their physical characteristics, of course, but on the most significant and profound levels, those differences are no longer recognizable. In a sense, they cease to exist. We could say that light and electricity are different forms of energy, and that is true. But in the totality of that spirit river, they all belong to the river. What you define as human and what you define as magnetic, as an example, may seem to be very clearly different forms of energy, but they all are part of that river. They are all a part of the totality. When we speak of the differences being unimportant, whether differences in animate or inanimate concepts, we are saying that what is important is not those distinctions but the reality of that spiritual unity, that love, that river. We can say from that greater perspective electricity exists, but it is merely one small molecule in the water that is the river, that is the ocean, that is the rain that falls.

Affirming that some things exist and others do not is always employed as a way of helping you as human beings grasp certain concepts. A child is different from an adult. A child appears differently, behaves differently, understands different things, but from the perspective of humankind, the child and the adult are no different. They are human beings. That sense of unity, that unifying perspective that all belong to the whole is extremely difficult to grasp, and yet that is the truth.

Human life is seen as very different from the life of spirit at the conclusion of human life, but one is merely an extension of the other. Human life and the life of spirit are both realities that just appear to be different. The truth is in terms of spirit, in terms of the loving creation of the Spirit Center, there is no distinction between your life and, for example, ours. You exist through the presence of spirit. We exist through that same presence. That spirit is the loving energy that you refer to as God. You and we contain within ourselves that reality, and yet you are only too aware of the reality as you see it described as the end of human life and what you expect or believe or hope is a life of spirit. You are constantly reminded of that transition of one form of energy to another, but that transition is only a reshaping. It is a kind of repackaging of the same loving energy-form.

Your relationship to your guides is strengthened when you begin to feel with your heart’s vision the true continuity of spirit. Your connection with other human beings is given true meaning when you witness the reality that you and another are merely two sides of the same coin. You are two manifestations of the same energy. The manifestation of one may appear in human terms to be loving, and the manifestation of another may seem to be wholly vindictive. Despite the differences in impact, there is nevertheless nothing that separates both manifestations. You are both imbued with that loving presence. The connection is firm. That connection cannot be divided. It cannot be destroyed regardless of the behavior of any individual. You are infinitely connected just as you and we are infinitely connected, just as you and the stars that you observe are infinitely connected. You belong to one another. You are part of what gives life, what gives spiritual life, to something or someone else.

When you embrace a plant, for example, when you care for a plant and you nurture its growth, you are acknowledging that you and a plant share something in common even though to many there is no confusion regarding what differs you from the plant. That superficial difference is no different than the differences you tend to observe and claim exist between two people, two communities, two cultures.

This unity that we speak of often emphasizes the reality that all is one. There are many universes, and those universes could be described in terms that distinguish one from another, but those terms, those descriptions are ultimately meaningless, for all remain simply one.

You often pray for a closer connection with those whose human lives have been completed. We can say to you that there is no separation between those who seek an understanding of the next life-form and those who are experiencing it. One is a continuation of the other. There is no distance. The spirit, the soul, of one you may recall, although no longer in physical form is nevertheless no distance away. There is no sense of space separating those for whom you pray who have joined us and yourself. Their presence is not defined by space. It is assured by love. The love that you feel for others whose human lives have been completed is felt by all.

It is not a matter of offering a prayer or experiencing thoughts or dreams with the hope that somehow a connection is being established, however briefly, for that connection was never broken. You are aware of those who have joined us, and those who have joined us are no less aware of you. Loving thoughts are loving thoughts. Loving thoughts are acts of love. They are manifestations of love. They are the exercise of the spirit energy that binds all of you together.

We say to love one another, and that can be interpreted as loving other human beings. But it is equally applicable to loving all whether in human form or not. The love is real and the love is known. It is felt. It has impact. It has presence.

You cannot fully grasp in human form what it means for an energy form that is only in spirit to feel what it means to receive your love, but it is received. It is recognized. Your current form of spirit energy is recognized by those whom you love, those whom you have known. You are also connected through spirit to souls who will be experiencing what it means to accompany human life. That flow of those you identify as having come before you and those who will come after you may seem different, but they are the same. The connection is there. The reality is the continuity of spirit.

You are connected to all generations in your past and future, because past and future do not ultimately exist, even though in human terms, those concepts find application. All is really now. Those spirits of generations in your family are no different and are not separated from future generations. All belong to that flow of love, the river. All are part of that moving stream. That stream progresses in its own way toward a oneness of awareness, that being a recognition without doubt of God’s presence.

We see God’s light. We mean, of course, we see God’s love, but our trajectory of life carries us toward an acknowledgment that is undeniable of the oneness of all. Yes, we are aware of that oneness, but there is a difference between being aware of it and really experiencing it as an embrace of God’s energy. You are aware of your guides, but you may not necessarily feel our embrace until your life is solely in spirit. So, there is a growth that takes place. You grow in your spirit awareness. All guides are growing in the same way. You follow your pathway. We join with you while following our own course of spirit enlightenment. All are on that journey. All are part of that stream flowing toward the center of all love, the center of all energy, the loving reality of all that exists.

When you wish to be close in a significant way to another, embrace another with a spirit of love. That embrace is a different form of loving energy from a mere physical embrace. Loving another, loving us, truly loving God means embracing the reality that you, that we, that all belong to God. We are all in that river. We are all the smallest particles imaginable in the ocean of spirit. That’s the unity we speak of, and that’s why we can say that ultimately each form of energy is really a different expression of the single entity that is God. Electricity, wind, water, gravity, the seeming existence of space, the measurable components of time—these are all merely different expressions of the river components, the centrality that is the energy you refer to as God. We could say, therefore, that you and the wind are one, that you and the universe that you are aware of are one, that your physical universe and all the other universes that exist are merely manifestations of the same energy.

Reach out to others with respect, with love, with an affirmation of equality. All belong. All are essential. Every particle of water is essential to the river, to the oceans, to the planets, to your universe and all universes. All belong. All are equal.

Embrace that equality. Embrace the connection that you have with us. Embrace the connection you have with those you have known that are now in spirit-form. Embrace the unity that is the true reality, and in so doing, you will know the embrace of God.

Amen.