CAC General Reading 2-11-11 (February 11, 2011) Will Berlinghof’ Interpreter; Joan Mills, Questioner & Energizer
THE PARADOX
Questioner: Does Awareness have a message please?
Cosmic Awareness: This Awareness indeed has a message of great importance today. This Awareness has been working with the Interpreter over the last several weeks in introducing an energetic state of mind that has prepared him to channel information regarding the nature of paradox, especially the nature of the paradox between accepting that one cannot change one's life and accepting that one is a Creator Being who can indeed change one's life.
This Awareness wishes to start with a discussion of the paradox, which is often considered unsolvable by those facing the paradox. Paradox by definition involves two options at the same time opposing one another. Therefore, the paradox of total complete surrender, total complete acceptance that one cannot change anything, flies in the face of the concept of being a Creator God who can indeed change everything. This Awareness has often said that all are Creator Beings that can choose to change their lives in accordance to what they wish to change. Yet at the same time the truth that one cannot change anything without first accepting that one cannot change anything is also valid; hence the paradox.
How to understand Paradox
To understand “paradox" one must first understand that paradox exists within dualism, within dualistic thinking, the thinking that is so rife and available in the 3rd dimensional physical reality that is this physical experience, this human situation at this time. In dualistic thinking there is that which is either/or. Either it is this, or it is that. There is little ground in dualistic thinking for an allowance that both conditions can exist simultaneously at the same time, even two conditions in total opposition.
Unity Thinking in Unity Consciousness
Therefore, the paradox of accepting that one cannot change anything, yet one can change everything, is for many a concept that does not make sense. This again is dualistic thinking. However, in Unity Thinking, in Unity Consciousness, both conditions exist simultaneously and both have relevancy, both have worth and importance. Thus it is that as one moves towards Unity Consciousness, as one moves towards Ascension to those higher levels and planes of consciousness, one must embrace paradox. One must come through that which is paradoxical in nature in order to expand one's consciousness, one's awareness of What Is.
In that field of consciousness known as Unity Consciousness, the possibility of both statements being correct exists. In Unity Consciousness it is understood and recognized that one must come to full acceptance of one's situation, one's circumstances, before one can move forward. Hand in hand with this is that one also accepts that in this state of consciousness that is physical reality, there are those places of experience that one can do little to change, for they are set patterns.
A Higher Power, Almighty God's Energies can Change this
One in Unity Consciousness comes to that place of understanding that one may not be able to change it, but there is that which is a higher power, the Godhead, the God Force, Almighty God's energies that can change this. When one attunes to this level of consciousness then change happens from that level of the Godhead. Hand-in-hand with this is the realization that as a Creator Being you are indeed part of the God Force, the Godhead. In effect it is your will, your will as a Creator Being, a piece of God Itself, that initiates the change and creates the change.
The aspect of the Multidimensional Being that Understands
It is not the individual coming from separated consciousness, dualistic thinking, that changes the matter, but rather the aspect of the multidimensional being that understands and knows itself as a multidimensional being, as a part of the Godhead, as a part of Divinity, and then recognizes that change can occur from that level and infuse the life of the individual who has simply accepted it as it is and allows that aspect of the self that exceeds the individual consciousness to bring forth the change, and to make the change occur.
The Concept of Acceptance
The concept of acceptance is not unique to this Awareness, it is a concept that is prevalent to many who have studied a deep spiritual awareness. But the mistake often is that in their conceptualization of this concept, they do not necessarily see that the opposite statement of making change is also true. They see only that if one simply surrenders completely and totally, change can occur, and change will occur often.
There is perhaps an intuitive comprehension of why this is so, but many who hold that acceptance and acceptance alone is all an individual can manage and accomplish have not necessarily recognized that the individual is a Creator Being. While they hold that acceptance will allow change to happen, that God will make change occur for the individual, this does not always embrace the conceptualization that each and every human being is a piece of God, and is connected to the Godhead, to God Almighty. Through the soul, this connection flows and is emphasized so that the individual expression of that aspect of the Soul Being that has its incarnation can indeed expand its consciousness back into the soul fabric and beyond, and can identify itself and recognize itself as part of Almighty God, Creator and Source of All, that permeates everything.
Thus it is that those who hold that only acceptance is what is possible, and that the individual choosing to change cannot change him or herself, are only half right in their assumption. It is based on the truth that an individual is not able to access their Creator Being aspect, and that an outside agency, in this case the agency of God Itself, will effect the change, and one needs only to surrender and change will occur. While it is so that one must surrender and accept oneself in the situation one is in, it is not necessarily correct that God will then change things, for if the greater truth of one's existence is to have the experience of going through an illness, going through a bankruptcy, going through the death of a loved one, whatever the experience might be, it is essential that even with acceptance, the realization that change may not come, is indeed part of the understanding of acceptance.
It is not what all the various religions believe lightens the load
What total true acceptance will do, however, is that it will lighten the load for the individual. It is not simply as the Christians may believe, as the Jewish people may believe, as the Muslims may believe, and as others may believe, whatever religion they belong to, that they give their load to Jesus, they give their load to God, they give their load to Allah and that Supreme Deity will take on their pain and do it for them. This is not what this Awareness is speaking of. What this Awareness is speaking of is that in the acceptance there is found a peace of mind that allows one to go beyond that concept of surrendering to a higher being, so that one can simply surrender and become part of that which is the higher force. The conceptualization that in acceptance one must give over to a higher force, to God Itself, does not acknowledge or recognize that each and every human is indeed a Creator God, a Creator Being.
When one goes into that State of Acceptance
Thus it is essential that as one achieves acceptance of the situation one is in, that one does so without expectation of a result. One simply allows those higher forces and energies to permeate oneself. One simply allows oneself to release and let go and become that which is the greater consciousness or the greater aspect of one's being at a multidimensional level. Further to this, the state of acceptance is that which exists in the moment. When one goes into that place of acceptance, one does not need to state that this is now so forever and ever, that one accepts this as one's life from this moment on, as always being so.
Indeed, it is important that one accepts oneself as one is in the moment, in the present moment, in the moment where one is accepting What Is. To do this takes one out of that time loop that brings the past into it and the future into it. When one simply is in the moment, then one does not worry about what has been, or how things always did not work time and time again. One does not bring this into the equation, and it cannot affect the present moment. Equally, one does not go into the future projecting that in accepting what is now, that their lives will be better in the future. One releases the future, for it has not yet been created. That which is the timeline of one's future has not been chosen.
Becoming Pain Free and Fearless
As one is in the present and in the moment, one accepts that which is so in this moment and only in this moment. If one is in pain and suffering, if one is in fear or dejection, if one is in exhilaration and rapture, one accepts this as it is in the moment. If one is, for example, in a place of fear and pain, for something has weighed down on an individual to such a degree that they are frightened of what will come and are in pain at the same time — that simply letting this go, releasing to the higher force without expectations that the higher force will come and change things, still allows the individual to release, even if for but a moment, the fear and the pain, and for a glimpse of time, a blink of the eye, that individual is pain-free and fearless.
How to Live in the Moment
If one simply works on this in each and every moment, releasing that which is the fear and the pain or that which is so in that moment, then one begins to acquire a degree of acceptance that allows one to live in the moment. Further to this, in that same moment if one does not only merely accept that one does not need the fear or the pain for that moment, for that second, but one also accepts that the moment is perfect, and that you the individual are perfect, then in that moment you are perfect. There is no conjecturing that the pain or the fear or the situation makes you less than perfect, for if one is in their perfection for that moment, for that instant, then all is perfect.
If one realizes that they are indeed part of God and that God is perfect in that moment, then all is perfect. God, that which is the Creator Source Being, the energy that Is All and In All, is always perfect in every moment. Allowing oneself to be in their own perfection in the moment, releasing from that which has weighed so heavily and simply accepting this matter as it is, allows options to start to present themselves that may not have been understood or even seen previously.
Letting go of the conformity and Conditioning you were taught
Also, as one begins to understand that as a Creator Being, as a piece of God, they are within the perfection of the Godhead, one can let go of the conformity one is taught, the indoctrination, the socialization, the conditioning one has received during one's lifetime. Each and every human being is a product of such conditioning. Each and every human being has received socialization in their life to think in certain ways, and to feel in certain ways that are appropriate to one's society and one's culture.
Does a cat or dog ever question that it is not perfect?
Often when one is in situations where the energy is negative and painful, one is still responding from one's own socialization conditional programming. This being so, one often does not allow oneself to make mistakes, to suffer pain, to feel badly, and this too can have a huge effect on acceptance. This Awareness asks one and all whether a cat or a dog or any creature ever questions for a moment if they are not the perfect cat or dog or creature they are? Each of God's creatures are perfect in their being and do not spend any time wondering how to be a better cat, how to be a better dog, bird or fish.
Humans, because of their social conditioning, often do question themselves and are not at all conditioned to think that they are perfect in their creaturehood. As a man or woman there are many expectations that are held by both genders of what is so, what is right, what is proper, and what is correct. When one goes into a place of acceptance, one does not go in questioning whether they have done something right or if they are exhibiting themselves in such a way that others will accept them. The need for external acceptance does not exist. All that exists in that place of acceptance is the energy of being with oneself, in one's self, in the fullest capacity of one's own being. One allows that which is the energy of the higher forces, that which is the energy of God Creator to be part of their being, as they are part of God Creator.
All of this is necessary in that moment of acceptance to allow those greater energies of one's own high consciousness, one's own multiple diversity, multiple character, to come through, right from that which is God Almighty to that which is the individual expression of the Divine having an individual experience. In this place of total surrender, in that moment of the present now, one can indeed simply love oneself, for self-acceptance is also self-love, unconditional love. One is perfect as they are in this moment, and in allowing oneself to feel the perfection of oneself, the perception of their perfection in that moment —then one exceeds oneself. One allows that which is the highest level of consciousness, that which is God Consciousness, to perceive Itself perceiving Itself. One simply is in that moment of perfection, accepting oneself and letting go of any and all obstacles and beliefs or perceptions that would intrude and interfere. This is a state of perfect acceptance.
Acceptance may not last more than an instant
As one understands this and experiences it, if even but in a glimpse of the eye, even if but for an instant, one starts to build upon this. Acceptance may not last for more than that instant, but the next time one is in a state and one again simply accepts that this is as it needs be, and this is the perfect place to be, that one accepts themselves as perfect in that moment, no matter what is occurring, no matter what the problem, then this opens the Eternal Now, that which is Now in all moments, and this becomes part of the energy of the being as they exist in this 3rd dimensional physical reality.
As they exist here in a state of acceptance, they begin to understand more and more the concept of the Creator Being. This Awareness has laid the seeds to this concept over the last several years, so that individuals commence that thought process, that way of thinking that allows them to accept that perhaps as a Creator Being they can indeed change their lives. What many have found, however, is an inability to do so. What has been important is that the seeds are first of all laid, and that they were planted deep in the consciousness of each and every individual who read of the concept of Creator Being, who would entertain that they are indeed Creator Beings. A sufficient degree of understanding and acceptance of this concept has now been reached that allows this Awareness to finally come through with other information of the process of truly stepping into one's Godhood, while at the same time becoming a fully realized human being.
When you will Create Miracles and Live a Magical life
As this Awareness started Its discussion on the subject the paradox of that concept of being a Creator Being who can change his or her life, this can now fully be understood and seen to be that which is possible when one also truly and fully accepts oneself and one's situation. As one does so, one does not need to change oneself. Indeed, as this Awareness has said, one cannot in effect change oneself from one's individual place of being. This infers that one must go beyond their individuality to do so. One must breach that which is the essence of their Creator Beingness, their Godhood, and it is from that level, that higher expanded level of consciousness, that change will come and filter through. It is then that one will truly begin to create miracles and live that which is a magical life. Not because by intense force of will on the individualized level one changes anything, but because one allows that which is their greater being to make the changes. This does not have anything to do with the changes one makes in one's life by intent and design. This simply means that one is becoming more, and that one is expanding. When one accepts that they are highly evolved beings, conscious beings that are having individualized life experiences during which they experience the totality of a physical reality that is confined to dualism and oppositional thinking, then one can finally step into their more effective Creator Godhood.
This will be discussed even further in times ahead, but this Awareness at this time has simply wished to deliver this concept of acceptance and paradox and how to fuse the two opposing concepts, so that one is not confined or restricted by the thoughts that are normal for many, the thoughts that are imposed on many, that one cannot change their physical status, cannot allow miracles in their lives, for to do so would be impossible and highly unlikely. This, of course, is the limitation of thinking that many suffer from through their social conditioning, but as one stays in the moment, and as one goes to that place of total acceptance that all is perfect as it is, and that one is totally complete and whole and loved unconditionally and loves oneself unconditionally in the moment, allowing the experience to be what it is in the moment, then one transcends the moment, one goes beyond that moment and is part of the Eternal Now and from this place of the Eternal Now all is possible.
This completes this discussion of the paradox; especially of the paradox of the concept that one cannot change oneself, but one can accept What Is; and the concept that as a Creator Being one can actively change one's life. This Awareness now invites any questions from the energizers, but more than that invites all to contemplate this matter more deeply and accept themselves in their contemplation.
Questioner: Thank you. This was most interesting and I do believe that it needs to be heard again to appreciate the depth of the concept.
Cosmic Awareness: This Awareness asks you to accept the concept.
Questioner: Yes indeed, thank you. I'm sure the membership will have additional questions.
Cosmic Awareness: This Awareness, of course, always invites additional questions and as always also states that they need not believe one word this Awareness has just said, but this Awareness asks only that they try for themselves to work with this concept of acceptance. As they find themselves in situations where something is not working for them, where they are in pain or fear, that they simply go within themselves and say to themselves, "I accept this moment now. It is perfect. I am perfect, and I am totally open to that which is the perfection of this moment."
Questioner: Fantastic! Thank you. Very good advice. Is there additional please?
Cosmic Awareness: This Awareness feels complete with this presentation at this time and awaits further questions from the membership.
(Thank you) The Law of Gratitude is given.