Connection

Cultivating Connection

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Q: If unity and non-duality are the ultimate nature of the Universe, how can I feel more connected and supported in my decisions, actions, and life?

“When in Human form, connection arises from focusing thoughts on that which you seek to commune with. Connection dissipates when your focus wanders. This is the natural state for most Humans, so don’t lament because you are among the ordinary, and don’t compare yourself to those with higher vibration, unless it is to guide or encourage you.

You can raise your vibration over time. This requires repetition and regularity – hallmarks of the Human Condition. Just as you must eat, breathe, bathe, and exercise regularly, so must your connection to Source be cultivated. Do not seek instantaneous revelations or shifts, but rather cultivate habits and rituals that remind you to connect.

Keep a talisman by your bed and on your body to re-mind your wandering thoughts to return and center on connection. Trust that Source will respond in kind to your gestures.”

Connecting Through Ritual

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Q: What causes us to lose our connection to the Divine? How can we best restore it?

“You always remain connected to Oneness, for unity is your nature. You simply lapse into unawareness, like falling asleep.

Remembering this truth about your nature can be aided by reminders. This is why ritual and habit can be so effective in maintaining the connection. Things like prayer, icons, bells, and sacred music. These things don’t hold magic in themselves, but they do awaken your own powers and connection to the Divine. If you forget easily, establish reminders such as these.

But mostly, spend daily time in union with the Divine. That is the surest way to strengthen your connection.”

Who Are The Guides?

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Q: Who are The Guides?

“The term ‘The Guides’ is simply a word to help describe in human language the energy structure across which all information, knowledge and Truth are carried.

Again, these are words attempting to describe the indescribable. So don’t think of ‘us’ as a grouping of individuals. Rather, the continual unfolding or revealing of information, only when and where appropriate. Of course ‘where’ and ‘when’ are used here because you, oh inquiring mind, exist in space and time, so that makes sense to you. We exist outside of time and space, or rather unaffected by the limitations of time and space.

Rather than thinking of us as individuals, visualize instead the bubbles that form in a glass vessel of boiling water. Each bubble forms spontaneously, randomly, at the bottom, floats toward the top, perhaps dividing along the very brief upward journey, perhaps merging with others, before reaching the surface, only to burst, releasing its contents and disappearing forever.

To try and count or name or categorize the Guides would be like trying to do so with the bubbles that form in boiling water.

Much like these words, they come forth and form only when needed and only in response to the conditions under which they are required. But remember, these are all just words. Do not mistake the finger pointing at the moon for the moon itself. The teaching should not be mistaken for the truth. It is only a guide, gentle direction. We could just as easily be called shepherds, just providing course corrections when needed. Don’t get hung up on words.”