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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Straight & Narrow
Q'uo through Carla L. Rueckert
Why is the path to intelligent infinity called "straight and narrow"
and what implications doew this have for the seeker of intelligent
infinity?
-------------------------- ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THIS TRANSCRIPT: This telepathic channeling has
been taken from transcriptions of the weekly study and meditation
meetings of the Rock Creek Research & Development Laboratories and L/L
Research. It is offered in the hope that it may be useful to you. As
the Confederation entities always make a point of saying, please use
your discrimination and judgment in assessing this material. If
something rings true to you, fine. If something does not resonate,
please leave it behind, for neither we nor those of the Confederation
would wish to be a stumbling block for any. Saturday Meditation September 13, 2008 Group question: The question tonight is from G and it says, "In the
Law of One Series Ra says that there is a distortion of the Law of One
which indicates that the gateway to intelligent infinity is "a gateway
at the end of a straight and narrow path, as you may call it." [1] The question is, why is the path to intelligent infinity called
"straight and narrow" and what implications does this have for the
seeker of intelligent infinity? (Carla channeling) We are those known to you as the principle of Q'uo. Greetings in the
love and in the light of the one infinite Creator, in whose service we
come to you this evening. It is a great pleasure and a privilege to be called to your circle of
seeking this evening. We appreciate the honor of being asked for our
humble opinion and are very glad to share it with you. As always, we
would ask that you follow the resonance of our words, using those
ideas that are resonant to you and leaving the rest behind. For we
would not confuse your path with our opinions, wishing only to enhance
it and offer you what resources we can. We thank you for using your
discrimination. The query this evening has to do with a quotation from the material
this instrument calls The Ra Material [2], in which it states that the
gateway to intelligent infinity is at the end of a straight and narrow
path. Before we can look at the implications of this statement for the
seeker, we would appreciate the opportunity to discuss the term itself
and the way it has been used in this instrument's experience, for it
is a somewhat deceptive phrase. As this phrase, "the straight and narrow path," was used in The Holy
Bible, in the parables of the one known as Jesus the Christ, it did
not indicate an unbending path. Rather the word "strait," spelled
differently than its homonym, means "narrow." One such use of this word with which this instrument is familiar is
the geographical location called the Straits of Gibraltar. In order to
move through the Straits of Gibraltar it is necessary to keep focused
carefully upon what one's ship is doing because it must seek the very
center of the channel. On either side lie distractions and those rocks
which could tear the bottom out of the ship upon which the journey is
taking place. And so it is in the life of the essence of an entity. The day-to-day
life spreads out as a pleasant, open field with many, many options and
many interests calling for attention. There are wonderful
relationships to cherish and tend. There is good work to do in the
earning of the living, in the maintenance of the household, and so forth. All of these day-to-day duties are blessed and sacred. Every single
one of them is, in itself, a small world wherein that one task can be
focused into and offered one hundred percent of the love within in
order that that one chore may shine and be a gift in offering to the
one Creator. The key to creating of the life a sacred journey is the attitude with
which this journey is taken. We would suggest that the invocation of
gratitude and thankfulness is a great key in bringing one's day-to-day
life into focus. For no matter whether that which faces one in any
particular instance would be thought of by the world as a blessing or
as a challenge, yet still, in essence, that which lies before you is
the perfect gift for this moment, containing your service and your
learning. There is a tendency to forget to invoke this gratitude when that which
lies before one does not seem to be a blessing. And yet, we would
suggest that there is wisdom in waiting those few seconds before you
undertake a challenging duty in order that you may open your heart and
mind to the realization of the full measure of your gratitude for the
opportunity to be alive in the creation of the Father and to face this
moment. In just this way does the discipline of the personality begin. It does
not begin with meditation, although meditation is vital to a spiritual
practice. Rather, it begins on the very surface of things, in the very
smallest of chores and duties. It begins with the realization of the
tremendous fortune that you have in coming to this moment just where
you are, with just the people with whom you are and facing just
exactly the blessings and challenges that you now face. There is an ecstasy which comes when the spirit is ready to be honed
in its focus and dull care flies away; when the spirit gathers its
feet under it and surges into a full and vertical existence within.
The whole energy body begins to sing when this begins to happen. And
where before there was a flat and pleasant landscape of things to do
and people to see, now you are at the cutting edge of the present
moment and anything is possible. With this attitude, when one then moves into meditation and other
rituals designed to deepen the spiritual practice, there is a lack of
effort and a lack of complexity to the path. For that within you which
moves into the meditation is, by your focus on the present moment,
already in a premeditative state of focus. Thusly, we say to you that while the spiritual path that seeks higher
knowledge, higher experiences, and higher relationships is indeed a
narrow path, a "strait" path in that sense, it is a winding road and
often an exciting, surprising path. Sinuous and muscular, the path
unrolls before you and responds to the tempo and the energy or
character of your particular ever-shifting position within the many
layers of your essential being. Paradoxically, as one focuses into the present moment and dedicates
oneself ever more completely and deeply to the service of the one
infinite Creator, the experience of the self which is undergoing this
discipline of the personality is expansive. This instrument has often
noted in moments of ecstasy that there is so fine a focus as to feel
that one is standing on the head of a pin. And yet there is the
balance and the equilibrium of a broad and dynamic vista in which the
infinite layers of beauty and color splay out before one in infinite
variety, rewarding all the senses with the utter loveliness of existence. Always there is this play between the infinite narrowing of focus and
the explosion of love and light and ecstatic waves that move the
spirit infinitely in realms of beauty and truth. Continuing to use this instrument as an example, this instrument would
not give itself high marks for following a strait and narrow path.
Indeed, it sets store by using the light touch. And this is a perfect
illustration of the paradoxical nature of the strait and narrow path. We agree with this instrument that it is often seemingly unfocused and
careless in its attention to detail in the worldly sense. Yet, there
is a level of self which lies beneath the commonly understood levels
of daily life. Each entity has this sub-level and we speak not so much
of a basement as an inner reality that drives the life and that
affects the attitude of the entity, which underlies its spontaneous
surface reactions to surface catalyst. It is in that inner room where
this instrument must spend its time. The instrument is called to live
from the inner room. It cannot stray far, no matter what the activity
on the surface, from this inner sanctuary. And this is where the
strait and narrow nature shows itself. It informs the carelessness of
the surface with the gift of love. This instrument is far from unique. Each of those within this circle
is called again and again to that inner room, that Holy of Holies.
Each yearns for it and waits for the touch of the Creator's hand, the
cloak of the Creator's love. And there are times aplenty in most
seeker's lives when the strait and narrow path expresses itself by the
desire to move into that inner room and crawl into the lap of what
this instrument would call the Father/Mother God, home at last, in the
arms of the divine. What comfort there is for the deepest sorrow, for
the greatest hurt, when one rests against the heart of the divine,
hearing its beat-love, love, love. What is the implication of the strait and narrow path for the seeker
who wishes to enter the gates of intelligent infinity? The implication
is to go deeper. It is not indulgent to move deeper into a spiritual
practice. It is not self-indulgent to take oneself so seriously that
one values time differently and the self differently than before. We say this because to the outer world, in which many of your kind
live one hundred percent of the time, it does seem self-indulgent and
pretentious to spend the time in prayer and meditation, contemplation
and reflection, mulling over the events of the day, estimating that
which one has experienced and that which one has harvested from the
day's journey. Yet, we assure you that the requirement of one who wishes to enter the
gates of intelligent infinity is this focus that accepts the
discipline of the personality with joy and moves with lithesome feet,
in terms of the energy body, into a basic attitude towards living that
is at all times aware of this vital, inner space which is that nest
from which the true self may emerge to live what seems to be an
ordinary day but in fact is an enchanted, wonderful experience. And why is it enchanted and wonderful and magical? Because as you have
focused in on love and light, as you have asked your true self to step
forward, so you have let fall away that which is not enchanted, that
which is not magical. The phrase in the Bible that you hear over and over again in the New
Testament is, "He that has ears to hear, let him hear." Life speaks to
those who have the ears to hear with an ever sacred and always
relevant voice. As your focus remains single and as you walk that
strait and narrow path, you do not attempt to make sense of things.
You are content to behold them and to find ways to respond to them
with love. You go deeper. As you go deeper within the soil of yourself and the
sturdy root patterns of deep experiences that have made you the entity
that you are, you also find yourself soaring ever higher, ever more
widely ranging within that powerful circle of enchantment that is the
life lived with the awareness of its magic. We would never say that one cannot graduate into fourth density unless
one has entered the gateway to intelligent infinity. It is entirely
possible simply by living a life in service to others to achieve
graduation in the positive sense from third density to fourth. Yet the
delight of the journey is reserved for those who chose to aim for that
gateway. This instrument would say, "It's your ticket out of here in this very
moment." As you come to the gateway, you have behind you a tremendous
number of choices. The journey into the open heart involves learning
to love yourself dearly and being willing to take all of yourself into
that open heart. It involves a million choices of how you look at
yourself and how you respond to those about you and to the challenges
and chances of your life. To come to the gateway, you must have found your way to bring your
whole energy body into balance, so that energy is rushing through you,
unimpeded by those egoic concerns of red ray, yellow ray and orange
ray-survival, sexuality, relationships, marriage, home and family.
Those who come to the gateway have "let goods and kindred go, this
mortal life also," [3] and their entire essence is bound up in the
devotion to the Creator and to serving the Creator that would bring
one to wish to use the gateway. This instrument moves through the gateway as she contacts those of the
Confederation so that she may be of service. It is not until she is
perfectly happy to do this that she is able to access that gateway.
There are many healers who must go through that process of laying
everything aside so that they may become instruments transparent to
the light, in order that that light may flow through them, offering
new chances for those in whom they offer healing to find balance. Yet, for the most part, the greatest use of the gateway to intelligent
infinity has to do with radiancy of being, so that the entity accesses
the gateway simply to rest in the enhanced vibrations of infinity and
eternity. This is the ticket out of here that is the most universally
meaningful. It is the way to create heaven on earth in the personal
experience of the seeker. The one known as G asked this instrument earlier, "What if you
shortened the time that you spent in channeling, since your energy is
low?" It was with some amusement that we watched this instrument
attempt to grapple with that concept. For the one known as Jim is
correct. This instrument wishes to give one hundred percent Can this instrument share in thirty minutes that which she might share
in forty-five, as it comes through her instrument? That's the question
to be pondered. However, it is a perfect example of the strait and
narrow path that in offering the self for service, this instrument had
no limits upon its service, and indeed, at first glance did not even
appreciate the idea of shortening the time of her service. There are so many human considerations that occur to the conscious
mind that it is difficult at best to know as a seeker what ideas are
worthy and what ideas are not. And in many ways these considerations
are trivial. In terms of preparing the self to enter the gateway of
intelligent infinity, all else falls away before one's basic core
devotion to the Creator. That is the plumb line [4] that shall give
you the truth. We thank the one known as G for offering this query and would say to
the one known as G and to all seekers of truth to walk softly in the
creation of the Father as you seek to serve. Sharpen the eye. Sharpen
the ear. You are on holy ground. He who has ears, let him hear; he who
has a heart, let him understand. May we ask if there is a follow up to this query? We are those of Q'uo. G: Thank you very much for your response, Q'uo. I do have a follow-up.
I don't know if this will make sense and if you can't work with it
then please feel free to say so. Is it possible to sense infinity like
one senses a change in the atmosphere at the approach of a distant
storm? Or is infinity all or nothing? We are those of Q'uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. May we
say what a delightful question it is. There is no definitive answer to your query because for some infinity
is very close and near at hand and indeed can be heard in the ear as
the whistle of the wind or the cry of the eagle. For others, it is all
or nothing. For some it takes a tremendous wrench of some kind to
knock away the defenses of the surface life. If you would bring infinity closer to you then, we would encourage you
to look to your defenses and begin to dismantle them straightaway.
What is a defense? The heart, my brother, is often heavily defended.
You were speaking in the round-robin discussion earlier of how you
felt that your heart was more open with the one known as V because
there was no longer a tension concerning a personal issue between you.
It had been resolved. All was understood. And consequently you were
both freed of the dynamic of unmade decisions, knowing precisely where
you stand with each other; knowing that love cannot be defined by the
relationship one has in the world. You have both found your love to
take wing and expand. In order for you to gain this happy experience, there was a tremendous
amount of dismantling of defenses that were in place, not only on your
part but also on the part of the one known as V. It was through times
of discussion, times of grieving, and times of tears that you came to
this place between you which now does not have expectations. There is
nothing that is pulling on you. Nor is anything pulling on the one
known as V. The only consideration between you now is the enjoyment of
companionship. Think of all that work that you did in your emotions, in your linear
logical mind, in your heart of hearts, and on your knees in the depths
of prayer, to attain a seemingly happy and carefree place. So it is
when one reckons with how one's heart has become defended. One way to defend the heart is through the dogma of a codified
religion. One places one's heart in the structure of a religion and as
long as one's heart stays true to the tenets of that particular system
of dogma, one is safe. Another way that the heart can be defended is with anger and
resentment, which builds concrete walls about the heart in order that
it shall not be harmed again. Many years may go into the building of
these walls. How can they be taken down? The world is a dangerous place. Another way that the heart may be defended is in fear. What if the
world, no matter how kindly or pleasant, seems a crazy place, a
lunatic asylum, a place of chaos, where nothing makes sense? Many
sensitive entities who walk the streets and try to live the life of
Planet Earth have a bone-deep fear of this place called Earth. And the
defenses of their hearts are well-nigh unbreachable. It's the work of a lifetime for some to become undefended and then to
feel comfortable without the customary defenses. Yet it is exactly
this lack of defenses that allow infinity to come close. Indeed, in
this instrument's experience it has many times slipped in and taken
over the moment or the hour or the day. This instrument brought with
it the gift of being undefended and although it loses that gift from
time to time, it is easier for this instrument to pick it up than most. Perhaps it may aid in working with bringing this gateway into the
daily experience to think at all times that you have a choice of which
way to look at a situation. You can look at it from the level of
space/time, linear time, measurable, weighty space, or, by a decision
within your mind, you can look at precisely the same moment from the
position of time/space, seeing all as perfect, all occurrences
converging in a circular manner into you from the past, from the
present and from the future, so that you find yourself to be a node
exquisitely poised between space/time and time/space. Let your spiritual practice include that visualization and perhaps you
shall soon find yourself falling into eternity and infinity with a
great feeling of surprise and delight. May we answer you further, my brother? G: Not on that question, no, thank you, Q'uo. We thank you, my brother. May we ask if you have a final query at this
time? G: Yes, I do. This query has likely been answered already but, given
your ability to approach something from a great multitude of angles, I
think I'll ask anyway and see if it elicits something new. Are there various degrees or rates or orders of magnitude to the
experience of intelligent infinity? Can one entity have a deeper
experience of infinity than another? We are those of Q'uo, and are aware of your query, my brother. We may
answer this in two ways, my brother. Firstly, we may answer it from
the standpoint of third-density space/time and say that, of course,
each entity which engages in magical working shall have an experience
that is different in intensity or in duration or in some other measure
than another seeker who works with the same energies and environments. From the standpoint of intelligent infinity, however, there is no way
of quantifying experience. If an entity is filled to one hundred
percent of his ability to experience a moment, who is to say whether
that quantity of experience is different than another entity, built
quite differently, who also is able to absorb one hundred percent of
his experience of intelligent infinity. The one infinite Creator sees the totality and calls it all one,
whereas the entity still mired in the values of space/time would say,
"Oh, this great soul has a much finer, broader, deeper experience of
infinity and eternity than my poor self with its many limitations and
drawbacks." Judgment concerning the quality of one's progress in the
school of souls is that which eventually is dropped and falls away. May we answer you further, my brother? G: Yes, what I was trying to get at in this question is the
subjectivity of the experience of something which, to my mind, seems
to be ultimate. It seems, that if there is anything objective in this
universe, it would be intelligent infinity. And I'm trying to grapple
with the fact that an entity still has a subjective experience of what
would seem to be objective reality. Is that always the case? We are those of Q'uo, my brother, and we would say only that the
fullness of grace is in releasing such attempts to judge one's
experience. The word "infinity" itself is impossible to grasp. This
may be your best clue to releasing any concern about how one may
experience this infinity. As long as one is questioning whether one is completely in the
awareness of infinity, one has not yet come to the full awareness of
infinity. Infinity cannot be measured. The attempt to visualize
infinity inevitably puts limits on infinity and falsifies the word. It
is difficult, using words, to express the utter endlessness of
possibility that is wrapped up in this word. But we may say that when
an entity is within the awareness of infinity, there is an awareness
of perfection and completeness. The world is whole, the world is one,
and there is no attempt to find one's place in it. One is one with all. These poor words have so little ability to share the essence of
intelligent infinity! It is as though we give this instrument these
ragtag words knowing that what your spirit will hear is the space
around them and between them. It is the energy in the spaces between
the words in which we are able to share with you the fullness of
concept and the absolute reality of the love and the light of the one
infinite Creator. We thank this instrument and this group for a wonderful session and
again, we are thrilled to be called to your circle. It has been a
great blessing to us to share your beauty and your meditation. We
leave this instrument and this group in the love and the light of the
one infinite Creator. Adonai, my friends. Adonai. [1] Ra, February 3, 1981, Session 13. [2] Elkins, Rueckert and McCarty, The Law of One, Book I, "The Ra
Material": Atglen, PA, Whitford, [© 1983]. [3] This is a line from Martin Luther's 1529 hymn, "A Mighty Fortress
Is Our God." The verse in which it occurs reads thusly: That Word,
above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth. The Spirit and
the gifts are ours through Him Who with us sideth: Let goods and
kindred go, this mortal life also. The body they may kill. God's truth
abideth still. His kingdom is forever. [4] plumb line: a cord with a lead bob attached to one end, used to
determine perpendicularity.
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