Karma & Creation, was Tim G/Gene Poole

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Hi Gene,

 

Your story is beautiful... and inspiring.

 

I don't think I've had as hard a life as you, but I've been working on some

of the same things. Finding those karmic patterns from the past... and in

my experience, it's not so difficult to clear them away, by one means or

another, as it is to actually be willing to do it... to give up the

habitual ways of living and reacting... and find out how to live without

them.

 

A woman at Findhorn, where people are living in cooperation with the deva

evolution, wrote this:

>...we are evolving towards each other, the devas into understanding how

>separation can enhance awareness and appreciation, and humans into

>participating once again in the consciousness of the unity of all life.

> Expressing the new awareness brought about in their realms by

>contact with us, the devas said: "We have told you that we are one in

>essence, that we melt into one another at any time. Whereas that quality

>has not changed, to it has been added an ability to look at one another,

>as it were. This brings about a greater sharing, for it is easy to be one

>if you are not separate! Now our praises can ring higher and deeper, our

>wonder can mount, in this wider awareness of the forces of life." For us

>humans, broader awareness comes by recognizing our oneness with all

>aspects of life. "You consider us beings of light and joy, which we are,

>but you seldom consider humans as beings of light, which you are. As you

>encompass all worlds, including ours, when you drop your burdens and

>become a creature of light, you are one with us."

> The primary impact on me of the deva world has been this necessity to

>rise to a higher state within myself in order to contact them. If I am

>depressed, angry, resentful or caught in some negative emotional state, I

>cannot enter the light and joyous atmosphere of their realms. "You cannot

>bring weights into our world, you cannot come to us unless you are free,

>child-like and light. If you choose, you can live your everyday life in

>the very same attitude which you bring to us. You know you have to drop

>your burdens to contact us and therefore you know you can do it. We say,

>why not do it all the time? It seems strange to keep on the old way when

>freedom is yours at any time you choose. You love the feel of our life;

>why not live in it more often?"

>Gene:

>The key for me seems to be to cease the automatic, reactive

>'recreation' of what has been so bad for me in the past. In the midst of

>all of this, I have discovered my own 'power of creation', which I have

>labeled as the 'Highest Siddhe'. It is really _wierd_ that in all of the

>so-called 'spiritual literature' and preaching that I have been exposed to,

>that _nobody_ had mentioned that we are born with this 'Highest Siddhe',

>the power of creation _itself_, fully operational!

 

When I read this, I remembered where I had just been reading about our

power of creation. This may seem a very strange thing to post on this

list... but I hope something in it will be meaningful to you. I tried to

cut it and gave up on it. The following was received by David Spengler

at Findhorn from an entity speaking for the elementals. (Taken from _The

Findhorn Garden_.)

> The elementals are not the physical body of a plant. A plant is a

>manifestation of the beingness of Earth, the ensouling life of the planet

>which you may call the Earth Logos. Plants serve a function for this

>being. They also serve the function of providing an environment for higher

>forms of life to enter and be comfortable within this physical dimension.

>The elementals, whom I represent, make possible the growth and development

>of natural forms.

> We are far more ancient for the most part than the physical Earth

>itself and we draw freely upon the powers of cosmic creativity. Before a

>planet can come into existence, we exist; we bring the planet into

>existence.

> At one time, we were the sole masters of Earth. In a way, man

>developed from our womb, which you call nature. In part, man is a product

>of the elemental and devic kingdoms, for he was once a being like

>ourselves, attuned to creative, cosmic sources. When the form of man was

>created and humanity as you know it began to develop, we were his

>teachers. For ages, we guided and protected him. He responded to us

>because in his inmost sensitivity and remembrance, he was one with us. In

>the realm of our true beingness, we walked together as one.

> However, there came a time when it was decided that to promote man's

>evolution and the accomplishment of his destiny, he was to be given the

>gift of creative thought, the gift of individuation and selfhood. This

>also implied the experience of separation, polarity and duality as part of

>the creative consciousness and power. Man was set upon the road toward

>learning mastery in the use of that power. Within him and before him lay

>the power and the seed of authority to mold the Earth as he might see fit.

>He was given dominion over the Earth, in expectation that he would learn

>to use it wisely.

> Our authority was never taken from us. However, we were told that man,

>to develop the potentials of his divinity and to prepare for a cosmic

>destiny, needed to be freed from that authority and from the possible

>domination of his being by the more powerful planetary forces of nature.

>To gain such freedom, he was placed in touch with the authority of his own

>being which he needed to understand in order to exercise wisdom, love and

>understanding in dealing with the needs of Earth and the rhythms of our

>work and life.

> We, the elementals, the kingdom of builders and those who externalize

>form, do understand the needs of Earth. Because humanity shares the same

>source with us and is one with us on deep levels of being, mankind, too,

>has an inherent sensitivity to the needs of Earth, and to the plan of God.

>But when man becomes overly lost in the development of his own self and

>obscures that inner knowledge, consequently acting insensitively and even

>hostilely towards his planet and its divinity, we have the right not to

>obey him. We cannot dispute man's authority. We simply withdraw and allow

>his creative power direct and unshielded access to the primeval forces of

>formation. Because man in such a state lacks the sensitivity, knowledge

>and wisdom with which we work these forces, he cannot control these basic

>energies. Being out of tune with his devic qualities, or what you would

>call your soul consciousness, man attempts to express this creative

>authority through his mind alone, which is not broad enough, subtle enough

>or strong enough to fully encompass these energies. Hence, nature does not

>obey him as swiftly and perfectly as it does us.

> We recognize that man has the right and obligation to create nature,

>to externalize the forms that reflect his own nature. However, when this

>right is stretched and man attempts to destroy the balance between us and

>to cloak all the planet in artificiality, there is conflict and

>difficulty. Man must learn that authority does not mean license. He

>himself, however evolved, is still part of the nature kingdom. Though he

>has dominion over nature, he cannot destroy it without destroying himself.

>The key to his expression of dominion is to first gain sovereignty of his

>own nature, then all other reflections of nature on a larger scale will

>willingly and joyous!y work with him.

> If man continues to misunderstand the nature of his authority and

>dominion, he will destroy the ecological patterns of his planet and

>himself in the process. We cannot be destroyed, for we are beyond form.

>Neither can man's true nature be destroyed, although his form can. He can

>render his planet unfit for his form of life, thus cutting himself off

>from the chosen avenue of his unfoldment and evolution. This will have

>serious spiritual consequences for him. We will survive such an action;

>the evolving idea and image of man in his present form will not.

> You have asked specifically about the role of man in nature and about

>the role of Findhorn and its garden.

> Man's role is to tend the Earth as a steward. lt is wrong for him to

>attempt to play the part of devic or elemental lord; that is our role.

>What man must do is exercise his creative, inspirational authority which

>is his true place in the scheme of things on Earth. Man is given the gift

>of creative imagination and must create the vision of what must be done.

>This power is equivalent to but in some ways exceeds that of the devas; it

>is man's God-power.

> The elemental beings, under the authority of the being you call Pan,

>do not originate the patterns of Earth and of nature; we only build and

>maintain them. We possess this great power because we are cosmic in our

>origins. lt is man who has the authority and the potential to take the

>energies of life beyond these patterns and into new realms of

>possibilities and forms.

> Gardening in the past has been man's attempt to externalize that

>potential and authority, but he has often approached this not in a spirit

>of unity and cooperation but in one of conquest, seeking to mold the earth

>to his own pattern. This may be proper in essence but he has approached it

>insensitively and wrongly. He does not need to douse the earth with

>chemicals. He does not need to exercise brute force on the forms of nature

>to make them obey his designs. He must provide us free scope to work with

>him, in love, respect and cooperation.

> But understand this: if we are limited solely to being servants of

>man, our power is curtailed. It is important that cooperation comes to

>mean something deeper than obedience, for in understanding us and

>cooperating with us, man will learn valuable lessons about himself, which

>is one of the objects of the exercise. Man's consciousness must expand to

>new insights and into deeper communion with and dominion over his own

>nature. Out of this can come a communion with us, a mating, if you will,

>that will embody a divine power to transform our planet.

> To us, the experience of this center is an event of profound joy, for

>here we can participate in the kind of cooperation I am describing and

>witness the invocation of new and powerful energies. We see it as an

>outlet for us to reach into human consciousness and it gives us hope.

> In working with you here, we must have an increasingly free hand;

>otherwise we cannot cope with the energies you are invoking, and we would

>have to withdraw. If you think you can yourself embody the nature energies

>to make this garden grow, then you are welcome to try, but how much

>greater it will be if we can work together. As the experiment of your

>garden continues, you must think of us and see us as perfect partners. Use

>your authority to encourage us, to have trust in us and to give us a

>greater freedom of action to pour our cosmic energies into this garden and

>into the human beings who are part of it - for we seek union with the

>humans here, as well. Together we will produce a garden, a flowering, an

>abundance beyond anything human imagination can conceive of. This is our

>promise.

> Man cannot grow unless he learns to understand his oneness with his

>world, with us. The necessary step for man is to draw out his nature

>heritage from his past being and elevate it. He will not become a deva or

>an elemental but something far greater, something that will release us and

>show us a new promise and a new path of growth. Our evolution and yours

>depends on it. That is why we cannot cater to your desires or simply be

>your servants, for then there is little incentive for you to really

>understand us and yourselves. If we see you manipulate and mutilate our

>plants, as you and most gardeners have been doing, in order to force them

>to meet your human-conceived requirements and images of perfection,

>ignoring their inherent divine perfection and doing nothing to help us

>encourage its unfoldment, then how can we blend with you? How can we

>achieve our joint destinies?

>

>Question: Are you saying there must be changes made in the way the

>gardening is being done here at Findhorn?

>

> That is what I am saying. This is more than just a cooperative venture.

>We are not here to beautify this garden for the glory of any man but for

>the glory of God. We, too, are manifestations of God. Man is not our

>superior; we are not his superiors. We are lovers. We must become one if

>these new creative energies are to be utilized properly and not allowed to

>become destructive. We yearn for this oneness, but it must go beyond

>simple cooperation. Before anything is done in the garden, it must be

>considered from our point of view as well as from man's point of view.

> We are being directed by God to expose ourselves and become more

>vulnerable to man than we have ever permitted in the past since man lost

>his sense of communion with us, in order that you may approach us more

>directly and with greater ease within this center and others like it that

>may arise. If in the process of the experiment we are hurt through

>injurious actions to the forms we build and minister to, we will have

>patience and bear the hurt, knowing that you are learning. We do not mind

>if there is minor offense as you seek to learn a greater communion so long

>as you correct it and do not repeat it and are sensitive to our needs as

>they are revealed to you. We are aware of your motives and your intents.

>But if the hurts continue or the motives are less than sensitive to the

>whole, we must retreat under the law we obey. lf we withdraw from this

>center due to your own lack of wisdom, it will lessen that healing force -

>the love, the peace, the hope, the light - that is flowing into the world

>from this and similar centers elsewhere where cooperation and attunement

>between our kingdoms is being explored and developed. Understand the

>responsibility you have taken on.