2011-03-13-Faith & Trust Amidst Change
No Idaho #669
Contents
1Heading
1Topic: Faith & Trust Amidst Change
2Group: N. Idaho TeaM
2Facilitators
1Teacher: Machiventa, Charles
2TR: Mark Rogers, Henry Z.
3Session
1Opening
2Lesson
3Closing
Heading
Topic: Faith & Trust Amidst Change
Group: N. Idaho TeaM
Facilitators
Teacher: Machiventa, Charles
TR: Mark Rogers, Henry Z.
Session
Opening
Machiventa: [Mark] Hello friends, if I might be so bold as to step into your conversation today, I am Machiventa. In hearing the offerings into the pool of wisdom that you gather around, I would attempt to throw a little more into the well.
Lesson
With all this discussion of changes afoot and the uncertainties that attend such changes, it’s good to get some perspective on ones relationship to change and the key to this is as just been offered, that is the awareness of the bigger picture involved in the assessment of the change at hand. If one remains certain of their relationship to enduring spirit, then change may be viewed as simply another obstacle, another challenge and to those who can master it, even an opportunity to be exercised and utilized.
Viewing it from this vantage point of enduring certainty, trust, and faith, provides you the necessary lubrication when friction arises, when doubt rears its ugly head and uncertainty seems to reign. The conviction of a long term perspective means that even the biggest bump in the road is still viewed as just a bump in the road. Certainly challenges may be greater or smaller but they may be all viewed as challenges one could turn into opportunities and ride the energy of these into awareness and understanding.
On the other hand of course, one becomes fearful of change and this fear is a stifling life force. Doubts and uncertainties can easily contribute or translate directly into this state of fear where one is not inclined to move in any direction due to lack of certainty and therefore becomes paralyzed and locked by this state of fear, chained to their place by these shackles of fear. When there is great uncertainty that arises, it is a normal, natural, and common human tendency to retreat away from the unknown and the uncertain and to move in the direction of certainty even if this certainty is so unhealthy and unprofitable as fear, hatred, and doubt produce.
And so it is, one of your greatest human challenges [is] to orient yourself so that each wave that comes ashore can be used to bolster your conviction that it is simply one among many, there will be others, there have been others. They merely represent the challenge and opportunity of the moment. They are not ultimately destructive but rather ultimately productive of growth, of wisdom, and of awareness. So to the degree that one is able to lay down their fears and act in faith, act in love, be in peace, then they are truly the masters of their destiny because they are not chained to an old familiar and unhealthy circumstance. Rather are they free to expand out and gain from the momentum of any experience, the wisdom and faith that are gained as a result of extending out and not withdrawing to the perceived safety of previous ways and sheltered environment.
So it is very true what your Master said about a true believer in the kingdom, not having fear or overmuch concern about earthly matters. But it is also true as you know, that to be an effective mortal of the realm, one must consider how to be most effective, how to not only navigate through the series of the changes before you from a personal standpoint, but also how to channel your willingness and desire to be of service to greatest effect. Again, this tool comes into play, to simply have trust and faith, that your efforts to do so will meet with success, that your intention, your direction, and your purpose will bear fruit and to proceed forward in faith that this is so. Invariably you come to know of a certainty that this is so, when it works, when it happens and this builds on your realization and your trust and your faith.
So proceed as you are led to move in faith and with conviction that you are indeed acting out the desires of your highest self and these will bear great fruit, both in the kingdom of men and as well in the kingdom of heaven. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to insert myself into your dialog today. It is always my pleasure to interface with you in this way. I withdraw to allow for others. Fare well this week.
Charles: [Henry] Good morning, this is Charles here this morning and I join you around this warm campfire. I even brought my own piece of crackling wood to add to the fire. So much of life’s ancestry has spent time around the campfire, keeping warm, being comforted by the radiance of heat which the fire provides. In the darkness of the night it is such a comfort to have the light of the fire and its warmth. That which burns as desire within your soul is truly a fire, consuming all negativity to illuminate the resulting positiveness and to comfort the coldness which the dark imposes.
Your world is moving into a phase where the evening campfire is again becoming prominent as many people becoming displaced through the changes which the earth is going through. Again huddling around the fire in counsel, a healthy place to be rather than isolated with the coldness of electronic media, non communicative. Many times it is the elements imposing upon the human condition reducing it to the necessity and simpleness of human dignity, of coming together to anticipate a meal and a discussion of the news in the evening, the safeguarding of children, taking care of their needs, and instilling hope and seeing beyond the momentary predicament, seeing beyond the bump in the road and being comforted by the warmth of the fire.
Spiritual light pretends to the same effect as the campfire, to comfort the doubt filled necessities of life. The logs of faith burn true and slowly begin to reveal the outworking of all of the confusion and tangled-ness which fetters within the human mind, the fear based animal response. Faith is the blanket which warms and protects you against the outside elements, keeping you safe, assured in its ability to reveal the larger picture. It is important in these times to have the larger picture for the road is getting bumpy, rutty, in places disconnected. So it is important to have a map in your mind upon which to glance and reassure yourself that the temporary quality of life only desires service to negotiate the dignity of all men and women and children, to comfort their fears and to prepare them for the sunshine which will again be there when the dust is settled.
Help men to learn to channel their activity into making willful decisions and acting upon them. This is what the bigger picture allows, allows you to see past the momentary shock of reality into the sustaining aftereffect of its aftermath. There truly is an impressive quality within humans that is only revealed in times understandably tragic in which this is brought out. Therefore, as spirit, we rejoice in such days for many more are brought to the table, the table of living light, the brotherhood of man, the table where all are fed with the understanding and reality of a loving Father, lovingly caring for all of His children.
It is the desire of spirit to not lose one, to have all enjoy the supreme knowledge and understanding and comfort in the love and mercy of our Divine Parents. You are not forsaken. It is our estimation that all will fare well. As men begin to refocus their priorities, being forced to grapple with the error of human ways, and this is what is going on. All life draws itself into balance. It is noticed, the greater life becomes unbalanced, for it is further to bring it back to balance from that standpoint.
Closing
Thank you for this campfire. Thank you for the warmth of the hearth. Thank you for the warmth of your hearts and thank you for the light of your flames. Go in peace, I am Charles.
