As my studies led me through many religious teachings, rituals and ceremonies, their origins and meanings, I ran across many things that suggested Joseph or others “borrowed” from older established churches or organizations when it suited them.

I don’t ask any to believe these things. I am not quoting any references in specific here, so I encourage you to do your own searching and research if you wish to refute or validate these things for yourself.  But do beware of the many “Mormon Hating” web sites out there.  Most of them are filled with lies, speculation and out and out fabrications.  Make sure to use your discernment to read as many diverse views of the Mormon story as possible, then form your own opinions.

So what was it in particular that I had a hard time letting go of?  Well, I had some difficulty in the 70′s and 80′s when the Seth material was coming out (Jane Roberts channeled  a non-physical entity identified as Seth).  A lot of my old belief systems about who would be “worthy” to bring forth truths of this nature and some of the more difficult to believe possible things discussed in this material were a very abrupt shake up of my own perceptions and beliefs.  Over time I worked through them and found them not to be so odd, so unusual, so out of my main stream of thought.  It did take some time though.

But. . .what I couldn’t get a handle on or a logical understanding of was reincarnation.  Now I know that many Christian sects think Mormon’s believe in reincarnation because of their belief in a pre-life existence as a spiritual being, although all Christian sects claim to believe in an afterlife.  I was woefully misinformed about reincarnation.  Instead of doing my usual research and reading and discovery, I had formed my opinion of reincarnation from the popular concepts of the time. . .and the nonsense that was perpetrated about such things.  I heard many, many stories about this one or that one had been Cleopatra in a previous lifetime, someone had been Napolean, someone else had been Ann Bolyn.  On and on it went.  All these people that said they believed they had had previous lifetimes. . .all famous people from history.  Not a beggar, a thief, a chamber maid, a struggling mother of 12 children, a shepherd, a tenant farmer, just an ordinary person with an ordinary life. . .not at all.  It could not be.  It made no logic at all.

So I decided this had to be bunk and nonsense.  I should have done more study.  I really should have read and understood the book of Jane Roberts, Oversoul Seven, that explains it beautifully and in a great story form.  I just wasn’t there yet and I had such strong resistance to finding out what it really was.  I just was not yet willing to let go of it.

Ten years later, ten years more study and introduction to a wide range of channeling and books by truly spiritually inspired and deeply sincere and highly ethical people, I began to understand what reincarnation is.  It was really very simple.  It made and does make perfect sense.  Once I let go of my almost irrational resistance to this concept it was clear sailing all the way.

Others have explained it in much more clarity and detail than I am able, but the simplified explanation (mine) is what I will offer.  It is not this person, certainly not this body, not this personality, not these circumstances that formed the uniqueness of me that has had other lifetime experiences.  It is Aspects of an “oversoul” or “Higher-Self” that have had other life experiences.   I am, this version of me is, just one aspect of a group or Higher-self soul that is sent out to experience a life in the physical.  I am one of many.  We are yet one in the greater sense.  I have access to all their experiences and they have access to mine. . .but until we become aware, awakened to this we do not understand or know of these other experiences even though life gives us many clues throughout that we could have actually pulled together to understand this very truth.   If we continue to search for our spiritual identity, continue to become more and more aware and raise our vibrational energies to those levels above this 3D experience, we break down the barriers that we have called “the veil.”  We can become adept at seeing into other lifetimes and other experiences of our aspects.

I have not done a lot of that because I know that THIS lifetime that I am currently focused in is the one where I can make the most changes, the most advances, have the most impact and complete the most unfinished business.  For the most part it does not serve me and my current purpose to be delving into what life experiences my other aspects may have or are having.  It is far more beneficial and worthwhile for me to focus on the things I am choosing to accomplish in THIS life.

Everything is a process.  The process is worth your participation and focus.  The process takes us through whatever we need to go through to move up the vibrational ladder.  It is worth it.

What ever belief system anyone has in their life, if it brings them Joy and Peace and a sense of purpose, I am in favor of it for them.  I do not attempt or want to convert others to believe as I believe.  I expect the same respect from them.  If it makes your heart sing, then it is truly your best choice for you.

Namaste`

Blessings and hugs to all

Shirl

Whatever belief system assists anyone on their journey through life is their choice and they have a right to that choice.  If they find JOY and fulfillment and spiritual peace in any organization, that is fine with me.  That is one of the major aspects of this life on earth.  Whatever brings you joy, love, and fulfillment is the path you should follow.  However, if those teachings and beliefs bring you fear, self-loathing, judgmental views of self and others, a concept of forever unattainable search for perfection. . .I would advise anyone to run from them as fast as possible.   We are here to experience and in that process of our experiences we are here to find JOY and be filled with the love of All That Is.

I was raised in the Mormon religion.  The actual name of the group is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  They have been called Mormons as a reference to the Book of Mormon which is at the base of the Church’s founding.

I began my education in the Church as a 5 year old when a devout LDS family adopted me and my older brother.  So, I began in the children’s Sunday School.  We learned Bible Stories and Book of Mormon Stories.  We were told what behavior made us good or bad.  It is the usual indoctrination of children that all Christian (and other) religions use.

My situation perhaps was different from most others.  I had been to a Christian Science Church once that I recall at about the age of 3.  There I heard one very important universal truth. . .God Is Love.  I knew that was truth.  I knew that was right.  And whatever else they may have taught or now teach, that one is a winner.  It still holds true today and eternally.  God is Love.  Love is all there is.  There is no more powerful force or energy in all of Creation than Love.

Growing up in the Mormon Church I was immersed in all of their doctrine, if not bombarded with it.  There was a church group meeting of some sort or other almost everyday of the week.  You were expected to go.  I went to most of them all of the time.

The thing was that I am who I am.  I have always been some version of that.  I had questions and I needed and wanted substantive answers.  I always got answers but not always substantive and not usually given with anything less than irritation that I would ask.  The answers generally just brought forth more questions.  People generally weren’t too pleased that I had this never ending need to understand in greater depth and detail.  By the time I was 15, very indoctrinated in spite of it all, I was feeling a deeply spiritual part of me that really needed to know more in order to grow.

I began reading more and more of church history, books written by church hierarchy, in depth studies of the founding of the church and how the doctrine had unfolded and morphed into what it was at the time in the mid 1950′s.  Indeed I studied the church at great length and continuously even into my 40′s.

As with anything humans put their limited understandings and skewed viewpoints to, I found a lot of contradictory information.  But I was smart enough to do what “they” always instructed us to do when we had a problem or confusion.  I prayed about it.  I prayed very seriously about it.  I expected “God” to let me know what was correct and what was amiss.  I most certainly expected an answer.  I got answers.  The answers were not always clear cut nor decisive but more often than not it was the feeling of follow your heart, do what you feel is right, go where you are led, just know that all is well between you and I.  Keep seeking truth.

By age 19, I could no longer tolerate the hypocrisy of many of the local members.  Their endless judgmental views of others, their finger-pointing and gossiping, the constant “casting the first stone” when indeed they had no place of such perfection or “sin-less-ness” to even consider throwing stones at others was more than I was willing to tolerate any longer.  I left the church behind me and began to study ALL religions and spiritual philosophies a study that continues to this day.

In all the studies, all the expansive information and knowledge I acquired I found there was no “organized religion” that had much truth.  All have some fragments of truth.  None have all the truth.  And humans have altered, changed, discarded so much of the little truth they once had that there has been nothing there to draw me to them.

During my years upon years of study, yearning and desire for spiritual advancement and truths that could actually pass the test of my “truth-o-meter” I began to gather up the fragments of truths wherever I found them, knowing that at any moment in the future any one of them or all of them might very well be replaced with an expanded understanding and knowing of what was really intended.

I had a deep knowing inside of me that I was on the right path.  Since those years from age 15, I carried on long and deeply serious conversations with God and the Angelic beings.  I told them everything.  I asked for help and understanding.  I KNEW I would be guided to what would be the higher truths of things as best I was able to comprehend them.  I was right.

There is a “catch” in all of this.  There have always been advanced beings in body on the earth with the knowing of greater truths.  The catch is that we lesser evolved, or unawakened humans can only conceive of so much at any given moment in time.  Everything we learn is filtered through what we already think we know and what those around us think they know and what the convetional wisdom of those times tells us.  So we have had to be fed small doses of basic truths in ways (stories or parables or metaphors) that we could begin to comprehend what we are learning.  There are not many kindergarten children that can comprehend String Theory Physics or Quantum Mechanics (although if we taught it properly, I’ll bet a lot of them could get the basic concepts).  The masses of humanity have been as small children only able to eat pablum.  We just haven’t been able to digest anything more complicated.  For the most part curiosity is discouraged.  Questioning is frowned upon.  Seeking knowledge of things outside of acceptable parameters is not encouraged or supported.

Churches and other large groups or organizations are founded and fueled by the need for those “in charge” to remain in power at all costs and to hold sway by whatever means will keep them there.  The most successful way to do that is to keep their members and associates in fear and guilt.  Churches have mastered this with their “you are a sinner” and “you are not perfect and thus not worthy” with some sort of plan or program that might get you closer to being acceptable to your “God” but never a promise of actually being able to accomplish that perfection.

As I studied hundreds of spiritual philosophies, hundreds if not thousands of religions, and I continued my endless discussions with non-physical entites I could see that there was none I should join.  No Guru, no teacher, no Priest, no Prophet, no Shaman, no one that I should take as an authority on things of spirit.  Do not join and do not be a follower, ever.  There was nothing ambiguous about this guidance.  It was clear and unmistakable.

And that is an interesting correlation to the Joseph Smith Story.  The young man at 15 years of age who was surrounded in small town upstate New York by enormous religious fever and revival everywhere from every sect imaginable.  From his deepest heart he went into the woods and prayed wanting to know which of these religions were right.  Who had the truth and which should he join.  The answer was clear.  None of them.

I found a lot of things about the Mormon story that I related to for a long time in my life.  I had seen things that many call visions all of my life.  I had no trouble believing that Joseph Smith had visions.  The stories my family told over and over again were filled with the miraculous happenings within our own family.  I had no trouble believing in the miraculous.  I found the stories in the Book of Mormon about the people who lived on the American Continent to be viable history that I could believe as far as it went.  I could see how the Church was formed and founded and how it changed many things because it was more culturally acceptable than that it was actual truth.  One must read the actual diaries and writings of Joseph Smith during his short lifetime to see what was really going on and what opposition he met at every turn., from members as well as outsiders, to comprehend the endless persecutions he and the early members suffered.  The stories as retold as the “common wisdom history” of the church often leave out important things, even to this day, because they are too outside the main stream, too scary, too unacceptable to those we interact with everyday.  It is hard to grow a church when people think you are crazy or “evil.”

In reading the accounts of Joseph’s visions and “revelations”  I can see how close he came to getting it.  (meaning close to many of the truths I have come to embrace personally) But you see, when we receive information from Angelic Beings or “God” as we perceive that entity, things he called revelation or that we might call channeling today, all of that is filtered through our experiences and our, albeit limited, knowledge and perceptions.   If we work diligently on our connections (energy frequency vibrations) with “higher” beings, we can tune into an ever clearer channel like we do on the radio dial.  And some have done this very well and we get pretty clear information through them.  Yet still, all of them have some elements of the beliefs and perceptions of the person receiving the information however unintentional.  That is why we say take what resonates as truth for you and set aside those things that do not.  Don’t dismiss what does not resonate at this moment, but ask that it be verified to you.  That is why we must always be open to allowing our understanding of anything we consider truth to change, grow or resolve into something greater than it once was.

There is NO ONE GREAT TRUTH of anything written in stone.  We are an evolving people on an evolving planet, guided by an evolving Creator Source.  What resonates with me as truth may not resonate with any other in the same way or at all.

The next installment will relate what was the most difficult thing for me in finally letting go of my childhood indoctrination and how I managed to do it joyfully.

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============= Beloved Ones, I come forth on this day to speak with you all about the need to hold your Light steady as the days go forth. There is much cleansing and purging that is occurring. Most of you see this within your own family, you see the dynamics at work. I wish to speak to you about the discernment that occurs within each of you when you see old patterns that held you in the throes of manipulation through fear.

When you declare your sovereignty, when you declare that you are no longer a slave to the past, what occurs with those members of your family and the world at large, is that when you make this declaration, they will start to increase their efforts to bring you back into the fold, and I say to you, Beloved Ones, hold your Light, hold your ground, stay calm, stay centered, release the need to ‘fix’ things for these individuals, for it is not your responsibility.

Everyone who is upon the Earth at this time, regardless of their personal situation and the life that they have chosen for themselves, has to take control of their own lives and find that strength within themselves where they once used to steal that energy from you. Now they will have to muster up that energy for themselves. It will create a certain pressure to you Ones, but when it is clearly seen that you no longer respond to such actions, these actions will stop, and the individuals who are trying to bring you back into the old ways of doing things will begin to seek within themselves for the answers as to why you are not responding, and it is in this way that growth within them will occur. So allow them this opportunity, Dear Ones. Do not rush in to ‘fix’ things for them as you did in the past, for the past is gone…there is only this moment.

Each individual can and does, have the strength and the power within themselves to find their own answers. Now, One can do this firmly, speaking with clarity and truth but with gentleness and Love, and as these individuals go through their growing process, they will begin to understand and ‘see the Light’, so to speak. There will come a point of harmony and Unity with all those around you, with your family members, with your work family, with your community and the larger community of the World. More and more responsibility for self will begin to be noticeable and people will begin to quietly and with clarity, start to take responsibility for themselves, for their thoughts, for their words, for their actions, for their deeds, knowing that they are the Creators of their World and that thoughts are things and if you think them often enough, you will create what you have been thinking about and manifest it in your World.

Then will come the realization of how powerful each individual truly is and then there will be great progress made upon the Earth, for in realizing their own self responsibility and the power of the Creator that lies within them, will come the realization that they can create the World of their choosing and all that they must do is choose the World that they wish to experience, and this will happen, so do not lose heart, Dear Ones, there is great hope, and this entire process is being helped at this time by the Cosmic Energies that are flowing in ever greater intensity upon Planet Earth at this time. You are all being inundated by the great Cosmic Light and the great Cosmic Love energies. Love will overcome all obstacles, Dear Ones. Be true to yourselves, stand quietly in your Light and be firm with those who are used to siphoning your energies instead of going within and drawing on their own reserves. They will Awaken, they will muster the strength within themselves once they understand clearly that it is they who create their reality from moment to moment.

We the Archangelic realm and the Angelic realms are working non-stop in bringing assistance and healing and cleansing, clearing and purging to each of you. It is our greatest desire to assist Humanity into the Light of Higher Consciousness. It is our greatest desire to serve our Creator in this way. Call upon we of the higher Angelic realms and the Archangelic realms and we’ll be at your Service in an instant.

I AM Archangel Raphael ©2009

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Much Light, Love and Rainbow Blessings,

Marlene

In the greater Scheme of Things, life evolves in cycles, from the initial thrust or impetus of Original Energy from spirit into form, through creative intelligence. From the purity of unconditioned God-Force through motion, and creative expression, we experience the cycles of creations.

The Cycles of Life proceed through Spirals of Light, which is the essence of God-Force expressing itself through co-creation. Every life-form represents a microcosm that is a co-creator with the Macrocosm. The experience of life becomes a process of learning and growth through our own creations. The process of learning comes through cyclic experiences and from the cause and effect of our own creations (karma), or causes and consequences.

In this current cycle of Life evolution, the Earth and its people are in a process of acceleration, leading to “graduation” of consciousness. It is a time of great change, but is necessary change with a higher purpose. It is the graduation (or ascension) of the Earth itself, as it moves into a higher frequency state of being. This naturally will carry the residents of Earth forward into a higher state of being, provided they are not resistant to the changes.

Spirals of Light is the means by which individuals can choose to move freely into this new state of being. The new higher frequency impetus, or boosts of energy are assisting us to move forwards, onwards and upwards spiritually, in our higher evolution of being. We are learning self-mastery, and mastery over the situations in which we find ourselves for our greater learning.

The Spirals of Light have a two-fold appearance. One aspect is the upward spiral of the vibratory field of creative energy and consciousness which is advancing into the new paradigm of existence. Some call this the “ascension frequency”. This is facilitating the movement into higher consciousness, which is a greater awareness of our responsibilities and role as a global citizen with some degree of universal awareness. This is our true destiny course and spiritual heritage.

The secondary aspect is the downward vibratory spiral, which results from the freewill aspect of individuals who are qualifying this heightened energy in self-centred or destructive ways. We know that as free-willed beings, we continue to make choices, and the choices and decisions we take, and the attitudes we adopt, all contribute to the way we qualify our life expression.

So in summarizing, the Spirals of Light are spiraling simultaneously in both positive and negative expressions. One frequency is spirally upwards into the new planetary frequency, while the other is spirally downwards into a destructive frequency. Negative energy can only ultimately be destructive.

The current state of the world can be described either as a cup half full or half empty depending on our perspective, because Life is a perspective of relative realities according to our conditioned experiences and understanding.

In the current state of the world we are witnessing the very best and the very worst of human expression and behaviour. The increased higher frequency energies that are now prevailing are enhancing all positive endeavors, and encouraging us to express our full potential and be our best self.

Alternatively, these energies are also magnifying all the negative expression or intent of individuals or groups. Energy of itself is neutral. It is our freewill qualification of our energies that creates positive or negative patterns.

The Spirals of Light are now intensifying, and are bringing all conditions to the surface in order to be observed, assessed, and transformed. The state of the world is reflecting a range of conditions whereby people are resolving their karma, or repeating old patterns. This is learning from our own creations.

It is a process of cause and effects and consequences.

So the Spirals of Light present us with choice. We can quite simply choose to move from one spiral (or frequency) to the other. We can be part of the solution, or be part of the problem. We can choose upliftment and creative expression, or we can choose limitation and isolation, and become a captive of our own patterns of limitation. While we all have a soul purpose that we bring into our physical embodiment, we also have the free will factor that can derail our higher purpose and cause us to drift into undesirable side alleys.

If we use the Tree of Life as an example, we can aim straight up the central trunk to the apex, or we can spend endless hours or lifetimes meandering around the lower branches. All branches have valuable experiences, providing that we continue to move on, to move forward, onwards and upwards. We cannot stand still and think we have made it when the journey is an eternal one, and an ongoing cycle of evolving consciousness.

We can of course be still within. In fact this is a primary reason to calm the physical, emotional and mental cravings that demand their patterns of fulfillment be perpetuated. We do need to focus our attention to the inner spirit, and our I AM within, to connect with the fullness of our True Being and to draw upon our inner essence and potential. This is how we can express and manifest the potency of the inner God-force into our material world.

This is how we can move with the Spirals of Light that will deliver the new Earth, as we connect the present with the new, and as we transition from the old world into the New Earth. This is our purpose for being here at this time in the Earth’s history, just as many souls have been here before at these times of transition and cycles of major change.

This is why this is a time of re-gathering and of forging ancient links, so that we create a united force-field of intent and creative purpose in delivering a major outcome for the Earth and for ourselves.

Many spiritual people may have felt somewhat under utilized for some time now after an initial awakening and activation. The Spirals of Light move in progressive phases. Some phases require a major activation and boost of activity to initiate new cycles. This then requires consolidation, stabilization, healing and nurturing before another boost is initiated. This provides time for assimilation of all that has been delivered so far. If everything moved forward at a great pace, it can cause a burnout of cellular circuitry. This would be counter-productive, because growth needs to be sustainable and enduring.

The Spirals of Light provide their own stimulation and activation at the appropriate timing. We simply need to be receptive. So we can rest assured that we will all be active in the right place at the right time, and with all of the relevant people. Souls gravitate together through their vibrational affinity and attraction. It requires faith in the Greater Plan of Life. It also requires patience, which is one of the great virtues. Patience, love, and perseverance, are all qualities required for us to move forward into the upward Spirals of Light.

Best wishes from the Gold Heart of Love. ….Edward.

Gloria Wendroff, Godwriter™, Teacher, Speaker * The Godwriting™ International Society of Heaven Ministries * 703 E. Burlington Avenue, Fairfield, IA 52556 * www.heavenletters.org