| Merlin On Grave Difficulties |
| Question: I have been receiving numerous emails from people who are having a difficult time and are doing their best to remain within an expanded consciousness. I am asking for any information that will be of assistance to them at this time. Thank you. Merlin: I am always available to assist in these matters. Be it known that there is a gigantic shift going on, even as I speak these words. And the shift has to do with the balance of power and the awakening consciousness, each residing within its own cause and effect, its own ripple through the illusion, and further, residing within the bodies of each being. And when there are those who determine that they will maintain an expanded manner of dealing with the rebalancing of everything, they are actually determining that they will be in charge of the emotional body, which is doing what it has been trained to do… and that is, to emote, to send a warning through the entire system. It is the consciousness that has been determining that there is no emergency while focusing on the oneness of all; yet the emotional body has sensors which tell it that there is, indeed, an emergency going on. So let’s take a look at all of that. Let’s examine what is really going on. Why? Because, my dear ones, you are not here to close your eyes and pretend that everything is peachy; you are here to recognize what is occurring and then determine how you will experience your own divinity within such occurrences. After all, you cannot deny that there is a major shift going on; you cannot say that such difficulties in your own lives are not occurring. More so, the more that you cause yourselves to pretend that everything is all right, the more your system will tap you on the shoulder and say, “Wake up!” And you might be saying, Merlin, I thought I was supposed to focus on the expanded truth and reside within it and that residing would cause the physical to manifest according to the truth. And my answer is that you have learned part of the truth quite well… in your mind. But it is your experience incarnate that will deliver to you the core of the entire truth and not just part of it. Yet I am not saying you are going about it all wrong; I am saying that there is more to it. Much more to it. So then let’s continue with this little discussion and see where it leads us… and you, hopefully toward the relief that you are seeking. Within the shifting powers and determined control upon the earth, there are those who are feeling the beginning of the lessening of their control. And their closer examination of such seeming lessening is confirming to them that something is happening… something that they are not very pleased about. And what is that? They are losing their control, of course. Now could get into the why of all of that, but I believe the focus of this conversation is elsewhere. I will suffice it to say that the shifting in the balance of power, the lessening of the extreme control is most natural; after all, the waves of anything – power, for example – are all part of the pulse beat, which takes form and releases form. There has been – for those who are in outrageous power – the great pleasure of increased power; and now there is the releasing of form, and consequently the releasing of the power which has increased and been modeled according to their designs. They sense this, of course. They have been masters of control of such energies which dictate the cause and effect of the lives of so many; and now they are feeling the lessening of such control. What does that do? An alarm is activated within their consciousness, within their system, within their enjoyment of what had been building, increasing. And the alarm causes them to spring to action; such action being to create more ways to be in control. However, I am here to say that the ways are not now, nor will they be filled with the power they are accustomed to using. The ways will be as an empty vessel. Why? Because, my dears, it is the time – so to speak – of the releasing of such form. And how does this affect you? Ah! Here we have the topic upon which I am delighted to speak. Your entire system is quite adept at sensing within the cause and effect, those ripples which would bring to you what you have been interpreting as “grave difficulties”. And you might be jumping right in here and saying, Merlin, I’m not imagining or interpreting grave difficulties; I am experiencing them! Of course you are, of course you are. But listen further and perhaps you will find some relief. The reason that you are interpreting such causes and effects as grave difficulties is because you have a destination in mind and it appears to you and to your entire glorious wonderful system that you will not be able to reach that destination. And I am here to remind you that you are within and creating the fabric of a journey, your journey. Oh I’m not blaming you or faulting your for slipping into the old illusion of “destination and once there everything will be all right”. It’s quite enticing, isn’t it? Enticing to believe that there is a place, a scenario wherein you might catch your breath and not have to effort or worry about anything… any more. Of course it is! And you are partially correct about such a manner of being; where you are amiss is the believing or interpreting such a way as a destination… a destination to reach, to effort toward arriving there some day, some how. Now your entire system is aching for a method, a way to reach that destination, a way to bring that “one day” into the present moment so that everything will be all right. And I’m here to tell you that you have already accomplished that manner of being; you have simply forgotten about it… because the world has enticed you back into the illusion and it is there that you have found grave difficulties… because the balance of power is shifting! The answer resides in several awarenesses, the first being that you are the destination. You are that for which you have always searched. You have already journeyed far and away from your own self, only to return and discover that you are the fulfillment, the wholeness. You can prove this to yourself simply by focusing within, focusing on your own spirit, your own knowing, your own peace, your own glorious self. And when you do this, there seems to be a setting aside of the difficulties and their effect upon the manner through which you experience as your wholeness. You have already experience several of what you call spiritual awakenings, and within such experiences you have discovered also that there is, as I’ve been saying, no destination, that there is the journey, the glorious journey. Then that is the first awareness that will begin your relief from what you’ve been calling grave difficulties. The awareness that you are already awake and that you have already experienced many delightful awakenings, AND that you are the journey and the determiner of the way you will experience the journey. The first awareness. Yes. The second awareness is that you then, within that conscious knowing, have the ability and capability of parting the seas of illusion, the illusion that had been so enticing, the illusion that had been created by those in power of the cause and effect upon earth. Ah! Yes, my dears, the cause and effect have been most real; I for one would not deny that. Yet the energies that come together, beckoning you to participate in delivering your own sweet energies into the whole of illusionary creating, are not whole, are not of you. Remember I have stated long ago that anything that is created without the spark of creation, without the divine essence, is illusion? That remains true even now. It does not mean that what has been created without such spark or divine essence has not taken form; it does mean that such creations can be parted, as the seas have often been parted for those who can see and those who can hear and know the ways of the journey. Those ones are you. The third awareness is the how of it all, the how of parting such illusion, the parting of the seas of illusion. Ah! You are most capable and you might find it pleasurable to know that you have been doing this all along, within the pulse beat of your awakening. It is now, however, that you are asking of yourself to be fully awake, to be fully incarnate, and further, to be fully determining your own journey. And it is, of course, your own journey that you are choosing to reside within – and not the journey that has been created devoid of the life force, that is, the journey through illusion! Now you might think that this would be complicated and perhaps there are those who are still stumbling upon what I’ve spoken thus far. To you I say keep stumbling along and soon you will be walking with ease. What you are stumbling over is your concepts; you are trying to fit what I am saying into the concepts that have carried you thus far through your journey, and some of those concepts are asking, begging to be released. And that’s all right. When they no longer serve you, you will let them go; you are much too practical to hold on to something that causes you confusion. And when I tell you the how of it, you’ll be quite surprised, I am sure, at how easy it is. Perhaps it will be so easy that you will think that it doesn’t work; and there I will have to, I must then laugh loudly… oh, not at you, but at the concept that tells you that you must try very hard… you are magicians! You are magicians! Oh you might call yourselves divinely incarnate God I am; to me it is the same. You do not have to try hard; that is all part of the illusion. What you must do is step into the way that is of you, the way you have always been meant to journey within… and remain there! Then journey forth in this manner. Firstly, separate yourself, either physically or mentally or both, from the grave difficulty. When you do this, it is as if you are shaking the dust off of your clothes, off of your feet. That’s all that you are doing. Perhaps you will sit quietly and do this, or perhaps you will walk in nature, or perhaps some of you will go to a room that allows you some solitude if only for a few moments. Next, breathe deeply and place your awareness inside, inside past your mind’s calling you to pay attention to all those things that must be taken care of. Place your awareness within your spirit, that which is you. There you will find peace and within such peace is the initiating of joy. But don’t try to make anything happen; just bring your awareness inside. Next, recognize that you are awake. Recognize that you are aware and awake and that you are fully incarnate within such awakened manner of being. You don’t have to analyze any of this; if you are doing this, you are awake. I am simply asking you to recognize it. N ext – and this is the easy part – take a deep breath and breath it outward, determining that you are clearing the way for your stepping within your own journey; a second breath outward and declare that you are parting the seas of illusion; a third breath outward and you are declaring your freedom to go forth within your journey, walking upon the path of the magician, the path of the divine unfolding – wherein everything is manifest for you. Then just be and allow. Your mind might want to go to town over all of that; your mind might want to jump right in and decide what that was all about, but don’t let it. Just be… inside. Just be you. After a while, begin to view what had been interpreted as grave difficulties. Don’t allow yourself to be pulled into the energy that you once resided within. Instead, just look at how it moved you around. And then allow yourself to see clearly the pathway that has and will continue to reveal itself to you. Remember, you don’t have to see the destination because you are it. Remember that the creation of the false destination is all part of the illusion, the dangling of a carrot in front of you – for the sole purpose of causing you to expend your energy, your power within the illusion. And I for one say that you have had enough of that. Yes, it is true that all of this might take some practice. What is the practice? It is refusing to be enticed by the illusion; it is refusing to react to what may appear as grave difficulties; and it is parting the seas of such illusions and remembering… who you are, what you are, and that you have amazing abilities and capabilities… and they are not meant to be used in the struggle; they are meant to deliver you from the struggle. And that is what this is all about. Remember, I am not asking you to ignore the grave difficulties. On the contrary, I am asking you to really look at them for what they are: part of the illusion that asks you to surrender your ability to choose, to create, to part the seas. I say, don’t do it! Don’t give up that which you are! And don’t suffer over the grave difficulties a moment longer. It’s as if you have been keeping your hand in frigid water and you are complaining that your hand is always cold. Ah, yes it is a poor attempt at humor, but there it is. Remove yourself from that which is causing you harm; remove your participation, your emotional excitement from the seeming difficulty. Get a good look at it – once you’ve returned to the real you, once you’ve taken a moment to go nside and to remember… who you are. I am most pleased to be speaking with you on this topic or upon any other. I am most fond of you. Until we speak again, I am Merlin. Will that do, my dear? (Yes, thank you Merlin.) |