Sunday, May 29, 2005

Question from a Reader:

In one of his messages, Quado seems to be saying that coincidences and serendipitous experiences, which I always took to be God working in my life, are actually the result of spirit guides and not God.  Is he saying this?

Quado’s Response:

I am going to ask you to do something which some of you will welcome and some of you will find difficult.  I am going to ask you to believe whatever it is you wish to believe and not to be swayed by what anyone else tells you is true.

There are several reasons for this.  The first and most important is that you own your own truth.  The truth is, in fact, what you believe.  This is not only your truth, but also to a great extent the truth that you create around you, influencing the world.

And so, if you believe that you are alone in the world, you are.  If you believe there is a benevolent God watching over you, who knows your fate and is directing your destiny, then there is.  And if you believe there are spirit guides who are causing coincidences, or fairies or angels who do this, then there are.

And if you believe you have a special relationship with Jesus and that he is intervening with his Father on your behalf, then he is.  And if you think that it is better to go through Mary to achieve this, then this is also your truth, your reality.  And if you believe that you are your own god, then you are.

In fact, you will never know how things are in a greater and broader sense.  No one who lives on earth and shares this dream of life can tell you how things are.  And how can I, since my words are being passed through a dreamer such as yourself?

You can only understand what you can understand.  If you had never seen an airplane, someone would describe it to you as being like a big metal bird gliding across the sky, since a bird would be your only reference to flying.  And thus does the bird become a metaphor for the plane and thereby allow you to understand at least a little of what it is, enough for discussion at least, enough for you to get a picture in your mind.  But yet, an airplane is not really very much like a bird, is it?

And so it is with religion and spirituality.  No one can tell you exactly how things are and exactly what will happen after you die.  Any words that you hear are filtered down through the metaphors which work in your life and with your life experience. 

In spiritual writing, much of what is presented to you is in the form of old metaphors, such as angels and Jesus, spirits and God, some from the traditions of your own society and some borrowed from various older traditions and religions around the world.  And much of it is a newer metaphor, such as pure energy.  And this metaphor works for you, because you have accepted that energy is a real but unseen force that makes the television work. 

And so here is the only truth you can know.  If it feels right and true to you, it is.  Learn to know your center, your heart of rightness, the feeling of peace and calm in your center that says, yes, this feels right.  Learn to give this feeling precedence over any rational explanation your mind can come up with.

There is so much talk, talk, talk, all meant to convince your rational mind that some view of life makes sense.  Leave that off.  Go to your own center and ask yourself there what feels true.

And when someone tells you that God is love, ask yourself, does that feel right and true?  And when someone else says you are god, ask yourself, does that feel true?  And when someone else says we are all one, does that feel like truth?  Is all of this true, or none of it?  The answers are inside you, in your truth.

And who am I, Quado?  Am I a little piece of God spun off and down here to help you?  Am I but an aspect of Carrie, part of her soul self expressed differently?  Or am I a spirit guide, a higher guide who is here to pass down wisdom?  It does not matter.  I am what you wish to believe.  The only thing that matters is this:  do the words feel true to you?  When you read what is written, does it feel good and true?  Does it make you feel settled and comfortable in your center?  Then, good, this is your truth.  If not, that is all right.  Just let it go and move on to something that makes you feel true, centered and right.

There is no right or wrong with this.  You own your own view of life.  You create it.  And if there are things for which you have no explanation, questions you cannot answer, then good.  That is the sign of spiritual growth and enlightenment.

Having all the answers is an end to growth and learning.  Learn to be comfortable in a world of ambiguity and paradox.  Accept that you will not know, cannot know, and no one else can either.  Then just continue to learn and explore, having experiences and interpreting these experiences through your center of truth.  Read and explore and learn with others as well, but pass everything through your own filter of truth.

You know as much as anyone.  For everyone is in this same dream of life, living in this same dimension.  And even forays out into other dimensions still can only be interpreted and shared through the limited tools available to you in this one.

So why not relax and enjoy your life and accept that it cannot be intellectually, rationally explained?  Live this moment, right now, as fully and completely as you can, embracing the beauty of each moment, filling it with love and caring and connection with others.  Fill each moment full of the wonder which is you, opening your heart and letting it pour out into the world, letting your light shine out and sending the darkness running.

Glow from your own center of truth, by feel, not by intellect.  Just glow and be and share all of the love and light and wonder that you are.  Squeeze each moment dry, taking from it the great juice of life, the vibrant energy of being.  Laugh out loud, run and jump, sing and dance.  Live!

Do this and everything else will fall into place, and all the rational and intellectual explanations, all the channelings and visions, will not matter at all.  For you are alive and living this life, having this experience, feeling it, embracing it and knowing it, deeply into this very moment, right now.  And that is all that is true.  That is all that exists.  Now.

A Few Words from Carrie

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Love & peace,

Carrie