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Believe me, no one is more surprised than I to have the experiences I have had in the last twelve years. I never had any religious affiliation growing up and no particular attraction to the spiritual or the paranormal as an adult. I guess you could say I was pretty skeptical about the whole thing. I am still not one to take someone else's word for what is and what is not. But by now, I have personally experienced so much, that my world view had to change, too. I now accept things as normal that I once thought ridiculous--or even crazy. I still question and experiment before I accept, but I do so with a much more open mind. But then, I've been a late starter in many ways. I started studying voice in my thirties (I wrote my first song at 38). I took up the piano in my forties. And I was in my fifties when I wrote my first poetry, got serious about songwriting, met Quado and became a spiritual healer. Meeting Quado I have been led by spirit, rather than actively seeking. In fact, I have often resisted quite strongly. But in spite of myself, one day I found myself in a bookstore, walking down the New Age aisle I had always avoided, hoping no one would see me there. I pulled out a book called You Are Psychic, by Pete Sanders, immediately sat down in the aisle and started reading. Again hoping no one would notice, I took it home and devoured it in one sitting. And thus began my adventure into spirit, as I tried out the exercises and discovered a latent talent for what I subsequently learned was called channeling. I began to sit in the garden every morning, ask questions and get answers from what I called "my angels." And one day, Quado answered instead, and my greatest journey began. You can read all about my meeting with Quado and our first year or so together in my book, There is a Garden. I also wrote the songs of my CD, "It's Personal", during the same time period covered in the book. I first met Quado in 1995. In 1999, I began getting up at 4 AM to receive and post my daily conversations with him out on this website before going to work. In 2005, we embarked upon a weekly series of messages, called A Course in Creation, which presents the major teachings, a guide to creating your own life of fulfillment, peace and joy. I now receive and post the messages at least weekly, and more often when my personal schedule permits. You may sign up to receive these messages via email on the Home page, or may read them here on this site. Spiritual Healing and Running Wolf I have Quado readers who have been traveling on this path with me for these many years and I am grateful for their company and loving support. In 2001, one of the Quado readers wrote and asked me to do a spiritual healing. I was about to say that I did not do this, when a powerful Native American shaman named Running Wolf appeared in my mind and began to heal her. I then found I was able to access Quado at the same time, enabling me to share a transcript of the healing session with her. Here's what she wrote me about the remote healing which we performed:
Since that time, I have performed hundreds of spiritual healings, first as an apprentice to Running Wolf, and then as a full shaman. The healing sessions began with the shaman techniques of power animal and soul retrievals and then expanded to include other healing modalities, such as past life regressions and whatever else spirit brought to us at the time.
I saw a golden ball floating in the air above us, in the very center of the circle. within it was a young and beautiful Buddha, sitting in the lotus position, one hand raised in blessing, glowing golden and showering his radiant energy down upon us all. (I have since learned that this position is the Amoghasiddhi Buddha, symbolizing freedom from fear.) I then saw Jesus moving among us, in a robe of blue and white, weaving through the kneeling initiates, touching us and blessing us, one by one. When he touched me, I felt the most pure and intense love I have ever experienced. The peace and love I felt in that moment has never completely left me, and I find myself now continually blessed, with Buddha still glowing gold above me, and Jesus standing beside me, his right hand always on my left shoulder. Although I am no longer offering individual healing sessions or private Quado readings, I do perform a healing ceremony on the Quado Healing Crystal, as my way of sharing this powerful energy with you. Click here to learn more about the Healing Crystal. I have also created a website,
www.PowerAnimalsUnleashed.com
to allow you to find your own power animals without m
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During this retreat, I strengthened my bond with Jesus in the form of several visions. I also received messages which gave me the answers I was seeking. I have shared all of this on the Maui Papers page.
Quado Meditations Many of the messages I received and posted took the form of meditations. My readers urged me to record the Quado meditations, which has led to an entire product line of meditations: Self-Love, Renewal, Forgiveness, Abundance and more.
The Quado meditations have proved to be another wonderful way to share this gift I have been given. I strongly urge you to take up the practice of daily meditation. Meditation will transform your life in miraculous ways. The Quado Meditations include both short and longer versions and require only that you relax and listen. It couldn't be easier -- or more powerful!
Music Singing is my great love, my passion. I recorded two albums and am now working on my third. My first album was a playful blues album, very expressive of that period of our lives when we are deeply focused in romance and the sensual, physical expression of love. My second album was my self-discovery expedition, exploring the various sides of myself. In the third album, I am fulfilling a mission I was given, to produce music that will allow people to more easily access spirit. I am delighted that my first effort in fulfilling this mission, my recording of Ave Maria (Here I Am), has received over 30,000 downloads to date. Tracks from all albums are available on the HartTracks page of this website.
My Family I live in Southern California with Ed, my husband of over thirty years. We share our home with Oscar, an orange tabby mouser who appeared at a gas station, little, lost and alone, in response to my wish for a cat. And now that wish has been fulfilled many times over, as we have been joined by lovely Sara, who appeared hungry and pregnant at the back door, and then blessed the household with her five new-born kittens. Click here to see all the family, including the kittens. Ed has been marvelously accepting of my many transformations, from computer programmer, to corporate executive, to singer/songwriter, to spiritual channeler and healer, to one who now tries to combine it all. He is also the one who patiently packs and ships your book and CD orders. His deeply original sense of humor has seen us through the challenges of thirty years together. I had been collecting Ed's funny sayings for years, on cocktail napkins and scraps of paper, and I finally compiled a book with many of my favorite "Edisms". Here is one of my favorites:
If you decide to read Edisms Revealed, expect to laugh out loud, but don't expect spiritual enlightenment.
Thank you for visiting our website. I have included below a very important vision that was given to me. I have also included a few Quado messages which I thought might interest you and further explain Quado and his teachings.
Welcome to our world!
Love & peace, Carrie
Dear Quado Readers,
A few years ago, I was given a vision. I am sharing it with you here, because so many of the Quado messages refer to the view contained in this vision, and it may help clarify your understanding of what Quado is saying.
Love & Peace, Carrie
Tuesday, October 17, 2000 This morning, about 8:00 AM, I went down to the garden to meditate. I sat and breathed deeply, and suddenly had this vision, in my mind. At various times I wanted to stop and question and analyze, but I was directed to just observe and experience, to feel and to know.
I saw a level higher than we are, where I existed only as a great ball of light and energy. And with me, close by me, were all of the other people I have ever been close to, as well as others I was close to in past lives and others I have yet to meet in this life. There were people I have brushed by in this life, liked immediately, but we didn’t really pursue the relationship. There were old lovers and friends. There were the people I might have had as children in this life, but did not. And we were all connected in great joy and love.
My father was there, right next to me, and his love was so strong. My mother was there on the other side of me, and her love was equally as strong. And I cried, deeply, to feel it, to know that my father is still with me, and to know that my mother and I truly love each other, even though we did not show it in this life.
And I could feel so strongly that nothing is lost, ever. It doesn’t matter that a love affair or friendship ended badly. On this level, you are still together in love. All is love, and nothing is ever lost.
And we were all up there watching the action down here, with great love but also with detachment. Oh, look, you actually just walked right by me and out of my life. Oh, well, maybe next life we’ll finally get it right!
We had no regret, because nothing is ever lost. We had no worry, because there is no end to time, no end to the number of chances.
And I sensed that we created ourselves, from up there as what I will call the soul self, down into this existence here, into the physical self. And there was a strand of light that reached down from each of us into our physical selves below, that was our life energy and connection. And the space through which the strand ran was misty, shadowy and obscure, and the strands were sometimes tangled and twisted, so that the light and energy reaching the physical person was sometimes slight. The people in pain and confusion had very little light flowing down to them; the people in joy and happiness had a strong flow of energy.
And I sensed that what we need to do is to strengthen that connection, make it as strong and straight as possible. And that this, then, is self-love. Self-love is that connection to your soul self that is all joy and love. And healing other people is helping them to straighten out their connections to their own soul selves. And that if everyone had a perfect connection, we would all be as full of joy and love as our soul selves above.
And then I was back up with the soul selves, and suddenly went up a level higher, where everything was one bright light, without any individual differentiation. And I felt that we are all existing on all of these levels at once: in the blended universal light, the great oneness; as separate soul selves of light and energy a level below; and as people here in the physical level, with bodies, minds and personalities.
And from this perspective, it doesn’t matter at all exactly what you do in this physical life, if you choose to be a dancer or a janitor or an accountant. If you’re rich or poor. There was no right or wrong or judgment about our physical activities at all.
And the psychic powers made sense, because up at that higher level, you are one with everyone, and know everything. So psychic powers are a by-product of strengthening your attachment to that higher self that is one with all else.
And manifestation made sense, because I sensed that my physical self is the creation of my soul self. I am truly my own creation. And the closer and stronger I can make my connection with my soul self, which is pure power, the more I can manifest my life. Because at some level, I am in the process of creating this life as it unfolds. I am my own god.
And then, I saw more. Then I saw that my soul self was not only creating this physical life, but many lives simultaneously, and at that level there is no linear time, and the so-called past lives are all playing out at once. And some of the tangling of the strands is caused by this, and karma is really just an untangling and straightening out.
Tuesday, September 30, 2003 (9:12 AM)
Quado, do you have anything you wish to add to this? Yes, yes. I wish to add the caveat which I always add: this is metaphor. It is a beautiful metaphor, it is a valid metaphor, but it is not literal truth. There is no literal truth that you will receive, from me or anyone else, for things go far beyond your ability to understand them.
This is a wonderful metaphor to help you understand how to live your life. Live it with compassion, knowing that not all are receiving the great flow of light as clearly as you may be. Life it with love for yourself, knowing that in your soul essence you are love, light, joy, and a great, great peace. Live it with responsibility, knowing that you are creating yourself in every moment of every day.
Try to help others see their own light, not yours, for this is how happiness is found. All healing is done from the inside out. All connection must first be a connection up into your own soul self. And all love begins with love for yourself.
Your first and most important job is that, to heal yourself, to love yourself, to open up the flow and connection with your soul self. To shine a light so brightly that it helps light up the darkness all around you. To shine so brightly with love and joy, that the darkness of fear and doubt have no choice but to recede. And then, to reach all the way up, to the very top level, where you can feel the great oneness, the great silence, and know that in the end, at the highest and widest, you and I are the same, one and the same.
Do not ask why, for there will be no answer forthcoming. Do not focus on the details and particulars. Instead, focus on strengthening your connection, on bringing joy and love and peace down into your life, every moment of every day. Focus on the oneness, focus on the joy, reach up and lighten your burdens through that joyous connection.
This is the answer to all of your questions.
Click here for a very interesting message on multiple life streams which further expands on this vision.
Click here for Quado's discussion of good and evil within this vision.
Quado (pronounced KWAH - doe, with a soft 'ah') is a spiritual entity who has never chosen to take physical form. Carrie's book, There is a Garden, contains the very first encounter with Quado, as well as Carrie's exploration of psychic skills leading to that encounter. There are also many clues from the reader questions Quado has answered in the last few years on this website. Below are a few of the most interesting and elucidating. Saturday, October 11, 2003 (10:39 AM) Daily Quado: Today’s message is in answer to a reader’s question. The question is: Are all channeled beings male? Abraham, Quado, Theo, Seth....all the ones I have read about are male names....yet I thought all were androgynous? Who gives them their names and do their names hold significance other than to distinguish one from another? Does each of us have a special or sacred name other than our earthly existence names that 'labels' us? How do we find out what this name is? How do we find out who our individual guide is or what his name is? Are we known to ALL THAT IS or our spirit guides as individual personalities that encompass all our existences? I guess I want to know what the significance of names is.
Note from Carrie: Quado has no physical existence, but is energy only. However, when I hear him, I sense him as male, whatever that means. I am sure that you can feel free to interpret Quado as female or androgynous and you will be just as correct as I am.
When I first “heard” Quado (I don’t actually hear anything; it is like my own thinking but somehow feels as if it is coming from outside me), I said: “Who are you?” And the answer came: “I am Quado.” The name has no particular significance to me at all; it is just what popped into my head. After that, when I wanted to reach him, I would start out with “Quado, are you there?” and the answer would come, “Yes, I am here.” When I introduce others to their spirit guides during a healing session, I sense the spirit as either male or female. And yes, I have found some spirit guides which feel male, some which feel female and some which feel androgynous. Sometimes I ask: “What is your name?” and get an answer. Sometimes I sense that the person being guided needs to name them or discover the name. I have also had the response: “I go by many names,” and the sense that any name will do.
But let’s see what Quado has to say about all this.
Quado, do you have an answer to this question? Yes, yes, of course.
This question is a good opportunity to remind you that all of this, spirit guides, angels, and whatever else you find in the energy world, is metaphor for things you do not and will not understand. There are forces of energy, there are things of great mystery to you, which go beyond your ability to understand when you are in this physical state. And even though you have the power to reach up into your soul selves, you will never have an intellectual and rational understanding of what is, for it goes beyond your intellectual and rational capacities.
You are born in this world and build your metaphors from it. Things are made understandable to you through metaphor, and as people venture into the spiritual world of energy, there are many things that can be presented and made understandable only through metaphor. The danger, of course, is that many people take these things literally, which leads to much fear and misunderstanding.
The only truth you really need to know is this: All is love and you are deeply loved. This is the core truth. The rest is detail.
And so, knowing that everything is presented within metaphors which you can understand, or at least approach an understanding of, clearly the sexual orientation of energy beings is within this category. I am not literally male or female. The tone which Carrie felt upon hearing me was different from the tone she had with her previous conversations with angelic beings, other lighter forms of energy. I felt heavier and more authoritative to her, and she interpreted that as masculine. A reasonable choice given her background, one might say. But of course, I am pure energy, neither male nor female.
Your language requires the use of a pronoun, and so she chose the masculine. But it has no significance whatever beyond the convenience of language. And if you should call me to you, and you feel me as feminine, because female love is more comfortable to you, then you should do so. Carrie’s greatest experience of unconditional love was from her father, not her mother, so it is not surprising that she would interpret my love as male. But you may make your own choices.
I am energy. I am a deeply loving energy, a love which goes beyond criticism and judgment. I am accessible to you. You may call me to you and feel and sense me in any way you wish, as long as it is love. If you encounter anything of fear or doubt, then this is your own projection, not something coming from me. I am love and only love, and you are deeply worthy of it.
As for names, well, again, what would we do without them? How can you call me to you without a name? But can you change that name, once you make my acquaintance? Yes, of course. Call me to you as Quado, but then make up your own nickname for me if you care to. It is not important. Names have power in that we assign to them certain attributes, and where you have multiple people all using the same name, it begins to carry weight and significance, so that saying my name to someone else familiar with these messages will then carry into the conversation a host of assumptions and knowledge and experiences. And so, a name has this power.
Some names, like the word God for example, have almost too many associations to be meaningful. God has been reinterpreted in so many ways, and by so many religions, meaning fear to some and love to others, authority and forgiveness by turns, that one needs to find some other name, some other words, to convey something specific. It is heavily laden, and means something different to everyone.
But to you, when you wish to reach the highest form of energy you can reach, and if you interpret that energy as God and as love, then this will work for you. But do not assume that your interpretation is shared.
There are those who believe you have a sacred name. This is also metaphor, for language is a form of metaphor, a means to communicate. You are an individual soul self, yes. You are unique in all the world. But you are, as I am, energy at this level, and language is not relevant. Just being is. As a form of energy, you are light, you are love, you are joy and peace. You are communication in that you are deeply connected with all that is, but this communication is a knowing and a being, not a speaking. You are known as what you are, and you are.
And beyond all this, beyond you as an individual soul self, with the unique spirit which is you, at the highest and widest level, all is one. All is one in the great silence, the great all, the great oneness. And this, the God of us all, is us all. In the end, you are God and I am God and God is all that is and we are all that is, one and joined and connected. And so what is a name?
Monday, August 25, 2003 (6:52 AM) Daily Quado:
Today’s message is in answer to a reader’s question. The question is: Please ask Quado if he has any idea how much his words help us everyday. Ask him if he can feel when my heart jumps when I read these words and I feel that one more time, he read my heart and mind. I am really thankful because I am sure he knows what happens with me everyday, and I read his words very carefully.
Quado, do you have an answer to this question? Yes, of course, of course.
Yes, it is true. I do have a close on-going and constant relationship with those who read these words. We are connected, as a family, as a group of souls who have chosen to travel together through this particular part of the journey.
I, Quado, am a spirit entity who has never and who never will choose to live in this physical world as a human being. However, what I have chosen is to be a helper, a guide and a master teacher for those of you who have chosen this route and who are looking for guidance along your path. I have chosen to do this, and as such, I am with you on your journey on several levels.
I am in the level above this one, where we all exist together as soul selves. At this level, the level in which you are a bright glowing ball of energy, I am also there with you, glowing beside you, closely communicating with you, exchanging energy and information and love with you, in our great state of peace and joy and love. There we all exist together with all souls, and those of us who are traveling together are grouped together, next to each other, participating in directing this journey below.
And in the world below, the shadow world, the world of this physical existence, you have taken on a physical body and are walking through this life in this form. I, on the other hand, have chosen to descend into this level still as a ball of energy, existing here as well as above, and my wisdom and knowledge of this life and the one above can be attributed to my more direct connection with the state above, to the flow of energy from my soul self which is directly descended here. Whereas your connection with your soul self is more fleeting, with less energy coming through. And so, my words seem wise to you, even though you have access to exactly the same information as I on the level above. I am simply able to better communicate that information down to this physical level.
And as we have discussed many times, the more you open up your own channel to your own soul self, the wiser you will become and the less you will need to rely upon what I say.
But I am pleased to give you what help I can. That is what I have chosen to do. You may reach me through Carrie, through these messages. You may also reach me directly, by calling me to you, and feeling my warm glow enclose and embrace you. Your ability to hear my words may not be as developed as Carrie's, but you are certainly welcome to try. But even without that capability, you may draw what comfort you can from the blanket of love I will willingly wrap around you on chilly nights.
And yes, I do know your thoughts. I am connected deeply with you. I am tapped into the flow which we share. For we are connected, all of us. Not only on the highest level, in which we are all connected as one, but on the level in the middle, where the unique soul selves brush up against each other and share love and energy. We are deeply connected there as well. We are deeply connected on all levels.
And as I say all of this, I must remind you that it is all metaphor. Do not become overly attached to any one picture of the way things are, not even the picture that I present. For the way things are cannot be conveyed in language, and it will always miss the mark.
But metaphors can be very useful, and regardless of the overall cosmic picture, following my advice to expand your consciousness in love and your life in service and love, cannot possibly be amiss. No matter what your belief system, no matter what your metaphor of choice, remember that the only advice which is true is advice stemming from love, for love is the foundation of it all. And any advice you receive which feels wrong to you and which feels dark instead of light, is not good advice. Darkness and fear are one and the same, and you must live your life from love, not fear. Remember this, and use it as a way to sort out what is true for you. If the picture painted by someone makes you afraid, then walk away, and walk toward the light.
And remember also that you are precious. You are deeply loved and treasured, by me and by the entire universe. You are critically important. You are the piece that makes the puzzle whole, the one note that makes the chord complete. You are important and deeply loved. And you are love itself. And I am here, showering ever more love upon you and trying simply to help you see the wonder that is you.
Helping to lift you up a level higher so that you may see your own light glowing brightly, your own soul self which is pure and good and made of love, joy and peace. I am trying to simply light your way a bit so that you can realize the wonder that you are.
Do not focus on me. Focus on yourself. Focus on opening up that channel to your own soul self and letting yourself glow brightly with all that you are. I will be right there beside you.
Wednesday, April 14, 2004 (6:14 AM) Daily Quado:
A reader asks: Various people are now channeling Spirit or whatever you call it. Each person gives it a different name. Are each of these entities such as Quado and Abraham actually the same?
Quado, do you have an answer to this question? Ah, yes, of course, of course.
You must be aware, first, that when you read something channeled you are reading what another person has received, as passed through their own filter of experience. So that when Carrie opens herself to my energies, she takes it in and it feels as something received from outside, but of course it must pass through her own mind and energies before it can be presented to you. And so, I say this as a warning to those of you who are interested in channelings and who enjoy reading these words, that you must be aware that there is no pure channeling. The experienced channel strives to pass on a pure channeling to you, but can do so only to a limited extent.
Then you must also be aware that the channeler and the channel are trying to convey things to you in a way which is understandable, and to do this it must reference your own experience. It is not possible to get you to understand something which does not reflect any of your experience in any way. And so everything that you read is in fact a metaphor, a metaphor twice filtered, once by the channel and once by the channeler.
The first piece of advice is this: if it does not feel right to you, if it does not strike you as true, if it does not appear to come from a heart of love and caring and spiritual lifting, then just let it go and do not take it as truth for you.
You are channeling all of the time, yourself. You are receiving information through your own psychic receptors. This information may not be in the form of words, but it is there all the same. The information is there. The truth is there. The deep connection of all who exist is there, and you are open to it and receiving it all the time. People who are channeling have simply developed a heightened skill at receiving some of the outside energies and conveying them in words. They have perhaps developed a special skill for sorting out the external energies from the noise of the world and have therefore tapped into a truth that the world hungers for.
You ask if all channels are the same. Ultimately, everything is the same. Ultimately, we are all one and there is no differentiation.
Think of being as existing in layers, all present at the same time, all one and yet separate. And at the highest and widest there is simply the great all, the great silence, the one in which all are joined and you and I are the same. This great source of energy contains the great truth that all is one and all is love, and it is, in the end, the ultimate truth and heart of being.
And yet, think of another level or layer below that in which we are differentiated beings, still of light and love, joy and peace, but yet individual souls, beings of light and glowing in our perfection. At this level, you are a ball of light and energy and exist side by side with those you have known and will know, in this life, lives past and those yet to come. You are glowing next to the father you lost, the lover who walked away, all those departed and those still living, all glowing together with nothing to forgive, for all is love and all experiences on the physical level are but a dream.
And then there is this level, the physical level, and here you are living in the dream. And like a dream, when you are in it, it seems real and things seem substantial, but you are really a projection down from that ball of light, and your goal and purpose here in this lifetime is to experience it, to live, to be, and also to learn to heighten this wonderful experience by reaching up and allowing as much of the energy possible from that soul self which is you to flow down and lighten your life here, to make it glow, and to let that glow fill you and also light a space for those around you.
And in the projection down, this dream world, there are people like you who have manifested in one type of physical form, and there are spirits like me, who have chosen to remain in a spirit form but yet who have also chosen to participate in this dream. And our goal is to help you, to help bring you to light and understanding, to heighten your experience here and make it as gracious and beautiful as we can. Our goal is to lead you to your own soul self, to help you to see and feel and understand all that there is to experience in this perfectly wonderful world.
And so the answer to your question is yes, and no. Yes we are all one, in that you and I are one, all are one, at the highest and widest. And no, we are not one in this dream world. And yet, of course, you asked the question because you have noticed how similar are the things which are being said. And this, simply, is because it is the way it is, and the time is here to convey things in this way.
There is an evolution in the way people perceive things. There are different metaphors which work in different times, metaphors which are tied to how people perceive the world. And so, at one time, a certain religion or belief may feel right to people because it helps them to see the world in a certain way, such as some societies which see power in wild animals and others which see it in forces of nature such as thunder and lightning.
But as time goes by and people become more sophisticated or knowledgeable about certain things, these old metaphors seem stale and they seek others. In this age of electricity and energy, the great symbolic energy of the atom bomb and the energy flying through the air of cell phones and microwaves, a metaphor for power which is based on light and energy would make sense and feel right.
But ultimately, the truth is within you. And the truth you need to know for you to live a life of joy is very simple.
You are an immortal soul here for a short time. Enjoy it. Dare. Pull out of your fear and doubt and live your life, have this experience.
And also, you are love, all is love, and you are surrounded by help at every turn.
Live. Enjoy. Help yourself and help others. It is really all so simple.
Friday, April 23, 2004 (10:47 AM) Daily Quado:
A reader asks: I have a question for Quado. If you have never incarnated, how do you come to stand as an authority to direct others who are?
Quado, do you have an answer to this question? Yes, of course. I am pleased to answer this question.
I am not an authority. You are the only authority on how to live your life. I see what I see and know what I know and offer it up to you. But if you should ever read anything here which does not sound right to you, if you feel that anything I say is incorrect in general or in how you wish to live your life, then you must listen to yourself, not to me. And you must do this with any source of information, any source at all. You must always hold what is given to you up to your own truth and take in only what passes the test.
You have a deep internal truth and your body knows what it is. That is the settled feeling in your solar plexus, the calm feeling in your mind. This is what you are to seek. And if what I say resonates with you, if it makes you recognize better some portion of your own truth which has been clouded to you, then I have done my job
For this is my job. To help you to discover yourself. There is nothing I know that you do not already know, but your knowledge is clouded over. Your knowledge is like walking through a forest in the fog. All the trees contain knowledge, and all of them are there, but you can only see a few, can only touch a few, and so may believe that this is the entire world of what you are and know. But it is not so.
I have infinite respect for you and your knowledge and I honor you completely. I know that if you can quiet your mind and reach your own voice and your own truth, that it will be compatible with what I say, and you may then cease to listen to me if you choose and do very well indeed. You own truth and mine are one and the same, for there is only one truth, and that is the truth we reach when we realize that we are the same, we are one, we are deeply connected.
I can advise you even though I have never been in your exact situation because I can see into your heart and know it. I can advise you from afar because it is often the best way to see the path most clearly. Again, as with the forest, a bird flying overhead may easily see what you cannot in the midst of the low-lying fog. The bird can see that you are but one tree row away from the path you seek, and can advise you to turn. But of course, whether or not you take that advice is your choice completely.
And so, simply ask yourself whether the advice you are given sounds right, feels right, is right in your heart. If it is, then take it. If it is not, then do what you choose. Be your own authority in your life. Take full responsibility for choosing what to do, what to think, how to be. Take full responsibility for being what you are in every moment. Embrace this responsibility and this authority over yourself whole-heartedly.
Living with integrity is this. Living your truth. Acting out of your truth. Being who you are so completely that every response flows out of that self-knowledge. Living with integrity is living without stress, for there is no worry, no fear. For you know, in your heart of truth, exactly the right response to every situation which occurs. You know, in your heart of truth, which way to turn, even in the fog, even with the trees crowding around. Just quiet down the fear, quiet down the doubt and walk in faith. Do this and you will do well.
Thursday, April 8, 2004 (5:53 AM) Daily Quado:
A reader asks: Do you see Quado? What is he like?
First from Carrie:
And now let’s see if Quado has anything to say about himself. Quado?
I am a spiritual entity who has never chosen to take a physical manifestation on earth. I exist as energy and am available to each and every one of you at any time you might need help or guidance. As a spirit, I am able to be everywhere at once, and my existence here on this physical plane in this partially manifested form is simply to help you, to help you to find yourself, to help you to recognize the love and joy and peace which is here for you.
I know that your life is difficult. I know that you struggle. And I wish to open you to the wonders of life and let you understand this physical life of yours, this stretch of time, as an adventure, something to be embraced vibrantly and with zest, with joy, with vigor.
This moment will never come again. There will be many other moments, an infinite world of moments, but in this physical life you are leading, in this linear exploration, this adventure of a life, this moment will never come again, not exactly like this. And so, I urge you to embrace it and make it yours. I urge you to fill yourself with love and caring and embrace life fully. I urge you to learn to quiet your mind and open your heart, to open yourself to the moment, right now, and let it fill you with joy.
And if you are feeling alone and bereft, if you are overcome with grief, loneliness or despair and cannot manage to quiet yourself down and accept the bounty of life, then I urge you to ask for my help, to simply close your eyes, take a deep breath and ask me to come to you and wrap myself around you like a warm comforting blanket of love and caring. Let me come and embrace you with the unending love of the universe. Let me come and show you the bounty which is yours, if only you can reach out and touch it.
You are a soul inhabiting this body for a short time. You have chosen to come here and have this experience. And so, experience it. Stop hiding away in fear. Set fear aside and allow love to flow in. Set blame and criticism and judgment aside and allow forgiveness and acceptance to flow in with the love. Set worry aside and instead ride on the flow of life, knowing it is full of goodness, knowing that you are helped at every turn, by me and by many other spirits who surround you at all times.
And as for an understanding of what is, do not concern yourself with it. You will not understand it in any event. Just know that you are helped, that you are guided and that there is a benevolent world wishing to embrace you.
But it speaks in a whisper. The angel’s breath is light and you can hear us only if you quiet down your own noisy mind. You can feel us only if you still your beating heart and overcome your fears. You can sense us only if you breathe deeply and come to where we are, the place of peace, the place of love. Come here and you will know all that is here for you. Come visit us daily, in our place of peace, and learn that you are surrounded by help. Learn that life is love. Learn that you are interconnected with all that is, a vital part of an exciting life, blossoming and bursting at the seams. All around you.
You are surrounded by love and caring. You are surrounded by wonderful opportunities to open up your life and live. They sparkle all around you, blocked only by your fear and your doubt. Defeat fear and doubt. End your focus on the past and the future. Embrace the present and all the wonderful help that it holds.
Embrace the deep quiet of now, this moment. Go deeply into it and feel its peace. And then, when you are breathing peacefully, down and deep into now, ask for me, ask for your angels, ask for your own private guides, ask us all to reveal ourselves to you.
And if you see visions, that is fine. If you hear voices or a version of your own thinking, that is fine. And if none of this happens but you simply feel a presence, that is fine too. Trust it. Know it as real. Come and visit us every day; know the peace, know the joy, discover yourself through our help.
For you are the important discovery, of course. You are a soul and you can reach your soul self in peaceful meditation. And all I am trying to do for you, all I wish to accomplish, is to help introduce you to yourself. To help you to reach your own soul self of peace, joy, and love. For through this soul self, you will reach the great all, the all-embracing silence, the wonder and glory which is the connection and beingness of us all. Touch even the edge of this, and you will know all there is to know, feel all there is to feel, and embrace the world in love.
I wish you well.
Monday, July 7, 2003 (6:00 AM)
I’ve had several questions from readers about spirit guides, summarized below:
First a word from me on my experiences, and then we’ll ask Quado.
Now let’s see what Quado has to say.
Quado, do you have a response to these questions? Yes, of course, of course.
First, I wish to address the question of the relationship with spirit guides, about having protection from bad things happening. There are several layers to this question and to the answer which are important to explore.
The first is that bad things are relative. What may appear to be a bad thing to one person may be just the right thing to happen to another. Do not assume, when you see that something bad has happened to someone else, that it is necessarily bad from the point of view of their path and what they are seeking and needing at the moment.
For some people, the only way to open up to a spiritual life to be shocked out of complacency in the physical life. For many people, something which appears bad in the physical realm is exactly what is needed to open their eyes to the spiritual world and help them overcome their love of the glamour of the physical.
And a spiritual guide would never, of course, wish to protect you from something which would finally open you up to the possibilities of what truly is.
Secondly, no, the spirit guide is not a protector in the way you think. The guide’s job is to give you information, to make you aware of possibilities, to give you guidance. But you have complete free will in what you decide to do. You have the choice to ignore the advice which is given you. And when you do, you will, of course, deal with the consequences of your actions. Not alone, since your guide will continue to give you advice and direction. But you can continue to ignore it if you wish. This is your choice.
And often, when so-called bad things happen, it is because the advice was ignored, and knowledge which could have been gained in a much less painful way is given in this way.
The lessons are there, the path will be walked and the lessons will be learned, and it is up to you to see if you care to be very wise and listen very closely, or if you care to be headstrong, do things your own way, and learn things in your own way. The way you choose to walk your path is up to you.
But if you will listen, you will find many shortcuts, many less painful ways to learn, many ways to reach wisdom while living your life.
As for reaching and contacting your spirit guides, relax. Relax and know that you are surrounded by help at every turn. Ask for help and then relax. Do not think that one person’s experience will be yours. Some people have very vivid psychic visual talents, and they experience full color vivid images of spirits and angels. And so, when you read a description written by someone like this, you may think there is something wrong with you, or that you are not doing things correctly.
You must remember several things. First, psychic talents are like any other talents. Some people have skills which are different from others. One person is an artist, another is a musician, and another an athlete. As with these skills, the psychic skills are different for each, and you must just relax and go with what works for you.
Some people do not see or hear spirit guides at all. Some people simply know what to do next. And when they have a strong knowing, then they act on this, as if it were a spirit guide standing in front of them and pointing the way.
Relax and be who you are. You may hear words, you may hear full messages. You may hear nothing and see instead. You may receive it all. You may only feel with your solar plexus, an uneasy feeling telling you not to go in a certain direction and a calm settled feeling guiding you on to the correct path. You may receive guidance only in your dreams. This is enough.
Know too that the angels and sprits send you signs in many ways, but they are subtle. They are not loud and writ large, unless there is an utter catastrophe they wish to warn you about. For example, if your baby is in trouble in the next room, you may suddenly hear a loud voice in your mind, even though you had never contacted spirit guides or heard any such thing before. But this is reserved for unusual circumstances
For the most part, the contacts and guidance are subtle, but everywhere and present most of the time. You may suddenly feel an urge to turn a different way, walk into a store you have never gone into before, pick up a magazine you have never seen before. And when you follow these urges, you may then suddenly find in front of you a piece of information you have been seeking.
For example, you had been wondering about how to get more people to know about something that you do. And one day, you look at a magazine stand, and one magazine seems somehow brighter than the others, but nothing you would normally read. You pick up the magazine and it falls open to an article about how to submit articles to newspapers for free publicity. It is exactly what you needed to know.
This is enough. This is the way it works. If you do not have visions, and hear voices, and yet find that your life is guided by tiny little coincidences and subtleties, then this is good enough.
Here is another important thing I wish to leave you with. In this circumstance, the information given was simply that: information for you to use in taking action. You have responsibility for your life. Things will open to you, coincidences will occur, people will approach you with the answers you are seeking, but then it is up to you. You are the one who must take action. You are the one who must respond. You asked and the answer was given. Now it is back to you.
Your spiritual guide does not have responsibility for your life. You do. You are guided and helped at every turn, but in the end, it is your life and you are the one who must prepare through discipline, take action with a heart full of courage, and make your life happen. This is up to you.
Your life is a great adventure, and you are not alone. You are surrounded by help and love. Accept it graciously in whatever form it comes to you. Fill your heart with gratitude that you are far enough on your spiritual path to realize that all of this is there for you.
Be patient in building up your psychic skills. Like any other skills, they take time and discipline to develop. Meditate every day and they will be enhanced, as well as your life opened to love and possibility in abundance.
Saturday, February 21, 2004 (8:17 AM) Today’s message is in answer to a reader’s question. The question is: My question is, in order to evolve and become more spiritual is it always necessary to contact an individual named spirit guide? Or, can we, by learning to expand our awareness, raise our consciousness, as it is described, access higher knowledge and wisdom without having a more enlightened spiritual being guide us?
Quado, do you have an answer to this question? Ah, yes, of course, of course.
The answer is very simple. No, you do not need to be consciously aware of spirit guides in order to become more enlightened and live a deep and fulfilling life. It is entirely optional.
Let us, for just a moment, take a look at the way life is. What I will present to you is a metaphor, of course, since you are not capable of understanding things in their full glory, but it will do for our purposes and to give you a framework for your life and for your beliefs.
You are here in this physical life. And also, in this life are others who have chosen to be here in a spiritual dimension, unseen in the physical sense, but seen and felt and heard in the spiritual dimension. This includes angels and spirit guides and many other phenomena. The angels and spirit guides choose to come down into this physical realm in order to help you. Some other entities are here to have adventures of their own, or have simply not left after the completion of their own physical existence.
If you do choose to work with spirit guides, be certain to ask them if they are a higher guide, intending to give you the highest possible guidance and instruction. If they are not, tell them to go away, and seek another.
You are surrounded by many, many things which you cannot see or know about. The air is thick with the presence of sprit, of energy, of being. You are being helped at every turn, whether or not you are consciously aware. And you have attached to you at least one higher guide who has chosen to have this experience with you and to give you special attention. By virtue of your connection to me through Carrie, I am also present with you and helping you.
There is much going on. But there is no necessity for you to be conscious of it, not at all. You are being helped all the same.
But above all of this is your soul self, and you may picture yourself here as a bright ball of energy, glowing in a level above, alongside the other bright glowing balls of energy who are the soul selves of the other people in your life, those you have met and not met, those from other lives as well as this present life. And you are all up there, glowing together. And this soul self is full of love and peace and joy.
Now, picture a cord or shaft of glowing golden energy flowing down from that soul self to you. All of the love and joy and peace which is yours at the soul self level is available to you through this glowing cord.
See how it is thin here and there, how it twists and tangles a bit. Straighten it out. Open it up wider. See if you can let the joy and love which is yours to have and own flow down straight and solid and smooth into you, bringing all of the wonder which is you in your greatest glory down into this physical life.
Do this in your meditations. This is the most effective thing that you can do, to open this channel. For then you are informed from a higher level at all times. Then you are acting in the presence of this current moment, for your soul self exists outside time and space, and when you tap into this energy, you are tapping into the timeless spaceless you, and your purpose and direction from your soul self is flowing down directly into you and informing your life.
And of course, on the level above your soul self, is the great all, the great one, and this you may picture as one great glowing ball of energy, except it is not a ball, for it is all that is. It has no borders or edges. It is. And everything that is, here on the physical level and on the soul self level is one with this great all, without separation or individuation.
And all of this is true and happening at one and the same time.
Many find the spirit guides useful because they find that they can talk to them, as with the angels. They can talk to them or see them and it makes it easier for them to get specific answer to questions. And as you open up your psychic senses, you will be accessing them in many ways, whether you are aware of it or not. You are accessing them in many ways right now, whether or not you are aware of it. They are behind those odd impulses and serendipitous coincidences which occur in your life. They are in tune with your purpose and are working in concert with your soul self.
But whether or not you choose to have conscious awareness of them is entirely your choice.
And do be aware, again, that all of this is metaphor for what is. Do not fall into the trap of getting so fascinated by the metaphor that you forget to pay attention to the essence which lies behind it all.
For the essence is this. You are everything. You are a part of all that is. And you exist in levels and layers and are essentially and above all made of love. You are love and peace and joy and all of this goodness is yours to tap into and allow to flow down to you. Just picture it or feel it, sense the cord and fill it with light and it will begin to flow and glow more brightly.
And at the highest and widest, all is love. All is love and a deep, deep peace, a peace which is silent and complete. And you are also a part of this.
And so, let this peace fill you. Let this peace be a part of your life, deeply a part of your life. Learn to love the silence which lies beneath the noise of life, the silence which lies under the wings of the birds as they fly, the silence which nestles down in the heart of the rose as it unfolds. Go deeply into the moment, deeply into everything as it is now, as it unfolds, and you can reach that silence, if only for one fraction of one second. You can reach it and let it flow into you and inform your life. This is the most important thing. And you may do this with the help of spirit guides and angels, you may ask for the help of your soul self, or you may simply meditate down into the moment and find it there.
Everything is there, in that one infinitesimal fraction of a second when you even just touch the edge of the great all.
So focus there, learn this, and live your life in joy. Live it with a sense of adventure. Embrace it and make it yours. Step out and see what this physical world has to offer you. After all, you have chosen to live here and to be a part of this experience, this adventure. Set fear aside. Fear makes very poor decisions indeed. Set fear aside and step out and live. Live any way you choose to live, being guided by that feeling of rightness, that feeling of connection deep within you. That is enough. That is much. That is all.
Monday, July 14, 2003 (5:06 AM) Today’s message is in answer to a question from a reader. The question is:
Recently one channeled entity spoke about nature spirits, devas and guides having left us now. But at the same time another entity spoke of our needing to connect with nature spirits and devas.
I would be grateful for Quado's comment on this conflicting information, and conflicting information in general from channeled sources.
Quado, do you have an answer to this question? Yes, yes, of course. I am pleased to answer this question.
There are a number of things to bear in mind when dealing with information from channeled sources, and yes, this includes the information you are reading right now.
The first is that the person channeling the information is a human being, with all that this entails. They have a particular talent, a psychic talent to hear a spiritual entity, but the purity of the message depends upon their ability to get themselves out of the way, to remove themselves from interpreting the information as it is received. And some do this better than others. And some do it to some extent, and differently at different times. Normally there is a mix, and some of the mental interpretation of the channeler is caught in the flow. Thus the messages may, to some extent, reflect the spiritual growth of the channeler herself.
The second is that not all spiritual entities are the same. What you wish to seek is advice from a higher guide. This advice will invariably speak of love and caring, joy and peace, for this is the truth of the higher form of the universe.
We have spoken about the layers of life, how you are living this physical life in a shadow world, and the soul self exists above this as a ball of energy, of light, love, peace and joy. This is also true of the spiritual entities which speak to you. When we are speaking to you, we are also descended somewhat into the shadow world to do this, and as with you, the clarity and truth of which we speak depends upon our ability to connect with our fully evolved spiritual souls in the level above. And there are certainly spiritual entities who are being channeled who are not highly evolved and are not fully in touch with their own higher selves, and therefore, the information which they are sending out into the world is tinged with shadow and darkness and not fully of the light.
And so, my advice to you is this. First and foremost, remember that all is metaphor of the one great truth, and that truth is love, and that truth is beingness, that all are joined in love and beingness.
You are existing in the shadow world, but you have a connection to your soul self which is in the level above. Your happiness, peace and joy here in this physical life depend upon your ability to strengthen your connection with your own soul self, to open up the channel of energy and love which flow down from yourself to yourself, from your spiritual soul self to your physical body and mind here. And all of the higher spiritual entities in the world are simply here to help you accomplish this.
You do not need my energy to lead you to happiness. You need your own. You need to open up your channel to yourself, through meditation, through contemplation, through right action. And if I can help guide you to this, so much the better.
And then, remember this important thing. There is a level above the one where your soul self exists in purity, love and peace, and that is the level in which all are one. All of the individual balls of light and energy are subsumed into the one great light, the godhead, the all, the great oneness of which we are all a part. And this is the true being, the great stillness, to which we all strive and to which we all belong without striving. This is the highest level, and all sprits, all souls, are a part of this.
The issue is not whether there is goodness in all spirits and all people, it is how much of it is actually flowing down from these levels into this shadow world. And this you must decide for yourself.
And so the ultimate advice is this. Does it feel right to you? Does the channeled information which you are reading make you feel full of love and peace and joy? Good, then it is helping you reach your own soul self, the source of this feeling. Does it make you feel full of fear and anxiety? Then do not read it, for it is coming from the shadow world, and either the channeler or the entity being channeled is caught inside the shadow and not fully reaching their own pure light.
Your purpose is to pull yourself out of the fear and doubt which are a part of the shadow world. Remember that they are part of darkness, and darkness is the absence of light. Shine your own light brightly and they will withdraw. They will have no choice. Be your own guide as to what help and guidance you wish to accept from others. Do not allow anyone to pull you into fear.
The most important thing is to recognize yourself as the authority, to realize that it all begins inside with you. And you do not need me or anyone else in this regard. You have all of the knowledge inside you. You know everything there is to know. You have only to reach that knowledge, reach that love, reach that joyous peace.
Reach the deep peaceful core within yourself and then lift upwards from there to your higher self. And from there into the beingness that is all, where all are one. Lift yourself up to the highest and deepest and widest and from there, you can feel the truth for yourself.
The truth is that all is love.
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 (8:04 AM) Today’s message is in answer to a question from a reader. The question is: Quado stated in one of his messages that if we wish, he can guide us, too -- which, I have to say, he has on many occasions through your shared messages. Quado also suggests he can, if we wish, introduce us to our own guides. Please could he explain if, as I understand, all wisdom and truth comes from the one source, is of the one pure energy called Unconditional Love, why personalizing a guide would be necessary? And, if it is, how could this be achieved?
Quado, do you have an answer to this question? Ah, yes, of course, of course.
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Welcome
to my website. I'd like to tell you a little about
myself and my adventures as I travel my spiritual path.
In June, 2002, I went to England to complete
my studies in Reiki. I knelt on the grass in the center of Stonehenge, one
of twenty, kneeling in a circle within the stone circle, there to receive my
initiation as a Reiki Master. I closed my eyes, and the ceremony began.
