Q: How do you know if you are truly being guided?

A: Indeed, beloved friend, this is a question of great importance, though think not that
importance requires seriousness. Therefore, understand that as you seek to separate yourself from the roar and the din of the world, from the world mind, from the opinions of those around you, and seek to shift the momentum of the mind back toward the Heart, toward the Kingdom of Heaven within you, toward that silence in which the Voice of the Comforter speaks, know well that the very first step is to begin at the end. By this we mean always - and never, ever fail to do this - always begin any such period of meditation or prayer by acknowledging the Truth that is true always, that transcends the shadows, the illusions, the misperceptions of the world. And that Truth is simply this: You cannot be less than what God has created you to be.

Separation from God does not exist. And if you find that you exist in this moment, it can only be because you are, indeed, one with that creative Source that has birthed you in It’s own image and has given you access to all wisdom and all Truth and all support. For you are, indeed, loved above all things.

Therefore, begin always by acknowledging that this is the Truth. Then, allow the body to relax.

And as it does so, look with the inner eye, the mind’s eye, at the situation, the context that seems to be presenting itself to you - whether it be of relationship, career, what have you. Simply, then, look with the mind’s eye upon the context and say, "This context has no power to harm me. It comes because I have called it in my own desire to grow in wisdom, to grow in strength and power and certainty."

Then, remind yourself that only the Comforter’s guidance, the inner Voice of the Holy Spirit, can think rightly for you. Ask of that One, "My Friend, what is this context for? What lesson do I need to learn? What decision truly will carry me in the direction of my deepest commitment?" And I emphasize the word commitment here, for as you well know, and we have spoken many times, that until the mind, until the soul, until the heart becomes fully committed to awakening from every last trace of illusion, until it becomes fully committed to bringing forth the gifts that have been placed within it by God, life is like a ship without a rudder. Therefore, ask what that decision is that truly serves the commitment that you have made to awakening to the Mind of Christ, to being the embodiment of wisdom and of Love and of peace.

Now having done that, remember that, at least in the initial stages of the journey, the egoic mind will always speak first. In other words, you have learned to look to the world’s thinking to find the solutions to the contexts, or what you call problems that present themselves. There is a period of retraining the mind in which you become more and more detached from the thinking patterns of the world. But when you begin to enter silence in this way, and ask, What decision truly serves my highest good, my deepest commitment? the first voice that you will usually hear is that little voice that says, "Oh, no. Don’t do that. No, no. Don’t do this. This will not leave you safe. And
what about this person? And what about that person? And what about all of those
things?"

If you are observant, you will notice that when that voice speaks, it creates a restlessness within the body-mind itself, like an ocean churned by an angry wind, so that the waves toss to and fro. The breath changes. The shoulders tighten. There is a restlessness, and it seems as though it is difficult to maintain comfort and ease. The egoic voice, which is the voice of fear, the voice of guilt, the voice of self-judgment, the voice of unworthiness to be what God has created you to be, that voice always creates inner turmoil and loss of peace. Therefore, merely observe it. Do not seek to be rid of it, but just learn to observe it as it is.

"Oh, I’ve asked the question within and asked for guidance, and immediately, my
mind became disturbed, my body’s changed and tightened, and I’m thinking about
all manner of things that are out there. This, surely, is not the Voice of the
Comforter. Therefore, I will simply ask again."

Simply return to the acknowledgment of who you are and ask again, as we’ve suggested. Begin to observe, then, as the body begins to relax, that you need only say within the mind, "In Truth, I do not know what a single thing is or is for. I am here to learn what it means to be awake, to be the embodiment of Love. And there is one Teacher given unto me who guides always correctly." Merely then, ask your questions again. And notice the effect. Say within the mind, "I am not attached to the answer, for I trust Love to direct my course."

When you begin to observe that the mind, your beingness, is less and less attached to the outcome that you’re looking for, then the Voice of the Comforter can begin to speak to you. You’ve heard it often said that God speaks to you as a small, still, quiet Voice. This is the opposite of the world’s thinking. Therefore, as you cultivate the ability to rest in silence, to be detached from any need to have the answer look a certain way, more and more, you will access that place in the depth of the mind, or the heart, in which the Comforter dwells at One with you.

Remember that the Holy Spirit is merely right-mindedness. Right-mindedness, correct seeing, correct feeling, is that that is aligned with the Will of God. That right-mindedness was placed within you by God Herself, if you will. So you are truly listening only to the depth of your own being, what we have referred to often as the Heart, as a way of drawing a distinction from the thinking, restless mind.

It is in silence that the Voice of the Comforter speaks. And silence comes when you are no longer invested in the outcome of the contexts or decisions that confront you. You will know that you are truly guided when a picture, a thought, even a voice, a feeling in the heart, comes and your whole being resonates with it. Therefore, there is no conflict. There’s no tug of war any longer. There’s a moment of simple knowingness. It is not the kind of thing that needs to be explained to anyone. It is not the kind of thing that you question or mull over in your mind. It is a simple, immediate knowing.

This is the right decision.
This is the journey I must make.
This is the book I must read.
This is the relationship I’m to be in, or not to be in (it doesn’t matter).

The point is, you feel in your beingness a clarity, a resonance, that indicates you have stepped into a state of wholeness. You know what you know, and there is only certainty.

Then, of course, the next step is to follow through. The voice of the ego will rise again a thousand times, debating with you. And why? Because the voice of the ego, again, is that voice made up by you as a result of your guilt and fear and your belief that you are unworthy to be One with God, that your innocence has been tainted, that, therefore, the Creator has forgotten you. This is never the case. You are loved wholly. You have never sinned. And you remain as you are created to be. And your Creator merely waits for you to awaken from the dream of unworthiness and to take up your rightful place as His creation, that the good, the holy, and the beautiful can be extended through you in the very act of creation.

Beloved friend, guidance is something that is learned in the field of time. It occurs to the degree that you are willing to stop thinking for yourself. It comes to the degree that you are willing to set aside the guidance of everyone around you. And if you open yourself to that, you’ll find there are many just waiting to tell you what you should do. It comes as the result of your willingness to begin to turn every decision over to the Friend, the Teacher, the Comforter, that has been placed in the depth of your mind and your heart by God. And God is but Love.

Therefore, to cultivate tuning into, resonating with, listening, and then following that Voice in the depth of your heart means that you are learning to let Love be your guide, Love be your teacher, Love be your friend. And that Love is universal. That Love is eternal. And that Love is within you now! You cannot be alone at any time. And all power under Heaven and Earth is given unto you to guide and shape your journey through time. And over time, you will become a master of tuning into guidance.

Making the direction toward the Kingdom of Heaven, you will learn to go only to that altar and not to the altar of the world. And as miracles occur, as success builds upon success, you will learn that after all is said and done, the world has been wrong. You are not alone. You do not need to make your way. Your way will be made for you by a Power and Love and Intelligence that birthed you in the first place and has only your highest good in mind.

Practice well then, beloved friend. Look to see how you can begin to turn decisions over.

Begin with those that are quite simple, so that fear does not arise. Begin, for instance, by simply asking, "What would be the best thing I could put in my body for breakfast?
Which of these two movies would I most enjoy?" And then, practice listening for the inner guidance. Again, in this way, you begin with situations that are fairly safe for you. And then you can progress to bigger decisions, until, ultimately, every decision is turned over - even the most ordinary decisions. Not in a way that anybody will see or notice, but your mind has been corrected, so that in each moment, you’re quietly asking, Father/Mother/ God, what would you have me do? For only your plan works. And only your pathway is strewn with the flowers of miracles, and wisdom, and peace, and the fulfillment of my soul.

Begin practicing, beloved friend, making the decision to turn every decision over to the quiet place within where the Friend, the Teacher, waits for you.

Q: Jeshua, you have mentioned that all events are neutral several times. Could you please take that and go deeper with that and explain it for us?

A: Beloved friend, I would be most pleased to do this for you, except that your question is a neutral event that has no interest! [laughter]

Now you have, indeed, heard it said to you many times, and I’m certainly not the first one to share this, that all events are neutral. What do we mean by this? There is a moment, unknown by the world’s thinking. It goes unperceived, unnoticed by those who live their lives seduced by the shadows that make up the world, because they are run by fear, by judgment, by doubt, by guilt. This is like a turbulence in the mind that covers up the simplicity of the moment we’re referring to. There is a moment in each and every one of your experiences where an event begins to arise, a gap if you would say so, in which your mind is not interpreting the event. It is merely arising. This is its reality, its “suchness,” if you will. It simply arises. You don’t know where it came from. It arises from Mystery. For in Truth, no one - no one - can say why there is anything at all. It arises from Mystery - energy dancing in an endless shape of forms, beginning, passing by, and then ending.

The world in which you live, this world of energy called your physical dimension, is like a constant light show - energy dancing, cascading, changing. There is a moment of perfect peace, a moment that can be cultivated to be expanded, so that your mind notices the innocence of each event. But the perception of innocence requires the healing of fear.

I’ve shared with you many times that there are fundamentally only two emotions, if you will, only two worlds, or two realities: Love and fear. And between these two, only one is Real: Love. For God is Love and does not create unlike Herself. Fear, then, must be healed within the mind and the body, as long as the body lasts, in order that the mind can perceive this moment of innocence . . . watching a wave arise out of the Ocean of Mystery without a need to judge it, without a need to hold up a placard and say, "We’ll give it a five or a nine. No, that’s a bad wave. This is a good wave. What will this wave do to me? Oh, I don’t want this wave!" You know all of that kind of thinking.

There is a moment in which the perfect innocence of each event is undisturbed. What, then, occurs to change a neutral event into one charged with meaning? Listen well, beloved friend, for here is the whole crux of the very problem, if you will, which requires you to awaken from it. Perception takes place. Perception is like a coloring. Imagine that you had a pair of sunglasses, and as you walked outside, you had them in your hand, not on your eyes. And for a moment, you saw things just as they are. And then, in the next moment, you’re putting the blue- colored lenses over your eyes. Immediately, the world, that which you are experiencing, has been colored in a certain way.

Perception is much like this. The only difference being that the lenses are deep within your mind. The lenses are made up of all of the beliefs and perceptions and attitudes that you have taken on from others around you as you sought to adapt yourself to this world. It creates beliefs. And you will literally believe that what you see is out there, when, in fact, you’re merely looking through the lens, the prism, the lenses of your own mind. This is why I have often said there is nothing outside of you.

Therefore, when you experience any event, notice your responses. And then, if you truly desire peace, stop trying to justify your perceptions. And rather, go within and ask with the innocent wonder of a child, "I wonder why I’m choosing to see this event this way? I wonder if I could see it differently? Perhaps what looks like a trauma is offering me a treasure, if only I could become quiet and ask the Comforter for guidance."

The reality of your world is this - listen carefully: It does not exist. That is, it is not occurring outside of your own mind. Mind is all there is. And freedom comes from the willingness to take responsibility for it, that the Mystery which brings forth all events can be seen the way you want to see it - from freedom, from power, from safety, from peace, from Love rather than fear.

Because you are made by your Creator to create, you are creating without ceasing. And until awakening comes, and that’s another subject, you literally are creating the world of your experience through the lenses of your own perceptions. You are free at any time to heal those perceptions and to learn to see differently - eventually to see through the Eyes of Christ. And Christ is just the reflection of the Love that God is.

Regardless of what the egoic part of the mind will say, this one thing never changes: All events remain perfectly neutral. What value and meaning, then, can they have? They will have the meaning and value that emerges from your decision about which voice to listen to - the voice of the ego, which is the voice of fear and judgment and unworthiness, or the Voice of Love, in which the Comforter translates the events of time and shows you how they can be utilized for your own awakening and healing. And, by extension, the awakening and healing of the world, itself. This is a Voice that the Christ within you listens to. It is the Voice that speaks of forgiveness, the Voice that speaks of fearlessness, the Voice that speaks of wisdom, and of patience. It is the Voice that serves only one purpose - that purpose which can bring each of God’s Children Home again, to uplift them to the peace that they seek, out of the suffering of guilt that they’ve been used to.

One who is fully awake, in the field of time, looks to be very ordinary. But in their mind, their consciousness, they’ve been given over to letting the Holy Spirit interpret every series of events for them. And the Holy Spirit will interpret events only in the way that serves the awakening process. Events no longer have any other purpose than the correction, deep in the mind, that allows Love to be remembered and restored, so that Creation can flow without obstacle.

You will know that you are listening to the voice of the ego when you argue for the correctness of your perception. Learn well, then, beloved friend, again by practicing innocently, to recognize that all events are neutral. You can do this in a way that I’ve explained many times through many channels. Merely give yourself five minutes a day in which you sit in a chair and observe the things around you. And each time your eyes fall upon an object or perhaps hear the phone ring, or what have you, you merely say,
"I do not know what this is or is for. I don’t even know how it got here. I rest in
innocence, and place no judgment upon it."

In this way, you begin to cultivate the mind to let the gap widen, in which, within your mind, the moment of innocence lingers long enough for you to be aware of it. Eventually, you could literally be crucified by beings who swear they hate you, and you would look upon it with equanimity and peace, saying simply, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. This is simply a neutral event. And I remain One with God."

Practice well, beloved friend, and look. You’ll begin to discover what you are still valuing, where you’re still holding on to your need to be right about your perceptions. And merely invite the Comforter to change your mind for you.

That should be sufficient for now.


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