I Want My Spirituality Now

Master Jesus On Spirituality and Patience

Oftentimes I feel the undercurrent of impatience in spiritual matters.  I want it all to happen immediately and in complete fullness.  In this conversation Master Jesus (MJ) describes what it's like knowing from the heart.  Here's an excerpt,

MJ: The knowing is not of the mind or of logic.  It just is and you know it by feeling it, not thinking it.  It is a hard corner to turn if the mind is doing the driving.  For the ego and the mind, knowing from the heart represents self-destruction, which in turn, goes against survival instincts.  The mind is so clever in that way.  It's a house of mirrors.  Everywhere you see a way out; that is indeed just another mirror.  There is no escape through the mind or by the mind. That is my point and yet it appears I am appealing to your logical mind to embrace this, but that isn't the case.  I'm strengthening your soul to tap your spirit that holds the key to your power that unlocks your heart that alters the mind that frees you from the illusion.

Master Jesus is MJ and I'm TM.

TM: I suppose the biggest frustration I experience with spirituality is the shroud of secrecy surrounding it.  Of course, we are fascinated with what we can't sense in our physical world.  But it seems like you could make things appear in our sensory form that would make things much clearer and universally understood.  Why don't you do that?

MJ: Have you never the noticed the many similarities found in all the world's religions and customs?  Throughout the centuries, humanity has received the transfer of knowledge from the spirit world.  This has been in many forms including human incarnations of master teachers, appearance of masters in visible spirit forms, demonstrations for non-believers of feats beyond human ability and inspiration channeled directly to humans in all fields of earthly creation.  Remember that until recently the population of humans worldwide has been relatively developed in isolation.  In the last few hundred years has commerce between continents developed to such a point that sharing of cultures has become more prevalent and thus an education in how other people interpret social and religious events.

The stage is being set for what you are clamoring for, but it can only come when there are universal points of recognition and understanding.  Again, it is human tendency to view things from a present and provincial point of view without the longer time interval needed for events to ripen.  We are making more revelations worldwide now than in any period of human history.  You take it for granted because you don't have the memory of all the other epochs.  Also, you have instant communication tools that never before existed, which makes news travel so much faster.  What was once a communication barrier is slowly being lifted to make it possible for teaching to be at once universal in language and delivered to people worldwide instantly.  That's quite an opportunity, wouldn't you agree?

TM: I agree it's an opportunity.  But where's the evidence of revelations in a universal language and experience that everyone can breathe the big Ah-ha at the same time?

MJ: It's coming.  There has to be preparation.  That's where these writings and many others are going to lead.  You have to accept that revelation of truth is not an easy task, because it generally differs from what the majority has accepted through faith and experience as truth.  You have already said so yourself in your own wrestling with what we have to say.  Do you think you're so unique in that regard?

TM: No, I know what you mean and it's very frustrating and so I keep putting my hope in the spirit world to be so awesome in power that you can instantly overcome these obstacles in human ignorance and make it all better.  Childish I know, but it's part of me nevertheless.

MJ: When someone is in the pain of the moment it's natural to want relief immediately.  But what if the pain was due to psychosomatic causes instead of real flesh and blood injuries?  You would take a different course of treatment wouldn't you?  Emotional distortions and mental delusions require a longer time period to work through.  It isn't so cut and dried as strapping on a bandage or committing to surgery.  Humanity has evolved to the point that these other issues are predominant and that's the field we're working.  The chief reason why physical wars and threats are no longer sufficient to quell dissent and discord within and among nations is that people will no longer accept the servitude explicit in that arrangement.  They will literally die fighting against it.

TM: But in Iraq and Afghanistan people were living under horrific oppression of their freedoms and they did nothing but endure it.  Where was the revolution?

MJ: Had the US allowed it to run its course you would have seen the revolution.  Everything within its time and when outside interests force revolution before its time, then the forces of premature revolution become the new oppressors and will have to reckon with real agents of revolution eventually.  The US will discover this is true.  The old ways of command and control through wars and might do not work any longer.  You are witnessing the decline of those methods in this generation.  Just three generations ago if anyone had made these statements it would have been received with such incredulity as you cannot imagine.  But today you sense that it's true, even if you're not sure, you know it's possible.

TM: I don’t know.  I hear what you're saying and I believe it to some degree, but we still witness so much violence that it's hard not to see the opposite condition.

MJ: Your impatience is staggering at times.  And it's not just your impatience, it's all those who wish for immediate solutions to problems that are ancient.  That's not an excuse, but an explanation that what has been created by humanity over millions of years cannot be rectified in one generation without the will of the entire populace behind it, and that simply isn't happening.  So, your hoped for solution is that there be some sort of divine intervention to set things right, to speed up the process.  We have covered this and you understand it, right?

TM: Yes, I do.  Thanks for reminding me though.  You know what I really want?  I want for you and Master Buddha and all the rest to walk among us; sit in the chambers of our governments and address our leaders and representatives; visit our religious institutions and seize the pulpits; lead the classrooms in our schools; and really just be among us everyday to provide the guidance we need.  It's the physical presence I want.

MJ: All in good time, my friend.  The leadership you're seeking is already among you.  It's just that their voices cannot be heard at this time.  Well, not entirely heard, but they are growing in number and positions of strength.  For one who listens they can be heard.  Soon all will hear and then you can decide what you want to do.  I repeat, it is humanity's decision and will that determines the next stage for Earth. As much as you would like to shuffle it to others it is yours.  You will be given a fair and informed opportunity to make your collective decision.  Don't look for someone to take that responsibility for you.

TM: Our orientation to spirits, gods, heroes and the lot is deeply engrained.  We like being rescued in the final hour.  You're saying that's not going to happen?  There is going to be an Armageddon?

MJ: That's a loaded question in many ways.  The struggle is within humanity—it is your Armageddon.

TM: In reference to biblical scripture and even esoteric revelations, there is a war in the heavens between light and dark forces, good and evil, the mark of the beast, all that stuff.  A lot of folks say it's happening now.  Explain what you mean by humanity's Armageddon.

MJ: Humanity has created crisis within itself.  It's the crisis that has been prophesied.  But it's not external forces using humans as puppets as your stories are telling.  That is part of the illusion created.  Humans have so convinced themselves that there are forces of evil and darkness that are in constant pursuit of them that they literally believe it is a race to the finish between good and evil.  The problem is that they can't decide if they are inherently good or inherently evil.  Which is it?  If they are good, then Satan (or any substitute for him) is using every trick in the book to lure them into devilish insanity.  If they are evil, then they must use all their being to return to God and forsake their wicked thoughts and ways.

I'm not going to pretend that there isn't a real experience of evil at the level of illusion, but it simply isn't real on the spiritual plane and ultimately it is the spiritual plane that counts.  We've been through this discussion and I understand how difficult it is to accept that much of what you experience in life isn't real.  Eventually you'll see and that's all I can say for now.

TM:  It's very frustrating to hear that.  Because I don't know what's real and what isn't.  You say love is real and everything else isn't.  But how do I know what is real love and what is the illusion of love?

MJ:  You don't know it; you feel it.  But you can't feel it if you live inside your mind.  And your mind manufactures the belief system to keep you in the illusion because knowledge is perceived as power and safety.  As long as that is the cycle then that is your trap as well.  You are imprisoned by your beautiful mind; that mind that is so wonderfully creative.  You have to admire it.  That level of creativity is astounding.  But it isn't serving you to stay there.  Love is from the heart and uses the mind in a reality that isn't inverted like humanity's.  That is the next stage of evolution.

TM: That's a hard corner to turn it seems.  I don't trust that I know my heart from my desire that may spring from thoughts or my lower nature.  How do I know the heart and trust that is the source of my desire?

MJ: The knowing is not of the mind or of logic.  It just is and you know it by feeling it, not thinking it.  It is a hard corner to turn if the mind is doing the driving.  For the ego and the mind, knowing from the heart represents self-destruction, which in turn, goes against survival instincts.  The mind is so clever in that way.  It's a house of mirrors.  Everywhere you see a way out; that is indeed just another mirror.  There is no escape through the mind or by the mind.  That is my point and yet it appears I am appealing to your logical mind to embrace this, but that isn't the case.  I'm strengthening your soul to tap your spirit that holds the key to your power that unlocks your heart that alters the mind that frees you from the illusion.

TM: In other words, that understanding is buried within me?

MJ: Your spirit knows all that I'm saying.  Your soul struggles in the space between spirit and human consciousness.  Integration is the aim and the purpose of life on Earth.

TM: But what then?  What happens when there is integration?

MJ: That is for another time.

TM: One thing mastered at a time?

MJ: That's right.

TM: So what can people do to help this process along?

MJ: It's different for each person, but let me offer stereotypical descriptions.  For those beings who are on the path so to speak—they have stimulated their spiritual awareness and are questioning their everyday experiences looking for spiritual significance in what they do—the path will lead to actions that set an example for others who have not yet awakened.  Those actions will consist of sharing, compassion, non-violence in relationships, acceptance and a willingness to separate their identification with aggressive materialism.  They will exhibit an increasing kindness in their daily affairs and less concern for what they own.  As a matter of fact they will feel that they have too much and begin to sell or giveaway many of their belongings without any effort to replace them with new items. Material acquisition will no longer satisfy their emotional needs.

It is no secret that many people in the West have buried themselves under mounds of debt in order to acquire vast stores of material items.  As this trend reverses it will bring relief to the pressure that many people feel to keep up with the pace of spending and earning.  At first it may feel a little painful or lacking in some way, but very soon after that brief phase they will find gratification in the challenge of living within their means and reducing their means in order to enjoy the many insights they are now experiencing.

TM: Our US economy and to a growing degree the world economy is based upon increasing consumption and production.  The fear, of course, is that if it stops or slows down real economic problems go into effect.

MJ: This is truly the belief and one that has been carefully planted to keep the factories rolling.  The group of people who will at first experiment with reduction and gradual separation from this practice will discover that the economic destruction and collapse is false.  Your economy has these periodic problems anyway.  Those episodes seem more severe because you're still in the old paradigm of earn and spend without cessation.  Once enough people do it willingly and with a sense of grace, the severity will not be a part of the experience.

TM: As a brief aside, who planted the idea "to keep the factories rolling"?

MJ: It's just part of the story of developing materialism and wealth and power.  There is nothing sinister or improper about how the story came to be.  Commerce through the advances of the industrial period has served humanity in many positive ways.  It has run it's course in its current form and now it's time to change it.  The citizens of Earth have created this and are the ones to change it.

TM: What can other people do who may not fit into the description you gave?

MJ: Witness.  They may not be ready to do anything other than observe and that is okay because eventually they will see that their fears are unwarranted.  For the more advanced souls, teaching the ones in the middle will be their role.  Thus you have these three major segments.

TM: It sounds like it's more a profile of Western society and countries with strong economic positions.  What will it look like in the weaker economic countries?

MJ: The profile will shape up to be similar, but the pace will be delayed.  They will not spend as much time at the levels experienced in the stronger economic countries.  And by stronger and weaker we are clearly referring to a definition that measures production and consumption.  Since many people in the weaker economies have not developed habits of over-consumption they will not have the same sort of withdrawal fears that people in the stronger economies face.  For many, just having the basics will be satisfactory.

Copyright © 2004-2005 TM

Comments

[Henrietta]

I seek enlightenment, yes, because I don't exactly know what it is to be completely enlightened, I don't completely know how to find it. That said, I believe that enlightenment is already within me, there is no seeking to be done. Although I don't know what it is to be completely enlightened on a conscious level, I do know what it is not. For example, enlightenment is not negative. I think we can all agree on that. So, if I can work on relinquishing negativity in my life, I will have lifted away something that is in the way of my conscious awareness of my enlightened self. The only thing that is standing in the way of "my" enlightenment is "me". The "me" I think I am, the me I identify with, the me I was programmed to be. The only way to get out of the "me" trap, is to recognize that I am not who I think I am, but that I am who I seek to be (the "ideal", enlightened self). Getting rid of anything that is not a part of that ideal is my work. Nobody can teach me enlightenment, or give me the experience of it anymore than someone can show me a picture of a fruit I have never eaten and give me the experience of what it is. I must be able to experience it with my own physical sensory system. Enlightenment must come to me through my own witnessing, questioning, exploring, experiencing, i.e. my own spiritual sensory equipment. We know when something feels true or right for us, but we have forgotten how to tap into that knowledge (intuition). But, if we want to know, we simply need to learn to listen for it. This is where I see the value in exercises that sharpen our intuition, which is like a divining rod for the truth. There is no need to be impatient for enlightenment or spirituality, for it already is. It is with you and within me and within every living thing on the planet. We simply need to develop the eyes to see, the ears to hear, the consciousness to know this is true. Believe it and it is so.

[chandu j]

It is awesome to hear of someone talking to mighty souls like Jesus and Buddha. But these masters seem to be more human in their advice than spiritual. It does'nt require a MJ or a MB to ask us to be patient. It's been 2000 years since Jesus and still we are asking the same questions that God never answered. MJ is hoping about a bright future whent the change that we are going through will be complete. From more close to an open society. But the ancient man was not monogamous. Was his society more open? And why the hell is the master talking about social inhibitions and politics of war? Can't a person be all in the confines of a closed society and still be spiritual? Why the hell MJ linked spiritual growth with evolutionary changes of human society. Spirituality is misunderstood both by the seeker and the Master.

[rob]

i think you have hit the nail on the head about the immediacy we all seek today. to coin the language used by someone I know, we are after the event and the hype that goes with that but don't reaslise that it is the process that usually makes the difference. events are often catalysts for decisions, but whether those decisions result in lasting change depends on the process.

I like your point about the fact that the long-distance-view leadership is often crowded out by those wanting and offering an answer NOW.

I am a psychiatrist in the UK who often sees people who want a quick solution to 'ancient' problems. I've written a bit about this on my Blog if you are interested at it's all in the trailer and forgiveness as process. In the second link I recommend a box set of CD's from the church I go to - not something I do often, but maybe Paul Scanlon is one of the leaders you crave?

rob