What You Are Made Of

God said:

What is this about privacy and keeping secrets? Privacy is no more than holding back, beloveds. It is withholding. Secrets are not a desirable level to live on. Reticence is a smoke screen. Keeping secrets is a power-play, beloveds. Hiding yourself under a bushel is making others look for you. Why not step out in front, and say, as I do say, "Here I AM."

Why dart behind trees and whisk yourself hither and yon and the whole world with you? Why do you feel that you have to know something, allude to it, yet not reveal it?

What keeps you from sharing your heart and soul? Why engage in playing tag and making yourself It. Why would you make anyone run around trying to find you when you could be forthright instead? Why not go in a straight line rather than swerving around in S-curves.

You know, beloveds, being less than forthright is like giving people wrong directions. It is like making people go on a scavenger-hunt for you. Come out from behind that tree, beloveds. The game you play is with yourself.

You don't own anything. You don't own the content of that envelope which you flash around yet will not reveal.

If you want to be a star, then be a bright star.

Be not a covert agent in life. Do not keep tricks up your sleeve. Come out of hiding.

Prayers do not make you holy. They certainly don't make you holier than thou. Words do not a blessing make.

If ever you feel holier than another, say, "Whoa," to yourself. Draw yourself up sharp. Do not adorn yourself. Such adornment does not become you, beloveds.

Do not hold yourself above anyone else or everyone else. Yours may be the right way of doing things. If you want to show people the way to go, lead with your heart not virtue.

Better than all the words about a holy day is taking joy in the day.

A blessing before meals is worthwhile. Better yet is the joy of sharing a meal together. In your heart, silently bless those around you. Bless the food, and bless the people.

Be careful about imposing righteousness upon even one person. I do not ask you to be a minister of virtue. I ask you to be a minister of love. That's it.

Form is not to be idealized. Right action is in love. Love comes before prayer. Righteousness is a poor fellow.

What are you teaching, beloveds? Teach not righteousness. Teach nothing. Let others learn from the blessing of your love. Let the graciousness of love be your teacher, beloveds.

When you feel obliged to improve others, what is that you are to learn? Learn more, teach less. Love more, instruct less. If you must teach, teach without anyone's knowing that you are teaching. Unless someone asks you to give instruction, of course, then that is different.

Be content. Be content with yourself and others. You are okay.

You are a child of My love. I give you My love. Now give it away. Do not save it for later.

When it comes to money, it may be possible that "Save now, spend later," is good advice.

When it comes to love, spend it all now. The way to amass love is to spend it. Yet do not give love with the idea of amassing love. You spend love to give it. Give love, for what else do you have to give? In the giving is the splendor.

If you want to know beyond a doubt the value of yourself, then start giving of yourself, for what are you made of but the love you give?

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You are okay.

I could go on reading and rereading this, it's so thrilling, so rich, so full of life, of personal, real, everyday, lived life.

You are okay.

We may say yes yes but not feel okay at all. If we felt okay, why would we be reticent, why would we teach and instruct without having been asked for it, why would we even want to?

It seems hard to allow myself to be exactly the way I happen to be at any given moment. It is also the most wonderful thing there is. I believe it's what we are here for. It's what is called love. It's what is called God. Like everyone else I know, I watch myself almost all the time to make sure I won't say or do anything that will make me look less than perfect. I wouldn't do that if I really felt all right. No one would. Well, it's just how we come out of home and school, feeling not okay and therefore not allowing ourselves to be all we are. One allows himself anger, another tears, and it looks different but is the same.

But we probably all know some people or at least one person we can be less guarded, less reticent with, and we know how good that feels. Thoroughly fed up with my own and others' reticence and pretenses and having a very strong urge to get back to being my real self one to one, I am experimenting all the time, trying to get past my self-imposed barriers. I found that telling it as it is with not a moment's hesitation, without considerung what it will make me look like, without listening to the "STOP!" of my ego is deeply deeply freeing and invigorating. We know quite well when we are only acting out and when we are speaking our heart one to one. The former affords some short-lived satisfaction but never really satisfies or frees. We also know, by the way it feels, when we have said all there is to say and when we are still holding back some of it which always leaves some pain or dissatisfaction.

If I were to speak a blessing for all of us, I would say, "May you find someone you can be really open and naked with in deep sympathy, in love. Someone you trust enough to allow yourseld to be your very self."

I had a few experiences of this, of not holding back because of shame etc. I know how stunningly happy it makes me, I know how it can make life energy flow in a way that you will look on in awe. And yet it takes time because you both (assuming it's two and not a group situation) have to grow into it. No pushing possible here.

Perhaps even on these forums we can allow ourselves to grow into speaking less about things and telling more of ourselves.

A million yeses to all you have said!

Oh yes...so many yeses to all you have said Jochen. We, of course, are far more than just okay. Yet to start with 'okay' is a beautiful golden stepping stone...maybe placed by grace in a dark bar or a dank basement...just next to the self pity and ubiquitous hurt and even rage we fill ourselves with. Just enough light on that stepping stone to notice it...and to take the first step on...towards the true Light!

Blessings...to all in bars and basements everywhere! Jim and Jimi.

WHAT WE ARE MADE OF !

Dear Maestro, God-Creator of the Universe and All that Is!

I LOVE this letter you send with your sublime Love this morning.!!! I agree we don't need
to make people go on a scavenger hunt for us. We are alive by YOUR GRACE to make
ourselves available, with grace.

And I'm enchanted by the idea that prayers don't make us holy. Words do not a blessing make.
And it's so TRUE , when we think a thought that makes us feel superior to another in any
way , we stop and say '"WHOA!, THERE". That's just not kosher in the realm of Light and Love! And ministers of virtue ARE a pain in the arse, Maestro. We've always known that.
But it's great to be reminded of it this morning again.

We will all start today giving more of ourselves away, for Love and Light are what we're made up of!

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SUCH WONDERFUL LETTERS!

forthrightness

What a relief ! I do not have to be pious like a nun, modest like a boarder, virtuous like a saint and righteous like a politician.

lovly words

dear God,
you give a birth her in the earth of love,
evry your children we have love, and am not ignor about love,
and also we can not live whith out love,
love and life it woderful , we share aour love to the other,
thank of your lovely words,

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Hello Friends,

God said to give love
The giving is the splendor
Giving of yourself

Love, Light and Aloha!

 

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