Inspirational
Mary Magdalene: Balancing the Masculine and Feminine
Received through Mercedes Kirkel
[Note: This is Part 2 of a channeled message that Mary Magdalene gave at a gathering in honor of her feast day on July 22nd, 2012.]
What is in your heart?” What is it that you would like me to help you with, that you would like to hear from me?
Question: I would like to know about our children. Our children are being bombarded with so many left-brained structures and technology, which have become almost an appendage, like the cell phone. I would like to hear what you have to say about this in reference to the heart.
Mary Magdalene: The children who have come in, for quite some time now, are very remarkable beings. They have come from many places of the universe and beyond, and have responded to the call to be here at this amazing time of transformation and transition. Many of them are quite advanced in their souls and in their development. In some ways your technology and your left-brained thinking is a game for them, it is an entertainment, because they are capable of so much more. They are working on many levels, many of them. The one that you might see is not all that is going on. So you do not need to be concerned about the children. The children are here to help you and they are well prepared for this.
They are part of the network that has allowed this transformation to come through. The frequencies that they are holding, the level of light that they resonate with is quite high. They are working at other levels that you may not be aware of or notice. It may not be the same as the work that you are doing. But they are doing their work very well and they are well positioned. And that is part of what has allowed everything to come into place that needed to be here for this time.
So celebrate your children. Allow them to lead. Allow them to show you their remarkable talents. Do not be concerned.
Question: Can you speak to us about economic injustice, knowing there is more than enough for everyone to thrive on the planet, but there are yet great imbalances due to greed. Can you share with us the changes that are afoot in terms galactic consciousness?
Mary Magdalene: Your economics is simply a reflection of your relationship to power. It is something that many came into this realm to explore, to learn about, and to experience what is possible with power and what happens when there are different arrangements, different structures of power—how does it feel, how does it work, what are the end results, the repercussions. In some ways, and many are aware of this, you might say that the beings on Earth have gotten a bit off track for a period of time. This is one of the dangers of coming into a realm like this. Because it is a realm of such gross vibration or frequency. And by gross, I mean slow, that the vibration level is slow here compared to many, many other places. So the consciousness adapts to this realm and to this frequency, and you have what you all have experienced and known for a very long time of third-dimensional consciousness. In that consciousness, there is forgetting of the higher dimensions and the higher levels of consciousness.
So this exploration that has been going on for a long time in your world of power has somewhat gotten detoured because the beings involved have forgotten their own consciousness that could have extricated them from it and extricated your world from it. As a result, you have experienced many things that have been painful for many people, including the withholding of resources or the taking of resources by select groups or select beings and withholding it from others. There has always been enough for everyone. Yet this has not been what the experience of most people on Earth has been. In order to extricate yourself from this seeming ceiling of consciousness, where you have been exploring the different aspects of power in all these ways, it is requiring your power structures and your economics to get to a rather extreme place. And truly, you have gotten to a rather extreme place.
This is a realm of free choice. It was created that way and it is not something that other beings choose to interfere with. So it must be the choice of beings on Earth to change the structures, the dynamics. What supports you in doing this is for it to get to this extreme level, where so many people are feeling the effects, and so many people are noticing that so many people are feeling the effects. People are starting to wake up, starting to question, “Why, are we doing this? Why, if so many people are being hurt, being challenged by this, why are we accepting it? Why are we not changing it?” And that, indeed, is the beginning of the change, and you are seeing it.
This is a time when your economic systems are part of the change that will happen. It has to do with the Divine Feminine coming in, for the Divine Feminine would not withhold from others. Not that the Divine Masculine would do that, per se. It is that the Divine Masculine has attention on other things. And power/strength is one of those things. So when the Divine Masculine is not in union with the Divine Feminine, you see the results along the lines that have occurred in your Earth realm, where there has been much play of power without the force of love, compassion, caring for all. That is part of what is changing.
We at the higher levels are supporting this change very much. It must happen in consciousness first. So that is the place where we are beginning. We are working with each individual’s consciousness who is open to a change, to seeing the possibilities for living in a very different way, where everyone is taken care of and everyone is cared for.
Even your system of money is relatively unique to the Earth. There are very few places that use money. And you see the results of what money allows. It allows people to hoard and withhold and compete and even battle for what they think is valuable.
The consciousness is growing, where people are saying, “No, money is not what is important. It is not what is valuable. It is not what gives us our value. In truth, we give it value, if we choose. And it has not served us well in many, many ways.” So yes, you are seeing the beginning of a huge change. You might call it a revolution. It is in consciousness, first and always. As your consciousness changes, so will your world. Your consciousness is creating your world.
It is through love, it is through caring about all, it is through this process of fully incarnating the Divine Feminine in union with the Divine Masculine, that this change will take place. There are many ways that it can happen. We are supporting, as much as possible, that it will happen in a peaceful way, in an easeful way. That would be most optimal. Of course, that always is up to you, individually and as a group. But it all begins with consciousness. It all begins with changing your consciousness. Through that you begin to change who you are, what you do, your actions.
Each of you has tremendous power. Do not ever assume, “Oh, I can’t do anything. This is so huge. It’s so beyond me. The economy is this enormous thing that happens at the national level and the international level, and what can I do? I’m just one person with no power.” This is not true. You are the one who empowers the whole system, always. Each one of you is that one. Each one of you is huge and your choices absolutely matter.
But the choice, first and foremost, is in your heart. You must choose in your heart that you cannot accept this any longer and you choose something new. It will change and it will manifest.
Question: The moon, the satellite and companion of our Earth, has always been considered a representative of the Divine Feminine, as the sun is the Divine Masculine. But recently it has come to light that the moon is hollow and it is artificial intelligence. It was placed there, in its orbit, by beings from another dimension. I wanted to know what Mary Magdalene has to say about the moon and the Divine Feminine.
Mary Magdalene: The moon has the quality of a mirror. It has mirrored back the Feminine to the Feminine on Earth. The strongest manifestation of the Feminine on Earth is truly the Earth herself. And the moon has been the mirror—the mirror of the sun and the radiance of the sun. But it has also been the mirror of the Feminine on Earth.
You see, the Feminine has been displaced from the Earth for a very long time. The Feminine has not been welcomed on the Earth, which is a very sad thing. Of course, this has not been true of every person, every culture. But in general, there has been more and more of a ban, this holding down in darkness of the Feminine. And so the moon has taken up that place of being a focus for the Feminine that was not welcomed upon the Earth.
Truly, nothing is Masculine or Feminine, per se, because the Feminine and the Masculine love each other and are drawn to each other like magnets. So when you see something as Masculine or you see something as Feminine, it’s what is coming to the fore. It is what is connecting with you in that moment. But everything contains both. Perhaps not fully actualized. But the Feminine and the Masculine are inextricably connected to each other. And this is why it is so painful when one is held back, suppressed, because it is not the movement of this world at all for that to be so.
So it is not in conflict that the moon has been the refuge of the Feminine for a very long time and that there has also been Masculine influence and affect and interaction upon the moon. Any body, any being that is not in its wholeness will gravitate towards its opposite in time, over time, because that is the nature of the Divine. The Divine is in union, the Masculine and the Feminine. All that exists is in that form, in that model. It is like the holographic nature that your scientists have discovered—the whole is in everything.
You have much that you will learn about so many things in your world. You have viewed things as best you could, as best you were able to understand them for a very long time. You will be amazed what you are going to be learning in the not-too-distant future. Allow these new things that come to you to integrate with the old. Feel into what is true for yourself, what you resonate with. Do not take it on someone else’s say so. Find your truth. But know that there will be much being revealed in the future—about your world, about yourself, about so many things. Do not throw out the baby with the bathwater.
There are always kernels of truth. For centuries, I have been called a prostitute. Now it is being said I was not a prostitute. But there was a kernel of truth in that. It was not understood. It was not communicated in truth, in wholeness. But there was a seed truth to that because I was a priestess of the Divine Feminine. I was a sacred priestess and I practiced Sacred Sexuality of the Goddess. And that has often been called prostitution, or whatever word you have for it, by some. It was not what many thought. It was not the connotation that many people ascribe to the term “prostitute.” But there was seed truth in that. I was bringing forth the Divine Feminine practice, a very, very sacred, most holy experience of divine union in human form through sexuality. And I was engaging this with Yeshua. We both were engaged in this. Your world and your power structure were not ready to acknowledge this. And so they did what they did. They told the stories, turned it into this or that. But there was seed truth in there. And now it is starting to become accepted more and more that Yeshua I were married, which of course for many people goes with the understanding that we engaged in sexuality in human form, that there were children that were created out of this union. But there is even more to it than that, much more, which is just starting to enter into the consciousness of so many.
So do not throw out the baby with the bathwater. Let this process reveal itself to you; let your mind be open; call upon your highest understanding, insight, and wisdom and you will come to know much. There is much that may seem quite different than you understood in the past.
Question [from a man]: I am told that it’s important that each man’s heart opens. How can I be of assistance to other men in opening to the Divine Feminine?
Mary Magdalene: The primary way that you will help others is through your being, what you are founded in in your being, and what you are living and modeling to others. The question that so many men have, the fear that they have, is that the Divine Feminine coming forth will mean that the Divine Masculine, or men—in whatever form that they are manifestations of the Masculine—are going to be suppressed, punished. There is fear that the Feminine and women will be angry at men, or at the least will want to be in the power position over men, as has happened so much in the past relative to men and women, with men being in the power position. But this is not what is meant to happen at all.
The greatest service you can do to others is to shine your strength as a man, as the Divine Masculine, and to embrace the Feminine—within yourself, but especially with women. Be a demonstration that you, in your Masculine, will be supported as you support women.
Also, it is important for men to reach out to other men. In doing so, they are accessing their own inner Feminine. For men have so often suffered being in competition with each other, feeling threatened by each other. Many men are afraid to let down their guard, afraid that if they become vulnerable, open, they will lose in the great game of competition, they will be taken advantage of. So it takes skill, as a man, to reach out to other men and to create a different kind of connection with them that is not founded in competition, that is founded in care for that man and that man’s wellbeing, founded in the understanding that it feeds you to support another man, and that you are suffering the lack of that quality of connection as much as the other.
This is not something that can be, for the most part, done through talk or even ideas. It is something that must be lived. One of the things that will help is if you are able to change the form in which you live. Right now, most people live very separately. Many people live entirely separately, all by themselves. But if they don’t live all by themselves, they usually only live with their partner, sometimes with children, or occasionally another family member, perhaps an aging parent, or another family member. But this is not actually the most supportive form. It is much more supportive for you to be living in ways where men are close to other men, women are close to other women, and you are supporting each other. If you are able to change the form in which you live, this kind of transformation will happen much more quickly. The foundation for trust will be laid and it will start to grow. That is what it will really require. Many men trust women more than they trust other men. This must change and will change. If you want to support this change, those are the arenas that are most in need of help.
I love you all so much. I thank you for all that you do, the courage that you bring, the commitment and dedication to your spiritual growth, the transformation that is underway and that you are all supporting in your world. It is such a beautiful thing. I thank you so much. And I thank you for this time. I thank you for this celebration.
I love you. I bless you.
I AM Mary Magdalene.
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Copyright 2012 Mercedes Kirkel, http://www.mercedeskirkel.com, All Rights Reserved. Please copy and share this article as long as it is shared in its entirety and the information is not altered, excerpted, or added to; credit of authorship and my website address (www.mercedeskirkel.com) is included; and no money is exchanged. For any other uses, please contact Mercedes Kirkel to obtain permission. Thank you.
Mercedes Kirkel is a channel and spiritual guide, bringing forth messages and instruction from Mary Magdalene and other Beings of Light, as well as Akashic Record Readings. Her new book, Mary Magdalene Beckons: Join the River of Love is available at www.marymagdalenebeckons.com. All messages and practices are universal and are not affiliated with any religion.
To receive ongoing messages from Mary Magdalene and other Beings of Light through Mercedes, go to www.mercedeskirkel.com and request to be added to the mailing list.
Mercedes offers workshops and private sessions in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is available in-person or long distance (by phone and skype), or to travel to your location. For more information, go to www.mercedeskirkel.com.
Crossing Over Into the Light-Realm
I’ve experienced what feels like a miracle in my life. Two weeks ago my dad was admitted to the hospital with an infection that had gone into his bloodstream. As we have a number of times over the past half year, we thought this may very well be the end and prepared ourselves. But after a few days, he started to rally yet again.
As he began to “rejoin our world,” he was initially quite confused and his connection to this realm seemed tenuous. When I walked into his room, he looked at me with amazement and said, “I can’t believe you’re here. I never expected to see you.” I’m not sure who he thought I was, as I’ve been visiting him regularly. But it didn’t matter to me. I was delighted to be able to interact and talk with him. And he was so filled with love and light, it was a joy and an honor to be with him.
At one point he apologized for not being able to remember much. I reassured him, saying, “It’s not what you remember or think that matters. What matters is your heart and the love you feel.” At that point, he looked over my shoulder and seemed to be seeing something very profound. I wondered if he was having a vision. In fact, he was, but not the kind I was thinking of. I turned to see what he was looking at and realized it was the white board on the wall with all his medical information on it. Then he said to me, “Do you see that board? To me, it’s a love board.”
I walked over to the board and wrote, “I love you,” and signed my name. He seemed extremely pleased as he beamed with a wide smile. Then he laughed because underneath my message was a reminder to the nurses that he couldn’t feed himself. So the whole communication read: “I love you. Mercedes. Please feed me.”
The next day he was more lucid, but still in an exalted state. He was tracking everything going on around him with great interest and his response to all he observed was wonder and awe. As I was standing beside his bed, he asked me to turn around. I wasn’t sure why he requested that, thinking maybe he wanted to see what my clothes looked like from the back. As I turned around, he pointed out the window, and said, “Isn’t that beautiful?” I looked outside to a typical downtown Albuquerque city scene of roads, traffic, buildings, and a small patch of grass with a couple of trees. He continued, “Isn’t that building beautiful? And look at those clouds!”
I shifted into seeing what he was seeing. I wouldn’t have noticed it normally, in the midst of my busyness or focusing on whatever I was engaged in. But there was a certain beauty to the building, and certainly to the clouds. I started to reflect on the extraordinariness that all the things in our world—which I so easily take for granted—even exist. And I felt myself joining my father in his transformed state.
Later the nurse came in and attended to him. She emptied his catheter into the toilet and then flushed the contents down. He immediately wanted to know what that sound was. We told him it was the toilet flushing and he said with amazement, “Imagine that.” The nurse and I smiled at each other, each of us feeling touched and lifted up by his innocent marveling at what for us was a mundane experience.
My father has continued to recover, so quickly that even the hospital staff were surprised. His will to live continues to astound us all. And the silver lining to the whole event is that he was discharged to the same skilled nursing facility where his wife was recovering from her back surgery. For the first time since he was admitted to an assisted living facility six months ago, they’re living under the same roof. I can’t tell you the joy I saw in both their faces as she walked into his room the first evening to spend time together before they both went to sleep.
I already believe in miracles, so I didn’t need any convincing that I was witnessing one. But I feel incredibly blessed to have been so closely involved in the whole process, watching it unfold, seeing how my mind had no idea what was really going on, and feeling my heart so moved by the beauty I was witnessing. For the past six months, as my dad has seemed so close to dying so many times, I’ve often wondered what’s keeping him here. Why hasn’t he chosen to let go and move on? After experiencing these most recent events, a new thought came to me. Perhaps my dad isn’t waiting to cross over and meet with the angels. Perhaps he’s decided to start his transformation into the light-realm here and now. And in that, he continues to be my teacher, as he has been for so long.
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Copyright 2012 Mercedes Kirkel, http://www.mercedeskirkel.com, All Rights Reserved. Please copy and share this article as long as it is shared in its entirety and the information is not altered, excerpted, or added to; credit of authorship and my website address (www.mercedeskirkel.com) is included; and no money is exchanged. For any other uses, please contact Mercedes Kirkel to obtain permission. Thank you.
Mercedes Kirkel is a channel and spiritual guide, bringing forth messages and instruction from Mary Magdalene and other Beings of Light, as well as Akashic Record Readings. Her new book, Mary Magdalene Beckons: Join the River of Love is available at www.marymagdalenebeckons.com. All messages and practices are universal and are not affiliated with any religion.
To receive ongoing messages from Mary Magdalene and other Beings of Light through Mercedes, go to www.mercedeskirkel.com and request to be added to the mailing list.
Mercedes offers workshops and private sessions in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is available in-person or long distance (by phone and skype), or to travel to your location. For more information, go to www.mercedeskirkel.com.
Hilarion: The Game Is Changing
Received through Mercedes Kirkel
June 11, 2012
Greetings beloved,
It is I, Hilarion. I realize that this is the first time that I have come through you, and you are not so familiar with me as with others. And so I am happy to introduce myself, and to make myself known to you and to all in this way tonight.
I am especially moved to come now because this is a very potent time on the Earth. It is a time that is powerful. It is a time that is pivotal in many ways. And it is a time that is very blessed. Many of you are noticing the changes in your life. You are noticing patterns. You are noticing the speed at which things are happening. You are noticing a sense of things going faster, having more intensity, perhaps being a little bit more out of your personal control. You’re noticing that there is something larger than you that is directing the things that are happening and you are being carried by that, as opposed to you, yourself—as an individual, with a will and intention and mind—choosing what you’re doing. It is not that your will or your mind or your intention are shut down or turned off. It is that something greater is at play and is affecting you. Many of you are noticing this and are aware of this.
I confirm that this is so. There are these things happening. It is reflected in the events that you are seeing in some of the astronomical/astrological bodies—the eclipses, the transiting of Venus, the solstice that is soon upon you, and the various astrological influences that many of you are aware of. This is an unusual time, that so many things are happening virtually simultaneously. You could say that they are affecting you, and that would be accurate. But in another sense, you could also say that they are reflecting the transformation that is happening within you and within your world. It is something like what you call a chicken or an egg situation. It is not that one created the other. It is that they are both happening simultaneously and, depending on your perspective, it may appear that one is causing the other. But really, they are two phenomena that are pointing to the same thing. They are pointing to great transformation.
Many of you thought, and some people are still predicting, that this transformation is going to happen in the outer world in terms of the structures of your world—the world economy, or your national or even local economies, your political structures, your various social structures or religious structures, the institutions and forms of your world. While many predicted and thought that this would be the form that it would take, what you’re actually seeing is that the primary change is happening within yourself. And this is a very good thing. For ultimately, the only purpose for having outer forms change first is if that is supportive of helping you (and by you, I mean the global you, the greater you, the universal you), helping individuals to make the inner shift. But this is a difficult way to do it. If you are making the inner shift independent of the outside events, that is much easier and therefore preferable.
And that is what is happening in your world and we applaud you. We are so excited about what is happening and we are proud of you, that you have found your way to do it in this way, which is a much more desirable way. So congratulations and kudos to all of you who are making this inner change.
And yes, it is not always comfortable. You are being transformed. It is like playdough or silly putty being stretched into a new shape. Your body isn’t used to that shape. Or your emotions aren’t used to that constellation. Or your thinking isn’t used to thinking in that way. Or your energy body isn’t used to functioning in that form, that modality. So it is not always easy. It is not always comfortable. But you can trust this process. It is for your highest good. And you are all doing so well with it. The speed with which you are transforming is quite remarkable. It is, you could say, unique, that you humans are going through immeasurable transformation and evolution in a remarkably short time. I say this to you to help you to appreciate what is happening and to be most supportive of yourselves in the midst of it. This may often look like helping yourself to relax, to take it easy, to rest more, to let things go that in the past you might have said, “Oh no, I have to do this,” or “I have to be this way,” or whatever it is, and to trust the process. You are doing an excellent job of that. I simply urge you to continue. This will be most valuable for you.
It is not that your outer world will not change. There will be changes. But when the inner world changes first, then the outer world changes are much more easeful, flowing, cooperative, gentle, even joyful. So the fact that this is happening in this way is a very good sign. It will help you to have these changes that you long for in your world, but in a way that will not be as tumultuous and disruptive as it would be if you were not making the inner changes first. So you are completely on your path and on the optimal path for how this can happen.
It is not always easy to see change up close. When you are very close to change, it sometimes doesn’t look like anything is happening. Or it sometimes look like everything is just falling to pieces. And at times, that may indeed be what is happening. But that is a part of the process. Certain things have to release, let go of, dissolve before the new can come in. You must make space for letting go of the old, and that is what draws in the new.
Yet you do not have to particularly focus on it at this time. That is what is so wonderful about this period of time. It is not required that you even understand what you are letting go of, or that you engage it intentionally or consciously, doing the kind of work on yourself that perhaps you have done in the past, where you were working on a particular arena or issue, you were getting help with it, you were doing processes… This is different. It is not like that. It is almost like you go to sleep and it happens in your sleep. But it’s not only happening in your sleep. It’s happening in your waking time, too. But it is not something that you need to be in charge of and directing and making sure it is happening correctly. It is absolutely happening on its own. You need to just go along for the ride and support yourself in the midst of it. What a gift! And it is a gift. It is a great gift from the universal creator-God. And you are the great beneficiary of this gift. So we bless you and support you in this and reassure you that all is well. You are doing fantastically well.
There is more ahead. But at this time it does not particularly serve you to be looking to the future. It is like the process of a flower opening. Be in the moment as each petal unfurls. Do not think about what is ahead. It will happen in its own perfect timing. That will actually support you in this process, by not thinking about it, not worrying about it, not being concerned about it. You always can pray. Prayer is always a beneficial thing. And the optimum prayer is that you can be connected to your higher self, that the guidance of your higher self can come through most clearly to you, and that you can receive it most clearly, that you can hear this guidance. That will be sufficient.
All is in order. You are in order. And your higher self is completely connected to this process, to the absolute divine. That is all you need. It is quite remarkable, quite a change.
Of course you can be continuing to support yourself in ways that you enjoy. If you enjoy your meditation, most definitely do that. If you enjoy eating a healthy diet, do that. You will probably notice changes in these arenas. Use your joy as the measure, as your guide. What you enjoy and what is joyful for you is your guide. And it’s becoming more and more clear to you that that is so. So you can follow your joy. Follow your bliss, as a wise person said at one point.
Your challenge may be that this is different from the way that you have functioned in the past. Perhaps in the past you have told yourself, “Oh, I couldn’t do that. That wouldn’t be safe. I wouldn’t be taking care of business. I wouldn’t be doing what I need to do to survive and to be responsible.” But the game is changing. It has always been fine for you to follow your joy. But now it is becoming more of an imperative. And this will help you, as so many things shift, to flow with the joy and follow that.
Know that things in your world are getting more clear. They are getting more light-filled. And the darkness that was obstructing that in the past is more and more dissolving, emptying, clearing. This may not be totally apparent on the surface of things. But if you look with your third eye vision for the light, you can see it. You can see that the light is increasing. Those who do not see it or who do not want to see it will be proclaiming that the world is the same or perhaps getting worse. They will be mongering fear to you and anyone who will listen to them. It is your job to bless them and to know that that is how things appear to them. It is not how things need to appear to you.
So I urge you to stay with the light. Breathe in light. Taste the light. Fill your whole self with light. Smell the light as you breathe it through your nostrils. And enjoy the light.
One of the things that will support you in this is to talk less. Many of you have the habit of talking much more than supports you. In the higher dimensions we talk very little, partly because we communicate telepathically. We do not need to talk. You may not have that full capability yet, and that is fine. But you can start to relax your talking. This is a distraction from the beauty, the light around you, much of the time. It keeps you locked into your brain, locked away from the light, locked away from the beauty and the joy.
The same is not true of your sense of feeling. Your sense of feeling supports you. It supports you through your body, through your emotions, eventually through your heart, and eventually through your higher mind. You can support this process by relaxing your talking. It is alright for there to be silence. It is alright to be with another person and not have to fill the space with talking. Remember the light. Remember to fill yourself with the light. Let that become your primary occupation, rather than your incessant thinking and talking. It is not that you have to be mute. It is not that this is an ironclad law and you can never talk. But notice when you can relax your speech and rest in the silence, rest in the light that is all around you.
As you do this you will feel yourself smile. You will feel yourself smile on the inside. Your mouth may be totally relaxed, but your being is smiling. It is a smile of the light. And so I urge you to practice this smile, this inner smile that is filled with light, to share it fully with yourself and to share it with others. Let this be your primary communication. This will be most joyful for you, I assure you.
And now I would like to engage in dialog with you. I ask you, “What would you like to know more about? What would you me to speak about?” Please ask me and I am happy to respond.
Question: You speak about prayer. Many of us are often asked by others to send prayers to a loved one who is experiencing emotional or physical difficulties, or they are on the verge of passing into another dimension. Or they may even ask us to pray after they’ve made the transition, to assist in that. Since prayer isn’t an “asking for” experience, what should our experience be when we’re requested to pray in those ways?
Hilarion: First of all, it is not exactly accurate that prayer is not an “asking for” experience. It depends on your level of consciousness. Prayer will occur at whatever level of consciousness you are resting in. If you are in a third-dimensional consciousness, it will take the form of an “asking for.” The more you are based in physicality, the more you will be asking for very physical, tangible things.
I believe what you’re referring to, though, is the guidance or instruction that is based on elevating prayer to a higher level, basically coming from a higher-dimensional focus. At this level, prayer is less about asking for certain outcomes, certain events, certain things to occur or to manifest. It is more about what it is that you desire fundamentally at those higher levels of consciousness. These are things like: that the individuals involved can all be connected to their higher self, and can be fully receiving the guidance of their higher self and responding to that guidance. This is the same, actually, as being connected to God. It is just the form that it happens at at the individual level. This is always an appropriate prayer, to pray for connection to God, surrender to God, merging with God, and allowing God to direct the course of whatever is to happen.
Another way of saying this—which is a very simple, tangible, concrete way—is to ask that the highest good be done for all involved. This is always appropriate. You can ask it more specifically, such as, “I ask that the highest good occur for this person and for all involved.” So you can focus on a particular individual or a particular group of individuals, however it is that you’re connected to this situation. But you also want to include that it’s for the highest good of all involved. So that is another form that prayer can take.
Another prayer that is very similar is “Thy will be done.” Then you are turning it over to God. Because truly, in these situations—as in all situations—we do not know what is for the highest good. It may appear that a person is suffering, and perhaps that suffering is a great breakthrough for them in their soul’s evolution. Many people in the third dimension look at death as the enemy, that life is the positive and death is the negative. But in the higher dimensions, we do not see it this way. Perhaps if the person is ready to die, that would be a wonderful thing—that they are moving on to a higher dimension, that they have completed their life lessons and their life work in this lifetime, that they have outgrown the usefulness of their physical body at this time. It may be a complete blessing that they are moving on.
So the truest form of prayer is to make yourself the conduit of God’s light and to ask for that to come in, in the highest way and for the highest good of all involved. The other thing is to hold that understanding within yourself, which brings you to a place of peace. This, in and of itself, can be a tremendous blessing. If you are, yourself, rested, peaceful that all is in order, all is happening in God’s perfect way, you will help others to come to that. Even if they aren’t consciously aware of it or choosing it, you, yourself, will be a living prayer, by your presence. So there is both the conscious prayer that you, yourself, invoke and engage. And then there’s the prayer that you are and that you radiate and emanate to everyone you have contact with, in the physical or not in the physical. This includes being in touch with people who are not physically incarnate or beings in other dimensions. They are affected by you, as well.
Many of you have prayers that have a certain form. Someone created a prayer and that has become a form that is repeated or said. That is fine, if that supports you in connecting to God in a real, true way. If it is just an empty ritual, a hollow shell, feel free to let go of it. The form that prayer takes is fundamentally from your heart. It is your heart speaking. If words come with it, that is absolutely fine. For some people, it is easier to vision than to put things into words. For some people, it is easier to feel things in a kinesthetic way. It does not matter. It is the communication of your heart in whatever way is strongest for you. That is what you are to find. So really, when you pray, you are simply putting your attention on a particular thing, event, person, arena. And then you are allowing your heart to speak in whatever way it does, in a way that connects you with God and allows that connection to pour forth into that situation. This is true prayer.
Question: I think you were saying that some of the changes that we’re going through are of an internal nature and we don’t have to work so hard on these changes, that they’ll be more automatic. I can see that happening for some people. I can also see for others that maybe haven’t addressed things or haven’t truly figured things out, it seems like they’re being forced awake.
Hilarion: Yes. You are seeing the fruit of your past work at this time. This change is going on regardless of you focusing on it, putting your attention on it, trying to create it—it’s not that kind of change. But, depending on the work you have done in the past, that will determine the level of ease with which you are experiencing this change.
Of course there are always things you can do that will make it easier for you. It’s kind of like a woman giving birth to a child. That child is going to be born one way or another, in almost all circumstances. But the woman has some choice over how easeful the process is. And her preparation will make a difference. So the level of preparation that you have done in the past is making a difference.
Everyone is unique. You cannot compare yourself to other beings. Well, you can, but it will not serve you to compare yourself to other beings, because you are all on your own trajectory. Even though this is a group event, a group transformation that is happening, each one of you is experiencing it in a unique way. It is affecting each one of you in a unique way. And each one of you has a unique soul agreement that you came into this lifetime with that related to being here at this time for this transformation. But you also have your individual aspects—what your soul’s work is to do and what you have agreed to create in this lifetime to support that soul’s work. So it is different for everyone. It is unique. And it is not the case that the people who are seemingly having an easier time are more elevated, more advanced. Or that the ones who are having a more difficult time are less elevated, less advanced. You can’t look at the outer manifestations as a reflection of being further along the path or less far along the path, better, less-than, anything like that. Truly, you never know another’s path. You never know what their soul has done, is going to do, or is in the process of doing right now.
This is a very important understanding. If you hold this understanding it allows your mind to be open, to bring the blessings of light to all circumstances without interfering with it with your own sense of thinking that you know what is happening with another. It can be hard to even know what is happening with yourself. And in some sense it is not necessary. But there is a way that your mind can support the process. You can look at patterns. You can look at, “When I do this, it seems to be more difficult. When I do this, things seem to flow better.” You can use those patterns to make adjustments that support you, that make your life and your growth and your tranformation smoother, gentler, easier, which most beings enjoy.
Perhaps that is enough for now. I am aware that in these meetings you often drop into the heart space in a deeper way than you often experience at other times. There is great pleasure in this. And the mind tends to still and come to rest. I imagine you are experiencing that at this time, and I am glad.
I will say my farewell, for now. I thank you for our connection. I am very happy that we have connected in this way. I thank you for your questions. I hope I have supported you. I leave you with this thought and this urging: Remember the light. It is always there. Simply turn to the light and enjoy that beauty.
And so I leave you now, with my blessings, with my love, in wonder, in delight, in love.
Blessings to you dear ones.
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Copyright 2012 Mercedes Kirkel, http://www.mercedeskirkel.com, All Rights Reserved. Please copy and share this article as long as it is shared in its entirety and the information is not altered, excerpted, or added to; credit of authorship and my website address (www.mercedeskirkel.com) is included; and no money is exchanged. For any other uses, please contact Mercedes Kirkel to obtain permission. Thank you.
Mercedes Kirkel is a channel and spiritual guide, bringing forth messages and instruction from Mary Magdalene and other Beings of Light, as well as Akashic Record Readings. Her new book, Mary Magdalene Beckons: Join the River of Love is available at www.marymagdalenebeckons.com. All messages and practices are universal and are not affiliated with any religion.
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The Power of Change
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead
This past Wednesday I had a very inspiring experience. I attended the Santa Fe city council meeting, which was the first city council meeting I’ve ever gone to. A friend had asked people to come and support a proposal to reduce the level of fluoride being added to city water. Since pure water is important to me, I decided to go. It turned out that there was a small but passionate crowd that had decided to attend.
The people who spoke seemed to be divided into two camps. The first consisted of several local dentists who work with low-income populations. They were strongly convinced that lowering the fluoride level in the water would put children in this group at further risk for dental disease. The second, larger group consisted of local residents who believe that ingesting fluoride is harmful. They had come to urge the city council to do more than was being proposed by discontinuing adding fluoride to the water altogether.
I listened to many people speak quite emotionally about why they believed their point of view was the correct one. Finally I decided to get up and contribute my thoughts. While I would like the city to discontinue fluoridation, what I focused on was that I didn’t think the two groups needed to view themselves as being in conflict. Obviously the dentists were very concerned about the wellbeing of their patients, and I think everyone could support that. Similarly, the people who seemed to be on the “other side” were simply voicing their desire for the wellbeing of city residents, too. What I urged the council members to do was to look beyond the debate of whether fluoridation was good or bad and to find other solutions that would support both groups. For example, if the money spent on fluoridation were spent on education and dental services for low-income groups, this might prove more effective than the present program for preventing tooth decay with fluoridated water, while still supporting those who don’t want chemicals that they consider toxic added to their water.
What happened next was quite surprising to me, and also very exciting. After hearing from the public, the council began their discussion. I was thinking that the most I could hope for would be that the council members would decide to approve the proposal for lowering the fluoridation level in the water and that, based on the opinions of people who spoke, would decide to eliminate the fluoridation at some future date. But that’s not what happened.
One longtime council member asked when the current fluoridation program had been implemented and was told it was initiated in 1955. She and other members began to reveal that they were not in favor of continuing to add fluoride to the water. Then a council member submitted an amendment to the proposal stating that no more fluoride would be added to the water. At this point, one of the council members and the mayor stated their opposition to the amendment, saying that they sided with the professionals (dentists) who felt this would create risk for the public. By now, I was starting to feel encouraged that the change I desired might actually occur. The tension between the two sides was palpable, and amplified by the applause that would break out when someone spoke in favor of a particular position.
At one point one of the council members favoring discontinuing fluoridation spoke about her memories of being a child in 1955, riding her stingray bike and following the cloud of DDT that was being sprayed to control mosquitoes because it was fun. Another council member recalled that in 1955 smoking was considered harmless and regularly included in TV shows such as “I Love Lucy.” I was really appreciating their human-ness and also struck by the similarity between their views and mine. Several talked about having researched this issue on their own and come to the conclusion that fluoridation of water wasn’t safe. I realized that I was surprised to find their point of view so similar to my own and, in that realization, saw that I have an assumption that politicians and people in public office aren’t going to support my values and choices. Witnessing their process helped me to release that prejudice.
Finally the vote was taken. By now the suspense was quite high, and my friend and I both sat and counted on our fingers as the votes were called out. Six council members voted in favor of discontinuing fluoridation and one voted against. I was elated and a little bit in shock. The outcome was better than I thought was possible.
The final addendum was that one of the council members suggested that the money that was now freed up be earmarked for one of the local dental clinics that works specifically with low income patients.
I went home on a cloud, feeling like I’d participated in a moment of history being made and higher consciousness breaking through. I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears that change is possible. And I contributed in my own, perhaps small, way to creating the world that I want to have.
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Copyright 2012 Mercedes Kirkel, http://www.mercedeskirkel.com, All Rights Reserved. Please copy and share this article as long as it is shared in its entirety and the information is not altered, excerpted, or added to; credit of authorship and my website address (www.mercedeskirkel.com) is included; and no money is exchanged. For any other uses, please contact Mercedes Kirkel to obtain permission. Thank you.
Mercedes Kirkel is a channel and spiritual guide, bringing forth messages and instruction from Mary Magdalene and other Beings of Light, as well as Akashic Record Readings. Her new book, Mary Magdalene Beckons: Join the River of Love is available at www.marymagdalenebeckons.com. All messages and practices are universal and are not affiliated with any religion.
To receive ongoing messages from Mary Magdalene and other Beings of Light through Mercedes, go to www.mercedeskirkel.com and request to be added to the mailing list.
Mercedes offers workshops and private sessions in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is available in-person or long distance (by phone and skype), or to travel to your location. For more information, go to www.mercedeskirkel.com.
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