(C.A.C. General Reading, September 8, 1993)
QUESTION:
A question from G.L., Lapeer, Michigan. “It has been written in a book entitled “The Spirit Book,” that nothing comes to pass without the express permission of God. In the Bible we read that the very birds, that every flower, and yes, even a leaf, is under God’s care; that nothing happens to them except that it be by the Will of God, or the express permission of the Divine. Also in the Bible you can find where it says we should not condemn ourselves or others for what the Divine has allowed to happen. In light of what Awareness has constantly said about faith and hope, it sounds as if everything is moving along and unfolding according to the allowed and expressed Will of the Divine. My question is this: Could Awareness explain more fully for us, the idea that nothing comes to pass without the permission of the Divine?”
COSMIC AWARENESS:
This Awareness indicates that It has expressed this in various ways before; that the Dark Force is essentially a force that assists in driving entities to the Light; that when the Dark Force acts, it may perceive itself as having an innate power and may see itself as gaining greater power, but the Divine allows this to occur only so that it can drive the entities who are confused or uncertain toward the Light, much like wolves drive the caribou so that the weaker caribou are caught and eaten by the wolves and the herd becomes stronger in the process.
This Awareness indicates that the amazing thing about the Dark Force is that it thinks it has control and that it is in power simply because the Forces of Light do not do anything to stop the Dark Forces, and many entities think that the Dark Forces have greater power because they are active and the Forces of Light do nothing to stop them.
This Awareness indicates however, that the Force of Darkness can only see within a certain narrow range of activity, and while it may see itself within that particularly narrow range as being greater than the victim or its mischief, believe itself to be strong and powerful, it does not see the greater picture that is witnessed by the Higher Forces of the Light, of the Divine.
This Awareness indicates that only when the Dark Force has completely played its hand and has made its move, to the point of no return, does the Force of Light then turn Itself on so that the Dark Force realizes the trap it has put itself into. This Awareness indicates that the Dark Force often sees itself as moving for conquest, but once it has made its move and cannot retreat or back out, it will realize it has simply entrapped itself and there is no escape for it.
God, the Divine Force, is Defined
This Awareness indicates that the Divine Force of the universe — that which entities refer to as God — is a living energy that permeates all things. It is a Life Force. It is everywhere present. It is all-knowing, and it is what entities refer to as God. God is not simply a portion of that Life Force, of that Universal Life Force, that sits in some body of a humanoid type shape that is often described as a kind of anthropomorphic being, sitting there with a white beard and long flowing white hair as an some sort of “Einsteinian” type god.
This Awareness indicates that It is not human-shaped at all. It is consciousness, ever-present throughout the universe, and man as image of that Divine Self is a reflection in consciousness — not in body shape – of the image of God. This Awareness indicates when entities understand this, they will have a more clear realization of what God is, and that God, the energy field throughout the universe, the Life Force throughout the Universe, the Ultra Consciousness that lives everywhere in the Universe, is the Divine, and sees the Dark Force for what it is, and that this Dark Force which is a promoting force for death, is very finite, very limited, for the Life Force of the universe is eternal and continues, regardless of whatever death is caused by the Dark Force.
There is No Way the Dark Forces Can Win
This Awareness indicates when entities understand this, they will also realize there is no way in which the Dark Force can win, can gain control, or can rule supreme in the universe; therefore, by the very nature of existence, the very nature of consciousness in the universe, the destiny is determined. It is like the seed determining the destiny of the tree that grows from the seed.
This Awareness indicates however, that this does not mean that entities should simply sit back and wait for God to take care of everything, and that they should simply avoid any responsibility for their own actions or for the actions of those around them, for the responsibility that entities learn in life is also part of the general outgrowth of the Divine Will, and if entities can learn something from this, it is indeed to their benefit.
There is a certain degree of free will involved which allows entities to have a kind of destiny based on their own actions, but regardless of the actions of individuals, the ultimate universal movement and destiny of consciousness will continue on its course, with or without the benefit of the human involvement. It is for the soul of the human individual to work toward his or her own spiritual evolution.
If an entity does not wish to do so, the entity’s future destiny may suffer, but the universe itself, the Divine actions of the God, will continue Its flow and movement according to Its own destiny, even if the human cannot keep up. The suffering, in other words, of an entity who is negligent of his or her soul growth will not affect the direction and evolution of the universe, even though it may affect the personal efforts of the individual in his or her personal evolution.
This Awareness indicates that this appears to be a problem for some entities who think that there is no point in struggling to become a better person, because the wheels of the Gods continue with or without your help. This Awareness indicates the individual who puts forth effort will evolve and gain, while the individual who is negligent or negative in expression will begin a downward evolutionary cycle that will be detrimental to the soul, even if the upward movement of humanity in general continues to evolve spiritually and physically on all other levels.
Where “Free Will” Comes In
In other words, your own destiny is not necessarily totally in the hands of God. God has given you free will to make your destiny according to your own intentions and willingness to rise to the occasion or to sink in deprivation and deteriorated evolution, if that is your choice.
This Awareness indicates in reference to free will, most activities of humans are based on their own conditioning. The conditioning is based on their experience and their programming from themselves and others, particularly from others, but there is always one area in everyone’s evolution that supersedes conditioning, if one wishes to use his or her own personal free will, and that is the choice of one’s attitude.
One can have an attitude that meets with each moment in a positive manner, to help the entity overcome the negative and to reach for more positive expressions, or one can have an attitude that looks for some negative to cling to, such as the entity who says, “Everything bad happens to me!,” in order to gain some kind of excuse for sympathizing with self, or to get others to sympathize with self, and this attitude as that which may be of a negative and unhealthy nature.
This Awareness indicates the entity has a choice of what attitude the entity wishes to experience in each moment, and the entities who choose the negative experience and who accept an attitude of negativity will have their negative reward.
This Awareness indicates that with this in mind, entities who wish to have a positive outcome should recognize the importance of a positive attitude, regardless of what is occurring in his or her life, for this may be the only area where you do have such freedom of choice.
IS GOD REALLY IN HIS HEAVEN AND ALL IS OKAY? (The Positive and the Negative Views of Life)
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION:
Then essentially, when the poet Wordsworth wrote, “God is in his heaven and all’s right with the world,” he was stating an absolute truth?
COSMIC AWARENESS:
This Awareness indicates that this was so, particularly from his view of the world. Another entity who has a more negative attitude might say, “God is in his heaven and he has simply deserted us on earth”, and with this attitude, the entity would be making a different form of reality for himself, and if, holding that attitude, the entity should find himself in a negative world, he would feel that he has properly evaluated reality.
This Awareness indicates that there are many ways that entities can interpret reality and be accurate at any given moment. One can look at reality and say: “It is a terrible experience, it is a terrible place to live,” and find reasons to prove by evidence that the world is a terrible place to live.
Another person, even living during the same time and the same place, can say: “This is a beautiful place.” They can point to the flowers, to the trees, to the sky, to the sunshine, to the fresh air, all of which can be seen as evidence to prove it is a beautiful place to live.
This Awareness indicates that whatever you seek, you generally can find. If you seek evidence of negativity, that is what you will find, and you can prove the negativity you see is real. If you seek evidence of a positive joyous nature, you can find that positive and joyous evidence to indicate the reality of your positive view of things.
The question is: Which entity is going to have greater happiness, the one who proves that life is negative, or the one who proves that life is positive, and produces positive benefits? This Awareness indicates obviously, the one who can see the more joyous experiences in life will have a more joyous life. The one who sees only negatives, is likely to have more negatives as witness to his or her life.
This Awareness indicates that the realities of these two different views of life may each be true. Each, of course, is ignoring certain other elements. The negative view of life ignores the positive, the positive view of life may ignore the negative. The realistic person who witnesses both may have both negative and positive experiences in his or her life, even simultaneously. This Awareness indicates it is a question of which the entity prefers.
The entity who says: “I want both the negative and positive aspects of life to deal with,” may view everything from a very realistic level, witnessing both positive and negative experiences equally. The one who sees the negative view of life and ignores the positive will find all kinds of reasons to complain, to criticize, to point out what’s wrong with life. This Awareness indicates the entity who sees the good and ignores the negative will find all kinds of reasons to be happy, to be joyful, and many will look at him and say: “You are a foolish person. You laugh at everything. You enjoy things even when they are miserable.” And the entity might say: “Well, maybe I’m foolish, but I sure enjoy life.”
How the Collective Reality Works
This Awareness indicates that each entity has a choice of how to approach and how to create the reality that he or she lives in, and the reality is, in a sense, personal reality for them. There is also the collective reality that allows for all entities to have the various choices.
If all entities in that collective reality were to see the world as a positive enjoyable place to live, they would naturally keep each other happier. They would make it joyful for each other. If some of the entities see it as a negative place, they are going to make sure that others also see the negatives in life.
Thus, the collective reality can have its negative side as well as its positive side, and entities can see both the positive and the negative in life. This Awareness indicates that it is a matter of personal choice. It is a matter of collective choice as to how entities wish to experience life, but for the main part, it is matter of which attitude an entity chooses to view the world from.
If You Are Unhappy With Your Life, Change Your Attitude
The rose-colored glasses, in other words, are really the attitude toward which you approach the earth, the reality of your life. This Awareness suggests that you may wish to alter your perception by altering your attitude, if you are not happy with the life you live. Change your attitude, change your life if you are unhappy with the situation you find yourself in.
If you are unhappy with all of the negatives in your life, begin to look for the positives. Look for those things that are nice, that you may have ignored. Notice the flowers that you have trampled on because you were too busy thinking of something else. Notice the children’s smiles, and their innocence that may annoyed you when you were so concerned about some negative consideration.
Notice the friendliness of a neighbor that may have irritated you because they seem to be meddling or giving you attention when you were busy mulling over a problem. This Awareness indicates that if you pay attention to the positives that you may have been ignoring and give less attention to the negatives that have been haunting and driving you crazy, you may find that those positives grow stronger and fill up more of your life, and more of your thinking, and the negatives diminish proportionately as time passes.
This Awareness is not trying to say that you should ignore negative experiences to the detriment of yourself. If you have a phone bill that needs to be paid, to ignore it will only complicate matters. It is better to deal with negatives and neutralize them as soon as possible. This Awareness is simply saying: Do not let the negatives take over your entire life to the point where you are hounded by them and have no room left for the positives of life.
Find room to give more attention and to enjoy the positive sides of life. This Awareness indicates if for example, your telephone bill needs to be paid, you have the choice of spending whatever time necessary to pay the bill, or you may wish instead to resist paying it, to feel anger about paying it and to dwell upon it for several days, becoming more and more negative and hostile toward it and then paying it, or letting it go another month, until the phone is shut off, and then lamenting and being angry because your phone has been shut off.
These are ways that entities can deal with a situation either in a positive and direct manner, or in a manner that allows the situation to take them over and affect their emotions and their time and their money and their energies in a greater way than is necessary. This Awareness indicates that it may not be a telephone bill we are talking about, it may be some other situation in your life.
Perhaps it is a relationship with someone, and your attitude toward that relationship becomes more and more negative to the point where it is haunting your every moment, driving you into fits of rage or overwhelming depression, or you can simply deal with the relationship in a way that dispenses it from your life. For example, deciding that if you can’t get along with the person, then you will simply not communicate with the person, or you’ll communicate in a light way that does not call up these heavy depressing energies.
This Awareness indicates that everyone can develop problems in their life, and everyone can choose what problems they will deal with in their life, and everyone can determine whether to toy with these problems, prolong them, milk them for all there is available in the problem, to keep the problem dangling before them from day to day, never really reconciling the problem, never ending the problem, keeping it there in order to have something to do, keeping that negativity hanging in front of their eyes at all times.
Entities who do this dwell in the negativity of a problem, and if they develop this way of dealing with problems as a kind of habitual way, then their life becomes centered on that habit of making problems worse than they really need to be. This Awareness indicates that the same entity could learn to take care of a problem more quickly, dispense with the problem and move on to something else that is more enjoyable or less oppressive.
It is a matter of attitude. What attitude do you want to project toward life and toward life’s situations?
