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Gautama
Buddha, December 31, 2007
Understanding the false hierarchy
Thus, my beloved, we have sometimes talked about the fact that there
is a certain percentage of lifestreams who have been allowed to embody
on this planet, and that they form – together with lifestreams
in the mental and emotional realms – a hierarchy which we have
called the
false hierarchy. Now my beloved, this is the force that I earlier
said has destroyed many previous Golden Age civilizations.
And so you who are spiritual people have gone through a phase, many
of you, where you saw the necessity to make calls or decrees or call
forth the judgment of the false hierarchy. And this was a necessary
step, not only in the planetary unfoldment but also in your own personal
growth. But many of you, my beloved, have reached a point where you
are, as again was discussed earlier, ready to truly free yourself
from the last very subtle remnants of the duality consciousness. And
thus, I, as the Lord of the World – who truly holds the spiritual
balance for all lifestreams who embody on Earth – I have determined
to give you a teaching that is beyond what we have released earlier.
Thus my beloved, let me take you through a little bit of a thought
experiment, an exercise of your imagination. You might, my beloved,
start out with the image that was given in the books and movies that
were popular in the recent time about the little hobbit Frodo who
received the ring and had to bring it back to its creation point [Lord
of the Rings]. And in so doing had to fight against this dark force
that seemed to be permeating the universe and seemed to be emanating
from a central point, where supposedly there was an evil emperor or
sorcerer who was directing not only the force, but who was directing
millions upon millions of orcs or other beings who were doing his
bidding and were under his control.
Yet my beloved, I desire to give you a twist on this story. Now imagine,
my beloved, that you look at the world and see that there are certain
people who are seemingly committed to destroying peace and prosperity
in the world. And you see deeper and realize that they are committed
to this because they are in a certain state of consciousness. And
you see, my beloved, that they are in this state of consciousness
primarily because they are afraid. They are afraid that if they do
not pursue a certain course of action, well, some calamity will befall
them, such as burning forever in the hell that is the worst thing
they can imagine.
So out of that fear of going to hell, they are afraid of going against
those who command them to kill others in the name of God. And thus,
you see that on Earth there is a certain hierarchy, as you have seen
for example in past ages, where the leaders of a particular religion
– even the supreme leader, such as the pope of the Christian
religion – would command those below him to make war with the
members of another religion. Thus killing other human beings in the
name of their god, which they at the same time claim was a god of
love who had given the commandment, “Thou shall not kill.”
And who had sent his only begotten son into the Earth, who gave the
commandment to turn the other cheek and to love your neighbor as yourself.
Yet somehow, the logic was that if you killed in the name of this
god, you would avoid a fiery hell that would otherwise come upon the
Earth—if those of the other religion were allowed to spread
their religion unhindered. And so my beloved, you have an earthly
hierarchy but when you are a spiritual person and see deeper, you
see that there is a non-material hierarchy that is actually pulling
the strings, so to speak, of the marionettes that dance around on
the Earth. But even those who seem to have great power, such as popes
and emperors, are truly robots who are doing the bidding of some greater
force behind them.
Facing your fear of the false hierarchy
And so you might, as some of you have done, open your awareness to
the fact that there is a force beyond the material. And in the beginning,
you might feel some fear about this force. And you might think, my
beloved, that as there is a hierarchy of darkness on Earth, well there
is an even greater and more powerful hierarchy in the higher realms
– in the nonmaterial world – so that that false hierarchy
has unlimited power, or almost unlimited power, over those who have
been pulled into their sphere of influence.
And this, of course, has given many people on Earth – from various
religions including ascended master students – a great fear
of being influenced by this false hierarchy, my beloved. So that in
that fear of being influenced by the false hierarchy, you become so
concerned about keeping your consciousness pure that you actually
– without realizing it – shut off the flow of the River
of Life through your own being, shut off your own creativity by thinking
that you need to be so afraid of experimenting with your own creative
ability for fear of opening yourself to the false hierarchy.
So my beloved, many spiritual people who have gone beyond the “ignorance
is bliss” of “seeing no evil, hearing no evil” have
come to believe that there are these dark forces. And indeed, there
are dark forces—I am not in any way denying that. But the image
I want to give you here is that there truly is a false or dark hierarchy,
a dark force that is organized into a hierarchy, my beloved. And so
you can look on Earth and you can see that there are individual people
who are driven by this evil force, who are blinded by it and some
of them, for example, become serial killers.
But there is also a more organized form, where at certain points an
entire society can come under the spell of the false hierarchy, so
that they now unite their forces in seeking to kill the members of
another society. And of course, if you want an obvious example of
this, you can see the Nazi force in Germany as one modern example.
But if you dare to look a little more closely, you can see that many
societies have elements of this. Even modern-day America has certain
people who are in high positions of power, who have come under the
spell of this false hierarchy and thus become instruments for precipitating
war and conflict on a planetary scale.
And yet, my beloved, when you look beyond these people on Earth –
who have been blinded or taken over by the false hierarchy –
you see that beyond them is a non-material hierarchy. And you might
think of it in terms of evil spirits, demons,
discarnates, entities, whatever you want to call them. But the
main image here is that there are beings who are completely blinded
by the consciousness of duality and thus are completely focused on
and committed to expressing some form of darkness—even though
they often believe it is for some greater good.
And so my beloved, if you conceive of this false or dark hierarchy
as a pyramid, where the physical manifestations you see are the lowest
level of the pyramid and beyond it is another level, and beyond that
is another level—and all of it leads up toward the top of the
pyramid. And you know, my beloved, of course that the pyramid ends
in one single point. And thus, you have the popular image that at
the top of the pyramid of the dark hierarchy is the devil or Satan
or Lucifer or whatever that being has been called in various cultures
and religions.
A journey into the illusions of darkness
Yet my beloved, now imagine that we put on the full armor of Archangel
Michael, so that we are invulnerable to the dark forces, and we set
out on a journey like Frodo who traveled to the depths of Mordor,
the depths of darkness. We are traveling now through the different
layers of the false hierarchy, the forces of darkness. We are traveling
higher and higher towards the apex, the very top point of the pyramid.
And as we come closer and closer, we encounter various manifestations
of darkness, as Frodo encountered on his journey towards Mordor. And
we expect, of course, that as we come to the very top, we will find
the ultimate temple of darkness, the ultimate building that houses
the dark lord himself, who is at the very top of this dark hierarchy.
And indeed, my beloved, as we penetrate through the deeper levels
of darkness, we do see such a temple, a structure constructed with
all kinds of evil or ugly manifestations of figures, of dragons, of
gargoyles of whatever you can imagine on Earth.
And yet my beloved, as we get to this very temple itself, we see something
peculiar. We see that surrounding the temple are beings who worship
the temple, but those beings are so afraid to enter the temple that
they never, ever enter the temple. They always reside outside. But
we see that these beings form, so to speak, the top level of the dark
hierarchy that we can see from our position outside the dark temple.
And we see that they are so hypnotized, so focused on promoting or
perpetuating a particular idea that they believe has been given to
them by the dark lord himself. But we realize that none of these beings
have ever seen the dark lord, have never actually received that philosophy
or matrix from the dark lord.
They believe it was given in the distant past, my beloved, to their
forefathers, and they are simply continuing to carry out the instructions
that they were given in the past. And they pass those instructions
on to the next level of the pyramid, to those below them. And so those
below them blindly carry out the instructions of their overlords,
which they believe came directly from the dark lord himself, and so
on down through the levels of the pyramid. And now my beloved, we
look at these that are – so to speak – the most advanced
dark beings we have encountered on our journey, and we see that although
they have great power over those below them, we see that they are
actually driven by fear themselves—rather than being the powerful
beings that their followers see them to be.
We see through them and see that they are hollow shells because they
are driven by fear. And in their fear, they are actually mechanically
carrying out what they believe to be the instructions of their dark
lord. And although they believe that the dark lord is the counterpoint
to God – and thus as powerful as God – they really have
no proof of this, for they have never seen the dark lord himself,
my beloved. So when we realize this fear – and again, of course,
being protected by the full armor of Archangel Michael – we
say, “Well, perhaps we should do what they are afraid to do.
Perhaps we should walk into that temple and take a look at this dark
lord, who is supposedly as powerful as God himself.”
And now my beloved, we gather our courage, and we walk through the
temple gates and we encounter a great hall, and at the end of that
hall is a great throne. But to our surprise we discover that there
is no one sitting on the throne, save a little mouse, my beloved,
who has snuck into the dark temple looking for food, but has found
none and thus quickly runs away as it hears us coming. And thus, we
stand there in front of that dark throne—and suddenly it dawns
upon us, my beloved, that there is no dark lord!
Stop giving power to what is not real
There never was a dark lord! There never was an evil being who was
the counterpoint of God and who was thus as powerful as God. You see,
my beloved, what we realize in an instant is that all of the different
levels of the hierarchy of darkness are worshipping a complete illusion,
my beloved. They are worshipping something that is not there, something
that has no reality, my beloved. And thus, we see something very profound.
The beings at the lower levels of the pyramid are afraid to disobey
those above them because they believe those above them have power
over them. And to some degree this is true, for when you are at the
lower levels, well those above you have certain powers of black magic
that they can use against you.
But we also see that the entire hierarchy leads towards the very highest
level of the beings who are outside the temple, and we see that those
beings are worshipping the dark lord that they think resides in the
temple. But they do so because they believe that the dark lord is
there and that he has real, actual powers over them, and thus will
destroy them if they do not do his bidding. But we see that those
beings – even though they have power over all of the beings
below them in hierarchy – they are actually the most to be pitied—because
they think that the dark lord above them has power over them. But
since the dark lord is not there and the temple is empty, there is
no power over them and thus there is no one who can destroy them if
they do not do the bidding of the dark lord that is nonexistent.
And thus we suddenly see, my beloved, that this false hierarchy –
which might appear to have power on Earth, or in the mental or emotional
realms – actually has no real power. It is all an illusion,
and that which is unreal cannot have power over that which is real—unless
that which is real has fallen into the illusion of believing that
the darkness is real, thereby – by affirming the reality of
the darkness – giving the darkness power.
So do you see, my beloved, that we suddenly realize that those on
the lower levels of the hierarchy of darkness are using
their own energies to feed the illusion. And in so doing,
they are sending their energies into a false matrix, and thereby they
give their own energies to create a force which those at the next
highest level of the pyramid can then use to control them.
In other words, those who are being controlled are themselves giving
their own energies to those who control them. And thus, if those who
are being controlled would stop feeding the energy to their overloads,
well then they would take away the power that the overlords have over
them. And when you see that this is repeated at each level of the
pyramid, you see that it is not actually true – as you see portrayed
in many myths around the world – that those who are immediately
below the dark lord are receiving power from the dark lord himself.
For you see that there is no dark lord, so how could those who are
at the top level of the pyramid receive power when there is nothing
above them but emptiness? And so you see now that the entire superstructure
of the false hierarchy are not fed by the dark lord. They are fed
by those below them, going all the way back to the human beings in
embodiment who are not completely empty of light but still have some
reality, some light in them. But who have been tricked into misqualifying
this light through illusions and thereby feeding the entire superstructure
of dark beings and the false hierarchy.
And so we suddenly realize that evil is not real and its appearance
has no actual power over human beings—except what human beings
give to darkness by misqualifying their own light with the illusions
created by darkness. The illusions that people believe are real.
Overcoming the illusion that darkness has power
Now my beloved, you who are the spiritual people, many of you are
right at that point where you are ready to fully integrate this truth
that I have given you. Where you are ready to take that step, which
finally and fully brings you out of the reach of the forces of duality.
Which brings you to the point, my beloved, where the prince of this
world will come but have nothing in you, whereby he can force you
to go in to a negative reaction that feeds your light to the darkness.
You are right at the point where one more step will set you free,
so that you can sit as the Buddha under the tree and be confronted
with the demons of Mara, the forces of this world. But no matter how
they attempt to attack or tempt you, there is no attachment in you,
whereby they can cause you to give power to their illusions. For you
see through the illusions, and thus you are unmoved through your own
perpetual surrender of all that is unreal.
And do you see, my beloved, that many of you are at the point, where
a slight turn of the dial of consciousness will suddenly open up your
vision to see the complete unreality of all that is dark and evil?
This my beloved, would not instantly remove that darkness from the
Earth, for the law of free will allows that there are still many people
who believe in the illusions of darkness. But there are two important
aspects of you overcoming that illusion.
First of all that you, of course, are free of the pull of duality,
free of the fear of the false hierarchy. You are anchored in the infinite
peace of the Buddha, the infinite peace of Christ, the infinite peace
of the Divine Mother, the infinite peace of the Divine Father, the
infinite peace of the Holy Spirit. And by being anchored in that peace,
well then you can step up to an entirely new level of holding the
balance for the Earth, so that you can serve as a counterbalance to
the people who are still blinded by duality and still think they have
to do the bidding of the evil lord and those above them in the dark
hierarchy. Which they often do not see as a dark hierarchy but see
as the hierarchy of their own religion or the hierarchy of their political
party. Or whatever illusion you have on Earth that is designed to
trick people into giving their obedience and energies to the dark
forces while thinking they are working for God or some ultimate cause.
And this, truly, is how you hold the counterbalance, my beloved, against
the forces of darkness—when you realize that there is no dark
lord. There is no reality to the forces of darkness, but you also
realize that too many of your brothers and sisters are still blinded
by that illusion that darkness is real and that is has actual power
over them. And so you recognize that there are many people who are
not yet ready to let go of that illusion.
And why are they not ready my beloved? Because they are not ready
to take a look at darkness. They are not ready to acknowledge that
if they are engaged in the dualistic struggle – even though
they believe they are fighting for a good cause – they are actually
working for the hierarchy of darkness. They are afraid to acknowledge
that—because they would feel such remorse and self-condemnation
that it would take them lifetimes to heal from that wound. And even
those who are willing to acknowledge that fighting can never come
from the hierarchy of light, they still are afraid to take a close
look at the hierarchy of darkness, following it all the way to the
top and then finally seeing that there is nothing at the top and therefore
it can have no power.
And so you see that it is necessary that there is a certain percentage
of people who will hold the balance that gives the rest of humanity
more time to build up the maturity and the courage, where they are
then able to look at the darkness, to see it for what it is and thus
use their free will to abandon it. And you see that it is necessary
that those will hold the balance so that the people who are blinded
by the darkness will not plunge this Earth into a negative spiral
of violence that will prevent the manifestation of the Golden Age.
Hold the vision of an awakening from the illusion of darkness
So what you need to hold the vision for, my beloved is that humankind
will be pulled out of violence and will be raised gradually into the
Golden Age consciousness. And the vision you need to hold, my beloved,
is that this happens by more and more people being awakened to the
value of tolerance the value of diversity, the value of creativity—and
that it is through creativity that humankind will solve its problems,
not through control. That it is through finding creative solutions
rather than repeating the mechanization consciousness of thinking
that it is by enforcing one particular solution, one particular belief
system, that supposedly has the solution to all problems but in realty
does not have the solution to any problems but will only reinforce
the dualistic struggle.
And so my beloved, I desire you to hold the vision that this awakening
will spread like rings in the water. And that when you fully awaken
to the reality of light and darkness – seeing the unreality
and darkness, and seeing the reality of God and the reality of the
statement of Christ that with God all things are possible –
and therefore, truly, the golden age can manifest and emerge as the
phoenix bird that rises from the fires of the conflicts you see in
the present world.
I desire you to hold the vision for that awakening of humankind, my
beloved, to the value of creativity, the value of their own built-in
creativity—that they can all play a part in bringing forth creative
solutions or supporting creative solutions to the problems that for
thousands of years have caused conflict. Including, my beloved, creative
solutions in the field of religion and spirituality, so that religion
will no longer be the trigger for violent conflict that will set the
world ablaze. And thereby create a spiral that people cannot free
themselves from, where they mindlessly and mechanically kill those
who belong to a different religion, becoming like robots that are
completely taken over by the dark forces who want to kill and destroy.
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© 2010 by Kim Michaels |
