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Jesus, March
28, 2005.
Be not divided against yourself
And so, again, many souls, who volunteered to take on a condition
to balance a certain amount of world karma, will get stuck in carrying
that condition far beyond the point that is necessary, far beyond
the point where they have actually balanced that portion of world
karma and are now free to focus on the positive aspects of their divine
plan, which is to bring their gifts to this world.
A soul has two purposes for taking embodiment. One is to carry the
cross, one is to bring its gift. And spiritual souls often choose
to take on the cross first, and once they have conquered that task,
they are then free to be whole in bringing their gift. But if they
are tricked into rebelling against carrying their cross, and if they
are not willing to let their human ego and their attachments die on
that cross, then the soul will be stuck. And this is what happened
to Peter—that he recognized the Christ, but he was not willing
to fully identify with me, even to the point where he was willing
to be crucified next to me if that was God’s plan.
And so the key to moving out of this impasse is to learn from my example,
where you saw me in the Garden of Gethsemane the night before my trial
and crucifixion. And again, the serpents of this world have created
the false image of Jesus Christ that makes it impossible for most
people to identify with me. And thus they tend to gloss over the fact
that, while I was in that garden, I was deeply disturbed and deeply
distraught.
I cried tears of blood. I was suffering, as so many other people are
suffering, by carrying the burden that I was carrying, by carrying
my cross, and by the thought of what would happen next. And I was
so burdened by this that even though my soul had volunteered to come
into that situation, I still asked God to take that cup away from
me. And this will show you that Jesus Christ was indeed human like
yourself and not some God and not some superhuman, for whom the path
was easy.
The path was not easy for me. I was as frustrated and distraught that
evening as any human being has ever been frustrated. And yet the inspiration
you can take away from this is that I eventually came to the point,
where I took ownership of my situation. I decided that I was willing
to let God’s will be done, and not the lower will of the outer
mind. And so I surrendered myself to God and said, “Nevertheless
Father, not my will but thine be done.” Yet I could not have
surrendered myself to God unless I had taken ownership of my situation,
unless I had taken ownership to the point where, if I had had to keep
the condition forever, I would have been at peace with that.
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