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FOOTPRINTS ON
THE MOUNTAIN

Apr. 13, 2001 - Apr. 15, 2001
Unless indicated otherwise, the following notes are recorded in my journal in the course of my daily decree services before this local outpost of the Altar of the Holy Grail, located in my sanctuary, a converted photographic darkroom in the back of our garage. The Chart of the Presence hangs over the altar area on the west wall, with the portrait of the Ascended Master Jesus Christ to the left, and the portrait of the Ascended Master St. Germain to the right. Note: Most links require Javascript to be enabled. For additional Footprints background information, click here. For Footprints FAQ click here.
a.m. decree work - backyard format
1. (.01) Tubes of Light (1x),
2. Hail Mary (3x),
3. Helios and Vesta (15 minutes),
4. Hail Mary (3x),
5. Kuthumi's I Am Light (15 minutes),
6. Hail Mary (3x),
7. (70.11) Violet Flame (30 minutes)

4/13/2001 Fri.

office work
     This is the 26th consecutive day of the Linda Healing Project.
Ritual outline: We begin repeating our Linda Healing Prayer when we get out of bed, "My Beloved God Presence, I Am That I Am, please allow Linda to feel your precious friendship, your precious love, your precious comfort, your precious peace, and your precious healing power. Please bestow upon Linda the intelligence that will enable her to recognize the difference between friend and foe." After dressing we proceed directly to the kitchen, remove four dog biscuits from the jar, and chop them in half to yield a total of eight pieces. Four for Linda, and four for Max. We proceed to the sanctuary, kneel at the altar, explain our goals, and ask for assistance. This includes a request that a squad of nature spirits and elementals to be assigned to tutor Linda in recognizing the difference between friend and foe, and sword work to cut Linda free from her fear and all aggressive tendencies. We depart the sanctuary, taking the white hand bell from the altar, proceed into the garage, open the main garage door, and walk over to the gate. We ring the hand bell, open the gate, say good morning to Linda and Max, pull the two trash barrels outside of the gate, walk back inside the gate and over to the chain link fence where the dogs are ready for their dog biscuits. After the period of interaction with the dogs, I say goodbye, pull the trash barrels back inside the gate, close the gate, ring the hand bell, walk into the garage and close the garage door.
     Today was a good day. I recognized a little bit of uncertainty and hesitancy in Linda's initial barking as we went through the first few steps of the routine. Linda allowed me to pet her on the head with each of the four biscuits that I gave to her. She didn't show any of the former tendencies to pull back at my touch. When we walked away after the dog biscuit session, we again noticed a certain hesitancy in her normal barking behavior. This is a good thing. It indicates to me that there is the beginning of a conflict inside of her head between the growing understanding that I am not a threat, and the trash barrels are not a threat, and the fear that sends her into this knee jerk barking behavior.
     After pulling the trash barrels back inside the gate, I went back over to the fence and gave Max another pat on the head, and Linda offered herself up for another pat on the head too, though I am sure she was expecting another dog biscuit. But it seems to me that a pat on the head and dog biscuit are becoming linked together inside of her brain, and it is possible that a pat on the head will one day be as good as dog biscuit. When I walked away Linda and Max were in a play mode, so there was no barking as I closed the gate and rang the hand bell.
     I believe that we will add that extra return to the fence, after we pull the trash barrels back inside of the fence, to our regular ritual, and perhaps one more dog biscuit at that point. I am thinking that this might help to reinforce in Linda's mind the sound associated with the movement of the trash barrels with dog biscuits and pats on the head. This is again one of the goals of this project, i.e. to get Linda comfortable with the movement of the trash barrels, as this has always been something that has totally freaked her out from the very beginning.
     When I got out of bed and I started to repeat the Linda Healing Prayer (see text above) I noticed that we have this prayer about 99% anchored in our mind, i.e. we are no longer having to struggle with remembering the proper order of any of the words. Nevertheless, while I was giving the prayer, I was aware that there was something that I was supposed to be remembering, that there something that I was missing, but what that something was did not come to me until we arrived in the sanctuary and knelt down before the altar to begin our prayers for assistance. At that point we remembered that we were supposed to be holding the visualization of cuddling Linda in our arms and extending to her a great love, a great compassion, a great peace, as we give this prayer. In this case, having no love of my own for Linda, we must be the instrument of the love of our God Presence, in this respect, there simply is no other choice. This conclusion was the result of a point of knowledge we were made aware of yesterday. The fact that I couldn't remember that point until I actually got into the sanctuary is another illustration of the fact that there is forcefield in the sanctuary that is supportive of spiritual modes of thinking and remembering. I believe that during the following dog biscuit feeding session we were able to bring that visualization to mind only for one brief moment. But that's a beginning.  [c-notes recorded in office]  4/13/2001 Fri.
     I wanted to note at this time that during our backyard decree service earlier that the glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom emerged within the fabric of our awareness about 20 minutes into the 30 minute violet flame session, and that I believe it was during that period, when I was contemplated the footprints project, that I became aware of the next item of footprint subject content that we need to work on. This has to do with the reading of the Pearls of Wisdom during our evening decree services. We began that practice for the express purpose of generating commentary on various aspects of the teaching. Though we have not had any opportunity to pursue that, i.e. beyond the reading of the Pearls, because all of our time has been devoted to keeping up with the footprint transcriptions, and in updating the layout and design of the footprints web pages generally. And now I suppose that it is fitting that when we are finally seeing the endpoint in that regard, in terms of coming to the place where the footprint web page design changes have been completed and implemented, which is perhaps about a week away, that the blueprint for this next aspect of the work would appear. What came to our mind was an excerpt from the dictation of Archangel Michael that we have been reading during our services lately, having to do with the importance of the science of the spoken word, and observing that this would be worth sharing, and that this would the first subject area that we would focus on, making a point to mark all statements related to the importance of the science of the spoken word, and simply including them in the course of the footprint transcriptions, formatting them so they could be clearly differentiated from the journal transcriptions. In other words, as we read the pearls during our evening services, we would be on the lookout for these statements specifically, giving them the highest priority, and as we find them, we will make the work of transcribing them part of the journal transcription work period.  [c-notes recorded in office]  4/13/2001 Fri.
     In reference to the April 12, 2001 notations concerning the garment of praise and adoration that was revealed to me during our Thursday morning decree service in the sanctuary, we feel that it is incumbent upon us to mention the fact, though it might be obvious enough to be left unstated, but nevertheless, here is an example of the role of the Ascended Master in the life of the student. First of all, that garment of praise and adoration composed of a thousand jewels of divine perception was not something that I had ever experienced before, at least in this lifetime, and it is not something that I was able to carry out of the sanctuary with me. It could not be considered part of my current level of attainment. So where did it come from? It was revealed by the Ascended Master Kuthumi, and I say this in as much as it appeared, after the prayer noted, and at the point that we entered into the decree matrix that this master sponsors. Here is an example of what life is actually like for those in the Ascended state. But not just in the ascended state. This is an example of what life can be like for those students who succeed in developing the capacity to extend the utmost respect unto our Father/Mother God at all times and under all circumstances. We will actually walk the earth surrounded by a forcefield composed of thousands of jewels of divine perception, with the flames of praise and adoration dancing and leaping within the fabric of that garment constantly. This is something to look forward to.
     But there remains the question of whether the Master was sharing a portion of his own personal garment of adoration and praise, or the Master was placing me into contact with the bejeweled garment of adoration and praise, with its thousands of embedded jewels of divine perception, that actually exists in my own causal body as a point of past attainment. There was nothing in this experience that would help me answer that question one way or the other. But as a matter of principle, it must be observed that it must be true that we all have such garments stored in our causal body, because we were all living in the divine estate at one time, and such a garment is the normal attire of any soul in the divine estate. [c-notes recorded in office]  4/13/2001 Fri.
p.m. decree service in sanctuary
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom appeared within the fabric of our awareness on the 2nd of (12x) Tubes of Light at a level of (3) to (4) on our (1-12) intensity scale.  4/13/2001 Fri.
     This is the bottom line: Given the fact that God's glory is everywhere manifest, and in such abundance as to overwhelm our capacity to comprehend the majesty of it all, it is meet therefore, that the soul reside in a constant state of amazement and respect.  4/13/2001 Fri.
     In regards to the issue of lowering a particular aspect of the causal body into the physical form, where it would mesh with the four lower bodies, and the soul could again be in complete possession of it again, and I am thinking of the capacity to extend the utmost respect unto God our Father and God our Mother at all times and under all circumstances, before this can be accomplished, the soul must redevelop a certain momentum on that point, and develop if from scratch as it were, building up the attributes of character that would not only be able to receive the larger momentum, but also have the concurrent presence of mind necessary to guard, protect, and champion that mode of awareness against all influences of disintegration. The soul must prove, in the form of actual safeguard built into the fabric of awareness, that it will not fall prey to temptations that would allow the momentum to dissipate and be lost, once that momentum is returned into the soul's possession. Therefore, the soul must develop what amounts to a socket into which the greater momentum can be plugged. And that socket is that capacity, in miniature, developed from scratch. In this development process, the soul builds up the muscles of character necessary to focus and concentrate attention, to fend off all internal distractions, i.e. to secure a place within the soul fabric for the larger momentum to reside, safe and secure from the attempts by the forces of darkness to steal the Light and power of which that larger momentum is composed.   4/13/2001 Fri.
     After the individual preamble to each of the major decree matrices, we offer a series of prayers for assistance in anchoring various qualities of God's Reality that have heretofore been revealed. This is sort of like a miniature Divine Revelation Recollection Affirmation, but in prayer form. For example, after the Michael decree preamble we say, "I am placing one hand firmly in the hand of Archangel Michael, and the other hand firmly in the hand of Archei Faith, and I am calling to your gracious hearts to please help me to give these calls in the manner most effective, that will bring about the greatest possible clearance of all obstacles that oppose the realization of God's infinite love for me personally, of all obstacles that oppose the realization of the friendship of my own beloved God Presence, of all obstacles that oppose the realization of the personal closeness of my very own beloved God Presence, of all obstacles that oppose my soul's total immersion in the desire for the victory of God's will, of all obstacles that oppose the development of that capacity to extend the utmost respect unto our Father/Mother God at all times and under all circumstances, and of all obstacles that oppose the full manifestation of the victory of God's will within every atom, cell and electron of our entire consciousness, being, and world" After our Michael decree preamble, when we came to this prayer section, we decided to eliminate all points except for one, i.e. regarding the development of the capacity to extend the utmost respect unto God, being finally convinced that all else will flow from the achievement of that one point.  [expanded during transcription]  4/13/2001 Fri.
     During this (45x) Michael session, we were able to anchor the sense that God deserves out utmost respect, that this is a constant fact. This really amounted to a degree of absorption into the flame of respect itself, in as much as a vision component was included within the equation of contemplation. Our absorption level was perhaps 2%.  4/13/2001 Fri.
     I am not going to fooled any longer into believing that it is somehow not justifiable to focus all or our attention in that direction.  4/13/2001 Fri.
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     With this new focus, "God deserves my respect," simple, straight to the point, with the word "God" up front, we were able to focus consistently on this issue throughout the 15 minute violet flame session, with the effort forming into a huge hug for God on two occasions. This is a good start. We were absorbed into the flame of respect perhaps as much as 2%, which is not much, but enough to register the reality of it.  4/13/2001 Fri.
     We noticed during our next set of (15x) Hail Marys, that the important thing about this new phrase is that the key principle is up front and easy to focus on, i.e. "God Deserves," which forms a conceptual window through which you can look for all the reasons why God deserves your respect, and of course there are an endless number of reasons.  4/13/2001 Fri.
     This focus, "God deserves my respect," which are repeating during every transition space, is a pathway into huge hugs for God.  4/13/2001 Fri.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom has appeared within the fabric of our awareness at the 3rd eye chakra area during our (1x) 10.08 Great Divine Director decrees.  4/13/2001 Fri.
     This decree service was spent within the context of a constant and steady glow of the sacred fire within the fabric of our awareness at a level of (3) to (4) at the beginning, rising to constant (5) to (6) at the revelation of our new focus, "God deserves my respect," and was boosted to a level (7) at the (1x) Great Divine Director calls. This service was unique in the fact that there was no opposition at all, that there was this constant glow of sacred fire, and a nearly continuous focus on the issue of extending to God the utmost respect.  4/13/2001 Fri.
p.m. decree service - weekday format
1. Opening Statement,
2. (.01) Tubes of Light (12x),
3. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
4. Hail Mary's (15x),
5. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
6. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
7. Main Preamble: initial prayers, Divine Revelation Recollection Affirmations,
Sword work (10 minutes), insert calls,
8. 30.08, Covenant of the Magi (12x),
9. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
10. Hail Mary's (15x),
11. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
12. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
13. Michaels (45x),
14. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
15. Hail Mary's (15x),
16. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
17. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
18. 70.11, Violet Flame (15 minutes),
19. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
20. Hail Mary's (15x),
21. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
22. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
23. 20.12, I Ratify the Judgment of Helios, includes 20.07 Judgment calls (5x), 20.09 Dweller calls (5x), .30 Solar Ring calls, Tubes of Light (3x),
24. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
25. Hail Mary's (15x),
26. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
27. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
28. 7.21 - Strip us of all Doubt and Fear (1x),
29. Hail Mary (1x),
30. 40.06 Purity (1x),
31. Hail Mary (1x),
32. 10.13 - Astreas (1x),
33. Hail Mary (1x),
34. Cyclopeas (1x),
35. Hail Mary (1x),
36. Illumination (1x),
37. Hail Mary (1x),
38. Great Divine Directors (1x),
39. Hail Mary (1x),
40. 10.05, Hercules (1x),
41. Hail Mary (1x),
42. 50.04 - I Seek Thees (1x),
43. Hail Mary (1x),
44. Healing (1x),
45. Hail Mary (1x),
46. I Am Light (1x),
47. Hail Mary (1x),
48. Light of the Heart (1x),
49. Hail Mary (1x),
50. Helios and Vestas (1x),
51. Hail Mary (1x),
52. Om Ah Hummm, (3x),
53. Hail Mary (3x),
54. Sealing of the Decree Service.

4/13/2001 Fri.

a.m. decree service in sanctuary
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace, freedom, and paradise appears within the fabric of our awareness on the 2nd repetition of (3x) Tubes of Light, (expanded to 5x), at a level of (4) to (5) on the intensity scale, expanding to (6) to (7) by the 5th repetition, a vista of sacred fire reality in the brow area generally.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     During our Helios and Vesta calls, we were able to consistently focus on our new victory thoughtform, "God deserves respect" throughout. We took out the "my", because I think it is superfluous, as the "my" is inherent in the effort to hold fast to the thoughtform, and 3 words are easier to hold in the mind simultaneously than 4.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     During our 15 minute I Am Light calls, the glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom remained within the fabric of our awareness at a level of (5) to (6) to (7) throughout. During this session we achieved several points of success in our effort to extend the utmost respect unto our Father/Mother God. The word "deserves" is a great word. It embodies the vision component of the contemplation equation, i.e. a framework of meaning that attracts to it, like a magnet, an awareness of those things about God that deserve respect.
     From Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language: deserve derives from the Latin deservire, which means to serve diligently. Isn't that interesting. And that is one of the key reasons that God deserves our respect, in as much as He is providing us with invaluable services every moment of our lives.
     The definition continues: "to have a right to because of acts or qualities; be worthy of (reward, punishment, etc.)."
     Moreover, the words "God deserves" expands easily beyond "God deserves respect", into "God deserves my most profound respect", "God deserves my utmost respect", "God deserves my praise", "God deserves my adoration", "God deserves my huge hugs", and much more. We were able to briefly tune into each of these qualities during this session.
     Starting with the short form and achieving some success in regards to the attunement with the reality beyond the words, we noticed that the long form, if you can grasp it all at once, is still the most penetrating word group, i.e. "God deserves my utmost respect." The word "utmost" allows you to reach deeper and to bring up a more profound expression of respect. This follows from its definition, "of or to the greatest or highest degree, amount, number, etc.; greatest." Clearly God deserves nothing less than the greatest amount of respect that we can possibly muster. [expanded during transcription]  4/14/2001 Sat.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom remained constant within the fabric of our awareness at a level of (5) to (6) throughout the entire 30 minute violet flame decree session. Over the course of this session we made consistent efforts to extend the utmost respect unto our Father/Mother God. During the first 15 minutes, we were able to go beyond the mental effort associated with holding the victory thoughtform, "God deserves respect," into the reality behind the words when we added the word "our", i.e. "God deserves our respect." I think this allowed us to tune into the collective respect that all life extends to God at inner levels. During the second 15 minute portion of this 30 minute violet flame session, we were able to enter into a more personal extension of respect, achieving a couple of brief moments of attunement with the precious region of inner reality that extends huge hugs unto God. Also, we tried, "I bend the knee before God's majesty and beauty" as a device to get past various obstacles of distraction as they emerged. All of this is of course going on as the violet flames are going forth. We are trying to develop the optimum context of consciousness for our service before the altar.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     As we repeat this, "God deserves my respect," over and over during the transition between the violet flame session and the 33.00 Ruby Ray Judgment calls, we notice that this affirmation does raise the soul into an eye to eye, nose to nose, and heart to heart contact with God, in as much as the extension of respect is not done in secret. What I mean is that to show respect, you have to come into contact with the object of your respect. You do not avoid or remain out of reach of that for which you have the greatest respect.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     And it is that inner contact between God and the soul which inflames the soul with all the sensations of preciousness. So profoundly precious is this contact, that great arms of love spring forth from the soul fabric, arms of love that the soul was previously unaware that it even possessed, that reach out unto God with the most monumental hugs.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     There was a point during our 33.00 Ruby Ray Judgment call matrix, that we experienced that region of internal embrace unto God. And we proceeded forth with the call marveling at the possibility that we could come to the point where we could experience that embrace constantly. We end the 33.00 call matrix with a very precious glow of the sacred fire of paradise within the fabric of our awareness, most prominently in the brow area.  4/14/2001 Sat.
a.m. decree service - sanctuary format
1. Opening Statement,
2. (.01) Tubes of Light (3x),
3. Hail Mary's (3x),
4. Helios and Vesta (15 minutes),
5. Hail Mary's (3x),
6. Kuthumi's I Am Light (15 minutes),
7. Hail Mary's (3x),
8. (70.11) Violet Flame (30 minutes),
9. Hail Mary's (3x),
10. (33.00) Ruby Ray Judgment (1x),
11. Hail Mary's (3x),
12. Sealing of the Decree Service.

4/14/2001 Sat.

office work
     This is the 27th consecutive day of the Linda Healing Project.
Ritual outline: We begin repeating our Linda Healing Prayer when we get out of bed, "My Beloved God Presence, I Am That I Am, please allow Linda to feel your precious friendship, your precious love, your precious comfort, your precious peace, and your precious healing power. Please bestow upon Linda the intelligence that will enable her to recognize the difference between friend and foe." After dressing we proceed directly to the kitchen, remove five dog biscuits from the jar, and chop them in half to yield a total of ten pieces. Five for Linda, and five for Max. We proceed to the sanctuary, kneel at the altar, explain our goals, and ask for assistance. This includes a request that a squad of nature spirits and elementals to be assigned to tutor Linda in recognizing the difference between friend and foe, and sword work to cut Linda free from her fear and all aggressive tendencies. We depart the sanctuary, taking the white hand bell from the altar, proceed into the garage, open the main garage door, and walk over to the gate. We ring the hand bell, open the gate, say good morning to Linda and Max, pull the two trash barrels outside of the gate, walk back inside the gate and over to the chain link fence where the dogs are ready for their dog biscuits. After feeding four biscuits to each dog, in this order, Max, Linda, Max, Linda, etc., we pull the trash barrels back inside of the gate, and then walk back over to the fence and give each dog one more biscuit and a pat on the head. That done, I say goodbye, close the gate, ring the hand bell, walk into the garage and close the garage door.
     Today we implemented the changes in the routine highlighted above in red, adding an extra biscuit for each dog at the end of the routine after we pull the trash barrels back inside the gate.
     Today there was no barking at the opening of the garage door. As I approached the gate and looked over, I could see that both dogs heard the garage door open but were sitting there in an expectant posture. But the moment Linda saw me, she started to bark. But I would say that there was a reduction again in the intensity and frequency of her barking during this initial period. I would also note a noticeable reduction in the intensity and frequency of her barking at the end of the session as well.
     During the main dog biscuit feeding period, everything went as well as yesterday, with the following improvement, viz., that Linda would linger during the head patting as she actually chewed the dog biscuit. I believe that this was on the second or third dog biscuit. Also, she did not retreat back into her dog house to eat any of the four biscuits. She stayed outside of the dog house each time. Usually she retreats inside of that dog house to eat her biscuits. So this is an improvement as well. Also, Linda did not let out a single bark during the biscuit feeding period.
     As noted, at the end of the session, after we pulled the trash barrels back inside of the gate, we gave each dog an additional dog biscuit. Even though Linda did bark at my departure and the movement of the trash barrels, when I arrived back at the fence with the biscuit she stopped barking, and she let me pat her on the head. And when I turned to leave, and walked out the gate, her barking was less intense than it normally is, and the moment I rang the hand bell, she instantly stopped barking, and started to look around for more biscuits. It was quiet after that.
     I don't mean to ignore Max in my report, but Max is Max. He is always friendly, and always excited to see me. And he has never barked at me for any reason. I don't know how you can improve on that. We made friends with him when he was a little puppy. As a puppy he was a really cute little dog. Now he is larger than Linda, and he is definitely the dominant animal now, though in a good natured way, setting a superb example for Linda.  [notes recorded in office]  4/14/2001 Sat.
     While we brushed our teeth, we were able to keep this phrase going in our mind, "God deserves my utmost respect." And as we made our bed, and got dressed, we were able to repeat the phrase over and over, and in the process we were able to contemplate the question of whether or not there was something more important with which to occupy our mind. I mean that we really had a good solid opportunity to study this question. We concluded that there was nothing more important. That phrase represents the greatest and most profound truth in the universe. We are playing Christmas music as the usual backdrop for our bed making chore, and that serves as a good supporting theme, a good supporting ambiance. [notes recorded in bedroom]  4/14/2001 Sat.
p.m. decree service in sanctuary
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom appears within the fabric of our awareness at a level (2) on the 1st repetition of (12x) Tubes of Light. During these calls, beginning at repetition (6) we were able to focus on extending the utmost respect to our Father/Mother God, using the thoughtform "God deserves my utmost respect", contemplating the fact that there doesn't exist a more profound truth than this, and the fact that there is nothing more important with which to occupy our mind. We are able here to sense the profound implications associated with making this quality a permanent part of our reality, forever and forever.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     During our 1st set of Hail Marys, we see that whenever we meet internal resistance to this effort to extend utmost respect unto our Father/Mother God, just bring to mind the night sky with the billions of stars spread out before your eyes. Case closed. With that amount of evidence, no one can argue that God does not deserve our constant and utmost respect.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     Our (45x) Michael session was spent trying to focus on extending the utmost respect unto our Father/Mother God, but with no success. It was only during the last five repetitions that we anchored the conceptual framework, i.e. the full concept, "God deserves my utmost respect" was just then beginning to appear in my mind as a single object.   4/14/2001 Sat.
     There is a personal sense of the reality of God as Father, and God as Mother, as we ask for assistance at the beginning of our 15 minute violet flame calls, in the area of developing the capacity to extend the most profound respect to our Father/Mother God.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     I consider this capacity to extend the most profound respect to our Father/Mother God to be the very beginning of life. Everything outside of that respect is death and decay. Put a single toe into that emerald sphere of truth, and you suddenly know that you have contacted life, real life. And I am sure about this because it is there that you begin to experience the interchange of love, at a conscious level, between God and the soul, and between the soul and God. And it is there that the definition of preciousness and even cherishment finds its true and only origin.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     Who could argue with the proposition that one of the signs of true wholeness is found in the capacity of the soul to extend unto God that level of respect which God deserves, i.e. that level of respect which is commensurate with the wide range of life giving services which God extends to every part of his infinite creation on a continuous basis? [expanded during transcription]  4/14/2001 Sat.
     During this 15 minute violet flame session we were very successful in tuning into the flame of respect, and achieving a few brief glimpses of the actual flow of love from God unto the soul, which is the most glorious thing a soul can perceive. Of course, this fact cannot be underscored too many times. When the Masters tell us the love is the key, they are telling the truth. It is the the power that binds the soul to God. The heart center itself came to the forefront of our awareness for a few moments as well.
     One real interesting thing about this session is that we experienced again that phenomena that we described before, where we would reach a level of deep contact, and then find ourself drifting away from that contact back to the surface of awareness. But when this phenomena repeated itself during this session, we really put in an effort to stay within the vibration of respect, calling out to the angels to help me to stay there, and presenting a determination that was quite a bit more than we had ever manifested before, i.e. to bow down in adoration before God's glory, affirming there will be no end to my respect, and no end to my adoration. And through these efforts we were able to recover, and regain the former attunement. I would estimate that this cyclic pattern of contact, drift, re-connection effort, and re-contact, happened 5 or 6 times over the course of this violet flame session.
     This we know for sure. Whatever it is that comes between the soul and its desire to remain within the flame of respect, is a ploy of the carnal mind, and it has no validity. Constancy within the flame of respect is an absolute minimum condition for life within the divine estate, and as noted, is the first sign of true wholeness. Everything that the soul will become must be built on this foundation.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     As we took our break, we left the sanctuary in a frame of mind that had me thinking that after having put in such an effort, that now is the time to take a break from this subject area, that we ought to be thinking about something else, which we did for awhile. But while we were in the bathroom, we found that our mind returned to this subject area automatically, and we found ourself repeating over and over, "God deserves my utmost respect", and seeing the truth of it at that point, we wondered why we would ever want to leave off from that perception. After studying this issue for about ten minutes or so, we can only conclude that there is no reason that could justify the taking of your mind away from that, though it is clear that before you achieve constancy in this respect, that all existing habit patterns of thought that take you in other directions must be surrendered one by one, i.e. put into the flame one by one. Ultimately all thought activity must take place within the context of the flame of respect.   4/14/2001 Sat.
     As we repeat this in the transition space between the Hail Marys and the 20.12 call matrix, "God deserves my most profound respect," we sense the reality of God the Father, and God the Mother, and we sense their love for us, and we feel a deep desire to extend a great embrace unto God, and we sense the reality of the heart center.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom emerges within the fabric of our awareness at the 3rd eye chakra area, during the (5x) 20.09, I Cast out the dweller calls, part of the 20.12, I Ratify the Judgment of Helios, call matrix, (includes 20.07 Judgment calls (5x), 20.09 Dweller calls (5x), .30 Solar Ring calls). At the onset of the 20.09 Dweller subsection, we perceive the whiteness of summit snow at the 3rd eye chakra level.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     As we are repeating this during the transition spaces within the .30 Solar Ring calls, "God my beloved Father, and God my beloved Mother, deserves my most profound respect," and as we enter into the Tube of Light subsection, the heart center comes to the forefront of awareness as a great center of divine activity where this communion between God and the soul will take place.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     It is interesting to watch as we continue to repeat this phrase "God my beloved Father, and God my beloved Mother, deserves my most profound respect," in the transition spaces between the Hail Marys and the Cyclopeas, that veils of doubt and human boredom come up blocking our attunement with this reality. But the truth is that nothing should be allowed to obstruct the soul in its efforts to extend the most profound respect unto God.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     I am not sure how the Master can do that, but it is amazing to ponder. At the beginning of our (50x) Cyclopea session, as I requested the assistance of Cyclopea in this effort to develop the capacity to extend the utmost respect unto our Father/Mother God, at the point just after the preamble, and just before the calls begin, a vision of cosmic infinity rises up before us, striking us with the sensation of the deepest and instantaneous awe. Oh. So simply, so matter of fact. God is just too awesome to even wonder or doubt about the justification for extending the most profound respect unto God constantly. Case closed. And by the way, huge hugs unto the Ascended Masters. No. Huge huge huge hugs unto the Ascended Masters.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom becomes quite prominent in the 3rd eye chakra and crown chakra areas, at a level of (6) to (7) on our (1-12) intensity scale, upon arriving at the 30th repetition of our (50x) Cyclopea calls.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     A very blessed presence of peace, and stillness, emerges within the fabric of our awareness during the last set of (15x) Hail Marys; a glow of sacred peace at the 3rd eye chakra area.  4/14/2001 Sat.
     We are repeating this over and over, "Huge and glorious hugs to the Ascended Masters," as it becomes crystal clear that our level of attunement during this service comes through the hand of their assistance.  4/14/2001 Sat.
p.m. decree service - Sunday format
1. Opening Statement,
2. (.01) Tubes of Light (12x),
3. Hail Mary's (15x),
4. Main Preamble (abbreviated),
5. 30.08, Covenant of the Magi (12x),
6. Hail Mary's (15x),
7. Michaels (45x),
8. Hail Mary's (15x),
9. 70.11, Violet Flame (15 minutes),
10. Hail Mary's (15x),
11. 20.12, I Ratify the Judgment of Helios, includes 20.07 Judgment calls (5x), 20.09 Dweller calls (5x), .30 Solar Ring calls, Tubes of Light (3x),
12. Hail Mary's (15x),
13. Cyclopeas (50x),
14. Hail Mary's (15x),
15. 56.02 Right Hand of the Cosmic Virgin (1x),
16. Sealing of the Decree Service.

4/14/2001 Sat.

     We come away from this service with an abiding sense of the reality of God our Father, and God our Mother, and their love for us.  4/14/2001 Sat.
a.m. decree service in sanctuary
     As we reenter the sanctuary for our morning decree work, we note the fact that "God deserves our utmost respect" did not enter my mind one time from the moment we woke, through the Linda Healing Project routine, and our arrival back here in the sanctuary, a period of about 30 minutes.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom appears within the fabric of our awareness on the 3rd repetition of (5x) Tubes of Light, most prominently within the 3rd eye chakra area, at a level of (6) to (7) on the (1-12) scale of intensity.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom emerges within the fabric of our awareness about 4 minutes into our 15 minute period of Helios and Vesta decrees, at a level (6) on the scale of intensity.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     The whole process of perestroika started by Gorbachev in the old Soviet Union, which led to the ultimate disintegration of the Soviet Union, the world's leading advocate of Marxist/Leninist ideals, was a huge influencing factor within Communist China that allowed reformers to press for economic reforms, and to persuade party hardliners to back off and to allow the subject of Communist ideology to recede into the background in favor of the wealth creating principles of the free market, at least at it related to those points of Communist Ideology which openly conflict with free market principles. For China, being the last great power devoted to the victory of Communism, the collapse of the Soviet Union provided the Chinese Communist party a major boost of inspiration to shift into the realm of pragmatism, to adopt those economic policies that would allow for the building of enough wealth that would allow Communism in China to survive and to then to rise in power to compete against the free world.
     But, as the memory of the collapse of Communism in the old Soviet Union recedes into the distance, covered over and obscured by the mist of time, the hardliners will come to the forefront again insisting on adherence to original tenets of the Communist Party. This is not a matter of rationality. It is matter of ideological faith, a faith driven by the hatred of the principles of freedom. The fall of the Soviet Empire imposed a dimension of rationality upon the Communist Party Leadership. But as that memory fades, the fervor for the victory of socialist ideal will begin to re-emerge.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     During the latter part of our 15 minute period of Helios and Vesta calls , as we focus on this thought, "God deserves my respect", yesterday's experience of coming into contact with the love of our Father/Mother God came back to me in memory, and we felt the desire to come into contact with the love again, and that it would be a wonderful thing if we could come into contact with that love every day.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     And as we enter into our 15 minute period of I Am Light decrees, we remember the garment that Beloved Kuthumi revealed to us, a garment encrusted with thousands of jewels of divine perception, and aflame with adoration and praise. Please help to prepare us to wear this garment permanently.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     About half way through this 15 minute period of I Am Light decrees, we were able to begin experiencing this conceptual framework, "God deserves my utmost respect" as a single cohesive unit within our consciousness. About ten minutes into this session, we began to experiences the transition between the quality of respect and huge hugs unto God. This activity was focused in the vicinity of the heart center. Not long thereafter, we again experienced that phenomena of feeling ourself bounce back out of that state of concentration, losing the sense of that embrace, feeling clearly that we were rising to the surface regions of awareness, and we struggled to regain our connection and succeeded in arriving at the place where we could at least grasp the conceptual framework as whole unit once again, and as the session ended, we again just began to reenter the region of that embrace unto God. We can see this clearly now, that God does not only deserve our utmost respect constantly, but God also deserves to have our embrace constantly.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     Nine (9) minutes into our 30 minute period of violet flame decrees, we are able to hold this conceptual framework as a cohesive unit within our consciousness: "God and all of his creation deserves our most profound respect." And the glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom has appeared within the fabric of our awareness as well at a level of (6) to (7) on the (1-12) scale of intensity.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     When we are about 15 minutes into our 30 minute period of violet flame decrees, we stopped to blow our nose, and as we did this, continuing with our calls in the process, we noticed that as our mind shifted its attention to this task, that there remained the presence of a configuration of desire that reflected the geometry of our conceptual framework, viz, that God deserves our utmost respect. What was surprising was that it remained as we took our attention away from the direct task of supporting it. This is a promising piece of evidence that suggests that we will at some point be able to build such a momentum on this point that we will be immersed in this desire to extend respect unto God, and have it exist on a nearly automatic basis.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     The same thing happened when we had to direct our attention to scraping some wax off of the altar surface and placing it back inside of the pool of melted was at the top of the candle. The desire to extend the utmost respect unto God remained alive within the fabric of our awareness as we accomplished this peripheral task.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     During the last 15 minutes of our 30 minute period of violet flame decrees, we were able to focus on this goal of extending the utmost respect unto our Father/Mother God in the most consistent manner. We were able to hold the conceptual framework, "God deserves our most profound respect" in a very consistent and uniform manner throughout this 15 minute period. We were so well anchored within it, that we could look around and say to ourself, "Yes! This is exactly what I want the fabric of our awareness to look like!". It was as if you were standing inside of a newly painted and decorated room after days of hard work, and you were in the midst of it admiring your handiwork, appreciating the ambiance, completely satisfied that this is exactly where you want to be.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     As we took a quick break to go into the office and start up the computer, we are repeating "God deserves our most profound respect", and everything we touch returns to us the knowledge that this is God's handiwork, i.e. all of the atoms and electrons composing the various items we have to touch in the process, e.g. door handles, chairs, dust cover, computer power switch, and of course all the natural laws that have allowed us, i.e. mankind, to form these items out of the atomic materials God has provided.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     About half way through the 33.00 Ruby Ray Judgment call matrix, the glow of the sacred fire of peace, freedom, and a precious presence of paradise, emerges within the fabric of our awareness at a level of (6) on the (1-12) scale of intensity.  4/15/2001 Sun.
a.m. decree service - sanctuary format
1. Opening Statement,
2. (.01) Tubes of Light (5x),
3. Hail Mary's (3x),
4. Helios and Vesta (15 minutes),
5. Hail Mary's (3x),
6. Kuthumi's I Am Light (15 minutes),
7. Hail Mary's (3x),
8. (70.11) Violet Flame (30 minutes),
9. Hail Mary's (3x),
10. (33.00) Ruby Ray Judgment (1x),
11. Hail Mary's (3x),
12. Sealing of the Decree Service.

4/15/2001 Sun.

office work
     This is the 28th consecutive day of the Linda Healing Project.
Ritual outline: We begin repeating our Linda Healing Prayer when we get out of bed, "My Beloved God Presence, I Am That I Am, please allow Linda to feel your precious friendship, your precious love, your precious comfort, your precious peace, and your precious healing power. Please bestow upon Linda the intelligence that will enable her to recognize the difference between friend and foe." After dressing we proceed directly to the kitchen, remove five dog biscuits from the jar, and chop them in half to yield a total of ten pieces. Five for Linda, and five for Max. We proceed to the sanctuary, kneel at the altar, explain our goals, and ask for assistance. This includes a request that a squad of nature spirits and elementals to be assigned to tutor Linda in recognizing the difference between friend and foe, and sword work to cut Linda free from her fear and all aggressive tendencies. We depart the sanctuary, taking the white hand bell from the altar, proceed into the garage, open the main garage door, and walk over to the gate. We ring the hand bell, open the gate, say good morning to Linda and Max, pull the two trash barrels outside of the gate, walk back inside the gate and over to the chain link fence where the dogs are ready for their dog biscuits. After feeding four biscuits to each dog, in this order, Max, Linda, Max, Linda, etc., we pull the trash barrels back inside of the gate, and then walk back over to the fence and give each dog one more biscuit and a pat on the head. That done, I say goodbye, close the gate, ring the hand bell, walk into the garage and close the garage door.
     Today the ritual went about the same as yesterday with a couple of complication factors. First, our neighbor Jorge was out in his driveway doing something with his pickup truck, and it was kind of awkward because I didn't want to say anything, as that was not part of the ritual. When I walked through the gate, something told me to close the gate, but I bypassed that inner suggestion, I think because of the added distraction of Jorge's presence. Linda started to bark at the opening of the garage door I believe, though I am not sure, again because of this added distraction. But Linda barked in her normal manner up to the point that we got to the fence for the beginning of the feeding session. During both of the periods when Linda was barking, at the beginning of the ritual, and at the end of the ritual, Jorge called out "Linda!", and that got Linda's attention, but it did not stop her from barking. Though it indicates that Jorge recognizes that Linda should not be barking at me at all. Hearing Jorge's voice did not seem to make any difference in Linda's behavior during the actual biscuit feeding session. Linda was as agreeable as she was yesterday, allowing me to pat her head with each biscuit, though she would not stand up on her hind legs to go for the biscuit until the biscuit was actually in sight. Max is not that reserved. Once he is finished chewing on one biscuit, he is up on his hind legs, paws against the fence, ready for the next one. During the biscuit feeding session the wind blew the gate closed, (I should have closed it), and that caused Linda to start barking. She took what looks like a guard dog stance, looking intently at the source of the noise and barking at it. I told her that it was only the wind blowing the gate shut, and that here's another biscuit, and that got her attention back into the routine. The end of the routine was the same as yesterday. We pulled the trash barrels back inside of the gate, and then made an additional trip (just a couple of extra steps) over to the fence to give the dogs there additional biscuit. Linda took the biscuit along with a head pat in what is now becoming a fairly normal receptive mode of behavior. Today, as I walked away she started to bark, and continued to bark as I closed the gate, but as soon as I rang the hand bell she stopped, and went into a search mode looking for something on the ground. Probable looking for another biscuit. [c-notes recorded in office]  4/15/2001 Sun.
     In regards to the discussion on April 13, 2001, about the issue of extending respect unto God, specifically that there are an infinite number of reasons to do so, I was thinking about what it might be like to be able to focus the mind on each atom that makes up the human body, if we were able to study each one, one at a time, that surely, this close up view would provide us with a sense of awe and wonder, and if we moved from one atom to the next, harvesting this sense of awe and wonder, one atom at a time, I am wondering how long this would take, and what the total harvest of awe and wonder would be after we were done. How many atoms are there in the human body? We'll see if we can find out. [c-notes recorded in office]  4/15/2001 Sun.
      During our bathroom chores, I was thinking how difficult it would be for those souls who have so many responsibilities demanding their attention, especially in regards to the demands that children put on their parents time and attention, to build up a momentum of respect for God, a momentum of respect that would frame and enfold, for example, their interaction with their children, if they did not first establish that momentum of respect in the course of their service before the altar. I would venture to say that it would be utterly impossible. And I say this knowing how difficult it is even in the course of service before the altar where there is in reality nothing demanding our attention to be directed elsewhere, beyond of course into those distraction patterns that are part of the synthetic identity which need to be overcome one by one. I would venture to say you could not do both at once, i.e. meeting your responsibilities to your family, and at the same time work on overcoming the underlying distraction patterns for the purpose of establishing that momentum of respect unto God.
     I would also note that the first degree of respect unto God has to be made manifest in the soul's sense of respect for the requirements of the path, most importantly, to attend to the duty of daily service before the Altar of the Holy Grail as the highest priority. If that level of respect cannot be anchored, the soul will never be able to anchor that momentum of respect that will form the context of consciousness that will allow access to a realization of God's glory, and God's love. [notes recorded in bedroom]  4/15/2001 Sun.
     This is the fundamental core of reality, that God serves us. [notes recorded in bedroom]  4/15/2001 Sun.
p.m. decree service in sanctuary
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace, freedom, and paradise, emerges within the fabric of our awareness on the 2nd of (5x) Tubes of Light at a level of a solid (6) on the (1-12) scale of intensity.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     The glow of the sacred fire continues with us through our (5x) 30.08, Covenant of the Magi calls, and through our (45x) Michael session, at a level of (7) to (8). We are having a great success focusing on extending the utmost respect unto our Father/Mother God during the whole of our Michael session. We are using the vision given to us by Beloved Cyclopea yesterday in regards to the cosmic infinity of God's glory, helping us to maintain a high level of intensity behind this effort. On the 40th repetition of our (45x) Michaels, as we focus on this vision, our awareness penetrates into a perception of God feeding out the very substance of life to all aspects of creation, seeing it as a flow, and we perceive the movement, of golden illumination. An amazing thing to behold. If could hold that vision, you would spend the remainder of eternity in the condition of the most profound awe. Under that condition, respect is easy, because awe is respect multiplied by several orders of magnitude.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     We were also able to maintain a steady focus on the great task of extending the utmost respect unto our Father/Mother God during the entire 15 minute period of violet flame decrees with the help of the previously recorded vision. Whenever we felt that we were getting tired of holding the focus, that vision helped to remind us that God deserves every iota of respect that we have, every bit of it, and if we are running low, then we have to dig deeper to find more, and more, and more.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     As we proceed forward with our 20.12, I Ratify the Judgment of Helios, call matrix, (includes 20.07 Judgment calls (5x), 20.09 Dweller calls (5x), .30 Solar Ring calls), we see that it is fitting to invest every single word of this call matrix with a humongous hug unto God, one huge hug for every word, and the hugs are extended as the words flow out, one by one.  4/15/2001 Sun.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace, freedom, and paradise, appears within the fabric of our awareness during the last ten (10) repetitions of our (50x) Cyclopeas.  4/15/2001 Sun.
p.m. decree service - Sunday format
1. Opening Statement,
2. (.01) Tubes of Light (3x),
3. Hail Mary's (3x),
4. Main Preamble (abbreviated),
5. 30.08, Covenant of the Magi (5x),
6. Hail Mary's (3x),
7. Michaels (45x),
8. Hail Mary's (3x),
9. 70.11, Violet Flame (15 minutes),
10. Hail Mary's (3x),
11. 20.12, I Ratify the Judgment of Helios, includes 20.07 Judgment calls (3x), 20.09 Dweller calls (3x), .30 Solar Ring calls, Tubes of Light (3x),
12. Hail Mary's (3x),
13. Cyclopeas (50x),
14. Hail Mary's (3x),
15. 56.02 Right Hand of the Cosmic Virgin (1x),
16. Sealing of the Decree Service.

4/15/2001 Sun.

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