Tuesday, May 31, 2005, 10:11 PM PDT

     On New Year's Eve, on the evening of December 31, 2003 to be exact, I was out on my daily walk, up to the top of Rainbow Hill, along Paradise Trail which follows the ridge line for about a half mile, up to the top of Tank Top Mountain, spending some hilltop time there, and then returning, again along Paradise Trail, and again to the top of Rainbow Hill, and from there down the long grade, into the valley, and home.

Note: Do you want to know why I call this particular hill, Rainbow Hill? I will tell you why. And I don't ever get tired of telling people why. It was during the springtime of this past year, 2003, that I was out on my daily walk. And it had just rained the day before, and there were still rain clouds in the sky, but they were all to the west, over the ocean, though blowing in this direction. Now, there is a trail that leads to the top of this first hill and as I approached the base of this trail, a rain shower erupted from the clouds to the west, swooping way down with a flourish, and the morning sunlight caught that rainshower just right, to form what was nearly a vertical rainbow, with just the very top of it bending off to the north. And as I climbed the trail, this rainbow appeared to be shooting right out of the top of this hill! Absolutely unbelievable. I was amazed. It takes about five minutes to climb from the bottom of this hill to the top, and as I climbed, during that whole time, that rainbow appeared to be shooting out of the top of this hill. Can you imagine a rainbow shooting out of the top of an emerald hill adorned with the freshest sage, and springtime flowers? Was I in paradise, or what? That's why I call it rainbow hill. I won't ever forget it.

     As I walk along Paradise Trail, as this trail follows the top of the ridge line, there is a valley below, both to my left, and to my right. It is a long story in terms of how this came to be, and of course it was a story that developed incrementally as so many things do, but it came to pass, ultimately, that what I do as I walk this trail, is pray for the healing of the occupants of the several hundred houses down below. And there is a certain ritual I go through as I do this.

     Now, I am going to describe this ritual. But I am not going to describe it for the purpose of suggesting that other people ought to be doing it. I am going to describe it, so that the reader will get the sense of this principle of incrementality, that is central to what I want to say about the pearl.

     This is what I say, and I say it over and over and over, as I walk along the trail. It is in two parts. One part for the people down in the valley to my left, and the next part for the people down in the valley to my right.

Part 1.  In the name of Jesus Christ, and St. Germain, my blessed brothers, and the Master physicians for the earth, I call for the healing and the homecoming of all of these children of God, (and I sweep my left hand out along the full length of the valley to indicate all the people down below to my left), in the name of our Heavenly Father, and our Heavenly Mother, our Blessed Divine Parents, I Am That I Am.

Part 2.  And then I would shift my attention to the right, and I would repeat that, and say, I call for the healing and the homecoming of all of these children of God, (and I sweep my right hand out along the full length of the valley to indicate all the people down below to my right), in the name of our Heavenly Father, and our Heavenly Mother, our Blessed Divine Parents, I Am That I Am.

Part 3.  I call to the ascended and unascended masters of the far east, my blessed brothers, long lost, but newly found, gloriously found, found with most profound sense of cherishment and treasure that I have ever experienced in my entire life, to please allow me, along with every child of God across this entire planetary body, and even worlds without end, to join you in your most profound respect, esteem, and your highest honoring, of the hopes and dreams of God our Father, and our Blessed Mother, our Blessed Divine Parents, I Am That I Am, for the healing and the homecoming of all of their children across this entire planetary body, worlds without end.

     And as I do this along the full length of the trail, my attention is trying to penetrate into that region of truth, in which their resides the hopes and dreams of God our Father, and Mother, our blessed Divine Parents, for the healing of all souls on this planet. Now, I know that this region exists, because my awareness has been lifted up into it before, and once you see it, you will spend the rest of your life trying to find your way back into it. That's part of the story that explains why I am doing this ritual during my walks along this trail. Now, it was not always so, that I employed my attention to this end on this trail. For many years, this portion of my walk was not spent in any kind of prayers, well, other than doing my Michael calls. I always do Michael calls on my daily walks, continuously, never ending. But, as noted, once I was shown that region of truth, in regards to the hopes and dreams of God our Father, and Mother, our Blessed Divine Parents, for the healing of all their children on this planet, one's life is reoriented around the goal of trying to return to it. And so it came to pass, that this came to be so important to me, that I decided that on this stretch of the trail, that I would replace the calls to Archangel Michael, with an effort to help fulfill the hopes and dreams of God our Father and Mother, in a small way, given that there were hundreds of people in those houses down there in the valley, both to my left, and to my right, readily present in a manner of speaking, to support my ritual, and see if we could train our mind and heart to reenter that actual region of glorious freedom. Yes, it is a region of glorious freedom. But that fact is a story for another day.

     Some time back, perhaps a couple of months ago, when it was still quite warm and sunny, and I was walking in the full sunlight, as I said these prayers, I was given to see this wonderful truth, that the consciousness of Jesus Christ, and the consciousness of St. Germain, actually fully enfold the earth in this most amazing mastery of healing power. This was quite a glorious revelation in terms of grasping, well, perhaps, just a tiny glimpse into the wondrous power that God our Father, and Mother have endowed these blessed brothers. Imagine that, holding the whole earth in your consciousness, and being able to direct, to any point in this entire sphere, exactly the right type and intensity of healing action that a particular situation would call for. And so, this was an awesome addition to my conception of these Masters, these brothers.

     And so it came to pass, in subsequent days and weeks, that as I gave these prayers on this section of trail, that I had another target for my attention, in terms of the desire to reenter into that particular mode of awareness at the point where the names of these Masters are mentioned in the ritual. Because, as many of you know, that one's ability to reenter into such domains of wonder, does not immediately equal the level of perception that the Master is able to bestow on the initial revelation. The memory will stick, but one's ability to return to that place, even if you try consistently, will be initially patchy. One will be trying far more than one is succeeding in this regard. And this produces something that I believe is important in the development of the soul, and that is longing. You start to think to yourself, I wish I could do better in that respect. I wish I could really grasp that quality of majesty that I was shown.

     And by and by, you will actually get what you wish. And that was the case on this New Year's Eve.

     As I walked west on paradise trail on this evening, and giving this ritual, I was presented with a fairly clear insight to the earth enfolding mastery of these masters, and at the same time, I could see how woefully deficient I was in the amount of genuine appreciation I was actually extending to them. And so, this provides us with an illustration of incremental expansion, in as much as, at that point, growing out of the realization of my deficiency, I modified my ritual to include this new revelation. See if you can see the difference.

     This is what I say, and I say it over and over and over, as I walk along the trail. Again, it is in two parts. One part for the people down in the valley to my left, and the next part for the people down in the valley to my right.

Part 1.  In the name of Jesus Christ, and St. Germain, my blessed brothers, and the Master physicians for the earth, to whom I extend my recognition, respect, and profound appreciation, in your names, I call for the healing and the homecoming of all of these children of God, (and I sweep my left hand out along the full length of the valley to indicate all the people down below to my left), in the name of our Heavenly Father, and our Heavenly Mother, our Blessed Divine Parents, I Am That I Am.

Part 2.  And then I would shift my attention to the right, and I would repeat that, and say, In the name of Jesus Christ, and St. Germain, my blessed brothers, and the Master physicians for the earth, to whom I extend my recognition, respect, and profound appreciation, in your names, I call for the healing and the homecoming of all of these children of God, (and I sweep my right hand out along the full length of the valley to indicate all the people down below to my right), in the name of our Heavenly Father, and our Heavenly Mother, our Blessed Divine Parents, I Am That I Am.

Part 3.  I call to the ascended and unascended masters of the far east, my blessed brothers, long lost, but newly found, gloriously found, found with most profound sense of cherishment and treasure that I have ever experienced in my entire life, to please allow me, along with every child of God across this entire planetary body, and even worlds without end, to join you in your most profound respect, esteem, and your highest honoring, of the hopes and dreams of God our Father, and our Blessed Mother, our Blessed Divine Parents, I Am That I Am, for the healing and the homecoming of all of their children across this entire planetary body, worlds without end.

     Instead of referring to Jesus and St. Germain only once, i.e. on the left hand side, I added the same specific reference to these Masters on the right hand side as well. That means that I doubled the amount of time my attention would be placed upon them during each iteration of this ritual. Also, I added the statements of recognition, respect, and appreciation, which also increases the amount of time my attention is placed upon them, but more importantly, in a manner that would serve as a chalice to hold an awareness of the awesome beauty of their service.

     Now, I implemented this ritual along paradise trail west, to the top of Tank Top Mountain, and after my hilltop time there, I implemented this ritual along Paradise Trail, returning east, to the top of Rainbow Hill, where I had to stop to change my shirt. Given that it is very cold now, and that I am walking at night, with a heavy jacket and two layers of shirts underneath, they get saturated with sweat, and the cold penetrates through, and it is very uncomfortable, so I have in my back pack a couple of dry shirts. So I stop at the top of Rainbow Hill, and change shirts, and then I am quite cozy warm.

     And when I was quite cozy warm again, I was thinking that the destiny of every child of God is to arrive in that state of consciousness exemplified by the Masters Jesus and St. Germain, and on the one hand, I had this sense of planetary enfoldment, this global mastery, this awesome beauty that they are, and on the other hand, I looked at myself, and I thought, well, how do we get from here to there? Actually I asked, how do we get from point "A" to Point "B", and I said, no problem, we will do it incrementally. When these thoughts formed in my mind, it rhymed. It's a little poem.

How do we get from point "A" to Point "B"?
No problem, we will do it incrementally.

     Lot's of incremental expansions, like the one's I have described here, will lead the soul into that level of cosmic mastery. And at that point, I could see, well, that's really the value of the Pearl now isn't it. I mean, that is really WHY the Pearl has such an aura of value that every soul perceives quite naturally.

     In other words, when we see a pearl, we think, we feel, that's beautiful, that's valuable. And people have always talked about the Pearl of great price, but still, this is only in terms of a unit of great beauty and value. But never have we ever really considered why the pearl itself is beautiful and valuable to the soul, unto now. The reason that the pearl strikes the soul with a sense of beauty and value, is because, it presents to us an embodiment of the process, by which we rise into the fullness of our divine birthright, and that's right, it is through the process of incremental expansion. The pearl itself embodies the principle of incrementalism.

     The pearl is not born a pearl. A very tiny, itsy-bitsy little grain of sand is where it all begins. Yes, the Rock of Christ in miniature. That little bitty Rock of Christ is planted in the womb of the Mother Clam. It is like a seed of what will be. And the Mother Clam adds millions of layers of this pure white substance to the surface, and does so in a manner that creates a perfectly spherical jewel of great beauty and value. Sort of like the symbol of the Causal Body, seen from the outside, as the white star that it is.

     If you would ask that little bitty Rock of Christ how it would every become that pearl of great price, well, if that little bitty Rock of Christ had found that Path, the Teachings, and sponsorship of the Masters, it would be able to say, no problem. I see that pearl in my future, and I will be that pearl, and I will become that pearl incrementally.

     And so it will come to pass for those who pass their tests, one test at a time. And for those who hold fast to what they receive, one jewel at a time.

     And just as a postscript, the next day the ritual expanded one more time, just incrementally. See if you find the incremental expansion, that adds a threefold balance across each of the three parts:

Part 1.  In the name of Jesus Christ, and St. Germain, my blessed brothers, and the Master physicians for the earth, to whom I extend my highest recognition, respect, and appreciation, in your names, I call for the healing and the homecoming of all of these children of God, (and I sweep my left hand out along the full length of the valley to indicate all the people down below to my left), according to the hopes and dreams of God our Father, and Mother, our Blessed Divine Parents, I Am That I Am, for the healing and the homecoming of all of their children across this entire planetary body, worlds without end.

Part 2.  And then I would shift my attention to the right, and I would repeat that, and say, In the name of Jesus Christ, and St. Germain, my blessed brothers, and the Master physicians for the earth, to whom I extend my highest recognition, respect, and appreciation, in your names, I call for the healing and the homecoming of all of these children of God, (and I sweep my right hand out along the full length of the valley to indicate all the people down below to my right), according to the hopes and dreams of God our Father, and our Mother, our Blessed Divine Parents, I Am That I Am, for the healing and the homecoming of all of their children across this entire planetary body, worlds without end.

Part 3.  I call to the ascended and unascended masters of the far east, my blessed brothers, long lost, but newly found, gloriously found, found with most profound sense of cherishment and treasure that I have ever experienced in my entire life, to please allow me, along with every child of God across this entire planetary body, and even worlds without end, to join you in your most profound respect, esteem, and your highest honoring, of the hopes and dreams of God our Father, and our Blessed Mother, our Blessed Divine Parents, I Am That I Am, for the healing and the homecoming of all of their children across this entire planetary body, worlds without end.

     Remember, this Blogger entry is the companion for the last Blogger entry. On the trip west along paradise trail on this evening, the last day of the year, 2003, and heading in the direction of Tank Top Mountain, the experience with the owl occurred, as it is recounted in the last Blogger entry. On the return trip east, heading down from Tank Top Mountain, along Paradise Trail, in the direction of Rainbow Hill, upon arriving there, the revelation of the pearl was gratefully received.

     May you pass every test.

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