A Message from The Council - Part 3 - Return to the Still Lake

In the previous part of this message from The Council they explained how the decisions that we make in life can lead to challenges and difficulties that we never intended. In part three of their message they explain how we can reverse this chain of events and correct those problems.

"How does one begin to correct the situation? How can one return back to that peace, that calm, that still lake? One must begin to think and then act as opposed to reacting. To change your life, you must begin to act instead of react. What is necessary then to begin to act in a more godly way? A keystone in spiritual growth or development is this: You cannot grow one iota if you do not love yourself. The problem with the world today is that it does not love itself, it loves things, material possessions. But the individual creations of the Divine, within life, do not love themselves. They have lost that insight that they once had to their true value. So the first step one must take is to begin to love themselves, not in an egotistical way but in a godly way. Then one must begin to respect themselves, to have self-esteem, again not in an egotistical way but in a godly way. You must remember that there is a value to you regardless of how lacking in love you are or how many things you have done that you are not proud of, there still is a value to you. You have something to offer to mankind that only you can offer, no one else has that ability, that quality, that presence, to offer. You are a unique individual and only you can fulfill your mission in life. No one can fulfill it for you. So in that sense you are extremely important in all of creation. You are of true value because you have something to give. Do not worry what it may be, but think of giving of yourself. Create a self-image for yourself. Begin to think of yourself as a better person than what you presently think of yourself, again not in an egotistical manner but in the sense of having a respect for yourself. Knowing that you do have something to offer that no one else can give.

"So, to change your life, to make it more productive, to give you more in life of what you want, to bring a spiritual development or growth to yourself, first love yourself. Have a self-respect, a self-esteem for yourself, and then create an image in your mind of yourself, create a positive image of yourself. A helping hand or an essential aspect of spiritual growth is something that your world today dislikes. Most of the world today feels this thing is not good, is old-fashioned, is unworthy. What is this thing? It is discipline. In your society today, the word "discipline" is a vile word. It is dirty. It is unacceptable. Your society feels that discipline means to do without. This shows a lack of wisdom and insight because discipline does not mean do without, discipline means gain control of yourself so that you can have all that you wish in life, so that you can benefit from all experiences, so that you can have a life of peace, of joy, of happiness, so that you can have spiritual growth and all the material things in life that you wish. Discipline does not mean to do without. Discipline means to take control of yourself, give yourself a direction in life and follow that direction, by making conscious, well thought-out decisions. Do not react, but act. Gain control of your life, gain control of yourself. Think about each challenge that comes to your life, each crossroads that you come to. Discipline means to gain all that you wish to gain. It does not mean to do without. Those things that you can control, wonderful, control them. Those faults that you may have that you cannot control, at least, with discipline, you are able to practice a degree of moderation. And so that which you cannot control, at least moderate it to a degree."

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A Message from The Council - Part 2 - Why Some Lives are Filled with Problems.

In part two of The Council's opening message they give us some thoughts on our reality but more importantly they paint a picture for us on how our lives move from one of peace and joy to one that is filled with challenges and difficulties. The Councils stated on more than one occasion that there are no such things as accidents. If we miss a step, fall and break a bone there were reasons for that to occur. It may be a warning to be more careful so that something far worse does not occur. It may have happened to offer friends and relatives the opportunity to be of help. Many times the complete picture is beyond human understanding but there was a purpose. There is no guarantee that the purpose will be fulfilled because each of us has the free will to respond in our own way.

"What is the nature of your reality? Do you just exist alone, as some philosophies say? That you create your own personal reality? That all that you experience is of your making? No. If it were so simple, but it is not. And if that were the case, then why would so many individuals, so many souls, so many entities create lives of hardship and sadness? What you see is reality as you understand it, but it is not a personal reality or an individual reality. In other words, all those individuals that you must deal with, day in and day out, whether they are your spouse or your children or casual acquaintances are not figments of your imagination or are not entities that you created for your own growth, but they are entities in their own just as you are. Reality is a collection of all of you creating together, not as individuals but as members of an orchestra. You are in concert with each other. The material manifestation or the earthly life is the opportunity to work with other entities in the growth process; it is a giving and a taking; it is a sharing.

"Why are some lives so filled with problems? Why are some lives filled with so much sadness and sorrow? Why is it some people never seem to go anyplace? They seem to stand still. Let us give you a little example of how life works. Although some of you may find this very hard to believe, initially when you made all the spiritual agreements and contracts to experience life with those around you, your life was planned out so that it would be filled with peace, contentment, happiness, and joy. If this be the case, then why are so many lives contrary to this? Picture your life as a lake, as smooth and quiet as a mirror, a piece of glass. At some time, at some place, at some experience in your life you reached a crossroads where a decision had to be made. A decision was made, but the decision was not as good as it could have been, and so this caused a ripple on the surface and slightly distorted the clarity of it. So as life progressed, then another crossroads came, another decision had to be made. The decision was made not through the clarity of the lake or the pool as it was originally, but now that decision is made through that ripple effect, and so the clarity of sight is not there, and again a wrong decision is made causing a greater degree of ripples, more ripples, less clarity, less quiet, less calm, less clear. And as life goes on then, each decision is made through this distortion, through this lack of clarity until finally this peaceful, placid lake, this mirror, is totally distorted, all clarity gone. This is how life becomes a trial. This is how hardships come into being. Once the lake becomes so distorted, then decisions are no longer really made, but instead of decisions they become reactions to emotions and to situations, reactions to emotions and situations."

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A message from The Council - Part 1

This is the opening message at the first trance given by William LePar's,The Council', for the general public. There were more than 125 people in attendance for the event. Since the audience had a diverse understanding of what a trance is and who The Council is, they made an extra effort to explain their state of existence to those in attendance. We feel that their opening message will be instructional for all levels of spiritual knowledge. This will be presented in sections because it is a long and detailed introduction. In this section The Council explains the realms that exist for us once we cross over. They refer to the Man-Made Heavenly Realm as the area that souls go to if they are to remain within the cycle of reincarnation. They explain that the God-Made Heavenly Realm is where souls go who have worked themselves out of the cycle of reincarnation. Souls who move into this realm still have more learning, therefore more perfecting of their beings. Within this realm are three levels of further development. The Council identifies the levels. They tell us the level that they are in and they give us an indication of where that level is in relationship to God Himself.

The Council: "May the Peace and the Joy of the Infinite Father be upon you all, and may His Light shine down upon you, around you, and within each of you.

"This is our standard opening blessing at all the communications. We ask that each of you accept this blessing in good will.

"To begin this day, let us explain a little of ourselves, who we are and what we are. In order to get a better picture of who we are, you need some information.

"What lies beyond this material manifestation or your earthly lives? Originally, when all was created and then a need came for the material manifestation, the Divine Essence, the Infinite Father, the God of all, established what can simply be called or best be called the God-Made Heavenly Realms. Once His creations began to work their will, there was a need then to create a second heavenly realm, since those souls or entities or conscious state beings lost a degree of awareness, and in their confusion they began to create their own heavens. Their activities brought a need for a waiting place. That today is known as the Man-Made Heavenly Realms. When one does not do the best they can, and that is all that is required of them, then they find a need of their own decision to go to a place that can easily be described as a reviewing station and a re-evaluation of who they are and what they are. Then they must through those concepts that they have created in their earthly sojourn must work their way back into the material through the process of reincarnation. But if in living your life you have done the best you could with what you have, then you make yourself eligible for the God-Made Heavenly Realms. All decisions as to what state you will be in after leaving the physical manifestation or your earthly lives will be made by you and you alone. This Divine Essence does not judge you whether you are good or bad, whether you are kind or unkind. That judgment is left to you, because within each of you is a divine spark that contains the Christ Consciousness, and when you leave your physical body, you will then examine your entire life and you will decide whether you need more in the area of growth through the material manifestation or whether you have made yourself eligible to grow beyond and without a material form. If you choose to grow beyond and without the material form, you will find yourself in the God-Made Heavenly Realms.

"In that area which was originally created by the Divine, you have three basic levels of growth, the Spirit Level, the Angelic Level, and the Celestial Level. The Celestial Level can be easily compared to the portico that surrounds the House of the Divine. Now this is purely symbolic but it is something that you can relate to. It is just before you enter the Divine Presence.

"This Celestial Level is where we exist. Never in the history of mankind has this Level spoken to man. All sources of information in the past, at the present time, and in the future will come from the Man-Made Realms. In this God-Made Heavenly Realm our task is to act as a council, to give suggestions to your perplexing problems. We are not here to tell you what to do. We are not here to tell you how to live your life, but we are here to offer suggestions, to encourage you to use the god-given mind that you have, to use the god-given will, to think and to grow, to open yourself up so that the godly state that lies within the very core of your being can come out, for each of you have a speck or a spark of the Divine in them."

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The Astrological Sign of Jesus

With Christmas approaching and many of you interested in astrology I thought that this would be of value.

Questioner: Was the Master Jesus born under the sign of Capricorn?

The Council: No. Shall we leave it at this. Scorpio. The sign of Scorpio is the last step, if you wish to think of the signs in graduated degrees of spirituality or what have you, the sign of Scorpio is actually the highest sign in the Zodiac chart. It brings about the opportunity to gain the highest spirituality and with that also brings the opportunity of gaining the absolute degradation and complete opposite of a godliness.

The sign of the scorpion can bring the highest spiritual development possible. The scorpion can deliver the sting of spiritual bliss and the injection of the real life and life forces. It can move from under the rock of darkness into the glories of the heaven and to the skies above and that above the sun to soar as an eagle over all its domain and then from there even continue up into the heavens into the form of the dove. There is no limit to the spirituality which the scorpion can achieve. The scorpion can be the mystic of mystics, can be the creator of creator, can be the Son of God. The scorpion can be as obedient as any son to his father, and in this respect he obtains the highest spiritual development. The scorpion delivers a sting that is deadly to the darkness, and that is awe-inspiring to the light. This is the positive scorpion. But just as the scorpion can be positive so it can be considered the prince of darkness for that sting can bring a blackness to the light like you would not believe. It can bring the complete desolation of its very being, its very, very being. As a scorpion one should always achieve only the highest and this can be obtained by directing one's thoughts to that which is the ultimate expression of love and brotherly love, never allowing the base desires to touch anything that the scorpion is trying to obtain. The scorpion has an existence that is born in love, and in the gentleness of heavenly music and in the softness of the pale blue and pure white. The scorpion sleeps in the beautiful music of heaven and in the sounds of the universe in its movement towards its Creator. The scorpion should always use its ability to deliver only the highest.

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Do Angels Really Have Wings?

Questioner:  Have angels appeared as many artists have depicted with the large wings?

The Council: Spirits, the angels, have a body to be sure, but it is a spiritual body, and the only reason why artists depict angels with wings and the only reason why men at times have seen the angels with wings, it is because that is what their psychological and emotional make-up require for them to see. If a heavenly being were to appear to you in its total grandeur, you would be scared out of your wits. So this is toned down, in such a way that it can be more acceptable to you.

As wise and as intelligent and as advanced and open-minded as man thinks he is, he is but a babe. To see the glories of heaven would, shall we say, most assuredly scare the hell out of everybody in the physical.

Questioner: Why?

The Council: Why?

Questioner: I'd like to know what it looks like.

The Council: Because it is so overpowering and so beautiful and so large that you could not accept it. You would say that it is too much and you would fall in fright. But you see the Divine loves so much that He is not going to overpower you, even in such a way, so that whenever He sends those emissaries of His to help man, He sends them in such a way that they are inspired but yet not overpowered. They still have the free choice; they still have the decision without being overpowered. You see?

Questioner: I know there is a belief that sometime angels and I don't mean to be -- perhaps I am saying this literally -- angels appear as men, that there have been cases, one particular case where an individual was close to losing his physical life and two men appeared who had never been around that area before or after and rescued him. And some ministers feel that these could be angels in disguise.

The Council: We shall not make a comment on that particular situation. Mind you, this is not a comment on that particular situation; but it is true that angels can appear to man in the form of man. Now to be sure those that are viewing the angel will sense that it is a heavenly being, but this depends on, as we said, the emotional make-up and the psychological make-up of the individual. If they are in tune with Divine things, if they are religious, then that will determine the appearance of such things, of such emissaries of God. There are some that would require seeing a man with wings or someone that is of neuter appearance with wings, then if this were necessary to be sure the Lord God would see to it that they have such a messenger. But the angels have spiritual bodies which do not have physical form.

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Stress - The Killer of the Body

With the holiday season approaching I thought it might be good to post something from William LePar's spiritual source, The Council, about food and stress. This time of year we find that there are more opportunities to eat more than normal and not pay attention to what we eat. Although the holiday season is supposed to be one of joy and happiness it can also be stressful and depressing for many. The following are some of The Council's thoughts on maintaining a healthy body.

The Council: Now there are some bodies or some systems that will take more acidity than others, and there are some that will need a degree less or much less acidity introduced into the system. This is where health lies: in what is the proper balance for the individual body. Does it function better on a higher acidity level or on a lower acidity level?

Now, a base line that one could start at, if one would say the normal would be just slightly on the acidic side but just slightly. If all were put on such a diet so as to bring this condition about, then one could judge from that as a standard whether a particular body or system would need a higher acidity level or a lower acidity level. Do you understand?

Questioner If you put everyone at the same level of acidity, then the different body types would have to have either higher or lower to keep them healthy?

The Council: Yes. Now, what we said was, just slightly above the norm or the average or the medium level or the neutral balance. So, if the base line were struck at slightly above the acidity side, use that as the base line and then determine whether that individual or that system is functioning properly. So it would be a matter of trial and error, although in that case then, if all were given the proper diet, that case then one could judge on the basis of the body structure itself. But you would have to hit the common denominator or some line of equality.

Questioner: If an individual had then the perfect body chemistry or acidic balance for his particular body type, would that mean then that he would be then almost, it would be very difficult for him to get a virus or a disease? It would be taken care of pretty quickly by the system?

The Council: It would mean that the body would be in much better condition to handle any kind of infection or invasion from the outside or even from the inside.

Questioner: Could I ask a little more difficult question then? Within this body chemistry how would meditation work? If you had the ideal body chemistry, the meditation would still add to the strength of that body?

The Council: Meditation would be a needed factor to eliminate, how shall we put it, unnecessary stress or excessive stress. The stress is what throws the system off. Stress is actually the killer of the physical body. It is the infector of the physical body. Once stress overtakes the physical body, then it throws the immune system off. It throws the entire system off, but it weakens, absolutely weakens the immune system, which opens the door then for all manner of sicknesses.

One of the best preventive maintenances for the physical body is daily meditation. If one were to incorporate that into their daily routine, they would have much less sicknesses. So, if you consider a health maintenance program, by all means, it would have to have meditation incorporated into it. Very few of your medicines actually cure. In most cases, they simply eliminate or cover up the symptoms, thereby relieving the additional stress and allowing the natural healings of the body itself to do the rest. Now, that is in most cases. Do you understand?

So, if this is the basis of modern day medication, why not take a daily dosage of meditation and be one step ahead?

Question: My question now is getting to other categories. One is the junk food, and one is the well-prepared meals. How then would both of these be tied in with all the allergies that you hear of?

The Council: Well, the junk food definitely deteriorates the body, in that it causes stress. It is the chemicals or the preservatives in the junk food. Anytime you prepare something that is supposed to be edible and you set it on your shelf and three months later it is still edible, there is something wrong with that product. By nature, prepared food cannot be good for you if left on the shelf for three months or six months.

So the chemicals to give this length of life to the food is what is detrimental to the system or to the body. If you prepare your meals from the cleanest food possible or the purest food possible, you will automatically have a much healthier body and a more normal body. This would then give you a greater margin of safety when it comes to the impurities of the rest of your society. But when you take all the impurities that come at you in your normal-day life and ingest even more in your food chain, you are just beating yourself over the head twice fold.

Also, much that can be done to eliminate some of the undesirable effects of preservatives and what have you are those foods that are prepared in the home, even though they may carry a degree of chemical in them, if by the person preparing them, the food, it is prepared as an act of love, this will have much to do in neutralizing the adverse effects of whatever it is that is in the food that should not be. Many times this is done automatically without the individual who is preparing the food even conscious of this factor. But if more of a conscious effort were placed on this, it would be much more influential. It is the same with a blessing before you eat. What good does a meal blessing have on the meal? Well, believe us, it has much good, because you are energizing that food with a very positive thought and a very positive outlook, and that goes into your system then adding to the original thought that instigated the prayer before a meal. Also, if each member at the table or at the meal brings their mind into that framework of prayer, they have a moment or two of a form, even though it may be very light, of meditation which brings again the body into a better balance. 

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What Life is All About

This Quote comes from William LePar's new book - Return to Eden, The Universal Being Lectures of William LePar. Every year SOL presented their  conference in October. Mr. LePar was the featured speaker. He often prepared a year in advance for this lecture because he felt that it was the highlight of his speaking season. The book begins with his lecture on the Nature of Reality and proceeds through a number of subjects that range from Kirlian photography and auras to the structure of the mind and meditation, the Passion of Christ and how to love oneself. The following is the closing to his lecture on Predestination or Free Will.

What’s life all about? It’s very simple. It’s the art of loving, the art of caring, the art of compassion, the art of accepting responsibilities and commitments, and fulfilling them with a dignity, with an honor, so that you are not only showing proper respect to the other individual, to the other soul, but you are showing proper respect to yourself. You are taking on a god quality. When it comes time to leave this life, leave something more behind than a dead body, some clothes, and some money. Leave behind a legacy of love, a legacy of compassion, a legacy of concern, a legacy of respect, a legacy of dependability in fulfilling commitments. Leave a legacy of the kind of god you can be.

When you leave this lifetime, leave a legacy of love. Leave a legacy that says this life, this world, this earth, is just a teeny bit better because I walked through it. It’s not hard. We have one hundred and one opportunities every day to show kindness, to show anything that takes us out of ourselves above our ego, and shows that we have a goodness and a quality inside that can help others and in return those same things will be shown to you in your time of need. Don’t expect them. Don’t ask for them. Don’t sit on your duff waiting for them. They’ll be there. Leave a legacy of your goodness when you leave.

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