The Seventh Direction

PART THREE: Stalking Violet. Episode 67

["D/A" narrates —A.A.]

___Active Patience (take three).

"Where's everyone going?" I'd asked that question a few times, now. Not that I was expecting an answer. There would be way too many individual responses for that. But the question stayed with me, so I asked it of myself. "Where am I going?" To somewhere I had never been before, further down the road. That was for sure. Clues?

El had briefly talked about "portals that led to many realms." She had said that I was "awake to them now," then fired-off those paradoxical words "become more so rapidly, by taking the time . . ." which had left a deep impression in me. Fused in my being now, I felt those paradoxical words resonating. (Something's doubtless up.)  And the Power and the Wisdom and the Love with which she'd spoken them, it suddenly came over me: 'Any one of these three, in place in the moment, should mend any rift of separation or misunderstanding that might arise from an apparent contradiction. As well, each of the three should have within them the energy I need to find and access those "portals that led to many realms" and the path that lay beyond.' But I mustn't get ahead of myself, for I'm not yet through the first desired portal—but I'm almost ready. Almost! I am! Jay had said so. But my path forward, due to Dorothy and her stuff (and other stuff, and what not more), still has me here on this side. Still here in 3D. And Jay had also said that I best get to it.

Love, Wisdom and Power together is a quality to behold. Both El and Jay had that quality, and I had no problem grasping it—mentally. But put me before a random challenge sometime, at anytime without warning before a challenging situation appearing on my path, and just how much of that quality  would I be able shine down upon my situation—and path—harmoniously?

. . . like a spotlight.

Love, Wisdom and Power, if to be called my own, would have to be harvested from my own life-experiences. And if I didn't act appropriately in my efforts to harvest Love, Wisdom and Power from the worldly appearances of positive/negative forces—awesome forces, magnificent forces responsible for my being here on Earth in the first place, and put before me everyday on my walk—how then would I ever come to know these qualities? And even if I AM appropriate with my efforts, it still seemed to me no easy task to be able to stand fast in Love, Wisdom and Power  to confront the unforeseeable changes and challenges that arise. Not to my mind. 

And it seemed to me as well that a WHOLLY integrated mind- and body-realization of these qualities would take me beyond this level of The Wheel I was working with . . . essentially a next step through the crystal center of The Wheel, through the core (portal-like), and then on into the next Grade beyond.

(Seemed so.)

Love I had a feeling for. Wisdom I was still searching for . . . in the moment, not in mind. Wisdom comes THRU mind. Wisdom is BEYOND mind. And mind would have to be fully equipped to harvest wisdom, for mind would be necessary (how obvious is that, Doe?) and wisdom too, to discern the challenges facing me/us. The Great Mystery is Large, beyond compare, forever bringing new lessons and growth-opportunity to Its creations; and right here, right now, the Road to Wisdom . . . well, the seven gifts-of-birth cum-talents gifted me by Grandmother should help with that. And power? We've been building power, haven't we, Dorothy? Trying to! But power—both power and wisdom, I think so, are only realized through one's own unique experiences: through the positives/negatives, fortunes/misfortunes—through the impact (the echoings) and one's "resonance" to his life-situations and life-lessons and, then, at last, through the grounding of that lesson well-learned within his very being. And I think so, too, that that power will not be Power at all unless we consider our connection to the Great Spirit/Great Mystery and the power of ITS creation which keeps us grounded.