July 24, 2020
Vernon Howard said many things that seemed extreme; it is only decades later that I know what he said was the truth. Most people professed to be shocked by his words and they had no interest in returning to his classroom. He was demanding complexity and simplicity at the same time. He wanted us to be thrown into confusion so profound that it healed us. He banged on his desk and yelled at us to wake up.
During this Corona Virus Pandemic, I have had plenty of time to study truth. I have also been listening to what is happening in our country as people die from the virus. Politicians are never to be trusted, never! You can listen to them but you must not take what they say at face value. “No, no, you can say to them, “I am going to figure this out myself; it is the only way I will come to know the truth.”
And so your life is changing daily and as old freedoms wither away, new freedoms take their place. Let Jeff Bezos get richer; he cannot take any of his gold into heaven. Let the politicians declaim until you want to shoot yourself, turn your back on them. Be about your Father’s business.
And what is that? It is knowing that the truth will set you free. Freer than a bird in flight, freer than the wind blowing over the desert, freer than anything on offer to you.
I sit on my porch and watch a lone cyclist pass by. I sit at my Mac and let my fingers get their daily exercise. I watch TV and read lots of books. What all of these activities have in common is me. I am the One that Knows. But so are you. But will you take the time to confirm this as you watch a politician putting a spin on his latest offer? If you do, you will experience peace and presence that will lift you out of this world.
Vernon knew he had a difficult job to do. He had to throw us into such confusion that we asked the great question: Who am I? Others asked it before him and others will ask it after him. But Jesus said it this way: “I will never leave you or forsake you.” He meant both His I and your I, for “I” is a state of consciousness that is eternally yours, mine and ours.
It is written that anyone that seeks the truth shall find it. And it is right under your nose. Breathe in and out right now. If you did and knew consciously that you were doing it, you have discovered the truth of your own being.
Let no one force his doctrine on you. Eat only the manna from heaven. It comes as you choose life over death on every possible level. Honor your own knowing and the Gates of Heaven will swing open.
Vicki Woodyard
You are about your Father’s business, Vicki. Your God-given ability to express your work so beautifully and joyfully is a balm to our souls as well as being the needed reminder for us to seek the healing presence that (as you have written) will lift us out of this world. Thank you for all your recent writings and your two minute video from the other day. Namaste!
Thank you so much, Ruth. As you know, awakening requires daily effort to stop sinking in the marsh. (A Vernon phrase) He also advised us not to help people who are sinking and don’t have a wish to get out of the marsh. To do-gooders, that sounds harsh. But he knew that it was time wasted that we could be working on ourselves.
Thank you Vicki. I recently listened to a talk called “Signs along the path” by Vernon. At different points along the path one must give up certain things. At one point you must decide what to give up now instead of a sign telling you.
I feel I have given up everything the signs have said to give up. Perhaps not completely yet as things unravel in layers but the willingness is there to keep losing things instead of gaining.
I Feel like I’m at a crossroads with the work. Stuck so speak. I don’t know how to say what I m trying to say but I’m at a bridge that is hard to cross.
How do you love yourself while diminishing yourself? Getting rid of “me” but yet somehow loving and accepting myself.
If you are intent on doing the Work, as you are, you will be at different crossroads all day long. At least that is my experience. Vernon was a genius at taking us to the highest level possible while still at a lower level. When you KNOW that you are at a crossroad, a different energy is in the body. Some kind of shift has been made. And you will not be able to hold onto it. Spiraling back and forth is progress.
You, Chuck, will never succeed at doing the Work. You can only know that you CAN’T do it. But something in you is okay with this and it keeps on keeping on. You will rarely meet a traveler on the same level that you are on, so it is lonely. You can’t rejoin society though. The Work is hard because it must cause shifts that are not wanted by the sleeping masses. You have “come apart from them.”
I don’t even know what to do anymore. Like Vernon says You can’t figure it out cause it will just be another form of You. So I feel I want to completely give up everything. I just don’t know how I can survive on having no personality, no friends, no family etc.
I have struggled all my life looking for the truth of things in religions, spirituality of many different practices and beliefs. I’ve listened to hours and hours of channeled material in videos and books. I took to the esoteric path after first reading a book by John Baines The Stella Man and other esoteric Books and material.
I dropped out of the world early and never really fit in anywhere. I tried a billion and one ways but I just never committed to anything except finding the answers to this fucked up world and understanding who I am.
I recently went to a meet in Strawberry AZ as I was traveling through. The meeting was informative but I felt something was lacking not sure what.
I guess I’d like to feel happy some day especially with all the work I do on myself which has absolutely no recognition in the world unless your selling it on YouTube. I don’t want fame or recognition etc I just want peace and to feel truly good about who I am not what I am at present.
We are all wounded foot soldiers and we KNOW that we are. Others just don’t know how bad off they all are, as Vernon would say. I have not visited Strawberry for many years.
I can imagine how odd it must be there now. The good news that we are our own teachers at some point. Vernon said that, you know.