SPIRITUAL GROWTH IS the process through which your soul becomes conscious, and therefore more dominant on the earth plane. It is the greater purpose of your Soul to master earth life. When we use the term Master, we refer to the ability to experience the oneness with All-That-Is, which leads to the full realization of your creative abilities.

Many of you assume that you are here on the earth plane in order to evolve, evolve in the sense that your soul, or your being, is in some way ‘inferior’ to that which is ‘higher’ and is therefore confined to the realm of the physical until it evolves sufficiently to be focused elsewhere. This translates into the belief that you are ‘not good enough’, ‘fall short of grace’ and are in some way inferior to non-physical beings. This is not so!

The earth plane, the world of matter is but one of many, many, many realities. You have neatly divided and sub-divided your view of the Universe into a hierarchy of realities, Physical, Astral, Causal, Mental, Christ/Buddhaic etc. However, within each of these vibrational differentiations are multiple realities, multiple universes and multiple worlds which all form the PLAYGORUND of the soul.

The Earth plane is but a reality that your soul has chosen to master, nothing more, nothing less. It knew ahead of time that a part of it would associate so fully with the earth plane that it would forget its very essence and, indeed, forget its whole reason for being present in the physical. The long-term goal of the soul is to become fully present, fully conscious on the earth plane. Its desire is to be a conscious creator here, as it is in the higher vibrations of reality. This process of becoming conscious has hitherto been a lengthy process, taking many hundreds, sometimes even thousands of lifetimes. Becoming conscious on the Earth plane means the simultaneous realization of you as being one with the source whilst being fully human. This was expressed by the one in Christ who said “I and the Father are one”, in other words “ I am at one with the Source of All-That-Is”. Being one with the source of All-That-Is gives one the ability to turn water into wine, one fish into five thousand fish. It gives one the ability to see into the molecular structure of water so that walking upon it becomes a mere act of scientific understanding. It is not a miracle, miracles do not occur. All miracles are shifts of consciousness that give you a glimpse into your Divine Self, your Eternal Source Self, Miracles are a glimpse of your own Divinity and how YOU are the source of ALL-THAT-IS in your life.

As we have shared with you, Spiritual Growth is the process of becoming conscious. So, what is the measure of your spiritual growth?

We have said many, many times that the ONLY measure of your Spiritual Growth is your ability to LOVE. Truly, we say to you today, yesterday and tomorrow, that the ONLY measure of your Spiritual Growth is your capacity for LOVE. Love is not ingratiation, it is not being kind, polite or being nice. Love is the complete and total acceptance of what is, and that starts with you. As you accept yourself, you accept others, as you cease judging yourself, you cease judging others, as you love yourself, you love others. It really is as simple as that, for you are the center of your Universe.

The other obstacle to spiritual growth is resistance. So many of you are blaming the world, blaming your parents, blaming the politicians, blaming the institutions, the corporations, the money men and the industrialists for your woes. But we say to you there is not one, NOT ONE, out there who is your enemy, not one out there who can exert themselves against you without your permission, either conscious or sub-conscious. How do you give your permission to another to exert themselves against you? You do so by aligning yourself with them vibrationally, and that is done with and through thought. Think in toxic ways, ways that pollute your body, and pollution will be drawn to you, think in violent ways towards yourself, and violence will be drawn to you. Control your natural urges, limit your creativity, belittle and limit yourself, your true nature. Say that you are less than, then authorities that seek to do the same will exert themselves against you, or so you will think, but indeed, it is you, it has always been you, it has never been anyone else but you. You are the law in your life; you are the way, the truth and the light, none other. What you say goes. You are the boss. Insist on believing that you are powerless, and powerlessness is what you will experience.

Resistance is lack of acceptance, love is acceptance. As you accept the world and all who are in it, you begin to experience non-attachment. As you experience non-attachment, the creative force of the Universe is at your fingertips. Indeed, it is so that when you give up being attached to having things a certain way, you are then totally free to create whatever you want and to have the things exactly as you want them!

As you are towards others is how you are towards yourself. Those who are critical of others are critical of themselves, those who judge others, judge themselves, those who belittle others, belittle themselves. What you do unto others, you do unto yourself. For in truth, you can only give to another that which you are prepared to give unto yourself. Criticize yourself, you will criticize others, judge yourself, you will judge others. Therefore, we say to you, do not chastise yourself when you notice your lack of acceptance in all its forms towards others, but embrace these as signposts directing you in the direction of greater acceptance and greater love. Indeed, the greatest love of all is the love you have for yourself.

Use your inadequacies to assist you in seeing what is asking for transformation within you. You cannot do this successfully by simply forcing yourself not to judge and not to criticize, for this does not solve the real problem at hand, for the real issue is your relationship with yourself. Each time you resist another, it is an inner request for more love.

The key to spiritual growth is acceptance. Acceptance of the physical, acceptance of self, and acceptance of the world you have co-created with humanity. The great Master said “know thyself”, this is a wise commandment, for as you know yourself, you will see that indeed your greatest need and your greatest longing is love, for you were created in love, and you went forth from the Source in love. Today, as you consider the question of Spiritual Growth, take a few moments to tap into your deep longing to love, for that is the deepest desire of all Divine Beings, to love. So many of you believe that you are bereft of love and desire to be loved, but we say to you, that at your very center is a deep yearning, a deep calling, a call to the return to love. Acknowledge this call; listen to it, allow yourself to feel it. As you feel it, allow it to well up inside you, if tears come, that is fine, if fear comes, that is fine, if sadness comes, that too is fine. For love conquers all, love permeates all, love is All-That-Is.

Each and every one of you is a sub-division of the greater whole, each of you is an extension of that which is non-physical, that which IS, the All-That-Is. As creation sprang forth out of nothingness, the All-That-Is looked upon all things with great acceptance in her heart. As he looked at what she had created, there was peace, there was acceptance, for all that has been created lives within the All-That-Is, indeed, is the All-That-Is. How could anything be separate from God? It could not, it is not. All is acceptable, all is loved, all is love. You desire to be like God, do you not? Then love is the first law, the last law, it is the beginning and the end, it is the journey and the destination, there is no higher goal than love, and no journey that is more exquisite than love. Love is all my beloved friends. How is your love today? How do you love the person you see in the mirror? When will you finally acknowledge that your deepest desire is to love? When will you finally give up the resistance to the call of the heart? When will you allow the finger of God to touch you in your most tender parts? When will you embrace yourself and say, “All is well with me”? When? The choice is yours, you have all of eternity to make up your mind. You can return to love right now, in a few moments, in an hour, a week from now, a year perhaps, or several lifetimes from now. One thing is for certain, you will return to love, that is a given, all souls return to love, for it is the very stuff of the Universe, it is the foundation of existence, of all realities.

Take a moment now to go within. Get quiet, and feel a place within you that is in the center of your body, behind the area of the navel. In this spot, just in front of the spine, deep within you, is a light; this place carries your soul's will to love. Visualize this, breath into this area, will it to awaken, and feel this flame of Divine Desire, feel it, feel it, feel it. Allow it to build within you until you can exclaim that you want to love, that you want to love so much that it is your all consuming desire. Be not afraid of this place, for it is your salvation, your liberation, your ticket home, for home is where love is. It is not a place, not a dimension, not another planet, but it is where love prevails and where love is the guiding and building force in your life. Live life beloveds, love life! Love love itself, for it is who you are!

© John L. Payne, 2004

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Payne is an internationall known trance channel, author,metaphysical teacher and Trans-Generational Healing facilitator. You can contact him via his website www.fourprinciples.com where he has a FREE newsletter available or email him at info@fourprinciples.com.