BELOVEDS, WE ARE in a state of mystery right now; we do not need to be in a state of misery. We do not. HOLD ON! We're passing through a state, a strongly energetic mysterious state; however, we are headed toward the LIGHT through this state. As we move through the state of mystery we must be compassionate with ourselves and each other.

It's vital that we find comfort in the state of mystery if we are to be one of the travelers into the New World. It's not comfortable; it's edgy, and sometimes about as scary and confusing as it gets. Some think they are in the dark night of the soul, but it's rarely true. We are in the mystery between the worlds, and we've got to trust we are being watched over very carefully. Your only job is to breathe, trust and intentionally place your self out of your mind and into compassion. You are safe in the mystery, because wherever there is mystery there is GOD. Spirit gave me this gift of wisdom and I now pass it to you. I pray this excerpt will help.

Preserving mystery is an attribute of God-consciousness. Mystery is neither apparent to your senses nor obvious to your intellect. It is the fantastical journey into the realm of potential that makes boundaries dissolve and minds expand. Mystery is a path of fascination and wonder that spirals one upward, leaving the mundane and predictable behind.

Beloveds, you were not created to know everything. You took on your human form to have an adventure that would heal parts of your soul and, en route, to return you to your true identity - Love. This can only be accomplished in the ocean of mystery. Without embracing mystery, you cannot build trust, true courage cannot exist, and faith has no point of entry.

Mystery, like faith, defies human logic. Mystery is uncertainty. Unfortunately, uncertainty is where most humans find their greatest discomfort. When the human mind encounters uncertainty, it rapidly seeks an answer through its limited comprehension and evaluation system. It selects its answer from a small box of potential answers and believes it has resolved something. The mind believes then that it has effectively controlled uncertainty and, through the natural course of life, moves on to the next uncertainty. This sets up an ongoing matrix of limited individual control, creating separation rather than Oneness. No matter how hard you struggle to control life, it will always be a mystery, so why fight what will always be?

Life lived gracefully within the scope of mystery or uncertainty is life expanded and opened to its fullest potential, allowing the grace and majesty of God to enter with myriad possibilities. If you knew how much you have limited yourselves by seeking to escape uncertainty, you would weep at what could have been.

Mystery shapes itself without your control, and frees you from your survivalist mentality. When you are no longer tethered to survival, you will never again consent to trying to control your every turn. When you dance with mystery, you dance with Creation.

Your greatest poets, artists, and writers emerged from the house of mystery. Every saint, sage, and mystic lived in the house of mystery, and they came to know their relationship to life because of it. If you would only learn to live comfortably in the mystery of your life, I would take you places that you have never fathomed.

Mystery is not meant to be a setup for human fear; it is simply life not divulging all of its plans at once. It is a way to keep you present in the moment that is, while experiences and circumstances are being created for your life. Know that whenever mystery appears before you, I Am in it, asking you to surrender the outcome.

Beloveds, think of mystery as a surprise birthday party being planned for you. Your part is to show up when you are meant to, and have fun. If you were to catch wind of it, and begin telling those planning it how you wanted it, you would ruin the surprise, and cut off others' inspiration. A party can be planned for you without your involvement, and certainly to your delight. The same holds true for mystery. Do you think I don't know how to bring delight to your lives? And do you think that you don't know how to do so for yourself? It begins with compassion while in the midst of the mystery.

The Attribute of Compassion
Like Buddha, the Master Jesus, Mother Mary, Mother Teresa, or Kuan Yin, the ascended deity of compassion and mercy, resolve to discover your infinite connection to all of Creation through compassion while in the center of mystery, without judgment. It is vital to turn the Love that you are inward, toward yourself while passing from one state to another.

Beloveds, you have judged and been judged harshly throughout several hundred lifetimes. Rarely have you given yourself the extreme care and kindness for which your spirit longs. Egos and minds have made it virtually impossible for you to render a true appraisal of yourself. It is not easy to be self-compassionate when the ego enjoys the drama of resentment and the mind is used to self-loathing. Stemming from the Love that you are, being compassionate allows you to make a quantum leap in the evolution of consciousness.

Develop and nurture compassion daily by both embracing and celebrating your capabilities and strengths, and seeking the forgiveness of yourself for your life actions that you would like to avoid. As you begin to soften, extending forgiveness, tenderness, warmth, and sensitivity toward yourself, you will find many beliefs and judgments that have kept your consciousness low, departing. Shame, guilt, and despair will literally pour out of your body, leaving room for more Light and Love to expand within you.

As you administer compassion to yourself, you will find it easier to do the same with others. It has been painful for all upon planet Earth to feel so far from Me, so far from unconditional Love and union. Much of humanity's lack of compassion is a result of not feeling a mutual resonance with the world around them.

Each of you holds the memory of what it is like to be fully supported and surrounded with unconditional Love. Most of your memory has been deeply buried, however, causing each of you to behave irrationally at one time or another in an attempt to be recognized or loved.

Rather than understanding the pain in which one must be to exhibit such behavior, hearts have shut down, judgment has increased, separation has widened, and compassion has lessened. This has caused further decline of humanity and planet Earth. Like many things that the human condition has created, it must end now.

Compassion sees all with deep understanding - understanding that the one not appearing as Love is still suffering the effects of mistaken identity and separation anxiety. When you or another is suffering, Beloveds, it is compassion, not contempt, that will shed Light.

You may ask the question, "But how can I show compassion to one who has killed or maimed, dishonored or abused?" You show compassion for yourself by choosing to disengage your thoughts from judging another's behavior. You always have choice. You can either submit to the ego with its compulsive drive to create separation, or rise above it, choosing compassion. In the moment you disengage your thoughts from the outcome you would prefer for yourself or others, you have shown compassion for yourself and silently given peace to another. You have chosen your peace over your suffering. And, seen or not, you have given peace on some level to a fellow God in human form.

The purpose of compassion is to open your heart, regardless of your opinion. No doubt, this is daunting to your human conditioning. You have not been raised to live and let live. You have been raised to judge and be judged. Exhibiting compassion, developing the natural part of yourself, is how you break the cycle.

Each time you are compassionate, you become a living bridge of Love and Light, closing the gap of separation. Each time you choose to be compassionate, you have chosen to be more of God. Each time you do not, you express yourself as a mere fraction of who you are.

Beloveds, do not lose your peace, at any cost. The need to be right and make judgments is born of a riotous mind living in the past or projecting the future. If you are quiet in your mind and open in your heart, compassion simply is. Use all of your strength not to be called back to ignorance and judgment. Do not forget that what you despise in another, you once - if not still - despise in yourself, though it may show itself differently. Have compassion. Detach from outcome. Have no need to be right. Throw away human understanding and see things from a Godlike perspective by entering the chamber of your heart and staying there until the need to understand and judge behavior, yours or another's, passes. When it does, use the power of compassion to increase your capacity to love.

Prayer to Live in the Mystery... Compassionately
From the Light of God that I Am, I give my uncertainty to you, God, the highest part of myself. Let me not be tempted to turn to my mind for answers. I ask you to shed light along the path, and lead me to the outcome at the appropriate time. In the meantime, I commit to being compassionate toward myself and all others. Surrounded by Divine right action, I trust that the mysteries of my life are not a mystery to You. I accept my responsibility to live gracefully and compassionately in the mystery of life. And so it is... And so I let it be.

© Maureen Moss, 2005-06

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Maureen Moss is an author, motivational speaker, radio segment host, columnist, and personal coach. As a personal coach and teacher she has worked with judges, nurses, teachers, CEO's, married couples, single mothers, families in crisis and homeless children. As a motivational speaker, she focuses on human transformation.

Besides speaking, she has written two books. Her first book The Nature of Bliss: Balance, Love, Integrity, Sexuality, Soul came forth as a result of delving deeply into Life, for almost a dozen years. She says her second book, Commitment To Love ~Transforming Human Nature Into Divine Nature was quite another experience; this time Life taught her as she wrote.

She has had many moments of awe on her path of transformation, and finds it her pleasure to be in service to humanity and the planet Earth. Her door is always open. You may email her or visit her website, www.maureenmoss.com.