Opening Night

B:  All right, I'll say, how are you all this evening of your time, as you
create time to exist?

AUD:  Great.  Fine.  Etc.

B:  We thank you in this way, and we begin this evening's interaction with
the idea that we have discussed with you a few times about your
physiological reality being a shadow of the real you, your physical reality
being a shadow of the soul, in this way.

Now, in no way, shape or form do we intend with this discussion to
denigrate the idea of physiological reality, for physical reality is valid
as an experience, as an expression of life.  And it is in every way equal
to any other level of being.  It may be more focused in many ways; other
levels of being may be more expanded, as you call it, may be grander in
their scope.  But the idea of physiological reality is simply another way
in which you can express yourself as spirit.  And the idea of your physical
body is simply, once again, spirit, energy coalesced into a particular
frequency pattern.  And in no way is meant to imply that physical reality
is any less than any other level of existence upon which you already exist.
 And therefore, by the examples we will now give, no denigration is meant
of physical reality; we are not making light of it.

But we will remind you of something you are very familiar with. You'll
know, and you have seen many times -- and many of you have yourselves
played this game -- this idea of shining a light on one of your walls and
raising your hands and making shadows upon the wall.  And living out
through the idea of fantasy the images and the shapes that are projected
therein.

As you play this game you may use this as an analogy, as a reference, in
the sense that the soul is doing much the same idea.  It is, in a sense,
using the light of creation, and it is allowing that light to pass through
itself in such a way that upon the artificial screen it creates are
projected the images, the shadows that you call physiological reality.
Now, the soul from that level, from the level you are as a non-physical
being, knows that this physical reality is simply the shadows.

And in this way, it recognizes it -- and again, no denigration is meant--as
a game.  It simply knows that what is projected upon the wall is not
literally who and what it is, is not the end-all or be-all of its
existence, but is simply one way in which it can present and represent
ideas.  It is one way in which it can play scenarios out upon a particular
type of stage, if you will.  And just as the shadow seems flat to you,
seems two-dimensional in a sense to you -- at least the part you can see on
the wall -- you recognize that to the higher self, physical reality is
also, in a sense, flat, an illusion and a projection.  It contains no
substance; all of the substance, the essence, is in the soul that is
projecting the image.

But that image is still a part of the soul.  It is a representation of the
substance, of the essence of the soul.  It is an outline that represents an
idea, a configuration, if you will.  And thus, for the purpose of the
scenario being played out, it will do as a representative symbol; it will
get the idea across.  But there has come a time in your reality when you
have, as we have discussed, forgotten that you have been playing this game,
forgotten that these images are merely projections upon the wall of the
soul's reality.

And many times you feel that these shadow images become more substantial,
more and more solid than even you feel at times yourselves to be; many
times you allow the idea of these shadow actions to overwhelm you in that
way.  You think of these ideas as impenetrable. You see only the darkness
of the shadow, and think that there are many things hidden within, not
realizing the true insubstantiality and flimsiness, if you will, of the
shadow.

It is only a projection of your minds, of your ideas, of your beliefs of
the things you think are real, of the things you decide are true for you.
And therefore, when you allow the idea of this shadow-projection game to
become something that happens -- not from you, but to you, seemingly from
outside, seemingly not under your control -- that many of you have allowed
these shadows to take on your own illusionary forms. You give them more
dimension, in a sense, than they truly have by themselves.  And it is that
added dimension of fear that gives them the substance and the solidity they
seem to have many times.  It is the fear that makes the shadow
overwhelming.  But it is only an appearance; it is only something that you
label the shadow to be; it is only the label of an actor in a play.

Feel it is only a name.  The idea, in and of itself, is no more
intrinsically overwhelming than any other way to look at physical reality,
any other idea you could label the shadow to be.  Recognize therefore, that
many times all of the so-called suffering, all of the so-called struggling
that you are doing in life is really nothing more than shadow boxing.  You
are feinting with specters, with reflections in the mirror of your
existence.  They are no more substantial than you believe them to be or
want them to be.

But while you are in that play, because you have decided to be one of the
actors, then you will believe that it is real.  You will play it out in
that sense.  And the play: the more you believe it is real, the more the
only reality it will become, the less you will remember that you have the
ability at any given time to step back from that stage and be in the
audience watching yourself, recognizing it for the scenario that it is, for
the play that it is, for the prop that it is.

It is a prop, and it is a valuable prop.  And you can learn much from
watching the play.  And you can understand much about yourself from
participating in a play.  But recognize you are the author of the play, and
at any given moment you can decide what lines to say, what actions to write
into that play.  No one pulls the strings. You are not a marionette; you
are not a puppet.  You have set the stage; you have ordered the props.  You
are the designer; you are the author. You are the producer; you are the
director.  You are all the actors and actresses.  You are the stage itself.
 You are playing life within yourself, within the idea, within the universe
that you are.  In this way, therefore, allow yourself now to know that what
is occurring in your play is that the house lights are coming on. You are
lightening up; you are awakening self-enlightenment.  You are saying, "All
right, up with the lights, and now I can see that this has only been a
play."  Not that that invalidates it, for it has been a beautiful piece of
art.  But it is a play, and plays come and go.

You can change now the new play that will be on the stage that you are. A
new show, a new opening, "Opening Night."  That is the title of your tape.
And so as you now lift pen to paper, if you will, and begin to write the
first act, allow yourselves now to know that you are writing with the
lights on, and you can see clearly the paper before you.  And every word
that is there will be your penmanship.  You will decide what you will be,
what you will play, what the act will be all about.  You will orchestrate
it; you will direct the play that you are.  And all the other characters
will be there because they chose to audition -- and you gave them the part.

This goes for each and every one of you.  You are appearing in everyone
else's plays, starring in your own, starring in everyone else's, in a
sense.  You are that creative, you are that simultaneous and you are that
spontaneous, if you are willing to believe it.  You are very creative
playwrights.  The play that you have been acting out has been going on now
for some several tens of thousands of years.  The seats have been full
every night.  Sell-out performances every life!

And so, have no fear -- any new play you write will be just as popular. You
will still find as many individuals who will want to act in that play with
you; you will not be alone.  Just because you now find that the play you
wish to write is something that perhaps has not been a part of the play you
have been acting in, does not mean that it will not be seen for what it is,
and it will not be enjoyed for what it is.  And it does not mean you will
not find all the individuals necessary who are willing to participate in
the new play.

Create.  We know you are quite capable of it.  So the curtain is going up.
Sharing !