Theology Class
11-17-87
San Jose, CA
No. 3


Q:    If we are responsible for our own reality, and our reality is some
kind of pain: does it end with death?  And does your society experience
death as we do?

B:    Not similarly.  We do, as you say, translate from physiological to
non-physiological formats, but we do it with our eyes open-consciously-and
simply translate our physical form back into energy and continue on, in a
more expanded way.

Know (that) the idea of the generation of pain in no way, shape of form
means it must culminate in what you call physical death.  It can always be
transformed, especially now in your transformational life, where you are
beginning to be aware of the fact that pain does not have to remain.  So
the idea is that in our civilization we no longer experience the idea of
pain.

Now, the ideas of pain-all pain: mental pain, spiritual pain, emotional
pain, physical pain-all forms of what you call pain are, from our
perspective, the result of resistance of your natural self.  Pain is
friction, to put it on a simple terminology.  Resisting the natural flow of
yourself as an aspect of the Infinite.

And usually this resistance occurs when, having been brought up in the
society you have been brought up in, you have been fed, and bought into,
definitions of limitation. So that in trying to live out these definitions
that are not necessary representative of who you really are, you are going
against your grain, so to speak.  And going against the grain gives you
splinters.

So the idea of going against the grain will stab you and create the idea of
pain.  In fact, pain is one of the ways that can function as a barometer to
let you know when you are attempting to swim upstream.  It can be used in a
positive manner in that way.

The idea goes hand in hand with the concept that we have discussed with
your society many times as follows: Excitement-what you call the physical
sensation, or the knowledge, the knowingness, of yourself that is
translated as excitement, is your physical translation of the vibratory
energy that represents the path you chose to be at that moment of your
life.

So when something excites you more that anything else, that excitement is
there to tell you three things.  First: this is who and what you are.  The
circumstance and the situation that comes into your life at any given
moment that excites you more than any other is letting you know: "this is
who you are; act on it."  You see, excitement is the sign that many of you
ask for.

"What can I do in life?  Why am I here?  What is my purpose?  What is my
mission?  Give me a sign!"  "Hey, look over here; here's a very exciting
thing you could be doing!"

"Don't bother me now; I'm looking for my purpose.  I'm too busy searching
for my mission in order to have a good time."  "Hey, look over here!  What
about this exciting thing?"  "Not right now; I'm looking for my mission in
life."

But you see, the things that come with excitement are the answers, are the
signals, are the signposts; that's what excitement is.  It's tapping you
squarely on the shoulder saying, "this is what you want to be doing right
now."

The reason it excites you is because it is aligned with the idea of who you
are; that's what excitement is.

The second thing it tells you is because it is who you are; it will be the
thing-if you act on it with trust and conviction-it will be the thing that
can be the most effortless thing you will ever do, because it is who you
are.  You are being yourself.

And so of course it will be effortless.  The only time you have struggle is
when you're trying to be someone you're not-again fighting the flow, buying
into the definitions of what the other individuals say you ought to be.

The third thing that tells you when a situation comes along that is more
exciting than the other is: this is the thing that if you do it, will
support you in the most abundant way to allow you to keep doing it in a
more expanded, ever spiraling expanding way.

One: excitement tells you it is you.  Two: it tells you that because it is
you, it will be an effortless creation.  Three: it tells you that because
it is you and will be an effortless creation, you will be able to attract
the abundance you need in what ever form you need.

And understand that abundance is just more than money.  What you call on
your planet money is one of the valid ways to represent abundance, but it
is not the only way.  There are many ways.  So let us add one more
definition.

Abundance: the ability to do what you need to do when you need to do it.
Period!  That's all abundance is.  Two individuals-one in your terms with
more money, one in your terms with less money-if they are both capable of
doing what they need to do when they need to do it, they are equally
abundant because that's all that matters to them.  And that's the level
they have defined themselves to be.  If someone has a more expanded idea of
what it is that excites them, then perhaps they need more symbols of
abundance to flow into their life to represent what it is they are.

If someone simply has an idea that is sufficient to the symbols of
abundance that are already in his or her life, then they will still be able
to accomplish it as smoothly, as effortlessly and easily as anyone else.

So the idea, fundamentally, is that any time you feel pain, you are
basically ignoring-either because that you have been taught to ignore, or
because you do not believe that you can deserve the ease of creation-but
you are basically ignoring the thing that really excites you the most.

And when we say, "the thing that excites you the most," We do not mean you
have to have, at this particular moment, an idea of the thing that will be
the most exciting thing you will ever do in your life.  No.  Take it a step
at a time.

At any given moment, whatever it is at that moment-if you honestly assess
all the things you are capable of doing-what ever it is at that moment that
is the most exciting thing you could be doing, that you have the capability
of doing something about, do it!  It will align you with all of the flow of
Creation, and life will be effortless.

This is actually what is meant in your society by the term surrendering.
You're not actually giving up your power; You're actually flowing in
complete accord with your power.  But because it seems effortless, and
because your world is used to thinking in terms of things being under your
control if they require an effort, then you don't think you're in control
when there is no effort.

And so you create this idea that you are giving your power up to a greater
force.  In a sense, yes; but not really.  You're actually taking your
power, owning your responsibility, when your life is effortless.  That
means you are going with the flow of who you have created yourself to be
specifically and what you were created to be generally; an aspect of the
Infinite.

Is this making some sense to you?  A great deal.  So you can always
transform pain by finding out within yourself, "what is the definition I
have brought into that would create the pain to begin with?  What must I
believe in order to have this pain reaction?"   When you get in touch with
what the definition is, rewrite it!  And then act like you believe the new
definition is now more true than the old one.

And as soon as you do, your life will be representative of the new
definition.  Because your physical reality is always the product of what
you hold to be the strongest truth, the strongest definition.  That's why
there really isn't any "the truth!"

There are only a few fundamentals that could be called the basics of
existence that are common for everyone; but there aren't very many of them.
 All the specifics are your creation.  And the ones that seem similar from
one person to another are similar only because you telepathically agree to
create them to be similar so you can all play the same game.

But there is no real "the truth!" in specifics terms, against which to
measure other truths for their validity.  "The" truth is composed of all
truths.  And all truths are actually real.

Any definition you have at any given moment generates a self-perpetuating,
self-fulfilling, self-sustaining, self-fulfilling automatic system of
manifestation to support the definition, and make it seem as if for that
moment it is the only true thing.  Because every reality is real; every
perception is a reality.

Your imagination is the gate, the library, to all probable realities.  You
cannot imagine non-existence.  Whatever you imagine is, on some level-
somewhere, somehow, somewhen-real.  And there are various ones that can be
manifest in your particular dimension.  Yes, there may be some that are
nonetheless real.

So the idea is to get a handle on what are the definitions that have
created your experience?  And if you find there are definitions you prefer,
maintain them.

And if you find there are definitions you don't prefer, change them.
That's what you have free will for.  Does this help you?

Q:    Yes.  Thank you.

B:    Oh, thank you very much! Sharing!