Chapter 17

THE FANTASY CALLED REALITY
In the innocence of the child is the foundation of the wisdom of the universe.

The remainder of most sessions was filled with the many questions the participants had about life. It seemed that Pretty Flower's work during the Gatherings was to free people from the burdens they have chosen to carry upon their backs. She frequently repeats the idea that past, present, and future are meaningless terms: all lives are one. She also reflects (here and in other readings) The Eternal's view that lives balance one another. Sometimes during the questions and answers she would help someone to see what the real question was so that she could work with belief patterns. She would get to the basic question and then, when the truth had been exposed, she would call it all fantasy. Then she would talk about reality and about us as creators of our own realities.
At other times she would lean forward in the recliner and look directly (even though the vessel's eyes were closed) at someone and smile her smile of love. Then she would say, "I could answer the questions you have asked, but what is that worry that you are carrying deep within your gut? Let's talk about that."

The following exchange summarizes much of Pretty Flower's philosophy. A 15 year old boy says, "I am asking for guidance. I want to know if I should ... try to figure out things, or just to let things go." Pretty Flower responds: When you conceive, a seed is planted in your being. And the seed grows, and grows, and opens. And the thoughts come forward as a great tree. And you can be in the center of the tree, or you can pluck a fruit, eat it, and try to figure out what the center of the tree is by the fruit. Or you can be the tree.

Past Lives

Many participants in our group were curious about their past lives. One person asked: Was I a healer in past lives, and if so, how far was that developed? Was it developed to a great extent?
...Once again we have a conceptual misconception here... I read in your mind that you think this is an evasion of answer, and it is not. I will definitely answer your question. You broadcast your thoughts easily. And that's all right. It's most helpful to me. Now the conceptual misconception arises when we think of past lives and the present life as being distinct and separate spaces of time. Now as we continue, you will be most enlightened to learn that past lives are not past, they are happening as we are here. It is most easily described, I believe, by the terminology of dimensions. Now, in the dimensions that pulse, we have a way of relating to them, and it seems as though you have chosen to call them past lives, which is perfectly all right. As long as the understanding is there that it is not something that is over with. It is almost like an overlay. It is almost like using tracing paper.
Now, past lives, other dimensions in healing. You have been, if we will use the term past life, a surgeon, and once again we have the country of France. And in the country of France you have functioned as a surgeon in the early times of surgery. And you performed the surgery of the head. And not much was known at that time of brain surgery. Your loved one [Author's note: in present life, a girlfriend] ... has been your assistant in the time when you were a surgeon in France. You did progress in that time; however, the knowledge was limited. And you believed that there was a greater knowledge to be had and you did not know the key to unlock the secrets at the time.
In another time, we have you in the Orient, in the East, and you have studied the art and have been a student, not a master yet, of the art of acupuncture. You could train your vision, so that you view the human body, you would be able to see small green dots on the body. Those happen to be the energy spots, and you could, in this present day, be putting pressure on those spots and relieving tension in the body. There has been a time, you have been mixing in powder form, you have been in the apothecary and you have been serving the physicians by mixing the proper potions to their prescriptions. And that was a good basis. There were other lives, and the other lives happen to be the balance of the lives as a healer. As you know, a balance is taking place as we think of the pendulum, and as the healing is taking place, so has the destruction [been] taking place. And the healing is a balance of those times.

So, even though those other times were not as a physician for healing, the extreme balance of the opposite of a healer was taking place, and this would not be viewed as negative. It would be viewed as the balance. You have, in the time of Atlantis, been with the lights and know the color of the lights to heal the parts of the body that have been removed from the body. And in this way, there was a type of regeneration of tissues in order to join the [dis?]membered parts to the body. And in the time of Egypt, in the temple, you performed the services of an embalmer....

"I have a question that I would like to ask for the vessel herself. She would like to know of any specific past lives that directly relate to her present life."

...One moment please. There was a time when this vessel was in the vibration of the Chief. And his people were destroyed, and they were peaceful people, and the Chief was believed to be dead. And, after a time, he found that he was in the vibration of the living. And as he became aware, he found himself at the bottom of a pit, and on top of him were the bodies of his people. And he called to the Spirit of the Eagle to give him assistance to come from beneath the bodies of his people. And through three days' struggle, he found himself on the earth and laying face down, breathing the vibration of the Mother Earth. He struggled to his feet, and the sight around him was most painful. As there were five pits, so to speak, dug, and the bodies of his people were in the pits. And as he walked around, he made the laments, and he called upon the Spirits of the Fathers, as he formed the circle round and round, to release the spirits of the beings and allow them to float upward. And he created in the center a great fire. A great fire, and then, taking part of the fire for each of the five pits, he held a Holy Pyre. And he sang the Songs of the Souls of the Spirits. And then, he turned to the top of the mountain and made the journey. And in his despair, he reached the top of the mountain, and he called to the Spirits, and he allows from the center of his being the sound of anguish. And he lifts his arm and he jumps to the abyss. [She chants.] The balance of that time is in the present vibration...

"What can the vessel [Eileen] do in this present life to help that balance, to complete that experience?"
...The lesson being learned is one of trust that the happenings that are occurring in the vibration of the present are holy and every vibration in the present is fulfilling the purpose. There need not be concern for the past or the future. There is the vibration of the now, and the gifts of the universe are unfolding and are many. In this particular time of vibration, in this, as you call it, lifetime, there has been an occurrence when the vessel fulfilled the balance of that time.... And there was a union on the spirit and the purpose of the union was to guide those vibrations awaiting the opening of the heavens for them to travel to the Father. And much work was done at that time. And if she would write that story down, after 30 days of meditation, the balance was complete at that time.

God's Purpose for Us

"What is my purpose and how can I assist in it?"
...Well, everything usually proceeds as it should. However, sometimes we choose to sit down and sometimes we choose to walk along, and sometimes we choose to get in our canoes and let the river carry us along. Now, there is much happening in your life and it seems to me that you have collected (not to take this in a negative sense but simply as a statement) - you have collected some baggage. Now, if you would choose to travel down the river, with this baggage, know that it is quite a job to fit it into the canoe. So it may require a slow trudging along the river bank. It is simply a choice, you see, as you well know, that one could allow the baggage to travel along in its own canoe...

"Does this baggage have a name?"
...It is called man. It is called any being or any creature or anything about you that is more important to you than spirit and your uniting with spirit. Then there is a choice that that remain the supreme priority and everything else then proceeds as it should. When we sit down to figure out how we can fit all the baggage in one canoe, we forget to leave room for ourselves, and we end up trudging along the riverbank while the baggage floats on the river...

"What does God want me to do? What do I need to know about this present lifetime?"
...My dear! Know that we all, every being on the vibration of the planet Earth, in spirit form and in physical form, know everything there is to know, have the complete knowledge of the entire vibration of the universe. Because we are the I AM. The only difference would be, my dear, that some are a little more awake than the others to the fact that we are the I AM. And when you ask, my dear, what God would want for you, you are asking yourself what you would want for yourself. As we are the I Am.
Let go of the piddly stuff that you surround yourself with. It is time to abandon those chains. There is no need to be bound into the position you place yourself of a lesser being even though your star is shining bright. And we all are the same. There is none better and none lower or higher or any of that stuff that we seem to be reading about in the pages of some of the propaganda.
My dear, I cannot say it in a greater degree, that within you is the vibration of the Beloved and that you are the Beloved. And that we all are the Beloved. There is no separation. They are simply beliefs [and] those beliefs are the fantasy world. There is not even the recognition of what the reality of the vibration of the universe would be, as long as we surround ourselves with the fairyland of belief patterns that are bound to chain us to the vibration of slime! We do not need to do those things to our very beings. We are the Light of the Universe and we are the universe. It is time for expansion. It is time for letting go of the little meanderings within the little ways that we might learn how to be a "good" person. Good! My heavens, my dear, there is no such thing. There is no such thing! We are human beings on the vibration of the Earth and our purpose is to vibrate. And our purpose is in the lesssons of the earth, would be that the food for the being comes in spirit form, and that we are the spirit form. That we are the vibration of the universe. We are! We're not just simply vibrating. We are the vibration itself! All the information coming to you about running and hiding ... is part of those words, my dear, that keep you bound to the earthly plane, and keep your light so dim that you hardly see it yourself. I weep for the troubles that you and your friends put yourself in, that you believe that there is a fleeing. That you believe that there are [a] certain few who are so enlightened that they may leave while the others burn to a crisp!
My dear, abandon that rubbish! For those who tie themselves to the beliefs are bound to vibrate within of the fires that they have created within their being. And there not be a need to be recreating the past, so to speak. You have seen the doors of what you call your hell, have you not, my dear sister? My dear sister, the light within you is the Light of the Universe. And know that within every being is the Light of the Universe. With every being, every, every being. And those who have the vibration and see it are the same as those who have the vibration and do not see it, for we all are the I AM. All! There would not be one speck in any place and in any vibration ... anywhere that would not be part of the I AM. And all those beliefs, and all those words, and all those fears, are not even large enough to cause your notice if they were under the tiny fingernail of your baby finger. They are nothing! And you are everything! One moment, please. [She chants.]

Channeling

"I would like to try channeling to reach teachers and guides who could be of help in my life. Is this a path I should try?"
...You could use this as a tool. You need to realize that you are a channel, as you speak. As you speak with all those you come in contact [with], all those people in this community - you are a channel. As your very presence is there, blessings are bestowed upon them. If you desire to take a more active part, and be as you suggested, then I suggest the following:
One, daily meditation. Two, a realization that whether one channels or not, one is a holy woman. That is a big step, my dear. Channeling will not make you a holy woman. You are one. If you choose to offer yourself in service for channeling, try and see if it fits. It's like that pair of pants. See if it fits. Try it on for size. Knowing that it will not make you anything you are not already.

"I am going to be starting some channeling work.... Do you have any suggestions for me?"
...To play. Play. Have fun. That's what this is about. In our joy and in our bubbling, we allow ourselves to be open. As this wonderful little girl who was sitting here in the beginning and being so innocent and wise at the same time. When we play, we open ourselves to the joy of the universe. And we open ourselves to be channels. And then we let go of the rules and regulations that we seem to require in order for our judgments to be satiated. So play! It is fun!

Daily Life

As the participant, a college student, asked the following question, I thought to myself, "Well, just do less." But Pretty Flower had a different, more holistic, view. "I'm trying to balance full-time work with full-time school, and it's putting a tremendous strain on me, and I must reconcile it. And I don't know how to balance it and not run myself into the ground, and I'm looking for an answer."
...We would be finding that in the dimension of the daily living, that there would be the consideration for the mental, so to speak, and there would be the consideration that would be the studies, and there would be the consideration for the physical. There would be a slight emptiness for the consideration of the spirit. And when you speak of balance, you have absolutely said the correct word. For balance is what is being sought. And that we could be functioning within the mental dimension, and we could be functioning within the physical dimension, but we do not function in any without spirit. For that is the essence of our being, the food and the strength, the nourishment that comes from spirit. For as we are vibrating within the day, we find that on personal strength that we become wary. That we become as you have stated. 'How can I be studying when I'm so tired? How can I be working when I should be studying?' Back and forth, back and forth. When there could be a recognition of the center. Even in the busy schedule ... there could be a moment where we could reconnect ourselves, so to speak. Do you hear the words? - Reconnect ourselves. As we have separated ourselves to the mental and the physical and we are actually one - with spirit. So that we would find that in the day ... there would be a connection with spirit. And that there would be a connection with the I AM. And that could happen in one moment. That could happen in what you would term five minutes, one long meditation, or just as we are walking up the steps, we could be saying, "I open myself to the awareness I AM." And the strength pours forward, for from the center comes everything. We would be in awareness that we create our own reality. So that if we would have the belief upon rising from a rest that we have received the proper amount of rest and nourishment in physical, mental, and spirit form, [then] we could have that belief carry us through the day.
However, if we awaken and we wonder if we have enough rest, and we look at the clock and say, "Oh, no. That was only four hours." And there is a tiredness, and there is a worry. And we would in the remembrance that the strength comes from within. We are the strength. We don't go searching somewhere for it. We are the strength. We are. And the simple connection with that realization will allow the flowing to happen and that you would be filling your being - filled to the brim - and overflowing with the excess that would be pouring about you in the blessings. For not only is it untrue that we do not have enough, the truth is that there is great bounty and abundance. So much so that it overflows our very being and spills out as blessings upon the planet. And we but simply open ourselves to the awareness that that is the balance we are seeking. And that at any time, if you would [be] opening yourself, that we would be beside you. And would be knowing within your very being that we do not exist alone. For we are everything. We are everything. We cannot be alone.

Violence in the World

"I am asking about the way the world is going and about the violence. I wonder how that is going to be in the future. Is it going to resolve? Will we blow ourselves up? Are we going to see the other side of it without mangling ourselves?
...There would be much that we could be stating about that particular topic. And we have in the past been discussing that we are the creators. And ... we could certainly go into that discussion again; however.... we would present some other information. Would you be remembering as we have spoken together in the past, that the future is the present, and that we would be creating from within, what we would term reality, when it, in fact, is fantasy. And that we would be in the cycles, and we would be in the circles together, and that as we have said, that when we realize that we are in the circle, that we have the opportunity to be stepping out of the circle and to be awakening, and to be coming awake, and to be aware that we are creating.
And those that travel in the circles and the cycles (balance and counterbalance) are completing the cycles over and over and over again and again. And the balance and counterbalance continues and continues. And the violence balances the peace, balances the violence, balances the peace. And that we have the awareness that that is what is occurring in the fantasy called "reality" on the planet called Earth. And that when we are concerned of the violence, that is a genuine concern, for there is a remembrance of being in the cycles. And the remembrance is part of the concern.
There could be statements of who would win what battle. There could be statements of government as have been made by many other peoples. There could be statements of the economy, so to speak. We are feeling that that information brings us to the very edge of continuing in the circles and the cycles. And that when we are angry because someone else is fighting, guess what we are doing? We are dipping our finger back in the cycle. And we are forgetting who we are and what we are. As many, many, many of the teachers of the planet Earth, in many dimensions, have repeated over and over again: that we but remember who we are, and what we are, and we have removed ourselves from the swing of the pendulum. And we have come at full center again. And we have, as we are human beings, the choice. The great choice to recognize what we are and who we are. And that we have a choice. We do not even need to be in the cycle of concernment about the balance upon the planet Earth, for we have been fed this information by the people who have been involved with the violence and the balance and counterbalance of the violence. And they report to us about the violence! And we have been trained to pay attention to it.
And that there would be many other happenings in the reality that we call the planet Earth, the fantasy that we look [at] through the looking glass. There would be many many other happenings. We would seek to find the information. And we would be the ones to be broadcasting the information. The information that we are one. That it would not be our purpose at this particular time, to be placing ourselves within violence. For what purpose? For when we read the newspapers, and when we read the reports of the violence happening in the fantasies of the warmongers, when we read those reports, we follow like mice, we follow like robots, for the words entice us. They are masters of control! They are masters of control! And we would but remember that we have a choice.
The blessing of the great universe in the human being - that when we are awake, we recognize that we have a choice. And that we can, once again, drop it like a hot potato. And we can enter our beings, once again, and settle in, so to speak. And vibrate within the one. And there would be perhaps a need to be discovering other gatherings so that the news of becoming one could be part of our broadcast. And could be part of the broadcast which we receive. For becoming one and being one, and coming to full center and vibrating so that we are the vibration, is fulfilling the purpose. And then we are. And then we are as we are to be. And when we are in the center, and when we are in the recognition that we are the I AM, then we can recognize that we are everything. And that when we become aware of the vibrations within our being, and we are getting [to] know self, so to speak, we could be connecting with other parts of our being - not only the violence. For when we activate the magnets of our being, we attract. We simply open to that information. We would know that everything about us would be but fantasy. We live within the dimensions of the planet Earth and we are multiple beings. And that we are spirit! That which we pay the most attention to would be the smallest part of our being. That which we care the most for, sometimes, would be but the vessel. And that the vibration within and the spirit within is that which we are. The body, as we are well aware, is but passing. For the spirit is and was, and always will be. If violence is one edge of the pendulum, and peace is the other, is the middle neither?
The middle is everything. In the middle is everything. In the middle is the I AM. Everything. So we should seek neither the violence nor the peace? We do not need to seek. We simply open. Everything is within. Everything. We have a great struggle to break from the belief pattern that we are seeking. For in that belief there is a type of action that happens away from self. We would but recognize that we are the journey within. We are the very journey. And that we are the creators. And that is, what is about us is our creation. And that we could begin by taking full responsibility for self. That no one "makes me mad." No one makes me sad. "He gets me angry." We all know those feelings and those statements. "You make me cry." "I weep for you." We would find that we could accept the responsibility, each and every one of us, for self. And we could accept the responsibility for being within the spirit. And we could let go of the attachments to the tiny cycles and circles, and bigger cycles and circles. That we could vibrate as one. For it is the purpose that we vibrate as one. When we are in the purpose of uplifting the consciousness of the planet Earth, would one be thinking that we would carry it upon our being as Atlas? No. We would but vibrate within and we would recognize that we are the I AM. That we are - we are it. That we could be saying, "I'm it. This is it." That we could be saying, "I open myself to the realization deep within my being that I AM." It is not a struggle to learn about it. It is not a matter of will. It is not a matter of study. It is simply asking, simply making the statement, "I open myself that I might recognize deep within my very being that I AM." When we practice that, then there are many, many awarenesses coming forward, for the belief patterns flood in. And we could but watch them flood in and not attach to them, but recognize that they are but belief patterns. And know that, even as we are this very second, that we are perfect, that we are exactly as we would be at this very vibration. That there is full acceptance of self. An opening, that "I'm okay." "I am as I am right at this moment. This is me. And deep within my very being I have opened to the recognition that I AM." 'I am fearful for the violence in the world. And for the violence in myself.' This is a great realization.
Great progress has been made. It is a great realization when we see and recognize the responsbility for creating our own realities. And that we all are creating our realities. And that, in the reality as we experience it, there happens to be news coming of the violence that is happening elsewhere. It is to recognize that there is a balance. And sometimes the purpose of the news of the violence happening elsewhere is to allow us to purge ourselves of the violence that is happening within: So that we might learn forgiveness of our very selves, so that we might learn understanding of our very selves; and in understanding, then we do not require that we be understood. We simply understand. And in the world of violence and in the world of peace... is the central point. And we can choose to experience either, or we can recognize that in the center we are married, and we are in the pulsebeat of the universe. And we can recognize that we are simply responsible for opening ourselves to be channels of love.
....And when I say "we" I say that there is not one person in this room who this does not apply to. We can use the news of the world to stop the flow of love from being channeled. We can use any reason because we are human beings, and we are learning how to open and channel love. So, when we are walking down the street, if we hear people arguing on the same sidewalk, it is quite a challenge to continue to channel love. And that is the challenge that we have all accepted in one form or another, as we are on this path and we are the path. It is not an easy task to let go of the concerns for the violence that is happening in the world. The easier way to let go is to recognize that when we are concerned and overwhelmed with the violence of the earth, we are, in fact, in it. And it is us. And we are it. And we learn to be in touch with the violence within ourselves. So we can choose which vibration we wish to exist in, as we are not responsible for the balance and counterbalance that happens in each and every being's life. We are simply responsible for opening ourselves so that love can flow, and all the anger and stomping of feet of the awareness of what is happening on the sidewalk or in the other part of the worldly vibration, is our human-ness that stops us from being channels of love. As here we are, right at this moment. And we can be here and be channels for the love of the universe. Or we can be on the other side of the earth, having our face blown from our heads, or we could be exploding something within the body of another person. We could be rotting in the ground with maggots coming in and out of us. Or we could be her as we are. I do believe that you deserve to be here. And that you can forgive yourself for being here and not there.

Love and Relationships

You said earlier to open oneself to love. And I find if one does that, that one can become vulnerable and be hurt. It is something that concerns me. Well, what you have described is certainly what happens when love is flowing. Now the reason that the hurt happens is because of some human traits that we are learning to change. One is that when we love we love with expectations. We love and in loving, we are. And when we care, we want the best. And when we want the best - you see how it goes? On and on it goes. Now, as we love, we love as channels. We are the vehicle for love, and as we raise our energies from the love center, and we include the eye, then we see love as it is. And as we are bound in this earthly plane, to some extent, we tend to surround our love with our emotions, and we ask as a test of the love, we ask that a little hurt be bestowed so that we can see how great the love is. It is an interesting cycle. And, my dear one, I do suggest you ditch it. You need not test. You are very sensitive, you are loving, you are kind, you would not hurt a flea. Recognize that the source of love is not you. The source lies in the universe.
The great love, the great protectorates, the great hearts and eyes, those who see all and know all, and love all - even the maggots, love even the killers, love even those who hate us, and love even those little children. That's what love is. And do not feel that you are ... lesser for my saying this to you. I say the truth to you because you are about to whirl and change. It is a great love that will be flowing through you.

"Would you guide me to understand about my soul mate? How will I meet her, etc.? [The questioner is male.]"
...It seems that there could be, within the being, a little bit of expansion of beliefs. There would be a term "relationship" and there would be the term "soul mate." Now, how would you feel if you were to learn that your soul mate, the soul mate of this particular lifetime, would be a man? Now, that changes the idea of the relationship a little. You see, as we are being, there comes from our centers, energies. They radiate from the heart center like a beacon, opening wider and wider. And guess what happens when you sit next to someone? Part of that radiating love flows to the next person. And guess what else happens? Some of the radiating energies of that being come in contact with you. This happens with your will or without your will. It is simply an occurrence. And you know what we call that? We call that a marriage. Not even a "relationship." We call that a marriage! And there is a marriage taking place this very moment with all those energies present in physical form and spirit form within this very gathering. And that there would be what you would term a relationship with every single being and vibration with whom you come in contact. And that is a relationship. Now, it seems as though there is a desire to have a relationship that would be very deep with one particular being. And we have on this planet the time of expansion. (Now, that certainly would not mean that you would gather yourself a harem!) However, there seems to be in each relationship, so to speak, a wondering in the back of your mind, "Would this be the one? Or would this be the one?" Or, "Maybe tomorrow I will meet my soul mate." And that we are simply stating that truthfully, in this lifetime, we would find, if you would term, soul mate in masculine form. We are all soul mates, so to speak. There could be a woman who would be standing at your side, and as an equal, would be partners in life. There are some relationships where one being would be more taking care of the other being, and know that that would be in process a type of balance and counterbalance of what you term other times. And also know that it is time in this particular vibration for you to be standing in partnership which would be affording you the greatest freedom from self. As the beliefs that you have set within your being as to what role you would play with a woman would be needing to be changed before that relationship would evolve. It is a ... process of looking within and recognizing that the fulfillment of needs within lies in the relationship with whatever you might term your God. And then, the fruits of the earth are yours.

Belief Patterns

"I would like to ask how you see the evolution of this planet. Is it indeed speeding up now, as we believe it might be?"
...I would address the belief pattern that seems to exist within you, that there is a speed involved in the evolution. Now it seems as though an evolution is an evolution is an evolution. As it is, it is; and there is no such thing as speed. It seems as though there might be, in your consciousness, a greater awareness of what is happening, but what is happening has been happening and will be happening and is happening. As the statement you are well familiar with [says], I AM. There is no speed involved with I AM. And the work that we are doing here and the work that you are doing here, and the work that we do together here, in physical form and spirit form, is being performed as the statement I AM. So, as we all believe that we are progressing toward something, we can, if we choose, recognize that that is a belief pattern. And when we recognize that it is a belief pattern, then we have the choice of stepping out of the belief pattern and being in the I AM. Believe me when I say that when there is a belief of progression, then that entity must progress - until when? Until we believe we have progressed far enough? That is possible? And I tell you, that if you are continuing to ferret out all those humanistic qualities in order to progress, that that particular task will continue forever. As we are in human form. It is the acceptance of that fact, and all the residual facts surround[ing] it, that allows us to recognize the belief patterns in the progression - and that we can accept the fact that we are perfect in our imperfection - exactly as we are at this moment...

"The notion I have is that we are individually and perhaps collectively here to accomplish certain things that relate to our development. But then again, the use of the word development wants to deny the very I AM notion that you just put forward."
...You've got it! So that we have a belief that we are here to accomplish. And as we continue in that belief, we are also continuing the balance and counterbalance. It seems to me that in every realization and in every awareness, and in every time that you have awakened on a new level, that it has been totally different from what you could possibly conceive. And that is the awakening of the being, and awakening of the being to the connection of I AM. And the more that we let go of the conception of purpose, the more we are allowing ourselves to fall away, as there is no need to believe that any of us have a greater purpose than anyone on the planet. We're all in it together. And we all are the I AM. There are many but-but-buts, and it still comes down to the I AM.

Meditation and Prayer

"How do I meditate? We do have a need to acquire the tools so that we might be stepping in the right direction, so to speak."
...There are many, many, many ways of meditating, as many ways as there are to breathe. And we would find that even one type of opening would be simply with the breath. That we could breathe and when we breathe in, we breathe in the White Light of the Universe. And when we breathe out, guess what we breathe out? The blessings of the universe. That's one simple one. It is practice and it is for the purpose of union and marriage. If [we] were to say, which we all have, so to speak, "I open myself to the White Light of the Universe," and we sit there and we wait for something to happen. And nothing happens in particular. Well, what else would happen? We have opened ourselves, now we get on with our life! It is so that there is a marriage with the White Light of the Universe and with our beings. So that we may function within our lives with the guidance and vibration of those energies. That we could be opening to the guides and spirit friends. We could be opening to almost any assistance, but we still do the working ourselves, so to speak. And it would be for the simple purpose of union, and the simple purpose of marriage. So that we might become aware within and without that we are one. That there is one vibration. And that we are not only vibrating, but that we are the vibration itself. And that is the marriage. And then we go about our lives with the marriage within and without. And then every possible task that we would perform during our day would be with the marriage at the center. And then everything is touched by the marriage. It would not be for a single particular purpose, so to speak. So that we could open ourselves to the White Light of the Universe and then we would not find ourselves trying to do anything better than the previous second, because we have opened ourselves. It is the entire vibration that we are working on...

"How do you pray for a person?"
...When we decide to pray for a person, we have made a judgment, my dear, that they would be in need of prayer, instead of accepting that everything is exactly the way it is. That when we have the attachment to those beliefs, when we have the attachment to those concerns, when we have the attachment to those worries, and those wants for that person to be whole, then we are outside of ourselves and we are not functioning as spirit. We can come back into our being and be within ourselves, vibrating as one, and knowing that every being on the planet earth is the same. And that what we would find would be our work, so to speak, would be to go within and know that I AM God. And when we are in that one vibration, everything is as it can ever be. That is the way, so to speak; that is the tool, so to speak; that is the work, so to speak. For the healing that happens, happens when we are within one vibration, and we connect our very beings together as one and we say that I am. That is the only thing that is necessary. And the knowledge and the trust that everything is as it is. We have the emotions, as a human being, we have the emotions. And the emotions can pull us because we have learned about them first. And so when we see someone suffering, there would be the emotion of that connection and there would be then the judgment that says, "That person should not be suffering like that! That's not right! How can I fix that? How can I make that go away?" "That" is us. We cannot run away from the manifestation of our very self. We simply love, we simply accept, and we simply vibrate as one, knowing that I AM.