Meditation

SUN., FEB. 19, 1984, 7:17 AM
WALTON’S, ST. PETE

Meditation is an important use of the mind and spirit, o son. The process can be explained in a number of ways, but I shall repeat for you that which I favor: the conscious mind retreats, leaving the spirit in full control. The spirit seeks, and the spirit hears. And, then, the whole self is enriched in this experience.

You have not been able to accomplish this with any great success… until I became an active part of the experience. Of course, you never persisted in it long enough to have some recognizable success, and practice is vital. The problem is that your own conscious mind… better called the rational mind in this Teaching… objects to being put aside. You have a rather well-developed rational mind, and it always was persistent enough to overcome your efforts at meditation (and you can only try so hard to meditate) and keep the experience from being obviously successful.

If I should withdraw and leave you to your own meditation, you would be better at it than you were previously, but total success would be minimal. You see, this meditation that We have developed utilizes the mind in a way sufficient to satisfy that important portion of your being. Its role is functional… a servant function… but it is glad to not be relegated to nothingness, except in the time of establishing the contact and deciding on a title.

Some days your mind makes this retreat, and your spirit links with Mine easily and quickly, and the theme is established. We’re off on another unique learning experience with a minimum of interference. On other days your rational self is slow to move aside… even early in the morning. It is awake and ready to function… and you call upon it to play this minor, servant role. So it causes the familiar “clutter” that you know so well. On a few days this rational nature objects forcefully, going beyond “cluttering” to real objection to the use of your time for such an experience as this.

But… I, the Holy Spirit, am the initiator of this meditation, and for My purposes I wish it to succeed. Hence, I enter, with respect for your mind and in a gentle fashion, I enlist your mind’s help, and I ask only for this relatively short time. Your rational self agrees, partly because it recognizes the value of these tangible, written Teachings, and is pleased to be part of a meditative experience that has this useful result. Most meditations benefit the soul and spirit of the meditator, but have no direct value to others. A strong mind objects to such an experience, and it takes strong will and discipline originating in a seeking soul to overcome what the mind has the capacity to do.