WEEK 1 QUESTION:

WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE INITIATIC PATH AND WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF ON THIS PATH AT THE PRESENT TIME?

Iniation: Lesson 2

Iniation is a process by which we work through karma and reconnect with our Divine source through our life experiences and relationships with other people. The process of initiation cannot be separated from the path. In contemplating the meaning of initiation many key words come to mind. Opportunity, growth, self awareness, decision making, wholeness, the path of love and the refiners fire to name a few. Initiation can occur in small increments or through dramatic changes. I tend to think that the small increments and subtle changes are the norm.

Our everyday experience provides a platform for the refinement of our soul. We are constantly making choices. A simple decision to greet a stranger in a loving way or to maintain your peace in an emotionally turbulent situation are stepping stones toward self mastery. Developing the art of listening to one's presence or inner voice is a key. We would all hope to be in the right place at the right time, and to follow the guidance of our I Am presence and our heavenly sponsors. When faced with a challenge we pass our test if we see clearly and respond correctly. I believe it was Saint Germain who said that he made his ascension by making 2 million right decisions.

Iniation also involves a willingness to take responsibility on many levels and to evolve into an individual who can be the hands and feet of the Ascended Masters on Earth. I would be remiss if I did not mention the “rock tumbler “of life. We all start out as diamonds in the rough and over time we are polished into beautiful diamonds. The path of Iniation is the rock tumbler. We should keep this in mind when we meet people.

To answer the second question, where do you think you are on the path of iniation? I don’t think that any of us in embodiment can truly know the level of attainment of our souls or the level to which we have reconnected with our souls and gained mastery here in the physical. I sense that I am somewhere perhaps in the middle but in the grand scheme of things, barely out the starting gate. Now, how’s that for a safe answer!

Robert Beese

I resonate with your idea that we are constantly making choices that set the stage for higher initiations or set us back. It seems also that Lanto's comments that even the Ascended Masters continue to be initiated shows that there are cycles within cycles within cycles. It seems hard to know where we might stand - maybe it can be gauged by how much more of God we are realizing in daily life than we have in past experiences?

I have read a few books recently in regard to initiation and I am in awe at the intricacy of God's plan for each soul to make it back home. Initiation to me is a roadmap back to God. Even though I am outwardly unaware of this map, I believe my Soul is aware of it and if I can tune into my OverSoul, and come what may, attempt to follow the promptings of this guidance; I will make it back to my point of origin. Because of my individual, family and group Karma as well as my psychology, the path can be quite interesting!! Full of opportunities! Fear must become Faith and Pride must become Humility in order to succeed in this journey. I imagine since the journey has taken millenia, that I have not always chosen to take this path homeward bound. I accept initiation as a necessity of life, like breathing, eating and sleeping. I accept by Faith, that with God all things are possible and with God I will prevail.

At one point in my life Initiation would spark fear, another test... will I pass or fail?? Now I feel within my being my Love for God and his Love for me and I will perservere by his/her Grace. I am a work in progress, working on myself is also a part of this "Initiation". I have no idea where I am on the path; what has been accomplished up to this point?? What I do know is that I will not stop Trying!! I visualize myself on the yellow brick road from the Wizard of Oz. Here I am, Dee skipping along, at times things happen along this journey to the Emerald City, detours occur, certain issues must be addressed, aspects of my personality which no longer serve me in my quest must be recalibrated, etc. etc.;

I pray for God Victory and I return to the yellow brick road, hopefully a little bit further on the path to the Emerald City.

In the past few weeks, my understanding of Initiation and my Path, has totally changed. Reading The Power of Now, experiencing the Mt. Shasta and Washington Events and attending the first class of this course, has made me realize that every moment is an initiation and every choice I make, from choosing what to think and feel to fully embracing life as it is, is part of my path. It IS my path! How I deal with everything that life presents to me and what actions I take, determines how far I have come. And I believe it´s like Saint Germain said, that if I make the right choice every choice I make, it´s possible to move fast up on my initiatic path.

So where am I on this path? The more I read and listen to heartstreams, discourses, and other people's experiences, the more I realize I haven´t come far at all. I´ve just realized that I´ve been holding life back by my resistance to what is, and thereby avoiding so many opportunities for spiritual growth. Or put in another way; I haven´t taken many of the chances given to me, to pass some of my initiations. On the other hand, since life is so magnificent, beautiful and full of grace, I might just be one step away from making a leap in consciousness, that moves me quickly up on my path to full enlightenment! ;-)

My understanding of the path of initiation is a process of flow. The Masters working with our God Presence send us love, inspiration and illumination each day in conjunction with the ray of the day and our own personal timetable. This flow of grace appears to be perfectly calculated to deliver the next and highest lesson required for our soul’s unique development. Sometimes we require the fire of the Mother to eliminate barriers in our being to coming up higher and to simultaneously develop greater mastery. At other times, we receive a nod of encouragement (on the inner and/or the outer) in the form of a challenging assignment. This is a particular blessing as I believe that the Masters work very closely with us on our projects, if we pray daily and ask for their help.

The goal of the initiation may be the ascension for those of us in this octave. However, I believe it is an ongoing process which continues beyond the veil. Therefore, I would more broadly define initiation as the daily, hourly process of refining our solar awareness to receive every more complex and beautiful quintessences of light in greater measure. Additionally, initiation is the mindful progression of our consciousness to allow greater measures of light to become a part of our being and in that becoming allow those graces to flow through us in conscious thoughts, words and deeds to bless all life.

As to where I think I am in this process, I have experienced a number of both physical and emotional initiations. Serapis Bey said that the process of initiation is spiral rather than linear in nature. Therefore this leads me to believe, that I am experiencing initiations in the area of the 8th through the 10th lines of the cosmic clock.

My understanding of the Initiatic Path is that one responds to inner promptings or urgings at a point in one's life to search for a Spirital awakening. This could take months or years. Once 'found' there is an internal shift. The amount of involvement is indicative of the 'rediness' or perhaps heightened intellectual awareness. It is a very individual thing, a work in progress. Learning about Karma/Dharma, one's Mighty I Am Presence,
connecting to the Divine, becomes a lifetime search. It is what makes our Now Reality. It shapes us into a gradual 'becoming'.

After 25 years of following the Teachings of the Ascended Masters, I feel that I am still in the early stage of where I am on the Path, considering the vastness of the spiritual environment. Not many know unless they have been told by a Master. However, occasionally I have been present when a Master has told a select few what % of Karma they have completed.

Many people make their debut on earth because they are choosing to have a new experience. They leave their “heavenly home,” where they experience oneness and communion with God on a daily basis, and move to the “world,” where they can taste different offerings. Many of these delicious “fruits” lead them into a life of duality (good, bad; right, wrong; beautiful, ugly, etc.) and separation from their Source.

The initiate is a soul who finally recognizes the transitory state of the trinkets and baubles of the “world” and yearns to return to the state of oneness she once had with her Creator. Embarking on this journey means returning to a state of purity where the light rays of her Source can once again penetrate and fill all aspects of her being. The journey requires balancing every jot and tittle of her karma, serving life and fulfilling her mission upon earth.

Returning to God is like going up a spiral staircase, receiving the same initiations again and again at more and more subtle levels to ensure that mastery of the spiritual laws leaves the ego behind for good. When this happens the soul leaves the world of the ego and returns to her heavenly home, her Source.

Presently, my initiatic path is focusing on dissolving certain, repetitive emotional substance that pops up as a habitual way to dealing with frustrating circumstances.

Path of Initiation? Initiatic path? Oops! Did I misunderstand something? I thought I was on the path of joy and the fun-way. Hum… Now I’m going to have to rethink this whole process. I thought this was all fun and games until we balance our karma and return to our father mother God and then it would be more fun and joy.

Okay, I’m only kidding. Maybe it’s really not all fun and games, but I guess it could be if we didn’t take life so seriously. So what is the path of initiation? My guess it’s different for each of us although the ultimate goal is the same: our ascension. We all have different backgrounds and different tests to pass and different obstacles to overcome. Perhaps it’s the path we must take whereby we must learn obedience to the will of God, become masters of some or all of the rays, are given assignments to complete, tests to pass and challenges to overcome in order to make right the wrongs we have done in the past.

As our consciousness increases we become more aware that our initiations, obstacles and challenges, which may be small or life changing, are actually blessings and we are so grateful for the opportunity to come up higher! Through our initiations, which may occur at any moment, we have the opportunity to clean up our acts, change the way we think, overcome our emotional baggage, open our hearts, assume our God identity and become love in action; and might I add, being joyful in the process! As I was meditating on Clare De Lis several months ago I heard the words that Joy is the path of the ascension!

So where am I on the path? The only fitting answer I have is I AM where I AM. I am where I am supposed to be.

Eileen

One of the understandings I have of the initiatic path is that they tend to come in areas of our lives and beings that still reqiure mastery and transmutaion, forgivness and healing.

This year I am on the the One o'clock line and so loving beyond percieved insult or rough edges between others is an area I have noticed occuring. It seems that almost all initiations are passed by being aware and heartcentered and staying focused and in love, and then having that love flow into all my/our God qualities and Virtues and faculties required for us to be victorous. I have noticed my initiations occurring through my emotional body. Having an aura of love as David and the Masters have spoken of helps by practicing and doing daliy Devotions and communion with my Higher Self and the I Am That I Am Source and the Sun. Staying Present in the now is another area that I have noticed that I am "working" on and then pausing to investigate why and what could keep me in alignment, presently heartcentered.

Also, holding the immaculate concept by having the God qualities of God Wisdom, God Love and God Vision aligned. This too I am working on - staying out of judgement and in peace with my self and the universe.

Thank you
Autumn

The path of initiation, I see, as our way to leave our egocentered life to reach our oneness with God..
Every challenge in life is an initiation and is also our karma. There is small and big initiations to overcome. The “small” can be to “only” overcome our egofixations and our habits, foods, how to communicate with each other, our voice, our feelings and reactions with each other. This small initiations we often never experience as initiations because they are not connected to our “higher” adaptship.
The bigger initiations can be more conscious to lead to our oneness with God. To overcome these obstacles can be bigger and bigger, to take steps we are afraid of, for examples steps that our surroundings don´t like or cause that we have to leave our comfort zone.
The small initiations can still appear when we reach our big ones.

I see myself to have overcome many small initiations and some bigger ones and I know more is before me to challenge my comfort zone and to focus on the goal and overcome all distractions.

My understanding of the initiatic path is that every moment the universe brings me my next step on the path of initiation and that every experience is there for me to learn from and to grow. I am now in my fourth 12-year cycle since I consciously started my path of initiation in this life with the ascended masters. So according to the cycles of the cosmic clock, I see myself in the physical quadrant of my initiatic path right now. I desire to work on refining my physical body temple through right diet, mindfulness and exercise, and to grow in adeptship so that what was anchored in the etheric, mental, emotional can now be anchored in the physical. I desire to precipitate all facets of a golden-crystal age in my life through abundance, music, dance, intuition, sustainable agriculture, harmony, love and community.Joyce

My understanding of the Initiatic Path is that every soul is on it, and it seems that even the Masters are ever moving upwards into new realms of God-beingness. Thinking of all of life's "challenges" and circumstances as initiations makes it easier for me to meet them with love, knowing there is something to be gained from how I deal with it.
I don't know where I am on the path and I don't think that is as important as just realizing I'm on it. I have definitely had some big ones popping up lately and the theme seems to be surrender and letting go of control, which I'm sure can manifest in many circumstances in varying degrees of subtlety.
It's funny, but something usually "goes wrong" when I'm on my way to a Hearts Center event, but since I feel the presence of the masters and that they're 'watching me' so to speak, I am on my best behavior to resolve the situation with the most grace and love and just laugh at anything that comes up to try to get my goat.
It's kind of like a game that my Higher Self and the masters have planed out before my lifetime maybe, and everyone want me to pass so I've got to keep learning and tuning into my God Presence to keep advancing.
Miriam

It helps me to be consciously mindful of a simple statement I heard from Guru Ma many years ago: "Initiation is a conferment of light."

Beyond this, I value these musings of my brothers and sisters, actively loving each of them as I read what they shared. Love remains the key for me on the path of initiation.

And I am here now and know that is where I am on the path of initiation.

Rereading Brother of the Third Degree reminded me the initiatic path is a process of cleansing and gradual fusing, with ever increasing joy, by learning to totally surrender to, depend on and obey my own Inner Presence, My True Being because I seek All Union. I now experience my path of initiation as increasing states of awakeness and alertness. I listen and ask for inner promptings as to when and how to speak and act and especially to govern my thoughts. I also appreciate initiation as my opportunities and readiness by my striving and often just by grace, to receive gifts and blessings of light in abundance, and to be tested.

Conscious Language has been a great awakener for me. Where I see myself on my path is more about being in relationship -- being held deeply within the heart and vision of my Mother Divine, than about being on any point. Still I periodically scan my astrology and use my cosmic clock for when, where and how to anticipate and respond to my tests. The more awake, the more I notice my life and what I am surrounded by with deep gratitude for all my loved ones, for loving all as one more as I grow, and for every challenge to goad me on. And I just keep on keeping on. Sometimes it’s all I can do to show up. And grace takes my next step. I guess that’s why we call it a path.

My entire graduate school thesis published this year, (February 2011) was on the initiatic path or the process of individuation according to Carl G. Jung, the founder of modern psychoanalysis. My thesis is entitled, Alchemy of the Soul, Parzival and the Quest for the Holy Grail.

In the Introduction I quote Jung (1971)regarding the process of initiation and individuation.

The ways that lead to conscious realization are many, but they follow definite laws. In general, the change begins with the onset of the second half of life. The middle period of life is a time of enormous psychological importance ... The will of the individual becomes more and more identical with the natural goals pursued by unconscious motivations...First it was passion, then it became duty, and finally an intolerable burden, a vampire that battens on the life of its creator. Middle life is the moment of greatest unfolding, when a man still gives himself to his work with his whole strength and his whole will. But in this very moment evening is born, and the second half of life begins. Passion now changes her face and is called duty; "I want" becomes the inexorable "I must,"....

At this time in my life, as I am in the second half of life, I understand that "I must" complete my cycles of initiation as Elizabeth C. Prophet described in the Cosmic Clock. There is only so much time we have alloted in our lifetime to balance karma and enter into the Ascension spiral. Looking at where I stand on the clock I realize that my Quest for the Holy Grail or individuation, consciousness, enlightenment is coming to its final rounds of initiation. It is exciting and daunting. It is a labyrinth of testing, returning and at times getting lost, just like the Arthurian legendary knight Parzival in search of the Holy Grail. Only the pure in heart shall achieve it. Holding fast to the center of my God-identity is the only way to claim my victory in the end.

I began to answer question1 for our home work assignment, and somehow in the process found myself with a small book. After hours of retrospective journaling I was left with the realization that initiation is a process, and for me it has been a lifetime process.
I have also realized that mastering Constancy and Emotional Balance have been and continue to be initations for me.

I found myself starting to use the word "striving" many times is this long "discourse" that I wrote, and decided to replace it with the word Mastery as a more conscious choice. This realization showed me that I am making progress on the Path. At least one word at a time!
Blessings.

I read a quote about the ascension path that made a lot of sense to me years ago. The quote went something like this, "Before we ascend we chop wood and carry water. After we ascend we chop wood and carry water but with joy!"

I hope I am beyond the delusion of who I really am. I Am one with my I Am Presence. I Am a co-creator with God the Creator. I Am learning through the Heart Center how to exercise more of my co-creative abilities.

Heaven and earth are one, spirit and matter are one. My heart and my mind are part of the divine and meant to express joy and freedom. My physical body is divine. I am learning mastery over my body and environment. I seek tools that will assist me to continue the ascension process.

I just interviewed Jackie Lapin on my BBS Radio Show Return to Shamballa who wrote another book on creation. Her first book was Conscious Creation which was #1 on the Amazon.com list. Her new book is a follow up entitled Practical Conscious Creation: Daily Techniques to Manifest Your Desires.

There are so many tools out there and what works for me may not work for others. When I first started my position 3 years ago in special education (I have been teaching for 31 years) at a public school in Tucson I was given a very small room with no windows, a table and a file cabinet. A year later I had a large regular classroom filled with colorful materials, toys for my preschoolers, and so on. Last month when a new supervisor came by she said it was the most organized and facilitative room she had ever seen. She told the therapy company in Penn. about my room and they sent me a hugh box of brand new decorations for Fall. Now my room reflects the beautiful colors of Fall and all the fun that Fall brings to our lives.

My principal is wonderful. He was going to be a catholic priest but decided to go into education. I have seen him transform the so called "bad boys" of the school into boys that the parents can be proud of. Once again I have to say I created him and he created me. We had a spec. ed teacher that was way ready for retirement and was always complaining about things and not very positive. Finally this year she has been replaced by the most wonderful spec ed. learning disabilities teacher you would ever want to work with. Again, I created her and she created me. I enjoy teaching there. All the children know me, say hi to me, wave to me, hug me. I have great joy there. We will transform education from the inside out not by going off to private schools, charter schools etc. We can bring about positive change in all of the institutions that already exist because we are all One. I chop wood and carry water with more and more joy!!

I see the initiatic path as the path of our spiritual growth. I think the initiations happen naturally, yet I believe we can choose to take more initiations and grow spiritually more quickly if we like. It’s not quite like physical growth, which has a “set” growth. Spiritual growth on the initiatic path has an element of freewill.

Part of our spiritual growth is our return of karma that is used to teach us important lessons. I think many of us see the return of karma as the initiatic path. I think the initiatic path must be more that just the return of karma. We know of Masters and Saints going through higher initiations for greater levels of God awareness. (At the Washington DC conference recently Saint Germain said that he received cosmic consciousness at the altar of God meditating on his soul.) So the initiatic path is more than negative karma returning in the form of tests.

I see myself on this beautiful eternal continuum of spiritual growth called “Initiation”. I feel that I am at a point where I am becoming more conscious. I believe my time spent in the Summit Lighthouse was a time that I was taking in the teachings as if I was in the ‘absorbent mind” period of spiritual growth. I now find myself more consciously co-creating. In the process of co-creating I have also taken more responsibility as to what occurs to me rather than blaming negative happenings on dark forces outside of myself. I am beginning to see negative problems as opportunities to co-create.

I will say that in answer to this question, I know that there are many roads left to travel. I also feel that I have made much progress in passing tests and I do try to look at every opportunity as a learning experience and not just a random situation. I also am so very grateful to be where I am in time and space and consciousness and to have the opportunity to know all of you. It is exciting to be here now. Thanks to Cheryl and Mother and David for a great class!

For me the initiatic path has been to stay focused in the here and now and not react to situations or make judgements. Some people seem to have mental karma, but for me, it seems to be emotional. The more the mental and emotional slates are cleared, the more space one has to entertain the mind and feelings of God and feel the chakras expand.
Ronald Dubrawsky

For me understanding the Initiatic path means making millions of right decisions if I wish to advance on the path to the point of making my Ascension. A strong key for me to make right decisions is to remain in alignment with my Presence and then I know my decisions are according to God's will and according to my Divine Plan. In order to ensure I can be in oness with my Presence it is key to take the time to regularly pray, meditate, decree and to tune into the Joy flame within my heart in all I participate in.

Posted By Mountainma on 08 Oct 2011 09:40 PM
For me understanding the Initiatic path means making millions of right decisions if I wish to advance on the path to the point of making my Ascension. A strong key for me to make right decisions is to remain in alignment with my Presence and then I know my decisions are according to God's will and according to my Divine Plan. In order to ensure I can be in oness with my Presence it is key to take the time to regularly pray, meditate, decree and to tune into the Joy flame within my heart in all I participate in.

Where I am on this path at present is that I am still in Mountainous Terrain at times as I can look back and see that I have been very up and down. More recently I have discovered I can be up and down on one level and yet God Centered and balanced and in harmony on another level as long as I remain constant in my prayer,meditation and decree work and take Re-Creation time in nature and silence regularly.

Being conscious of being on the path is a gift and being conscious in the process is a grace. When a grant of light is received, the test of qualifying it requires holding the harmony within and without and maintaining balance in the 4 lower bodies.

For myself, I experienced a sense of challenge in my study and focus in my youth which carried into my adulthood. Study was not a strong aspect on my path, which held me back, yet I was obedient, disciplined and vigilant in my prayers and service.

As the years past I started working on the deeper patterns of psychology and most recently I am taking greater action to expand my mental body by clearing the heavy metals from my temple, sungazing, and directing prayers for a greater heart-mind connection.

I am currently emerged in many projects and experience many opportunities for growth and increasing initiation and illumination. God only knows the timetable of my unfoldment.

Dwinn Dubrawsky

My understanding of the path of initiation is the process of coming up higher in consciousness, that as I travel the road of life opportunities are presented to make right choices balance karma and gain new opportunity to fulfill ones destiny on earth and move to new levels in hierarchy. I do my best each and every day to take advantage of opportunities presented and to take on more responsibility. Where am I on the path I don't exactly know but my goal is the ascension and I can only do that once I complete my divine destiny. There are times when I feel like I have made progress and there are times when I feel like I have taken a step backward. I just need to keep on keeping on. I am grateful to know each and everyone of you, I feel inspired by your determination, I am grateful for the path of overcoming, it can be quite a challenge.

I feel I have been on the Initiatic Path for most of this lifetime, starting with committing myself at the age of eight with Missionary parents in Haiti, then attending an esoteric school in London for 15 years, then following 2 Gurus, before discovering the Master Peter Deunov, and later committing my life to spreading his teaching by focusing on introducing the practice of PanEuRhythmy in a number of countries -- at present mainly in South America.

I am constantly learning from many Spiritual teachers and especially through the challenges of my own personal life and teaching people of many varying backgrounds and cultures. I am always refining further...

I resonate deeply in my work with the following quote:
"Truly the ancient wisdom of the ascended masters is being retouched today with
modern language, imagery and technology. For in this time of trouble new methodologies
and communication techniques as well as media savvy must be brought to bear in the
release of progressive revelation if our message is to reach the minds and hearts of our
intended audience."

and it is often my experience to have --
" every valid need and just desire instantly granted by the universe. Often I was somewhat startled to see how
quickly that cosmic providence was set in motion to carry out a request uttered
internally, often without ever being verbally consummated."

I certainly know that--
"there is no other choice than to walk forward into the light and allow God to continue to initiate you beyond your
prior expectations and mindsets."

The initiatic path is our journey of life we create. In our daily living, and through our free will choices and passing
of initiations or tests, we awaken to the realities of who we are. We seek our purpose in life, pursue our desires and
as we implement these in our life, we bring greater balance of the emotional, spiritual and devine.

Initiation is our means of assessing in a practical way our
actions or reactions to life through all daily circumstances
entering our world. Initiation or daily testings coming our
way bring enlightenment to our being that leads to unity
between the lower and higher selves. When we face ourself handling energies through daily living, layers of our being
are revealed.

As we awaken, we grow in discernment allowing our response
to circumstances of life, and with our teachers guiding us
into a higher path, we let go more and more of the egoic self.

I see myself on this path as an observer of my thoughts,
feelings, words and action seeking to take accountability
for all energies I emit.

My understanding of the Initiatic Path is that we are one with all life and we strive to be in harmony with all life at all times within all space.
At present, I see myself accepting and loving challenges as opportunities. I allow God's time table to flow in my daily life. I sense that life should be free and flowing smooth, if it isn't: then I let go of my human self and surrender to God's will. I rely on my divine guidance in achieving daily tasks. If I feel "something" is blocked at the moment from manifesting, I move on to "something else" that is not blocked at the current time.
I also devote a lot of time to where I am on the Cosmic Clock; I have created a personal call sheet with positive affirmations for each line and make the calls each morning!
I find that the key to everything is love, love for my higher self, love for my lower self. I love who I am, and I am constantly changing.
Meditation is my weak point.. Recently my inner self told me to concentrate more on feeling what I want to meditate on rather than seeing with my third eye. I am working on a thoughtform that I call The Cosmic Egg where I feel myself as a cosmic egg where the toric energy field is flowing thru all my 7 chakras and expanding to my 5 crystal ray chakras. This is a work in progress that gives me much joy!
As a cosmic egg, so I am the mother, I am giving birth to spaces of love and I am a co-creator in the universe.

My understanding of the initiatic path is an unending forever challenging cycle of maintaining and
sustaining a state of equipoise, to try to keep on going even if I am not sure if I have done enough.
To date, I have had eye opening experiences illuminating human responses to sudden unexpected
circumstances, in which I compared situations depicted in episodes or movies with what I just
experienced. In a key way I saw something familiar to relate to with some characters, indicative of
certain aspects of human existence which provoke each of us, challenge us, and potentially enlighten
us of common bonds, which we can accept or reject.

Normally, I am not particularly so associated with this aspect of life, due to an intensely more buddhic
mindfulness. But, in the scheme of things human, we need to be reminded that while we experience
a higher state of spiritual endeavors and strive on higher and higher as our momentums take us, we
are simultaneously also embodied in physical denser forms subject to enormous challenges emotionally,
spiritually, mentally so on. As I delve into daily life with others, in the family and work and social, I am
reminded of the intricate interactions of each to each other, and that there is a response in each situation. I am constantly aware each moment of the fact how I respond can set up another scenario,
hopefully more favorable, with more positive aspects.

All of these situations are initations, some much more challenging, some a reprise of an earlier similar
circumstance where I can take a step further in molding the more spiritual aspects of life with the
lesser self, to move it up, or move it aside so I can be more godly-responsive. I saw long ago in my
preteen years the nonsense of aspects of humanbeingness, the silly or foolish things that my peers
would act out, and I wanted no part of that. To join in would have compromised my state of being,
and it never occurred to me to be anything other than what I was. A black woman, one of the chaperones at the group camp site, recognized in me something and encouraged me. I don't recall
what she said, but I do recall that it impacted my inner sense of staying the course.

I could go on and on, chapter and verse, but I am for the moment satisfied that the question has been
answered to set the page to print and etherically import my beingness as a spiritual aspirant invoking
greater alignment with God's will and with the Ascended Masters mindset of Cosmic stuff unfolding
ceaselessly. Dream on, oh spiritual aspirants above and below, as we strive to engage the manifestation
of a golden crystal age. The sooner the better I say!

How/Where do I submit answers for lesson 2 and on?