Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa was instrumental in keeping his nation together after apartheid was disbanded in Feb. 1991. Violent atrocities had occurred during the white regime. Tutu established “The Truth and Reconciliation Commission”, a court-like restorative justice body assembled in South Africa after the abolition of apartheid. Victims of violated human rights gave statements of their mistreatments in public hearings, and most often were able to forgive these deeds. The perpetrators of these acts could also give testimony stating that they were under orders and request amnesty from prosecution, although some were prosecuted. [Wikipedia]

The philosophy that held the hearing and the healing together is “ubuntu”, sometimes explained simply as “me/we”. It expresses the South African sense of what it is to be human: each person is a part of everyone, and everyone is a part of oneself. People expressing ubuntu are “friendly, hospitable, generous, gentle, caring and compassionate. In other words, someone who will use his or her strengths on behalf of others-the weak and the poor and the ill-and not take advantage of anyone. This person treats others as he or she would like to be treated” [Tutu, from “Believe”; introduction, Blue Mountain Press, Boulder, CO; 2007]

Frequently Tutu would also explain ubuntu via it’s opposite. If one diminishes another, he/she diminishes herself.

How could we hurt another without feeling some pain? How could we punch someone without feeling the sting? How can we steal anything without stealing our own honor? How can we call others names without defiling our own mouths? We always have a choice.

How can we magnify each other, without magnifying ourselves? How can I love you without feeling the love in my heart? How can I give you dignity without reinforcing it in my being? How can I forgive you without releasing myself from pain? How can I sing to you without hearing the music? How can I give you peace without being in its presence? How can I make you smile without making myself smile? How do I give you a hug without feeling your heart next to mine?

So one of you asked, “Who created the collective ego, if it wasn’t God?” What a great question! And I’ll give you the same unsatisfactory answers that I heard my teachers give me. “It’s beyond the human mind’s understanding.” “What difference does it make?” Both answers are true, but I hope I can logically help in some way. The Bible seems to imply that the separation occurred after Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Gee, doesn’t that sound like a tree of judgment? It does to me. And Jesus constantly implored us to judge not, and stated that God is no respecter of persons. This part of creation doesn’t feel God-created.

 

Also, before that, there’s another part that might need to be considered. As God was about to create Adam, he said, “Let us make man in our image…[so] male and female he created them.” [Genesis 1:26-27] Revised Standard Version. Notice that God appears to be plural, and male and female! After they eat of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, God replies, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil;” [Genesis 3:22]

 

That raised question marks in my mind. And then later, God doesn’t like Cain’s offering, which was of vegetation, which was what we were given to eat by God, and Abel’s offering of sheep is accepted. And then the big question, where did Cain and Able get their wives?

 

Here’s a very radical thought to consider: In Heaven all is One. God created it all in spirit, and it is good. All are loved equally. God created us to be like Himself, loving, and creative. What if the pre-human-form creations of God entertained just for a second the thought that there could be a world where specialness could occur? Being the offspring and extension of their creator father, their thoughts would have had the capability of creating what their beings thought. They might have created the 3D world, with all of its ability to be special. [better than others...more deserving of approval or love]

 

What if this errant thought gave way to a sub-God creation, a collective ego, if you will, represented as the serpent in Genesis? The fruit of Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil may have been the first  “blue pill” of the Matrix.

 

Immediately God recognized it, and made it right by creating the Holy Spirit, which would ever extend God’s spirit to us in the 3D forms that were created that became human [us and maybe other ETs]. The Holy Spirit would know heaven and earth, and become the Comforter for us as we began to awaken from the errant dream our elder siblings dreamt. The Holy Spirit works through teacher siblings that have been expressing in different forms and different places at different times, using the symbols of that particular culture to help us awaken gently and surely. Holy Spirit is accessible now to any human mind that calls out for help in understanding truth. I know, because I ask, and I receive beyond what I know with my 3D mind.

 

Chapter 2 of “A Course in Miracles” under “The Origins of Separation” states,

“The Garden of Eden, or the pre-separation condition, was a state of mind in which nothing was needed. When Adam listened to the “lies of the serpent,” all he heard was untruth. You do not have to continue to believe what is not true unless you choose to do so. All that can literally disappear in the twinkling of an eye because it is merely a misperception. What is seen in dreams seems to be very real. Yet the Bible says that a deep sleep fell upon Adam, and nowhere is there reference to his waking up.”

 

Neo didn’t awaken through any Matrix download. It's not in the ego's programming. There was something inside of him that caused him to know that something wasn’t right. There had to be more than what he was experiencing. He had some memory of another state. [A Loving Oneness?] It was when he was in a crisis fighting with a Mr. Smith, that he awakened. He denied the power of the Matrix over him. “No.” he said, as he stopped the bullets in mid-air……..

For Matrix fans, I’ve swallowed the Red Pill, but I’m not Neo yet. Well, in actuality we all are, but I’ve only experienced some blissful moments of it. In other words, I’m aware that there is a big sub-creation (Matrix) other the real Creation. Only it wasn’t created by God. It’s massive, including all of the physical universe, but it only exists in thought, and has no real substance. Oh it feels real, just like a dream feels real. In this sub-creation (3-D world) as I’ve affectionately called it in the past, I exist as a thought, interacting with other thoughts, which are acting out my projected thoughts. And that’s why the bad guy traded all of it in for a steak dinner. It’s a lot of work to extract oneself from The Matrix. But I’m having a ball, most of the time. Books, films, people, are being sent from the Morpheus side, from the side of those who remember, in varying degrees.

 

My ego doesn’t like it. It knows that I know it’s a phony, so it tries to keep me distracted from attuning to the beautiful Love and Light that I am, and you are. Your egos do it to you too. How many moments a day are you really present with your Beloved self? How often do you feed yourself Light? How often do you feed yourself food? How often do friends talk to you about Spiritual things? How often do they talk about 3-D things? Thank goodness that the Light that is always us keeps pulsing Love to attract those that have also swallowed the Red Pill. In fact, the Light is ever increasing. Which is why more people are writing movies and books, creating websites, and having shows about it on TV which was strictly forbidden a few decades ago.

 

The Force is real. It’s an impersonal term, but to use the term “Love” would conjure up all of our misconceptions of what Love is. We confuse it with egoic love which is more personal, quantitative, and even competitive! God’s Love is equal for everyone, no matter the packaging on the outside, and it’s powerful. It can cause a person to not fight back even when provoked or insulted. It can cause a person to forgive anyone and anything at any time. It can cause 4^th stage cancer to go into remission.

 

Speaking of which, the major Matrix distraction for me was the diagnosis of rectal cancer in April. They didn’t get it all, but I’m doing fine. Go back a few blogs for the story. I returned to Memorial Sloan-Kettering on Sept. 4, 2012. Nothing has changed. No new lumps or masses, no lymph node bumps in the groin. But they still want to go in without a scan, and cut around a bit. It could leave me incontinent, and they might not get it all, but that’s what my #2 cancer hospital in the world doctor thinks is best for me. Really? So I’ve spent 2 ½ weeks getting my records to the #1 cancer hospital, MD Anderson in Houston, TX. So far they say the same thing, but the nice nurse will see if another doctor that they ask has another idea.

 

Now this is my dilemma. If I keep following through on all this medical stuff, and even eat a special cancer diet, (Oh which one of the 20 different ones that I’ve been sent should it be????) then I’m identifying with the Matrix me. I’m choosing to reach past that to the Real me. My greatest ally is Jesus, and I’ve been enjoying reading books about/by him. And my instant strength is focusing on the love that is me. One way I get there is by using the Aramaic Lord’s Prayer. One of you asked me to repost it, so I’m doing it again. May it lead you from the unreal to the Real, from angst to joy, fear to love.

Aramaic Lord’s Prayer

 

Oh, shimmering and eternal Presence illuminating all!

 

We restore our holy union with you by breathing Your holy Breath.

 

The penetrating rays of Your Power and Beauty melt our rigidities, and We are now receptive to Your vision for us.

 

We are surrendered to Your wondrous design as our mystical union infuses our earthly forms with the power of your Light.

 

The Infusion of Your nurturing Wisdom will now carry us through the sacred moments of this day.

 

Just as your Light’s infusion dissolves our hidden fears, we extend and share this Light so that others, too, can dissolve their hidden fears.

 

Your streaming Rays of Wisdom and Power release us from all forgetfulness that leads to the constrictions of useless fears.

 

Now! Your illumined stream of Radiant Light is embodied, and Your presence is here as ‘us’, carrying me in Your stream of Grace from gathering to gathering.

 

This truth is sealed in our hearts, with unwavering

commitment.

[as taught by Maria Lawrence from www.shanticrystal.com

Jay Hammer DVD www.wordofmastery.com