God said:

One day you said to Me:

"Beloved God, do You know what You are? You are noble, God. You are simply and wholly of the Highest. You are above the world. What an idea you thought of when you thought of implementing the world. What a daring thing! What an amazing thing! God, did You have any idea that You might sometime be faulted for creating the Wonders of the World?"

I replied:

It is not that I figured out the world detail by detail. I didn't think about it like that. I desired the world as a way-station for My children, much in the way someone might say: "Let's pitch a tent! Let's have a picnic. Let's go to the circus!"

An idea arose, and the idea appeared as easy as pie. Nothing ruffles My feathers. I didn't think of all the exigencies. It's more that an idea of a world full of color occurred to Me: "Wouldn't a world be nice?" I thought to Myself.

Regardless of your perspective on the existence of the world, the world did not occur by chance. The Creation of the World was not an aside. It wasn't a whim.

Before the activation of the world, the world had occurred to Me. Then the world burst into view the way a rose emerges from a seed. The sun burst forth on the horizon, and I never changed My mind. Remember, I saw the Rising of the Creation of the World, and I saw it was good. I saw it was beautiful. I saw that it was a happening that arose from Infinity. I saw the birth of the world and the vast beauty of such a One as you. I saw. I saw such splendor.

God said:

You ask the utmost of yourself, and, much of the time, you find yourself wanting, as though you lack and will never come out on top. Sometimes, it seems that no matter what you do or how much you give, you see yourself as lacking. What an ingrained futile habit that is, especially when, in actuality, all you seek is already right here within you.

What if you would look at yourself as moving forward? What if you would give yourself credit for all that you put forth? What if you are already ordained?

Sure, it may seem that in some ways you are too forgiving to yourself, making idle excuses, for instance. On the other hand, you are also an ogre of a taskmaster when it is yourself that you are task-mastering. You seem to have an insatiable appetite for being under-pleased with yourself or even impossible to please when it comes to you.

Of course, you are far away from touching what you most desire. It is still ahead of you. Your hand cannot even point to it yet. You keep losing your place as you might lose your place in a book. You don't know where you left off. You may even forget where you are headed.

Let Me tell you something. You don't have to reach nirvana or any of the words you use to describe this State of Being you so ardently crave. It is enough right now that you long for greater and reach your hand for it. Sometimes you reach for it where it is not. For sure, what you seek is not outside you somewhere. You may be lured away, yet you are never far at all.

God said:

The days, months, and years keep rolling along. Seasons appear, and seasons leave. In winter or in summer, you still are. Whether you are above the equator or below the equator, you are. On Earth and in Heaven, you are. In illusion, you are your name as given in the world. You may be called Joe or Mary, yet your True Identity is far more than any name pasted on you.

Aware or not aware, you have been seeking your True Identity. You know deep down that you are much more than what you seem to be. The world calls your name, and you answer to it. You dance to the tune of the world, as if you are on automatic, as if you are an automated response, a recording that you hear yourself repeat. The voice that comes out of your voice-box is reported to be yours, yet you are not sure where the voice you speak and hear abides, or if anyone hears you and responds, or, do you just make motions as you as you go along.

You are sure life is meant to be more than a formality, yet you are not sure where you are in this whole transaction called life. You would like to know, really know, who you are and where you are from and where you are going. Can you really be a fillip of your imagination? Is this the real show or a rehearsal? Truth be known, you don't know what is up and what is down. It seems to you that you are distributed throughout the Universe like a dashing comet. At the same time, you stay still and are unknown and unseen.

God said:

You may see Me more as a Provoker than a Provider! Like it or not, I provide you with life. Life gives you a chance to spin gold.

Sometimes in life, you are overwhelmed. Sometimes you are knocked over, and you have to get up. One day – and it may be soon -- you will get the hang of taking life as it comes. You will pick yourself up sooner. You don't ever have to be down for the count.

Presently, you may feel you are drowning in the waves of life, yet you are learning to swim. In the extant world, it is time that you learn to swim and to forage forward even when you may have lost your bearings.

You may be the last to know what you are learning. You don't see any purpose for the various kinds of headaches and heartaches that assail you. You see trials that bewilder you. You can't even conceive something like this -- whatever it is that may be happening to you. As best you can see, there are just some perils in life that seem to end in dark corridors that are beyond you to sweep clean.

How can it be that a loved one is taken from you so ruthlessly? You see loss and not a glimpse of gain. Yet you are steel being tempered. You are wood being carved. You are diamonds being polished. There is no need for you to feel weak-kneed.

You may feel you have hit rock-bottom and will never stand up straight again, yet, you will, and, you know you will. You resist knowing. Bruises fade, and you will step into the sunlight again. Once again, you will know the joy of warmth.

God said:

Do even Jewels of Glory in the world become old hat? Is there any love or delight that does not seem to reduce itself to commonplace after some time? I suppose this could be referred to as your becoming used to good news, and, therefore, even the exalted rose may lose its glow, and you, perhaps, feel left by the wayside.

When you first opened your eyes to Me, you were exultant. You were at a peak of life. We could say that you were high on the hog. Then, after a while, you felt a let-down. Seemingly, I faded into the background.

Therefore, you present yourself with an occasion for a greater rise in vibration. And so, the extraordinary has begun to seem ordinary, for, from this relative aspect in the world comes change. You search for this change because you are always meant to change and grow. Sometimes the change seems harrowing for you. You would prefer that your life stayed in place and did not change, at least, not yet.

You had understandably been on Cloud 9, and now, alas, you just don't feel this Lightness of Being any longer. Somehow, you may feel heavy-footed.

When you reach the peak of a mountaintop, you know you have gotten somewhere. Then the contrast seems to fizzle out, you are left wanting more, and more and more. More and more always exist, and you want this more right now. You are supposed to want it. You are supposed to have it. You must have it, and, so, contentedness leads to discontent.