Dear Ones:

As you seek to move through these provocative times in a manner befitting your own healing, and that of Earth, try to be continually aware of the love and support coming to you from the spiritual plane. I know there are many issues and questions coming to bear in your hearts and minds. Some of you are working now primarily with fear - your own and that which has arisen at a collective level. Others of you are working with deceit - seeking to recognize its face in all its manifold forms. Still others are working with despair and hopelessness, seeing it all around you and experiencing its arising within yourself as well. Indeed, there is no shortage of presenting issues these days!

Each must ask him/herself how s/he will create his/her life at this time. "Will I give into the climate of fear?' "Will I lose my precious center in the midst of all this chaos?" "Will I find the answers I so strongly seek?" "Will I use these time to confirm the depth of Spirit that indwells me, or will I sink into the abyss of egoic mire, demonstrating only vengeance, confusion, desperation, greed and/or arrogance?"

Truly, these are the questions of this time. You are now in a collective experience which is bringing forth not only multiple lessons, but multiple levels of wisdom (or lack thereof) within each lesson. Indeed, the terrorist attacks in the US are causing a kind of identity crisis at the national level for many countries. You are witnessing such in the US as people flock to buy flags or articles of clothing portraying the American flag. The awareness that seeks to arise here is two-fold. First, the symbol of the flag provides a national identity that may have been faint or altogether absent for many people. Secondly, clinging to this symbol provides a sense of national security, or seems to, when national security systems appear to have failed. Thus, you can understand that the lessons at hand probably involve identity (both individually and collectively) and security, which is really a type of empowerment. Seen along these lines, where do you find yourself in this interesting journey?

Look around you and discover the different ways individuals deal with these heavy events. When people are unaware or even unsure of their own True Nature, they often do not know where they fit in the collective experience as well. When one surrenders to Divine Will, there is no need to impose personal will on others. There is no need to move toward vengeance, nor to re-enact the old eye-for-an-eye mentality. In like manner, when one surrenders to Essence, that one has no need to participate in the illusion of separation or duality. One simply moves into the understanding that even those terrorists are but another part of Yourself. If you allow hatred for them to indwell you, you demonstrate how like them you really are.

My point here is that you can never heal "the other" by making him/her/it "other." While it is tempting to view the so called "terrorists" as an "evil" coming to bear on one social structure from something without, closer scrutiny (and spiritual insight) demonstrates something else. All sentient beings come from the same Source; all living beings are gifted by the same Life Force; ultimately, all paths lead to the top of the Mountain. Your job at this time is not to condemn that Life Force (although you may surely deem some of It's behaviors unsavory and degraded). Rather, your job is to take the distorted energy that is flying about so abundantly and transform it into a creative flow that validates the Source from Which it came.

There are those among you who would argue that acts of terrorism only exist in certain militant or fanatical religious zealots. Yet, I want to call your attention to acts of terrorism that go on in the Western culture all the time. Consider the rash of computer "viruses" that are circulating. Is the creation and deployment of these "viruses" not a type of terrorist activity? Or what about the so called "price gouging" that was noted in numbers of US cities after the attacks, wherein gas prices became absurdly high as collective levels of fear expanded? In some cities, venders were charging (and getting) as much as $6.00 per gallon of gasoline! Is this not a sad commentary on seeming "civilized" people harboring a type of terrorist mentality and perpetrating cruel acts on upon others? Can you understand that even though the consequences are less costly in these types of activities than in flying airplanes into huge buildings, the root causes at work here similarly arise from the a terrorist element within the human psyche. Here (in the human psyche) is where the real "jahid" is (or should be) enacted.

As may be obvious to you at this point, the real "battle" is always with the untamed, unevolved, unenlightened, terrorizing parts of one's own ego. The "enemy" to be "subdued" is, of course, always within. Such is equally true for a nation as it is for a person. The collective identity can/will tell you something about the collective ego that drives a nation. In this case, will it be revenge? If it is revenge, does that not confirm that the collective "I" here is the same as the collective "I" that perpetrated the attacks on the WTC and Pentagon? Perhaps these words will provide some "food for thought" with regard to the national "I" that is presenting itself for definition. Think on these things, dear ones, then commit to living with the dignity and compassion that demonstrates your True Nature.

Please join me in October in listening to Magic, Miracles and Mystery, a lecture I did for the Placerville group on August 22nd of this year. It is my wish for you that this lecture will help you demonstrate a life of magic, which both heals and wholes the little spaces of Creation you call "Earth."

I would like you to continue with the 10-step meditation I have given for the invocation of Truth. Continue doing it four times per day, but on Sunday, pay particular attention to the magnitude of your meditation. I will give it for you here again.

Continue sitting from noon to 12:15 in your own time zone. When you do this practice, put aside all other matters in your life, and give your full consciousness to the task at hand. The statement you will say aloud (strongest practice) or think strongly within your own mind is, "Let the Truth come forth!" This practice has 10 steps, but as you will see, they are very simple and direct.

Step 1: Envision President Bush sitting or standing before you, making strong eye contact with you. With every fiber of you body/mind, say firmly to him, "Let the Truth come forth!"

Step 2: Envision Osama bin Laden sitting or standing before you, making strong eye contact with you. With every fiber of your being, say firmly to him, "Let the Truth come forth!"

Step 3: Envision before you representatives of various US Intelligence gathering organizations (CIA, NSA FBI, Police and Swat teams). If you have no visual image for anyone from these organizations, simply think the names or initials of the various organizations. As you hold the strong intent to make contact with these, with every fiber of your being, say firmly, "Let the Truth come forth!"

Step 4: Envision before you (or think connection to) the Taliban leadership. Holding a strong intent in your ability to thus connect, with every fiber of your being, say firmly, "Let the Truth come forth!"

Step 5: Envision before you a representative of the Arab leadership (Mr. Arafat, for instance). See him (or another) making strong eye contact with you, and with strong intent on your part, say firmly, "Let the Truth come forth!"

Step 6: Envision before you a representative of the Israeli leadership (current or recent past). See this one making strong eye contact with you, and with strong intent on your part, say firmly, "Let the Truth come forth."

Step 7: Envision before you recognizable reporters and newscasters. Make strong eye contact with each one (you may do one person at a time, or sit an entire group of them before you). With every fiber of your being, say firmly, "Let the Truth come forth!"

Step 8: Envision before you representatives or agents from various international organizations (NATO, UN, NAFTA, EUC, etc.). Making a strong intent to connect with these organizations, firmly repeat with every fiber of your being, "Let the Truth come forth!"

Step 9: Envision before you the US Congress and Parliamentary bodies of other nations. You may use one body in one meditation and another in the next. Hold a very strong intent to connect with these governing bodies, and firmly repeat with every fiber of your being, "Let the Truth come forth!"

Step 10: Envision or experience before you some representation of your own mind. You may simply see yourself, as if looking in a mirror, or you may just think of connecting in an observing way with your mind, both the thinking and feeling faculties. Holding the strong intent to activate your own direct knowing (as opposed to being "programmed" by the things you hear in the media), say with every fiber of your being, "Let the Truth come forth!"

Upon completing these 10 steps, give thanks for your ability to cut through all illusions, no matter how strong or concrete they seem. Know that as you cut through, you facilitate all other sentient beings in doing the same. Let yourself sit for a couple of minutes in the glow of clarity and peace. Know these are attributes of your True Self, and that as such, they stream to you from the Source of All Being.

Breathing gently, let yourself return to your normal waking state and arise from your meditation with hope, cheerfulness, peace and genuine resolve to live your own life as a High Witness to all the activities that unfold before you. Have a deep appreciation for the preciousness of your own life, and commit yourself to living it well. May you walk in blessing, gentleness and the knowledge that your are loved immeasurably!

Your beloved Teacher,
Djwhal Khul