The Message in an Injury
Topics:
“The Message in an Injury”
“Why Am I Not Healing?”
“Genuine Faith or the Intellectual Direction”
“Getting Direct Access to Inner Guidance Through a Commitment to Meditation”
“Exploring the Talent of Interspecies Communication”
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 (Private/Phone)
Participants: Mary (Michael) and Rose (Quillan)
ELIAS: Good afternoon!
ROSE: Good morning, Elias. (Both laugh)
ELIAS: And what are you accomplishing?
ROSE: What am I accomplishing? Well, well, well, Elias, this is a tricky term. (Both laugh) I kind of have a new relationship to this term, because you said all the time I would be accomplishing and then one day you said no, you will not make it the way you did before and you most probably will not make it to be a pedestrian again. So I have a very ambivalent relationship to this term now.
ELIAS: Very well. Then I would alter that to what are you engaging?
ROSE: (Laughs) What am I engaging? Um… Well, I would say a lot, a lot.
ELIAS: Excellent!
ROSE: Yes. And what I really fully got a grasp of is how much there is and how little I know, and how much there would be, and that it is actually completely overwhelming. (Both laugh)
ELIAS: But it can also be exciting.
ROSE: Yes, it is exciting of course, very much so. And with my tendency to dissipate my energies and to… the German word is "verzetteln." It is a matter of balance. (Laughs)
ELIAS: Ah. And that is exceptionally important.
ROSE: Yes.
ELIAS: And what are you noticing in relation to balance?
ROSE: Oh, what am I noticing? Balance is a flexible thing, and it has a lot to do with choice, with choosing, which means saying yes to one thing and saying no to another thing in the specific moment. Well, that's what I do. That's what I notice.
ELIAS: I would agree. In that, are you also noticing that when you are expressing balance that you flow more easily?
ROSE: Yes. Yes, I do.
ELIAS: That is a tremendous aspect of balancing, is that you express less extremes and you flow with whatever is occurring within your day. You generate the ability to flow with yourself and not be bothered – or, even if you become bothered, it is very brief and very temporary, as you express.
ROSE: Yeah, I agree.
ELIAS: And what would you express in this time framework excites you the most, or is the most enjoyable expression for you?
ROSE: The most? Hm. There are several. It’s difficult to say which one is the most. I'm interested in interspecies communication.
ELIAS: Ah!
ROSE: I'm interested in widening my perception. You know, in a way, living with this body and the outlook that it will stay like that lets me restructure and reorient myself. So I'm interested in things which are available to me even if I'm handicapped. That is one thing that I can do whatever my condition is.
ELIAS: The subject of interspecies communication: this is a newly kindled interest, is it not?
ROSE: Mm, “kindled” - I would have to check the term. I was aware that it's going on for other people, but I wouldn't have thought that it is accessible for me as well. And I started to dive into it more, and I'm not completely untalented. (Laughs)
ELIAS: Ah! Congratulations! And what have you been doing with this?
ROSE: Well, I have been reading books, and I contacted a person who is doing it and she offered a session over the internet. I did a test, so to speak, with her to see if I have any talent or if my talent is accessible. I think everybody has a talent because it's basic configuration, but maybe like some people are easy with out of body, etc., and others are not, and I'm not completely locked off. (Laughs) Why are you asking?
ELIAS: I am merely expressing curiosity as to your interest in this direction and your interest in developing it or not developing it.
ROSE: I would say I'm interested in developing it but without pressure.
ELIAS: And what would you consider pressure?
ROSE: I have to do it in a certain way, I have to do it in a certain time and with results very quickly, very good, very da-da-da.
ELIAS: Ah, I would agree. I would express that that would be considerable limitations, and that if you want to pursue this direction it would be much more beneficial – and successful – for you to do it in whatever manner is most comfortable for you.
And the guidelines of other individuals do not necessarily apply to everyone. It is a very individual expression about how to interact with the animal and what you derive from them in a communication. Some individuals see pictures, some individuals generate feelings and hear ideas. Some individuals do none of these but form the information in their own translation of what the communication is. But the point is that you are interested in it and that you enjoy doing it, and that you allow yourself the acknowledgement that whatever manner you choose to engage this, it will be natural for you.
ROSE: Hm. Elias, let's change the subject.
ELIAS: Very well.
ROSE: Um… I have several topics. And in one of the last sessions you said my questions have been always very specific and so on, so if I don't ask a specific question, what would you say to me? Is there something you would say to me specifically which you would never have gotten a chance to because I always had specific questions?
ELIAS: Let me qualify that statement. When I express to you that you are asking specific questions, it is not that that is limiting or bad, so to speak, in itself, for it can be very helpful to be engaging specific questions. But in relation to what I was expressing to you, when you were asking specific questions you were also moving in a specific direction in relation to what you wanted. Are you understanding?
ROSE: Mm.
ELIAS: Therefore, that can, at times, become limiting, for in that, you generate a type of energy that you are moving in a particular direction and if the responses do not fit in that direction, it is very likely that you would not hear them.
ROSE: Hm.
ELIAS: Now; in that, as I expressed, it is not that ASKING specific questions in itself is limiting to you. You can present specific questions, and if you are open to whatever the response IS, that allows for a greater or a broader spectrum of what I would necessarily offer to you in responses. Or, you can engage in general directions and we can move in more specifics WITHIN that general direction.
ROSE: Hm. What I don't understand is what the message is for me that whatever part of me decided, “Okay, now I break her spine and confine her to a wheelchair,” what is the message that it does not change? And, um…
ELIAS: First of all, I would express that in relation to how this occurred, what the message was, was that you did not actually want to disengage. That was the most significant message.
ROSE: Yeah, but why break the spine instead of just having broken bones and heal?
ELIAS: I would express that this presented a different challenge for you and a very different direction to engage you. I would express that likely, if you had merely broken a bone and it would have healed very quickly, your attention very likely would have remained in the same direction that it was. And in that, it is very likely – it is not an absolute, but it is very likely – that you would have generated another attempt. But the point was that in that time framework, you were not actually ready to disengage. Therefore, if you had merely broken a bone and it would have healed, it is likely that you would have generated another attempt in the same direction.
And in that, it would have been very likely that you would have generated a greater damage to yourself, for the factor that you were not successful in disengaging, that in itself was the point, that you were not ready to be disengaging. Therefore, if you would have attempted again and generated a more severe affectingness of your body consciousness, it is very likely that you would not have disengaged with that either but would have created a physical situation that is likely to have been similar to what you did create.
In this, it was not as much that you were generating a message about the physical configuration, or damage, in your terms, but more so, the two communications that were significant was one, that you were not ready to disengage, and the other was generating enough of an alteration of your lifestyle that it would move your attention in a very different direction – which it did. In that, even if the direction was only that you would become too fearful of attempting that type of action again and not being successful – which, that is not precisely what occurred. But even if that were the only expression that would have been accomplished in configuring your body consciousness in this manner, that would have been, again, another success, for you were not ready – and you are not ready now.
ROSE: That's okay. Okay, but Elias, then on the other end, why does it not heal? You said that if I follow my free flow and everything then it would heal, and I thought, I'm following as good as I can. But –
ELIAS: I am understanding. What I would express to you, my friend, is, these are difficult concepts to convey, for in one respect I cannot express to you that it is impossible, for it is NOT impossible. There are no absolutes.
ROSE: I know. I know.
ELIAS: Therefore, it is possible that you could alter this physical manifestation. Is that likely? Not necessarily. But I would not genuinely express to you in an absolute manner that it is not possible for you to change it.
What I would express is, in physical manifestations such as this, it is either very easy or very difficult to alter it. Either, as we discussed, it can be very easy for you to alter if you incorporate that genuine expression of faith – trust of the unknown and the unseen – then it would be very easy to alter the situation.
Or, it can be very difficult. Without that expression of genuine faith, then it moves in a direction of physical manifestations and rationale and intellectual. Is that not to say that it is impossible to alter it in that direction? No, but it would be much more difficult, for it is a matter of recognizing that in THAT direction of the intellectual and in the physical playing field, so to speak, that engages a very different avenue. That is not necessarily an avenue of trusting that your body consciousness will reconfigure itself, but rather moving in directions that you can engage in a physical capacity to alter your physical mobility or your physical abilities.
ROSE: But the recording of the last session didn't work, and I think we had been we had been talking about this trust thing, and –
ELIAS: Yes.
ROSE: So I couldn't hear it again. But the main question... My husband lately me said to me that there were times when human beings could heal themselves and they have lost this ability, and I conclude that they will get it back with... whatever. But I was fascinated with this idea that it was easier for humans to heal themselves, and that currently is not that easy in this timeframe where we are right now, and…
ELIAS: But you have moved much more into an intellectual state, and that creates more difficulties.
ROSE: That's right.
ELIAS: In relation to faith, it was easier for, individuals did not require information.
ROSE: Yeah.
ELIAS: They merely trusted in the unseen and the unknown; therefore, it was not important to incorporate any intellectual information at all. And there are some individuals, to this day, that express in that direction.
ROSE: Are these so to speak “new” frontiers, or are they laid back, uh... "last in line" ones?
ELIAS: The individuals that move in the direction of faith?
ELIAS: Yeah.
ELIAS: (Pause) No, it is not new.
ROSE: Yeah.
ELIAS: I would express that the individuals that move in those directions have, in a manner of speaking, intentionally moved in directions to not be expressing in conjunction with the intellectual age, so to speak.
ROSE: And when you are in in the intellectual age, I would assume that you can consciously decide to leave that behind and go back to your direct access, right?
ELIAS: I would agree. I would also express that that could be challenging. It is dependent upon the individual. An individual may incorporate such a desire to move in that direction that they would create some type of experience that they would term to be spiritual that would influence them to move in that direction of faith again. Or, it would be a matter of the individual intentionally moving in that direction, which generally would require retraining themselves and learning an entirely different direction of attention.
As an example: An individual could, intentionally, not having some spiritual experience, immerse themself in a community that supports a direction of faith, and the individual could actually learn to move in that direction. It would be more challenging, and it would incorporate more time, but it could be considerably successful. Such as, an individual that is born into and raised in what you term to be a Western culture, a Western society, and in that, the individual grows and develops in relation to the intellectual age and is very much in the direction of the average dictates of your societies. And at one point, perhaps the individual generates a choice to remove themself from that mainstream, so to speak, and involve themself in a community of monks. The reason that it would be significant to immerse oneself in more of an extreme, such as involving oneself in a community of monks, is that you are choosing to alter your direction of attention, and your direction of attention is so set that is difficult to genuinely change that in an entirely different direction. Therefore, it would require the individual to immerse themself in an entirely different direction but one that would continuously support the new direction.
ROSE: Mm, I understand.
Okay, Elias. (Sighs) Oh, boy. I understand that.
ELIAS: Now that is not to say that an individual such as yourself must immerse yourself in a monastery.
ROSE: No.
ELIAS: You could engage with a singular other individual that you actually believe expresses in a direction of healing qualities. It would still require more time AND you immersing yourself in the philosophy of that individual and the practice of that individual, for it requires that support to significantly alter your direction. And –
ROSE: What is what is the direction I'm in?
ELIAS: I would express that your direction is very similar to most individuals within your world in what you would term to be modern cultures, that you are significantly intellectual. You are accustomed to offering yourself considerable input in information and exploration. You are curious in relation to what you can discover and what you can do and what you can create, and expressing yourself. And in this, the direction of faith is very different.
ROSE: Okay. (Sigh) Elias, I am frustrated right now. Or I'm in tension, because I feel like… I'm not… You know, I like talking with you, but I feel it leads to nowhere. It's getting more and more complicated, and I feel like the basic things I would like to solve I do not solve, and I feel uneasy and frustrated. And I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know…. I so long for direct access to solve the challenges of the situations I want to change, myself. I'm kind of moving away from having sessions. You understand?
ELIAS: Yes. That would be acceptable. That would be your choice. I would ask you: I am aware of what you want; how is it that you want that to be accomplished?
ROSE: That's the great problem because you always said, "It's so easy, it's so easy." And my experience is that it is not so easy. And so I feel like trapped and stuck and everything at once, and that's almost annoying. It's an annoying feeling.
You know, I feel like when you... I feel like it has been said to you but it's not the experience, and this is such a huge gap. And then you go back to having a session, and in a way you end up in a loop. And this cannot be the right thing to do.
ELIAS: What method would be what you want to occur to heal yourself? How would you like that to be expressed?
ROSE: I would like… (Sighs) It's not only healing of the body or whatever it is. Really in general, having my own direct access to the questions I'm having inside – wherever inside is, you know? Like my own inner guidance, access to it. Not only knowing that it could be possible but not experiencing it. (Emotionally) I feel it should be possible, but I don't experience it in a sufficient way, and we have been talking about this repeatedly. (Sigh) You know, people say it's a game and have fun, but for me… Oh dammit. For me it doesn't feel like just a funny game.
ELIAS: I agree. And I would be acknowledging of you in that. I would express to you that a very effective method would be to genuinely engage meditation and to develop that more and more and more. In that, you would have direct access to your own answers.
ROSE: Ja, I know.
ELIAS: But [inaudible] in genuineness what you are willing to do, what you are willing to engage and what is important to you. If this is considerably important to you, and if it is a matter of not only healing your body but also generating that ability to access information whenever and however you wish it, that is a matter of allowing yourself to tune in to what you actually are, which is greater than this physical body.
ROSE: I know.
ELIAS: You have access to the essence of yourself, which is consciousness, which holds all of those answers that you seek.
ROSE: But how do you do that when you on one end can't calm your mind and on the other, loop? That's always the problem, that I deviate and end up in silly loops.
ELIAS: When you [inaudible] meditation, it is not an action that is expressed easily for individuals that have not practiced it from very young ages. It requires practice, dedication and commitment, in a manner of speaking. This is the reason that I expressed to you, it is a matter of what is important to you and what you are willing to do in relation to what is important to you. For that is the key: what you are willing to engage.
Genuinely moving in the direction of accessing yourself and information in consciousness, which is unlimited and you do have access to, but to genuinely move in that type of a direction requires significant practice. It requires a dedication and a commitment to the process in that practice – not engaging a meditation for three minutes and expressing, “This is impossible, I cannot do it.”
ROSE: No.
ELIAS: Or engaging a meditation for two weeks each day for five minutes each day and expressing to yourself, "I cannot do this. My mind wanders, and I continue to think and I cannot achieve that quietness." No, it is a matter of whether it is important enough to you and whether you incorporate the willingness to engage it and to not discount yourself, but in each day that you can achieve any amount of that quietness, that you acknowledge that and that you use it as an inspiration to move forward and to continue and to expand it. But it requires diligence, and it requires practice and consistency.
And in that, if you are willing to generate that practice, that consistency, that diligence, you will generate your payoff. You will be successful. But it is not a matter of engaging it temporarily or inconsistently or not being committed to that action. If that is what you genuinely want, you can have it, but it does require action and effort.
That is the reason that in my examples, I was expressing that it would be a matter of immersing yourself in a different direction, for that reinforces you, and it encourages you, and it supports you. For it is difficult for one individual, alone, to entirely alter their own lifestyle by themself, physically. It is not that it cannot be done; it can, but it is considerably difficult.
It is much easier if you do incorporate the support of other individuals. And as I expressed, does that mean that you must relocate yourself to a monastery and alter everything in your lifestyle? No. But it does require commitment, and it does require diligence in doing it, and it will be much easier if there are other individuals around you that support you in that alteration.
ROSE: Mm.
ELIAS: And genuinely, yes, I would express – not that you want to hear this, but in genuineness, I would express that if you move in those types of directions, you can surprise yourself at what you can actually physically affect and what you can alter in an actual physical capacity. But once again, that requires effort and commitment and diligence and practice and moving in a dedicated fashion in a very different direction than what you are accustomed to. (Slight pause) But it can be done. (Rose laughs lightly)
The key question that is significant to ask yourself is what you are willing to do. That is the key. And if you are not willing to move in certain directions, then it is a matter of defining to yourself what ARE you willing to do, and are there other avenues that you can engage that can be as fulfilling to you in different capacities that you are more willing to engage. That is the base of all of it.
ROSE: I'm open to many several things at once.
Is this a point of having bleed-throughs from all kinds of ends? Or is this a lack of being focused enough and something I would have to work on because I did not train myself on being focused?
ELIAS: I would express, genuinely, it is both. I would express that in part that you do incorporate bleed-throughs in inspirations and in capability. I would also express that there is a factor of not being focused , or not being focused enough. I would express it is partly both.
ROSE: Ja. Okay.
ELIAS: It would require you being more focused, more – in a manner of speaking – disciplined. Not necessarily disciplined in a structural manner, but disciplined in the manner of expressing the ability to focus your attention in a specific direction.
ROSE: Mm.
ELIAS: Let me express to you a very simple example that in actuality may be helpful to you in evaluating what you are willing to do and what you are not. Are you familiar with the practice of Lamaze childbirth? Are you familiar with the practice that is engaged in your present time framework of engaging childbirths in particular manners that incorporate regulated breathing?
ROSE: Ja, I think so.
ELIAS: Now; let me express to you: This is an excellent example of, in your terms, training the mind to function differently.
ROSE: Oh yeah. Now we are back to the mind.
ELIAS: You are incorporating a physical action and training yourself to focus your attention upon certain physical actions that move your attention away from everything else.
ROSE: Mm.
ELIAS: It is a crude example of meditation, in a manner of speaking.
ROSE: Mm-hm, I understand. Elias… (Sighs) Oh god, I don’t know.
ELIAS: [Inaudible]
ROSE: Ja, you are right. Oh, Elias. I have to figure it all out for myself, I think. It’s… I have come to a limit of speaking, to a border.
ELIAS: In that, I will express to you, my dear friend, regardless of what you objectively think, you are never alone. And regardless of whether you choose to engage conversation with myself objectively futurely or not, I will not abandon you. I will engage with you regardless, for I will always be expressing a supportiveness to you.
ROSE: But I don’t notice it – or I don’t think I notice it. I don’t know. I don’t know.
ELIAS: But even if you do not notice it, perhaps eventually you will.
ROSE: Okay.
ELIAS: I will always be present.
ROSE: (Sighs) Okay. (Laughs lightly)
ELIAS: I offer an expression of lovingness to you that you can configure in any manner you choose. And I will express that the most important factor for you to evaluate at this point is not as much what you want to do but what you are willing to engage. And I will be offering my support to you continuously.
ROSE: Thank you, Elias, for everything through the years.
ELIAS: You are a dear and valuable individual, my friend. And I will always hold to that.
ROSE: Thank you.
ELIAS: Until our next meeting, in tremendous affection and in wondrous supportiveness to you always, au revoir.
ROSE: Au revoir.
(Elias departs after 56 minutes)
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