2rd April 2003
The Cross and The Lotus Publishing
Seattle, Washington"He who sees Me
(the universal Self) present in all beings, and all beings existing within Me, never loses
sight of Me, and I never lose sight of him."
Bhagavad-Gita (Ch. 6, text 30)
Dear Friends,
As you know, the world is experiencing a great turn. Forces are
clashing, one with another. Through an inward awareness I feel those great forces as if
they are a part of my own self: my own thoughts, energy and body. I stand as a Witness, an
observer of these events. I am also a participant, through the extended senses of
omniscience, with these colliding forces. The Witness remains unchanged by these passing
events; the participant feels the blows of pain and sorrows of loss, the power of the
working out of human evolution.
This sense of oneness with all creation strengthened when I was in
silence and seclusion at Cloud Mountain. I felt those channels spontaneously intensify
with individuals and with the world at large. These channels even opened up spontaneous
connections with distant planets, and even worlds beyond. In one sense this was not new to
me, but in another it took on deeper dimensions than I had ever experienced before. An
example of this inner connection: before the great earthquake that happened deep in the
earth right under my retreat cabin, my whole inward body felt it was shaking apart for
several days, as though in an earthquake.
Now, with a war and all that goes with it on the causal, astral and
physical planes, I am intimately experiencing so many of the effects right within my own
Being. I see and feel the clash of ideas, energy and physical bodies. My own inner body is
torn asunder by these forces; it feels the weight of sorrow and dis-ease; it feels the
power of unleashed forces, all working out our world karma.
Yes, this is our collective karma and we are all participants. I
know that you are also sensitive to these passing events in the physical, astral and
causal planes. You may also feel anchored in the static Self, the Witness of all these
events and not thrown off balance by them. This is the way we are meant to participate in
life: feeling our oneness with passing events yet residing beyond them, unshaken in our
realization of the greater Reality of God the Father.
One result this war has had on me is the need for this body to
restrict its travel. I have been spending some time in West Seattle at Larry and
Cate’s, as well as time on Whidbey Island (with gratitude to Rich for the loan of his
house). This comparative seclusion has been what this body has needed. This physical body
is feeling the clashing of forces in the form of intense body pain; the energy body is
very much affected and participates intimately with the colliding forces on the world
stage. Through causal connections I know the thoughts that flow through so many in seeming
contradictions.
A result of this relative seclusion is that I have not
traveled much since the first of the year nor participated in many regularly scheduled
events. I trust you understand that this is not a lessening of connection, but an intense
feeling of oneness with all that has been occurring on the world’s stage. Some of you
have written to me and called me and I have been slow to answer, I hope you can forgive me
for any lapses, they are not the result of not caring.
You are ever in my heart and soul, the expression of my Infinite
Beloved. You come to my inward vision and I feel no separation from you whatsoever.
Indeed, the world itself is residing within my very Being; that is my experience as I
write to you. And yet I also see you as separate aspects of that great Consciousness, of
which we are all parts; individual forms of the One. I clearly see separation as a shadow
state, less real and meaningful than the oneness I experience.
Know that in the feeling of our oneness with the Infinite, we are
one. You are indeed an expression of my Infinite Beloved. I can feel no other way. My
heart overflows with Divine Love as I write this.
The tremendous Light of Being is supporting and guiding this planet
to a glorious destiny, no matter what the outer appearances may seem to you. We have
collectively woven a complex weave of karma that does not easily make itself understood to
the human mind. However, if we see this world as God sees it, then we will realize that
Consciousness is ever evolving through world events, purifying all hearts and minds.
One day mankind will be conscious participants in the movement of
evolution, absent violence and bloodshed. Each soul will be a lighthouse upon a hill, a
beacon of light and a promise of peace, within and without. In fact, you are a living
embodiment of that lighthouse today!
May you ever be conscious of that Light, feel your oneness with it,
and let the Light of Peace be your constant guide and comfort.
You are ever in my heart and soul,
David
Yogacharya David R. Hickenbottom
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