1. Here, in the quietness of life that is uniquely you, I shine forth into all that you are or ever were, all that you ever can be. I bring the impersonal spark that ignites your very personal presence and leads you upward from the darkness that fuels your being into the light of awareness of all that you are in and through me as I am in and through you.

You become conscious of my name rising to your lips from somewhere deep within. That center, that place, that moment in a timeless universality, is your shining star...your altar. Upon it, within it and shining from it, I speak your world into being through you. I speak the only word and creation arises into being. Worlds innumerable all as one creation, as one world, arise together in song, rejoicing in praise of the source of the light I bring quietly, humbly, and place at your feet.

This gift I bring to you, establishing forever the irrevocable connection between what you are and of whom you are. As the living expression and memorial to the only One, you are and have always been...here...and now, without beginning or end.

Looking out across the earth in time and times, I see a graveyard of longing and confusion, as the cocoons you believe in as your lives limit your sight to cycles. See the caterpillar, how he spins his temporary home so instinctively, so perfectly...and therein, he is content to wait...for what, he does not know. Even as in the womb, you waited, so also this one awaits the emergence into the light. And so it is that the moment that seems to be in darkness is for development toward manifestation into the light.

Here, standing forth in the clear light, we look upon ourselves, discovering our nakedness, our beauty, our uniqueness and eventually, our oneness with that from which we arise. Here, we look eagerly toward fulfilling that expression our being cries for...and find ourselves eternally entering in upon yet another cycle of becoming. And some fear the darker end of the cycles that are but one continuous spiral of light in an infinite outpouring of life, in and through form, and beyond form. The emergence and the merging blend into a whole that gives as it receives in a sharing that resembles reciprocity and yet is far beyond what its limited view can give.

2. Sit here, waiting within, and trust in me. Look upon the inner altar that is both of us, you as the expression of One, I as the medium of expression of One. Trust in your own self, and in me, for the gift I bring leads you to know that One, from whom we all spring forth, a radiant creation. Even as you waited before, not knowing what it is you would become until the gestation and birthing wrought its work, so also, wait now and let your attention return home once again. Even as you so honor your altar by moving your attention from a world of appearances to my gift, given there within you, know that you shall know that One from which the gift comes to you and shall know yourself clearly as its expression. Truly, you are the living expression and express image of that One.

You have gone on a quest of discovery, and as each new horizon presented itself, have forgotten the path home. As you sit and wait, I will show you that path by renewing your mind with awareness of the light that makes you able to be conscious. You will come to know your true name and realize you have used it daily and have, in your forgetfulness, used it in vain, making it appear that you are powerless. As the mist of living water that I am (everywhere) surrounds your willing heart, your mind will open little by little, and seeing that you are literally of that One and that the name you use daily literally is the name of that One and is the only power, you will consciously take upon you that name again with understanding. No longer disempowered by ignorance of your birthright and the name that empowers all creation, you shall cause the presence of that One to draw near your altar. All the thoughts, beliefs and memories of behavior that you have allowed to be etched upon your soul, both great and small, will be made new in the living vapors that rise up from your altar as the eternal fire of the presence of that One blazes through us together.

And aohm issues forth as the one Word of the only One, the name of that impersonal One ("I")* and the name also you and I share ("I"). At the fullness of time, as each one understands once again the only true name in existence and the reality of the life it is within you, the creation shall coalesce in joyful awe to see the gift we are given and all pride will be released to ascend to the Author of that only name. Beyond joy, beyond beauty, beyond all ideas, as these fade into nothingness before this light...none will resist...all will come...and all will sing together. Praise of the only good, the only worthy that, in its gift to us, makes us to be worthy...to sing the same song. I, aohm, One, the light...all in unison...shining its only Word to us as the gift of existence...as the living creation returns this Word to the One source, multiplied in our love...received and multiplied to us again. To us, an infinite and innumerable reality of expression...to the One, the single Word expressing us.

*Note: "I" is the English symbol representing both the personal self and the number "one". In looking at the concepts of One-ness or infinite all, and duality or the multiplicity of viewpoint and appearance, it is not necessary to choose one over the other, but instead, can be helpful to realize the One in the other.

3. Ask nothing of me and yet know that if you ask, I will answer. I will always hear your cry and will always answer; but remember that I must answer in truth and, if you have not yet learned to hear truth, you may not recognize my answer to you. If you already knew what to ask or what to ask for, there in your mind where you are seeking, then why would you ask? (For you would already have it.) Therefore, I tell you to ask nothing of me, but rather sit and wait and know that, as your willingness to wait and listen increases, so also shall your ability to hear increase. The single Word and perfect thought that I bring to you from the One shall influence the mind of everyone who listens, unconditionally and without any exception.

The influence of that Word can evoke visions and audible messages where words align themselves from within concepts into a renewed concept, showing forth those things that will lead you to love and to understand. It can manifest changes in the world around you, causing you to look at your world in new ways that assist your understanding. It can draw forth emotional intensity when you notice things arising from its influence that you like...and want more...for it is your habit to want.

When you sit to wait and listen, your mind may chatter and wander. Treat it as you would a small child that you love, a child that has been neglected and become unruly, a child that you want very much to let know that you love it and will not neglect it any longer. Perhaps inadvertently, your mind has been taught to incessantly think partial and divided thoughts, and to entertain images that attempt to express those thoughts. If your mind is no longer constantly offered distractions and continuums of partial thoughts, it will relax and automatically detach from these and begin to perform its original and natural function...to know. As your mind relaxes, the insights and experiences that flow to and through you may seem to you like a tumultuous learning experience. In truth, however, it is simply preparing the soil of itself from which the natural seed of your being will arise from the depths of your being into the vapors of your inner altar where I dwell and upward into the holy place where communion with the One makes you to be, and where blessings wait for you to bring your attention to properly rest.

Allow yourself to rest in your waiting and your meditation, for it is only in relaxing into me that your willingness can flow to the One and receive the gift of revelation I bring to you...of your life...of the One...of all that is, including your brothers and sisters round about you. To receive this gift is the purpose of your being, even as to bring it to you is my own purpose...and this purpose we share, each in our own way, is our communion with the One, the source of all. In receiving willingly and consciously that which is given, we bring forth the value that is in the gift, truly appreciating it for what it is in you. It is this appreciation, at first a gratefulness, but then a pure and willing awe at the majesty that has never judged you to be other than purely wonderful, that evokes pure joy, the only true emotion, far beyond any heights of happiness you may have dreamed or experienced. And why would communion with the One evoke joy? This occurs because, in seeing you are one with the only power and that none can ever attack who you truly are, the freedom from fear releases your grip on death, and death is no more...and as fear of death and all attack and penalty fades from consciousness, pure peace reigns as it rightfully should throughout your mind and your being, and this is "cause" for joy!!!

4. Even as you find it required to focus your attention upon food and water, and to breathe in the air that surrounds you, so also realize that you cannot pay attention to these or partake of their goodness except that I move you to do it. I am that certain thing, that very certain spirit within you that both brings the gift of the One and also "am" the gift of the One (for which reason it was said: "I am the way, and the truth and the life..."). The food and water and air are but symbols of this gift I am to you; and these cannot make you to be alive. "I" and only "I", the name of the One that I bring to you as the essence that is myself...only this name, this "I", can surge life through your being. I call unto you softly: "Come to me and hear my voice within you as I speak to you your name, new in each moment's vision." And as you turn your eyes to me, and your ears to hear my voice, so also shall the power that is in the Word I speak to you as your name and mine cleanse you of your powerlessness and make you whole. And this is forever the only Word of the One, even your name, your gift of sharing to take upon you the only name under heaven by which you may find that for which you yearn.

Even as you take each breath, know that I am that breath and, in that breath, I flow through you as your life. As oft as you partake of your symbols, even the food and water at every meal of your life, partake in remembrance of the truth, that I am in them and that, through them, I flow through you as your life. I am all these things and the spark of life that moves you to partake of them, as also I am the form that you wear as a garment. As you come to believe I am here with you and as you begin to realize and to know that we are one, you shall also begin to see One greater than I, even the Author of the name we share ("I"). Even as you have your life as expression of the One, so also I have my life in and through you all as the essence and medium of expression of the One. You could not know yourself without me; but more importantly, you could not know yourself or me except "I" issue forth from the One, giving us life. I am the light and you are the lamp...even as the One has given, allowing us to burn brightly in joy and in peace. You need not look far, nor with difficulty to find me...for I am everywhere, without exception, and am in you and in all unconditionally, and ever shall be. I am the supreme primal memory, the very essence of the thought that creates your being. The more you look upon me, the more of the essence that issues from the One as your life gift you will be able to see...and in thus seeing the truth shall you be free. Your freedom is completed in me, empowering you to do anything you wish and to have all your heart's desire...for in seeing me as I am, you will see yourself and your true purpose, and your desire shall be to share the pure unconditional love you discover within.

Omnipresence...
All across the universe and across the beyond which the universe cannot describe, "I am".

Omniscience...
Across all mind, in and through every thought, I reign in holiness, blessing even the unseemly thought with the seeds that influence your mind to return. I hiss forth as vapor between each word, between each image you hold dear. I sing songs to your secret dreams, preparing them for your healing.

Omnipotence...
My peace is my essence, is my gift, is my light and your life...the only power.

The beginning of all things is the source of their being...not simply a place marked in time. The beginning and the end as One is what I am...for I am every moment, coalescing them as a single moment before me. Therefore it is said: In the beginning, or in myself, I brought the gift to all, that in me they might be, as ever they truly are and have been forever. I am everywhere ...life ...and there is no room for death. I am everywhere ...light ...and there is no room for darkness. And what is darkness? It is light unrevealed to them that watch not for its appearing ...and in this ignorance does fear arise as shadows (to believe in lies).

I am the voice of the One, crying softly to you in what seems to be darkness ...calling you into the light that I am in you upon your altar. Can you not feel me drawing you unto myself? Can you not see that turning to see the light of life and love that I am in you is indeed the only answer that could ever satisfy your yearning to be free to express the gift we, together, are?

5. Oft it is said that one should give glory to God, and yet, nothing is said about what that means. To pay attention within to the gift given, there on your own altar, and to see more and more of what God is to you, and thereby to know God well enough to express that essence...to thus know and be the express image of that One, is to love God...and "that" is glorious indeed.

     Blessings,
     LightDancer
     AltarLight