11/12/92   SANANDA

Greetings, precious Druthea.  I AM Esu Immanuel Sananda.  I come in the service of Holy Creator Source, the I AM presence within ALL of Creation.  You may call me brother, friend, Jesus, for I AM come as a Teacher and Guardian with THE HOSTS of Creator God.

Since the scribe and her family have often been the object of much opinion exchange, or what is better termed "gossip", she has requested guidance and understanding that she learn to remain free from the influence of this trap in her daily life.  Why would she wish to remain free from this trap?  It is simply a distraction of her energy and purpose and that goes for the rest of YOU as well.

She cannot change what opinions others may hold of her, yet she can adjust her attitude and response to these thought patterns so that they do not influence her in a destructive way.

When one is a true friend to you, they must communicate any grievances with you TO you and not to everyone else at large.  It is one thing, chelas, to share and discuss concerns and conflicts with the intent of resolving same with a trusted friend.  It is quite another thing to lash out in discordance with the intent to cause pain to others and rally forth support of YOUR point of view against another.

Why do you involve another or others in your business?  And be careful, chelas, when you asked to take sides in dealings which are not your business in the first place!

So HOW do you avoid the gossip trap?  Ask yourself if the subject brought to your attention is YOUR business to attend to?  If someone is "tattling" on the actions of another and it affects you directly, what is your first choice of action in resolving the matter?  GO TO THE PERSON IN QUESTION AND DISCUSS THE SITUATION WITHOUT BLAME OR FURTHERING GOSSIP.  If you are told so-and-so doesn't like you or is angry with you about something, do you get mad?  Do you believe what you hear about another IF you are biased against that individual in the first place without questioning the intent of said gossiper?  What is YOUR motivation for holding hands with a gossip who may not have the courage and integrity to go to the SOURCE of his ill-will?

If you declare Me your enemy, does that mean I must declare you as My enemy as well?

A friend will listen and will NOT take sides in an issue which does not concern him/her.  A friend will encourage the one complaining to resolve the issue with the other directly and/or take responsibility for resolving his/her own attachment to the destructive thought patterns of others.

Remember, chelas, it does not matter what ANYONE thinks of you unless you make it matter!  When you ones will let go of the NEED to BE RIGHT for the higher goal of encouraging unity and love, then perhaps as well as relations of the ONE Creator Source.

We of the HOSTS of GOD come to bring you the WAY.  You will become free from the influence of thought patterns of judgment "gossiping" when you no longer support the gossiper in yourself as well as others.  IF one has so little integrity as to conspire against you to support his own NEED to BE RIGHT, then there is nothing to do except have pity and compassion for that one.

Remember, in a conflict between two persons, there are always two sides to an issue and both sides may be valid, yet NEITHER may be RIGHT! Ponder it carefully.  Can you ones not rise above the selfish and competitive need to out-do one another?  Please consider your intent as it relates to the ideal represented of Our Heavenly Father within you Who asks only that we love one another and Him with all of our hearts, souls, minds and strength.  All of His Laws fit within these ideals.

If one has allowed no love within to give, must you despise him and feed the emptiness?  You will only "touch" in mutual respect when both "sides" put their heart before their ego-mind.  If you have learned to do so after processing the conflict, then YOU are free of the conflict, are you not?  Does this mean the other is free?  No, for that must be of his own doing and desire.

You cannot be responsible for the thinking and action of another, only self, and in this way do you offer an example of a "better" way.  The other must choose to release himself from the hatred and resentment he harbors against another, for it only turns on HIM more intensely when the object of his hatred refuses to be influenced by it.  Do you see?

Remember, I told you ones:  Judge not lest ye be judged.  Pull the wood from your own eye before you attempt to pull the splinter from another.  You must be very careful when you seek to find fault with others for, unless your heart is clean and you are free from error of perception and vision, the fault you may be faced with will be your own.

Where do you find clear vision?  Within you.  Each of you has God, the Inner Teacher contained within your soul.  You need only petition HIS guidance and understanding and it is ALWAYS given. The difficulty comes when your physical ego-mind expects to hear a certain way or certain answer and you allow your mind to be the master of your soul knowledge instead of the reverse.  Confusion only exists in the physical mind, never in the soul which is made in the perfection of Creator Source. So be it.

Let us close this document for I know it leaves you each much to ponder over.  May your spirit of knowledge touch My Spirit of Knowledge that we become ONE in understanding and friendship.  For I and My Father are ONE and so it is with each fragment of His.  Thank you, little dove, for sitting with Me and sharing this lesson with our brethren.  Remember when you asked to feel and project the joy and inspiration of our Father?  It is happening, precious flower, it is happening within you!  Do you feel it?  It is REAL, is it not?  Thank you, my precious brethren, for considering this document.  Walk together in peace and love and KNOW that Our Father Within walks with you.

I AM Sananda.  I serve My Heavenly Father Who exists within ALL as Creator Source of the LIGHT which you are.  Salu.

Source:  THE PHOENIX LIBERATOR, November 17, 1992, Volume 21, Number 5, Pages 33-34.

http://www.phoenixarchives.com/liberator/1992/1192/111792.pdf

Transcribed into HTML format by R. Montana.