Resurrection

Siddhananda: Okay, what's next in store here (showing a crystal clear stone)? (pausing with closed eyes).

Spirit: Take away my suffering.

G: Aha (nodding).

Siddhananda: I am seeing an image of a cross, someone carrying that cross up a hill. They've worked hard.

G: So, a tough, tough one.

Siddhananda: Yeah, they're really struggling with that. What should we explore a little more here?

G: In what time were they incarnated?

Siddhananda: Gosh, I hear, "time of Christ," and something [about] Palestine.

G: Yeah, they could have [incarnated at that time].

Siddhananda: Again, that era [was] a very hard time.

G: Very hard, yeah. He could have been a follower of Christ that had gone through an actual crucifixion at that time.

Siddhananda: Yeah, it could have been. Again, I'm hearing, "time of Christ."

G: Did you go through  a crucifixion as well? 

Siddhananda:  I think they watched them.

G: They watched it, but they didn't have to [go through crucifixion]?

Siddhananda: It felt like they watched them, and I don't know if it was Christ [they saw], but they've seen a lot of those.

G: Okay.

Siddhananda:  I'm hearing, "No," not themselves, but they observed that quite a bit.

G: They're fortunate. There were a lot people that were crucified. There were a number of followers of Christ that were crucified as well.

Siddhananda: Exactly, yeah. It wasn't just Christ.

G: No, it wasn't just Christ. There were many that went through crucifixion as well.

Siddhananda:  I'm thinking of someone upside down.

G: Right, Peter.

Siddhananda: Okay (nodding). I see an image of them upside down.

G: Yeah, one of the apostles said, "I am below Christ, therefore do not crucify me like the Christ. I'm not worthy," and he asked to be crucified hanging upside down.

Siddhananda: So, this was a hard witnessing.

G: So, he saw that one? He saw that one crucified? 

Siddhananda: He's saying, "Yes."

G: Yeah, yeah (nodding).

Siddhananda: That one (nodding sadly).

G: Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was one of the apostles. It was either Peter or Paul. I don't remember which one it was, Peter or Paul, but one of them had said that ... "I am unworthy to be crucified like my Lord, therefore crucify me upside down, because I'm unworthy." Yeah.

Siddhananda: (inhaling deeply) I can see wounds on him, almost like he's carrying those wounds on himself, even in his hands and his heart.

G: Right, he's taken that wound. Right, and this has happened. This is why some of them develop the wounds of Christ. There have been those that have developed this. It's called stigmata. They will actually bleed from the wounds because there is such a [strong] identification with the suffering, and taking on the suffering.

Siddhananda: There you go. Interesting.

G: But there is no need to take on the suffering of others.

Siddhananda: I am seeing him bleeding in his hands and in his heart, and his eyes, even (drawing her fingers downward from under her eyes to indicate blood dripping down).

G: People do take on that stigmata. They take on that true suffering, but there's no need to take on that suffering. It does nothing to aid Christ. It does nothing to aid you. It does nothing to aid humanity. So, you are suffering needlessly. So, I ask now (closing her eyes), again, that Christ come to this individual and show him the reality of that. [Show him] that he should only focus on, not the suffering, but the risen aspect (opening her eyes). Everyone has to face their own crucifixion of sorts, but then don't stay in that crucifixion.

Siddhananda: Yeah.

G: You need to move on to the resurrection, and that's the message.

Siddhananda: You're leaving that part out, you know?

G: Exactly! You need to go forward to the resurrection, and that's the beauty of it.

Siddhananda: The flower of it.

G: The flower of it, yeah.

Siddhananda:  ...  perfect, fresh flower.

G:  It's to show that no matter what it is, it's eternal. Life is eternal. There is no death. It is eternal.

Siddhananda: Like you said, what purpose [does focusing on suffering serve]? How is this benefiting them or anyone?

G: It's not benefiting any. No, it's not benefiting any.

Siddhananda: Boy, I saw a BIG image of Christ with the thorns and the blood.

G: Yeah

Siddhananda: Christ [is] coming in now.

G: Yeah, right (nodding). To dispel that, to show him the resurrection.

Siddhananda: Right, that was there (the image of Christ with the thorns).

G: He needs to see the resurrection.

Siddhananda:  Then, Christ is there, coming forward from that, and it's like that [image of suffering] is a shadowy thing.

G: Right.

Siddhananda: Then, Christ is coming in with his arms [open], and then the light [is emanating], and that image of the tears, the blood and the thorns is fading.

G: It's fading, and what will come forward is the reality, not his skewed interpretation of it and his holding.

Siddhananda: That's it. What I can feel from that is just the love and compassion that was there within Christ. Nothing like even what you are seeing with that. I mean, there was suffering, but there's SUCH love and compassion beyond belief.

G:  (murmuring yeah softly as Siddhananda speaks)

Siddhananda: And that has risen into this, this rebirth of this soul ... just so pure and untouched by any of that.

G: Right, right. He's totally untouched and that's His message. You're not touched by any of this. He went to the Father, [and said], "I've gone to the Father that sent me and these things you will do and even greater, for I go to the father that sent me."

Siddhananda: See, and that's the message of not getting stuck in the other. That's not it.

G: Exactly. He was not the only one that came. He came to show the way. [He said], "I came to show the way." [It's] not what people have taken [it to be] ... "I am the only way." That's not what he was saying.

Siddhananda:  He showed the way for your own soul, too.

G:  I came to show the way (placing strong emphasis on each word).

Siddhananda:  That's the reality of it.

G: [He said], "Therefore follow me, do what I do, do the things that I do, for I have come to show you." If he were the only way, he wouldn't say, "do the things I do." He wouldn't say that, but he said, "Come follow me, do the things that I do, learn from me." Basically, that's what he was saying, "learn from me."

Siddhananda: Right. Why would he say it's in you? You ... you [have to] move out of this [suffering].

G: Right.

Siddhananda: It's what it is. It's what the whole thing is about.

G: Right.

Siddhananda: So, I hear this soul saying, or at least the feeling is, [that] there is no death.

G: Right. There is no death.

Siddhananda: Again, only your body may be touched, but your spirit, no.

G: Right, your spirit is never touched (smiling softly).

Siddhananda:  It's a really a beautiful image of that intermingling of that with the thorns and just the full face and figure, but Christ [is] there with those [outstretched] arms (gesturing to indicate how one image is overlaid by the other).

G: Right.

Siddhananda: That's the heart of it. That's the beam of light from the Heart. (inhaling deeply) So, that's really powerful. Woo! And the cross, I still see that a little bit.

G: Yeah, it's time to let go of the cross. It's time to move into that fullness now. You've carried the image of that cross for so long. It's time to release it and just go into the arms of Christ and the celebration now. It's time for the celebration.

Siddhananda: (pausing with eyes closed) It's definitely getting quieter and less images, and just more of a feeling of that peace.

G: Mm hmm (nodding). Right.

Siddhananda: There's more of just a light shining versus those images.

G: Right, yeah.

Siddhananda: It's better.  It's still a little there, but it's fading.

G: Yeah, he just has to accept the heart of Christ and let it be within him, that same light.

Siddhananda: Yeah, it's really turned into more of just an energy of spirit versus any of that [suffering]. It is just that untouched spirit.

G: Right, yeah.

Siddhananda: So, very nice.

G: So, thank you for coming (gesturing Namaste).

Siddhananda: (gesturing Namaste) Always a good lesson, that one, with the ones that are holding on to that kind of thing.

G: Exactly.

Siddhananda: Torturing themselves.

G: Exactly. You torture yourself. Yeah, it's so strong, it's so imprinted on you, that you will actually develop the wounds and bleed. Yeah (nodding).

Siddhananda:  Yeah, that energy did.

G: Oh, yeah.

Siddhananda: Very realistically.

G: Many have. Padre Pio also had that.

Siddhananda: That's amazing.

G: Padre Pio had that stigmata. They've identified so much with the suffering Christ rather than the risen Christ, that they develop actual stigmata.

Siddhananda: Mm hmm (nodding). You see that with people with all their imagery of the cross and the suffering. Not to say that imagery is bad, but that's where they're connecting their energies.

G: Right.

Siddhananda: Look at [it]. You're leaving out the other [part about risen Christ].

G: Right, right. So, I'm sure people will see that I'm wearing a cross with the Christ on it. Not to say that you have to remain in suffering, but one has to understand everyone goes through and bears their own cross at some point in time, to some degree. You have to be willing to lay yourself down on that cross.

Siddhananda: Yeah.

G: You have to be willing to sacrifice yourself into God, but there's no loss. There's no loss in the end.

Siddhananda: So, if anything, that cross can be like a message of that, [to] lay it down.

G: Exactly, and that's what it is. You go through your own type of a crucifixion, but then there's the risen after that.

Siddhananda: Right

G:  Then one rises at that point. But, you can't just go in and say I'm not going to [do that]. I don't want to go through that.

Siddhananda: No, it's part of it.

G: Exactly, it's part of it. Everyone has to face their own journey, and it's like I said, when Christ came he had all the temptations and went through. He showed us the path that one walks. He was a great light as a teacher to show the path that one walks, and the journey that one has to take. So, that’s all it's saying. This (showing the cross around her neck) is saying be willing to take the journey, and know that in the end, there is the resurrection and the rebirth.

Siddhananda: Oh, exactly. There is certainly a message there, but it’s not to stay stuck there but to move forward from that.

G: Exactly. Don't stay stuck in the suffering.

Siddhananda: Yeah! You do it to yourself.

G: (laughing) So, maybe that’s why we have some [such souls coming], because I am wearing a cross.

Siddhananda: It could be.

G: So, maybe that’s drawing a few?

Siddhananda: It ends up being a good thing.

G: So, it's okay. It's a good thing (laughing).

Siddhananda: It's been a really good message, a very important message.