The Way of the Heart
B Y R O G E R M I L E S
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE MOST IMPORTANT experience of my life.
In 1998 I had the good fortune together with my partner Suzanne, to be instrumental in managing a weeklong retreat in Noosa for Jon Marc Hammer, an American author and spiritual teacher and channel for the teachings of Jeshua ben Joseph or Jesus. During the course of the week I witnessed many occasions when our facilitator would disappear into his room prior to a workshop session with a particular spiral bound book. Finally
Suzanne accosted him and asked to see the book and when Jayem turned it over to us we discovered a simply constructed workbook of monthly teachings. Interested in the wisdom that might be found we asked to borrow the book for a trip to the beach and there had our first encounter with what I would call "Unconditional Love".
We spent two hours reading the first two chapters to each other.
Within minutes of starting the first chapter both Suzanne and I found ourselves with tears in our eyes and a hollow feeling in our hearts and a knowing of a discovery that would take us on a journey into another world. We had "come home" in the fullness of the expression.
What was going on? Over the seven years of publishing first the
Sedona Journal of Emergence, then Elohim Journal, we had encountered so many diverse teachings, so many concepts for adding enlightenment and greater awareness and readying ourselves for the ascension process. Why was this one to be different from the others? Certainly neither of us
had any previous religious association with Jesus nor were we
particularly interested in the stories and circumstances of that time or the resulting concepts of Christianity. Yet never before had we been exposed to anything that came near to producing the feelings we were experiencing with this book entitled "The Way of the Heart".
What was so different and why did it have such an impact? Jon
Marc shared his story with us. In 1987, Jeshua ben Joseph or Jesus began delivering messages to Jon Marc that continued until the end of 1997. Five separate books were given, which Jeshua has recently revealed are to be incorporated in a programme for finding Christ Mind called A Course in Mastery. The core of these teachings are represented by 35 lessons
given over a three-year period entitled "The Way of the Heart", "The Way of Transformation" and "The Way of Knowing".
What Suzanne and I had stumbled on - and caused what can only be
described as a major shift in consciousness for us - was the first book in the series. Since that time through deeply exploring these teachings our lives have changed completely. Not just our lives in the physical sense, but the basis of every perception we ever had about the world has been altered and the fundamental understanding of how we create our lives moment to moment has taken us on a journey from the paradigm of Fear
to one of Love. We have become so impressed by the teachings that now our Journal has been renamed to embrace the essence of these messages.
In the words of Jeshua, "The Way of the Heart is a way unknown to the world. It is a way unknown to many who would call themselves spiritual teachers, for it is not a way of resting on, or becoming dependent on, magical means. It is, rather, that pathway which cultivates within you the desire to turn your attention upon your own mind, upon your own behavior, upon what is true and real for you, moment by moment so that
you may study it to consider it, feel it, and breathe the Light of Spirit through it, with this one goal: to constantly retrain the mind so that it assumes complete responsibility for each moment"
These teachings, then, offer the student the opportunity to
commit to living differently, liberated from the misperception that there is anything wrong in this world and to experiencing a freedom so positive and powerful that the bondage humanity has suffered so long is swept away.
The Way of the Heart is more than a message, it is an
international Family gathered in the Heart to live a way of being that, for Suzanne and myself, has become the very foundation of our life, providing a new-found freedom that we share willingly through our daily life and which flows over into our publication, our workshops, counseling
activities and study groups on a global basis.
Are you committed to living differently? For through these
teachings you will discover a frequency of Love and Harmony that will expand your Consciousness such that you will find yourself in the heart of the Christ Mind..
JESHUA - THE WAY OF THE HEART
Through Jon Marc Hammer
JANUARY 1995
Now, we begin.
And indeed, once again, greetings unto you, beloved and holy
friends. I come forth in this hour, yet again, to abide with you where you believe yourself to be. For in Truth, if it were not for the fact that you are choosing to turn your attention to the world of physicality through the vehicle of the body, our communication would not require the device of what you might call "channeling," nor the devices of the technologies of this world in which to record and capture spoken words that
are themselves but the reflection of what the words would point your mind toward.
Therefore, beloved friends, I come not for myself, but for you. I come not to teach you, but to love you, until you choose, from the depth within your own being, to set aside every illusion you have ever given credence to, and to remember the Truth which alone is true. For indeed, in that hour, there is a transcendence of all that knows limitation. There is a transcendence of all that knows coming and going, birth and
death. There is but the Mind of Christ within which each of us, as a spark of Divine Light, as a sunbeam to the sun, rests eternally in perfect communion and communication, always. Now of course, the great secret is that, that is the state of your reality. That in each and every moment, you abide in perfect communion with the whole of creation, since all things are but temporary modifications of the one fundamental energy
which I have chosen to call the Christ Mind, the offspring of the Father.
And so, beloved friends, I come to where you choose to be. And if you would choose to open that place within the heart and within the mind in which you can communicate with me directly, I will meet you there as well. What is important, then, by way of our beginning, is to consider the simple fact that your experience is always the effect of where you choose to focus the attention of your consciousness, its Self being
unlimited forever, embracing all the many dimensions of creation. You abide in that which embraces all things, in all ways, and at all times. And in Truth, you do not know separation, birth or death, gain or loss.
In this hour, as you have taken the tape from its envelope and
put it into your machinery, recognize how you, as an infinite being, have deliberately chosen to participate in a form of experience. You have, therefore, called to yourself the sensory apparatus of the body through which to filter the energies of this physical domain, that you might hear vibrations against vocal chords that create words that carry certain
meanings for each and every one of you. And each and every one of you will color that meaning according - according - to the perceptions that you have chosen to place value upon.
Does this mean that some are ahead and some behind? It only seems that way. In reality, each of you is equal; each of you, choosing from your infinite freedom to attract to yourself certain vibrational frequencies, if you will - certain forms or qualities of experience. That freedom is what you abide in always, from before the foundations of this world, and long after this world ceases to be. In each and every moment,
then, you cannot be a victim of what you see, and nothing is outside of you. What you experience you have directly and deliberately called to yourself. And if you hold the thought that, "Well, I don't like what I've called to myself," that's perfectly okay, too. For then, you have called to yourself the experience of being in judgment of yourself. Merely
look with the wonder of a child and see what it feels like and ask yourself:
Is this an energy I wish to continue in, or would I choose
something else?
For ultimately, when all possible choices within the dream of
separation have been made, have been tasted, have been felt, have been known, then finally there emerges the still, quiet Voice of Spirit that speaks through the soul - and we'll come back to that - whispering of the one Truth and the one reality, the one Love, the one peace, the one bliss that is continual.
Then, the soul begins to turn from the things of this created
world. It begins to withdraw its attention, as it were, from its
attachments to all of the things it has called to itself. It begins to transcend its sense of identification with the vibrational frequencies it had only meant to play with, and then took seriously. For it is seriousness within the mind which is the creation of ego, and it is great seriousness that holds the vibrations of what you would no longer experience within
the field of your being, within the field of your soul.
And as you, as the soul - the individual divine spark - begins to choose to withdraw the attention, to withdraw the value you have placed upon all things, and as you learn to simplify the nature of your own consciousness, as you begin to realize that you can surrender into something that seems beyond you, that you can entertain the insane thought of trusting the invisible, you come more and more to be less and less. And as you become less and less of what you thought you were, conversely,
you become more and more of what your Father created you to be - the Thought of Perfect Love in form, a channel, a simple vehicle through which that Love of Spirit can shine forth. And your only task becomes the cleaning of your windows, the polishing of your floors, the weeding of your garden, so that that Light can pour forth unimpeded.
No longer will you find the need to defend perceptions you had
identified with in error. And you will, indeed, know when you have come to that state of awakening, for you will be able to look upon all created things that you have ever experienced, all reactions you have ever held within the mind, all perceptions, all judgments, all desires that you have ever held for anyone or anything, and as they arise in your mind, they will not disturb your peace. And you will smile. And you will see that within your consciousness has arisen all saintlihood and all
devilishness. You have been both saint and sinner, and your happiness and your unhappiness has been merely an effect of where you would choose to place your attention.
Indeed, beloved friends, I come forth to meet you wherever you
are, because I have chosen to use the infinite power of consciousness, given me of the Father, as equally as it is given unto you, to discover how deep delight can be when the mind is focused only on seeing from, and seeing only, the Mind of Christ. I have, therefore, called to my Self all multitude of experiences, even when I walked upon your beloved Earth as a man - in order to challenge myself, in order to test myself, in
order to condition myself, to rise above, to transcend all possible experiences that could distract me from the remembrance of who I am.
You could say, by the way, that my crucifixion was simply the
climax of my own direct choice to be challenged by the events of space and time, so that I could cultivate, within myself, the ability to see from, and to see only, the perfect purity of the Mind of Christ.
The point that I'm seeking to make with you is that, in each and
every moment, what you are experiencing in the realm of your emotions and mind, and the effects, to a latter degree, within the body, are there because you - from your infinite freedom - have simply selected that experience, that energy, to focus your attention on, so that you can see what the effects are.
The insanity, you see, does not come from having chosen to see
something other than the Mind of Christ. The insanity, which you
experience as your pain and as your suffering and your seeking and your dramas, comes only from your mistaken choice to become identified with what arises in the field of your awareness. You, therefore, lose the sight of innocence. For, indeed, all events are perfectly neutral, and you are free to see them any way you want.
When a child is born - and many of you who are mothers know this
- you can experience a depth of joy that is unspeakable. Likewise, you can also experience fear and contraction at the thought of having to be responsible for a child. When a loved one dies, and you experience grief and suffering, rest assured it is because you have chosen to contract your attention, so that all you can see is the loss of an animated body, and thereby convince yourself that you have become separated from the loved one.
I speak from experience when I share with you that separation is
an illusion. And when death occurs in your plane, in that very moment, you still have the power to choose to recognize that something has changed, and to shift your attention to a different faculty that the body could never possibly contain, in which you perceive and hear and communicate with that spark of Divine Light - the soul - that seems to have given up the idea of trying to keep a physical form animated.
It is, therefore, imperative and, in fact, it is the very first
step on what we are going to begin to call The Way of the Heart. The first step in awakening is to allow into the mind the thought, the axiom, the Truth, that nothing which you are experiencing is caused by anything outside of you.. You experience only the effects of your own choice.
For you see, during this coming year, we will be building, month
by month, on what I'm choosing now to call The Way of the Heart. It is the way unknown to the world. It is a way unknown to many that would call themselves spiritual teachers, for it is not a way of resting on, or becoming dependent on, magical means. It is, rather, that pathway which cultivates within you the decision to turn your attention upon your own mind, upon your own behavior, upon what is true and real for you,
moment to moment - to study it, to consider it, to feel it, to breathe the Light of Spirit through it, and to constantly retrain the mind so that it assumes complete responsibility in each moment.
And why is this necessary? Because, without it, there can be no
peace.. Without it, you can not transcend the false identifications that you have chosen. To use, perhaps, a simpler form of your language, you need to come to the point where you say to yourself,
I've done this to myself. I did it, I must correct it. No one
is to blame. The world is innocent.
And in the coming months, we will be communicating with you more
and more deeply, the finer points, if you will, of The Way of the Heart. For it is that way that was taught to me, and it is that way to which I have pointed you with many, many clues. It is that way that brings about the reversal of every thought you have ever had about any one or any thing. It is that way, alone, which allows you to pass back through the eye of the needle, and to come to rest in the Perfect Peace from which you have sprung forth.
The Way of the Heart is not the way of the intellect; for,
indeed, that aspect of the mind was never designed to be your master. It was designed to be the humble, and - if you will pardon the expression - very stupid servant of the Awakened Heart. The Heart is that which feels all things, embraces all things, trusts all things, allows all things.
The Heart is that in which the soul rests eternally. The Heart is that which is beyond space and time and is that spark of Light in the Mind of God, which is called Christ. And only in That will you find the peace that you seek.
You will discover, then, that the pathway of awakening is not a
pathway of avoidance, but a pathway of truthfulness. It is not a pathway of accomplishment and pride, but a pathway of releasing from the consciousness every hope and every wish to be special - to see yourself as having "made progress," so that you can pound a fist upon the chest and spread the tail feathers. It is a transcendence of the hope of somehow getting God's attention, so that he will look upon you and say,
Oh, you've been such a good person. Oh, my goodness, yes. Well,
I think we'll allow you into the Kingdom now.
It is a way in which you will come to cultivate - regardless of
your inner experience or degrees of awakening - to cultivate the
willingness and the art of returning to the simplicity of empty-headedness and not-knowingness, with each and every breath. It is a way of life in which all things and all events become an aspect of your meditation and your prayer, until there is established, once again within you, the Truth that is true always:
Not my will, but Thine be done. For of myself, I do nothing.
But my Father does all things through me.
Imagine, then, a state of being in which you walk through this
world, seemingly appearing like everyone else, and yet, you are spacious within; you are empty within. In Truth, you desire nothing, though you allow desire to move through you, and you recognize it as the Voice of the Father, guiding your personality, your emotions, and even the body, to the places, to the events, to the people, to the things, to the
experiences through which the tapestry of the Atonement is being woven, through which all of the Children of God are called home again. And you trust the complete flow of that, whether you are asked to give a speech in front of ten thousand people, or you're asked to tell a friend the truth of your feelings, or whether or not you are, perhaps, asked to sweep the streets and live penniless. For in Truth, that mind that trusts
the Source of its creation allows all things, trusts all things,
embraces all things, and transcends all things.
Rest assured, then, whenever you feel frustration and anxiety, it is because you have decided not to trust the Truth. And the Truth is simply this: Only God's plan for salvation can work for you. Your way must always fail, for your way begins with the illusory and insane assumption that you are a separate being from the Mind of God and must, therefore, direct your own course. For if you are sick and diseased and not at peace, why would you decide that you know how to create peace? It
requires great humility to accept the first step of the path:
I have done all this; I must undo it. But I have no idea how I
did this. Therefore, I must surrender to something else.
I want to give you this thought, even as I gave it to this, my
beloved brother, some time ago. And the thought is this (and I would ask that you consider it well): What if the very life you are living, and each experience that is coming to you now, since the moment you decided, "I've got to awaken here" - what if everything was being directly sent to you of your Father, because your Father knows what is necessary to unravel within your consciousness to allow you to awaken? What if the
very things you are resisting are the very stepping stones to your homecoming? What if you achieved a maturity along this pathway in which you were finally willing to let things be just as they are?
And if it was necessary to sweep the streets, you simply took a
deep breath and said, "Father, you know the way home," and therefore began sweeping. And up into the mind comes the thought,
Oh, my God, I won't be recognized. I won't stand out. People
won't think I'm special if I'm just a street sweeper.
And you recognize, Ah-ha, no wonder my Father wants me to do this. I've got to flush this up so that I can look at it, dis-identify from it, and learn to be the presence of Love in the sweeping of the street.
For in Truth, I tell you, the least of these among you, according to your perception, is already equal to the greatest. And there is none among you who is less than I am.
© Roger Miles, 2004
