[My Higher Self offers a lesson around my use of the mantra first suggested by White Cloud, through Blossom Goodchild: I am the light; I am the love; I am the truth; I am. While directed at my practice, the lesson is useful for all. — Rob]
Rob: So I drew the card on the Universal Law of Give and Receive, and the receive part just jumped out at me, so I assume that’s what we should talk about.
Sam-u-el: Hello again, Rob. This is Sam-u-el, as you know, always ready to have a conversation about anything that you would find useful.
You’ve asked about the Universal Law of Give and Receive, and yes, there’s a reason that the receive part jumped out at you. You are fond, I will say, of offering yourself as a service to others. [It’s] one of your talents. In that sense you give and you give, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Being of service to others is why you are here. It’s your chosen way of expressing yourself and the divinity that you are.
It is true for most people that as you learn spiritual truths, you want to share them. This is not a problem for you, for us. But the receive part of the Universal Law is reminding you that every act of giving involves similarly the act of receiving.
When you do your I Am meditation, you feel it when you say, “I am the love.” You feel that outpouring, that giving of yourself to whatever the object is that you’re focused on. The expression of love IS an outward act for you. It’s easy to envision that as an outward act of giving of yourself.
But the next part of the meditation, in the “I Am the Truth,” you envision through the infinity symbol the receiving back, and you use that to feel the expansion within yourself, as if fueled from whatever that you’re receiving. But you’re not consciously thinking about the act of receiving.
In order to express love to others, one must first feel that love for yourself. So as the energy in the infinity symbol comes back to you, it IS receiving — receiving OF yourself, FOR yourself, within yourself.
Any expression outward is similarly an expression inward. Acknowledge that; receive that.
But then, the last part of the meditation, simply acknowledging “I am,” as you fall back into it, is an act of allowing. That means, not only have you received the reflection of the love that you have sent out, but you are then accepting that, accepting that deep within your core.
Rob: [Pause] I’m just … I’m trying to feel my way into that. I AM.
Sam-u-el: So in saying “I am,” it is expressing the divinity within you. It is acknowledging that. It is accepting that.
As you do the meditation, [when saying,] “I am the truth,” [it is] understanding who you are as a divine being, feeling that expansion within yourself, followed by simply [saying,] “I am.” [It] is accepting who you are, feeling that within your core.
Again, I will go back. No expression of love outward can happen until you feel that expression of love within yourself, for yourself.
You are questioning what you call a core issue. Your core issue, it’s not feeling validated by others. It has nothing to do with others. It has only to do with you accepting that for yourself. The validation that you seek must come from yourself only.
Irrespective of what anybody else says or does, no matter how much they appreciate the service that you offer, if you do not feel that for yourself, then it is all for naught. Concentrate on that. Feel that within yourself. Be content within yourself, that you are that love, that every expression outward is an expression inward. This is the lesson to concentrate on.
I know this will be a focus for you in the coming days, so we will leave you with that. Just breathe and know, know that we are all here for you at all times. Bless you and all with you. Farewell for now.
