3/1/97    SERAPIS BEY

Good morning, my brother.  It is I, Serapis Bey, Cohan (Master Teacher) of the Fourth Spectral Aspect of Creator's Thought Projections.  I come in the Radiance of His Will, that you and your brethren will have the guidance that you each desire and for which you call out with great heart intensity.

I serve in the capacity that brings forth Balance and Order.  I am the line of demarcation between reasonable logic and passionate emotion (between the Yin and the Yang).  I facilitate either extreme, yet present an opportunity for Balance to those who desire and ask.

With EVERY experience you encounter which seems to impact you in a negative manner, please be aware that, with persistence and effort, you CAN find Balance within self--and in doing so, you will find the growth that you desire and which your Higher Self (soul self) craves in the primal thrust for expansion toward Perfection.

In the searching for Balance, you will find that you will have to reach for that which you are lacking in the way of understanding. This is not easy, for you are usually unaware that you are lacking in understanding until such time as you are confronted with a situation that causes you the discomfort of confusion.  This annoyance presents you with the challenge to have to search for the understanding or meaning of its occurrence if you are to find true Balance (relief from the confusion).

Be thankful, in your heart, for the opportunities of growth when they present themselves to you.  Your emotional attitude and ability to reason rationally will serve you much better than either extreme--a fit of rage, on the one hand, or a cold and detached separation from the event, on the other.  One of the other of these out-of-Balance responses usually comes about due to your efforts toward denying the impacting reality of the situation.  There IS an in-between Balance that can be reached if you KNOW that it IS there, and if you desire, foremost, to find this Balance.

You are ALL going to be faced with impacting traumatic experiences in the weeks, months and years to come.  My intent is not to frighten you or coerce you in any way!  My intent is to assist you, as a teacher, so that you are prepared for the testing and the lessons--that you might grow past the need to experience these things over and over again.

Prepare yourself mentally in such a manner that you are confident about who you are and about your direct connection to the God Force within.  Prepare NOW with a method of problem solving that will help you to maintain both mental AND emotional stability--no matter what the situation you are facing.

This effort is, in effect, writing a script or mental "computer program" that you can access any time you desire and which will outline a series of questions and statements to yourself so that you will always be able to come to a reasonable choice as to what you should do.

Step 1:  Regardless of the situation, call upon The Light for protection and guidance.  This will give us a greater opportunity to connect and work with and through you.  This, also, reaffirms your intent and thus will, in effect, center your focus.

Step 2:  KNOW, with certainty, that you CAN handle ANY situation with which you are presented.  God NEVER gives you more than you can handle.  In rare cases of such events, He will carry you!

In your certainty you will calm the fear reactions and thus calm the emotional tendency for overwhelm.  This equates to clearer, more rational thought and, again, will help us to help you through a clearer communication link.

Step 3:  Calmly ask yourself, "What are ALL of my options?" and "What can I DO that will be of the most value to EVERYONE involved and not just myself?"

Sometimes you may have to eliminate possibilities by evaluating the actions that would only serve to compound an undesirable situation.  Screaming hysterically would be one such option you could decide to eliminate right now as a course of action to take! You could say to yourself, "I will NOT react violently, hysterically, irrationally, or in any manner whatsoever that will cause me to compound an already dire situation!"

Step 4:  KNOW that you are NOT a victim!  All experiences whether they are perceived as "good" or "bad", are for reason.  Know also that you are the creator of your experiences and that any and all challenges that you are faced with are for YOUR growth!

The point here is to PREPARE yourself now so that, if you catch yourself in a condition or state in which you have already decided NOT to be, you will have already in place the rational ideas and thoughts necessary to pull yourself out of a panic and into a more usable and survivable state of reasoning.

We can work through you--IF you are not shut down with fear or overwhelmed with hysteria and panic.  You can help us the most by taking the time NOW to affirm to yourselves that you will remain calm and open under ALL situations.  This can be practiced almost daily if you look to the small irritations around you and catch yourself in this sort of reactionary state.

For example, let's say that you have an antagonistic relative or co-worker whom you allow to provoke the passions of anger or frustration within you.  Catch yourself getting angry and review ALL of your opinions.  (Take a moment to clear your space and reaffirm your Light Shielding, and perhaps you could try sending Light to this one who is being antagonistic!?!)

Now, look at those options that will help BOTH of you to feel better, and NOT just yourself.  Expect an answer that will have Balance in its completion.

Let's say that, instead of getting in an argument, you decide to smile and tell the person, "I can see that this subject is of great concern to you and that it causes you great emotional discomfort.  I do not wish you, or myself, discomfort, so let us please change the subject."  The person may respond antagonistically and/or irrationally to this comment, but you can be assured you will have disrupted the rigid perception that the person holds of themselves, and thus you will have given them the opportunity to expand in awareness of self.

If the person is insistent upon fighting or arguing with you, then you can, perhaps, excuse yourself and wish them well.  You do not have to allow another who is antagonistic toward you to bring you to a point of anger or grief.

Remember that the point here is to illustrate one example of how you can catch yourself REACTING emotionally instead of addressing a challenge with reason.  There could be many examples of this-such as dealing with children, your ex-spouse, the loss of a loved one, or any other condition that may cause you to panic: such as fear of heights, snakes, or water.  Learn to recognize your reactions and use these small experiences to prepare yourselves for larger, more traumatic experiences that could immobilize you if you do not prepare.

Preparation is the key to surviving the upcoming transition of your planet.  Fear and shock shall be among the greater causes of death.  Ignorance will be the number one cause of loss.  We of the Hosts, who have the task of teaching, understand this and it is why we effort to get our message heard.

You who keep up with the constant outflow of information that we offer will find that you are not ignorant, and that you WILL know what to do when confronted with any challenge that may face you.

Be persistent in your efforts to prepare and you will survive this planetary transition with new-found awareness of self and others. After all, these are the very reasons you have chosen to participate at this time!

Thank you for your efforts thus far!  Enjoy these times of relative peace and calm that you now have in order to prepare; they are indeed invaluable.

I am Serapis Bey, keeper at this time of the Fourth Ray, the Clear Crystal Ray of Purity and Balance.  May your efforts be toward gaining the level of Purity and Balance which allows the power of the Yin and the Yang--the Reason and the Emotion--to work for you and not against you!  My blessing be with you.  Salu.

Source:  CONTACT: THE PHOENIX PROJECT, March 4, 1997, Volume 16, Number 3, Pages 19-20.

http://www.phoenixarchives.com/contact/1997/0397/030497.pdf

Transcribed into HTML format by R. Montana.