EXTERIOR

Yes, child, your dream has a wealth of significance. You saw the walls of your home and school completely covered with thick layers of termites overnight and this scared you because you knew that very soon the walls would begin to crumble. My child, this is a how outer facade that you put on (for what you think is protection of the self) actually destroy the self. These facades, like the termites, eat into the walls of your true self and destroy it completely, till finally the self crumbles and nothing is left. Anger, pride, ego, tough exterior, false humility, a put-on cheer, all these are examples of the facades used by you all. Soon you forget who you are and begin to identify yourself with the exterior. The more identification you build up, the less is the hold you have on your true inner spirit. Then one day the spirit collapses and you are left only with an exterior which will also one day collapse, and leave you feeling desperate and totally alone. This is when suicides take place and emotional breakdowns from which a person sometimes does not recover completely.

These ‘exteriors’ are how the mind takes control and gives you the false belief that you are looking after yourself. But, what you are doing is just the contrary. You are not protecting yourself, but stopping your inner spirit from getting all the experiences that it has chosen to get in this lifetime. No, my child, these exteriors are not pre-ordained------- these are examples of changing the master plans, which I spoke to you about earlier. The more you change the master plan, the more difficult you make it for your soul to advance, and the more difficult you make it for your higher soul to adhere to its chosen life plan. In an effort to fight against these controls of your mind, the higher self, with your guides, will place you in tougher and more tragic circumstances, hoping that you will be cleansed in these fires that you are forced to traverse through. But, if instead of learning from this you merely toughen the exteriors even more, protection from our side is withdrawn and we allow nature to take its natural course------- that is complete collapse.

This is why we so often tell you all to give up all these falsehoods which do you great harm. Do not fear to let your inner spirit shine through. You fear this because you either fear hurt, or rejection, or ridicule. But these you should welcome with open arms because every time you face these you get a wonderful opportunity to strengthen yourself by understanding the other’s need to hurt you or ridicule you or reject you. In this true understanding there will be true growth for you. It is very sad that instead of welcoming the pathway to growth you all prefer to walk among the weeds that grow thicker and thicker, till finally the pathway is completely lost to you.

My child, I don’t need to explain the significance of the home and school as you can now place what I have said in the context of these environments, and you will yourself understand their presence in your dream.

You also misunderstand outer appearances in other ways. See the shadows this candle before you is throwing. They are large and monstrous in shape. If you think that the shadows are real you will fear them and hide from them. You will call them ugly and demonic. But wait, turn your gaze away from the shadows and see the bright, beautiful flame of the candle. Now, which is real? This is often the mistake you all make. You see only the shadows and ignore the candle that is burning in exactly the way it is meant to burn so that it can give just the right amount of light to your dark room. When you look at a person and do not like what you see, do look beyond at the soul that is throwing ugly shadows so that you can benefit from the light of wisdom and understanding that it is also throwing. Do not turn away from that candle or that candle will have burnt in vain.

Exteriors, my child, whether they are yours or others, are false. They are there only to deceive you and entrap you and enable you to slip and fall. See them, recognize their truth and let them leave you. The soul within you and others must be allowed to shine through. Whenever you see a soul shining in all its glory without an exterior, you will at once be engulfed in its purity and radiance and there will be no doubt in your mind that you have experienced the beauty of an inner spirit.