Beyond the “I AM”

Really Steven, what we see here is different perspectives and people who have these different perspectives, they are going to come from all walks of life, all different backgrounds and they're going to have different comfort levels and these comfort levels, are something that they need for a while. It's a little bit like a child that is learning how to ride a bike that has training wheels, for a time, they need those training wheels, they absolutely require them but one day, they'll take them off and ride a bike like normal, so think of it like that when you encounter people like that on a spiritual path, a lot of them still have their training wheels on. So we can't judge that right! We needed training wheels at one time too and some people are going to use training wheels their whole life, that goes without saying but don't judge it, everyone learns at their own speed.

Now I know, you're probably going to say, "Yeah, I don't judge it, I don't really mind but here are they are lashing out at me and saying I've got it wrong and they've got it right" but that's part of the training wheels, of course they're going to think that. They're either going to think it and not say it or think it and say it, depending on the person.

So when you talk about what your beliefs are, people will either disagree or agree yeah? and the ones that agree, they may bounce ideas off of you, you can kind of grow together, you can share together, this sort of thing and you could certainly teach and learn from them. The ones that don't agree can sometimes be teachers as well, sometimes very important teachers because they help you to stay on your game, they help you to stay on your toes, they help you to make sure that everything that you're believing in, you check back in, do I really believe that? and you check-in and go Yeah, I really do, I really really do, I don't see how it could be another way.

So, I would say this, monitor how it makes you feel when someone disagrees and then work with what you get. In other words, if it is negative, work with it, positive, embrace it. So what you're really doing is deciding what you can tolerate, what you can't and learning your boundaries, learning your limits and its not in any way that you shouldn't talk about spiritual things with people, that's fine and that's what you're going to do, you've put yourself out there in that manner but the bigger thing here is that no-one is right or wrong. I know that is going to sound controversial to you, I know right off the bat you're going to say "well, people can be wrong, people can be very wrong" and that's true in one respect but what I mean is, think of that person, with their training wheels, you know that the bike is supposed to be rode without the training wheels yes? That is the way it is supposed to be but that doesn't make it wrong for the individual that still needs the training wheels because for them it is not right for the bike to not have them, it's not safe, it is too much, too soon. So what we could wrong, oh they've got it all wrong, we would say instead, and I am speaking collectively here for Spirit Guides in general, we would say instead, they have it the way they need to have it for now and the same thing is true with judgement.

If someone is judging you, your abilities, your beliefs, whatever it might be, let them hold them for right now, that's somewhat serving them in some way, don't feed into it yourself, don't make yourself feel "Yeah... they're right". Would it be right for them if you were riding along on your bike without the training wheels to say "Hey, you need training wheels". No, it would be ridiculous because you're way beyond that point but it would be ridiculous for you to try and put training wheels on when you don't need them. The point is, different speeds, different stages, different development, different backgrounds, different perceptions, different, different, different and people get so caught up on right or wrong and I know that judgement hurts and I know the labels are unrealistic at times but try to remember the source, consider the source. If a small child is judging you, you would probably laugh it off, same thing goes for an adult that's their soul is at a younger age or they're understanding is just, you know maybe they've spent a lot of lifetimes here on Earth but haven't really spent a lot of them developing their spirituality, so what happens then?

It is not about right or wrong, all of us, all of us have to get out of that. I say "we" a lot because I put myself here on the Earth, I say HERE on the Earth, in this world, in this dimension because I want you to know that I know what it feels like, I know the struggle, I know the frustration, I KNOW, I GET THAT. That's why I want to be a guide because I get it, I want to help from every angle possible.

It's not about justification, it is about noting the differences in people and especially in their development stages. So the longer that you're on the spiritual path, the more you're going to encounter of this, the more people you're going to see that either judge you or... judgement at all is something that is important to let go of as a species but will take time.

So WE ARE sound right to me too but I AM is very very very strong in people's consciousness for a few different reasons, it has to do with certain teachings, it has to do with the rate of evolution, it has to do with the collective perceptions as well due to the first two thing really but mainly what feels right for you is what's right for you and what feels wrong for someone else or off or not resonating is fine, it's fine and you teach what you believe in and you feel is right, you have to always do that, you can't be teaching what doesn't feel right or resonate for you but what that means is that those that come to you and stay with you will be people that resonate with you and that are on that same level or close to it and learning rather than those that are just waking up or that sort of thing. Even then, some of them will come to you, it's not really about what stage that they're at and whether they're going to come to you, I'm not suggesting you're only going to get advanced practitioners for example. You will get different varieties, it's more than that, it's the stage of evolution but it is also the background and what that person understands and what they don't. The language that we use is a big thing when talking about spiritual teachings, so some people are going to be naturally drawn to or naturally repelled by certain language. That's why there are so many different teachers out there so that there can be a teacher for every student, for every seeker.

Amy North through Jocelyn Joy Thomas