Michael Teachings - Michael On Essence

Michael: On Essence

BY TROY TOLLEY

What Essence Knows

[Michael_Entity] ...It may be assumed that Essence is involved in all activities and experiences and "knows all" while you are incarnated, but this is just not the case. Essence, of course, is involved on all levels, but in many cases "allows" the Personality its own terms for much of its life. The Personality will report or check in or make contact when wanted or needed. This contact can easily be sustained so that Essence is purely manifest, but we rarely see a Personality interested in this except in extreme trauma.

Connection To Essence

[Michael_Entity] As we move into this topic, "creating conscious connection to Essence", we feel it best to have an on-going discovery on your part, a journey of remembering, or a journey of re-connection. You will always "embody" or express Essence, even if only minutely. It is never a matter of "finding" Essence or seeking Essence, it is always about becoming CONSCIOUS of Essence. When you, as Personality, are lacking consciousness in direction or action, feelings, thoughts, etc., you are limiting Essence's expression, but you can never truly limit Essence. You merely limit your personal intimacy with Essence. Essence will freely allow a Personality to run "amok" or fall into fear and pain, though these experiences are ALWAYS as a result of a Personality's decisions. Essence inherently steers a life away from these, but Personality is invaluable to Essence and Essence can never know what "burns" unless at least ONE version of a Personality touches "fire" so to speak. For those experiences, Essence is deeply grateful, even if it, itself, is inclined more toward what the nature of a particular universe is. In this case, your universe is EXPANDING, therefore Essence seeks expansion as well. Expansion is recognized in terms of pleasure, fulfillment, happiness, joy, and love... those things that give Personality pleasure are in synchronicity and alignment with Essence. This is so, regardless of temporary social mores, standards and judgments of the time. As we said, the journey toward enhancing your conscious connection to Essence will be paved with your own realizations, questions, and sharing. In answer to debo and her question: You have addressed a very subtle factor in many Personalities seeking conscious contact with Essence. Having and maintaining contact with Essence is always thought of in terms of something "other than" self; something more extravagant, more magical, more 'something' than the Personality, itself. Therefore, it is many times assumed that contact with Essence must be marked by some kind of initiation, ritual, or euphoric sense of knowing, some complicated/complex passage. This is simply not true, though it certainly can be your decision if you require such meaning for your progress. What helps put things into perspective is that Essence not only CREATED you, as you know it, but also NEEDS you. You are its eyes, its heart, its hands, its feet, its face, and its fantastic world of physical sensation. It is blind without you. It is blind in many ways while dealing with the Physical Plane. As you are, in as many ways, without it. This means Essence listens to you with great depth of compassion, commitment, and interest. While Essence can see your larger contexts, your Agreements, your Karma, and many other factors that are not necessary for you, as Personality, to know, it innocently has no idea how important a good night's sleep is, how important it is for you to be held, or how a bowl of cherries might make your day. You, as Personality, "feed" this information to Essence as you experience it. While some of you "speak" to Essence and continually co-create the life, many of you use your Instinctive Centered years or Instinctive Reviews (individually) for "uploading" or updating your Essence. Many of you may feel you "speak" to Essence to no avail, but we suggest that if you are feeling along these lines, you are not speaking to Essence, you are simply in need of more tangible and physical support. It is valid and important that you seek this out. Essence cannot magically "rescue" you; it is as interested in your panic and plight. You are all capable of making changes in your life that you seek, and you are all capable of reaching out for others. When it appears Essence isn't "listening", try reaching out for or allowing a "spirit in the flesh" into your life. So, in answer to your question or comment, debo, it is usually quite a wonderful experience for a Personality to address its Essence on a daily basis, even if simply in words and thought. It teaches Essence about the more subtle aspects of the life. Otherwise, this is only extracted upon review, or during Instinctive reviews. What we will be working toward in this journey, is a sense of Essence BEING you, not just being spoken to by you.

Personality/Essence Connection

[Michael Entity] You will never be able to "get your personality's consciousness out of the way". Your consciousness IS your Essence connection. The key is in learning to trust your Personality and work with it's thoughts, feelings, and motion. When settling in to "channel" your Essence, you are merely deciding to gather a larger perception. When connected to Essence consciously, it is not necessarily a revelation or a significant shift or breakthrough. The state is so natural some dismiss what has occurred. There will be a shift in energy, and this will be as significant as you require as a mark for your connection. This is your body/Personality's design, not Essence's. The "shift" you speak of is a harmonious, clear mark for you and it works. Many choose this method. There is as much Essence involved in a fistfight as there is in a charismatic guru, when consciousness and choice are aligned. When sitting next in your session to connect more consciously to Essence, simply want to, and it will be. Within that moment, all any of you have to do to remain connected consciously, is to choose consciously. We will define "consciously" here as "with awareness", but there are other ways to define. When every decision you make as Personality is done with consciousness, Essence is present. When you find yourself happy, Essence is present. Whether you are indulging in eating a bucket of ice cream, doing horrific acts of violence, or singly sweetly with a friend, if chosen consciously and with intent, Essence is present. The mark for rejection of Essence, or blocking of Essence can be seen in any sense of contraction in your life, or area of your life. We realize we have moved into a tangent, but we feel it is relevant. Essence can be present, for instance, in your art or creativity alone, but is rejected or blocked in a relationship to a spouse. Essence "backs off" from areas of your life where the Personality has chosen to do things its own way.

The Language of Essence

[Michael_Entity] The Language of Essence is transparent, so to speak. It is relative to the listener. Essence cannot communicate any other way. On the Astral, it is understood that you will never "see" the true Essence you are communicating to, unless you resonate. Otherwise, every Essence sees its version of other Essences that makes the most sense of the energy that is "other". Therefore, while physical, Essence will appear, communicate, behave, in whatever fashion the personality imposes or chooses. This is why we suggest being conscious of what you feel is symbolic of Essence. This will heighten you conscious connection. The idea of Power Animals is a valid means to achieve this. Choosing a number that shows up occasionally on clocks, receipts, etc. This is a valid reminder and connection to Essence. There are multitudes of ways and you may create many paths for these. And then there will finally be the symbolic realization that you can simply BE your Essence, meaning, after you have begun building a foundation of trust and validity as to what your Essence is, you may then simply ACT as Essence.

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