Respect Is Synonymous With Love

[Colleen Etana]

"March 19, 2015 God's Living Bible - The Third Testament - God's New Revelations -
The Gospel of Messiah/Apostle/Healer Rev Colleen Etana -

Respect Is Synonymous With Love

(God With Colleen Etana through The Holy Spirit)

Beloved,

I have some things to say about respect and Moksha (liberation), after having a brief conversation just now that got me reflecting on this.

I used to think that prestige, worldly success and being more knowledgeable than others was to gain the world's, or my friends and colleagues', even God's respect. I thought that was what I needed from them for some reason.

I thought I deserved this from the world for I told myself, "Look how much I do for the world every day! Why am I not getting any respect??? Hmmmmm...."

Now I know that respect doesn't come from others as much as it comes from the Self, from within. And that's what I needed to find, my Self respect. Actually I had to recover it gradually as this is a process and reward for being open to change and working to improve ourselves by letting go of selfishness and focusing on service instead.

This breeds more tolerance, patience, compassion, peace, contentment and love towards all others as well. For I have discovered that we treat others how we treat our Self.

If we are hard on and unforgiving of ourselves, then we will be hard on and unforgiving towards others for example. If we expect perfection from ourselves, then we will unconsciously expect perfection from others and be in a state of continual disappointment and high expectations that no one can ever realistically meet. 

Respect is not to be gained or received from others as much as it is something to practice and give.
For then we are giving to the Self or God in all. It has to do with a higher form of service, a self-less one. 

It is not about gain, prestige or pride, but about tolerance, kindness and good deeds done in the name of Love which comes from God, our Source within. That's how to find one's Self respect with purity of heart and the Blessed Liberation of Humility.

I don't respect people because they seem to know more than I, can quote the Bible word for word, or because they drive a more expensive car and seem more successful in business. That is the kind of respect that the world gives, not as I Give. For I Am not of this world any longer.

I Am able to Love and Respect them because I see past all this illusion to the Soul within that is striving, even if vainly so, for their own self respect and love through worldly success, acceptance and approval, though they are usually not aware of this.

This is known as Soul sleep or an unenlightened state of being. We have all been there and many still are, honor their path and do not throw stones or become impatient with them as this is neither bad nor good, do not judge. Support them by praying for them or sending them Peace and Good Will.

They are seeking their Self which they have lost and become so disconnected to Spirit in this illusive world of confusion, pain, despair and ideas of separation, or even amidst the most outrageous affluence. It is as gaining the world but losing one's Soul.

For example, having alot of money, things, a PhD or a Master's degree from the most prestigious schools is not a sign that means one deserves more respect than any other, though I applaud their determination for education. One can have all the knowledge in the universe but if they have not love or respect for all life, they have nothing and are as spiritually bankrupt.

Wealth has nothing to do with worldly riches, for the Abundance of the Spirit is what we can always carry with us and knows nor sees any lack whatsoever. We neither see nor find any fault in Self or others for we know all eventually discover God within when they are ready. 

Designer clothing does not make one more respectable than someone who wears a pair of trousers with holes in them and dirty t-shirts from either toiling and sweating in hard labor all day to put food on the table or being one of the homeless. I respect immensely those who work so hard to earn a living, yet it is more about the Soul within and showing kindness, not the clothing on the back, status or the money in the bank.

Respect would actually be more appropriate in this for instance, if the rich would help the poor with what they have, as to whom much is given, much is expected. I don't respect that they hoard their wealth while so many people starve and go without.

They must have absolutely no self respect, or respect for God in other words, if you think about it. Again, what we do to others, we do to the Self and therefore unto God. What does this tell you? Their inaction shall also be their karma. Can you give up envying them yet?

A long way home for them to finding that Self respect and Heaven from where I'm standing, though this is not the direction I wish to go in on this thread.

I respect all when we are coming from this place of perfect love, where there is no judgmental interaction between egos and we are sharing of our time, compassion, resources if possible, or whatever we can, when we can, in the spirit of cooperation, appreciation and unity.

Most are not yet aware of how to be in this place, without habitually putting down or shaming another abusively, competing or trying to best them somehow just so they can feel better about themselves which comes from fear. I see this in myself and others which doesn't make it any easier to tolerate bad behavior or excuse it, but I at least can understand why, which makes it alot easier to Forgive, overlook and work to change in myself by diminishing the false ego.

We are all on a journey to find the Self and where the Self and God meet as One.

And when we find this place, called Heaven, we find it is within us, not outside of us and it has been there all along. Isn't that the Gospel Truth which translated means Good News?

When this merging of the Self and God takes place, there is no more 'you' or 'I', there is only God, for God is what we now choose to see. There is nothing left to judge when God meets God as all has been Forgiven. Forgiveness becomes unnecessary when only Oneness remains.

Remember that we are not this body, nor the ego mind that is playing a role or even many roles here. We are not our jobs, homes, ideas, notions, masks, costumes or positions, titles or status and so on.

By the way, our children's deeds and accomplishments are not who we are either, as if the parents deserve all the credit. Leave them their Self respect and take it not from them! Give credit where credit is due, it does not all belong to you.

Everything is God's and in the physical is temporary, so own nothing by 'selling' all these ideas or 'giving all you own away' as is written, call nothing 'mine'. This is a metaphorical meaning, not a literal one. 

Identify with the Soul, not the material world of forms and shapes, looking deeper than you ever have, study your Self and waste no time procrastinating in this life if you truly seek liberation, also known as salvation, right now.

Let go of attachments and desires to these things or ideas and you will save yourself from a world full of illusions and much suffering in so doing. The world shall pass away for us, meaning the body and the lesser ego, but the Soul shall never pass away and therefore Heaven is already Ours for the taking.
 
You must earn your way there through sincere and almost ruthless determination as well as perseverance with your inner work to divest yourselves of the negative ego/mind to enter into and proceed through your own Transformation and Ascension.

I Pray for the liberation of all beings everywhere into Seeing only Souls, this means Seeing only God, which will bring at the very least emotional and mental salvation from bondage. Please receive this.

It is a shift in perception that must take place.

Respect is synonymous with Love. 

And so it is.


AMEN"