Hatonn on Meditation and a Life of Service
Dipping back into the session from yesterday, the point Hatonn makes about the connection between the practice of meditation — which seems so solipsistic and individualistic – and interpersonal service is not a new one. We know that service is at its purest when it flows freely through the instrument rather as a consciously formulated address. The session is notable for other reasons though.
First, the higher self is mentioned not only here but earlier in the archive, another presaging of Ra. There’s nothing Hatonn says that conflicts with their teachers’ philosophy, although I would say there’s more poignance to Ra’s thoughts on the higher self given they are the sixth density social memory complex from which at least two of the three involved in the contact originated.
Also, isn’t it strange those of Hatonn don’t speak of contact with the higher self as the same kind of contact as that with their complex? Meditation is fundamentally distinct than channeling, and contact with the higher self is nearly the same as speaking of making contact with some unconscious element of your psyche. The distinctions break down easily, but what I find interesting is the hierarchical structuring of these layers of consciousness in the Creator that comprise the mind/body/spirit complex, the social memory complex, and who knows how many other complexes out there of which we might speak?
None of this distinction is important in meditation. We are tuning into a broader, deeper, more all-encompassing concept of identity, and then stepping that vibration down to the human level as a matter of love, of creativity, of downright artistic expression. And if the higher self is involved in that artistry, let us seek to cooperate in service of a higher goal. If you’re interested in these early observations of Confederation philosophy concepts, I encourage you to read the entire session.
Questioner: I have another question. You indicated to meditate, to having contact with your higher self. I sometimes feel that meditation is such a waste of time when we could be helping others during this time than just sitting there trying to contact your higher self or whatever. Would it not be better to be of service, as in, just say, doing to others during all these hours we spend meditating, or is meditation very essential?
Hatonn: We are aware of your question, my sister. Most people upon your plane of existence do not spend hours in meditation, nor do they spend hours in service. The meditation is advisable to all persons due to the fact that it is in meditation that you are made aware of your true relationship to the Creator and the creation. It is in meditation that you become aware that you and your brothers and sisters are one being and to serve them is to serve yourself. Armed with this understanding of service, you may then go forth and serve, given power by the spirit of love which is infinite.
If, on the other hand, you go forth to be of service to others without taking on the aspect of the spirit of love which is infinite, your ability to be of good cheer in your service will diminish and fail. For that which was given to your personality in this chemical illusion is limited. The only way that you can always be of service is to continually restore your understanding of the holiness of the ground whereon you walk through contemplation of that which is divine.
You must understand that in meditation you are not trying to contact anything. The idea in meditation is one wherein you realize that you are. Not who you are, not where you are, but that you are. That you are aware, that you are in the eternal present. When you feel this you will feel a sweetness and a closeness to the Creator that come from breaking through the illusions of space and time and coming into that place where you can simply be who you are. That person is greatly loved by the Creator. And that person can greatly love others.
Thus, we consider meditation quite essential. We also consider that as you meditate and grow in knowledge you then have a responsibility to share what you know with others in whatever path may seem to be open to you. As we have said, the path may be big or small, it may be dramatic or it may be unnoticed. It may be public or quite private, but whatever it is, it will be your intention to give love and be of service in your little corner of the universe.
You see, meditation and a life of service go hand in hand. We do not suggest meditating for hours each day, for such meditation is valuable only to those who have forsaken the world and have determined to make meditation their life. If you wish to do this, this is permissible. But you were, after all, put into this world to use your hands and your mind and your voice for the good of mankind. See to it, therefore, that you see and do and say that which you have come to understand in the silence of meditation.