3-23. Heaven on Earth is already Real. You never left Heaven. You only dream of being separated from all that Is. Look in your heart and you will find the Way to go Home.
It is a simple error of perception to attempt to propose that Heaven and Earth exist within separate planes of existence. That is simply not True. But it is understandable, as so many of the now incarnate Children of God believe themselves to be exceedingly excoriated by this world of form, so rife with examples of what is “best” or ideas of what “success” should mean, despite the clearly undeniable fact that the vast majority of the denizens of this world will never be able to be “successful” in the manner that this world ascribes - inordinate amounts of financial wealth or outrageous levels of fame. None of these descriptions of success have any reflection within the infinite Kingdom of Heaven, for what are you to bring with you when you leave this world? Will all of your possessions be carried forth unto God as “proof” of your achievements? If you believe this, you are deceived by your ego and held in supplicating thrall, for the ego desires most of all to distance you from your heart. The ego knows that within the quieted and serene center of your heart, all that is of this world is meaningless in every possible manner. What of fame then? Adoration? Vilification or veneration? All meaningless as well, for the admiration of others is not at all relative to what God Knows to be True. You can conform your talents and abilities to a specific subset of marketable traits that have easy and readily accessible reflection within a pattern of very specific parameters that are currently believed to be the most desirable attributes of any particular human, but what does that really entail? Is that all that you are? Are you simply a vehicle for accessing the lowest common denominator of all that is held up as valuable in an individual, or are you the unique and ineffable personage who embodies some, or perhaps none, of the representative expressions that this world currently advocates as being worthy of praise? This is for you to decide, but rest assured that those who have found their center and have fully expressed their own unique Light and perspective have never been overly concerned with the opinions of others. What others think - or refuse to think - of you is not at all relevant for your own peace and contentment. Within this realization is great and abiding Freedom, for you are to be freed from the notion that the opinions and perceptions of others could ever be wholly accurate or directly representative of what and who you are, in Truth. Such conceptualizations engender merely servitude to others, for you will be constantly tied to the feedback you receive, ever desirous of alteration until you fit within a very particular mode of expression that seems the most able to increase your fame and notoriety in this world. But what is gained from this? Are you granted Peace because others admire you? No, but you can convince yourself of this illusion if you wish, and as many have done over so the years. But never accept that this tangential approval of others has any ability to affect your own beliefs of your innate worth. That is the point at which other’s beliefs become adopted and cherished bastions of your own mind, yet you are indebted to and dependent upon their continued infatuation. When it is withdrawn, you are destitute of reflection, no longer praised or recognized, and you will be forced to turn within for your own support. Why bother with this process at all? Are you so determined to be recognized by others that you, as of yet, refused to See yourself, as you already are? You are unique and no other Child of God can ever replace you or become all that you can be. Is not this infinite uniqueness not enough to satisfy you? If it is not, continue to look without, but know that you will never find what you seek outside of yourself, for you were not Created to be a reflection of the love of others that they refuse to give to themselves, instead lauding you as an example of what they believe they cannot be. Look within instead, and with time and concerted practice, including copious levels of discipline - for the ego is a viciously incorrigible taskmaster indeed - you will tear down the barriers of perception that you have cast against Love, finding that you have always been singular and infinitely Connected with your Creation and your Creator. This realization will lead to Experiences that will transcend all material limitations, allowing you to accept that you are already a welcomed and accepted resident of the Kingdom of Heaven. It is not possible to overstress how important it is to accept that voluntarily electing to take up temporary residence within the world of form in no way could sever or distort your ability to perceive the Kingdom of Heaven, for it surrounds you still and you are forever Safe within its protection. All that is of Love is of Heaven, for Heaven is not a place but rather an infinitely vast state of awareness, within which all that is Real is Seen and accepted and all that is illusions is forgotten and released. That is all. Nothing more than this is asked of you - to let go of all that you believed to be restrictive in any manner, so that all that is Eternal will be Remembered and enjoyed. It seems a simple endeavor, truly, but never believe that the Path that you will journey down will necessarily be simple and direct. It can be, certainly, and it is for some. But for most of the Children of God, having spent so much time acquiring and accepting a vast array of illusions in the place of the Truth of their Creation, much effort will be expended to constantly and consistently confront all that arises within their own minds that appears to stand in opposition to the Light of Love. This process will be deeply and intractable individualistic, for all that you have taken up when you chose to forget God will need to be set aside again. Ask not why you believed that you could ever have been separated from God, for it is of no consequence. That you did is certain, for here you are and you find yourself within an existence in a place that seems absolutely destitute of connection in any manner that could extend beyond the limits of physical reality. Yet these barriers of materiality are not Real. They are self-created, by you, and they serve you in the sense that they provide direct evidence of a belief in separation that was never Real. To fell them all, you will need to accept first that you can, and then you will have to continue to step forward, ever increasing your Faith in God and in Love, until such a moment when the last of the walls fall and the Light of Love becomes ever-present and wholly undeniable. From that flicker of time, a subsection of reality so instantaneous that it actually exists within Eternity Itself, you will be Freed. Nothing will be the same, and yet in a strangely converse manner, it will indeed, for nothing will alter save for your perception of all that is Real. The Light will return and you will Know that you were always Home. You will feel this Truth not with your mind, for this transcends all abstraction, being the terra firma of Truth Itself. You will become invested within and lifted up by your own heart, for your heart will Know Love and you will Know that you were always Love, too.