Initiation (What in the world is the world about?)

A. WHAT AM I?

I Am a privileged invited guest.

B. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME?

I have totally forgotten what I am. I am totally conditioned to feel and act more like a prisoner than a guest.

C. WHERE AM I AND WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF BEING HERE?

I am at a lovely estate called earth and the purpose of being here is to be experiencing freely and finding joy in it.

D. HOW HAVE I BEEN SEING IT?

As a literal place of torment and have felt that I was being attacked from all sides.

E. WHOSE ESTATE IS THIS?

It is the estate of the Host, who is God, Spirit, or Father. He is the one who invited me here.

F. WHO OWNS EVERYTHING HERE?

The host owns everything. He invites me to use some of the things when we arrived, such as a house, car, clothing, a body. We had nothing when we arrived and were given the privilege of using so much of what is here. We can take nothing when we leave.

G. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

A lot of interesting games are going on here. They are designed to enlighten the players -- business, marriage, traffic, self-improvement, education, trying to get rich, etc. The games all have rules and are very necessary. However, the players do not know that they are playing games, taking everything seriously. It is as though they were all playing the game of "Pin the Tail on the Donkey", all being blindfolded. Each is afraid that someone will get the prize before he does.

H. WHAT HAVE I BELIEVED IS IS GOING ON HERE?

I have believed there was a great struggle to compete with another, to survive, and to drive off all the enemies.

I. WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING?

 I have been behaving as though I had to straighten the whole thing out and have not accepted the reality of the Host. So I have been trying to rebuild the whole party and even trying to become the Host, since I did not recognize or suspect there was a Host. I have been seeing it as a chaotic royal
mess and wondering what I was going to do to clean it up.

J. WHAT CAN I DO?

 I can understand myself and the estate or world in which I live and see the beauty, balance and  purpose of everything and thereby begin to really appreciate and then to love the Host.

K. WHO CAN I DO ANYTHING FOR?

The only one I can do anything for is the Host. Never again need I go out do things for the other guests, or even for myself. Fatigue is the price we pay for doing things for the wrong reason.

L. DO I FEEL REQUIRED TO DO FOR THE HOST OR DO I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE?

The Host says, "Would you mind?" He does not say "You have to" or you "ought to". It is then He will accept as a companion and may visit us from time to time, which is very worthwhile. Doing things for the Host is such a privilege because we do it freely.