I am sensing a sea change in my work and it is hard to describe it, but I shall try. I have been writing to some of you for many years now and I sense that you trust me. Most people have fallen away and only the few remain. It has ever been thus, as there are seasons for everything.

Our country, and the world, for that matter, is turning into an autocracy. The signs are everywhere. We, who have had it so good for so long, will now be facing more and more evil everywhere. When Vernon Howard used the word “evil,” he meant mechanical. To become conscious is the goal of the Work. As Jesus said, “Straight is the way and narrow is the gate and few there be that enter in.”

Ukraine, that glorious free country, has been putting up a brave fight, but the outcome is unknown. The Democrats in the Unite States have also been putting up a good fight, but it is not enough to stop the Republican behemoth that consists of pure evil.

So where does the sea change come in? It comes in when I realize the meaning of the words of Jesus, “Judge not, lest ye shall be judged.” Vernon Howard rebuked evil in his students; that is why he had so few of them. Initially people would visit him and leave in a huff when he insulted them. They had no idea the nature of his rebuke. He represented truth and those that knew that remained.

You see, there is only one consciousness and a house divided against itself cannot stand. If we moan about evil, that is not a rebuke; it is a personal division within ourselves. If we would have peace of mind, we must not divide our consciousness any longer.

Clear insight is allowed, as long as it does not make you hate your brother, for then you are hating yourself.

So where does that leave us? It leaves us with more silence than we know what to do with. If we will but use this silence, it will grow and grow and grow.

Have a blessed weekend. Try not to divide your consciousness and watch what happens.

Vicki Woodyard