Council of Light Channeled through Diana Henderson September 11, 2001, 10 p.m. (Day of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon)

The Council of Nine, the Council of the Light is with you. And our vessel asks, "But which of you is it who comes to speak?" And the answer is that all are needed and that all speak. And that I, Metatron, sit at its center, but that also the energies of Jesus and the energies of Michael and the energies of Quan Yin and Mary and the energies of Melchizedek and of the high level guides and the guardian angels of this one also contribute. But know that the Council tonight comes through together, full, as one, indistinguishable from one and another, for the energies of all are needed here, the feminine and the masculine in harmony and presence. And the energies may feel somewhat overwhelming and very large, but we can all be channeled fully and in harmony now as this body has assimilated the energies and the oneness....

Find a place of stillness within you, a place untouched by anger, a place untouched by fear and by grief. Find a place of calm and quiet, and let that place grow. And it may grow very slowly, subtlely, gently. Let that place of calm begin to expand gradually throughout your psyche, throughout your body, throughout your energetic self and your spirit. For it is quiet that you seek. Solace is found in the calm, in the quiet places. And into that calm, quiet place, accept now the Light and the Love and the Oneness that is your birthright as beings of Light walking in the physical world.

From this place of quietude, this place of strength, this place of peace, you may look at those events that have transpired on this day and in the recent past from a different, calmer perspective. Allow yourself to begin to see them as God sees them, to experience them with a sense of Love that is a peaceful, abiding, unconditional Love—a kind of love that knows not anger, a kind of love that is beyond judgment.

From this place, this still and peaceful part of your being, it is time to come to certain understandings. The first of these is that all must be loved, all must be embraced. All that exists, you are connected to. Every soul is your kindred, every object, every stone, every grain of sand, every plant, every drop of water, every atom, every particle. All that is, is your kindred, and when you lash out at anyone or anything, you hereby damage yourself. There can be no sorrow in one without there being sorrow in all. And by the same token, understand also that while everything has an effect on everything else, it goes both ways. And that every moment of joy, every ounce of love you can feel within your being also affects every other particle, every other being, everything in existence. All are parts of the same whole. And if you choose to love the ones who are lashing out, then you affect them. Just as the acts of anger and terror have effects upon the world as a whole, so each act of kindness, gratitude, joy, love has an effect upon the world.

But understand also that the power of the Light is the greatest power within existence, and so your strength of the Light, your oneness with the Light, your ability to accept, to love all that is, expands in a way that is exponential in nature. That is why in the time of violence, in the time of grief, it is most necessary to achieve the place of pure love, for that love shall touch all that exists, shall spread out from you, and you shall watch its effects just as you can watch the effects of the opposite within the world. It is easy to see the effects of anger, of violence, of fear, of intolerance, and perhaps less obvious, more subtle the effects of love, for they go unnoticed and are taken for granted. But take them not for granted; see them; allow them to encompass you, enfold you and expand from you into the world to greater and greater degrees.

And from this place of peace within you, we shall say something which we wish you to understand without fear. That which you have seen today, that which has been manifested so openly, that Darkness, has existed for some time. It is simply more obvious now to many of you as you open your eyes to that which cannot be left unseen. But the progression of fear and darkness began quite some time ago, and you have been amidst this living in blind ignorance. (Some have; others have seen and known but remained quiet.) These are the precursors; these the times of darkness before the great Light, before the Great Shift. And things shall grow darker still perhaps before the Light begins to swell and grow and encompass all. These are the times when you are called upon to stand up for the light.

Look to yourselves now, those of you who seek the Light, who know the Light, who are a part of the Light. Look to yourselves every day, in every moment, to find that which you can do to spread the Light within the world, which will combat the Darkness leaving it weakened, making it smaller, bringing an end to the reign of terror. You must seek within yourselves, within your hearts and your minds—if you will—to find a balance, to display the Light, to channel the Light to open to the Light, to serve the Light in every avenue of your lives. Fight against small-mindedness; fight against intolerance; fight against hatred and anger even in the times when it seems the easiest road to take. And fight against your fears.

How do you fight? You come to the place of quiet, to the place of peace. You invite the Love and the Light of the Divine to reign within you. You offer yourself as a servant to the Light, and you listen and then act according to the voice and the Spirit of the Divine within you. Do not think you haven't the power to hear or to see or to sense or to know that which the Light guides you to do, for you have the power. Each of you who is of the Light has this gift. Simply open to it now within the place of quiet, of peace. Invite the love that is pure and unconditional to pour over you, to pour through you, to guide you, to show you that which is Truth and assist you in following that guidance.

We understand that we ask a great deal; we ask you to release anger in the face of great sorrow. We ask you to let go of fear. We ask you even to love that which is the grief, to love all your feelings and to heal them. You were given feelings so that you might learn the highest vibration of what it is to feel, so that you might learn the lessons that each of these emotions has for you, and so that in time, when you are ready, you may move to a higher level of feeling—one in which all is embraced within the pure and loving light that comes through the divinity within you. The highest expression of yourselves, we invite you to become.

And so in this dark hour, in this place of grief, anger, sadness and fear; we come to you to remind you of your essence, to remind you of the love of the Spirit of the Divine, which, if you are willing, moves through you, changes you and enables you to love all that is without judgment, without attachment, with pure grace. This is your opportunity to stand with the Light, to spread the Light, to learn to love as it was taught unto you and as we love you. And we ask you now to feel that love, to feel it coming from us into and through each of you who hears or reads these words. Feel that love. It is a powerful love. It is the Love, the Grace, the Light of the Divine. Take a few moments now to allow yourself to be enfolded by it and to be filled with it and to be healed.

The energy of the Council poured through me in silence for some time and then departed.

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