Very "umble" Uriah Heep
This is Uriah Heep, an awful character from Charles Dickens' David Copperfield.
He is so hideous in his protests of how umble he is, how unworthy, as if umility were his middle name. He really gives a bad name to what it is to be umble. When it comes to Uriah Heep, you would much rather be proud than umble like him.
Uriah Heep could have been called Uriah Creep. Nobody can stand him. His hand feels cold like a frog. He is so snide and conniving. Meet Uriah Heep, and the last thing you would ever want to be is umble. Everything Uriah Heep says is the opposite of the truth. He is falsely modest. His smug umbleness is infuriating. He gets under your skin. Truly he is one of the worst villains in literature. Give me Iago in Othello any day.
I tremble a little at talking about simple umility -- I mean humility. After Uriah Heep, who consistently, vilely, brags about his own lack of pride, it sounds so conceited. You almost can't talk about humility without sounding vain and/or breaking into laughter. This is where I am now. Nevertheless, I'm going to try.
A recent post in the Heavenletter Spiritual Community Forum brings up the topic of humility. A lovely sincere person loves Heavenletters so much that she carries over some of her gladness and regard onto the receiver of God's messages as if the typist had something to do with the quality of God's words. Hey, this individual Godwriter is just the blind deaf lucky one who receives Heavenletters.
I am duty-bound to set everyone straight.
The person on the forum in response to Heavenletter #3736 Rise Above Yourself wrote:
Thank you, dear Lord, for this humbling and transformative letter from Heaven.This most certainly is a message of pure realisation that we have to be willing to look within and seek change, not look out to demand it. Thank you very very very much. I feel deeply humbled to read this message.
The writer of the comment above is just right. This Heavenletter™, like so many others, is humbling. And it makes us blossom to feel humble. God must mean meek when He says humble. Certainly, it isn't the vain who will inherit the Earth.
Then this dear person added:
Thank you, Gloria, for being a divine channel of God's light.
God in Heavenletters tells us that we are all instruments of God's Divine Light, for we are One with Him. Furthermore, God tells us to watch out about endowing other human beings with the praise that belongs to God. It is not a service to either party. To me, it is cultish.
Jochen, there is a Heavenletter in which God tells us about praising God rather than other human beings. I believe he says something like: "Be not a fan." You are so skilled at finding what God has said and where. Will you find it?
We come back to the fact that there is the same God within each one of us.
There is no knowing how this blessed service of Heavenletters came to me. And there is no one who knows me personally who can figure it out either. It's a mystery. Let's face it. Without God, I happen to be someone handy who knows touch-typing. Thank God and not me.
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I'm not sure, dear one. Could be this:
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You Are Marching Beautifully
Heavenletter #3509 Published on: July 4, 2010
God said:
Are you serving man or God? Are you here to impress man or serve Me? It is so easy to serve Me, and not so easy to please man. Or have you thought that I am hard to please? Or that you are easy?
Even if you are a king or queen and serve your country, you are to serve Me. Perhaps it is not clear what it means to serve Me. Perhaps you think it means giving up something. It does mean giving up selfishness, greed etc. It means giving up lack, neediness, and you do have to chop off the whole head of your ego. You are building the world, not your pulpit on it.
Make friends, not fans.
You do not exalt anyone. You serve everyone. By virtue of your service to Me, you serve all. You do exalt life on Earth. You cannot exalt Me, for I am already top of the line. There is no other God before you than I. Make no idols. Have you made man your idol?
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This is an excellent choice, beloved Jochen. This says it clearly:
"You do not exalt anyone. You serve everyone. By virtue of your service to Me, you serve all...Make no idols. Have you made man your idol?"
I also remember one which says something like: "Do not make someone into a rock star."
I really really looked for the Heavenletter and didn't find it. Of course, it appears that you have a knack!
Thank you so much for helping with this.
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Praise is one thing. Gratitude is another. As long as there is gratitude.
I thank the honey bee that works all it's life to produce a teaspoon of honey, the flower that gives the nectar, everything in between and God the designer of all this beauty.
It is a mystery that God is in all of us and that we are all in God. It is this mystery that is the glue of oneness.
I think I found the letter you were referring to, Gloria. Pump The Love Beloveds! (#1373). This quote from it seems very relevant to this discussion.
"I am the Initiator of Love and the greatest Receiver of Love as well. You send My own love back to Me. Wherever you send it, it comes back to Me. You may think it is the rock star you adore, but, no, it is your adoration for Me. The rock star is merely a symbol, a token that stirs the great love in your heart. You already must know that it is something more than the rock star that you love. It is something within you that you love to have come out. You love your love. You love love. So be it."
I must ask: What is wrong with someone carrying over her gladness and regard for Heavenletters to you, Gloria? You have a choice every day to take this dictation or not take it. This lovely writer, in her comment to you, is thanking you for making the right choice for her in continuing with transcribing Heavenletters. I feel a certain sense of embarrassment in your blog about her comments. I know this embarrassment well in myself and I see it in a lot of others I know, but I think the proper response to her is: “You are welcome, and thank you for your kind expression of appreciation.”
Beloved Chuck, what you say is beautiful. There is a lot of Truth in it. Frankly, I would be invisible if I could. Some dear Heavenreaders have, it seems, an unrealistic picture of me, one I could never live up to. I think it was Emilia who said that she, too, is surprised, as I am, that Heavenletters come to me. I loved that because it feels so real to me. And, hey, I like appreciation as much as anyone.
However, it is one thing for someone to appreciate my typing up the letters and doing whatever else I do for the God I love and the Heavenreaders who love God the same and appreciate His words. Thank me for my typing. Thank me for my constancy. Thank me for writing the blog. Thank me for making myself vulnerable.
When someone thanks me for Heavenletters and God's beautiful words within them, I have to say something. You're right that sometimes I may go overboard. And you are right that many times, it wouldn't hurt me to be gracious and say, as you said above, "You are welcome, and thank you for your kind expression of appreciation."
I would much rather people thank God than me. I like to think that my protests are right for the person and for others who may also read what I write. I like to think that I'm doing that for the sake of the people. I'm aware it's also for myself, but not so much for myself, Chuck.
In terms of serving God as I am able to, there is no choice to make. I am doing what I like to do. I am so grateful for the opportunity.
There was one other thing I wanted to say, and now I've forgotten it!
Chuck, I cannot find the Heavenletter you mention. 1373 gives me a different Heavenletter. I cannot find any Heavenletter with the title Pump the Love, Beloved.
Gloria, dear, I see your point as you explain what you mean. For the record, I think I can speak for all readers of Heavenletters when I say thank you for your constancy of continuing to type these wonderful letters each day. But this is a small thing compared to your willingness to be vulnerable. I thank you for that willingness. I think this is why so many people are so grateful and it sounds like they are misplacing their gratitude which rightfully belongs to God. This willingness to place yourself as a potential target for doubters is a huge thing which I think people are so profoundly grateful for. Like me, I suspect many others would not have the courage to do what you have done. Have you ever wondered if God is grateful for your day to day efforts of producing Heavenletters? I think if you asked Him you would get an earful, and He would be lavish in the expression of His love.
Oops! My bad. I was quoting HL #1573, not 1373 and it is called Pump That Love, Beloved! I thought I was being very careful with both the number and the title and I got them both wrong.
I love you and I love your work,
Chuck
It is "Pump That Love, Beloveds", Heaven #1573.
(The "Searcher" is very fussy. If you enter "The" instead of "That", it'll say: "Never heard of anything like this." If you enter "that" with a small "t", the same. On the other Hand, it can handle single words or combinations of words very well. So if you simply enter "Pump" (upper case!) under "By Title", it will find what you want. If you enter "That Love", you may get more than one result (three in this case), but the one you want will be among them. Just remember that the searcher is case-sensitive and balks at the tiniest writing error, and you will have won a real friend.)
Oops, too late.
Never too late, Jochen! And I learned a lot from you about that Searcher!
Wonderful Heavenletters are being suggested that really do make the point. However, there is another one that I could swear clearly says something like this: "Be not a rock star." It also says in words I don't remember: Don't be the maker of a rock star.
Chuck, not courage, honest. I didn't know what I was doing or what it would entail. At the time, I was filled with ego! I thought it was a way to make a fortune! God must have been laughing!
I don't think anyone would refuse God.
As Jack would say, Love you all.
Gloria
I remember you already had me search for that one almost exactly a year ago. I would love to provide the link here, but I'm afraid the system will swallow my whole post again. Please find the complete discussion – and the solution – under HL #3015.
(If you click my latest forum comment, you will find a link there that takes you to the right place immediately.)
Thank you, Jochen. I am so relieved that you found this:
God said:
My statement...refers to those who forget their place with Me. There are healers, for instance, who like to take credit for the healing. They come to believe that they are the Healer. Now, it is not that I need the credit. It is that the healer needs to give Me credit for his sake and for those who come to him.
I would compare some healers to rock stars, to some rock stars. Rock stars give full value, but when they believe in the adoration of their audiences, they may do a disservice to their adorers. They may encourage the attachment their audience has for them and even take advantage. But, in any case, it is all mirage.
I advise healers, ministers, and so on not to be rock stars.
Jochen, how did you find the quotation?
Now or then?
Okay, most of the time I use the blue searcher in the top right corner. You can ask it to search only Heavenletters or only Heaven News or only Heaven Sutras or only the forums or only a certain forum etc. When I didn't find the "rock star" thing you wanted in Heavenletters, I searched Heaven Sutras for it, and there it was.
Gloria, when I read your words: “I thought it was a way to make a fortune.” This really tickled me! I absolutely love it! But God has the last laugh, here. You were used, hon. God used your ego to launch Heavenletters and He helped you overcome your ego in the process. Talk about a win-win situation! I love everything about this little revelation of yours. I never would have guessed it in my wildest dreams if you hadn’t pointed it out.
The quote from the Heaven Sutras that you include above is a much better clarification of the point I was trying to make. The issue is truly understanding where all good comes from and not becoming attached to the illusion that any given human being is somehow the exclusive or best access to God’s love. I do not see even the slightest hint anywhere on the Heavenletters forums that you believe in the adoration of your audience as described in this quote. You clearly love the compliments of readers and you certainly should. This quote does not apply to you; you do not encourage anyone’s attachment.
Chuck, your comment made me laugh. I was "had" by God. He used me!
Okay, if I say nothing, then, it seems to me, I am going along with it and encouraging it.
I love how you say "understanding where all good comes from and not becoming attached to the illusion that any given human being is somehow the exclusive or best access to God’s love."
3 cheers!