Beautiful Traitor

2011-09-26T08:04:00.000Z

Thoughts 16

2011-07-09T09:07:00.000Z

It is important where one focuses their attention. It takes almost the same energy to make ourselves miserable than it does to make ourselves strong. It is only a matter of personal emphasis. It is our duty to balance the critical nature of our world situation with the joy, wonder, and honour of being alive at this time.

Thoughts 15

2011-07-05T09:06:00.000Z

We should take each step with the knowing that it will count – without doubt or egoism – yet with intent, full personal power, and self-conviction.

Thoughts 14

2011-07-01T09:05:00.000Z

Each of us helps to support, renew, and rekindle the world through our own separate internal dialogues. It would be helpful if we could consolidate our internal narrative into a unifying, cohesive intent. Now that would be something!

Thoughts 13

2011-06-27T09:05:00.000Z

We are entering in a world period of greater responsibility. This is not only in terms of our individual actions but reflects also for each thought, emotion, intention, and energetic expression. Increasingly what we manifest within ourselves becomes a part of the external world. This is why we are encouraged to ‘become the change we wish to see’. We can each participate in manifesting the change we wish to see in the world around us. This is not metaphysical or occult – it is simply how our integral relationship with the world operates. This relationship is becoming more apparent to a growing number of people as more and more individuals awake to the power of change inherent within each person’s mandate of responsibility.

Thoughts 12

2011-06-24T09:04:00.000Z

A shaman once said: ‘A warrior lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, nor by thinking about what he will think when he has finished acting’. Today, agents of change are the new warriors, as hearts in action rather than minds in abstract. Yet this action does not call for a physical demonstration against the incumbent system. Instead, it calls forth an energetic push – a heartfelt impulse – towards an alternative way of being. It is not our aim to be confrontational; rather, it is our aim to be creative.

Thoughts 11

2011-06-22T09:03:00.000Z

An evolving consciousness reflects the understanding that conscious energy is primary, and the need to be aware and open to ideas and impacts of evolutionary and spiritual thinking. The view that consciousness is a primary force/energy in our reality is the key to helping people expand their consciousness and identify with ever more non-local ties and responsibilities.

Thoughts 10

2011-06-19T09:02:00.000Z

Working with what one instinctively feels to be necessary can be different from working with what one thinks to be important. This distinction is subtle yet often crucial.

Thoughts 9

2011-06-16T09:01:00.000Z

It is important that we embrace ideas now so that they may become acceptable mental currency in advance of their actualization.

The mechanism of our own evolution

2011-06-16T07:49:00.000Z

At each stage man has to abandon
the secure, the trusted,
and —for his present moment—
the ultimate.
At each stage he has to struggle
with the denying force of inertia.
He has to surmount a mental obstacle
as once he had to surmount biological obstacles.

If he succeeds, he learns more, understands more,
gets closer and closer to participating.
It may be that he is now required
to confront —and accept—
the mechanism of his own evolution."

Ernest Scott - 'The People of the Secret'

Thoughts 8

2011-06-13T09:01:00.002Z

Don’t make things into issues – make them into targets.

Thoughts 7

2011-03-04T10:08:00.000Z

To believe that we live outside of the world of humanity is nothing other than vanity. We are each of us a part of the world, and we are thus compelled to follow and work with the realm of humanity. This is the hardest path, yet one that should not be forgotten. Change must come through human involvement as well as through other means. Each individual is an agent of change, or has the potential to be.

Thoughts 6

2011-02-26T10:07:00.000Z

To work harmoniously with people, with courtesy, respect, and correct manners, is a prerequisite for any achievement in human development. It is as simple and as hard as that.

Thoughts 5

2011-02-20T10:06:00.000Z

Our greatest obstacles to development are anger and fear. Without first achieving balance within ourselves we will not be equipped to move forward in a harmonious and functional manner. We must always begin with ourselves.

Thoughts 4

2011-02-16T10:05:00.000Z

Many revolutions have been fought in blood for social change; too few have been fought compassionately for inner development.

Thoughts 3

2011-02-12T10:04:00.000Z

Nothing in the world is free: as the aphorism states Take what you want says God – but pay for it! In this life everything must be learned. It is our responsibility to make ourselves open and available to learn, whether de-learning, re-learning, or learning anew.

Thoughts 2

2011-02-07T10:04:00.001Z

The human family is a single organism that connects through the heart. We do not need any secret code or password – we are eligible for our inherent emotional and conscious empowerment by being human.

Thoughts

2011-01-19T09:28:00.000Z

The ability to be functional rests on the type of knowledge we work with. Working with information that is useless will not prepare us for encountering our future needs. We must ensure that each of us has the correct tools, the terms of reference, to be efficient for the participation that is required of us.

Socrates

2010-08-29T16:57:00.000Z

In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom.

One day an acquaintance ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about Diogenes?"

"Wait a moment," Socrates replied, "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."
'Triple filter?" asked the acquaintance.

"That's right," Socrates continued, "Before you talk to me about Diogenes let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man said, "Actually I just heard about it."

"All right," said Socrates, "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about Diogenes something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "You want to tell me something about Diogenes that may be bad, even though you're not certain it's true?"

The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued, "You may still pass the test though, because there is a third filter, the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about Diogenes going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "If what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even useful, why tell it to me or anyone at all?"

The man was bewildered and ashamed.

We Can

2010-07-07T12:36:00.000Z

There is no adverse condition that cannot be righted with the power of intent and the right use of will.

Old Minds, New Minds

2010-07-01T11:14:00.000Z

Old minds think: How do we solve these problems?

New minds think: How do we make happen what we want to happen?

Daniel Quinn

Living Intelligence

2010-05-25T08:15:00.003Z

I heard it said that everything is living information; that consciousness is living intelligence that in-forms all living beings... then I heard that...

this programs our survival. we respond to it instinctively, it drives us and implements strategies and actions to control events that are survival patterns to enable evolutionary growth. people who are able to 'tap into' these streams of information find a greater flow in their lives as they connect the dots and work in harmony with the evolutionary impulse and imperative. There are also those who, having s strong conscious connection with the living intelligence, assist to drive and steer physical and energetic processes in line with the Design. The living intelligence wishes to be known, to come forth into greater presence within the physical program of life. The evolutionary design is to implement this emergence between matter and spirit. Energies have been in preparation to hold the living intelligence within the earth's frequencies. Human bodies too have been gradually influenced in order to hold these energies. There will slowly be a 'turning up' of the earth energies in order to permit the emergence of Living Intelligence. Everything will be affected

The Will

2010-05-18T07:52:00.000Z

She was the younger of the two yet was without a doubt the special one. Her perceptions were almost extra-sensory...older than her youthful years, she walked amongst the world of adults in a slim body. She was searching for something different, set aside from the rest of the monochrome, relentless distractions.

She wanted antiques, and to be near things that had age and oozed experience. She wandered into the evening, pursued by hungry males. She would look after herself perfectly. I looked on, seeing the rabble congregate and follow on.

I would be going my own way; strangely too beguiled by this youth. It was a crossing; no further function between us. In this vague realm we take what we can remember - and do what we have the will to undertake.

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Begin It Now

2010-05-11T16:56:00.000Z

That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then
Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one
that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
raising in one's favour all manner of
unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistances,
which no man could have dreamed would come his way.

Whatever you can do or dream you can -
Begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Begin it now.

Goethe

A Promising Beginning

2010-05-05T13:35:00.001Z

'There are energy spots everywhere; like threads of lemongrass spreading scent as it criss-crosses the lame fields'

'Do you really think so?' she enquired.

'It is not a matter of thinking; nor is it a matter of belief. These things just are - like wind ruffles leaves and worms burrow mud'. She smiled at the answer and cocked her head.

'You speak as if you know what is happening. Tell me: what is our future?'

'I haven't a clue I replied. In truth I am as lost as you'

I never saw her again after that. Perhaps she was disappointed in my truth after such a promising beginning.

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Touch

2010-04-27T13:33:00.000Z

She said: 'Record companies don't want to touch me now. I'm not marketable; I'm too much of a risk'

'What do they know about touch?', I replied. 'Have they ever really touched a person? You have been touched - sincerely, intimately - and you will be touched again.'

She smiled. There was nothing more to say.

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In the Flesh

2010-04-20T21:58:00.000Z

I don't go for anaesthetized environments... like hygenic wards...pitifully scrubbed daily for infections...

I prefer a world of viruses...of dirt, soil, terrain...bacteria... to hold things in my hand... to be physically present so I can touch the face of the speaker if I so desire...

...Not absent...nor absence...nor devoid of Heart...

Give me a bloom of loving flesh so I may enjoy all company...

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Thank you for coming back

2010-04-08T13:01:00.000Z

Thank you for coming back... lost as I was in my revelry. What drinks we drank! What copious drinks we shared! I never thought your sensual sex would remain with me upon waking. Why did you only appear for the dreamer, the ecliptic sleeper? Why did you pursue the etheral flesh of the astral realms?

I asked after you from those whom you knew. You hid behind unnamed locations. Yet the word got back...and you came true to your promise.

The last vision I had was us together at the breakfast table, you pouring out our glasses of champagne. Laughing like crazy lifers, joyous in our esoteric gathering.

Thank you for coming back. Our world misses you...

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A Drama of the Visible and the Invisible

2010-03-29T09:49:00.002Z

‘We do not grasp that we are invisible. We do not realize that we are in a world of invisible people. We do not understand that life, before all other definitions of it, is a drama of the visible and the invisible’ – Maurice Nicoll

Most of the time we do not realize that all our thoughts and actions reverberate in our world, both in the visible and in the invisible aspects. We see only the outer shell, and walk around clumsily. Some of us do not yet have the energy to radiate a presence.

Or do we choose to be invisible; to step to the side of life and work quietly, unnoticed, as the centre stage is fought over by egoists and theatrical performers...

Reflections

2010-02-09T10:52:00.000Z

"'The evolutionary mechanism, carrying us toward this unknown destination, with full awareness of the target to be achieved and full knowledge of all the infinitely complex biological changes necessary to attain this end, must be, as we can readily imagine, guided by a Superintelligence, beyond anything that we can conceive in human terms...it is the only channel open to mankind to know step by step the modes of behaviour and the ways of thought necessary in order to live in consonance with the still hidden evolutionary laws...At the present moment, we are passing through one of those crucial periods in human history when collective breach of the evolutionary canons has attained to such a proportion that catastrophes appear imminent unless the transgression ceases before the saturation point." - Gopi Krishna

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Festive Wishes

2009-12-24T12:27:00.001Z

I wish to send warm greetings to each person during these festive times. And not only for those few days regarded as the Christmas period, but also for each day of 2010.

Step by Step we walk towards our future. May we walk together with sincere hearts, thoughtful minds, and positive consciousness.

FESTIVE GREETINGS TO ALL

Where you are

2009-10-15T16:30:00.002Z

"It does not matter where you are physically located. It is the state of your vibratory frequency, your state of consciousness that matters most"

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Sheer Mystery

2009-09-01T10:53:00.001Z

'The world is all that is encased here: life, death, people, and everything else that surrounds us. The world is incomprehensible. We won't ever understand it; we won't ever unravel its secrets. Thus we must treat the world as it is: a sheer mystery.'

Castaneda - 'The Wheel of Time'

The Future will be Human

2009-06-27T12:19:00.000Z

‘The Future will be Human: Whoever uses machines does all his work like a machine. He who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine, and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. It is not that I do not know of such things; I am ashamed to use them’.

Chuang tzu

Power

2009-06-25T10:27:00.000Z

Power is prevalent in society. It thrives upon the material energies produced. Yet there are degrees of power, and power is just as comfortable within a spiritual domain as is humility. For true power is the power to empower others.

It doesn't dominate - it lifts. It doesn't protect its greed: it patiently awaits until the receiver is able to share it.

The master becomes the servant as power empowers those beneath to raise themselves, and thus continue the Work.

Critical Mass

2009-06-20T08:24:00.000Z

The present recognition of our emergent collective consciousness represents a quantum transformation in human evolution...While much of human consciousness is still caught in a separative, alienated condition, significant numbers of individuals and groups are consciously working toward critical mass. When just the right quantity and quality of catalytic influence is reached, the entire process will be affected.

Taken from Conscious Evolution by Barry McWaters (Evolutionary Press, 1982).

The movement has been growing for some time. As McWaters said - 'Applications accepted - inquire within!'

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Do You?

2009-06-15T09:13:00.000Z

‘Nanotech, biotech, artificial intelligence, smart cards, embedded chips, smart dust, fragmentation of humans into consumer, patient, voter, worker roles for sorting by government and corporation: all of these together spell the end of the human in ways we can't entirely grasp, much less control. Are we human? Are we bionic free agents? Are we cogs in the machine?’

What do you want?

What do you love?

Do you love?

Welcome to the Machine

SOME FILL WITH EACH GOOD RAIN

2009-05-28T08:21:00.000Z

There are different wells within your heart.
Some fill with each good rain.
Others are far too deep for that.

In one well You have just a few precious cups of water,

That "love" is literally something of yourself,
It can grow as slow as a diamond
If it is lost.

Your love
Should never be offered to the mouth of a
Stranger.

Only to someone
Who has the valor and daring
To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife

Then weave them into a blanket
To protect you.

There are different wells within us,
Some fill with each good rain,

Others are far too deep
For that.

HAFIZ

It's in the Mind

2009-05-04T08:05:00.000Z

A traveller from a large city was surprised to encounter the plague a few miles from the town. He asked the plague "where are you going" and the plague responded "I am going to the big city to kill 5000 people". At that the traveller continued on his way.

Upon his return the traveller once again met the plague as after it had left the town, and he said to the plague "I thought you said you were only going to kill 5000 people, I heard that 50,000 have died". The plague responded "I did only kill 5000 people, the other 45000 died out of fear".

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Choosing One's Seat

2009-04-24T12:20:00.000Z

Consciousness begets consciousness. Just as a fire causes the air molecules near to it to heat up, so does the energy of consciousness radiate out to affect the consciousness of others within a receiving range. This is why ancient spiritual traditions insisted on having the living presence of a guide; and for those who wished to learn it was required that they attend the presence of the guide. This was not merely for verbal and/or physical instruction but more so because the ensuing energies of consciousness could be intentionally directed to a receiving target, whether the target was conscious of it or not. Even today in all spheres of life, people are constantly 'picking' up each other's influence through an interaction of energies of consciousness, despite being unmindful of this process. The early guilds and apprenticeships worked upon the notion of learning the craft by observation, not fully knowing that this was exactly the path used for countless traditions of inner teachings, not solely because observation teaches (which it does) but also because more important transmissions of influence are operative under such conditions of close physical presence. Consciousness begets consciousness. When one enters a rose garden, should they sit next to a rose, or a thornbush? From where does the feeling of beauty come from? Choose one's seat with care.

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To the truth of who we are

2009-04-06T08:43:00.000Z

Everything we do, everything we are, rests on our personal power. If we have enough of it, one word uttered to us might be sufficient to change the course of our lives. But if we don't have enough personal power, the most magnificent piece of wisdom can be revealed to us and that revelation won't make a damn bit of difference.

Carlos Castaneda

Humankind is being led along an evolving course,
through this migration of intelligences,
and though we seem to be sleeping,
there is an inner wakefulness
that directs the dream,
and that will eventually startle us back
to the truth of who we are.
Rumi

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Todo los que hacemos, todo lo que somos, se basa en nuestro poder personal. Si tenemos bastante, el mundo entero debe ser suficiente para nosotros para cambiar el curso de nuestras vidas. Pero si no tenemos bastante poder personal, la mas importante parte de la sabiduría nos puede ser revelada y esa revelación no causará un maldito pedazo de diferencia.

Carlos Castaneda

La Humanidad está siendo conducida a lo largo del curso de la evolución,
a través de la migración de inteligencias,
y aunque sintamos que estamos durmiendo,
existe un estado de vigilia interno
que va directamente al sueño
y que a veces nos sobresaltará por la espalda
hacia la Verdad de quienes somos.
Rumi

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The Genie

2009-03-30T18:46:00.002Z

A fisherman caught in his net a copper bottle with a lead cap. The bottle contained a powerful genie. The genie, once released, said to the fisherman:
- 'Ask for three wishes and I will give them to you. Which is your first wish?'
- 'I would like you to make me intelligent enough to make a perfect choice of the other two wishes', said the fisherman.
- 'Done', said the genie. 'Now, which are your other two wishes?'

The fisherman reflected for a moment and said:
- 'Thank you. I don't have wishes anymore.'

______________________________

Un pescador cogió en su red una botella de cobre con el tapón de plomo. La botella contenía un genio todopoderoso. El genio, una vez liberado, le dijo al pescador:
- Pide tres deseos y yo te los daré. ¿Cuál es tu primer deseo?
- Me gustaría que me hicieras lo bastante inteligente como para hacer una elección perfecta de los otros dos deseos - dijo el pescador.
- Hecho - dijo el genio - ahora, ¿cuáles son tus otros dos deseos?
El pescador reflexionó un momento y dijo:
- Gracias. No tengo más deseos.

No Pill Required

2009-03-20T08:42:00.000Z

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal was titled 'There's No Pill for This Kind of Depression'; in this article the author noted a rising pandemic of fear within the minds of ordinary people. Yet it was not only about the economy. It was something more:

the economy isn't the only reason for our unease. There's more to it. People sense something slipping away, a world receding, not only an economic one but a world of old structures, old ways and assumptions. People don't talk about this much because it's too big...

...So where does that leave us? The writer and philosopher Laurens van der Post, in his memoir of his friendship with Carl Jung, said, "We live not only our own lives but, whether we know it or not, also the life of our time." We are actors in a moment of history, taking part in it, moving it this way or that as we move forward or back. The moment we are living now is a strange one, a disquieting one, a time that seems full of endings.
Too bad there's no pill for that.

Perceptive comments for a mainstream media. Yes, we are living a time now that is full of endings... yet we don't need a pill: what is required is for new facilities of perception to emerge. We need a 'new mind for a new world'. The glasses we used to wear are out of focus; we need to return them to the case, and lock the lid. They won't serve us any more...

A Writer in Andalusia

2009-03-09T21:21:00.006Z

The front door of the house looks anonymous - just a small door at the end of a small narrow street. Opening the front door you step into the cool patio area... where there is silence and plants and the hopeful spray of sunlight... the visitor is welcomed....

The first door you come to on the left is where the writer in Andalusia (WiA) has his habitation... should you enter in - to peer? to disturb? to wonder? Instead, the visitor glances around this secluded courtyard....

Across they see the only other habitation - a second house which stands empty and deserted. In the middle a small lemon tree waits to bud... waits to seed new lemons to hang from its branches... the visitor casts a glance again...

...the solitary chair looks deserted too... the sitter scared away perhaps? the WiA hitting a mental block that catalyzes disappearance? Look more...

The courtyard shows traces of a presence..... so the visitor peeks through the door of the little house... and sees the stairs leading up.....

...yet feeling uninvited the visitor leaves the prying and returns outside... and wanders down some strange steps that lead away from the courtyard and into a cave tunnel... where could they possibly go...?

...Follow the sunlight and the tunnel emerges out into.... an inviting terrace.... a hidden gem away from all expectations....

Looking around the visitor sees it is a perfect place for seclusion.... a writer's retreat high up on the cliffside.... hugging the cliff wall and looking out onto the Andalusian landscape...

...from every angle the distance melts away and makes the visitor wonder what the hills know... what Nature knows... and the mind begins to wander too...

...The rocks fall far below... there is no way forward.. only retreat... is this the place where one should hide out? Can the rocks keep secrets?....

And somewhere.... amidst the ominous silence, thoughts are wrangled day and night... and energies are never left to disperse like orphans... as each bit of tender energy is directed towards its destination... there is Work to be done....

Arrival in Andalusia

2009-02-25T19:33:00.004Z

Monday 23rd February 20.30 - I walked out of the 'Arrivals' hall of Jerez airport and into a starry Andalusian evening. I was carrying 2 bags. One baggage of 15kg that contained my few clothes; and a 10kg hand-luggage that contained this laptop I now write upon, and a few books. Inside my jacket pocket was a Western Digital 250GB portable hard-drive.

By 21.30 I had arrived at my destination. A hilltop 'Blanco Pueblo' (white town) that dot the Andalusian landscape from Cadiz to Costa la Luz. It was a warmish barmy evening - good for February...

I put my bags down and walked through a cave passage onto the private terrace. Ahead of me was an expanse of landscape; above me the stars sprinkled a clear night sky; below me was a direct 400 metre drop to the dirt and river below. I am literally situated on the edge of a cliff, at the end of a hilltop town...it is tranquil... yet when the wind blows, it howls like a banshee!

Tonight the Levant wind blows... or rather it shrieks around the cliff walls outside... it is now 20.45 and I'm thinking of cooking a little tomato, onion, and garlic. The vegetables here are home grown and the tomatoes are as big as oranges... and the oranges are as big as melons... outside in the courtyard stands a sole lemon tree - soon it will spring into small white flowers; later it will sprout lemons the size of melon-sized oranges...

The new Glenn Campbell album is playing through my laptop speakers...

El futuro es abierto...

Yesterday I wi-fied the house; so I can keep my 'electronic eyes' roaming on the Net-world... as I drink a chilled glass of sherry... This year is the quickening ... changes erupting all around us ... I'm now listening to Andrew Bird's Noble Beast and the wind is howling like a true beast too...yet the Levant is a warm wind... phew!

Everything is possible - I don't know what the future will bring; where I will be, or what I will do once my money runs out... In the meantime, I guess you sometimes need to create movement in order to attract a change in our Universal energies... so they notice you :-)

In all and everything, we should live within each moment and enjoy the adventure. And bless each one of us for being here. We are all a part of something great and wonderful - if only we have to keep reminding ourselves.... I'll remind you if you'll remind me...

Namaste

x

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abracadabra

2009-02-14T10:10:00.001Z

A - B - R - A - C - A - D - A - B - R - A

The term originated from the Aramaic.

The original Aramaic meaning was "I will create, as I say"

Later translations:

"What was said has been done"

"what was said has come to pass"

"I create as I speak"

"I create from Nothingness as I speak"

A - B - R - A - C - A - D - A - B - R - A
A - B - R - A - C - A - D - A - B - R
A - B - R - A - C - A - D - A - B
A - B - R - A - C - A - D - A
A - B - R - A - C - A - D
A - B - R - A - C - A
A - B - R - A - C
A - B - R - A
A - B - R
A - B
A

Some thoughts

2009-02-09T10:10:00.000Z

Here is an extract from the latest 'Wings' posting from Karen Bishop:

The more we evolve, the more things purify and become simpler. Thus, it is very common for us to have only a very few friends or connections as we evolve to the higher states of being. Higher energy creates connections that are more direct and simple, with a simpler purpose. The higher we evolve, the more our shared purpose is simply about love and respect, or perhaps companionship. In the lower dimensions, we may overlap with another because we share a love of bowling, or with another because we share an interest in dogs, or even with another because we may each have a passion for community building.

As we evolve higher and higher, we shed off any lower vibrating energies, and thus, simplicity is the result. Thus, we have fewer and fewer friends and associations until there are enough of us at a certain level of vibrational reality. And the higher we vibrate, the more we dis-connect from relationships that involved support for one another, as we find that not only do we not need supportive energy ourselves, but we no longer wish to give support either, as this state of interaction does not exist in the higher realms. So then, relationships for this purpose may cease to exist as well...
...What are some of the things that may be holding us back from experiencing this energy? Holding onto anger because of the past is one. We were “held hostage” in the lower vibrations for so long because we needed to be around some lower energies in order to bring them up a notch or two. We may have felt misled or used and abused during this time. In order to move ahead, we really need to let go of any resentment. We may also have resentment and anger from any of these situations from our long ago past as well. We are free now and in order to experience this new freedom, it can really help to be free in our thoughts as well.
Too many responsibilities is another scenario that can hold us back. Letting go of as many things as possible in our lives, and making our lives as simple as possible can really help.

Getting out of the system in as many ways possible as another assist. The old system is rapidly falling now, and in addition it really has some entrapment energy as well.

Click here for the complete post

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A Snowy Leicester

2009-02-04T19:39:00.005Z

Snowy indeed... 10cm in one morning... I slipped through the gate in my village, snow in hair, freezing collaterals...

Into the churchyard next to our family house... my G-D it was peaceful: was I the only alive member here...?

I guess I was - nothing/no-one else rocked, jitterbugged, nor popped up... I had the snowy earth to my lonesome wholesome...

So I crept between and betwixt the gravestones like a Dickinsian character... I saw a dove doing a fly-past and a blizzard-tongue licked my inner-ear.... warm soup would be nice; or a warm embrace...

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Necessity

2009-01-19T10:10:00.000Z

New organs of perception come into being as a result of necessity.

Therefore, O man, increase your necessity, so that you may
increase your perception.

Mevlana

The Bridge

2009-01-12T12:05:00.000Z

We can learn to make ourselves available to the Spirit - by being aware of it.

In our everyday 'mundane' lives, we often forget to polish the connection - the bridge - between our self and our Spirit. It is increasingly imperative that this 'link' be cleaned and prepared for us: that's how the light gets in...

The bridge remains, linking both embankments. Yet it is seldom crossed.

In everything we do, it is either for the maintenance of this bridge; or it is for forgetfulness.

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In Memory

2008-12-17T14:20:00.003Z

Keith Strace Wheeler
30th October 1927 - 12th December 2008

In Memory of a blessed 'GodsFather'. Will be missed - but get on yer way you old Trout!

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Everything

2008-12-13T01:09:00.003Z

Everything which we think... can become a reality:

If we think strongly enough. Do we think strongly enough?

Distracted by fantasy masquerading as entertainment and education we stagger astray:

The Pearl of Great Price stands so staggeringly close we are blinded by our own physical presence. Like a burden to ourselves we stand; and wonder why.

Be all that there is: for we are that.

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The Rules of Warriors

2008-12-08T09:03:00.000Z

The Rules of Warriors:

1st Rule - that everything that surrounds us is an unfathomable mystery.

2nd Rule - we must try to unravel these mysteries, but without ever hoping to accomplish this.

3rd Rule - that a warrior, aware of the unfathomable mystery that surrounds him and aware of his duty to try to unravel it, takes his rightful place among mysteries and regards himself as one. Consequently, for a warrior there is no end to the mystery of being, whether being means being a pebble, or an ant, or oneself. That is a warrior's humbleness. One is equal to everything.

Taken from The Eagles Gift

Starving

2008-12-02T08:25:00.000Z

"... People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because it hasn't got the knowledge that would save it, but because nobody will use the knowledge."

Idries Shah, 1975

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Our Actions

2008-11-15T10:58:00.000Z

It was autumn, and the Indians of a remote reservation asked their new Chief if the next winter was going to be cold or mild. Now, he was Indian Chief in a modern society, so he had never learned the old secrets and as he watched the sky, he could not predict what would happen in the next future. Anyway, to be sure, he told his tribe that the winter was going to be cold and that the members of the village would have to collect firewood to be prepared. But, being also a practical leader, after a few days he had an idea: he went to the telephone cabin and called to the National Meteorology Service and asked:

- Is the next winter going to be very cold?
- It seems that the next winter will be cold enough - said the meteorologist in charge.
So, the Chief returned to his people and told them to collect more firewood, to be prepared.

A week later the Chief called again the National Meteorology Service and asked:

- Will it be a very cold winter?
- Yes - said the meteorologist in charge - it is going to be a very cold winter.
The Chief returned again to his people and ordered them to collect all the pieces of firewood they could find.

Two weeks later the Chief called the National Meteorology Service once again:

- Are you absolutely sure that the next winter will be so cold?
- Absolutely, without any doubt - the man answered - it will be one of the coldest winters ever.
- How can you be so sure? - asked the Chief.
And the meteorologist said:
- All you need is to watch the Indians collecting wood like mad!

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A Recent Journey

2008-10-31T14:29:00.008Z

From the twin spires in Delft I looked out over the flat horizontal landscape like the coarse assemblage of some puzzle...a picturesque yet over-regularised scenery...

..the suburban sights morphed into a still potash of silent water against static bridges; a relic of some moment of activity that had been sucked dry into some decadent monograph...

...I pushed through the chimera of reflections, pulling the liquidity of my presence as if I were dream-walking... a state of presence-less... until,

piercing the fractal veil I slipped through the membrane that separated the seconds from each other, and revealed the sight of coloured rays... it was the sunlight...

...and it glared into me like a hungry coyote... we feasted together like carnivore lovers: I wore my shades...

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A change of mind

2008-10-22T09:43:00.000Z

It begins with a change of mind...

All of humanity is feeling unloved, and so are the animals, the plants, and the rocks, as they have been exploited in the chase for the mythical utopia called 'economic expansion'. The dark energy forms that our aggression, anger, fear and resentment have created are the most destructive contribution we have made to the planet's decline. It follows that the best way we can help the Earth-spirit through this period is to replace the darkness with Light. Hence, love, peace and forgiveness must prevail.

David Icke - taken from Truth Vibrations

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Necessity for Change

2008-10-15T11:33:00.003Z

'Everything we do, everything we are, rests on our personal power. If we have enough of it, one word uttered to us might be sufficient to change the course of our lives. But if we don't have enough personal power, the most magnificent piece of wisdom can be revealed to us and that revelation won't make a damn bit of difference.'

From Tales of Power

Thus, the 'secret protects itself' as we are our own protectors. We must increase our necessity for change.

'Lack of Time' - Words of Don Juan

2008-10-08T10:17:00.002Z

Perhaps these words will shed some meaning:

"For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility for being here, in this marvelous world, in this marvelous desert, in this marvelous time. I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while; in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it..."

..."You don't have time, my friend", he said. "That is the misfortune of human beings. None of us has sufficient time, and your continuity has no meaning in this awesome, mysterious world."

Taken from Journey to Ixtlan

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Hafiz speaks

2008-09-18T13:04:00.000Z

Extracts from the pen of Hafiz, the Persian:

You're neither before my eye, nor hidden from view
You don't remember me, but you won't leave my memory.

The face of the Beloved wears neither a veil nor covering
To glimpse it for yourself, just let the dust of the road settle.

The men of reason may be the pointer of the compass of Existence,
But Love knows that in our circle, they are apt to lose their bearings.

Before time was, a ray of your Beauty was breathed into existence
Love woke up; and set the universe alight.

Why, in the tavern of the fire-worshippers, am I held in such esteem?
For what is in my heart: a flame that cannot be extinguished.

Begging at the door of the wine tavern is a marvellous elixir
If you perform this work, you may turn dust into gold.

Do not find fault with the language of the People of the Heart
You, my friend, are no linguist: and the fault lies there.

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A Kiss - The Absolute

2008-09-05T09:50:00.001Z

"I'm not very strong on faith. I'm much more interested in experience than belief. My experience indicates without doubt that there is the embrace of the absolute. You've had it. When you embrace a woman and kiss her lips you forget your name. That's the experience of the absolute."

Leonard Cohen

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Making Agreements With Yourself

2008-08-30T10:56:00.000Z

According to the Toltec wisdom of Mexican shaman Don Miguel Ruiz:

1. Be Impeccable With Your Words.

2. Don't Take Anything Personally.

3. Don't Make Assumptions.

4. Always Do Your Best.

Depending upon how it is used, the word can set you free, or it can enslave you even more than you know. All the magic you possess is based on your word. Your word is pure magic, and misuse of your word is black magic.
If someone is not treating you with love and respect, it is a gift if they walk away from you. If that person doesn't walk away, you will surely endure many years of suffering with him or her...You will only need to trust yourself to make responsible choices. You are never responsible for the actions of others; you are only responsible for you.
We make all sorts of assumptions because we do not have the courage to ask questions.
There is no time to miss anyone or anything because you are alive. Not enjoying what is happening right now is living in the past and only being half alive. This leads to self-pity, suffering, and tears.

This tells us we have a choice - a choice in how we perceive and dream our world. We all must make this choice to establish how our destiny will play out.

The Dream of the Planet

2008-08-24T10:36:00.000Z

What are we dreaming?

In the dream of the planet it is normal for humans to suffer, to live in fear, and to create emotional dramas. The outside dream is not a pleasant dream...The personal dream of humans will vary, but globally it is mostly a nightmare...It may exist at different levels in different countries around the world, but fear is controlling the outside dream.

That is why humans resist life. To be alive is the biggest fear humans have. Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.

Extracts from The Four Agreements

What do you dream?

Wise Words 2

2008-08-19T11:32:00.000Z

Some more sayings of Idries Shah:

KNOWLEDGE AND POWER: ‘Knowledge is power, they say. But if only power were knowledge, that would be something worth thinking about’

WORDS AND THOUGHT: ‘Words are an aspect of the attempted communication of thought. They are not thought. When we see words described as ‘thoughts’, we should make sure that we know this distinction’

SAYING A THING: ‘It is not important to have said a thing first, or best – or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion’

COMMUNICATION: ‘For a long time now people have been claiming that what is wrong with society is that there is a failure of communication. Many of these have had nothing to communicate other than the assertion that they cannot communicate. They have communicated this effectively enough’

DROWNING: ‘To drown in treacle is just as unpleasant as to drown in mud. People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all’

Wise Words 1

2008-08-14T11:26:00.002Z

Here are some sayings of Idries Shah:

TRUTH: ‘From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: ‘Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment’

COMMON KNOWLEDGE: ‘The more you look at ‘common knowledge’, the more you realise that it is more likely to be common than it is to be knowledge. No real knowledge is common’

SOCIETY: ‘You say that this society will come to an end, because societies always have done so. I wonder whether they have ended because they were not really societies at all’
BOOKS AND DONKEYS: ‘Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise’

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: ‘One of the big differences between questions and answers is that, a question may be asked at almost any time and place, but its answer may come at a special time and place’

We are but dust, unless...

2008-08-09T10:50:00.000Z

i) Above all, we may acknowledge, for once and for all, that we are but dust, unless we are living in Love. This helps one to deal with sorrows that inevitably visit our lives. We are not supposed to be in control, or perfect, or any particular thing, but just those who continue to love, through whatever confusion there is. Sheer persistence in faith, regardless of the illusion, is the key to many blessings.

ii) Patience cannot be overvalued in the spiritual journey.

Words of Carla L. Rueckert

Thoughts of These Times

2008-08-04T10:30:00.000Z

'The evolution of man is the evolution of consciousness and 'consciousness' cannot evolce unconsciously' G.I. Gurdjieff

'Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken' Frank Herbert

These times give us the opportunity to learn and grow: to re-assess life priorities: life; love; goals; self-evolution. Nothing can be achieved while in a state of sleep. We are the drivers of our own change. From changing ourselves we change how we see and act in the world - and this changes how the world and people act towards us and themselves.

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The Water Rat

2008-07-25T13:37:00.002Z

This is my Chinese sign - The Water Rat:

This intuitive, adventurous rat likes to travel, but once it finds a safe haven, it will settle and won’t be shifted. The water RAT is creative, enjoys literature and is a good diplomat

Is this me??

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Illumination

2008-07-01T08:56:00.001Z

- Where should I seek the illumination?

- Here

- And when will it take place?

- It is taking place right now

- Then, why don't I feel it?

- Because you don't look

- And to what should I pay attention?

- To nothing. Simply watch

- Watch what?

- Anything on which your eyes settle

- And should I watch in a special manner?

- No. It's enough if you watch normally

- But don't I always watch normally?

- No

- What the devil?

- Because to watch you must be here, and you are very seldom here.

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High Knowledge

2008-06-13T12:37:00.000Z

ANIS was asked:

What is Sufism?

He said: 'Sufism is that which succeeds in bringing to man the High Knowledge'

But if I apply the traditional methods handed down by the Masters, is that not Sufism?

'It is not Sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm.

So Sufism does change?

'People change and needs change. So what was Sufism once is Sufism no more. Sufism is the external face of internal knowledge, known as High Knowledge. The inner factor does not change. The whole work, therefore, is the High Knowledge, plus capacity, which produces method. What you are pleased to call Sufism is merely the record of past method.

Tis good the know the difference...

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Have the Courage...know what you truly want to become

2008-06-09T13:23:00.000Z

We are where we are right now to self-realise:

Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

A brief excerpt from the Commencement address at Stanford University by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005 - go here for full speech.

Wisdom

2008-06-01T10:27:00.000Z

SUFIAN said:

The wisdom which is invisible but which sustains is a hundred times better than the appearance of wisdom, for that has itself to be sustained

We are immersed in a matrix of signs, many of them invisible to us. And yet we expend so much energy investing in the appearances we sustain and are sustained by.

Rather than submitting to the stories that enforce our roles - should we not be dreaming into being our new stories, our inner goals?

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How Hungry Are You?

2008-05-26T09:47:00.000Z

The Hungry Wolf

A skinny and hungry wolf, by chance met a well nourished dog. After the salutation, the wolf asked:

- You look so good, where do you come from? What do you eat to be of such a good spirit? I am stronger than you and I starve.

- You would have the same fortune - the dog responded simply - if you wanted to serve my master the way I do it.

- What services are these? - the wolf asked.

- To guard the door and at night defend the house against the thieves.

- Good! I'll do it. I bear rain and snow in the forests leading a miserable life. How much easier it would be to live under a roof and calmly satiate my hunger with abundant food!

- Allright - said the dog - come with me. While they walked, the wolf saw the bare neck of the dog, caused by the chain.

- Tell me, friend - it said - where does that come from?

- That's nothing.

- Please, please tell me.

- When I am too unquiet - the dog replied - they tie me during the day so that I sleep when there is light and I watch when the night arrives. When the twilight comes, I walk wherever I want. They bring the food to me without asking for it, the master gives me the bones from his own table, the servants give me the rests and the sauces which nobody wants anymore. This way, my belly fills up without having to work.

- But if you wish to leave and go wherever you want, do they allow you to do that?

- No, not at all - said the dog.

- Well then - said the wolf - enjoy your goods. I don't want to be king in exchange of my freedom.

Breathing the Web

2008-05-20T09:28:00.000Z

The Chinese Character for Love

Breathing the Web. Here is a simple, yet powerful way of connecting with the Earth Web through breath. Close your eyes for a minute and imagine a sparkling, energetic web connecting the deepest essence of all people in the world. Consider placing your hands over your heart or the center of your chest as you do this. Take a few deep breaths as you open to this image.

Now, while taking a slow, very deep inhale, say to yourself:
Your sacred love flows in to me.

Then slowly exhale fully while thinking and feeling:
My sacred love flows out to you.

Taken from 'Connecting with the Web of Love'

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Taking Responsibility for Our Lives

2008-05-14T09:10:00.000Z

It's not what happens to you that matters, it's what you do with it.

W. Mitchell, Inspirational Speaker

Water Music

2008-04-24T08:33:00.003Z

Like water that reflects the light, so too does the cosmos reflect our thoughts.

We are all shimmering, like notes that chime when a bell is struck.

In a symphony of souls, we search for the perfect pitch.

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Our Times

2008-04-08T09:46:00.000Z

In 1948 Krishnamurti wrote that:

You, the individual, are the world problem...because all the other problems are created by your unwillingness to tackle yourself first...

Our minds and hearts must be simple, creative empty, and watchful. Only then can love come into being. Love alone can bring peace to the world, and then will the world know the bliss of the real.

Krishnamurti was talking about objective unconditional love, not mawkish love, as a way of raising the conscience of the individual. Our times require such individual and collective human conscience.

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Each Single Thing

2008-04-04T21:56:00.002Z

Every thought; each action; every heartbeat has an effect upon the cosmos.

The universal field reverberates with each input and presence.

We do not exist alone - rather, we are all-one - this is the universal law: The Law of One.

There is no void: only throw-away words 'pour from the empty into the void'...

yet thoughts remain like markers...

This energetic field we find ourselves in is subtle yet powerful: music and scent; compassion and bewildering. It is and it becomes.

Through all and everything we begin to learn.

These are some thoughts this evening, as the heart beats...

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The Sweetest Fruit

2008-03-12T16:08:00.003Z

A man crossing a field found himself in front of a tiger.
He started to run as the tiger chased after him.
As the man arrived at a cliff he stumbled and fell; yet managed to get a hold onto the roots of a wild vine as he hung over the abyss.
The tiger could smell the man from the cliff's edge, just above him.
Shaking, the man looked downwards where another tiger stood waiting to devour his body.

Two mice, a white one and a black one, began to nibble the vine slowly.
The man saw a bush of appetizing strawberries.
Holding onto the vine with one hand, he took some strawberries with the other.

How sweet was their flavour!

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A Walk Through Paris

2008-03-02T18:09:00.007Z

I strolled through the terrace of Sacre Coeur, past the graffiti etched into the holy walls like desperate calling cards...

And gazed out over the rooftops to the miniature roofs that lay below as if placed by the fingertips of Angels...

Emblems and signs I saw placed around me, signifying some holy and sacred past that now was forgotten or junked into sacrilege.

So I asked the thinking gargoyle of Notre-Dame for advice, as he had watched the denizens of our species for such a long time...He leaned to whisper to me...

And I leaned in close to hear.... and whilst his tongue licked my ear in truths, we laughed like heretics in ribaldry...

Within the Stones

2008-02-21T10:28:00.005Z

I came upon the stone circle of Castlerigg, Cumbria, in the Lake District of the UK...

I said my helloos...

And paid my respects...

And moved on...

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Reality & Self

2008-02-14T15:04:00.004Z

Words from 5 thousand years into our future - they inform the present:

"Sooner or later", she continued, "each of us learns that there are only two great tasks that confront us in each lifetime. There are many missions and life goals, of course, but not all of them can be combined into two primary objectives"...

..."As we pass through life", the kahuna said, "each of us creates the reality in which we live...And each of us is responsible for creating the self that lives in that reality"

From Medicinemaker
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New Attitude

2008-02-08T12:05:00.000Z

How we move is down to how we think. The future is about having the right attitude to reply and respond to changing life conditions.

Attitude determines your Altitude

We cannot fly, no matter how high our heads are to the sky, if we fill our hearts with mud.

Those of you who make the choice to become part of the wholistic transformation of this planet and its inhabitants will lead the way through the transformation of yourselves. Mankind is inspired by example not by words...Your example will be one of living the life of purposeful focus. Each day your intent is to be human becoming for the purpose of mankind becoming and the planet becoming...Take your power and use it with intentional focus to bring balance -'Handbook for the New Paradigm'

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Right Choices - the difference we make

2008-02-04T16:29:00.000Z

Stalking Wolf's vision relates that

If a man could make the right choices, then he could significantly alter the course of the possible future. No man, then, should feel insignificant, for it only takes one man to alter the consciousness of mankind through the Spirit-that-moves-in-all-things. In essence, one thought influences another, then another, until the thought is made manifest throughout all of Creation. It is the same thought, the same force, that causes an entire flock of birds to change course, as the flock then has one mind...

...So, then, do not ask what you can do to affect the life force in a positive way, for the same Spirit that moves within the birds also moves within you. One person, one idea, one thought can turn the flock of society away from the destructive path of modern times. It is not a question as to whether we make a difference, for we all make a difference, each of us in our own way. It is the difference we make that is important.

Differences can be made...
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Moon on the Water

2008-01-20T16:43:00.000Z

Zen Master Dogen writes about the moon reflected upon the water:

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although its light is wide and great, the moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide. The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in dewdrops on the grass, or even in one drop of water.

Enlightenment does not divide you, just at the moon does not break the water. You cannot hinder enlightenment, just as a drop of water does not hinder the moon in the sky. The depth of the drop is the height of the moon. Each reflection, however long or short its duration, manifests the vastness of the dewdrop, and realizes the limitlessness of the moonlight in the sky.

May we also be reflections to others...

Some thoughts on Change...

2008-01-20T15:37:00.000Z

I begin with some words on change... how I feel it is fast upon us...

The world is changed.
I feel it in the water.
I feel it in the earth.
I smell it in the air.
Much that once was, is lost,
for none now live who remember it

Galadriel, Lord of the Rings

And remember that balance and internal harmony is the best bet for great shifts:

Many of us worry about the situation of the world. We don't know when the bombs will explode. We feel that we are on the edge of time. As individuals, we feel helpless, despairing. The situation is so dangerous, injustice is so widespread, the danger is close. In this kind of situation, if we panic, things will only become worse. We need to remain calm, to see clearly. Meditation is to be aware, and to try to help.

Thich Nhat Hanh - Buddhist monk

And so it is for us to shine our own internal lamps...

2008

2008-01-08T20:42:00.000Z

Beautiful-Traitor is happy to be entering 2008 - and expectant of many changes. As we ground our energies and salute our own spirits it is imperative we recognise our own worth.

We have a great future - if we are prepared to awaken towards it. In the words of Rumi:

Search the answer at the same place
where the question comes from.

Onwards...

A Psychokinetic Life

2007-12-22T12:14:00.000Z

How so necessary it is for humankind to 'think correctly' and to transform those thoughts into transformative energies - human life is about living a psychokinetic life...about coming into contact with great forces on levels above us:

We are now too close to each other for the old kind of individualism to be bearable: the interaction is too powerful. What is in front of us is the need to change to an attitude in which we accept that every man has to serve a cosmic purpose, that every life serves for something, not just for its own satisfaction and not for some otherworldly purpose either.

It may be that the future of life as a whole is more important than the future of man, and there may be demiurgic powers whose task it is to see that life is not wantonly dismembered by the human race. If so, those intelligences can certainly find means to keep human wantonness in check and eventually prepare a new race to take our place if we have to be removed from the face of the earth.

It is an integral and essential part of the psychokinetic attitude toward life that we need and can count on help "from Above". Communication with higher worlds is very much dependent on how we are with each other. The act of worship and certain manifestations that are called ritual enable a certain state of energy to be created in which the whole process of transformation is enormously reinforced. These things cannot happen unless there is full confidence between people.

If this new world is going to be based on communities, as I believe it will, the first requirement is that people shouldn't be slaves to their likes and dislikes. If you can get rid of that slavery, a community will always work.

The possibility of realizing our destiny depends upon a force that is not our own and that has its origin on a much higher level than the human. Therefore, everything for us really depends upon the possibility of coming into contact with that great force.

Man didn't come into this world for nothing. Man is an extraordinary achievement that has required long and difficult preparation. This achievement is not complete. It would be quite a considerable cosmic disaster if this experiment with man on this earth were to fail, and for this reason much is being done to prevent this experiment from failing - not because man deserves to survive, but because he is really needed.

Progress in self-perfecting is not automatic, it requires the use of the right methods and the determination to persevere against all discouragements.

All quotations are from 'Needs of a New Age Community' by J.G. Bennett

Thank You J.G. Bennett

More than enough...

2007-12-18T17:31:00.000Z

This is the story of ... The Melon

Traveling, a teacher and his disciple were having a rest. At a certain moment, he took a melon from his saddle bag, he divided it in two and both began to eat it.

While eating, the disciple said:
- My wise teacher, I know that everything you do has a reason. Sharing this melon with me perhaps is a signal that you have something to teach me.

The teacher continued eating in silence.

- By your silence, I understand the hidden question - the disciple insisted - and it must be the following one: the taste which I am experiencing when eating this delicious fruit, where is it: in the melon or my tongue?

The teacher didn't say anything. The disciple, excited, continued:
- And as everything in life has a sense, I think I am close to the answer of this question: the taste is an act of love and interdependence between both, because without the melon there would be no object of pleasure and without the tongue.

- Stop it! - said the teacher - the biggest idiots are those who think they are more intelligent than others and search an interpretation for everything! The melon tastes good, this is more than enough. Let me eat it in peace!

Empowerment

2007-12-01T10:37:00.001Z

I have decided to make available online most of my writings: this includes most of my poetry collections (going back to 1992); 2 novels (the rest will perhaps never be made available!); and my one and only play.

It is not for vanity that I 'release' these writings - it is more for finding them an online home should hardware ultimately fail...

The writings can be found from linking on my homepage site - kingsleydennis.com

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The above image is 'Empowerment' - from Janosh

Truly Important Things

2007-11-29T15:44:00.000Z

Nasrudín began to chat with some friends. One of them, suddenly, asked him about his wife:

- Oh, my wife! - he said - she stays at home.

- What is her occupation? - the others asked.

Nasrudín shrugged his shoulders and said:

Insignificant activities, unimportant things, small things without any transcendence. She takes care of the work at home, takes care of our children and helps them with their homework, goes to the market, does repairs when it is needed, like painting the house and fixing whatever is broken. She takes water out of the well and waters the orchard, also takes care of her ill mother and my mother too; sometimes she visits her sister and helps her out with the children... those kind of things, small things of no importance.

- and what do you do? - someone asked

- Ah friends, I am truly important, of course! I am the one who investigates if God exists.

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The High Road

2007-11-29T14:48:00.000Z

A Long time ago in the small town of Hondo, Texas, there used to live a cowboy nicknamed H.R. One day someone asked him:

“H.R., why do people call you H.R.?”

He replied: “H.R. stands for “High Road”, but people do not understand.”

“They do not understand what?” the other asked.

“Well you see”, said H.R., people want to take the high road because it makes them feel superior. Some people think that the high road is the road less traveled and they believe it will help them avoid roadblocks, road rage and low riders. Some even try the middle road. The fact is that there is no such a thing as a high or low road. Actually, there are no roads at all! We are the high road, and the low road, the only road. That is why I call myself H.R.: “The High Road.”

How Do You Change the Human Brain?

2007-11-25T18:17:00.000Z

I was just listening to an interview with psychologist Christopher Hyatt and his comments were:

'How to educate ourselves....we can throw all manner of things at ourselves yet where does the real work begin?...We cannot educate stupidity - but we can educate ignorance...We have to do the work at a much deeper level'....

I wonder, where does the real work begin...?

Perhaps to change the brain we must first change our minds... and those change in thoughts will produce a finer vibration...

My thoughts are endlessly charging like this, arrows let loose and looking for the alleyways of finer things... I wonder...

The above image is called 'Wisdom' from Janosh

Amen

2007-11-18T11:25:00.000Z

A friend reminded me of what a friend once said, grateful that I am:

For love my friend is not a thing like money
nor can it be a word however sweet
for love is measured not in words of honey
not words, not even deeds but in a heartbeat

and until we meet again may Friendship
hold us in the palm of his hands

Amen

Transformation

2007-11-04T15:58:00.000Z

The very aim of our society seems to be to remove from people responsibility for their lives and acts. The way of transformation must be the exact opposite of this. Whatever else it may lead to, it must make us into free, responsible individuals, able to direct our own lives in accordance with the greatest objective good.

J.G. Bennett - Transformation

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Shems Abode

2007-10-17T18:19:00.000Z

My old audio site 'Shems Abode' has now closed down - somehow,
without me knowing, it disappeared from the Web!

A new audio site has been set-up: this is the new 'Shems Abode'

Also, some of the audio posts can be accessed from the lists
of links here on BT on the right side of this page.

I hope in the future to be adding some new material... once I gain some time...

THE FIVE MONKEYS

2007-10-12T11:06:00.000Z

Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water.

After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result - all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.

Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm! Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked. Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.

After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not?

Because as far as they know that's the way it's always been done around here.

Is that how things will always be done - without change!?

Be The Change

2007-10-02T14:14:00.000Z

God decided to come down to Earth for a quick look at
how his creation was coming along.

He approached Earth and happened to look at a big tree
full of howling monkeys. As He looked down, one of the
monkeys happened to look up and saw him.

The monkey became excited and started to shout:

"I see God.....I see God!"

None of the other monkeys paid any attention. Some thought
the monkey was crazy or perhaps just a religious fanatic.
They went on about their daily lives of collecting food, taking
care of their young, fighting with each other, etc., etc. Not getting
any attention, our monkey decided to try to get attention from God, and said:

"God, Almighty, You are the Beneficent, the Merciful, please help me!"

In an instant, the monkey was transformed into a man living in
his own human community.

Everything changed, except for one thing: the monkey's mind.
The monkey immediately realized *that* could be a problem.

"Well, thank you God, but what about my mind?"
"That, said God, you will have to change yourself."

take this longing

2007-09-25T21:15:00.001Z

take this longing from my tongue
all the lonely things my hands have done.
let me see your beauty broken down
like you would do for one you love.

The three old men

2007-09-18T20:35:00.000Z

A woman left her house and saw three old men with long beards seated in front of her garden.
- I don't know you - she said - but you must be hungry. Please come into my house and eat something.
They asked:
- Is your husband at home?
- No - she said - he is not.
- Then we cannot enter - they said.
On late afternoon, when the husband arrived, she told him what happened.
- Well, tell them I arrived already and invite them to come in.
The woman went outside to invite the men to come into her house.
- The three of us cannot enter a house together - said the old men.
- Why? - she wanted to know.
One of the men pointed towards one of his friends and explained:
- His name is Wealth - he pointed towards the other - his name is Success and my name is Love.

Now go inside and decide with your husband which one of us three you wish to invite into your house.
The woman entered her house and she told her husband what they told her.
The man, very happy, said:
- That's good! If that's the way it is, let's invite Wealth, and have him fill our house with wealth.
His wife did not agree:
- My dear, why don't we invite Success?
Their daughter was listening from the other corner of the house and came running with an idea:
- Wouldn't it better to invite Love? Our home would be full of love then.
- Let's pay attention to our daughter's advice - said the husband to his wife, go outside and invite Love to be our guest.
The wife went outside and asked the three old men:
- Which one of you is Love? Please come and be our guest.
Love stood up and began to walk towards the house. The other two also rose and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success:
- I only invited Love, why are you also coming?
The old men responded together:
- If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have remained outside, but since you invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Wherever there is love, there is also wealth.

If you truely follow your heart, the rest will arrive as well.