tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81076105511393972062024-02-20T20:50:23.654-05:00Empathy in the WorldRobin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-69711045709461735872013-02-01T16:56:00.002-05:002013-02-01T16:56:18.535-05:00Fundamentals of Spiritual Study<br />
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The fundamental aim of spiritual study is to get facts and principles into the Heart’s fertile ground. Ideas must get through habitual and familiar filters; otherwise, the information is diverted from having its full power. It’s not how much you read or hear that counts, but how much you take in and make your own.<br />
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How can you receive knowledge deep in your core so the principles work for you in far higher ways? Here are eight proven methods that work wonders:<br />
1. Write your own book of development. Gather pearls of wisdom as you read, listen to audio programs or attend talks. More importantly, when YOU have an insight, get it down! You’ll find as years go by that the notebook you’ve created is filled with wisdom that has special resonance for YOU.<br />
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2. Contemplate. Picture yourself flying a glider. The tow plane lifts you. Now it’s your time to soar. You pull the connection and you’re on your own. The winds lift you higher and higher.<br />
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The glider is a perfect parallel to the art of contemplation. Focus on a single word, sentence, illustration or experience that matters to you. Put the spotlight of your attention on it. What’s in this idea that isn’t presently seen? What does the experience REALLY mean? Then, let go of the thought. Soar in the silence. It is the silence following the focus that reveals the core. The silence takes you beyond what you already understand. Transcend the word, concept or experience and move from theory to revelation. Soar to a higher level of deep and rich understanding.<br />
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3. Read aloud. Read enthusiastically and with conviction. You may even wish to stand and gesture freely. You can imagine that you are addressing a large and attentive audience, like your own thoughts that now wish to change. Reading silently exercises your intellect, while reading aloud combines both your intellect and your power of speech.<br />
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4. Read with repetition. Take four or five pages from a good book, and read these same pages every day for a week before going on to the next four or five pages. Read them more than once, if you have the time, but at least once a day. Just before going to sleep at night is an ideal time. Something marvelous happens when you do this. Information seeps through old patterns.<br />
I first learned of this method from Og Mandino in his classic book, “The Greatest Salesman in the World. ”The benefits are enormous.<br />
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5. Be a metaphor hunter. This is wonderful fun. Simply be alert to daily life experiences, historical examples or encounters with nature that have a resemblance or connection to a spiritual principle. For example, let’s say you’re on a hike. You observe an old tree that has fallen into a stream. The tree is lodged but the flowing water gradually breaks it away and takes it downstream. You think with delight how the flow of Truth clears away old thinking that no longer serves your Heart.<br />
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Again, it all comes down to what you plant in your Heart. The same experience happens to two people. One seizes the experience and plants the lesson deep within, the other let’s it just bounce off the old and familiar mental patterns.<br />
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6. Express the knowledge you gather. See yourself as a conduit of information, like a lake that stays pure by taking in fresh water on one side and releasing it on the other. Refuse to be a stagnant pond! Find ways in harmony with your talents and interests to live and express what you learn, even though you may sometimes be criticized. Write, speak, paint, dance, start businesses, raise healthy children. These are all ways to express spiritual knowledge in action.<br />
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7. Transform your automobile into a rolling cosmic university. So much good information is now available on audio CD. Drive time on the less crowded open roads is a great place to absorb these treasures. It doesn’t all have to be spiritually focused material. Helpful ideas can be found in programs on efficiency and vocabulary, for example. In all your listening, however, don’t forget the enlightening value of a quiet drive as well.<br />
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8. Make the most of group meeting opportunities. A group where sincere men and women meet to delve deeply into life’s great questions can be a powerful venue for collecting more knowledge. Just be aware that not all spiritual and wisdom groups are true and healthy, and some take dreadful wrong turns. More than a few foster dependency to support the endless insecurities of the “leaders.” For example, unhealthy groups pry into people’s affairs. Never forget that your privacy is your sacred right and must never be sacrificed. Just because you participate in a group activity does not mean that you owe them any explanations concerning your private affairs. This prying is a sure sign of a false group.<br />
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With self-reliance, what is best and true for you has an amazing way of finding you. Groups are temporary vehicles that can be valuable, but only if there is genuine value in the group.<br />
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Use these eight methods and watch your secret garden bloom in your Heart. You’ll feel joy and cheerfulness reach you at unexpected moments, and more frequently.<br />
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Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-69319809046449852272012-09-26T18:42:00.000-04:002012-09-26T18:42:57.162-04:00A Role of Emotions<br />
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It's not surprising that many of us believe emotion is somehow antagonistic to thinking. The notion that the best thinking occurs in the cool clear light of reason, high above the distraction and messiness of emotion. It has influenced our culture in this way, particularly in the area of education.<br />
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People make distinctions between thought and emotion in the same way they make distinctions between the mind and body. However, despite our deeply ingrained assumptions, these distinctions don't actually exist. Body, thought and emotion are intimately bound together, and function as a whole unit to enrich our knowing. And research is helping to explain how and why rich emotional development is essential for understanding relationships, rational thought, imagination, creativity and even the health of the body.<br />
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All of our emotional/cognitive processing appears to be biochemical. How we feel about a situation triggers specific neurotransmitters. Objectively speaking, to the mind/body, every experience is simply an event. The way we choose to perceive that event, colored by our emotions, determines our response to it and our potential for learning from it.<br />
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The natural processes of life is now understood to be essential to learning, creative thought, emotions and it's time to consciously bring them back into every aspect of our lives. And realize, as I have, that something this simple and natural can be the source of miracles.<br />
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Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-20627240218348150782012-05-10T15:08:00.002-04:002012-05-10T15:10:57.637-04:00Poetry Emotion: Wendy's Window Opens AgainRelentlessly she tossed<br />
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Waiting for the boy in green<br />
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Still not accepting<br />
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He was nothing but a dream<br />
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Like a rose the moon bloomed<br />
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As the frozen landscape slurred<br />
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A silence same to the houses<br />
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Where the English soundly slept<br />
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But Wendy heard the noise<br />
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As the snow melt sadly wept<br />
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Like a raven in a poem<br />
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Came on her glass a tapping<br />
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She tossed away her covers<br />
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At the window a shadow hunkered<br />
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"Wendy," the shadow whispered,<br />
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"Are you ready to fly?"<br />
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"There is no need whatsoever"<br />
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"To bid your parents a last goodbye."<br />
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"Who are you?" she asked<br />
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"And then I'll ask no more."<br />
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"I am the key," Peter answered.<br />
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"And I am your Door."<br />
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"Let us go to a place,"<br />
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"I never believed in Destiny,"<br />
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Copyright 2012 Edward Randall ArriagaRobin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-29811188655013188672012-05-06T16:22:00.000-04:002012-05-06T16:22:01.663-04:00Poetry Emotion: The Lost Boy's Secret Council<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Asking desperate questions why</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">... Their hope she had took</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Though no boundary surrounded them</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Tink took the stage with laughter</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">To watch Peter seal our doom."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"Of what end do you speak?"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"It's the girl Peter seeks."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"He has lost his sense of a place,"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"That Indians and mermaids do share."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"This girl comes to our Neverland,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"From a place that is Neverthere."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Image: Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery</span><br />Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-51414539157829381622012-05-03T13:11:00.000-04:002012-05-03T13:11:24.053-04:00Poetry Emotion: Where The Lost Boys Dwell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">While Tinker smirked with glee</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">"Peter, why have you been leaving?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">"Who is it that you see?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">"I have gone to see a girl."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-41335868984436767932012-04-09T13:06:00.010-04:002012-04-12T15:51:47.181-04:00Poetry Emotion: The Resurrection of Peter Pan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghI7T9NfhgMzrljZRP5mv7mhyphenhyphenX36NnOtTCDbk5jiBmp7231QQbT-4DTqf60e-DWpmhPyoO3FtK8r3vN3jfG2wJ7SmPE_BFhNwogwshJoM6d_BDf81kiWdVVi9a6chRYcqfD66yW761PN0/s1600/thepan.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 331px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729453576605628018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghI7T9NfhgMzrljZRP5mv7mhyphenhyphenX36NnOtTCDbk5jiBmp7231QQbT-4DTqf60e-DWpmhPyoO3FtK8r3vN3jfG2wJ7SmPE_BFhNwogwshJoM6d_BDf81kiWdVVi9a6chRYcqfD66yW761PN0/s400/thepan.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div>He sat cross legged and shivering</div><br /><br /><div>A London winter blowing cruel </div><br /><br /><div>As Tinker spiraled round... and round </div><br /><br /><div>Telling him he was a fool </div><br /><br /><div>She spouted words brashly </div><br /><br /><div>Unleashing her deceit</div><br /><br /><div>He knew a fairy's fury </div><br /><br /><div>And knew the sleeping girl's Belief </div><br /><br /><div>His young heart had no idea </div><br /><br /><div>Of what kept him always true </div><br /><br /><div>But Tinker loved him dearly </div><br /><br /><div>And never told him that she knew </div><br /><br /><div>As Peter watched her sleeping </div><br /><br /><div>The wind grew less cold </div><br /><br /><div>He knew that this girl Wendy </div><br /><br /><div>Would help his youthfulness unfold </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Despite Tink’s best efforts </div><br /><br /><div>He tapped upon the glass </div><br /><br /><div>His knuckles leaving marks </div><br /><br /><div>That for a reason seemed to last </div><br /><br /><div>The girl Wendy stirred softly </div><br /><br /><div>Then awakened like one ordained </div><br /><br /><div>But there was no surprise in her eyes </div><br /><br /><div>Seeing Peter on her pane </div><br /><br /><div>He said, "I can take your hand with certainty </div><br /><br /><div>And fly you to a star </div><br /><br /><div>I’ll take a right and follow it </div><br /><br /><div>To land that isn’t far" </div><br /><br /><div>"I know it’s hard to trust," he said </div><br /><br /><div>One who can truly fly </div><br /><br /><div>But those who are frightened by our wings </div><br /><br /><div>Will never reach the sky"</div><br /><br /><div>Wendy heard the truth </div><br /><br /><div>And did not care if it was a dream </div><br /><br /><div>She thought, If all dreams are like this one </div><br /><br /><div>Then nothing is as it seems</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>As Wendy came to the window </div><br /><br /><div>Tinker swam about Peter's head </div><br /><br /><div>Bickering and wrangling </div><br /><br /><div>Of a decision he would dread </div><br /><br /><div>The fairy's voice meant nothing </div><br /><br /><div>As he watched Wendy's hand </div><br /><br /><div>Flip the latch that would lead his heart </div><br /><br /><div>Into the Promised Land... </div><br /><br /><div>"Who are you, little boy?" </div><br /><br /><div>"With clothes so bizarre?" </div><br /><br /><div>And though it's dark outside, </div><br /><br /><div>"You glow like a star." </div><br /><br /><div>Peter could not help but smile </div><br /><br /><div>The fairy's shine still aglow </div><br /><br /><div>"I am the Pan," he grinned </div><br /><br /><div>"And there's a place you need to know." </div><br /><br /><div>Tinker wheeled in fury </div><br /><br /><div>Scolding him with pride </div><br /><br /><div>Peter whispered, "Tink your breath is wasted," </div><br /><br /><div>"On what I feel inside." </div><br /><br /><div>Wendy took Peter's hand </div><br /><br /><div>Despite her gown and the cold </div><br /><br /><div>"Are you ready?" Peter asked </div><br /><br /><div>"To never grow old?"</div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br />© Copyright 2012 Edward Randall Arriaga</div>*Image by the artwork of Brom all Rights reservedRobin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-37193624679168574792012-02-22T15:30:00.005-05:002012-02-22T15:36:50.047-05:00Poetry Emotion*meditation*<br /><br /><br />Sit still and disengage normal activities.<br />Draw energy from the earth.,<br />Admit power from the heavens.<br />Fertilize the seed within.,<br />Let it sprout into a flower of pure light.<br />And let brightness open the top of your head:<br />Divine light will come pouring in.<br />Your mind is empty,<br />Light seeps into your whole body.<br />Sitting cross-legged, with hands clasped,<br />As if trying to embrace the brilliant flood,<br />Your skin turns transparent.<br />How can a bag of skin hold divine magnitude?<br />Your last vestiges burn away in a torrent of infinity.<br />Only after indeterminate time do you return.<br />Flesh, blood, bones.<br />Were you gone? Or were you never here in the first place?<br />Where is the torrent? It is gone.,<br />You've only closed to it once more.<br />Meditate upon it later.<br /><br /><br />~ Robin AnnRobin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-17784637192327871132012-02-11T09:31:00.003-05:002012-02-11T09:58:02.701-05:00Something SacredSelf Awareness<br /><br />Awareness of our mental selves, our thoughts and feelings, awareness of awareness: We all know exactly what this means, even if none of us can describe it very well.<br /><br />Neuroscience is still far from being able to explain how human self-awareness works, but some general ideas are gradually emerging. A key concept is that we are spectators to our own awareness. The fact that we take in, reflect, and encounter an I-ness is apparently at the core of religious experiences that we call mystical. Western traditions describe a sense of Immanence or Presence., Asian traditions variously describe states of Nirvana, of liberation, of living with the Tao. Albert Einstein underscores its centrality: "The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mystical. It is the source of all true art. He whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as not fully living."<br /><br />Throughout history, this experience has often been interpreted as the apprehension of the Divine within or the luminous Other, and they are actively sought in prayer and thought., Western traditions say that we are aware of a Spirit, that we are comprehended by something much larger, deeper, more valuable, and more enduring than ourselves and the infinite universe.<br /><br />The encounter is truthfully inwardly, intensely personal, and described, if at all, with a halting tongue. In Asian traditions, the religious person seeks in meditation an emptying out, a receptivity, in order to experience an at-one-ness, a spiritual communion with the universe, Enlightenment.<br /><br /><br />So we raise our eyes to the heavens and we ask, Is this Other? Is this God? Is this the Perfection of Understanding? Or are these overwhelmingly powerful mental experiences, with Immanence a particularly intense form of Self-awareness, so that all else can penetrate? How can we tell? And then, does it matter?.. In the end it doesn't matter. All of us are transformed by our own Light. My response is to open myself to its blessing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">* *</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">Poetic Emotion</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">With your beautiful eyes, I see a gentle Light..</div><br /><div align="left">my blind ones could never see., </div><br /><div align="left">One your feet, I bear a burden..</div><br /><div align="left">my lame ones could never bear.</div><br /><div align="left">With your wings, I fly though featherless., </div><br /><div align="left">By your mind I'm lifted ever upward., </div><br /><div align="left">At your whim, I pale or blush, </div><br /><div align="left">cold in the sun, warm in the cold of winter.</div><br /><div align="left">In your desire alone is my desire.,</div><br /><div align="left">my thoughts are forged in your heart,</div><br /><div align="left">my works are breathed in your breath.</div><br /><div align="left">Alone, I am like the moon, itself alone., </div><br /><div align="left">our eyes see it in the heavens..</div><br /><div align="left">only as the sun enlightens it.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">~ Michelangelo 1534</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">Reflection: ~</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">A metaphor my father seemed to like with thoughts on life itself: "Life is a coral reef. We each leave behind the best, the strongest deposit we can, so that the reef can grow. But what's important is the reef."</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">Original of Origin ~</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">Soem extract from reality, all the meaning and guidance and emotional substance that we can, and we bring these responses with us as we set out to chart global paths. And then we come back to our original of origin. Its better to see it all exactly like a tapestry.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">The tapestry maker first strings the warp, - long, strong fibers anchored firmly to the loom, and then interweaves the weft, the patterns, the color, the art. The Epic of Evolution is the warp, destined to endure, commanding our universal gratitude. And then, after that, we are all free to be artists, to render in language and painting and song and dance our ultimate hopes and concerns and understandings of human nature.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">Throughout the ages, the weaving of our weft had been the province of our prophets and gurus and poets and teachers. The texts and art that come to us from these revered ancestors includes about Nature, something that can be absorbed over 'time', appreciated, and founding deep wisdom embedded with abundant opportunities that is offered to experience transcendence and clarity.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"></div>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-79759325156988163232012-02-06T15:39:00.005-05:002012-02-06T15:41:19.725-05:00Accept YourselfAs this begins today truly is perfect in all its unfolding. Observe with an open heart and mind. Listen, watch and stay receptive. Yes with what comes around us, to us but just as importantly what is within us. Observe ourselves, look deeper and all that we observe about ourselves accept and embrace. When we are open and willing to see a situation as it is and not try to place it in a particular interpretation or form we are allowing ourselves to shift not only our perception of what this is but how we respond and act upon it.<br /><br />Take the time to digest and make our choices from a place of mindfulness and receptive to change. I am not speaking on being hesitant or uncertain in any way. It is on relearning how to trust ourselves and our choices by cultivating patience and coming from a place seeing a person, a place, a circumstance as they are. Watch the energies that come and our own as they are and when we do choose we act from a place of fuller understanding, wisdom and insight. This way we can move and act in a way that comes from our integrity and will full confidence.<br /><br /><br />This is especially true with change that we wish to see happen. Think of those areas that you wish to change. Are truly accepting ourselves in every way or do keep ourselves at a distance from what we wish to see change? Observe our actions, our reactions, our thoughts, our perceptions about ourselves.<br /><br />Apart of the essence of this is being able to accept every part of who you are I do mean every part., even the parts that we may not find that acceptable. Approve and embrace who you are right now, in this moment., every aspect and be at peace with yourself even those parts of you that you want to change. The more open you are to accept the more you begin to integrate, adapt, evolve and yes the more you change.<br /><br />You are no longer contending with yourself, arguing, fighting, at odds. You come to place of harmony in that choice you can observe and participate at the same time. Watch what unfolds, continue to give yourself unconditional acceptance and love and that, that Acceptance and Love, will transform every part of you and what magnificent and divine changes will occur.<br /><br />You will be making choices and taking actions that flow from the root and seed of Unconditional Love and that is where everything germinates from. Be patient with yourself, be accepting of yourself and love yourself completely then watch and listen and See just how marvelous you truly are and the way you Shine deeply and brightly. :)Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-30126044620604644762012-02-03T14:49:00.005-05:002012-02-03T14:52:02.005-05:00Believing Is SeeingIntellectual awareness is a function of the solar plexus chakra, where mental ability is developed in a linear direction. Examples of linear thought include the performing of arithmetic and the operating of machinery. In this mode of consciousness, people have learned to develop a rigid discipline of “seeing is believing” in order to find what works and what doesn’t. With holistic awareness, the heart chakra is developed, allowing issues of separation to be resolved and integrated. Holistic awareness means that mind, body & spirit are seen as closely related facets of the human being. This heart-centered awareness is a viewpoint of integration or wholeness which heals the fears and discords that come with solar plexus consciousness.<br /><br />There is a paradox with moving from linear intellect to heart-centered consciousness. While the intellectual phase of consciousness may say that “Seeing is believing,” the holistic phase requires quite the reverse. In holistic consciousness, opposites are often both true as they are seen as opposite sides of the same coin or as polar opposites of the same issue. Awareness that is limited to the intellect is subject to issues of separation; of us versus them, of struggling for resources that are perceived as scarce instead of solving the problem of their scarcity. Holistic awareness includes the idea that consciousness creates realities, that something must be created in consciousness – “believed” – before they can become a reality.<br /><br />So, in holistic consciousness, “Believing is seeing” becomes a statement of truth, even though it is the opposite of “Seeing is believing.” Instead, it adds the understanding that reality is created by consciousness. We are not merely observers of what is. We create what is. Traditionally, people have entered a realm of holistic, heart-centered awareness when they pass on from this life. In the afterlife, their task is to heal the fears and hates of their physical lives and transform them into love and forgiveness, thus integrating themselves with others, rather than feeling separate from them.<br /><br />Today, due to The Shift, more and more people are embracing holistic, heart-centered consciousness while still alive in physical bodies. As the heart is also the gateway to spiritual consciousness, this global movement is producing a revolution in spiritual unfoldment. Spiritual consciousness is flowering in the global consciousness of humanity as The Shift progresses. Today’s pioneers in consciousness are people just like yourself. They are exploring the new territory of unconditional love and experiencing a reunion with their own inner, spiritual connections.<br /><br />The higher aspect of heart-centered consciousness is fully connected to your inner being, or soul. Your inner being is fully connected to the consciousness of the universe and to that which created the universe. Infinite Being is within each of us. We are Infinite Being. The daily focus that we apply to our five senses and their connection to the outside world is just like performing a part in a play. We act out the part of being us, along the general theme of the type of events that we planned for this life.<br /><br />We ride along through the journey of this life, gaining the type of experiences that we planned to gain. When you open up to your heart, and through that, reconnect to your own spiritual source, then you have become a part of the very future of humanity. The Shift is heading towards a world where unconditional love and acceptance is normal, where strife is relegated to the distant past, where the true potential of human beings can express itself in the daily joy of being all that you are.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Owen Waters is the author of The Shift:<br />The Revolution in Human Consciousness, which is available as a downloadable e-book, at:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.infinitebeing.com/ebooks/theshift.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.infinitebeing.com/ebooks/theshift.htm</a>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-11892012766037042742012-01-31T16:55:00.003-05:002012-01-31T17:09:06.004-05:00Wisdom EmotionOn Love<br /><br /><br />A voice cannot carry the tongue and the lips that gave it wings. Alone must it seek the ether. And alone and without his nest shall the eagle fly across the sun.<br /><br />How often have you sailed in my dreams. And now you come in my awakening., Which is my deeper dream. Ready am I to go, and my eagerness with sails full set awaits the wind. And then shall I come to you, a boundless drop to a boundless ocean.<br /><br />For even as love is for your growth so is as it ascends to your height, and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun., So shall it descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.<br /><br />All these shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.<br /><br /><br />Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed., For love is sufficient unto love. And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.<br /><br />Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.<br />But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:<br /><br />To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.<br />To know the pain of too much tenderness.<br />To be wounded by your own understanding of love.,<br />And to bleed willingly and joyfully.<br />To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.,<br />To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy.,<br />To return home at eventide with gratitude.,<br /><br />And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.<br /><br />Love one another, but make not a bond of Love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.<br /><br /><br />Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.<br /><br />And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart.,<br />And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.<br /><br /><br /><br />Copyright 1923 Kahlil Gibran<br />On Love., The Prophet<br />Alfred Knopf Publishing - Random HouseRobin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-61348725965460125392012-01-10T14:52:00.002-05:002012-01-10T14:56:15.780-05:00Do We Have The Power to Heal Ourselves?Just for a moment, forget all we have been taught about evidenced based medicine and the hallowed halls of science today and just ponder for a few moments the possiblity of a world where we might not ever need a physician or healthcare provider or not ever need a doctor to write a prescription for a drug again. Could the ability to heal ourselves be locked in our DNA, like the lizards that lose their tail and grow a new one? Could this ability be lurking somewhere maybe even in what they refer to as ‘junk’ DNA? What about a world where we wouldn’t need to go to the local health food store to purchase an herbal preparation or a homeopathic remedy or have to endure the slings and arrows of all those negative nay-sayer types whom we all know so well who shoot down anything and everything that is deemed unscientific in the world of energy healing. Isn’t it amazing that it usually takes less than 100 years for todays absolute science to become tomorrows nonsense? A hundred years ago blood letting was the state of the art. If we only we had a crystal ball how many could be helped from suffering through treatments offered today that one day will be deemed harmful and even deadly. What if all healing could be done right inside of our own minds but we just don’t have the tools as of yet to know how to do it? Is it possible that it is there right inside of us and we just need to find the keys to unlock its secret door? What could this kind of magical self healing system open up? What would happen to Big Pharma and our current medical system if it was possible for us to heal ourselves? Would it ever even be allowed to exist, as most likely we would be able to access it for free?<br /><br />Let’s explore something that is very much part of the 800-million dollar cost to bring a drug to market today; that little sugar pill known as the ‘placebo.’<br /><br />Newtonian scientists who come from the world of “only matter matters,” find that natural remedies (unless they can stick natural ingredients like fish oil into a patented delivery system or process and make a drug with it) are for the most part described as having a ‘placebo effect.’ The same holds true when scientists look at Homeopathy, and other systems of healing based on an energy meridian system, such as Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). It never fails that we will quickly hear the term ‘placebo effect’ thrown right back at us when these modalities are offered. We can just visualize the ‘usual suspects’ with their hands over their ears muttering ‘la la la’ if we were bold enough to suggest that somebody spend some of their millions on a really big study that could explore our inate ability to heal ourselves, could it ever happen? Probably not, as there has to be something financiallly beneficial for the folks who pay for the study and the doctors who get those lucrative grants to do it! If we could heal ourselves who would make a profit in corporate controlled America where that now famous 1% hold the wealth and power?<br /><br />There is something going on right now that does seem to be shaking up the scientific troops a bit and that is the fact that Big Pharma has done an amazing job of keeping from ‘us,’ just how potent placebos actually are in the world of drug testing! Also just bear in mind that the third leading cause of death in the Western medical model is from allopathic medicine, this is referred to as ‘iatrogenic,’ meaning induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon, or by a medical treatment or diagnostic procedure. Dr. Leape of the Harvard Medical School of Public health has stated brilliantly, “Medicine is a high risk industry, like aviation. But the chance of dying in an aviation accident is one in 2 million, while the risk of dying from a medical accident is one in 200!” Wow, I know of orthopaedic surgeons who tell their hip or knee replacement patients to take a permanent marker and mark which knee or hip is to be replaced in big block letters, so they don’t operate on the wrong leg!<br /><br />While doing a bit of my research, I found it quite compelling to learn that for years these folks in the hallowed halls of Western Medicine have been protecting a dirty little secret weapon called the ‘placebo’ which causes what has been known for many years as the ‘placebo effect.’<br /><br />In Wired Magazine, writer Steve Silberman, wrote an article in August of 2009 entitled, “Placebos Are Getting More Effective, Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why.” This is quite an eye-opening article. I find it amazing to think that Big Pharma has actually been worried about the lowly little placebo for a very long time and I thought it might be interesting to share a bit of it what is happening in order to take a serious look at it.<br /><br />Many people do not even know where the term ‘placebo effect’ comes from. But in truth it can be traced to a little white lie, according to Silberman, who tells the story of an Army nurse during World War II in Italy who was assisting an anesthetist named Henry Beecher, who was caring for our US troops under German bombardment. When their morphine supply had trickled down to nothing, this nurse assured a wounded soldier, that he was getting a shot of a potent painkiller, though her syringe was loaded only with, saline solution (salt water). Amazingly, the bogus injection relieved the soldier’s excruciating pain and kept him from going into shock!<br /><br />Beecher returned ultimately to Harvard and became one of the USA’s leading medical reformers. He was so inspired by the nurse’s clever ruse, that he launched a crusade to promote a method of testing new medicines to find out whether they were truly effective. At the time, the process for testing the efficacy of drugs was not very good. Pharmaceutical companies would simply give volunteers some experimental agent of some sort until the side effects would overcome the presumed benefits. Beecher proposed that if test subjects could be compared to a group that received a placebo (a sugar pill), health officials would finally have an impartial way to determine whether a medicine was actually responsible for making a patient better.<br /><br />The placebo plot thickened; in a 1955 paper entitled “The Powerful Placebo,” which was published in “The Journal of the American Medical Association,” Beecher described how the ‘placebo effect’ had undermined the results of more than a dozen trials by causing improvement that was mistakenly attributed to the drugs being tested. He demonstrated that trial volunteers who got real medication were also subject to placebo effects; the act of taking a pill was itself somehow therapeutic, boosting the curative power of the medicine. Only by subtracting the improvement in a placebo control group could the actual value of the drug be calculated.<br /><br />The article caused a sensation. By 1962, the news of birth defects caused by the drug, Thalidomide, and its tragic consequences were of such monumental proportions, they hit every front page of America’s Newspapers. The only silver lining of this horror story was that it caused Congress to amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, requiring trials to include enhanced safety testing and placebo control groups. Volunteers would be assigned randomly to receive either medicine or a sugar pill, and neither doctor nor patient would know the difference until the trial was over.<br /><br />Beecher’s double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial—or RCT—was enshrined as the gold standard of the emerging pharmaceutical industry. Today, to win FDA approval, a new medication must beat placebo in at least two authenticated trials. The question now can be carefully posed…are they worth the paper they are printed on? Why you might ask? Because, even the color of the pills in these studies is at play; yellow is the best for antidepressants as it is like a little dose of sunshine, red pills provide a stimulating effect and give you a kick in the behind, green and perhaps even blue, add a bit of chill to the pill, and white are more soothing to the gut, particularly as an antacid even if they only contain lactose (milk sugar).<br /><br />It also seems that more pills are better so that if you take your placebo several times a day you get better results and if your pills are embossed with a name brand like Tylenol, the name branding on them seems to make them work better than generic, even if the person offering the tablet to the user, says they are the same! Now how about that? Can we see the power that we each hold in our own belief systems!<br /><br /><br />It is true, that Beecher in fact did help to cure the medical establishment of its own brand of quackery, but it had a really big side effect – it cast the lowly little placebo as the villain in RCTs, and Beecher ended up stigmatizing one of his most important discoveries. The fact that even dummy capsules can kick-start the body’s recovery engine have now become a problem for drug developers to overcome, rather than a phenomenon that could guide doctors toward a better understanding of the healing process of our miraculous bodies and how to drive it most effectively into perhaps healing itself. Where would the ‘big bucks’ be in that?<br /><br />Beecher just didn’t see the handwriting on the wall nor foresee, the explosive growth of the pharmaceutical industry. The blockbuster success of mood enhancing drugs in the ’80s and ’90s beefed up Big Pharma’s resolve to promote pharmaceutical drugs for a growing cache of mental disorders. One might also ask, which comes first the drug or the new disease or the condition to match it? Even Dr. Oz asked this question on National TV. The question however was not answered to anyones satisfaction when his show aired even though he pitted the Big Pharma ‘rep’ against his expert adversary. One can only ask, “whom shall guard the guardians” especially if they have the power to create the disease first and then the drug or vaccine to market as a treatment for it?<br /><br />By attempting to dominate the central nervous system, Big Pharma gambled its future on treating ailments that have turned out to be particularly susceptible to the placebo effect. I’m so worried about their financial future, aren’t you? Excuse my sarcasm but when I see the millions of dollars spent on television commercials of epic proportion designed to make us ask our own doctors to give us the drugs we see advertised as if they are the latest ‘must have’ designer footwear, I get a little upset! But just let us dare to walk into our doctors with a new supplement and see how fast they will shoot that idea down in favor of the drug tested against a placebo. I really have to commend their creativity with the creation and marketing of Lovaza which is really just plain old fish oil with a twist and a huge price tag which medicare covers even for the greedy doctors who seem to be too cheap to buy their own supplements and instead take advantage of the system to get it for free!<br /><br />What about all those clinical trials they wave around, you ask? Remember they don’t have to use the studies that don’t support their drugs, they can use just the ones that do and throw out all the others. It has been said that $100,000 can buy you any outcome ‘they’ want to get from a clinical trial because ‘they’ control whom the drug is tested on and who the placebo is tested on. Since when are any of us the same in a control study group? My cold or flu virus may be a lot different from yours. I might cough and you might have sinus congestion but yet we’d both get the same drug during the test period! And then we might ask, do drugs ever really cure anything or just palliate the symptoms? Remember the days of having a bladder infection and taking the drugs only to have the yeast infection two weeks later and then require another drug for that? We end up chasing symptoms around our body with multiple drugs, which interfere with each other causing more symptoms and so the cycle begins. We just keep palliating these symptoms until something much more catastrophic rears its ugly head..and then we wonder “why me?”<br /><br />Why on Earth could it be that the Big Pharma boys are now so worried about placebo’s? Why is it that these inert sugar pills are suddenly overwhelming what they refer to as promising new drugs (promising only if you don’t listen to or read the side effects) and already established drugs alike? The reasons are only just beginning to be understood. A group of independent research experts have been for some time actually delving into this phenomena and uncovering the inner workings—and potential therapeutic applications—of the placebo effect. Can they patent a sugar pill with a special delivery system? I wonder!<br /><br />You can bet on the fact that some drug makers are realizing they need to fully understand the mechanisms behind it so they can design specific trials that differentiate between any positive effects of their products (if indeed there are any) and our body’s precious ability to heal itself. A special task force was even initiated by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, by the time Silberman had written his article, which began seeking to stem this placebo vs. drug crisis by quietly undertaking one of the most ambitious data-sharing efforts in the history of the drug industry. After decades in the jungles of fringe science, the placebo effect has become, as Silberman states, “the elephant in the boardroom.”<br /><br />Now a new term has been coined and that is known as ‘the placebo response,’ instead of ‘placebo effect.’ By definition, inert sugar pills have no effect, but under the right conditions they can act as a catalyst for the body’s ‘endogenous health care system.’ Like any other internal network, the ‘placebo response’ has limits. It can ease the discomfort of say chemotherapy, but can it stop the growth of a tumor? It also works in reverse to produce the placebo’s evil twin, the ‘nocebo effect.’ What on Earth is a ‘nocebo?” A nocebo works like this; men taking a commonly prescribed prostate drug who were informed that the medication may cause sexual dysfunction were twice as likely to become impotent.<br /><br />There’s more to this tale; everything also depends on the messenger! If a particular doctor was optimistic that something would work it had a better chance of working. No wonder the phrase ‘don’t shoot the messenger’ was coined. Could the diagnosis/prognosis actually be the killer instead of the disease as the body processes its own death sentence?<br /><br />These very same Newtonian (materialistic) scientists we’ve surrendered so much control to, are seeking ways to suppress and keep this information regarding the ‘placebo response’ quiet and unknown to the ‘pill popping’ public who are constantly told that anything outside the mainstream, such as alternative or natural medicine, is bogus. Please do note that they do seem always to be the first to use the argument of the ‘placebo effect’ to take down homeopathy, or even acupuncture and every other form of energy medicine or natural healing that calls upon the body to heal itself or even to nourish it…well of course they would, it’s so simple…homeopathic and/or acupuncture and other natural remedies, even whole food supplements cannot be patented and only that which can be patented makes Big Pharma their fortunes.<br /><br />Western medical doctors and pharmaceutical makers take the approach that the living thing is the victim of its circumstances because it is just a collection of body parts and organ systems which are subject to mechanical breakdowns, like a car, due to circumstances outside the individuals control, maybe with the exception of obesity. Obese patients are always given a load of guilt even though ‘they pushed the so-called ‘pyramid’ diet for far too many years, which in turn pushed empty cereals and grains to the bottom and quality protein and healthy fat to the top! Remember how to fatten cattle? Just feed them lot’s of low fat grain! Turn the food pyramid upside down and actually lose weight in a healthy way because if you don’t they will try to sell you the lap band surgery!<br /><br /><br />Wouldn’t it be amazing to be consciously empowered with the knowledge that if we can get ourselves into a particular state of health we also can have the power to get ourselves out of it? If a sugar pill can work just because the Big Pharma folks in white coats tell people to take it and they will feel better and or get well, AND THEY DO, just think, what we could do for ourselves armed with access to just the right technique or belief system or even the perfect placebo or sugar pill, might we be able in the foreseeable future to heal ourselves? Now that is a healthy thought to ponder!Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-44111001410115618202011-12-22T16:16:00.006-05:002011-12-22T16:34:22.070-05:00Wisdom Emotion<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQO8cyNHGSTKJ1oyyw8Ppmkywe3jjIRYfv6EP1DCQTwhTDCI0OMSCmBiMw3JX1DkdZQMIy12eVCX9Z8IhBEc1wXZKI8EUf0CUpfVwFtcj2lugMGD-c3IAFKCzJ-Fanvp2a8H75EvEQzCc/s1600/light-in-the-dark.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689068630693173186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQO8cyNHGSTKJ1oyyw8Ppmkywe3jjIRYfv6EP1DCQTwhTDCI0OMSCmBiMw3JX1DkdZQMIy12eVCX9Z8IhBEc1wXZKI8EUf0CUpfVwFtcj2lugMGD-c3IAFKCzJ-Fanvp2a8H75EvEQzCc/s400/light-in-the-dark.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Wisdom</div><br /><br /><div>Wisdom, the worker of all things, taught me, for in her is an understanding spirit, holy, one only, manifold, subtle, lively clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt loving the thing that is good, ready to do good, kind to man, steadfast, sure, free from care, having all power, overseeing all things, pure and most subtle.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>For Wisdom is more moving than any motion., she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness. For she is the breath of the power of God, and a clearness from the glory of the Almighty, therefore, can nothing defiled enter into her. For she is the brightness of the everlasting Light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of His goodness.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>And, being but one, Wisdom can do all things, yet remaining in herself, she maketh all things new, and in all ages entering into holy souls. For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all, the order of the stars. Being compared with the Light, she is found before it.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>He that loveth her, loveth life. And they that seek her early, shall be filled with joy. He that holdeth her fast, shall inherit glory, and wheresoever she entereth, the Lord will bless. They that serve her, shall minister to the Holy One, and them that love her, the Lord doth love.</div><br /><div></div>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-44672533614772939582011-12-08T16:25:00.003-05:002011-12-08T16:37:12.286-05:00Poetry EmotionPrince of Peace<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Born in Bethlehem,<br />come out of Egypt.<br />Be called a Nazarene,<br />and be a king with no place<br />to lay His head.<br /><br />He painted no pictures,<br />yet some of the finest painters<br />received their inspiration from Him.<br /><br />He wrote no poetry,<br />yet the world's greatest poets<br />were inspired by Him.<br /><br />He composed no music,<br />yet composers of their highest perfection<br />of symphonies were composed in His praise.<br /><br />Every sphere of human greatness<br />has been enriched by this humble<br />carpenter of Nazareth.<br /><br />In infancy He startled a king,<br />in boyhood He puzzled doctors.<br /><br />In manhood He walked upon the billows,<br />and hushed the sea to sleep.<br /><br />He healed the multitudes without medicine,<br />and made no charge for His services.<br /><br />He never wrote a book,<br />yet not all the libraries of a single country,<br />could hold the books that could be written about Him.<br /><br />He never wrote a song,<br />yet He has furnished the theme,<br />of more songs than all songwriters combined.<br /><br />He never founded a college,<br />yet all the schools together cannot boast,<br />of as many students as He has.<br /><br />Great of many have come and gone,<br />yet He lives on.<br /><br />Death could not destroy Him,<br />the grave could not hold Him.<br /><br />We shall be forever with Him,<br />or without Him.<br /><br />~ ~ ~ ~<br /><br /><br />~ Robin Ann @,~>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-69073482754564842982011-12-01T17:04:00.001-05:002011-12-01T17:05:24.809-05:00The Four YogasEveryone has feelings, so everyone can be on the path of feelings. The same is true for thinking, acting, and being. So, the vision of Yoga is simply that Unity is possible for anyone, starting from wherever you happen to be. Unity is secretly present in every moment in daily life. Nothing can happen to me that is outside the one reality., nothing is wasted or random in the Cosmic design.<br /><br />In the Vedic tradition, each person can choose four paths that arise from feeling, thinking, acting, and being. Each path is called a Yoga, the Sanskrit word for "union," because Unity - merging with one reality - was the goal.<br /><br />Over the ages, the four Yogas have come to define specific paths that suit the kind of temperament a seeker has, although in truth you can follow several or all at once:<br /><br />Bhakti Yoga., leads to Unity by loving God. Karma Yoga., leads to Unity through selfless action. Gyana Yoga., leads to Unity through Knowledge. Raj Yoga., leads to Unity through meditation and renunciation.<br /><br />It's not necessary to think of the four paths as being Eastern. These Yogas were the original seeds, the means that brought Unity within reach. Literally translated, the fourth path, Raj Yoga, means "the royal way to union." What makes it royal is a belief that meditation transcends the other three paths. But the fourth path is also inclusive: By following it you are actually following all four at once. Your meditations go directly to the essence of your being. That essence is what love of God, selfless action, and Knowledge are trying to teach.<br /><br /><br /><br />Adapted from The Book of Secrets, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2004).Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-32729082805233470352011-10-07T10:33:00.003-04:002011-10-07T10:38:32.159-04:00The Dreamers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UuxELj2Yuy4IqPAKoYyRGT7FQglAWduhYeHirWh-QK0hihOSQVuIT-uGLSj0tDAhrJPrLFBo41uOIuXL8fHzt9s7ShkEbc4XNnNvKsGrYrjsm9TI_mb2Z6nNG0Y7MSWYBxpXdY0-Skk/s1600/eyeworld.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UuxELj2Yuy4IqPAKoYyRGT7FQglAWduhYeHirWh-QK0hihOSQVuIT-uGLSj0tDAhrJPrLFBo41uOIuXL8fHzt9s7ShkEbc4XNnNvKsGrYrjsm9TI_mb2Z6nNG0Y7MSWYBxpXdY0-Skk/s400/eyeworld.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660759282358729970" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br />They are the architects of greatness.<br />Their vision lies within their souls.<br />They never see the mirages of Fact, but peer beyond<br />the veils and mists of doubt and pierce<br />the walls of unborn Time.<br /><br />Makers of empire, they have fought for<br />bigger things than crowns and higher<br />seats than thrones.<br /><br />They are the Argonauts, the seekers of the priceless fleece--The Truth.<br />Through all the ages they have heard the voice of destiny call to them from the unknown vasts.<br /><br />Their brains have wrought all human miracles.<br />In lace of stone their spires stab the Old World's skies and<br />with their golden crosses kiss the sun.<br /><br />They are the chosen few the blazers of the way, who never wear a doubt's bandage on their eyes.<br />Who starve and chill and hurt, but hold to courage and<br />to hope, because they know that there is always proof of truth for them who try ~ that only cowardice and lack of faith can keep the seeker from his chosen goal, but if his heart be strong and if he dream enough and dream it hard enough, he can attain, no matter where men failed before.<br /><br />Walls crumble and the empires fall.<br />The tidal wave sweeps from the sea and tears a fortress from its rocks.<br />The rotting nations drop off Time's bough, and only things the dreamers make live on.<br /><br />They are the Eternal Conquerors their vassals are the years.<br /><br />♥ ♥ ♥ ~ Herbert Kaufmam ~ ♥ ♥ ♥<br /><br />Watch your thoughts, they become your words<br />Watch your words, they become your actions<br />Watch your actions, they become your habits<br />Watch your habits, they become your character<br />Watch your character, it becomes your destiny!<br /><br />What is the feeling when you're driving away from people, and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing?<br />It's the too huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye.<br />But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>~ Robin Ann</div>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-36317318635827745012011-09-28T13:57:00.006-04:002011-09-28T14:26:23.095-04:00Paradigm Shift<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikswrMplzeVa14qsGWZHWXc88RWKaAoamJ8dFM-unsw0UTRQN59UPYh4Z4-NY5DrnAaCxUITiVudrdMPQRsmaCUaJGwcGrpNFGYt_d7bevDuXlePyWpYdnlz2MC9g3cLbwYWMQLrVm10w/s1600/Pure_Energy-shift-happens.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18px; " class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;">The lifting veil-consciousness shift - paradigm shift-raising of vibration.. evolution..<br /><br />All these words are symbols, within the quantum world.. all things that come to “be” are an accumulation of energy particles..<br /><br />The physical world.. it is created through the global consciousness of mankind, simply put, all of our human thoughts, and actions make up this physical world, we are of one body, all of our individual energy fields making up this one body of energy.<br /><br />Most of mankind, are not aware of this, they are caught within the dream..<br /><br />This time in our human evolution is a shift in consciousness, we as a race are becoming more conscious. The very vibration of our individual beings are accelerating.. this is taking place due to the fact that the veil that hangs over the global mind of humanity is thinning, its lifting. This means that humans will be and are waking up from the dream.. the dream of separation.. the dream of being a limited separated fleshly human and nothing more..<br /><br />All it takes for a shift in consciousness to take place is for one individual aspect of consciousness to “realign” and it will cause a rippling affect to travel through the entire being of consciousness we are.. an awakening.<br /><br />This shift is being pushed along by seen and unseen agents, we are all a part of this shift.. every thing that is, every thing that was, every thing that will be, all of it together at the same instant.. each thing holding a different frequency.. all of it together as one.. all of it together, causing this shift to occur..<br /><br />As this shift takes hold, the veil will continue to lift. We as a species will be more exposed and influenced by the beings of energy that exist within the fourth dimension. All these “beings” they are composed of energy at their bases as we all are.. not all of these beings though have love in their hearts, they feed off the energy created by human beings. Your every thought and emotion creates an unseen little string, what is being done with this energy If this energy was risen through a human vessel, they would be transformed,.. In consciousness, vibration, then that is reflected within their fleshly experience, including their physical world..<br /><br />Pain, terror,.. either physical or intellectual causes the veil over our individual minds to lift.. pain, it pushes us within ourselves and it is within ourselves that the highest of truth lay, that is why many people experience an awakening of spirit after a near death in their lives or the lose of a loved one., the pain causes a tear in their surrounding veil.. altering the frequency of the subatomic particles that they consist of.. they become more conscious, vibrating on a higher frequency.<br /><br />Pain is only a “bad” thing if we view or perceive it that way., when a woman is pregnant, she experiences pain to birth her child.. the pain a part of pushing the child into this world.. the child too would feel physical and emotional pain as its being pushed through the birthing channel into this physical world, this pain, even though we may not like it.. we understand it and accept it as a gift because through the pain, a new beautiful child is born to us, I have to say here from my own heart that the suffering of humanity., I can not call it a good thing or a beautiful thing., Every moment of every day a child is sexually and physically abused.. right this second, world wide there are millions of people starving.. right this very moment, countless numbers of people are being beaten, killed, abused.. right this moment, there are many women in the world who have no food to feed her children.. all that pain and suffering., I can see that its all leading us to the destination that it is meant to but if we are of one body.. why is so much of our body suffering? I know the answer to this. All things are as they are meant to be., All of it already seen..<br /><br />Pain transforms us. We are beings of energy that create.. our thoughts create.. our emotions fuel for our thoughts.. pain is an intense emotion.. our thoughts during our times of pain have great power.. as the veil lifts and more individuals become more conscious and hold an increased vibration.. they as an individual will experience more and more Synchrodestiny. They will experience their inner thoughts being manifesting faster within their world, the veil lifting causes us to vibrate faster. The faster we vibrate.. the more energy held within our core.. our very cells become magnetized. The faster we vibrate, the faster we can manifest things into our physical experience.<br /><br />We have to guard against being sucked into another persons dream because as the veil lifts and pain, fear and confusion continue to build, many humans will go crazy. We will have to be protected against this., not only physically but energetically.<br /><br />As the veil lifts, more and more people will experience pain., the physical world will be stripped from us.. either that, or we will have to conform to the powers in play around us.<br /><br />This world, it is not our true home.. it is a place of darkness, lies and suffering.<br /><br />As the veil lifts from the 3D world, we will be opened to the fourth dimension. I’m using these terms to draw a picture. The fourth dimension, the spirit world, within this dimension.. there are many beings. Conscious beings.. humans cannot see them most of the time. The veil stops them from seeing them but they are all around us at every moment.<br /><br />This is now the time to become more conscious. To increase our vibrations.. to be weaned from our dependency on the physical world. Because the physical world, it is falling apart. It is meant to. The downfall of this world will create such pain and chaos that humans will either have to adapt or they will die., to go back to the dust they are made of. But this should not scare us at all. Not if we know who and what we are.<br /><br />We are beings of energy. We are not dependant on the physical air we breath to live. We are not dependant on the physical food we eat to sustain life. We do not need any thing other then what is already found within us! The dependency we experience concerning these things is programming.. lies to our true state of being.<br /><br />How you experience this shift, is how it is meant to be. Every thing that will be, has already been done even before we came to be in this lifetime..</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; border-collapse: separate; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18px; " class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="widows: 2; 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-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18px; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; border-collapse: separate; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; " class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><span style="line-height: 18px; color:#33ccff;" class="Apple-style-span" ></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;">May peace be with you as you walk through the next steps in you're journey..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;"><br /></span></div> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;">Love, courage, peace and blessings ~</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;"><br /></span></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;">Life is a field of unlimited possibilities. ~ Deepak Chopra</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; border-collapse: separate; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18px; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; border-collapse: separate; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18px; " class="Apple-style-span"><b><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; border-collapse: separate; font: normal normal normal medium/normal 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="text-align: left; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0pxfont-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;" > </span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;"> </span><div><br /><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;"></span></div> <div><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;"></span></div></b> <div><b><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;"></span></b></div></div></div>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-35891192465115979362011-09-24T06:27:00.005-04:002011-09-24T06:29:08.837-04:00Poetry Emotion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8kn9Fjhwgfuauflmd6QpYRfOHE4XtZObajgVoeSAfiVxbUxMQTsK7-z30QlurKfnPF8MpyNPgrJaDg4J72QuIQOtFG26duNp4iuen-iqX4Z0LIh9zRnhyphenhyphensIBLKkFyRYSjA8Ck1xhPyc/s1600/fantasy_beach2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8kn9Fjhwgfuauflmd6QpYRfOHE4XtZObajgVoeSAfiVxbUxMQTsK7-z30QlurKfnPF8MpyNPgrJaDg4J72QuIQOtFG26duNp4iuen-iqX4Z0LIh9zRnhyphenhyphensIBLKkFyRYSjA8Ck1xhPyc/s400/fantasy_beach2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655871059151606098" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="center"><span><span style="font-family:Sylfaen;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="center"><span><span style="font-family:Sylfaen;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="center"><span><span style="font-family:Sylfaen;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family:Sylfaen;">Gather us in, Thou Love that fillest all;<br />Gather our rival faiths within Thy fold;<br />Rend each man’s temple veil, and bid it fall,<br />That we may know that Thou hast been of old.<br /><br />Gather us in—we worship only Thee;<br />In varied names we stretch a common hand;<br />In diverse forms a common soul we see;<br />In many ships we seek one spirit land.<br /><br />Thine is the mystic life great India craves;<br />Thine is the Parsee’s sin-destroying beam;<br />Thine is the Buddhist’s rest from tossing waves;<br />Thine is the empire of vast China’s dream.<br /><br />Thine is the Roman’s strength without his pride;<br />Thine is the Greek’s glad world without its graves;<br />Thine is Judea’s law with love beside,<br />The truth that censures and the grace that saves.<br /><br />Some seek a Father in the heav’ns above;<br />Some ask a human image to adore;<br />Some crave a spirit vast as life and love;<br />Within Thy mansions we have all and more.<br /></span></span></p>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-83960672154183876472011-09-19T19:40:00.007-04:002011-09-19T19:44:18.809-04:00Words from a Wise One..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh638uYYxcGE-jM0sG2LklYG5H4wpMnH5zIhB-BEC3Ubhv8_iY9GtuT1OEeq7CAQz2YxZmfGK0VFQi_WcGThaesnx4-Rv-gCh3hE_eZR9TPZwUFR39evO3Fi_1z85uHPaqlAiVNfrRHibY/s1600/lt.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh638uYYxcGE-jM0sG2LklYG5H4wpMnH5zIhB-BEC3Ubhv8_iY9GtuT1OEeq7CAQz2YxZmfGK0VFQi_WcGThaesnx4-Rv-gCh3hE_eZR9TPZwUFR39evO3Fi_1z85uHPaqlAiVNfrRHibY/s400/lt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654220058480089650" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The following sayings and phrases can help you gain a better overall understanding of the meditation mind set, and hope they prove to be both enlightening and uplifting.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"Every meditation should be aimed at liberation from the illusion of separate existence."<br /><br /><br /></span> </span><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"There are no separate bodies - there is only one body with many parts."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"There are no separate emotions - there is only infinite love and bliss."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"There are no separate actions - there is only the experience of eternal love."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"There are no separate minds - there is only one consciousness."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"Cosmic consciousness is our birthright. The means of attaining this are humility, compassion, and meditation."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"There is consciousness everywhere; in, on, and between everything, and you are united with it infinitly, eternally."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"The selfish suffer."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"The feeling of the tip of your tongue against the back of your teeth is present now and virtually every moment we are silent. It has the potential to awaken you to the present and to deliver a present - sensual pleasure."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"Your body is a collection of atoms that has changed its' construction and composition 100% since you first started reading this. You are not your body. You are that which can witness its' changes."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"The tongue is the hardest sense instrument to tame. Our need to comment is obsessive and compulsive. Chasing after taste bud pleasure is slavery. Witness your inner silence and be free."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"It is good not to suffer. But suffering can also be seen to be good because it makes you humble and compassionate. Stop suffering from thinking suffering is only something that makes you suffer."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"Your inner beauty is pure, luminous, and glorious. This real essence is yours eternally. Don't worry for a second about your external beauty. If you're in touch with your inner beauty, your outer beauty will be beautiful."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"If you help less, you will be helpless."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"Every breath is a gift of love from above. Fill with this love with every inhale and send it out with every exhale."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"The most serene person is the most selfless person. The saddest person is the most selfish person."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"No mind = Know mind"<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"If at first you don't succeed, that's what was supposed to happen."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"Empty your mind of negativity and the universe will fill it with love, wisdom, and bliss."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"A corpse has every organ, bone, and body system that you have. The only difference between you and it is the spark of life that you enjoy. This is your real Self and is eternal and infinite."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"We should simply be a channel for God's will."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"Success and good health are blessings. Failure and illness teach patience, humility, and compassion. Thus, they too are great blessings."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"Beauty is in the I of the Be-holder."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"Desire nothing. Be content with everything."<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;"><br /></span> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#004080;">"Great wealth will not bring you peace. The minute you get it you start worrying you will lose it. Real peace is the greatest treasure."<br /></span></span></p><p><br /></p></div>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-73271435901379111332011-09-06T18:55:00.004-04:002011-09-06T19:01:59.510-04:00Experiencing the Truth of Being<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPlqkPgHqJc0g7mM8bSWGOBqWhWnMUMSdRw_aiqLZ91tr6zTeevGyB8RL8aC1vEv4OUI6_aMX8J7cOCPPnWLz3O39Xyh1rOI2q7M8UejDgTB20MBV6piL5_LNHcXKpzrcKmDbS4v9phZ0/s1600/road+not+taken.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPlqkPgHqJc0g7mM8bSWGOBqWhWnMUMSdRw_aiqLZ91tr6zTeevGyB8RL8aC1vEv4OUI6_aMX8J7cOCPPnWLz3O39Xyh1rOI2q7M8UejDgTB20MBV6piL5_LNHcXKpzrcKmDbS4v9phZ0/s400/road+not+taken.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649385427000478642" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><br /><br />Are you aware of a seemingly elusive feeling deep inside you that feels very good? It is like an inner smile, with warm light and radiance. When we open up and relax into that inner feeling, we feel as though everything is right with the world. And that we already have anything we could reasonably want or need. It is a feeling of a deep contentment, a profound fulfillment, and an exalted sense of well being. Some say that being firmly established in that most excellent inner feeling is the ultimate purpose of life. An ancient Eastern proverb says: <span style="font-style: italic;">Contentment is the highest goal.</span><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">There is only one time that great feeling can be experienced: that is <em>now, </em>this very moment. That great inner feeling is the most profound Truth. It is the secret of the ages, and it is also the Truth of the present moment. We only experience it when we look within. This is the ultimate reason that people meditate or do other spiritual practices - to experience that bliss within our own Self. There are innumerable meditation techniques and methods of practice, but the primary goal in life is to experience that wondrous feeling of our own inner Self.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Ordinarily, we are caught up in thoughts and emotions, which take place in 'time', and which are usually related to the past or the future. Many of our habitual patterns of thought and feeling are of a negative or limited nature, because we were conditioned or programmed that way from the time we were very young.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Such habitual ways of thinking and feeling lead to stress, tension, and conflict. Instead of life being a joy, a natural high, we go to the doldrums. We spend our days angry, depressed, irritated, insecure, and life seems hard. All this happens because we ignore the awareness and power inherent in the existing moment. Only in the present moment do we have access to happiness, joy, love, contentment, peace, and the other positive, uplifting feelings.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">We need to be reminded again and again to come back to the present. Come back to the Truth. Otherwise, we get lost in egotistical melodramas and forget all about the existing moment. We need a way to actually tune in to the Truth of the present moment. And that is the exact purpose of these writings. This moment is the stage on which we deal with the challenges of daily life. When we live in the moment, in that space between any two thoughts, is when we face life best. We can learn how to do this, and how to focus the mind in the present moment in a way that immediately modifies our experience of daily situations and relationships. Understanding how we create our own reality is an amazing process.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Right now, in this moment, we can consciously connect with our own inner Self. It has been known by many names, in various cultures and in different eras. Yet, whatever we call it, it remains as it is, and remains the one aspect of the entire cosmos that's eternally unchanging. We experience this within ourselves as our own consciousness, our awareness of Being.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Ignorant of the eternal Truth, everything we know is fleeting, and as long as things are fleeting there is the potential for anxiety and fear. We know this all too well. And today's world offers new challenges that we would never have dreamed of even ten years ago. For now, simply be with these ideas, as though you are reading an interesting science fiction story. And especially be open to any insights or new ways of seeing or understanding things that might arise. You might have spontaneous insights and revelations regarding what you, as an individual need to know in order to proactively participate in your own spiritual evolution.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Living In Today's World<br /><br /></span></strong></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">How do we deal with the realities of today's world, including economic hardship and insecurity for many? Hard times have existed in this world ever since it began, yet there have always been those few who knew the Truth of Being and lived in mastery of life to varying degrees. Many great teachers throughout time have taught this same great Truth. Although, it has been interpreted in different ways, and there have been different points of emphasis, leading to the various paths that ultimately bring us back to the same Truth.</span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">This outer challenging world, including the physical realities of economic hardship, deteriorating health, loss, lack of, or limitation of any nature, does exist in its own realm. However, it is not the only realm in existence., and it is certainly not the highest, nicest, or most pleasant realm either. If we have a choice (and of course we always have) - which we do, whether we consciously realize it or not - why not choose to live in the exalted Truth of the present moment, instead of languishing in the pain of external woe? We do have a choice, but we must exercise it.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">We want to get to know that aspect of our own inner Self that is changeless. (even though it is ever changing) All things in this world change., physically, emotionally, and mentally. To have a still mind, a still emotional state, or even a still body would be a great attainment. There is great power in stillness, for it is the substratum of life as we know it. All movement, motion, and activity take place like a painting on a canvas of inner stillness.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">That inner stillness exists right now., we only need to awaken our awareness of our own Truth.<br /><br /></span></strong></span></div> <div><span><strong></strong> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">The highest, most refined feeling and experiences will not be found in the melodramas of outer life and passing time. If we lose touch with our inner feeling, we get lost in our mental stories about what is going on and who is doing what. We get lost in habitual negative emotions that go along with those mental stories, and we lose touch with the Truth of the present moment. Through careless thinking we tend to create a reality that we don't even want. The mind creates our personal reality in each and every moment, not just now and then.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">We Create Our Own Reality<br /><br /></span></strong></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">The one underlying theme throughout this work is: Remain conscious of that great inner feeling right now. Awaken it within yourself. Create a positive habit out of it. Don't wait for some external source to inspire joy. Joy naturally springs from within us whenever we get momentarily free from mental burdens and concerns. And remember, do or do not. There is no try. If you keep trying to walk out the door to experience, you'll never get there. It's a choice whether you want to, or not. But the best way to experience is to give it a go. What do you have to lose? Not a thing.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Through the power of meditation, or through visiting the space between thoughts, we experience a great inner light. Through the conduit of this exquisite light, we experience love within our own heart. This heart, the heart of love, is the portal through which we experience the highest aspect of the present moment.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">We can go through life conscious of this extraordinary inner feeling everywhere we go and during everything we do, regardless of what is happening around us or to us. We can simply make this inner radiance our lifestyle. Through doing so, that extraordinary feeling is spontaneously radiated to others around us. The sparkling inner feeling is palpable - others can easily sense it. It is contagious, others will feel good by simply being around us, without having any idea why. If we maintain this great feeling within ourselves, others will pick up on it and begin to experience the same feeling within themselves.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Spend some time with a cheerful person and see how much better you feel afterwards. Then spend some time with a depressed or angry person, and see how much worse you feel. There is a definite, distinguishable difference.</span></span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"> Through understanding this simple principle, we see how we can most contribute to others and the world around us by simply maintaining a good feeling in ourselves.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span> </div><div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Experiencing true joy and love happens only in the present moment.<br /><br /></span></strong></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">It is one thing to know about these principles and to agree with them, but actual mastery in practical daily life is a whole other matter. It takes practice, repetition, and consistency to actually apply these principles of Truth in our own life. Otherwise, we have learned some interesting information without any significant transformation. There are many who seek knowledge of Truth, yet only a few are willing to do what is necessary for actual achievement and mastery. When we are conscious of consciousness, we experience that great feeling in the heart. Consciousness is not cold, intellectual, or remote. It is warm, heartfelt, the most exquisite openness and intimacy.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">If you ever get the idea that I am repeating myself, I am. I have experienced a lifetime of repeating these principles over and over. And yet, I am not even close to being finished with this lifetime. I can only imagine what I will come up against next. It takes much repetition of a single exalted idea to make the slightest impression in the average human consciousness.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">We are so conditioned and programmed to see and experience the world in rigidly limited ways. It is very challenging to open up to new ways of seeing and experiencing things. And the only possibility of success is through continuous repetition of the principles of Truth, as well as the persistent practice of our new understanding in moment to moment life. After exploring the principles of Truth in many different ways, and through applying them in practical ways in our own life, they gradually become part of us, and become our own understanding and wisdom.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Living the principles of Truth<br /><br /></span></strong></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Understand from the beginning that these are regarding the communication of natural principles that can be practiced in one's own daily life for a greater life., regardless of how one's life might be in any given moment. The same can be applied equally for success in business or career, in matters of health and longevity, for increasing prosperity and the enjoyment of life, and in the long run, spiritual growth and absolute freedom.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">You will be shown how to achieve of the creative power of mind in order to live in your own secret heaven here and now, while in this physical body. Unfortunately, most of us unconsciously use the same power to live in some degree of 'hell' here and now, in this body because we describe many aspects of our life in negative, hellish ways instead of positive, heavenly ways. We live in financial insecurity, for example, because we focus on fear and anxiety instead of developing a consciousness of prosperity through <em>feeling</em> the reality of having all that we need. Such an attitude attracts prosperity to us, while the negative attitudes of lack and loss repel it.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">You will learn how to think only of what you actually want in your life., or what feels pleasant, and to refuse to think of what you do not want to, or what feels unpleasant. This seems so simple that the conscious mind is almost unable to recognize the profound life transforming significance of it.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Because of previous conditioning, we are unable to see the greatness of our own Being. Through persistent practice we can learn to break free from prior, limiting conditioning, so that we can live in the awareness of our own Truth, the awareness of Being, which is living as a true human being. When we live in the awareness of our own inner Truth - and the love, light, and bliss that accompanies that experience, then we have fulfilled the purpose of our being here.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span> </span></div> <div><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><em>If you overcome the sorrow of repetitive history, when delusion is gone and the Truth is realized by means of inquiry into self-nature, when the mind is at peace and the heart leaps to the supreme Truth, when all the disturbing thought waves in the mind stuff have subsided and there is unbroken flow of peace, and the heart is filled with bliss, then this very world becomes an abode of bliss. Such a person has nothing to acquire or to shun. He is untainted by the defects of life and untouched by sorrow. He does not come into being or go out, although he appears to come and go in the eyes of the beholder. He is not affected by the past tendencies that have lost their momentum., his mind has given up its restlessness, and he rests in the bliss that is his essential nature. Such bliss is possible only by self-knowledge, not by any other means. Therefore, one should apply oneself constantly to self-knowledge. This alone is one's duty.</em></span></span></div>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-39165489001373155912011-08-24T16:11:00.003-04:002011-08-24T16:16:38.778-04:00Eight Gifts That Don't Cost a Cent<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqymEdb-T5yGNfpI5PN1DEAtZApG9uw-pCWBDE6PUGipN8RspmVp41BdudL6ewA003Bn5i7vo7E0zACQd9vaf7gFfyBDSHVMiwDJtU1ePn5x-CMk8t8hVIvKOw-gIgPfOfr_jLdhXD4w/s1600/wordsblessings.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqymEdb-T5yGNfpI5PN1DEAtZApG9uw-pCWBDE6PUGipN8RspmVp41BdudL6ewA003Bn5i7vo7E0zACQd9vaf7gFfyBDSHVMiwDJtU1ePn5x-CMk8t8hVIvKOw-gIgPfOfr_jLdhXD4w/s320/wordsblessings.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644518971034357490" border="0" /></a>
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<br />This simple checklist can help measure how you are nurturing your relationships.
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<br />The Gift of Listening</u>
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<br />But you must really listen. Don't interrupt, don't daydream, and don't plan your response. Just listen.
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<br /><u>The Gift of Affection</u>
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<br />Be generous with appropriate hugs, kisses, pats on the back and handholds. Let these small actions demonstrate the love you have for family and friends.
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<br />The Gift of Laughter</u>
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<br />Clip cartoons. Share articles and funny stories. Your gift will say, "I love to laugh with you."
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<br /><u>The Gift of Solitude</u>
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<br />There are times when we want nothing better than to be left alone.
<br />Be sensitive to those times and give the gift of solitude to others.
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<br /><u>The Gift of a Favor
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<br /></u> Every day, go out of your way to do something kind. Good deeds are cool.
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<br /><u>The Gift of a Written Note</u>
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<br />It can be a simple "Thanks for your help" note, or a longer expression of your appreciation for that person being in your life. A brief handwritten note may be remembered for a lifetime.
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<br /><u>The Gift of a Compliment</u>
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<br />A simple and sincere, "You look great in red," "You did a super job," or "That was a wonderful meal" can make someone's day.
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<br /><u>The Gift of a Cheerful Disposition</u>
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<br />The easiest way to feel good is to extend a kind word to someone.
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<br />These are eight important ways we can contribute toward whole and healthy relationships. They cost nothing, yet they may well be the most valuable gifts we can ever offer another person.
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<br /></div>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-4181887329593705842011-08-20T00:32:00.001-04:002011-08-20T00:34:29.932-04:00Love Is The New Religion<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/n-HbtxumvLM?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" height="345" width="420"></iframe>
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<br />Love Is The New Religion
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<br />On the surface of the world right now there is war and violence and
<br />things seem dark
<br />But calmly and quietly, at the same time, something else is happening
<br />underground
<br />An inner revolution is taking place and certain individuals are being
<br />called to a higher light
<br />It is a silent revolution
<br />From the inside out
<br />From the ground up
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<br />It is time for me to reveal myself
<br />I am an embedded agent of an secret, undercover
<br />Clandestine
<br />Global operation
<br />A spiritual conspiracy
<br />We have sleeper cells in every nation on the planet
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<br />You won't see us on the T.V.
<br />You won't read about us in the newspaper
<br />You won't hear about us on the radio
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<br />We don't seek any glory
<br />We don't wear any uniform
<br />We come in all shapes and sizes
<br />Colors and styles
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<br />Most of us work anonymously
<br />We are quietly working behind the scenes in every country and culture
<br />of the world
<br />Cities big and small, mountains and valleys, in farms and villages,
<br />tribes and remote islands
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<br />You could pass by one of us on the street and not even notice
<br />We go undercover
<br />We remain behind the scenes
<br />It is of no concern to us who takes the final credit
<br />But simply that the work gets done
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<br />Occasionally we spot each other in the street
<br />We give a quiet nod and continue on our way so no one will notice
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<br />During the day many of us pretend we have normal jobs
<br />But behind the false storefront at night is where the real work takes
<br />place
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<br />Some call us the "Conscious Army"
<br />We are slowly creating a new world with the power of our minds and
<br />hearts
<br />We follow, with passion and joy
<br />Our orders from the Central Command
<br />The Spiritual Intelligence Agency
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<br />We are dropping soft, secret love bombs when no ones is looking
<br />Poems
<br />Hugs
<br />Music
<br />Photography
<br />Movies
<br />Kind words
<br />Smiles
<br />Meditation and prayer
<br />Dance
<br />Social activism
<br />Websites
<br />Blogs
<br />Random acts of kindness
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<br />We each express ourselves in our own unique ways with our own unique
<br />gifts and talents
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<br />"Be the change you want to see in the world"
<br />That is the motto that fills our hearts
<br />We know it is the only way real transformation takes place
<br />We know that quietly and humbly we have the power of all the oceans
<br />combined
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<br />Our work is slow and meticulous
<br />Like the formation of mountains
<br />It is not even visible at first glance
<br />And yet with it entire tectonic plates shall be moved in the centuries
<br />to come
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<br />Love is the new religion of the 21st century
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<br />You don't have to be a highly educated person
<br />Or have any exceptional knowledge to understand it
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<br />It comes from the intelligence of the heart
<br />Embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse of all human beings
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<br />Be the change you want to see in the world
<br />Nobody else can do it for you
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<br />We are now recruiting
<br />Perhaps you will join us
<br />Or already have....
<br />All are welcome...
<br />The door is open
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<br />-Brian Piergrossi
<br />(From the book "The Big Glow")
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<br />Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-60469900995182392982011-08-19T12:01:00.005-04:002011-08-19T12:19:16.707-04:00Poetry Emotion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrneWHGDgQtXevfhLBjctYc831wuzbW7IxtmzlXsuOwi7PLWKDBlUzrT88jnAOQ09P41B3jjclATpanPJGs8oF4UMrpUh_ycapD5wf6vFVde6ojAHKhxmDPJoZ5LUjk07DbStHfGnZmmU/s1600/tree.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrneWHGDgQtXevfhLBjctYc831wuzbW7IxtmzlXsuOwi7PLWKDBlUzrT88jnAOQ09P41B3jjclATpanPJGs8oF4UMrpUh_ycapD5wf6vFVde6ojAHKhxmDPJoZ5LUjk07DbStHfGnZmmU/s200/tree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642602293392114578" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">Take with you words, strong words of courage.,</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">Words that have wings!..</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">Take with you words, words that know you.,</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">Words that are sacred as healing waters,</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">Pure as Light, and beautiful as morning,</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">Take with you tall words, words that reach up,</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">And growing words, with deep life within them.</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">Take with you words, words that know you.</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3"> </span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">There is nothing I can give you which you have not,</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">but there is much that while I cannot give you,</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">you can take:</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">rest in today. Take Heaven.</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">No peace lies in the future which is not hidden</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">in this present instant. Take Peace.</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">The gloom of the world is but a shadow.,</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">behind it, yet within reach, is joy. Take Joy.</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3"> </span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">We search the world for truth, we cull</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">The good, the true, the beautiful,</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">From graven stone and written scroll,</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">And all old flower-fields of the soul.,</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">And, weary seekers of the best,</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">We come back laden from our quest,</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">To find that all the sages said</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">Is in the book our mothers read.</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3"> </span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">* What lies behind us and what lies before us..</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-3"> are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. *</span></strong></span></p> <p><strong><span class="font-size-3">
<br /></span></strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>*NOTE*</strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="color:#333399;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">~ All phrases, quotes and poetic emotion are the works of others, but their names need not apply simply because that is not the point in sharing at this moment., it is the messages within them that matters the most. I would never take credit for any of them although I would be lying if I said I was not inspired by them. Which I am very much so inspired by each and every one for individual reasons. ~</span></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:#333399;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">Blessings all and always keep safe</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#333399;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">Love, Courage, Peace xo
<br /></span></strong></span></p> <span class="font-size-3"><span style="color:#333399;"><strong>~ Robin Ann @,~></strong></span></span>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-35681878765191908932011-08-17T04:10:00.003-04:002011-08-17T04:15:11.160-04:00In the Beginning?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLL5Wgf9H5YS7KY2S7Ngx3QprJcOTjPKKrg5rsD7aL4HVhdsvUu_6Q4ENWKJ4xaz5iP0x6oUtqG5qtmwCpJAC_gEB4jUuSMEhG_yQoI8pREw88LIxng6qayBV3n6Ju-1QB6LWzwL84H0/s1600/Tree_in_Sunset.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLL5Wgf9H5YS7KY2S7Ngx3QprJcOTjPKKrg5rsD7aL4HVhdsvUu_6Q4ENWKJ4xaz5iP0x6oUtqG5qtmwCpJAC_gEB4jUuSMEhG_yQoI8pREw88LIxng6qayBV3n6Ju-1QB6LWzwL84H0/s200/Tree_in_Sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641735230611776210" border="0" /></a>
<br /><div> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">It's one thing to discuss and debate the endless theory of Spirituality, but giving due consideration to the 'chicken or the egg' scenario, might not be essential before going down that road., to consider which comes first: Spirituality or the manifestation of mankind.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">
<br /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">Beyond the scope of creative and evolutionary processes, already considered most likely to have brought about the human species and that are now well established and circulated on the planet. There are numerous theories put forward by well versed academics, such being uncovered by wandering along countless corridors of consideration. And also pertaining to more diverse hypothetical evolutionary processes.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">Given, most accept the wide spread findings or theories of modern science a more logical or practical means of evolution, others consider it worthwhile to explore more diverse avenues of thought. And this, that might throw a different color light on the creative and 'growth option' process. With that in mind, I am taking a look at some more diverse ideas, and put them forward by some theorists, one of whom is Thomas Gold (1920 - 2004), whose fields of expertise were noted for: Astrophysics, Astronomy, Biophysics, Cosmology, Geophysics and Aerospace engineering. A somewhat diverse proposal that was placed forward by Professor Gold, labeled 'The Garbage Theory', suggested that life on Earth might have evolved from a portion of waste products (material type undisclosed) dumped on Earth many years ago by other explorers. He certainly didn't stand alone in or with the reasoning that this form of incarnation may have taken place. From a British history channel documentary series, the program looked into the practicalities of the ancient beings theory. Those who have oriented their minds in a way that will allow them to consider such prospects. Diverse as some might be, the considerations of the many are more likely to reveal the truths that will ring clear to the few. Personally, I will keep my ears, eyes and mind wide open as I continue to search for and try to uncover more that supports a more radical approach to my being here.
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<br /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">Another contribution in thought, Archaeology has really brought new evidence to the past theories of mankind's creation and evolution. It is rather sad that other influences of governments, science and such seem to delay sharing much of this new information with the world. I have the opinion that creation from what was already, is a much longer in the past than previously thought. All potentials are possible and the many choices determines mankind's growth patterns. It seems to me though that mankind had to become more 'aware' of these patterns before it could start recognizing the 'need' for self accountability on this planet. To review history, we can find many events were civilizations came and went without a thought of self accountability. So in this aspect then you may see that mankind evolving into a civilization that is recognizing to the consequences of not being self accountable. However, greed and other errs of society have it moving at a snails pace. I had heard in conversations in one moment that we are behind in evolving. Maybe so. All the individual souls that are progressing and evolving, of this.. there is no doubt. But when the soul finds itself in place, it then also possesses a higher level of intelligence and can make choices and decisions that will either cast it down into a lower life form again or open the way for even higher and finer levels of development. We are the architects of our own destiny. The set of desires we cultivate during the course of this life are already forming our next. Our bodies are temporary but we are eternal.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">
<br /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">Scientists and Universities all around the world have been trying for over 100 years to prove that evolution is the mechanism that created life, yet.. no scientific evidence has been found. There are theories of where life came from, one theory of evolution says that the first life came into existence four or five billion years ago as a result of billions of years of accidental, random atomic collisions. Another, that life came into existence through a creator, creating life, and also Darwin's theory of natural selection. If you may not very well know how life originated, and although there has been a variety of experiments that has been shown to us, some of the possibilities, some will remain in ignorance. Some, in an enormous amount of time, effort, and funds have been spent trying to learn how evolution brought about the existence of the first living organism. But although some beliefs sound very logical, the only thing that anyone has provided are merely statements of theory. The rest will be absolute truth.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">
<br /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">There are multiple avenues that branch out from the tree, but there can only be one historical path that life took and as yet we do not know which of these avenues will lead us through the maze and which will end up in a blind alley. At the end of the day, we have to admit that we're looking through the glass. We have our own hints, we have geologic record that tells us that life formed early. And the trouble with a 'nothing's new' scenario (in context with) is that the written word can be interpreted in many different ways thus making it idealistic for some misrepresentation or certain levels of sculpting to take place. In any hope and chance to anything including the imaginative one can perceive. But there again, then such to those who will have methods to make the subject clearer, if we are to allow more free thinking and expression to have its way, or day.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">
<br /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">~ ~ ~ ~ </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">To this place where I now am, and the person I am..</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">They are in no specific date order.. more like the pieces of a puzzle that need to be put together by anyone who's interested enough to find out how I reached the point in time., where I am now., and the events to such has led me to be..</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">Some parts relate to early childhood, others more later in years, some are just thoughts that have passed through my thoughts conjured up by brief memories that sprung to mind for no particular reason., or were even inspired by the words and thoughts of others. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">Who can say why the images of life, that are (in reality) life in the making with each passing moment come into being.. Maybe its not for us (as individuals) at all ~ more so., they might be hidden messages, intended for others, who need a new direction in life and are pondering on what to do, or which way to turn. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span></span></span><span><span> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">I see our journey as a path. Many people say that this path leads us to Perfection. Not sure about that. All I know is that each step is the perfect stage for learning something that enables you to give the next step no matter where you want to go. Sometimes the teachings are not always easy and we change our ways many of times. Sometimes we intend to take shortcuts but all we can get are long detours. (and sometimes that's a good thing) Sometimes the path is full of stones and at other times it is full of flowers. We are all on this forever changing journey, forever growing, forever changing, and during its course come to many destinations, each merely a short stop signifying a new beginning.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">We all experience success and failure, joy and heartbreak, the journey never stops. Then we begin wandering down an untraveled road, no maps, no directions or road signs. And innocent of any concept of corruption, but along the way we learn, gaining knowledge. And some of that knowledge can lead to choices or situations outside of our own making where temptation lays in wait to entrap. But it is difficult to say what any one of us would do in any one situation., or to judge the actions of others when faced with an easy way out without first walking in their shoes. And all we can ever do is the best that we can at any one given moment. Everyone has a purpose and we are all unique doing our own thing in our own way, having respect for ourselves promotes respect for others.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">The life of an individual is like the seasons of the year: each with its peculiar beauty. Whatever the season..</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">
<br /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span></span></span><span><span> </span></span></p> <p><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">~ Robin Ann @,~></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#00699b;">
<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107610551139397206.post-4245680766254010192011-08-16T09:08:00.002-04:002011-08-16T09:11:14.639-04:00<div><iframe height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/D4zWBHFCmXM" frameborder="0" width="425" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>Robin Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00716162741769827607noreply@blogger.com0