Thank you 2011, 2012... bring it on.

2011... almost gone.  2011 the year of illumination has been an important year for me.  I am almost sorry to see it go.  11 is my number.... birthdate, names, and it shows up in so many places for me.  I look at the clock and there is 11:11, 111, 211, 311, even 911 there it is, signs, license plates...  11 pops up in the strangest places.   and 2011 was the year of illumination for me.  I have learned a lot about myself and have answers or at least the beginning of answers to many of my life's questions.   I will miss seeing all of the 11s but who knows, maybe I will continue to see them, just not so much on the calendars.   And I don't think my illumination is over.  There is much to learn and I intend to learn it.  So thank you 2011, 2012... bring it on. 

Myself to Feel Renewed....

After the shower you smell so clean and fresh
You need no underarm deodorant
or eau de cologne
After the shower there are rainbows in your eyes
and I'm sure you feel renewed
And now after your shower
I come in from my walk upon you earth mother
and step into my own shower
Myself to feel renewed

2011 cont. What webs we weave...

This continues the events of 2011 from July thru present date.  I was impressed with what all had happened in the first part of the year but was truly amazed when I looked at the rest of it.  The first half of the year showed a lot of violent protesting and government opposition and while that continued there was also already some very positive changes taking place.   For example:
South Sudan Becomes a Nation (July 9)
Palestinians Officially Request United Nations Membership (Sept. 23) (It was granted later on Oct 31)
Saudi Arabia Grants Women the Right to Vote (Sept. 25)  I can't believe how big this one is.
Prisoner Swap Between Israel and Hamas Begins (Oct. 18)
Tunisia Votes in First Ever Free Election (Oct. 24)
Herman Cain Pulls Out of Presidential Race (Dec. 3) After numerous women come forth with allegations of sexual charges.
These are amazing things that happened.

Here are the remaining events of 2011:
South Sudan Becomes a Nation (July 9)
Scandal Brings End to The News of the World (July 11
Two Related Terrorist Attacks Shock Norway (July 22):
Crackdown Continues in Syria (Aug. 1):
Violent Riots Spread Throughout Britain (Aug. 6)
East Africa Hit with Worst Drought in 60 Years (Aug. 11)
Hurricane Irene Hits the East Coast (Aug. 27)
Protesters Attack Israeli Embassy in Cairo (Sept. 9)
Texas Experiences Record Breaking Wildfires (Sept. 9
Palestinians Officially Request United Nations Membership (Sept. 23
Saudi Arabia Grants Women the Right to Vote (Sept. 25)
US Born Al-Qaeda Leader Is Killed in Yemen (Sept. 30)
Month-long Occupy Wall Street Movement Continues to Grow (Oct. 17
Prisoner Swap Between Israel and Hamas Begins (Oct. 18
Two-day Strike In Greece Pushes Riots to New Level (Oct. 19
European Leaders Agree on How to Resolve Euro Crisis (Oct. 26)
Qaddafi Is Captured and Killed (Oct. 20)
A 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Turkey (Oct. 23)
Tunisia Votes in First Ever Free Election (Oct. 24)
Palestine Becomes Member of UNESCO (Oct. 31)
Greek Leader Calls off Referendum, Agrees to Resign (Nov. 3)
Italy Passes More Austerity Measures, Berlusconi Steps Down (Nov. 11)
Occupy Wall Street Protests Continue (Nov. 3)
Sex Abuse Scandal Shakes Up Penn State (Nov. 5
More Women Come Forward With Allegations Against Herman Cain (Nov. 7
Parliamentary Elections Spark Massive Protests in Russia (Dec. 4
Herman Cain Pulls Out of Presidential Race (Dec. 3)
Penn State Child Molestation Scandal Continues (Dec. 7)
Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack on 17 December
2011 has been quite a year.  2011 the year of illumination.   Just compiling and reading this list was illuminating to me.   The potentials for a world of peace, goodwill, creativity are there right in front of us.  Keep being positive.  Keep supporting the positive in the world.  Paraphrasing what Ghandi said, You must be the change you wish to see.    What webs we weave......What webs we weave...

2011 Death to tyranny and birth to possibilities.

I have proposed potentials and possibilities in these writings and I am going to review them.  
2011 is the year of illumination and as I look back at all that has happened this year It looks to me as though this has indeed brought a lot of illumination to the planet.  Would there have been so many revolutions had not so many people 'seen the light'.
The second possibility is that the changes taking place now are making way for a time of peace on earth.   I am told by mothers that birth is accompanied by pain.   The changes taking place on the planet both among the people and on the planet itself are the birthpangs of a new world.  This new world is the prophesied New Jerusalem, the New Earth, the earth of peace, harmony and creativity.
I am listing the evolutionary events that have happened in just the first half of 2011.  The list is quite amazing when you see it all in one place:

Jan. 2 2011  7.1 earthquake southern Chile
Jan 8 2011 attempted assassination of Gabrielle Giffords
Jan. 14
In an unprecedented popular uprising, Tunisian protesters enraged over soaring unemployment and corruption drive President Zine El Abdine Ben Ali
Jan. 27
Tens of thousands of Yemenis demand that their president step down.
Jan/Feb 2011  Egyptian protests
Feb/Mar 2011 Libyan protests
Feb. 7
Southern Sudan is slated to become the world's newest country. Final referendum results show 98.8 percent of ballots cast were for secession from Sudan's north.
Feb 11, 2011  Egyptian president Mubarak resigns
Feb. 21 2011   6.1 earthquake in New Zealand
Mar 11, 2011  9.0 Earthquake/tsunami Japan 
March 21
Syrians chanting "No more fear!" hold a defiant march after a deadly government crackdown failed to quash three days of mass protests in the southern city of Deraa.
March 26  2011More than 250,000 people take to London's streets to protest the toughest spending cuts since World War II
April 23
Yemen's president agrees to step down
April 27 2011  Tornadoes in Southwest USA
May 2, 2011  Osama Bin Laden killed 
 May 17
Queen Elizabeth II becomes first British monarch to visit the Republic of Ireland.
May 22
Joplin, Mo., tornado causes more than 160 deaths; the monstrous storm, with winds up to 250 mph, damages or destroys about 8,000 homes and businesses.
May 26
Gen. Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general suspected of leading the bloody massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Europe's worst massacre since World War II, is arrested after a 16-year manhunt.
June 18
Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledges his government and the U.S. have held talks with Taliban emissaries in a bid to end the nation's nearly 10-year war.
June 22
James "Whitey" Bulger, the longtime fugitive Boston crime boss and fixture on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, is arrested in Santa Monica, C
June 22
Obama announces he is bringing home 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer, withdrawing the "surge" of forces he had sent to rescue a flailing effort.
June 24
New York becomes the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage.
June 27
International judges order the arrest of Libya's Gadhafi for murdering civilians.
The rest of the list will be in subsequent writings but I think you might agree 2011 has been an amazing year.   Death to tyranny and birth to possibilities.    

Peace on Earth is happening now.... believe

I used to be depressed and resentful that each year, once a year, we sang the song and made our wishes to each other, "peace on earth, goodwill toward man".  As far as I could tell we have always been in war of some sort here on the planet.  And every year during the time that the merchants rely on to make their profit, we smile and repeat those words... "peace on earth". 
This year I truly believe it has begun.  It will be a long time before we see a laying down of all arms but this is a birth that is happening.  People are finally getting tired of being ruled by despots and wealthy entrepreneurs and some are doing something about it.   Change is taking place and has come a long way even in this, 2011, the year of illumination.   The last week of December I will list many of these changes.  I think you will be as amazed as I was how many and the depth these changes on the planet have taken.   For now, allow the peace to begin where it has to, inside yourself.  For now... I wish you peace.

just a little light...

Earlier this evening I attended a solstice celebration.  I had never been to this place before and had not been to a celebration of this type before so I did not know what to expect.  I found my way along a path outlined with luminarias and at specific places along this path were bonfires.   People at the bonfires were reading poetry.   As I entered the building a choir sat at one end and I heard the most heavenly music I have ever heard.   I couldn't tell if it was a recording or was being sung by the choir and so I took a seat fairly close to the choir to see if they were singing.  As far as I could tell they were not.   The celebration was simple:  music, some spoken words, a ceremony where a woman and a child lighted a communal fire in the center of the group of people.  At the end of the ceremony if we wanted to participate we lit our own candle from the communal fire and take it with us as we left.  This was a wonderful metaphor for taking our light out into the world.   It reminded me how in the darkness all we need to do is light a match, flick a switch, or a modern take on turning on the light... simply open or turn on our cell phone.  Interesting isn't it... using our communication device to light our way.  I certainly have at times.   In the darkness all it takes is turning on a light, however that is done and the darkness goes away.   That is how easy it is to make the darkness go away.  Darkness on its own has no power.  Darkness cannot come into a lighted room and chase away the light.  But any little light, a match, a candle, even a cell phone, chases the darkness away.   Allow your light... the beautiful light that is in you, all of you, to chase away the darkness.  You can't imagine how much light that puts into the world, each of us... just a little light...

My Wishes To All...

My wishes to all and my gratitude to all who have read this blog.  

Thank you.....

The tree of life.....

The tree is a powerful symbol.  The tree of life is a symbol in many religions and has many meanings.  For us the tree provides, shade, fruit, wood, the leaves absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen, life.
Look at your Christmas tree, look at the trees in your yard, on your street.  Think about what your trees have done and what they represent to you.   "I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as a tree."   TREES by Joyce Kilmer.

Birth Peace on Earth...

As the days count down to the Winter Solstice and we begin to reflect on the year passed we have the opportunity to add our positive thoughts about what it all means.   It has been a year of unrest with many changes but if we choose to look at them as positive changes I think we can help bring about those positive changes that we all so want to see.   So bless all of the life that has been lost, the impact of violence, and know that this is what needs to be in order to birth "peace on earth goodwill toward humankind."

What will you leave?

Since we are eternal and the life we live leaves an eternal impression on the earth, what will be the impression you leave?

The Meaning Of Love...

Have you ever questioned the meaning of love
What is it really
Do you have it or not
Do you look to the world
And doubt that it exists
How can there be love
When you see only hatred
And violence seem to persist
Touch your heart is it cold and hard
Touch your heart is it warm inside
When you see beauty, art and creativity
A child’s face, and lovers embrace
Have you ever questioned the meaning of love

Spirit is our True Nature....

Have you ever noticed that organized religion never mentions where we came from?   I believe they teach that we are eternal souls or at least that we have eternal souls and eternal means always and forever so why is where we came from never addressed?  One of the reasons that being on earth can be so difficult is because we are so used to having the freedom of being a spirit.  Being born with a body of flesh and forgetting who and what we really are is a shock to the system.   And this amnesia of Home happens every time we incarnate.   No matter how many times we have incarnated as human we have been spirit longer, forever.   Spirit is our true nature and always will be.   

The other side of Compassion...

The American news satire organization called THE ONION in its review of the year has the headline,
"Deaths of 20,000 Japanese Afford Planet Solid 15 minutes In which everyone acts like a Human Being."  Now the Onion can very satirical, very caustic in its commentary on the human condition but it would appear that in this case they may have made a very important point.   The great tragedies do that for us and in the new energy the feelings of empathy brought about by great tragedies stay with the planet.  We humans have a tendency to get over things rather quickly that do not effect us directly but when there is that scale of emotion it stays with the earth.   and that scale of empathy can help turn the tide.   There have been a lot of these kinds of events:  9/11, Haiti, Katrina, tsunami, earthquakes, and volcanoes and each one of them has brought about an outpouring of compassion and empathy.    While these are terrible terrible tragedies they do have an effect on the planet, negative as well as positive.     

And change the earth....

In a world of duality
life can be easy or not
some days are up and some are down
we have the chance to turn the tide
on the side of the light
stay positive
light your match and hold it high
your life will take on a new quality
and change the earth. 

you are a part of the Creator

It does a great deal for the self esteem to find out you are a part of the Creator
Individual but not separate.
Like stick men unable to see the artist who drew them
We imagine a stickman god because that is all we know.
But now we are getting a picture of our artist
a hint
bits and pieces
slips of color
glimpses of sound
And it is more than we can ever imagine.
Try to imagine being a part of All That Is.
OH and by the way.....
Full moon AND Lunar eclipse tomorrow December 10......   There is a lot of the Creator in those... 

... a sort of treasure hunt

I have mentioned previously the work of Ken Carey, visionary, author of VISION, STARSEED TRANSMISSIONS, THE RETURN OF THE BIRD TRIBES and more.  This year he started blogging about the changes that are taking place centered around 2011 and 2012.  In a most recent one he referred to a "mental polarity shift" in human consciousness.  And then he wrote this: 
"Simply put, the pole reversal will start consciously moving us to a mental state where we think about God more than ourselves, a state where we find ourselves looking around the natural world, wondering who the heck thought all this stuff up, who created it, and why.  Especially if we meditate and refuse to let fear automatically make our decisions, we soon find ourselves caught up in a sort of treasure hunt so intriguing and fascinating that it actually becomes hard not to think about it."  The link to the entire blog entry is below.  
The reason this struck me and that I mention it, is simply this is more or less what I have been doing all of my life and even more so now.  It is hard for me to think about anything else at times.   And perhaps this is what 2011 has meant to me, that it is the time that I have come the farthest in the shortest amount of time.  I especially like his calling it a "treasure hunt".    

Read more: http://www.2011-2012kencareystarseed.com/#ixzz1g0DdNa7N
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Find Some Music to take you Home...

Earth is a place of black and white.
Music reminds me of Home.
Home is where I come from
Earth is where I roam.
The Masters and Prophets came to teach us
To remind us of how to live
Journey and work till you are tired
Then find some music to take you home.  

The God Qualities....

We bring into each life the God qualities of Love, music, art, creativity and the desire for home.  It is the desire for home that drives our search for God in whatever form that takes.  What happens with the other qualities depends on what we do with them and how they are nurtured by our parents and caretakers early in our lives.   Note there is nothing in that list that says anything about war, greed, control, and treating others badly.  Perhaps those are human qualities?
Look for the qualities of art, music, creativity and love in others and you will be looking at God.  Look for them in yourself and you will find home, you will find God. 

Your song is not forever gone....

There is a song within your soul
That sings of God and Home
When you are born upon this earth you soon begin to lose your song. 
Yet sometimes we catch glimpses, hear bits and pieces on the wind. 
When we love someone we can hear it
When we love our pet and see it looking back at us with love in its eyes
When we see the beauty of a sunrise or sunset
Or hear the waves crashing upon the shore
Sometimes in the flash of a lightning storm
Or the paining hanging on the wall.
Fear not my beloved ones
Your song is not forever gone.
Is it there, in you, around you,
Waiting for you to recognize the God in your soul.
Then it plays for you again.  

And the Master Said...

And the master said, "Do not think like a human, my child". 
"But master", I replied, "I am human". 
And the master replied, "You are human but you are more than human.  You carry a spark of the Creator within.  When I tell you to not think like a human I am encouraging you to acknowledge that Creator within.  When you do that it is like you are feeding and watering a tiny plant that with your intent and your love will grow into the beautiful flower of God of that you are.   This is why I tell you, my child, do not think like a human." 

Our Eternal Soul Lives On....

Life is a series of rhythms and cycles.   Sometimes you are up and sometimes you are down.  The key to maintaining harmony is not letting the down cycles get to you.  And how do you do that?  Know that they are part of a cycle and that cycles are circles.   Recognize that you are in a down cycle and not allow fear or worry to take over.   Don't allow depression and feelings of worthlessness to take over during these times because these times pass.   If you have to,  just take a deep breath and know that things will be different in an hour, a day, a week.   They will change and you will be at the top of the cycle again.   Long ago I had a sign on a piece of wood hanging above my door.  "This Too Shall Pass".  We are eternal souls.   Things of this material world will pass but our eternal soul lives on and always has.   Interesting thought, isn't it?