We are the way-showers.

What have you experienced in weather?  Extreme wind, lots of rain, no rain, lots of snow, tornados, extreme heat for the time of year, extreme cold for the of the year?  Have you seen the news lately?  Did you notice that there are a lot of stories about bullying, racism, Autism,  war atrocities, attempts at peace making, politicians exposed for their true selves.  Remember to stay positive about these things.  Look at these phenomena for what they are, the dying throes of ways that no long work.  Just as a wound often has to be opened, exposed and cleaned before it can be healed, that is what is happening to our world.  If we allow our anger and fear to take over we will only prolong the birth of what religious writing has called ‘the new Jerusalem’.  The dawn of a peaceful planet needs our belief in it.   Others need to see and feel our personal vibration of peace, love and harmony.  Others need us to support their own awakening to a positive world and a positive life.   We are the way-showers.  

OMG...A Prayer

OMG it’s hard to get through some days.  Even knowing what I know.
OMG help me to see the god in me, my enemy, my friend.
OMG thank you.

Today I made a judgement...

Today I made a judgement but then I changed my mind.
We are all shadow and light, human and divine.
I thought I saw your shadow but then I heard your music.
I judged you by your appearance and then I heard you play.
It no longer mattered what you looked like, in your music I saw heaven.
When we judge, we separate and I don’t believe in separation.
I know we are connected.   I know we are all one. 

Believe It...

And I repeat: 
Know yourself
Look within to find God
The evil that humans do is just that.... human evil
There is no devil but the one we create, which is not real
There is no hell but the one we create for ourselves
Things really do work out when we trust and allow
The trusting and allowing is the often the hard part
There is unlimited guidance within... just believe it and trust in it
There is so much beauty in this world, believing it can bring more such beauty
and help others to see it
You are a beautiful, magnificent being....an angel in earth guise if you will
Believe it

My home is strewn with boxes, full boxes, empty boxes, some half packed...
I don’t like moving but it is time to do so.  I’m trying to be less resistant to change because I know that our planetary home is in for a lot of changes.  Fear of or resistance to change has to do with being unsure what is next, what is coming.   And we are unsure of our ability to handle what will come.  I will be leaving the ranch to move to a nearby town and while I loved the open country and the horses and wildlife, it is simply time to become the city boy again.  It will be a few weeks before the move is completed and when it is Sparrowhawk will be an urban falcon.  

Men have low self esteem and confidence too...

There is a lot of talk lately about increasing the self esteem and self confidence of women.  And I think this is important because I believe that the male/female energies are a bit weighted on the side of the male.  I also believe that balancing these feminine/masculine energies is what is bringing about the positive changes on the planet and its inhabitants.   
Having said that, Men have self esteem and self confidence issues also.   The way you can tell that you most likely have self esteem and self confidence issues are how well your life is working.   I have in past writings written about assessing your functioning levels in all areas by learning to know yourself, then making conscious efforts to learn about and improve in the areas most lacking.   With a man there is so much shame associated with a ‘life not working’ that it is difficult to seek help or even talk about it with anyone close to you.   And so we climb in our little self made shell never knowing how to get out.  There is a lot of help available.  Look for it:  On the book shelf, Google it, Ask God to help.  There are websites and websites on self esteem, self love, making your life work and so on.   You don’t have to settle as I did for a life where you marginally exist.   Make the intent to find out how to make your life work.  Then look for the signs and look for the assistance.  It is there... 

Take My Hand and Choose...

I choose an entire new world
where to love is to learn
to unify is to solidify
to love the planet is to treat it with respect and nurture it as it has nurtured us
to love the sun and the moon is to bask in their beauty and light
to love the animals is to treat them like the friends they are
to love the plants and trees is to appreciate them for the life they give us
to love the other is to love them as you wish to be loved
to love the self is to love yourself as you would the other
No War
only negotiated peace
No exploitation
only shared enough for all
I choose an entire new world
Take my hand and choose an entire new world with me...

And That is a Deep Subject...

Unable to communicate over distances with each other, humans invented the phone.
Unable to lift their wings and take flight, humans invented airplanes.
Unable to dive to the depths of the sea with the fish and whales, humans invented boats and submarines.  
Unable to control the wind and rain and snow, humans cut down trees and built houses.
Unable to see their Maker, humans invented one that that looks like them, out there, up there, apart. 
Unable to control their baser natures, humans made an anti god to blame, and gave him hell. 
Unable sometimes to find water, humans dug a well...   and that is a deep subject...

Be Nice... Just Do It...

Long have I believed that the solution to the world’s problems is a simple... Be Nice To Each Other.   And while that works in theory it doesn’t seem to be so easy in the real world.  It takes a lot of effort and tolerance for some of us (insert me) to be nice to drivers in traffic that are not nice to us.   I’m not sure what the best way is for an individual to keep control of their emotions while driving or any other situation that seems to hit us humans the wrong way.  We have heard of the term Righteous Indignation but I think mostly that is simply an excuse to get angry.   And what about the all the great injustices in the world.  There aren’t too many of us that take to heart the advice of one of the great master’s of old that tells us to ‘turn the other cheek’.   I was thinking of printing out ‘Just Be Nice’ and placing it somewhere in view in my car as a reminder but at the moment I can’t think of a place to put it that wouldn’t be tacky.    Maybe I just have to keep reminding myself that I really do know a solution to a lot of the world’s problems but then I have to Just Do It.     

A Little Bit Different...

We are ensconced in the third dimension.  It is what we are used to and what we know, so it is difficult to even conceive anything beyond that.   The Masters such as Jesus knew how to manipulate dimension, control it...   They functioned from a higher dimension.  Our forelife and our afterlife are higher dimensions.
 Where I work part time, a place called MindPort, there are simple inventions that illustrate to us what it is like to think out of the box.  Now and then I see something that shows someone is able to think a little bit different than the rest of us.  Note the photo above.  The little boxes are all made from flat tile and their placement gives the illusion of floating in the air and setting on the floor. 

My Life has Many Streams...

My life has many streams
and each stream has a name
Some of which I cannot share with you
This expression has a main stream
but I am more than main stream
It is okay to be me
all streams lead somewhere
all streams lead to me
My life has many streams
and each stream has a name.

A Job for You...

Do you watch the news, or perhaps, don’t watch the news anymore because you see all the pain, and violence, and terrible things happening, nasty weather, earthquakes.   OMG it’s just too much... the world is going to hell in a handbasket (whatever that means).  You are probably tired of me telling you that these are the birth pangs of a world we would really want to live in.  Well I have a job for you.   It has a couple of parts to it.  First of all your job is to stay positive.  Allow yourself to settle into a peaceful acceptance of what is and believe with all your heart that it is change for the better.  
And the second part of your job is to do something about it.   Now I totally understand we are not all Martin Luther King Junior, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Jesus, any of the other known heroes.   But you have opinions, ideas.  I think a lot of people understand what is going on with politics.  What I want you to do is think about what you would do with a particular world/national/local/community/personal challenge.  Think about what could be done to improve or change that situation using love, fairness, honesty, unity as your basis for change.  Then think about all of the people you influence.  Your spouse, your friend, your sibling, your child, your grandchild.   Break the subject to them.  Tell them there are solutions to the worlds’ problems that don’t involve hate/violence/exploitation.  If you have thought of a solution tell them this is what you would do.   You may not have the courage or the ability to do it yourself.   Ask them to come up with their own ideas. You may be the one that sparks the fire within a child that comes up with the solution to hunger, energy, peace...   It doesn’t matter if it was your idea, if you were not the one to bring it about.  The earth holds your energy....  The world knows.....
A quote from Wilfred A. Peterson that I used in 1962 during a high school graduation speech.  “As you throw the weight of your influence on the side of the good, the true and the beautiful, your life will go on in others, bigger, finer, nobler, than you ever dared to be...” 

It is So Easy to be Tired...

It is so easy to be tired.   Sick and tired of hearing of the pain that we heap upon each other that is pushed in a bigger pile by the media. 
There is pain associated with birth, sometimes a lot of pain.  The dawning of the new day sometimes comes during a storm.  
Take care of yourself.  If you feel their pain, allow yourself to feel it and know that by feeling the pain of the other you are helping to expose the wound and cleanse it. 
It is so easy to be tired of hearing, even experiencing the pain of the planet and its inhabitants but keep the faith.   If we don’t believe we are birthing a new way we won’t.
It is okay to sleep through the news.  It is okay to turn off the ‘in your face drama’ of the world.  If you do encounter it, feel it, and then let it go.   The storm clouds do break up and move on eventually.  

Are you a harmonizer?

One of the Facebook group/individuals that I follow posted a quote from the late Sri Chinmoy, a spiritual teacher originally from India.   That quote: “Peace does not mean the absence of war. 
Peace means the presence of harmony, 
love, satisfaction and oneness."
~ Sri Chinmoy
I was struck by the inclusion of the word harmony in that quote.    Which reminded me that Michael Newton, Ph.D. in his book, DESTINY OF SOULS, describes souls that come to earth with specialities, one of which is a ‘harmonizer soul’.    My understanding of what he said about harmonizer souls is that they are people who specialize in balancing the energy of human interaction.  He goes on to say that harmonizer souls might be statesmen, inspirational messengers, negotiators, artists, musicians, writers.   When I worked in social services it certainly appeared that we were doing a lot of harmonizing.   I also understand Newton to say that these are not healers in the traditional sense of the word.    I have always felt that many social workers are ‘healers of the heart’.   Social workers/case managers/healers of the heart, I honor you.   Reader look within.  Are you a harmonizer? 

The Winds of Change...

Buffeted by the winds of change
Planting my feet I turn to the gale
I raise my collar and my cap
To face the rain and hail

Change is to be expected
The winds will come around
Face the fear and feel the storm
The gale starts to die down

Look within I tell you
It will help you find the way
Trust yourself and you will see
The dawn of a whole new day...

Its all pretty laughable

Have you had a rough week so far?  I can't say I have had a bad week but my emotions have certainly been all over the place.   Anger, irritation, sadness, joy..... and all over again.   These could have been affected by a lot of the energies flying around and while I don't want to make an excuse I am certainly curious about it.  First of all it was full moon 17 hours ago.   You can believe what you want about the full moon but I think it effects us.   It effects the ocean tides....
Another possibility is that we have been bombarded by solar flares.... CMEs.... coronal mass ejections.   Something with a name like that must have an affect on something.   These are what gives us the Northern Lights... the aurora borealis.  It seems to make sense to me that if it can effect the atmosphere it can effect the humans inside that atmosphere. 
Of course there are other rather 'normal' things that could cause these shifts in emotion.  Weather, that is a big one here in the Northwest.  And probably other places also because it is so erratic these days.  More than one source thinks that the solar flares hitting earth can have a very disruptive affect on the weather. 
Another thing that can effect us is the news.  Between politics and revolutions and shootings and scandals....  enough to make anyone angry, irritated, sad, joyful, afraid.   
What I'm trying to say is don't be too hard on yourself.   Try to hang in there.  Try to breathe and have some fun.    Its all pretty laughable if it wasn't so scary and sad.    

Do No Harm...

The ‘golden rule’ is a good simple way to live but there is another phrase that is equally good to think about and live by.  Do no harm!  It might seem simple and simplistic but when you think about the fact that we humans do a lot of things seemingly without thinking it gets a bit more complicated.    Can you drive your car and do no harm?  Can you cut your lawn and do no harm?   How about our treatment of each other?  When do our relationships become harmful?   Are we aware when our relationships with our children, our lovers, our neighbors, other societies become harmful?  Do you know when you do no harm?   

Well Worth Consideration...

Have you met new people lately/recently that you feel like you have known forever?   It’s more than just deja vu, it’s like this is someone who knows you and you know them very well.  You have similar interests, you may finish each others sentences, they have knowledge in areas you do not and vice versa that complement each other.  You may have met them under circumstances that you might call ‘a coincident’.  This is a unique time in history, some might call it a wonderful time.   A lot of people have things to do to help the planet transition from the old ways to the new.   In this process our soul families are starting to come together.   What?  You have never thought of a forelife before?  Everyone talks about and speculates about an ‘afterlife’, heaven, hell, other life times as in ‘reincarnation’, but have you ever heard anyone speculate about what happens before we come in as a baby into this life on earth?  We come from a wondrous spiritual dimension where we have made friends, eternal friends, and we also have soul families.   Doesn’t it make sense that we might start connecting with our soul families and friends?  Especially at a time that is as important as this is in the history of the planet.   So when you meet someone that you fit so well with, be grateful.  Accept it, and get to know them all over again. 
And, one other thing...  Some of our worst enemies, or those that are the burr under our saddle, ones we want out of our lives.... often they also are from our soul family or our soul friends.   They have volunteered to help you with a particular lesson, or to learn the positive by experiencing the negative.   You might find that it dulls the edge of the relationship with this person by looking at it in this light. 
So friend or foe, loved one or new bff, take a deeper look, you may be finding a long lost member or your soul family or your soul friends.   Also keep an eye and an ear open so you don't miss the opportunity to connect if it is presented.   It’s worth consideration.   

A Song of Love...

I love you
For all you are to me
I love you for your beauty
and for the joy you bring me
I love you for feeding me
for sustaining me
for surrounding me with your love
I love you just for being
Divine One,
Loved One,
Self
I love you

Choose your Emotions...

It is easy to react in anger or judgement.  So easy that some of us do it automatically.  Something happens and before we know it our anger flairs up, our judgement takes over.  I have a feeling that these emotions or someone making use of these emotions has been the cause of many conflict even war.   With that in mind I think we have can have control over these emotions and pick and choose our battles so to speak.  It is possible to choose whether or not we want to react in anger and/or judgement.   We must know ourselves well enough to know when we are in a situation that will trigger our anger or judgement.   Then we simply need only to choose. 
 I am going to give you three steps that would solve a lot of conflict.   These will greatly improve ones relationship to ones self and the rest of the world.
Number one just simply BE NICE.   Number two is PRACTICE PATIENCE.  And number three.... CHOOSE YOUR EMOTIONS and know when it is useful to choose anger and/or judgement if ever at all.   

Just Imagine...

I know that this is a difficult concept to integrate into our thought process and being but try to imagine if what we do as individuals really does ripple out and connect to some planetary grid-work and effects everything and everyone.  Well imagine just for a minute that what you do, say, think does effect the planet.   Wouldn’t you want it to be positive?  And remember that affecting the planet means affecting you, your family, your friends also.   I think you would want it to be positive.  Parents have this kind of effect on their children and are rarely aware of it. 
So think about it for a moment.   You are helping to create the world in the now.   A world that touches you and yours.   Just imagine...