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Connecting With the Spirit of Money

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Why is money so elusive for some and so abundant in the lives of others? Like many, I have been puzzled for years as to why some people have no trouble acquiring money, while others flounder around and struggle their whole lives, trying desperately to get enough to make ends meet.  Recently, in the writings of Inelia Benz, I came across the concept of money as a "living presence". It made a lot of sense to me.  Let me explain. 

Money is Alive
Have you ever thought of money as a living being?  Yes, another type of life form, like an animal, or a plant, water, fire or air. Inelia calls it an "elemental form".  That's a life form that we usually do not give much thought to.  It's similar to the elements that the earth is made of. Thinking of it as an elemental force, allowed me to get a handle on it.  I could see that it has a primal energy about it that closely resembles earthly elements. 

Once I started noticing this, I was able to separate out my fears around acquiring money, and see them as coming from a series of learned behaviors that I could let go of, because they had absolutely nothing to do with the true nature of money itself.  Letting go of these false and imaginary illusions about money was freeing.

Money is Beautiful
Once you identify and contact the energy of money, you’ll see for yourself that it is a beautiful thing, light and airy, and quick. It moves very fast.  It’s warm, and you can feel its beautiful energy in your hands. We can experience this, if we lay aside the analytical mind.

Money is Nurturing
Money allows us to do the most basic things in life, to buy food, water, clothing, to pay rent, to buy gifts for others, to buy the things we need to have a comfortable life.  All these require an exchange of the energy of money.

Money is Creative
It allows you to express yourself creatively in the world.  If you are an artist, it allows you to acquire the materials to create your art.  If you are a cook, a writer, a mountain climber, or play a sport you need the equipment to pursue those interests, to express yourself creatively in those pursuits. Money allows you to move around in the world, to travel, to become mobile, to find your place.

Money is Freeing
Once you identify and contact the energy of money, you’ll see it for yourself, how freeing it is.  You are no longer caught in the struggle to attain it.  People who have it say, having money allows you to find more of it.  It just flows to you more easily, because you are open to it. 

Do You Have Blockages to Receiving Money?

If money has been elusive to you, it's likely you have blockages around money, or beliefs that you should not have it.
Some people think money is dirty, or evil.  Others think having money will cause more problems than it's worth.
Some think that having money will taint them, and separate them from their friends and loved ones.  That they will somehow become corrupted or controlled by money, that it will change them for the worst.  Sometimes we have hidden beliefs about money that we are totally unaware of, that are running our lives, and sabotaging the energy of money from coming to us.
   
We need to uncover these kinds of fears about money and face them - see them for what they are, and take back the truth about money. Only you can determine what kinds of beliefs you have about money that are getting in the way of allowing it into your life.

Connecting with the Spirit of Money
Inelia has an exercise that I found useful which has been able to change my perception of money and how it works in my life. In this exercise we are going to meet money as an energy form, or a personality.  Think of it as meeting someone new for the first time. 

Meditative Exercise in Meeting the Spirit of Money
Find the largest denomination of bill or note that you can lay your hands on right now. If you don't have paper, use a coin, for the moment.

Place the note between your two palms in prayer pose, resting your hands gently on something in front of you, so that they are comfortable.


Note:  It’s important, while doing this exercise, not to meet money and immediately ask it for something.  You want to get to know it as a real presence, a life form, to meet it as a friend.

Think of it in this way: You are going to make a new friend, just like when you meet someone new in your life, you'd never think to asking them for something, right off.
  
The Goal:  To get acquainted with the energy of money. To allow it to express itself in our energy field. That’s all we are going to do right now. 
1. Hold the money between your palms and clear your mind.
2. Feel the note. Just feel it between your palms. Allow it to be there.
Soon you'll begin to feel its warmth. A distinct warmth will come from it. That’s the first signature that you are going to identify about money. It's warm.
3. Say ‘Hi’ to the money and invite it to show itself to you in whatever way it wishes.
4. And then just listen.  Quieten your mind and listen.  Observe and notice what happens next.

See if any images, any thoughts come to your mind. Allow those images to come up. Don't judge them, just let them come to the surface of your consciousness, and notice if they are positive or negative by how they feel to you.  This will show you how you think of money.

What to Do With Your Negative Images
5.  Thank the image, the feelings, the blockages that you recognize as fears about money, and release them. They’re coming up so that you can release them.
6. Next allow the warm energy of money to enter into your energy field. Your energy field is your life, it’s you. It’s your body, your thoughts, your emotions, your reality.  Feel that energy joining with you.
7. Next begin to allow good feelings, positive feelings to be in you about money. You are allowing money for the first time to express itself to you as it really is - a gentle, joyful, beautiful warmth, that is alive and aware of you.  Speak to it and ask it to be in your life, welcome it to join with you by becoming part of your energy.

How Do You Think Money Will Respond to Your Invitation?
Money is going to be extremely happy to enter into your life, because money likes nothing better than to expand itself and grow.  That's the nature of money, to be plentiful, and it can do that best by expressing itself in every aspect of your life.

How Does it Feel to Make Friends With Money?
Does it make you smile?  If you feel like laughing, you will have made a friend of money.  It has come into your life.  If you feel a little scared of it, you still have some work to do.

Do this exercise everyday, at least once, until you feel comfortable with your new friend. Until you can feel happy about having money in your life.  Until you can enjoy the thought of having money in your life. Now you are ready to receive it.

Source for Meditation - Inelia Benz at Ascension 101: http://www.ascension101.com/en/ascension-tools/19-five-minute-mp3s-for-the-wo...

 

Are Organic Farmers Starting to Use Chemicals on Crops?

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Above is a happy goat from Huntstile Organic Farm in the UK.

Recently, I went to my local Farmer's Market to get some fresh, organic vegetables and fruits. At this market, there is a mix of organic and non-organic farmers.  So I found I needed to ask who is spraying their crops. I was looking for blueberries, and I casually asked if the farmer used any chemicals.

Do Organic Farmers Spray Their Crops?

The farmer was honest and said: "Yes, we spray the flowers early in the season before the berries are formed.  That's all."

I asked him what he used.  He said: "It's a chemical spray for organic produce". 

I covered my mouth so he wouldn't see my jaw drop open.  For me the whole idea of spending the extra bucks to buy organic, was the reassurance that organic foods were not being sprayed. I thought, when I was making the effort to drive out to a Farmer's Market, I was assured of getting pure, organic foods.

Now, I'm finding that organic farmers are also using insecticide sprays, although they say these are not like the ones that conventional farmers use.

I asked the name of the spray he was using. He said it was "Entrust 80".  And when I came home, I did some online research.

What are Organic Farmers Choosing to Spray on their crops?

The active ingredient in "Entrust 80" is "Spinosad" which Wikipedia describes as "a new chemical class of insecticides registered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to control a variety of insects".  It has been approved for use by organic producers.

The product insert label says:  "Entrust 80 W Insecticide for Organic and Conventional Fruit and Vegetable Production".

Here is what the product description says:

"This insecticide causes a rapid excitation of the insect nervous system, leading to involuntary muscle contractions, prostration with tremors, and paralysis. The insecticide has a rapid contact and ingestion activity. Insects will cease feeding and paralysis may occur a few minutes after ingestion, resulting in insect death one to three days after ingestion."

"Entrust is considered to have low toxicity to mammals, birds, and fish. It is important to note, however, that it is highly toxic to bees. Do not apply this product or allow it to drift to blooming plants if bees are visiting the treatment area. The product is highly toxic to aquatic invertebrates, harmful to insect parasitoids (beneficial insects) and predatory (beneficial) mites and slightly harmful to foliage-dwelling predators."

This is shocking to me.

I'm confused.  Since organic farmers are now spraying their crops, that to me, means that there is no difference anymore between the conventional and the organic produce in that, they both use chemical pesticides. If that's the case, then why would I pay more for organics, or drive miles away to get to a Farmer's Market? 

Was the Taste the Same?

I looked further into this.  Remember when organic vegetables and fruits used to taste better than the conventional variety.  When I got home, I bit into a bright orange, raw organic carrot expecting to get that sweet carrot taste.  Instead I found the carrot had very little taste.

The cabbage I had bought was moldy inside, yet it looked perfect on the outside.  I hadn't come across anything like that before.  I'm wondering if maybe there is some genetic modification going on here.

Even the little flies you see around ripe fruit and veggies would not go near these veggies.

The blueberries were perfectly round and blue.  But the taste seemed to have diminished.

I remembered that when the pears used to ripen they would be sweet and juicy. 

When these pears ripened, they turned to a grainy brown mush.  The pear was perfect outside and showed no sign of being bad, until I bit into it.  It had gotten bad from the inside out. It tasted like a pear but it was not appetizing.  I decided to cut open the hard pears to see what was going on inside of them.  They were starting to turn dark in the middle.  In another couple of days they would be a brown mush too.  I cooked the hard pears to soften them, and decided I would not be buying anymore.

Is It Worth It To Buy Organic?

I realize now that Organic Produce in North America has become only a marketing concept.  Somewhere along the line, over the last few years, organic farmers have decided that it's no longer worth it to avoid spraying their crops. 

The problem is, that with that decision, they have lost their special edge in the marketplace. 

For me, there is no incentive to buy organic produce over conventional produce in the supermarkets or the Farmer's Markets, when I can't trust that organic produce hasn't been sprayed with chemicals at some point in the growing process.

 

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What is Evil? Does Evil Exist? Where does it come from?

 

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Darkness is the absence of light

An Absence of Light

Here is an enticing bit of logic. The second student in this story is said to be Albert Einstein.

A university professor challenged his students with this question. "Did God create everything that exists?"

One student bravely replied, "Yes, He did!"

"So God created everything?" The professor asked.

"Yes sir", the student replied.

The professor answered, "If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principal that our works define who we are, then God is evil".  The students became quiet before such an statement.

Does Cold Exist?

Then one student spoke up: "Can I ask you a question professor?"

"Of course", replied the professor. The student asked, "Professor, does cold exist?"

"What kind of question is this? Of course cold exists. Have you never been cold?" The class snickered at the student's question.

But the student continued, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero -273.15  Celsius or - 460 degrees Fahrenheit, is the total absence of heat.  All matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat."

Does Darkness Exist? 

The student went on, "Professor, does darkness exist?"

The professor responded, "Of course it does."

The student replied, "Darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. We cannot measure darkness. How can you know how dark a certain space is?  By measuring the amount of light present.  So, a simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it.  Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present."

Does Evil Exist?

Finally the student asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?" Now somewhat uncertain, the professor emphasized, "Of course, as I've already said, we see it every day. We see it in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man, and in the crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations can be nothing else but evil."

To this the student replied, "To my understanding, it would seem that evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. I suggest that evil is simply the absence of love. Just like darkness and cold, it is a word that man has created to describe the absence of love.

Therefore, by the same reasoning, God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat, or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.

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Can Luck Be Learned? Why are Some People Luckier Than Others?

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Studies reveal that our thoughts and actions are responsible for much of our good or bad fortune. When 'lucky' and 'unlucky' people are given an identical task to spot lucky opportunities, those who have proven themselves 'lucky' in their everyday lives, consistently find the lucky opportunities, while those who are generally 'unlucky' in their life experience, consistently overlook them.

The Party

Consider this scenario.  Two single women: one 'lucky' the other 'unlucky' are invited to a party.

They are both looking for their "Mr. Right".

The 'lucky' person shows up and looks around. Noticing that everyone is having a pretty good time, she decides to join in the fun. Soon she too is laughing and enjoying herself and having a good time. The idea of finding someone special is in the back of her mind, but it doesn't overshadow her behavior. By the end of the night, she has discovered a couple of prospects that might be worth checking out.

The 'unlucky' person arrives determined to scout out who's there to see if she can find anyone who meets her specifications. She looks around.  She soon concludes, however, that the "right person" is not at this party, loses interest in what's going on, and leaves early.

What are the 'Lucky' People Doing That the 'Unlucky' Ones Don't Do? 

Professor Dr. Robert Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, has found that unlucky people tend to be more up-tight or tense than lucky people. This anxiety causes them to focus too closely on one thing and miss whatever else is going on around them. The "unlucky: woman at the party, didn't give herself much of a chance to meet anyone. She looked around, decided no one was worth talking to and went home.

Because their concentration creates a kind of tunnel vision, they don't see the opportunities hiding in plain view, that lucky people seem to notice. They literally block out everything else including an awareness of lucky circumstances that may be all around them.

Lucky people are more relaxed and open, they live more in the present, and are consciously aware of what is going on around them. They enjoy life more, and consequently, in this relaxed state, notice opportunities when they are available because 'they see what is there rather than just what they are looking for'.

How to Think and Act Like a Lucky Person

Dr. Wiseman designed a number of exercises to help people think and act like lucky people do. He advertised for volunteers to participate in "Learning How to Be Lucky" trials.

Four hundred people came out, for a month, to practice their luck. The results were dramatic. At the end of the month, 80% of them reported they felt happier, more satisfied with their lives and — luckier. Some had found romantic partners through chance encounters others got job promotions simply through lucky breaks. The lucky people had become luckier and the formerly 'unlucky' ones had become 'lucky'.

What Did They Practice During That Month?

  • They sensitized their conscious awareness to noticing chance opportunities.
  • They were now listening to their intuitive hunches.
  • They were expecting to be lucky.
  • They were actively involved in turning what they considered 'bad' luck into 'good' luck.

Luck is very often a self-fulfilling prophecy. Keep practicing. Your chances of becoming 'lucky' or 'luckier' tend to increase, as with anything you do consistently over time.

4 Tips for Becoming Lucky

  1. Listen to your gut instincts – they're normally right.
  2. Be open to new experiences outside of your normal routine.
  3. Spend a few moments remembering what went well at the end of each day.
  4. Visualize yourself being lucky before any significant event in your life eg. an important interview or phone call, before you go out shopping, etc.

Is there a set of Characteristics that can be attributed to Lucky or Intuitive People? 

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How to Infuse Your Drinking Water with Healing Energy

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Did you know that you can protect and heal yourself of many illnesses by infusing your drinking water with healing energy. This is an easy and effective way to take care of your own health, when you don't have the money or insurance to pay for expensive health care.

Creating Your Own Emergency Medicines

This is something that you might want to learn how to do, just in case the medical health infrastructure becomes compromised or overloaded. You might call it Emergency Medicine.

What Does This Mean for You?

What if you had to deal with radioactivity leaking from a malfunctioning Nuclear Reactor.  There are 104 Nuclear Reactors in the United States and over half of them are 30 years old, and most are at least 20. 

Or what if you were breathing polluted air that was causing health problems that couldn't be easily traced by doctors?

What Health Conditions Can I Treat With This Water?

This is a way to prevent illness, and to stop any disease that your body may already be dealing with, such as Cancer, hormonal imbalances, even broken bones. In fact any physical health problem that you may encounter.

Take a look at how to do this and see if you'd like to try it.

What Equipment Do You Need?

You will need a clean container of water, how big depends on how much you'd like to drink.

If you cannot do this 3 times during the day, infuse enough water to store so you can take it at least 3 times.

How Do You Prepare For This Process?

You will need a quiet place and some time to be able to focus without distraction.

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What are Chakras?

First, you need to know what a chakra is, and be able to locate the chakra where the energy is coming from, to put into your water.

Chakras are energy centers in the body. We have 7 Chakras in the body and the 8th Chakra is located just above your head. This is your Soul Chakra where your Higher Self or Soul lives. You will place your attention or awareness in the area of your 8th Chakra.

Where is the 8th Chakra?

If you don't really know where it is, you can do this. To get an idea of where you will be focusing, reach your arms up over your head, and touch your fingertips together. That is where the 8th Chakra is. Once you know where it is, you do not need to hold your hands there.

You can also access the 8th Chakra as you listen to this Solfeggio Music.  This music activates your Pineal Gland.

Now decide what it is you wish to protect yourself from. Let's say you are in danger of Radiation Poisoning from a malfunctioning Nuclear Reactor, and you want to infuse your body with healing light to treat Radioactivity in the air that you are breathing in.

How to Direct the Energy Into Your Water?

1) Connect to your 8th Chakra with your mind.

2) Hold the intention in your mind, that the energy that you want to bring down is to protect and heal you of radioactivity.

3) Send appreciation and gratitude upward to your Higher Self in your 8th Chakra. This activates it to send down the energy you need.

4) After activating your 8th Chakram and sensing the energy is ready to descend, shift your awareness to your Heart Chakra. Feel or see the energy coming down and being received and held there.

Some people will see it as a color, or feel a sensation of lightness or warmth as the energy descends there. It can also be experienced as a thought.

If you are new to this, you may need to spend some time at it before you get the routine clear and feel the sensations. Keep sending your intention, joined with a feeling of appreciation and gratitude upward into your 8th Chakra until you start to feel something. It's different with each person. Your Higher Self will communicate with you in it's own way.

5) Now you need to move the energy, you are holding in your heart chakra, into the water in the container, so you can consume it and distribute it to the organs of your body.

6) Place your hands around your container of pure water. Move the energy from your heart down your arms into your hands, and from your palms into the water.

Repeat this process 3 times, each time infusing the water with your healing energy. Then drink the water.

You can create this healing water any number of times a day. Let your own inner guidance tell you how often you need to consume it. Try for at least 3 times during the day.

Can I Give This Water to Children and Pets?

Yes, except you would focus the energy specifically for the animal or the child.

Can I Do This With a Group of Friends?

You may do this in the presence of others of like mind, who also wish to energize their own containers of water.

Can I Teach Others How to Do This?

Yes, it's best that others know how to do this for themselves and their families. In fact you can teach as many people as possible about this.

Then each person will be able to create their own energized water. But if you have family or friends who cannot do this. You can focus on their needs and infuse water made specifically for them.

How Long Does It Take to Infuse the Water?

At first, as you are getting used to the process, it may take you some time to maintain focus and gather the energies. After you get used to it, and know how to link your focus into your 8th Chakra, you can do it in a restaurant, standing in your kitchen, sitting on a bench, anywhere you happen to be, without anyone even noticing what you are doing.

Those who are familiar with Quantum Touch will recognize the same principles being used here.

If you'd like to know more about this process go to: http://tomkenyon.com/medicines-of-light

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What is All the Fuss About 2012?

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Many people claim that the Mayan Elders are saying the world will end on December 21 of 2012. It's even become the butt of jokes on  the internet.  The Mayan elders are not happy with all this bad PR.  What they do say is: "The world will not end but it will be transformed around that time."

The Transformations to Come

What are the transformations that we will see happening?  Here is one of the best explanations I've seen about this.

"We are in a spiritual and physical transition from the rule of materialism, greed, and war.  And are moving to a new period of cooperation, peace and enlightenment.

The current systems are crumbling right before our eyes. Every day new scams and tyrannies that our governments, financial systems and religions have committed are being exposed.

Numerous earthquakes are now daily and nearly non-stop along the west coast as elsewhere and volcano eruptions are just starting to join the party.

Reaching the new period for many will be like being pulled through a key hole, because the source guiding this evolution is forcing its hand upon EVERYTHING. It is not intended to just destroy and start over but evolve the planet into a fresh new era."

The Powers Who Run the World

"The elite powers of the world who also control the governments have known about the earth's transition for a long time.

They are busy herding us, instilling all sorts of fears about the next "boogie man", keeping us preoccupied and our 'eyes off the ball' so to speak. Thus making sure we remain dumb scared little 'sheeple' . . .

They know about the earth changes and they are planning on not seeing most of us on the other side of the transition. But their plans are not in line with what is in store for the future of the earth.

Starting a revolution now against the ruling elite will not work and would cost the lives of many innocent people. It is time to share information like this and take care of your self and your loved ones as they allow. Remember, our "free will" will always be the deciding factor."

What Can We Do at This Time?

How to make the transition easier.

  • Connect with others of like mind in groups, or better still form your own group.
  • Share ideas and create networks of information and lines of real cooperation that you can call on when the need arises.
  • We can decrease the severity of the impact of the disruption to our way of life, by learning how to accept what is happening, adjusting our lifestyles, and going with the flow. 
  • The news media will continue to pump out terror alerts and ramp up fear and emotional instability among the population, but we don't have to allow ourselves to swallow everything we hear.
  • Preserve your sanity, by retaining your ability to think for yourself, rather than to be led by fear. 
  • The physical earth will be going through a shift that has happened many times before over the eons.  It just hasn't been recorded or talked about in our history books.
  • This shift is likely to be a major disruption to all of our infrastructures.
  • Expect the unexpected.  Read all you can about the "the Shift", "2012" and "the elite".  Inform yourself.  Learn to check out what you read with your own heart/spirit.

This is a thrilling, exciting and scary time to be alive.  But remember, we all chose to be here at this time.

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4 Easy Steps to Making Better Decisions in Your Life

Sometimes the number of decisions we have to make in a day becomes overwhelming.  And it's unnerving when we don't know if we have made the right decision.

Here are some basic techniques to help you feel more confident about the decisions you make.

1.  List your options. Write down all the possible outcomes of your decision, but don't evaluate them at this point.

  • If necessary, gather information about the decision by researching or asking friends and family. 

2.  Read over your options and think about how they make you feel. Eliminate any that evoke no response from you.

  • Recognize how each option makes you feel. If a choice is obviously bad, eliminate it, but otherwise keep all options open at this point.

3. Determine your desired outcome. What would you like to see happen from this decision?

  • Evaluate your options and choose which are most likely to help you reach your desired outcome.

4. Make the decision. Choose the option that seems to fit best.

  • Accept your decision fully. Don't allow yourself to question whether you made the right choice. Instead, be optimistic and do all you can to help your decision meet your desired outcome.

That's it.  Easy.  Keep these 4 steps in mind next time you need to make a decision. 

Source: http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/11/16/how-to-get-over-being-indecisive-...

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A Message of Love & Encouragement about 2012

In this video, Keisha Krowther, also called "Little Grandmother" talks about the 2012 phenomenon.

Each person who listens to her comes away with something different.

The lilting music in this video is from the CD "Heaven & Earth" by Mandu Trummer

 

 

Here is some of the wisdom I have heard in this video.

  • Start living without judgment of others.
  • We are glorious and perfect as we are.
  • Live from the heart.
  • We can't judge anymore. We must let others live as they are, in order to learn their lessons.
  • Notice how you talk to others. Don't dominate, or give away your energy.
  • Our words are a gift, and they can do great good. Speak of light & love and your words will come back to you.
  • Our elderly are beautiful and have great wisdom.
  • Children are the purest beings on our planet. They are beautiful.
  • Those who are disabled, are thrown away in our culture. But they are angels living among us.
  • Stop judging others, everyone is on their own journey. It's none of our business what others are doing. All we can do is love them.
  • Mother Earth "Gaia" and human beings have the same frequency. So literally what we do to Mother Earth we do to ourselves.

 

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Danger All Structures Are Unstable

Eckhart Tolle tells this story.

I was going for a walk near Los Angeles.

There was a collapsed building that had burned down 40 years ago. The roof was gone.

Trees were growing inside the building & it struck me as beautiful, to see how form returns to the formless.

The city council had put up a sign which to me was a sacred sutra.

The sign said "Danger, all structures are unstable."

To me, that was a holy sign. I said, 'thank you.'

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