Advice on Writing

Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate and the governor is out of the country and there’s no chance for a pardon. Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to say, like you’re a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please, for God’s sake, tell us something that will save us from ourselves. Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we’re not alone. Write like you have a message from the king. Or don’t. Who knows, maybe you’re one of the lucky ones who doesn’t have to.

Alan Wilson Watts

“But in among all this terrible poverty there were just a few great big beautiful houses that were lived in by rich men who had as many as thirty servants to look after them. These rich men were called capitalists. They were fat, ugly men with wicked faces, like the one in the picture on the opposite page. You can see he is dressed in a long black coat which was called a frock coat, and a queer, shiny hat shaped like a stovepipe, which was called a top hat. This was the uniform of the capitalists, and no one else was allowed to wear it. The capitalists owned everything in the world, land, all the houses, all the factories , and all the money. If anyone disobeyed them, they could throw him into prison, or they could take his job away and starve him, and take off his cap and address him as Sir. The chief of all the capitalists was called the King, and—“

George Orwell, 1984

Live In Joy

“'Live in joy,

In love,

Even among those who hate.

Live in joy,

In health,

Even among the afflicted.

Live in joy,

In peace,

Even among the troubled.

Look within.

Be still.

Free from fear and attachment.

Know the sweet joy of the way.”

-from the Dhammapada

Powerful Words

Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders…and millions have been killed because of this obedience…Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves… (and) the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.

-Howard Zinn

Our Need For a Sense Of Unity

"The Earth is not a big rock, infested with living organisms, any more than your skeleton is bones infested with cells.

The Earth is geological, yes, but this geological entity grows people. And our existence on the Earth is a symptom of the solar system and its balances as much as the solar system in turn is a symptom of our galaxy and our galaxy in its turn is a symptom of the whole company of galaxies; goodness only know what that’s in."

-Alan Watts

"We are the inheritors of millions and millions of years of successfully lived lives and successful adaptations to changing conditions in the natural world. Now the challenge passes to us, the living, that the yet to be born  may have a place to put their feet and a sky to walk under."

-Terence McKenna 

Oneness Must Be Established

Sunni and Shia Muslims are killing each other in several nations, most notably in Syria & Iraq, Israeli's are killing Gazans, & Western Soldiers are wiping out Russians in Ukraine. Religion is a common thread in each conflict. Years of fundamental extremism and total confusion has had its toll. All the Hebrews, Muslims, and later Christians are of the same blood....The Holy books have been changed around more than once, traditions have overstepped the purpose, and a lack of knowledge has kept many in the dark...

Abraham is the Father of three modern day Great religions- namely Judaism, Christianity, and Muslim religions, also had two wives named Sarah and Hagar [Hagar according to Judaic traditions was a concubine], as the lineage of Judaism and then subsequently Christianity is attributed to the lineage evolving from his wife Sarah, while the lineage of Medians and subsequently Muslim religion continued from his Concubine wife Hagar. So love thy neighbor as one family.

A point to be noted that Moses who delivered Hebrews from the Pharaoh’s slavery in Egypt to freedom was an Israelite from Sarah’s lineage, and was married to Tzipora [Zipporah] daughter of Reuel /Jethro, a median from the lineage of Hagar. He was as Arab as Jewish- didn't matter- it was his wise actions and open heart to Do Good that mattered.

Thus Moses who was given the Ten Commandments upon Mount Sinai is venerated as a Great Prophet of almighty and most benevolent God by all the three great religions of Modern day world. The Jewish faith says if you do not believe Moses was the hand of God, you go to hell. The Christians say if you do not believe Jesus was the son of God, you go to hell. The Muslims say if you do not believe Mohammad was the prophet of God, you go to hell. The Buddhists say if you do not eat vegetarian and accept Gautama Buddha as the enlightened master you fail. This I ask you.. Who is not in hell according to these groups?...... Oneness must be established rightfully as all are simply saying the same thing, to love and do good in the world. God is GOOD ORDERLY DIRECTION .. Not killing. Not trying to justify death. You're killing children... That's the most evil.


via theglobalmovement.info

Ideology of the Day

WHAT IS THE MOMENT ASKING FOR?

To be responsible means to be response-able; to be able to respond to a situation from a place of clarity, not react from a place of resistance, out of habit or unconsciousness.

It means to be able to directly feel your own authentic first-hand response in any given situation. It means to be willing to slow down, to be present, to feel into the energies that want to move in you, without numbing them or distracting yourself.

It means having the courage to trust yourself, and let go of all second hand notions of what the 'right' response is, or the 'moral' response, or to be a slave to the 'correct' response prescribed in the holy books or by the prevailing subjective ideology of the day.

It means to meet life, naked. To stand alone. To allow the intelligence of life to move through you. To be a conduit for truth. To no longer be caught up in the battle between 'right' and 'wrong', 'God' and the 'devil', but to be deeply connected to the moment. To touch what is alive, here and now. To listen, really listen, to what the moment needs, not what the self-image wants.

To be willing to sit with uncertainty.

- Jeff Foster

Waking Times

Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often.
The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak.
~
Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path.
Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy and greed stem
from a lost soul. Pray that they will find guidance.
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Search for yourself, by yourself. Do not allow others
to make your path for you. It is your road, and
yours alone. Others may walk it with you,
but no one can walk it for you.
~
Treat the guests in your home with much consideration.
Serve them the best food, give them the best
bed and treat them with respect and honor.
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Do not take what is not yours whether from
a person, a community,the wilderness or from a
culture. It was not earned nor given. It is not yours.
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Respect all things that are placed upon
this earth – whether it be people or plant.
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Honor other people’s thoughts, wishes and words.
Never interrupt another or mock or rudely mimic them.
Allow each person the right to personal expression.
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Never speak of others in a bad way. The negative
energy that you put out into the universe
will multiply when it returns to you.
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All persons make mistakes.
And all mistakes can be forgiven.
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Bad thoughts cause illness of the mind,
body and spirit. Practice optimism.
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Nature is not FOR us, it is a PART of us.
They are part of your worldly family.
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Children are the seeds of our future. Plant
love in their hearts and water them with
wisdom and life’s lessons. When they
are grown, give them space to grow.

~

Avoid hurting the hearts of others.
The poison of your pain will return to you.
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Be truthful at all times. Honesty is the
test of one’s will within this universe.
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Keep yourself balanced. Your Mental self, Spiritual
self, Emotional self, and Physical self – all need
to be strong, pure and healthy. Work out
the body to strengthen the mind. Grow
rich in spirit to cure emotional ails.
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Make conscious decisions as to who
you will be and how you will react. Be
responsible for your own actions.
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Respect the privacy and personal space of
others. Do not touch the personal property of
others – especially sacred and religious
objects. This is forbidden.
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Be true to yourself first. You cannot
nurture and help others if you cannot
nurture and help yourself first.
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Respect others religious beliefs.
Do not force your belief on others.
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Share your good fortune with others.
Participate in charity.

via http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/03/09/native-american-code-of-ethics/

Tumbling Into the Heart

Spiritual teachers argue over 
whether or not there is a self, 
and debate the illusion of free will. 
Spiritual seekers argue over 
whether or not their teachers speak the truth. 
Believers try to prove their beliefs.
Atheists try to disprove the beliefs of believers.
Lovers try to prove their love to each other.
Dreamers try to hold their dreams.

We cling to the holy books for dear life.
We worship at the altar of concepts.

When will we wake up from our mass hypnosis,
our obsession with right and wrong, good and bad,
our fixation with words and their polar opposites,
and fall in love
with what is vibrantly alive
in ourselves and each other.

Let us meet in the world before words,
nothing to prove, nothing to defend.
Only life, naked and raw, electric.
Arms wide open
to what is, and what can be.

Self or no self,
God or no God,
the aware awareness awaring the consciously present witness of subjectively objective subjective Beingness prior to the emergence of ....

Ah, fuck it.

Finally awake to this living moment.
Out of the head.
Tumbling into the heart.

All the words crumble.


- Jeff Foster

Illusion of Separation

Advocates of quantum biology such as Deepak Chopra point to the similarities between phenomena in quantum physics and biology: It can be said that the cells in your body are doing the same thing, communicating on a non-local level.

What is this “non-local” level of you and of the universe?

Well, it is consciousness. Your sense of self and continuity of experience is not contained within anything in your brain or body in any physical way, the cells of your body die and all the material that makes the physical you is replaced continuously throughout your life. It is consciousness that remains and gives you this experience.   

What is becoming clear is what we experience as separate things is actually an illusion. Since there is only a fundamental unity then the idea that you are somehow separate from the outside environment begins to fade.  The earth in which you live, is you, you are the earth and everything within it.  You are the universe, everything it takes to make a universe is contained within all of us. Remember, consciousness has no boundaries, the only limits to your consciousness, is your imagination.

via http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/06/02/quantum-physics-tells-us-separation-is-only-an-illusion/

Do Not Fear

Fear. The lowest and most toxic mindset. Humanity separates from nature, sees no sky, but their tele-screens, and Humanity looses higher mind to the greater illusion sounding off every day outside, on every magazine there is, the illusion has become 'real life' for many majority. Corporate life became running from the wolf. The faster you moved, the better your chances for survival. No mind was given to the world around them as mega corporations seized their communities. People willfully went out to do wrong in their obsessively routine greed. Soon as you let fear skew the mind, the vices pleasurably come along, until soon you become consumed with running in an expansive illusion rather than running your own light. Every problem is a learning experience. Rule number one- there is no frustration allowed. First do this. Embrace living with gratitude, it is an opportunity to expand —to step into abilities right within you. To do good will is to embrace the right paradigm of life. To view living this way involves a conscious change of thinking—one from fear to awareness... once this is achieved there is no fear, the darkness can be dealt with and you can shape life anyway you so need. First awareness of every state of mind, even under the most emotional of times, to have superior control, to be present and connected to the light within your human shell. Unplugging from the 'matrix' finally becomes possible. Life becomes enabled more because it’s finally for the right reason.

via theglobalmovement.com

Embrace Our Humanness

It will help if you can acknowledge that none of us living here upon the Earth are ever given more than a fragment of the Truth. The fragment is the sum total of our great stores of knowledge. If I judged your actions upon my narrow fragment of perception, I would be as much in error as you would be if you judged me by the fragment that you posses. About the only thing that we can safely assume, is that every person, animal, plant or rock, upon this planet is doing the best that they can at any given time, with the fragment of Truth that is theirs. Of course, we could all do better, simply by being more truly ourselves.
Yet, we are all doing the best that we can, right now. Maybe, in the next instant of time, we shall do better, but let's accept one another, without judgement, and let us learn our own way. Remember, flowers in a field do not bloom all at the same time. They are not all the same color and size. Wouldn't it be boring if they were, if there was some decree that said all flowers must be exactly the same shade of pink and bloom for the same two weeks in May. Then the rest of the year would be barren. Each of us brings a unique, much needed piece that completes our puzzle of Oneness.
Naturally, there are times when we are called to serve for others as triggers and catalysts of profound change and breakthrough. This is part of what we chose to do here for each other. But even then, we must wait for the correct opening to present itself, whether we create it or not. Then we must share of our wisdom freely without anticipation of results or reward, sending our help flying forth freely on the wind, like seeds, to land where they may. 
After that, it is the other person's choice what to do with that which we have so lovingly given. Sometimes, its is a long wait before you see any change, for some seeds have a long period of germination. Others lie fallow forever. Whatever happens, your task is complete, you have freely shared of yourself; now you must let go of any expectations.


-Solara, The Star-Borne: A Remembrance for the Awakened Ones

Live Fully Now

We Are the One

"I am the eyes of the Great Central Sun.
I come from the One.
Within my heart dwells both
Golden, winged lion and crystal deer.
To this earth came I on a Golden Beam of Light
Which was the breath of Father/Mother God.
I am here to See with Clarity,
I am here to manifest the fullness of that which I am
Until there is no more illusion between All That Is
And its mirrored reflection.
I am simply an open doorway,
Connecting the seen with the unseen.
A Golden Ray of Love from Above.
In truth, I have no form,
Only a concentration of pulsating Light
Defines my Presence.
Although I may yet appear as separate from you,
I am not.
That I exist as anything definable
Is simply an illusion,
For I reside in the formless ocean of Essence.
Together, we are the One."


-Solara, The Star-Borne: A Remembrance for the Awakened Ones

Clinging to the Core

Clinging to the Core When Our World Falls Apart

"When external factors shift we have an opportunity to rediscover our core which is the only truly safe place to call home.

There are times when our whole world seems to be falling apart around us, and we are not sure what to hold onto anymore. Sometimes our relationships crumble and sometimes it’s our physical environment. At other times, we can’t put our finger on it, but we feel as if all the walls have fallen down around us and we are standing with nothing to lean on, exposed and vulnerable. These are the times in our lives when we are given an opportunity to see where we have established our sense of identity, safety, and well-being. And while it is perfectly natural and part of our process to locate our sense of self in externals, any time those external factors shift, we have an opportunity to rediscover and move closer to our core, which is the only truly safe place to call home.

The core of our being is not affected by the shifting winds of circumstance or subject to the cycles of change that govern physical reality. It is as steady and consistent as the sun, which is why the great mystics and mystical poets often reference the sun in their odes to the self. Like the sun, there are times when our core seems to be inaccessible to us, but this is just a misperception. We know that when the sun goes behind a cloud or sets for the night, it has not disappeared but is simply temporarily out of sight. In the same way, we can trust that our inner core is always shining brightly, even when we cannot quite see it.

We can cling to this core when things around us are falling  apart, knowing that an inexhaustible light shines from within ourselves. Times of external darkness can be a great gift in that they provide an opportunity to remember this inner light that shines regardless of the circumstances of our lives."

-Madisyn Taylor

Beyond Thinking

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We live our lives pursuing happiness "out there" as if it is a commodity. We have become slaves to our own desires and craving. 
Happiness isn't something that can be pursued or purchased like a cheap suit. This is Maya, illusion, the endless play of form. In the Buddhist tradition, Samsara, or the endless cycle of suffering is perpetuated by the craving of pleasure and aversion to pain. Freud referred to this as the "pleasure principle." Everything we do is an attempt to create pleasure, to gain something that we want, or to push away something that is undesirable that we don't want. Even a simple organism like the paramecium does this. 
It is called response to stimulus. Unlike a paramecium, humans have more choice. We are free to think, and that is the heart of the problem. It is the thinking about what we want that has gotten out of control.The dilemma of modern society is that we seek to understand the world, not in terms of archaic inner consciousness, but by quantifying and qualifying what we perceive to be the external world by using scientific means and thought. Thinking has only led to more thinking and more questions. We seek to know the innermost forces which create the world and guide its course. But we conceive of this essence as outside of ourselves, not as a living thing, intrinsic to our own nature. It was the famous psychiatrist Carl Jung who said, "one who looks outside dreams, one who looks inside awakes." It is not wrong to desire to be awake, to be happy. What is wrong is to look for happiness outside when it can only be found inside.

The Golden Mean

The primordial spiral is the manifested world, while Akasha is the unmanifested, or emptiness itself. All of reality is an interplay between these two things; Yang and Yin, or consciousness and matter. The spiral has often been represented by the snake, the downward current, while the bird or blooming lotus flower has represented the upward current or transcendence.The ancient traditions taught that a human being can become a bridge extending from the outer to the inner, from gross to subtle, from the lower chakras to the higher chakras. To balance the inner and the outer is what the Buddha called the middle way, or what Aristotle called the Golden Mean. You can be that bridge. The full awakening of human consciousness and energy is the birthright of every individual on the planet. In today's society we have lost the balance between the inner and the outer. We are so distracted by the outer world of form, thoughts and ideas, that we no longer take time to connect to our inner worlds, the kingdom of heaven that is within.

The Spiral

The Pythagorian philosopher Plato hinted enigmatically that there was a golden key that unified all of the mysteries of the universe. The golden key is the intelligence of the logos, the source of the primordial om. One could say that it is the mind of God. The source of this divine symmetry is the greatest mystery of our existence. Many of history's monumental thinkers such as Pythagoras, Keppler, Leonardo da Vinci, Tesla and Einstein have come to the threshold the mystery. Every scientist who looks deeply into the universe and every mystic who looks deeply within the self, eventually comes face to face with the same thing: The Primordial Spiral.

One Vibratory Source

Part one of the film Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds. Akasha is the unmanifested, the "nothing" or emptiness which fills the vacuum of space. As Einstein realized, empty space is not really empty. Saints, sages and yogis who have looked within themselves have also realized that within the emptiness is unfathomable power, a web of information or energy which connects all things. This matrix or web has been called the Logos, the Higgs Field, the Primordial OM and a thousand other names throughout history. In part one of Inner Worlds, we explore the one vibratory source that extends through all things, through the science of cymatics, the concept of the Logos, and the Vedic concept of Nada Brahma (the universe is sound or vibration). Once we realize that there is one vibratory source that is the root of all scientific and spiritual investigation, how can we say "my religion", "my God" or "my discovery".

Listen To Your Inner Voice

As we continued to steadily awaken, we discovered that our energy was in the midst of shifting from a horizontal pattern to a vertical one. On the old horizontal path we gained our knowledge second hand from teachers, books and other people's first hand experience. We believed things because others said so, and since we were so unempowered, we didn't expect to find out for ourselves.
Horizontal patterning is also the road of manipulation, control and innuendo. It can be very subtle and insidious, for nothing is out in the open or directly experienced. It is the realm of second hand rumors, wherein no one ever expresses their true feelings. Everything is layered under the ambiguity of what someone else said or did. Talk about giving away your power! Some highly skilled practitoners of the horizontal path are still among us, so watch out for them. And don't fall for it. 
Increasingly, as our awakening progresses, we have shifted our consciousness to a vertical path. This is the realm of direct experience, receiving our own guidance and knowing straight from the Source. 
This is how everything was learned back at the beginning of each earthly cycle. This is how the great visionaries, mystics, saints, plus the founders of all the major and minor religions received their Higher Truths. And the amazing thing is that it is so easily available to all of us!
Of course, there is a challenge connected with being tuned into your won direct hot line to God. And that is the issue of trusting what you receive. Learning to listen to your own inner voice and then to act upon it, beginning to live your life as an embodiment of what you know and believe. It may sound easy, but often it is not. We have been so conditioned to worry about what other people are going to think of us. How are they going to react if we speak our Truth? Well, how are you going to fully live if you don't?


-Solara, The Star-Borne: A Remembrance for the Awakened Ones