fear
Current mood: enlightened

is the mind killer....I try so hard to live outside of fear, without it, and still, it is such a powerful sauce...I am still only human after all it would seem

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How to pretend you give a shit about the election
Current mood: amused
Category: News and Politics

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Today Now!: How To Pretend You Give A Shit About The Election

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The Gift of Love [Deepak Chopra] -AWESOME
Current mood: loved
Category: Writing and Poetry

thanks to eterys(phoenix serpent) for putting this all together and posting it to a myspace blog!

The Gift of Love
(Indian poetry translated by Deepak Chopra)

* I forget the Indian guy who wrote all this, but the originals are evidently in Sanskrit.

* Please see below for the track lyrics.

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Mercury retrograde in Libra [Sep 24 – Oct 15 2008]
Current mood: adventurous
Category: Life

Mercury Retrograde
Mercury retrograde in Libra [Sep 24 – Oct 15 2008]

At 07:18 UT (Universal Time), on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008, Mercury the cosmic trickster turns retrograde in Libra, the sign of the Scales, sending communications, travel, appointments, mail and the www into a general snarlup! This awkward period begins a few days before the actual turning point (as Mercury slows) and lasts for three weeks or so, until October 15, just after the Full Moon in Aries, when the Winged Messenger reaches his direct station. At this time he halts and begins his return to direct motion through the zodiac.

Everything finally straightens out on October 31, as he passes the point where he first turned retrograde. Mercury turns retrograde three times a year, as a rule, but the effects of each period differ, according to the sign in which it happens (see box for Retrograde Periods in 2008).

A planet is described as retrograde when it appears to be moving backwards through the zodiac. According to modern science, this traditional concept arises in the illusory planetary motion created by the orbital rotation of the earth with relation to other planets in our solar system. Planets are never actually retrograde or stationary, they just seem that way due to this cosmic shadow-play.

Retrograde periods, although often problematic for us earthlings, are not particularly uncommon. Each planet retrogrades, except the Sun and Moon. Although a powerful astrological influence, Mercury is quite a small planet that travels at a relatively fast speed through the zodiac. Despite being the closest planet in our solar system to the Sun, it is not always in the same sign as the Sun (for example, although this time Mercury turns retrograde in Libra, the same sign as the Sun, last year Mercury turned in Scorpio while the Sun was in Libra, but headed back into Libra just as the Sun strode into Scorpio).
Go to Top Fated Events

As a rule, retrograde planets presage a period of seemingly inevitable or fated events that relate to their sphere of influence. They present us with a series of events over which we seem to have little or no control, relating especially to the sign in which the retrogradation occurs. For example, Mercury retrograde in Scorpio (intensity; sexuality) presents quite different sets of circumstances from those generated when it retrogrades into Libra (relationships; harmony; æsthetics).

A retrograde period is best seen as a cycle, beginning when the planet begins to slow to a halt before travelling backwards through the zodiac and ending when the planet returns to the point where it first paused. However, during the cycle, the planet's energy is most powerful (and more likely to generate critical events of universal importance) when the planet makes a station: appearing motionless in the sky.

These stationary periods occur near the beginning of the cycle (when the planet first halts as it prepares to move backwards) and midway through the cycle when the retrograde planet slows to a stop before moving forward again. The "direct station" (when the planet halts before moving forward again) is the most powerful and can be used for maximum benefit.

Many astrologers consider that the "Mercury Shadow" begins some three weeks before the actual retro station (when Mercury passes the point of direct station for the first time). This has some justification, but I am more inclined to think that the really noticeable peculiarities begin when Mercury slows significantly, a few days before the retro station. This period of "Mercury Shadow" extends to the Return date, some three weeks after the direct station. Bear this in mind, because experience shows that the effects of the retro period are still marked during the "shadow" phase. Some of the most characteristic annoyances often occur just after Mercury makes the direct station, while he is crawling forward before picking up speed.
Go to Top What does Mercury affect?

In general, Mercury rules thinking and perception, processing and disseminating information and all means of communication, commerce, education and transportation. By extension, Mercury rules people who work in these areas, especially people who work with their minds or their wits: writers and orators, commentators and critics, gossips and spin doctors, teachers, travellers, tricksters and thieves.

Mercury retrograde gives rise to personal misunderstandings; flawed, disrupted, or delayed communications, negotiations and trade; glitches and breakdowns with phones, computers, cars, buses, and trains. And all of these problems usually arise because some crucial piece of information, or component, has gone astray or awry.

It is therefore not wise to make important decisions while Mercury is retrograde, since it is very likely that these decisions will be clouded by misinformation, poor communication and careless thinking. Mercury is all about mental clarity and the power of the mind, so when Mercury is retrograde these intellectual characteristics tend to be less acute than usual, as the critical faculties are dimmed. Make sure you pay attention to the small print!
Go to Top The Key Issue

The key issue here is one of focus. Mercury's retro phase tends to bring unforeseen changes and blockages, but the aggravation and frustration that many of us experience during these periods is often due to our own inability to roll with the punches. Is this due to our ego-fixation? Mercury sets out to restructure our thinking processes and for many of us this is painful and frustrating. Moreover, these experiences reveal flaws in our internal organisation as well as our external planning, which can make us feel foolish and inadequate.

Mercury retrograde, like any cosmic aspect, affects people differently, depending on where it hits their personal charts. Some people actually prosper under a retro Mercury, especially if Mercury is retrograde but otherwise well-aspected in their birth charts. It is also a time when matters begun under a previous retro period will come to fruition, or completion as the case may be. Firm decisions that have been previously made when Mercury is travelling normally through the zodiac may be implemented or finalised while Mercury is retrograde without too much worry, for experience shows that this can be done without undue problems arising.

Mercury Retrograde in Libra
Libra, the Scales

When Mercury is retrograde, everyone's thinking is more introspective and we tend to think about issues and concerns which relate to the sign involved. With Mercury retrograde in Libra, people with this sign prominent in their charts will be especially prone to such introspection. Libra is a Cardinal Sign, so the other Cardinal Signs, Aries, Cancer and Capricorn will also receive a touch of the lash!

Venus, the planetary ruler of pleasure-loving Libra, enters sexy, mysterious Scorpio at the same time (Sep. 24) and remains there until leaving Scorpio to enter Sagittarius on Oct. 18. This stimulates jealousy and intense, passionate emotions, combined with a love of sensation, luxury and pleasures. Excesses of sex and passion, especially among the young, will prove more than usually chaotic over this phase. Religious feeling tends to be intense. Misdirected communications can create jealous marital relations, impulsive behaviour and the need to control relationships.

Mercury retro in Libra can disturb the mental balance, making us more than usually indecisive. Virtue and morality will be under pressure from both sides, combining jealousy and possessiveness with the agonies of doubt and indecision! Sharing ideas, especially those connected with moneymaking and other tangible rewards will present a higher risk. Attempts to maintain objectivity and an unbiased approach are likely to be thwarted and coloured by emotion. Trouble through lawsuits affecting partnerships or an unfaithful marriage partner will afflict those who may be in the relevant situations.

Gossip about celebrities, the arts and salacious topics in general will be rife. Rumours regarding partners, spouses and collaborators in business and joint ventures should be discounted, or at least taken with a dose of salt, especially if sex or money are involved, as the atmosphere will be thick with misinformation and innuendo, particularly leading up to the Full Moon on the 14th of October.

All areas of communication are affected, especially in matters related to the law, partnerships, marriage or the arts. This period brings travel snafus and missed appointments of all kinds. Documents can go astray. Be sure to carry a diary and refer to it often.

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the privileged lovers
Current mood: smitten
Category: Writing and Poetry

The moon has become a dancer
at this festival of love.
This dance of light,

This sacred blessing,
This divine love,
beckons us
to a world beyond
only lovers can see
with their eyes of fiery passion.

They are the chosen ones
who have surrendered.
Once they were particles of light
now they are the radiant sun.

They have left behind
the world of deceitful games.
They are the privileged lovers
who create a new world
with their eyes of fiery passion.

-rumi-

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Love
Current mood: loved
Category: Life

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.

Love possesses not nor would be possessed;

For love is sufficient unto love.


When you love you should not say, "Goddess is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of Goddess."

And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.



Love has no other desire but to fufill itself.


But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:

To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at te noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.


kahlil Gibrain - The Prophet

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Fox News: PWNED EXCELLENT!~! a must watch
Current mood: bullied
Category: News and Politics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KZm1RxV4NM

my god I love this clip. comment people!

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Just Say "Know" to GMOs - ACTION ALERT PLEASE READ AND SEND A LETTER TO YOUR REP!!
Current mood: cantankerous
Category: News and Politics

Just Say "Know" to GMOs

Today there is really good news, thanks to the brave action of a member of the United States House of Representatives! Dennis Kuchinich has taken Monsanto and the other Big Biotech corporations on, toe to toe. He understands our demand to have clear labeling of Franken Foods. But he can't do this alone - he needs our help in alerting Congress to the urgency and importance of performing safety testing on ALL genetically modified foods in our food supply AND labeling them clearly.

More than 80% of Americans want genetically modified foods labeled according to a recent NY Times survey. More than 80% of the food in the US is contaminated with unlabrled GMO ingredients. If you believe, as we do, that your health freedom includes the right to make choices about whether to eat clean, unadulterated food and do not want to eat FrankenFood (at least without a choice to eat something else) click here, http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/t/1128/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25920

and ask your Congresspersons to become co-sponsors of Rep. Kuchinch's vitally important bills, H.R. 6635, H.R. 6636 and H.R. 6637.

Read more...
http://vitaminlawyerhealthfreedom.blogspot.com/2008/09/dennis-kuchinich-defending-peoples.html

Please Click Here and Take the Important Action Step on Kuchinch Bills.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/t/1128/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25920

This is a Health Freedom Issue of immense importance. Please, spread the word and ask your freinds, neighbors, associates, so that they can join this effort to assure the safety of our food and clearly lable GMOs for the first time. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/t/1128/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25920

Join the Natural Solutions Foundation's "Just Say No to GMO" forum:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-genetically-modified-foods/

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Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire
Current mood: angry
Category: Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz8wU9DdbqU

Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire
Dir. Michael Moore

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Environmental friendly cleansing of self and home
Current mood: thankful
Category: Life

Thanks to alixa and naima of climbing poetree for this one :)
go check them out and add them as a friend, their words and music are incredible :)
http://www.myspace.com/climbingpoetree


Environmental friendly cleansing of self and home

Friends,
as we all know, the earth is quickly being killed by our excessive ways and uncaring manners! be real! sooo, we've compiled a list of ways to keep yourself and your home cleansed with good all natural substances that can be found most likely already in your home! Its easy! easy easy! don't be lazy and do your (future) children a favor!
sending love!
Alixa

ALTERNATIVE TO BLEACH
Use hydrogen peroxide!!! borax, or if you like spending more paper, non-chlorine bleach from a reputable environmentally-conscious company, like Seventh Generation, or Earth Friendly (it was the first company in the world to obtain Climate Neutral certification and totally offset its C02 emissions, resulting in a net zero impact on the environment, they never animal test). You can also use Orange Sol or Ecover Stain Remover.

MOLD & MILDEW CLEANERS
Mix borax, and water. Scrub.
Hydrogen peroxide or baking soda can remove stains and mildew
and there's always eco-friendly products you can buy at the store such as Planet Solutions (a brand name cleaner).

DRAIN CLEANERS
Baking soda, hotwater and vinegar can clear drain. you can also use
a metal snakes. Use rubber plunger. Wait 15 minutes, then flush with boiling water. Preventative measures: Use drain strainers and occasionally, pour 1/2 gallon of boiling water down drain. Or buy Earth Friendly Drain Opener (a brand name cleaner).

FLOOR CLEANERS
Wood: Dampen mop with water. Mop.
Linoleum: Mix 1 cup white vinegar with 2 gallons water. Polish with club soda.

FURNISHER POLISH
Oak: Boil 1 quart of beer, 1 tsp. of sugar, and 2 tsp. beeswax. Cool. Wipe onto furniture. Buff with chamois cloth when dry.
Mahogany: Mix equal parts white vinegar and warm water. Polish with chamois cloth. Use olive oil, it leaves a lovely shine and also soaks up well into the wood.

METAL CLEANERS
Silver--Make paste of baking soda and water. Rub onto silver. Rub shiny.
Brass--Mix equal parts of salt and flour. Add a little vinegar. Rub.
Chrome--Polish with mixture of baby oil and apple cider vinegar. Let dry. Buff with chamois cloth.

OVEN CLEANERS
Sprinkle water in oven. Follow with layers of baking soda. Rub gently with fine steel wool

TEFLON
Teflon/non-stick coating kills birds, when it is heated (when is Teflon NOT heated), has a reputation for deforming babies!
Buy stainless steel pans if possible. Old-fashioned enamel pans and iron pans.

NEUTRALIZE FUNKY SMELLS:
Get your hands on some Zeolite, a volcanic rock that absorbs smells almost immediately. You can also put out a small saucer of vinegar or pure vanilla on a countertop or table.
Leave open a box of baking soda in refrigerator. OR fill a sachet bag with organic cotton balls and a few dabs of essential oils for a wonderful wafting scent throughout a room where you are having odor problems.

FABRIC SOFTENERS
Use 1/4 cup of baking soda to final rinse cycle and a few drops of your favorite essential oil

LAUNDRY SOAP
Make your own. Here is a decent recipe:
16 cups baking soda
12 cups borax
8 cups grated castile or glycerin soap flakes
3 Tablespoons of lavender, lemon or grapefruit essential oil
Mix.
Use 1/8 cup powder per load. :)
OR you can buy Seventh Generation Laundry Soap (a brand name cleaner)

SHOE OR PURSE POLISH
Put walnut, peanut or olive oil onto soft cloth. Polish. Buff shiny with chamois cloth.

SPOT REMOVER
Immediately saturate spot with water, club soda, lemon juice or salt. Use your own discretion with delicate fabrics.

ALL PURPOSE CLEANERS
Replace standard "all-purpose" cleaners with a combination of baking soda and water.
OR
1/2 cup of white vinegar
a few drops of orange essential oil for scent
1 tsp. salt
1 qt. water.
OR
1 quart warm water
1 tbablespoon liquid soap (dishwashing or castile soap)
1 tablespoon borax
½ cup of undiluted white vinegar
mix ingredients and store in a spray bottle
you can also buy Seventh Generation All-Purpose Cleaner (a brand name cleaner).

ANTI-BACTERIAL
"There are some good ways to keep your hands free of germs but anti-bacterial is not one of them. The active ingredient in these soaps is triclosan, which we recommend avoiding for several reasons: triclosan can damage you skin by sucking out it's moisture, when you use antibacterial soap you are also exposing the environment, since the residue gets washed down the drain. Triclosan is immune to most water treatment filtration processes, so it frequently end's up in local streams where it can have devastating effects on aquatic life. Triclosan accumulates in the gills of fish and renders algae inedible, which disrupts the entire ecosystem. If triclosan comes into contact with chlorine or sunlight, it becomes even more toxic. Triclosan has also been found in human breast milk. Scientist warn against the overuse of antibacterial soap due to their potential to create antibiotic-resistant "supperbugs". Doctors add that the triclosan does not affect viruses, which are responsible for colds and flus.

Washing hands with non regular soap for 20 sec under warm water is still the best way to kill germs. Don't want to count to 20, whistle 'you are my sunshine' instead." - YES! magazine
You can also use Tea Tree Oil as a natural alternative to anti-bacterials that is great to have on-hand. Use it to fight athlete's foot, to put on scratches and scrapes or to dab under your nose when congested.

COLD REMEDIES
Tart Cherries contain anti-inflammatory properties comparable to those of aspirin.
for a cough- suck on an ice cube can numb aggravated nerves, you can also boil a few onion, strain off the water and drink it along with a drop of honey.
for burns- Papaya pulp
for cuts- turmeric powder can help stop the bleeding and disinfect the wound
Belly ache-Peppermint and Ginger teas are age-old soothers for upset stomachs- one cup of tea can help relieve the symptoms.
Headaches- getting a bit of exercise can release endorphins, the bodies natural painkilling chemicals

FLEAS
Repel fleas with one or two drops of essential oil of lavender, cloves, citrus or eucalyptus. Put on yourself, pet, furniture, or rugs either neat, diluted with a little jojoba or almond oil, or mixed in glass spray bottle with a little bit of distilled water. Home Health makes a refreshing "Lavender Water". Another trick which works,--ingesting garlic or brewer's yeast.

INSECTS
Moths--Crumbled bay leaves on pantry shelves or spray back of shelves with lavender essential oil in water. Use glass spray bottles when utilizing essential oils. Use sachets of lavender or cedar chips in with your woolens, bookshelves, and pantry.
Ants--Follow ant trail. Discover spot where ants are coming into home. Dump ground cinnamon at spot where ants entering home. Ants HATE to get their feelers in cinnamon--they can't "breathe".
Red Ants--Pour Dr. Bonner's Peppermint Soap into ant hill. Follow with spray of water. Do this in morning or afternoon.
Roaches--Buy roach motels. Spray back of shelves with essential oils of thymol or lavender or sprinkle with boric acid and black pepper.
Mosquitos--Slather on citronella, eucalyptus or Burt's Bee's Insect Repellent.

BUBBLE BATHS
Most bubble baths have sodium laurel sulfate, which is harmful to eyes. Use lavender and bergamot essential oils along with celtic salt for relaxing, natural, sls-free baths Some other good one: Dr. Bronner's soaps, Aubrey Organics, Burt's Bee's Buttermilk Bath.

ALL IN ONE SOAP!!!
Dr. Bonner's Soaps
These versatile soaps can be used as shampoo, "bubble" bath, hand soap, and cleaners. Try peppermint for energizing, eucalyptus for colds and detoxifying, or lavender for calming.
Primary ingredients: Water, saponified hemp, olive, coconut (with retained glycerin), olive fatty acids, peppermint, eucalyptus or lavender oil, and rosemary extract

Go to this address for a list of natural cleaners for your BODY
http://www.kidsorganics.com/Hygiene.htm
Go to this website for a list of natural cleaners for your HOME!
http://www.kidsorganics.com/Under%20the%20Sink,%20Alternatives%20to%20Toxins.htm

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Strong at the Broken Places
Current mood: catalyzed
Category: Goals, Plans, Hopes

Strong at the Broken Places

Be of good courage, all is before you, and time passed in the difficult is never lost. What is required of us is that we love the difficult and learn to deal with it. In the difficult are the friendly forces, the hands that work on us.

Rainier Maria Rilke


The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.



Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.

Leigh Hunt


Footprints in the sands of time are never made by sitting down.

Anonymous


An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it.

Anonymous


It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Julie Cameron



Thy fate is the common fate of all;
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



The vagaries of life
though painful,
teach us not to cling
to this fleeting world.

Ikkyu Sojun


Those issues that you face are not fixed in time and space; they are relative to your particular viewpoint and subject to constant change. In fact, much of the pain caused by our problems stems in part from our own unchanging biases in terms of how we interpret our personal difficulties to ourselves.
Vilayat Khan




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Difficulties come. But they do not last forever. You will see that they pass away like water under a bridge.

Sri Saradamani Devi


Face adversity promptly and without flinching, and you will reduce its impact.
Winston Churchill


There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.

Phyllis Bottome



The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.

Ernest Hemingway



Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms, you would never see the beauty of their carvings.

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross



People are like stained glass windows; they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.

Kübler-Ross



If life teaches us anything, it may be that it's necessary to suffer some defeats. Look at a diamond: It is the result of extreme pressure. Less pressure, it is crystal; less than that it is coal; and less than that, it is fossilized leaves or just plain dirt.

Maya Angelou



Do not take life's experiences too seriously. Above all, do not let them hurt you, for in reality they are nothing but dream experiences. If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself. Play your part in life, but never forget that it is only a role.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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9 Steps To Achieve a ’Be Happy’ Attitude
Current mood: happy
Category: Life

9 Steps To Achieve a 'Be Happy' Attitude
by Jeff Cohen

Everyone is always in pursuit of happiness. Maybe you have traveled far in seeking happiness, believing that it is to be found in the mountains of Tibet, when actually, it is within your reach. Below are some tips that will surely help you develop a happy attitude and see the true meaning of happiness.



Realize Your Worth

Realize that you are just as important as any other person around. You are not just a tiny speck in this universe. Having a healthy self confidence and self worth makes you aware of your purpose in life. Once you know your life's purpose, it will give you a sense of direction, which helps you sort out your life, and will eventually lead to contentment.



Find Contentment

Not settling for less is not a bad thing, but while you are on your journey in reaching your goals, don't forget to be thankful for what you have now. Counting your blessings helps you to put things in perspective. A lot of people go through life wanting things, not knowing that it's not the Lexus or the Rolex that will make one happy. See where the important things in life lie: your friends and family.



Do the Things You Love

Doing the things you love is sure to keep you in high spirits. Make it a point to treat yourself to doing the things you enjoy the most. It can be dancing, writing or catching the latest movie. No matter what it is, don't stop yourself from enjoying life once in a while. Keep in mind that happiness is found in pure things. If your brand of indulgence involves waking up to a hangover or to being jittery and in need of your next "dose," then you better ask yourself if that is the kind of "happiness" you want for yourself.



Take Time to Help

They say that "He who refreshes others, refreshes himself." Helping doesn't necessarily mean giving people stuff. Helping out may be as simple as providing a shoulder to cry on, or squeezing the hand of someone in distress. The best way to be happy is to make others so.



Be with Happy People

Being with happy people surely does wonders for you. Being surrounded with lighthearted people helps you absorb their positive energy.



Be Optimistic

Keeping a positive attitude towards life is a prime characteristic you must possess to achieve happiness. Teach yourself to be happy. The potential to be happy is in everybody, you just need to know how to bring it out in you. According to Psychologist Martin Seligman, each of us has the power to bring in real joy into our lives. Therefore, it is our choice to be happy or to wallow in loneliness and discontent.



Be Thankful

Recognizing the people you have in your life makes you realize just how good life is. Just looking at your family and set of friends and knowing you have them through thick and thin are already reasons enough for you to be happy. You never have to look too far to find the happiness you're searching for, because it is actually inside you. Your state of mind is the yardstick of just how happy you'll be.

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Live in the Present

If you keep on replaying your past, you will never get to enjoy the present. How can you move forward if you still keep looking back? Forget the painful things that happened in the past. Learn from them, but don't let them hold you back from happiness.



Love Unconditionally

Nothing beats love in terms of giving joy. But "love" is not restricted to romantic love, it also involves the love of friends and family. Love is a balm to the wounds of the soul. Unconditional love, they say, is the best kind of love anyone can give or receive. It is the kind of love where you expect nothing in return. Giving love unconditionally is hard, given man's bent to be self-centered. But do get altruistic sometimes. When you give, out of the abundance of your heart, when you move from the mental frame of giving instead of getting, it is when you will realize that life is sweet, after all. After all is said and done, remember, happiness is a state of mind.

Currently listening : Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi By Thievery Corporation Release date: 1997-06-10

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keeping love fresh, and growing in a relationship
Current mood: loved
Category: Romance and Relationships

This is from today's gift emails, part of hazelden services. check out http://www.hazelden.info to learn more, it's worth signing up for the emails, even if you aren't in recovery.
enjoy!
-dmitri

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.
--Ursula K. Le Guin

In the first phases of a relationship, everything is new and exciting. It seems as though nothing could ever go wrong.

Yet as we move out of this "honeymoon" phase of the relationship, problems begin. Suddenly we notice things about the other person that bother us. We seem to have more disagreements and more difficulties that take longer to solve. We may even silently choose corners, put up walls, and back away from each other.

It's easy at this stage to want to end the relationship. But now is when the outcome of the relationship is most critical. If we run away from renewing our love and rebuilding the foundations of trust and faith in each other, we will deprive our love of its nourishment for growth. Love takes constant work and needs plenty of patience. Each day can reveal a new layer of love; each stage in a relationship moves us to a new plateau. But only if we are willing.

I can look at my relationships and see the potential for growth. Help me renew my feelings of love through faith.

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Galactic Federation of Light First Contact Announcement
Current mood: blessed
Category: Life

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Mastering Intent
Current mood: loved
Category: Life

"And love, true love, unconditional love cannot be grasped as yet on your planet by most of you. It can be imagined, but not truly acquired, because the third dimension, the dimension ninety percent of humankind exist within, is a conditional dimension..

"True love is a frequency. It is not passion, it is not romance, and it is not sexual.. "

Excerpted from The Earth-Keeper Chronicles - June 2008, Archangel Metatron via James Tyberonn


Thank you so much for this post~!

I especially love the World Intent.
Why not? Why doesn't everyone on the planet just DECIDE to change things for the healthier, happier, more balanced?

Is there any reason not to?

Blessings to all~!


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Mastering Intent
by Matthew Webb
eoni. com/~visionquest
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There are many ways in which intent can be observed in action, and therefore many examples with which to describe it in accurate detail. Such description is, needless to say, quite useful when endeavoring the mastery of intent.


One such way to know intent is through the various feelings in the body, (and aura, of course). Change your intent, and so too do feelings shift accordingly.


Another is the close and subtle observation of one's thoughts. Behind every thought is an intent. Intent directs the course of your thought line at all moments, a fact that supercedes the "science" of psychology's concept that mind is a pattern of thought. Mind, (tonal) is only a memorized pattern for as long as we have not yet realized the TRUE source of thoughts, which is intent. Change your intent and thoughts shift accordingly.


Intent can be observed in person to person relations every day on a psychic/feeling level. Change your intent and you will effect others differently.


Intent is also a collective force, such as can be observed in a mob or other crowd. When the combined intent of a mob is focused upon a person or persons, they KNOW it as an unmistakable psychic pressure exerted upon them, especially if that mab is hostile. The reverse example would be the psychic effects of being in the midst of a supportive group which has the intent of love. Compare these two examples and it becomes quite clear that the type of intent employed has very distinct effects.

Examples of what can be said about intent

1) It is ceaselessly functioning within us, and is behind every thought, emotion, decision and action.


2) Intent directs awareness as to how and upon what it will focus.


3) Because intent directs awareness and awareness patterns energy as a result, energy follows intent. The act of creation, (manifestation) is the implementation of intent.


4) Intent is a body-wide consideration. When we coordinate the feeling/intent elements throughout the body as a harmonious whole, our personal power is greatly increased. Using these feelings as a guide or feedback device, intent can be shifted in any part of the body, both temporarily and permanently. For instance if there is chronic fear in the area of the heart of a person, this knowledge of intent allows them an opportunity to change this condition at will. To do this they would need to focus on the fear in the heart, and INTEND that feeling to be elevated, ultimately to one of love, for instance. Such a transformation is well within the power of any person to implement, and is a step along the way to the Mastery of Intent.


Intent can be shifted as a "field effect", not just within the body. When one learns to shift internal intent elements, this process is not unlike the shifting of the intent elements at large.


Many other examples and specifics can be given.... The term "Mastery" does indeed imply a level of consciousness, just as a 60 watt bulb emits a level of photon release that is superior to that which is emitted by a 20 watt bulb. The term "level" here is used much as it would be in the science of physics. Another physics metaphor for Mastery would be the term "Escape velocity" whereby a minimum threshold of thrust is applied in order to get beyond the gravitational force of the earth. Either you have this amount of energy or you don't, and that limitation is not imposed by human made ideas of hierarchical relationship. It is imposed by the reality at large. The same may be said of Mastery.


"Mastery" in the spiritual sense has nothing to do with hierarchy, only degree of attainment. The Master is not interested in comparisons of one person to the next except perhaps to illustrate what is needed along the spiritual path.


Much like describing the wind, to speak of intent is as you said a matter of describing it's effects. However, the wind can also be measured in terms of velocity, direction, the interaction of hot/cold air fronts, particulate content etc. The same is true of intent. Intent can also be described, experienced, and implemented in terms of degree, type, length of focus, manifestation, group action, and daily activities.


The study of intent is therefore a science just as much as it is a mystical consideration. There are just as many ways both valid and concrete, to study and master intent as there are to study and accurately predict the particulars of meteorology.


The electric bulb analogy was meant to convey a matter of energy level. 20 Watts may indeed do well in seeing one's face in the mirror, but when it comes to spiritual practitioners, it CAN help to have the benefit of the brightest Guide one can find. The concept of having a "benefactor" is not unknown in many places in the globe, and at various times throughout history.


Such as; There are various traditions of spiritual thought and practice which employ the term "Master". The ancient Vedic lineage for instance, of which Buddha and Mahavir were a part and which countless others have been revered for their insights, are an example. The same may be said of Taoism and various martial art schools in China/Japan, and probably the ancient Seers of Toltec, Mayan and other cultures. Interestingly, in India the act of "receiving the Darshan" of a Master, traditionally at an ashram or some other place of intensive spiritual focus, is a matter of absorbing the influence of the intent of the one so awakened. The practice entails meditating or simply sitting with the Master and being permeated by their aura/intent for the sake of accelerated personal evolution.


Discussion as follows… You said; "We can, indeed, describe the effects of intent! However, this is not a discussion of intent. Words are only a way to describe an item or an event. They are not the event, itself. Intent can only be experienced.
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Yes, words are only a description, not the thing in itself. If intent were unique to a given person and no others, then surely it would be something that could only be experienced and not described. However, intent is not unique to any one person...it is common to all of us.


"Take another example: suppose I have never eaten a peach. Could you tell me what it tastes and feels like? Not very accurately! One more problem: words are issued by humans. All humans are inherently dishonest. Words will always be biased and at least a little accuracy is lost in this way. Thus, I can claim that intent and its manipulation can only be experienced.
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If only one of us had ever eaten a peach then this would be true. But what happens when we have both eaten one? It is then that we can say that ripe peaches are sweet, juicy and even of varying degrees of freshness, acidity, how juicy they are, etc. Saying this has real experiential meaning, and notes can be compared.


Since we all have intent as an inherent aspect of the true self, this is something of a common experience for everyone here. Even in the writing of these replies we are employing intent, and the same is true of reading them. In making specific observations about this fact, such as realizing intent in action even at this very moment, and every moment thereafter, definite and specific details can be accurately obtained.


An example of such observation is to say; Intent is continuously functioning within, and is behind every thought, feeling and action we take. Intent is what focuses awareness first upon the computer screen and then upon the keyboard, and from seeing a scene to simply hearing it. Like the power of a muscle, intent is no given action, but the potential for all actions. Whenever we focus our intent/awareness on any part of the body, it is there that energy begins to accumulate, and in the manner of the intent that is so focused.


The reaction of others to our words, even though those words are repeated syllable for syllable on different occasions, differs precisely according to the intent with which they were spoken...etc. Both the soulic and physical bodies are made of intent elements. The second is to raise these intent elements so that one's consciousness is progressively expanded.


The intent elements to be raised are those in ourselves, and those around the world at large. The intent elements within are not difficult to know and access, since each one produces a specific feeling somewhere in the body. The intent elements at5 large are similarly not difficult to know and access, when a practitioner learns to feel with their body in that way. Just as we can selectively listen to given conversation in a croded room, and then switch our attention to the room in general, so to can we learn to switch our feeling registry from ourselves to the fields at large. In other words, we can directly feel the intent at large, and on wider and wider scales.


The method of raising these intent elements is also similar in each case. We can raise the intent elements within to higher feelings. We can also raise the feeling/intent elements in others, or even whole "areas of effect" given the right employment of intent.


There are four specific steps which can be followed that form the basis for the shifting of intent at both the personal and field levels.
They are as follows;

THE EMPLOYMENT OF INTENT
(for rendering internal change)

1) Be aware of your current state of body/mind, (this is accomplished through meditation).


2) Gain familiarity with that which is to be Intended, (such as a higher love and clarity) and the Intent to be acted upon is crystallized.


3) The desired state is held steady in the mind, (for at least 5 minutes). Visualize and feel this state as if it already exists, until the body/mind shifts into it.


4) The desired state is "held in place" throughout the body, (or a given chakra). This new state is maintained by treating it as the new reality of the self on a permanent basis.


Subsequent applications of the above four-step process render cumulative results.
Be persistent! When raising intent elements at large, similar steps can be employed;

THE MANIFESTATION OF INTENT
(FOR WORLD CHANGE)

1) Be aware of the current state of World Mind, (this is accomplished through meditation, and a body-wide sensitivity to the feelings/Intent currently traveling around the globe. Just visualize the world and FEEL.


2) Gain familiarity with that which is to be Intended around the world, (such as a higher love and clarity) and the Intent to be acted upon is crystallized.


3) The desired result and state is held steady in the body/mind, as though it already exists. The meditator superimposes the visualized result of higher world consciousness, upon the existing World Mind. Our focused Awareness acts to Create external psychic changes, by providing environmental energies with a pattern to crystallize around. [In this way our awareness may be compared to the lines of force exerted by a magnet upon iron filings] A re-patterning of global consciousness, in accord with personal, (or group) Intent, then begins to take effect. This initiates psychic changes in the nations of the world, first at the unified field, (subatomic) level of existence, and then subsequently at the material level of social policy. Awareness extends outward from the self, (or selves) into the environment, and according to ones' visualized Intent. It causes the Energy there to conform to the desired changes. To accomplish this step in raising the world consciousness, the entire Earth is visualized. Also pictured is "the light of change", which manifests positive Intent, (described hereafter).


4) The desired result and state is "Intended into place", (and held there). The new pattern of consciousness, generated through focused Awareness at the direction of Intent, is now made manifest. This new level of love, clarity or other desired Intention is then stabilized, by treating it as the new reality of the World Mind. Psychic changes created in these four steps, are Intended into place as a lasting benefit for all of humanity, and/or for the Earth itself.

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