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The Stages of Spiritual Growth
2012 June 7
Posted by Steve Beckow

Looking at my own spiritual process, I discern three stages I’ve gone through or am going through.

By “stages,” I don’t mean that we move from one to the other. We do move from one to the other but without necessarily abandoning the earlier stage. We add on the next stage in what may be cumulative activity.

Some people will say that I’m reproducing the three stages of growth from Buddhist teachings: sutta-maya-punya, cinda-maya-punya, and bhavana-maya-punya. Yes and no. While it is based on that, I think you’ll find that the three stages I describe here are different in important ways.

Researching

The first stage involves gathering wisdom by our own efforts. We read, listen to tapes, watch videos, and think. We do so until we can find no further answers to the questions we have. And, if we haven’t solved the entire puzzle that the spiritual search is, then we begin to look around for some additional means of forwarding our search for the truth.

Listening

The second stage involves gathering wisdom by listening to others. Having gone as far as we can by our own efforts, we then turn to hear what others have to say. We seek out spiritual teachers and it’s my belief that we do so for a reason.

It may be a radical thing to say but, based on my experience with Sanat Kumara on An Hour with an Angel June 3, 2012, I believe we seek out conversations with spiritual teachers to bring ourselves to a point of conviction that we can accomplish the spiritual path ourselves.

Every one of us absolutely faces the task of completing the spiritual journey ourselves. Sanat Kumara is not going to do it for me, or Jesus, or Buddha. I must walk the distance myself. So has God decreed that it be, as far as I’m aware.

What’s crucial, I think, is that we reach a place of being convinced or certain that we can do it and that’s what happened as a result of my interviewing Sanat. And it’s this experience which has me write this article.

I’ve been researching spiritual matters since perhaps 1970 and speaking and listening to spiritual teachers since perhaps 1974. The whole time I was doing that I wasn’t aware of what purpose I was trying to accomplish.

But something happened to me in the interview with Sanat that showed me what I was doing and readied me for the next stage in the spiritual process. I did something risky with Sanat. I produced my own research with him and submitted it to him for verification that that research was correct, useful, and productive. And his response convinced me that it was.

Twice during our conversation Sanat said that what I was alleging was correct. And his tone also said that he was being sincere when he said that. Now he could have said, no, my friend, I’m afraid the truth is very far from what you just said. But he didn’t.

It’s very risky to submit one’s pet theories to a spiritual master. Especially pet theories that one has worked perhaps 30-40 years on. If Sanat had said, no, the situation is not as you describe it, goodbye to a lifetime of research and time to start over. But that’s not what happened.

Please keep in mind that I’ve loved and honored Sanat since, oh, 30 years ago perhaps. He’s known to all religions and is associated with many forks in the road for humanity.

When he said that I was on the right track, something happened inside of me. I passed at that moment from the second stage of spiritual growth to the third.

Experiencing

The third stage involves gathering wisdom by our own experiencing. We know the wisdom because we actually experience the truth of it, never mind having read it or been told that it was true. “By our own experiencing” means by our own conscious awareness, enlightenment, or realization. We’ve now left mere book-learning or hearsay, and have realized, or are intent on realizing, the truth ourselves.

What happened as a result of the interview with Sanat is that I stopped searching and am now ready, and convinced I’m ready, to realize the truth myself. Put another way, I’ve stopped searching because I’ve accomplished what searching ultimately produces and that’s the conviction or certainty that I have the resources I need to fully realize the truth.

Experiencing or realizing the truth, I’m convinced, depends on God alone. God alone, I believe, bestows the experience of truth. What did Bernadette Roberts say? “At a certain point, when we have done all we can [to bring about an abiding union with the divine], the divine steps in and takes over.” (1)

In the beginning it’s very necessary for us to exert ourselves, to make effort. But there also comes a point where effort is counterproductive. Many spiritual teachers say this:

Sri Ramakrishna: “One must be up and doing in the beginning. After that one need not work hard.” (2)

Ramana Maharishi: “You need not eliminate the wrong ‘I.’ … All that you need do is to find out its origin and abide there. Your efforts can extend only thus far. Then the Beyond will take care of itself. You are helpless there. No effort can reach it.” (3)

Some people hear some teachers saying effort is necessary and others saying effort or search is counterproductive and are confused. But what needs to be realized is that there is a stage during which effort is necessary and a stage during which it is not.

I feel myself, after the conversation with Sanat, having reached a point where the search and the effort is now counterproductive. I have reached the point which listening is designed to produce: a feeling of certainty of or conviction about being able to do what spiritual practice has us do – realize the Self. Consequently I’ve ceased searching – or what is more to the point, I’ve ceased exerting effort.

Because I’ve agreed to go through my spiritual process publicly, I report these things whereas it’s more advisable for others who don’t have this agreement to go through their process quietly. But my work is to share my discoveries along the way. I risk being called arrogant and a braggart for doing my process publicly but I’ve agreed to assume that risk for the value it produces for others. It’s what a writer does, what he or she contributes.

So I now feel ready to enter the third stage of experiencing, to lessen my reliance on my own research and on listening to teachers and simply open myself to the experience of realization which God alone confers, which is, to put it another way, an act of Grace, as Franklin Merrell-Wolff tells us:

“As the lower cannot command the Higher, the individual ego is not lord over the Universal SELF. Hence, from the individual standpoint, the Realization is spontaneous and thus is often called an act of Grace. The SELF, which it must be remembered is Identical with Divinity, does not stand within the causal sequence. Consequently, strictly considered, Realization of the SELF is never an effect of causes set up by the individual man acting in space and time. The latter through his efforts prepares the candle, as it were, but the Flame is lighted through a spontaneous act of Spirit.” (4)

I’m now ready for experiencing. I feel settled. I can weather the wait. I’m willing to simply open myself now and receive.

Thank you, Sanat, for providing this service to me, for being so kind as to extend your assistance to a mortal travelling the enlightenment path, you who have been looked upon by so many humans as a god.

http://www.franhealing.com/Current-Channelled-Message.html

Hello, my dear Ones, dear Ascending Souls that you are! I greet you with such love and gratitude for the work you are doing to transmute the energies within yourselves and the planet. You are such precious and brave Beings, fulfilling your purpose and mission so gracefully and fully.

My love for you abounds, as does the love of every Celestial being and Galactic being, every Being, that is; we do not really have to differentiate anymore, except to be all-inclusive. You are all One with All That Is, and are increasing in Light every minute on this beautiful journey with Mother Earth on the path of Ascension.

I wish to speak with you today about purpose and Mission. It is sometimes a misunderstood concept. Allow me to illuminate this for you, if you will.

Across the Universes and across the Eons, you have toiled and grown away from Source, from your first stray from that light-filled Oneness. You agreed to do this and you were prepared to do this, and you were fully capable of doing this, and you experienced many things that you are beginning to realize the purpose of which was to bring you back to the Light and Oneness with even more Wholeness and Purity.

That is indeed your Mission, your purpose, and you are beginning to fathom the ramifications of all you have been through, dear friends. Your strength ensured your success, and your Love ensured your safety and protection. You were never alone, and you never really veered off-course, although it seemed, for much of the time, that you were lost.

You were not really lost; it was just necessary for you be fully immersed in the experience in order to reap the most value from it, for yourselves and for others, for the whole conglomeration of Souls in your united purpose and Mission.

Let no one tell you that you are less than Perfect and Stellar in this Mission. You are just beginning to see and remember all that you encompass, all that you are comprised of, dear Ones, my exalted Ascension Team. Yes, this is true. You are beginning to uncover and realize the Truth of it.

Please take care to honor, nourish and protect your physical bodies, for they are the vehicles, as you know, with which you are acknowledging and clearing these experiences you chose to carry you through Ascension and back to Oneness.

It may seem at times like your Light is spilling over and wanting to overtake this physical body of yours, bringing it up and out faster and faster while you experience the upper dimensions. It will seem at times like there are no boundaries or stability as you try out your wings, so to speak. Ascending in your physical body has required many adjustments, designed to bring you slowly but steadily up the ladder of Ascension.

Many of you will have experienced or are experiencing lapses of consciousness or disorientation while still playing out your “Jobs” or roles on the 3rd Dimensional level. Just go with it, and as I have mentioned before, please keep hydrated and as rested as much as possible. It is imperative now to favor high-vibrational, untainted, pure fruits and vegetables and to flow through your day with awareness, yet with as little constriction and restriction and resistance as possible. Easier said than done, but we see that you are all mastering this with much Grace and aptitude.

Be assured that you have made it through yet another energy upsurge and transformation and it is becoming more and more apparent to you that you are being gently washed ever out to the Sea of Ascension, where the hues and colors are becoming more and more brilliant and rich.

You are swimming beautifully and with such strength, and absorbing the deep rich hues of the rainbow as you journey along your path of Ascension.

We of the Spiritual and Galactic Realm salute you and offer our eternal and unflagging love and devotion.

I AM Sananda and I am forever at your service.

Copyright © 2012 by Fran Zepeda. All Rights Reserved.

Stephen: These mass meditations are becoming an almost-weekly occurrence but, hey, we can never meditate together enough, can we?

Plus, it’s a beautiful, peaceful, calming, non-harmful way of declaring our intentions to the Universe, visualising our desires and moving from thought to action – especially in light of the reported success of our other recent group efforts.

Surrender of the Cabal Meditation

By Cobra, Portal 2012 – June 8, 2012

http://2012portal.blogspot.ca/

Return of the Goddess meditation was a great success. The critical mass was reached and Goddess has returned to planet Earth after 5000 years of exile. This means that Kali Yuga is officially over. It means that the feminine aspect of the Source has been irrevocably anchored in every physical, etheric, astral and mental particle of this planet and will stay here forever.

You can now connect with the Goddess energy anytime you wish. Isis got her crown back:

Goddess wants peace. After 5000 years of insane wars, produced by disbalance of feminine and masculine aspects, real peace is finally possible. Goddess wants peace and she will get it.

Immediately after the Venus transit, the Cabal made an offer to surrender. Such is the power of our collective consciousness and mass meditations.

Therefore we will have a unified meditation tomorrow, Sunday June 10th (and Monday Jun 11th, depending where you live) . Please use the exact meditation stated so our consciousness stream gets unified.

Instructions:

1. Relax your mind and body by watching your breath for a few minutes.

2. Visualize a pillar of electric blue Light emanating from the Galactic Central Sun, going through your body to the center of the Earth. Keep this pillar of Light active for a few minutes. Then visualize a peaceful surrender of the Cabal. Visualize them announcing their defeat over the mass media, stepping down from power and confessing their wrongdoings. Visualize massive healing of humanity taking place as people are finally being set free.

3. Visualize humanity creating bright new future. Visualize NESARA law being implemented with transparent financial system that is fair to everyone being put into place, free energy technologies being introduced, mass media being free from censorship and educating the masses.

Exact times for different time zones are:

9:00 am HAST June 10th (Hawaii)
11:00 am AKDT June 10th (Alaska)
12:00 pm PDT June 10th (Los Angeles)
1:00 pm MDT June 10th (Denver)
2:00 pm CDT June 10th (Houston)
3:00 pm EDT June 10th (New York)
4:00 pm BRT June 10th (Rio de Janeiro)
8:00 pm BST June 10th (London)
9:00 pm CEST June 10th (Paris)
9:00 pm SAST June 10th (South Africa)
10:00 pm EEST June 10th (Bulgaria)
11:00 pm MSK June 10th (Moscow)
12:30 am IST June 11th (India)
3:00 am CST June 11th (Beijing)
4:00 am JST June 11th (Tokyo)
5:00 am AEST June 11th (Sydney)

Little does the author know that galactic civilizations will soon be sharing new communications technology, the contours of which cannot at present be well imagined. Thanks to Taylor.
Take A Look At The New Internet That Opened For Business Today

Julie Bort, Business Insider, Jun. 6, 2012

http://www.businessinsider.com/take-a-look-at-the-new-internet-that-opened-for-business-today-2012-6#ixzz1x1yOpuUJ

A few hours ago, a whole new Internet was switched on.

The old Internet is almost out of room. The new Internet is vastly bigger. It’s ready for trillions and trillions more computers, devices, Web sites and the like.

Confused? Here’s how it works: In order to be on the Internet, a device or Web site needs an address. The old Internet had about 4.3 billion IP addresses. That’s not a lot. There are more mobile phones today in use than that. The new Internet has 40 trillion trillion trillion (or, 340,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000)!

This new Internet is known as Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and the old Internet is IPv4. (IPv5 got scrapped for IPv6).

Here’s an example of what an old Internet address looked like: 192.0.2.1. Here’s an example of a new IPv6 address: 2001:0db8: 85a3:0000:0000: 8a2e:0370:7334.

Network engineers have been working on this for years and years. So you won’t really notice anything different as they slowly switch everything from the old Internet to the new Internet, which will take a couple of years. BUT if you are going to sign up for a new ISP, or buy a new home router or launch a new Web-based business, make sure it works with IPv6. Even though the new Internet is turned on, not every network provider has gotten its IPv6 act together yet.

Over time, this new Internet will have a profound effect on our lives as all kinds of devices (things we can’t even imagine) get connected to the Internet, like every appliance in your home, medical sensors and much more.

Below the Father of the Internet, Vint Cerf explains the new Internet. Cerf now works for Google

http://www.thegroundcrew.com/channeled_messages.htm

I thought I would ask Sanat Kumara, who is called the Ancient of Days, to speak with us about the Venus Mars transit. He is from Venus and is responsible for the Earth’s ascension, as well as Venus’. This is what he has to tell you:

Greetings. I am Sanat Kumara. I will give you a quick overview of the recent events that you are feeling. Some of you are more sensitive than others. The energies that you are feeling are part of the process of shifting your bodies and your consciousness. It is necessary for many cellular and DNA shifts to occur in order for you to receive the gifts and blessings of these energies.

You have different roles to play in this process. Some of you are transmitters of the currents of higher consciousness energies. This transmission must occur when you are in more of the alpha state of consciousness; therefore, you will be in an awakened consciousness. You volunteered for this job and we apologize for the challenges that are required of you.

Your brains are also being re-wired. Some of this work keeps you awake. Many of you are sensitive to the Light at night. You must try to sleep in the dark because the Light could also contribute to your inability to sleep.

Just think about what it means to be a part of the “great awakening.” We are telling you this because you are already awake and helping to awaken the masses who don’t understand what is going on with the planet. It takes a lot of higher vibrational currents to carry the higher frequencies.

The Venus Mars transit is about softening the heart and allowing the divine feminine energies to become more of the healing and driving force for the Light on the Earth. You need to assimilate as much of this energy as possible. This transit will have a long term effect upon you and the Earth as well. Be receptive and call forth the full integration of these energies will all of your heart. As soon as you do this your situation will improve on all levels.

You may feel as if you don’t know what you are doing but you really do know. You have done this many times and are well trained. It is the body that is new to the process. Be open and don’t resist.

Thank you for all of the good work you are doing. We love and appreciate you greatly.

http://www.thegroundcrew.com/channeled_messages.htm

Greetings, I am Mira from the Pleaidian High Council on assignment with the Earth Council.

The plans are set. The strategies are in place for the ascension of the human race. I am happy to tell you these words today. We have been working diligently for this announcement.

We have had to come to grips with a myriad of issues in order to be able to make these comments. It is important for you to know this statement of truth. It means that if you follow the arrows of Light you will be on your way. You will also take many others with you.

Our fleets of ships surround you and the Earth. We find this quite an exciting time to be a part of these events. We have been working with established protocols for the ascension of the Earth. We are in full communication with our Creator in this process. This is where the final word is given for each step of the way.

The wayward ones are resisting the Light as always but with more fervent energies. They are dogged in their negative intent but have failed to come to grips with the Light that is amplified exponentially. Their old negative fear-based methods no longer work. We take their attempts in our stride. We gladly see the truth coming out in such splendid displays.

Our Pleiadian Contact Team is reaching out to you in the dream state and in other ways to prepare you for your future work. Please have patience while you wait to know more of the details. I assure you that what work you will be doing will be fun and uplifting. It is also important work and I think you already know that.

The time has come for you to be fully open to doing your true work. We need you to team up with us and it will be in marvelous ways that we will work together. We are peacekeepers and so are you. Look inside of you, look around you, look everywhere you go and find peace.

As you see humanity struggle as some lose the firm hold of what was of value in the third dimension, you will recognize where to send your healing Love and Light. This will help create peace.

Find time for yourself. Do the best you can. We are with you in every way possible.

I am Mira from the Pleiadian High Council

Dear Thrive Movement,

Are you ready to join with people all over the world to create lasting solutions?

With today's launch of the THRIVE Solutions Hub, you can now access the resources and best practices of people who are dealing with many of the same issues in their community as you are in yours. On our tour with THRIVE, we found people everywhere who are engaged in creating solutions, but they don't know about each other. Each town had someone working to create a GMO-free zone, for instance, and now, instead of working in isolation, they can benefit from each other's strategies and successes.

There are already a great and growing number of Solutions Groups all over the world. Whether you are a new or existing THRIVE group, or another organization, the THRIVE Solutions Model is designed to empower you. You can now find others who are working on solutions in your area, register new groups, and share resources.

Check out our new Solutions Hub, to learn more about the Thrive Solutions Model, download our Solutions toolkit, connect with others, and watch an introductory video from Foster.

Click the video to watch on the Thrive Website.

We will be adding new features to the Solutions Hub over the coming months, and rely on your feedback to make sure we're providing the most effective tools possible. Please let us hear your constructive input by commenting on the bottom of the page.

Thanks for all that you are doing to help create a thriving world!

Sincerely,
Foster, Kimberly and the Thrive Team

Message from the Galactic Federation of Light 6/8/12 ‘Project Participation Survey’

Opening into our new blossoming reality, we are poised to begin the commencement of many of the projects and programs we have discussed with you throughout the past months. What we see for you and your people is an entirely new approach to your everyday tasks, chores and problems. We offer you solutions in the way of advanced technologies and sounder reasoning when it comes to planning and implementing these new systems.

Many of your current systems are archaic, and some of them should not have been implemented in the ways they were in the first place. What we, the Galactic Federation of Light, would like to do is tear down some of these systems and start over completely from scratch. Naturally, this will be a great endeavor and will take many hands and many minds to see a successful accomplishment of this task. What we would like from you is a sign that you are dedicated and committed to making these wide ranging changes all across your planet. We would like to hear from you to learn how many of you would be interested in working hands-on on these many projects.

In some cases, there will be those of you who will be working directly with members of our organization. There will be others of you who work indirectly with us, but who will not meet us face-to-face and board our ships for any length of time. There are many reasons why some of you will be working with us while some of you will participate in some of these projects but not work directly with us. One way to see this is that a trust has needed to have been built throughout the past months and years since we have been communicating with you through our channels. We have monitored your online social networks, and we have devised at least some sort of list of who we feel have earned a right to work directly with us based on your work ethic, your commitment, your ability to work with others, and other factors that have weighed in our decision-making.

Please do not feel you are being judged in any way, as this is certainly not the case. We do not judge any of you for anything, that is the bottom line. What we would prefer is to simply work with those of you who we feel we could trust even though we have never worked with you before, or that we feel would be a compliment to our team. There are also those of you who have worked with us before, and as we have said, there are those of you who are, beyond this illusion, members already of the Galactic Federation of Light and, of course, in such cases we look forward to our reunion with you and working again much closer than we are at this time.

There are many projects, programs and tasks needed to be accomplished here to right this ship that is listing in her waters, and there will always be many opportunities for many of you to earn a spot on our roster and begin to work personally with us or even one day become a member in full honor and standing with our organization. At this time, we only wish to get the ball rolling and begin some of the more pressing projects we feel are important to get underway. Some of these projects will take many years to accomplish and some even decades. There are some smaller tasks that we, together with you, should be able to accomplish far sooner. It is some of these tasks that we will also begin in the days ahead, and we look forward to begin to splash a few of these dominoes down.

Your journey has been a long one, and through much of it we have seen the best in you shine, and at times, the worst that humanity can offer come to the surface. We see today and the days before you as an opportunity for you to let the best of what each and every one of you are shine brightly for the entire universe to see like a burning torch leading the way of your people through the cold dark night of your isolation, an isolation that is about to end once and for all and forever. You have been quarantined, as it is said here in your world, for many long years. Throughout this isolation, you have been left to find solutions to your problems on your own. The problems that have needed solutions were created by you, and therefore, we felt it was important for you yourselves to find the solutions to your own creations.

In some areas you have done very well for yourselves, and in some areas great problems have arisen from your failure to adequately derive solutions to the problems that have been mounting for many years now since your Industrial Revolution period in your history. In the great scheme of things, this period in your history is very minute, yet it has left indelible footprints in the path of your journey. Some of these footprints are deep and have caused great problems for you. We have been monitoring your progress and also closely monitoring the problems that have arisen from some poor planning and implementation, and from what we see, mostly due to greed on the parts of your industrial barons who only saw profit, power and control as a means for their motivation.

What we would like to do is remove these barons from power by removing the necessity for the utilities and the systems that they control. This is one of the larger projects on our ‘To- Do’ list, and this is one of the projects that will take the longest time to fully complete. Some of these systems are so deep rooted into your society that only a complete overhaul of your systems, and in some cases your society, will be the cure for these ailments. This is where we need your full cooperation and as many of you as possible who are willing to participate in these projects. What we are talking about is your transportation systems, your waste disposal systems, your water treatment systems, your food production systems, your healthcare systems, your systems of safety and well-being, and your systems of problem control which would entail natural, as well as even some man-made problems in your world.

Taking a look at this list we are confident you will immediately see how great a task some or even all of these initial projects are. There are many other tasks as well that demand attention immediately, and we are also confident you can understand why we feel it is needed that we begin to make contact with many of you and enlist the help of many others to begin at least some of the initial phases of some of these projects. What we would like to do is just get an idea of how many of you would be willing to participate in these projects. We ask you at this time to leave us your comments under this message just to give us some idea of how many of you can be counted on to take on these tasks with us in the days ahead. As we have said, we are fully monitoring your online social networks and we have teams that are making lists and compiling data on your responses to our offers and to the information that we are sharing with you through our channels. (You may leave a comment under this message throughout the Internet, or if no comment field is provided, beneath this message on my blog @ http://ascensionearth2012.blogspot.com . Please do not send me a private message, as the GFL will not read our private mail as they respect and honor our privacy at all times.)

At this time, this is the only way we can communicate with you. In the days ahead this will change, you can be assured of this, as a more direct line of communication will be opened. We will not discuss with you at this time what this will entail, but we will say that there will be little question as to the authenticity or accuracy of these messages any longer, as all will know that indeed it is we, the Galactic Federation of Light, that is speaking to you. For today, it is your choice whether you choose to believe these words you are reading or not. This is one of the choices that are all yours to make and we honor and respect each and every choice you make as always.

We feel a lot of the difficulties that are being experienced at this time could be alleviated if more of you could simply find a way to better trust the information that is being provided to you. We see so many of you questioning the integrity or the abilities of our channels, and we ask you at this time to try to find a way to suspend your systems of disbelief, distrust and suspicion, and instead just try to focus on the possibility that these messages are genuine and look at them with an open mind and heart, and just try to feel that someone is trying to get through to you and share something with you.

In the end, there will be no question as to our existence and that we have indeed been communicating with you for some time now through channels that we have selected based on their abilities and their track records to get jobs done that needed to be completed. This is why these channels have been chosen, there is no other reason, and there is no ulterior motive to why these individuals were selected to carry forth our messages. There is no secret or mystery to this, it is very simple. We needed to get our messages to you and we found a few individuals that we felt we could count on, that is all. Try to see this and understand this and take less shots and make less attacks on our channels, as what they are doing is providing you a service for an avenue of information that comes from us and has been written for you, nothing more nothing less, and in the days ahead the identities of our channels will be made clear to you and you will know that the words you have been reading are genuine communications from us of the higher dimensions.

Thank you for your time today, and we look forward to reading your responses to our offers to participate in some of the large projects we have discussed with you at this time. We will be compiling lists of those of you who have shown a willingness to participate in these initial projects, and we look forward to working either directly or indirectly with many of you.

We have to put aside our differences and rest our squabbling and debating with each other, as these forms of communication are proving pointless and without merit and reward. What we would like to see more of you doing is communicating openly without fear of reprisals in the form of unwelcoming comments and insults. We would like to see more of you participating in these discussions pertaining to our presence here in your world and of the many projects we will be undertaking with your assistance. This is the matter at hand at this time, there is no other matter as pressing or important, as much rides on these many projects and they necessitate our introductions and our assistance that can only be lent you through a working partnership with us.

Please allow all others to express their opinions and points of view without censorship or reprisal, and allow others to express whatever it is they would like to without your criticism of their beliefs or viewpoints. If you could all do this it would make our job much easier amassing the data that will lead to conclusions as to whether the time is now right to make our move and begin on these many projects with you. This is what we ask you at this time. We would like to see more peaceful and constructive conversations amongst you instead of harsh words and criticism sent back and forth. This will help us, and in the long run help you, as nothing can be resolved through bickering and argumentation. Nothing ever gets resolved that way, and that is one of the lessons you have come here to learn.

We see many of you have learned this lesson and do try your best to conduct amicable conversations with others even in the face of ridicule and insult to your character and your beliefs. We thank all of you who have been making a sincerest effort to better communicate and convey your ideas and thoughts to each other with respect for one another and each of your points of view, and tell you that this is the way to effectively communicate that will lead to getting things done here in your world.

Nothing can be accomplished until you learn to get along with each other. This is the starting point, the cornerstone of the foundation that your new world will be built upon. We do not wish to come in here and help you build a new world upon a faulty foundation that has been built upon argument, dissension, hatred, and attacks on one another. We wish instead to help you construct your new paradise on a firm foundation built on respect and honor for one another’s beliefs and points of view and upon lines of communication that are open, free of censorship, ridicule, judgment, personal attacks and mockery. This is a foundation we will not help you build upon, and we ask you to firm up your foundation now before we together begin building your new world upon it.

Thank you for your efforts in this area, and we assure you that given the right amount of effort you will see rewards, as so much can be gained and accomplished through open, free, and friendly lines of communication. We look to see improvements in this area, and we will again be monitoring your online social networks and look forward to seeing how well you can communicate with each other and to us, as we do take note of many comments directed towards us and our reasons for being here.

We say to you again that our reason for being here is to assist your world make the many changes necessary that will see you advance to the level of a galactic, rather than a planetary, society. There comes a time in each and every planet’s journey throughout this universe when a point is reached of rising to the next stage of evolution, and it is now your turn, the people of the planet you call Earth, to take center stage and rise to the next level of accomplishment and reward. It is your turn, this is your opportunity, and we suggest to you to do what you can to take full advantage of this opportunity and all that is possible for you from it, as these stages of a planet’s evolutionary path are very far between and take many eons of time and much effort on the part of its people to reach.

All of you together have ridden your planet around its track through this galaxy and your galaxy’s track through this universe, and all of you deserve credit and the reward for such effort and hard fought accomplishment. Your reward for such trial is now at hand, and we say to you the hard times, the difficult times, the struggle and hardship through lack, through poverty, through hunger, through war, through violence, through dirt and pollution is now on the verge of becoming a relic of your past experience that has made you the tried-and-true being of immense knowledge, wisdom and power that you are today. This day is yours, and nothing would make us happier than to see each and every one of you enjoy it to its fullest. You have earned it, and all the prize that comes with it.

We are the Galactic Federation of Light.

As channeled through Greg Giles.
http://thefederationoflight.ning.com/profiles/blogs/message-from-the-galactic-federation-of-light-6-8-12-project

Getting into the Game (Searching for your Assignment)

The Galactic Federation of Light has shared with us their views that the time has come for all of us to be fully engaged in the tasks that will see to the successful conclusion of our overall mission, as the time for 3rd dimensional distractions has come to pass. There are those at this time who have expressed that they are not yet sure what their individual assignment or assignments are at this time, so let us discuss briefly what some of these assignments may be, keeping in mind there are no wrong choices. Whatever it is you feel you resonate with is always an excellent choice.

To find which assignment may be the one for you, you may ask yourself “What is it I’m good at? What is it that seems to draw me to it like a magnet? What is it I have learned? What is it that interests me? What are some of the jobs I’ve had in this lifetime? Could they have something to do with my assignment at this time? What are some of the professions of my friends? Could this also be a clue? When I am surfing the Internet I seem to keep running across topics with related themes. Perhaps this is a sign and this is my true calling?”

The Galactic Federation of Light has made it clear that they will not contact us in any way to tell us what our individual assignments are, as we are not only here to see to the successful conclusion of our shared mission, but we are also here on personal journeys as well and part of this journey is to find our own way.

Our overall mission here that we, the Lightworkers, are involved in is service to this planet and her people. As part of our duties towards this service, we are to assist the people of this world understand what is transpiring here, what their options are, and support them in what may be a challenging period for many. Many at this time seek answers to their many questions. This is one assignment that is available for you to become involved in. Those of us who have reached an understanding of the events transpiring at this time are asked to be a fountain of information for any and all that seek a higher understanding of what is transpiring around them.

All the tools that you will ever need for this assignment are at your fingertips. The Internet and the social networks are all you need to reach thousands, even millions of those who seek knowledge that is not available through mainstream media. (*At this time, the Galactic Federation of Light asks of us to focus on one matter, and that is their existence, who they are to us, their presence here in our world, and of their honorable intentions to assist us make this transition as smooth as possible and advance our world to where it is we rightfully belong.*)

Do not wait for someone to ask you a question directly. If someone leaves a comment under a post stating that they are confused or they do not understand what is going on, this is a call for your services and it is your task to respond.

Another very important area of our mission is to help calm the fears of others. Again, the Internet is your office. Do not wait for someone to come to you and say “I am scared”, as this will rarely be the case. All you have to do is read the comments under messages from the Galactic Federation of Light, ascension or UFOs in general, and it will be clear to those of you who have the talent to identify when another is showing signs of fear. Look for the telltale signs. When someone begins to lash out at a post about ascension or the GFL, or shows signs of denial, what they are really saying is “I’m scared”, and these are the bells above the door to your shop letting you know a client has just walked in. It is the task of those who have trained in this area to respond with soothing vibrations of love, light (which is information), trust, security, reassurance and reason. If this sounds like something you can do, then perhaps this is your assignment. There are no penalties for trying one assignment, not resonating with it and trying another. You will always be doing our mission a great service by simply participating.

Another area that you may participate in is the healing fields. Is this something that you have taken the time to learn about? Have you learned about healing frequencies, color therapy, aromatherapy, sound healing, crystals and stones? If you have answered yes to any of these, perhaps this is your area of expertise. Your clinic is the Internet and your waiting room is full, as each and every day I read posts and comments of those that are suffering ailments, illnesses and ascension symptoms. Again, do not wait for someone to ask you how they may treat their ailments. Volunteer your wisdom, your knowledge and your experience, and allow each person to choose if they wish to accept your gift.

There are many at this time that are very interested in learning how to more effectively communicate with their guides, their star family, and members of the Galactic Federation of Light and the Ashtar Command. If this is an area you have familiarized yourself with, could you share some pointers in this field or direct someone to sources of information that discuss these techniques?

Another area that requires personnel we shall refer to as ‘navigators’. There are so many awakening at this time, and each and every day sees new faces that really do not know where to turn, where to look for information, and don’t even know what information they’re looking for. Could you be a navigator and direct these newly awakened souls to communities that may assist them on their journey? Communities such as Facebook, Youtube, and online spiritual communities, extraterrestrial communities, and sources of ascension or extraterrestrial knowledge?

Here’s an assignment that I am sure many would be very gifted at. How often do we see online bullying, flame throwing, and hostile bickering back and forth through our online social networks that have been designed to be avenues of love, light, higher vibrations and as safe haven for all those seeking greater understandings? Are you gifted at keeping the peace, calming both sides of a confrontation and expressing and sharing your ideas of how we can better communicate together and how each other’s views and opinions should be respected and honored at all times? If this is something that you feel is right up your alley, then you have found your assignment.

I have noticed a large divide being dug between those who follow a spiritualistic discipline and those who resonate more with an extraterrestrial theme. In reality, we are all playing for the same team, there is no divide or different schools in this universe, but I have noticed many of one of these disciplines challenging the other quite often. Are there those of you out there who can bridge this gap and reconnect those who are experiencing this disconnection? You may refer to yourselves as ‘bridge builders’, for indeed, you will be building an important bridge between these two concepts that are only separated through the distortion of our 3rdd dimensional illusion.

Are there those of you out there who have learned holistic medicine? How about those of you who have become very knowledgeable in the field of nutrition, diet and exercise? These are very important disciplines at this time, and you are asked not to be bashful, but share your wisdom with all those who may benefit from it.

At this time, the Ashtar Command and the Galactic Federation of Light have stated that they are stepping up their program to allow more sightings and much better quality sightings of their ships to better prepare humanity for their introductions. These galactic commands have lived up to their end of the bargain, though we are not living up to our end of the deal and sharing these amazing videos nearly enough to make an inpact. Are there those of you out there who can surf Facebook, especially Facebook groups, Youtube, and other ‘UFO’ related websites, collect these videos and share them throughout the online social networks? If you could, you would be doing our mission a great service.

These are just a few examples of the tasks that are needed to be accomplished here at this time. There are others, and in the days ahead after the completion of these assignments there will be new assignments entrusted of us, and the galactic commands have suggested that these assignments may be very exciting and enjoyable for us. I hope this gives you some idea of what our tasks are at this time. Remember, it is more important that you get into the game, rather than spend time worrying about where you will stand on the field. All are welcomed and encouraged to participate, and your efforts are greatly appreciated and well needed at this time. See you on the field!

Greg.

http://thefederationoflight.ning.com/profiles/blogs/getting-into-the-game-searching-for-your-assignment

We come to guide and support as the energies once more heighten and the human race
begins to move into clarity of vision and honing of hearing. Much will change over the
coming days, the ability to see the bigger picture and to disconnect from that which is
taught to you as the “way to BE” will increase. Already the ability to discern negative from
positive for many has increased beyond measure and the ability to discern that which
resonates and that which does not has increased.
As this increases across the planet the ability of the teachings of distortion to replant the
seeds of fear and anxiety will lessen as those with clarity of vision will detach automatically
from the lessons that are being taught. We guide for ALL to be aware of this and to process
this within.
Clues that you have reached this stage in your unfolding of the new will be when your
desires and your preferences begin to show as different to YOU. It may be that you have
watched the same television programmes, listened to the same music for years and
thought that you enjoyed this way of BEing, now after the anchoring of the new energies
these ways of BEing do not resonate with you. We guide for all to become aware of that
which they interact with and the feelings that arise as part of this. Anything that leaves a
feeling of discord will be detached from as you realise that your vibration is altering and
becoming more harmonious with the planet and all that reside on the planet.
The ability to discern the pain that another human BEing is experiencing will also heighten
for many. This is compassion, whilst this has been in operation across the planet earth it
has never been anchored to the levels it is being at the moment. The ability to not only
imagine the distress the fellow human BEing is experiencing but to actually FEEL this is the
difference. We ask for all to have LOVE and compassion for all during this process of
harmony and integration.
It may be that negative emotions have clouded your vision as you start this process, have
FAITH and TRUST that these emotions will begin to clear and to dissolve as you begin to
breathe in the new energies and allow them to flow around you and through you. We ask
for YOU to clear your energy signature often and to allow the negative emotions and
energies to be released from your BEing.
We guide that the foodstuffs that are consumed and the fluid that is consumed may now
start to be shown for the distortion that they are in TRUTH. As the changes begin to form
within you and around you it is vital that you find balance to enable these changes to flow.
Holding on stubbornly will cause a fluctuation in energy signature and give rise to many
symptoms that may be described as unpleasant. Know that the clearing and cleansing
process is underway and that you are in control of it at all times.
Responsibility is something that has been taken away from YOU by the teachings of
distortion and something that you may need to anchor deeply within your BEing. It is not
possible to create within the new without taking full responsibility for that which you create.
The ability to move away from responsibility is high in those who follow the teachings of
distortion for you are taught to distrust SELF. TRUST and FAITH of SELF are vital in the
new energies. That which you create is created at all times by SELF. The creation of
something that no longer resonates with SELF is a walk in a teaching that is looking to be
released. By allowing the teaching to be shown to you and by then taking steps to dissolve
it and to come back into balance and harmony you move in vibration and understanding of
the new. To blindly hold on where there is discord is to hold tightly onto the old energies.
We guide strongly and firmly that the old energies of the 3D earth are no longer supported
by the energies of the new earth. The balance is not achieved by holding on and
expectation. Expectation is a tool of the old earth and is used to control and to contain,
expectations of the new earth will work against YOUr BEing, for it is to contain and define,
you are a VAST BEing of light that cannot be defined. We guide for you to look closely at
this TRUTH and to process and absorb this.
Be guided dear ones at all times by how YOU FEEL, this is your gauge on the world, the
freedom that is your birthright has to be claimed, it is claimed by the movement that you
choose in the new world, by making choices based on how you FEEL and not what you are
taught, is how to FEEL the unfolding and how to create from the HEART. That which is
inside of YOU is YOUr guide in this time of vast acceleration and change on and within
planet earth. You are a child of mother earth and the changes happening to your mother
are changes that are reflected inside of YOU.
Only by embracing mother earth will you begin to harmonise and find balance WITH mother
earth. Much of the discord on planet earth stems from a race that is out of sync with the
planet they live on. ALL is energy, ALL is vibration and ALL is movement. To be in harmony
with mother earth is to KNOW that YOU are safe, protected and in balance. Only by
synching with mother earth will you be able to find the security that you strive for. This
security is not in the places that you have been taught. The procurement of physical items
does not provide security for the energy system that YOU are is not in sync with the energy
system of mother earth. Do you resonate with our words dear ones?
As the energies begin to heighten once more this may cause chaos to unfold in your
waking your world as the urge to feel security will heighten. That which has been in
operation within your waking life has been a containment, even although this will now begin
to dissolve there will be those who try to hold on through the containment of “same”. This
is where a “better the devil you know” scenario starts to be fed by those who are in the
lower vibrational energies of planet earth. The ability for fear to begin to grow is high in
those who are unaware of what is happening within and on planet earth. This is where we
ask for compassion and the LOVE that IS to be shone brightly from within, for in LIVING
your TRUTH you will show a new way of BEing and a strength that is borne from the
KNOWING that is the DIVINE part of SELF.
We will guide more in due course but we guide firmly that the new energies are now only
beginning to heighten, many are reacting to the chaos and the drama without a second
thought and then find themselves “out of control”. At all times the control is within, it is not
from some external source. The deep part of SELF, the SOUL is in control of this
experience at all times. The information and the confirmation that you seek is within and not
found outside of SELF.
This will be a challenging time for many but we guide for you to have FAITH and TRUST in
SELF. YOU incarnated in this timeline and dimension for a reason. Allow these reasons to
be shown to YOU, allow your inner strength and KNOWING to be revealed. Let go of that
which no longer resonates and walk in the FAITH that is SELF. For this is a process that is
undergone to regain your TRUE FREEDOM. Living through others in your human life is not
supported in the new energies, to put your FAITH in others whilst you have none is SELF is
a venture into chaos for the need to control the other person will be high.
The human race has been cut off from TRUTH and deep emotion for aeons, this is
returning to YOU NOW. We guide for all to move into the NOW, to embrace the changes
and to relax for ALL is perfect. Chaos is merely the clue to that which goes on beneath the
surface.
Our channel is fond of the phrase “you cannot change that which you cannot see”. We
concur with this phrase and we go further to guide that clarity of vision will be returned to
the human race in depth. To allow this clarity of vision you must embrace responsibility for
in being responsible you are able to see that which you do and then change that which you
do. Walking on the new earth dear ones is not repeating the phrases that sound good to
those around you, it is embracing the new and anchoring it. It is having the strength and the
vision to move out of old patterns and ways of BEing to step into TRUTH.
The TRUTH is YOU, the LOVE that IS is YOU, we ask for you to blend both and to become
who YOU TRULY ARE. For you walk the earth in a human body but YOU are a VAST
BEing of light. Allow the light to illuminate the shadows that have been created FOR YOU
and begin to live the life that YOU CREATE from WITHIN YOU.
We are the Shimmering Ones and we guide to support and to illuminate. We guide that
YOU may connect to our energies at will for we come to the call of all who can see us and
hear us at this time. We reach out from our hearts to your hearts to help you move out of
the transformation process and into the new. We send the LOVE that IS to wrap around
you for it is YOU.

Channel: Karen Doonan
www.crystalline-sanctuary.com

Prepare for the Next Wave of Energy

Selacia's Council of 12 Message

The times you have long prepared for have arrived. Do you know what this means?

Right now you are in one of the calmer transitions, preparing for the next big wave of energy. It's like you have a few moments to catch your breath and reflect. As you do, it's quickly apparent how much is changing all around you. Your own changes are at warp speed, too.

The part of you that's conditioned by limited thinking may be feeling nervous, not seeing the other multidimensional parts of reality now on the drawing board. Just because you can't see them, of course, doesn't mean they aren't there!

Divine Changemakers and Multidimensional Reality

Adding to your uncertainty, without your knowing it, is an inner conflict between the linear conventional life approach you learned and the multidimensional approach that comes naturally to you on an inner level.

As a divine changemaker, you are learning to apply the multidimensional approach more and more of the time.

As part of your spiritual growth process, you are embracing new-paradigm thinking with multidimensional approaches. The more that you apply these in your life, the more expanded your potentials become.

You see more of the subtle realms and grasp more of the deeper concepts. This adds richness to your life experience, allowing you to perceive beyond ordinary parameters.

As you learn to live in the multidimensional reality, a whole new range of options becomes available. Your path literally expands, right before your eyes. Instead of seeing your choices as this or that, you begin to realize it can be this and that.

When you approach calmer moments with a multidimensional or quantum perspective, you know to look beyond the obvious. On a surface level, for example, it may seem as though your forward movement is blocked.

How to Discover Subtle Factors

If you want a new job and none are materializing, look at subtle factors. These could be within you or they could be external.

Inner blocks, often subconscious, are more difficult to detect. Examples include self-doubt, anger, blame, insufficient passion, and resistance.

External blocks, often beyond your control, include personal issues of other people and chaos within organizations.

If you find yourself blocked, therefore, invite your higher wisdom to reveal how much of the obstruction is coming from within you and how much is related to external factors.

Next you inquire about the underlying causes of the block. When you are doing this inquiry, be sure to allow enough quiet time for reflection. Don't assume that the first answer you receive is the whole picture; go deeper for clarification.

It's ideal to bring the issue into your dream state for a night or two as well, inviting spirit to give you a higher perspective.

A Simple Question

Remember that you are moving through unprecedented amounts of change. Go gently with yourself. You won't have answers all of the time. You won't feel comfortable all of the time. You won't always know what to ask, either.

The next time you feel blocked on your path, become still and ask this simple question: "What am I not seeing?" The answer to that question can open your mind to a larger picture. You may also be pleasantly surprised to learn that there's nothing further to do right now, except to be patient as your accumulated efforts begin to materialize. Go enjoy your day then, knowing all is well!

As you continue the journey of discovering your divine nature, we surround you with our love and blessings. We are The Council of 12.

Copyright 2012 by Selacia - http://www.Selacia.com

(Note: you are most welcome to publish these articles on your website, blog, and social media - as long as you provide the source - Selacia - http://www.Selacia.com. Thank you for sharing these articles and for your connection and feedback over the years. May you walk your path with love and blessings!)

Beautiful Ocean and Sand

                                                       INNER WORK

                                             Directed, Unitive Will: Love

                                   Compassion, Acceptance, Connectedness

We are. We are not alone. Even the proverbial mountain hermit, with no human contact, is not alone. This intuition underpins much of our life, much of what we feel and what we do. Though there clearly exist good evolutionary reasons for a group-oriented mentality (the group protects and feeds us and helps us survive), love goes beyond the need to survive. Love does not come to us as an inherited, genetic trait implanted by the struggle to survive. Rather, survival is a side benefit of love, because our inherent unity allows group cohesion. That fundamental unity transcends everything and ties it all together, forming the core quality of the unitive energy, which we know as love.

When will works through the unitive energy, it does not split apart. Although will is always one, indivisible, its surface manifestation through the lower energies appears fractured. Your will, your individuality seems separate from mine. My own will harbors conflicting desires; I am at odds with myself. These splits grow worse as the quality or level of energy descends. But at the heights of the unitive energy, will can retain its wholeness even in action. The result: love. We experience our deepest unity: unity of will.

Love transcends our similarities of body, which lead to cooperation. It transcends our sameness of consciousness, which gives us the kindred feeling of brotherhood and sisterhood. And it transcends our creative freedom and individual uniqueness, which arouse mutual respect. At the level of love, the One and only Actor acts through us all. This is the source of the unreasonable power of communal action; when we align our will with others, the combination stands closer to the power of the One Will. Acting in concert with other people, aligned in purpose and in action, raises us into a wholeness much greater than the sum of its human participants. We see this in team sports, in communal worship, in group meditation, in political movements, in choreographed dance troupes, and in many other forms of coherent group action.

Although the deepest unity of love seems beyond our usual experience, it touches us nevertheless, as compassion, acceptance, and connectedness.

One form of actively directed will working with the unitive energy is compassion. We see another person or an animal suffering and we suffer with them, as if it were our own. We feel compassion. With the unitive energy, their suffering is our own. One natural response is the wish never to cause harm, because harming someone else feels like harming ourselves. That harmlessness radiates and elicits the same in others. When you meet someone whom you immediately sense as harmless, you more easily feel your natural kinship, your shared humanity. Harmlessness feeds back to compassion, because seeing another person’s suffering affronts your attitude of non-harming and invokes your compassionate response.

Harmlessness and compassion are already there in us, in our core. All our inner work combines to remove the layers veiling those qualities. We can, though, directly practice them by acts of courtesy and kindness, by being aware of people as people, their situation and what’s needed, possible, and appropriate. And then we act. Every courtesy and every kindness spread a beneficial influence on our world and on us.

One form of receptive, but directed will with the unitive energy is acceptance, of ourselves and of others. Directing our will toward ourselves, being receptive to ourselves, with love, leads us to accept ourselves completely as we are. Such radical acceptance heals our inner wounds, some carried since childhood. Acceptance turns our inner critic into our inner coach. Rather than berate ourselves for our shortcomings, we see and know and allow ourselves to be as we are. Only from this utter self-acceptance can we find true inner peace and the possibility of real growth. After all, our self-judge, our superego, is part of our ego, part of our illusion of separateness, part of the non-entity that we build and defend and substitute for our self. Letting that go unburdens and frees us to get on with our life and our inner work. To let go of that acid self-critic is to love and respect our self.

Self-acceptance opens the door to accepting others unreservedly. Aware of own inner challenges and struggles, we see the same in others. Aware of our own desires for meaning, fulfillment, service, peace, love, and fun, we see the same in others. We intuit that we are not as different as we appear. If I can accept my own challenges, limitations, and motivations, then I may be able to accept that in my neighbor. If I can accept who I am, then maybe I can accept my neighbors for who they are. Then acceptance can reach such a state that it disappears. The question of whether or not to accept vanishes. We just are, as we are: my humanity, your humanity, our humanity.

With active compassion, we feel another’s suffering as our own. Because suffering can be so obvious and acute, it can connect us to complete strangers. In the case of someone we know well, we may be able to generalize beyond compassion to feel not only their suffering, but much more of their inner world, their emotions and desires, as if they were our own. Couple that with receptive acceptance of that person and a third factor opens our heart: the unitive synergy of connectedness, commonly known as love. The synergic willingness actively to be one with another person and receptively to accept that person as they are, opens us, in the case of a husband and wife, to true marriage. In other cases, such as a parent and child, this is love: inwardly embracing the other to the point of no separation. What they want for themselves, you want for them also. This love, this non-separation, this connectedness between husband and wife, between parent and child, between mentor and student, and between friends raises the whole tenor of our life. Love toward one leads to love toward others. Accepting and connecting with one person, makes it possible to accept and connect with others.

Of course, life confronts us with issues and apparent exceptions. A child wants something unhealthy or damaging, while the parent wants only what is best for the child. A friend imposes too much, setting love and respect for your friend against love and respect for yourself. Anger, resentment, jealousy and other destructive emotions distract us from the reality of love.

But we can face these and similar situations, difficult on their surface, by allowing love as our motivation. If we do not react, if we stay in peace within, we may hear the sound of oneness that is love. Love is not beyond us, nor foreign to us, nor distant from us; it touches us all through the unified will at our very core. Love is a more fundamental driver of our attitudes and actions than is self-centered egoism. When we do not dwell in separateness, love dissolves our egoism. Yet we do not lose ourselves in love; we are fully ourselves and fully connected.

For this week, practice love as compassion, courtesy and kindness, acceptance and connection. And notice what keeps you from love.

http://www.innerfrontier.org/InnerWork/Archive/2011/20110214_Will_Directed_Unitive.htm

Love and Compassion

The sacred energy of love and compassion, the Great Heart of the World, embraces us all, without condition, unifying all of life, unifying the whole creation within the warm spirit of kindness, appreciation and concern. With good fortune, we may meet people in whom this unfettered love shines strongly, allowing all around to bask in its light. The great saints and bodhisattvas, utterly emptied of themselves, transmit such love and compassion. In some instances of communal worship, the substance of this boundless ocean of love may envelop the whole assembly. It may enter a true marriage and may inform the bonds between parents and children. Whenever we look into another person’s eyes and recognize the sameness, that that person and I are the same, not really separate, this is love.

Despite appearances to the contrary, Divine love and compassion suffuse every corner of the world, even our own. Divine love stands before the awesome contradictions in our lives: our God-given freedom that offers the promise of profound joy as well as the suffering attendant on living. The Divine heart of compassion celebrates the beauty of the freedom within each person, a celebration made bittersweet by the price of freedom: inevitable suffering.

When we hear of or see another person’s misfortune, and we feel the pang of their suffering, and are moved to extend the help that lies within our power, this is compassion. For this we need strength, because suffering lies all around us. The daily news’ litany of catastrophes and evil deeds, large and small, could devastate us, were we awake to the whole of it and lacked the strength to bear it. But awakening through spiritual practice brings its own strength. And the suffering we see is more than balanced by the joy that flows to us along with love, protecting the compassionate from being overwhelmed by the force of suffering.

Universal love lies far beyond its pale imitation in the lower energies, where emotional attachment turns from “love” to hate, jealousy, or despair. Nevertheless, the world is so constructed that it remains within our possibilities to participate in love knowingly. But that can only happen to the degree we empty ourselves of ourselves.

Self-referential motives, self-centeredness, attachment, expectation of something in return, grasping, setting of conditions, partial-heartedness - none of these have any place in love and, in practice, completely block the action of love. Placing ourselves first and at the center forecloses the possibility of love. Yet moments do come even to us, perhaps with our family or our pets or unexpectedly with a stranger, when we are briefly free of egocentric attachment and the true heart of objective love opens within us. In unguarded moments, our natural response to people is friendship, one of the faces of love. To be able to love is a goal lofty and worthy enough to sustain our long journey along the path, drawing us ever forward.

Our common mother, the Earth, also loves, loves each one of us and all life in her biosphere. Like a self-centered and petulant child, we only too rarely return this love. And like a child, we so take for granted the love of our mother Earth, that we do not even recognize it. Yet her love is there for us individually, in nature and in the city, if we can but open to it. One simple expression of it manifests as the beauty with which nature adorns herself. And there are other more direct expressions we may perceive, including a reservoir of spiritual energies within the Earth that we can draw upon. But as a species, we need to mature and not expect the Earth to continue indefinitely absorbing every insult and injury we pile upon her. We push these limits at the Earth’s, and our own, peril. The Earth gives and gives and gives, perhaps more than she can afford. But because our collective strength now exceeds our collective wisdom, the Earth needs us to find a place in our hearts for her. By our inner work, by opening to higher energies, by purifying our will and intentions, we help cleanse our collective will, raise our collective level of being, and give back to the Earth and to human society. And we do this for love.

Love manifests in many forms, but always serves to unify. Love’s unmistakable hallmark dissolves our veils of isolation and separation, allowing us to become more fully ourselves within the sweet scent of merging. Out of love we are born, and into love we depart. In between, we seek love and love seeks us.

The world of universal love, a world beyond all forms, even beyond the world of light, corresponds to the worlds known as Atzilut (Emanation) in Kabbalah and Lahut (Boundless) in the Sufi cosmology.

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Love, Peace and Blessings to All who are living in extremely violent conditions,
let us all find a place in our hearts for them. Tara *~~

http://www.innerfrontier.org/Practices/LoveAndCompassion.htm

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Homemade Natural Insect Repellent Spray

If you are heading outside for picnics, sporting events, yard work, or relaxing on the patio, chances are you’ve seen a bug or two already. While covering up is the best option for decreasing bug bites, it’s not always realistic. After all… summer can be HOT!

In the past I have reached for cans of commercial bug spray lying around during cookouts and camping excursions… I figured it was better than dancing around like a wild turkey, slapping myself, and shouting at bugs while friends shot strange looks at me. However, I never felt quite right about it.

Matt has boycotted poisonous DEET solutions for years in favor of essential oil solutions, with great success.

Consider This…

The more I educate myself about DEET and other chemicals, the more I’m convinced I have to be proactive about finding better alternatives. (If you’re new to the DEET issue, you might be interested in reading this…) I try to treat my skin with the respect it deserves as it performs the difficult job of protecting my insides. Thank goodness I have discovered the power of essential oils and their ability to deter bugs!

Before you get desperate and spray on commercial bug sprays (that may contain some nasty chemicals), take some time to consider the better alternative; a natural bug repellent that smells wonderful, is effective, and takes only minutes to whip up.

Different oils repel different bugs, so it’s best to use a combination of essential oils to ward off several types of biters.

Don’t let a fear of being eaten alive keep you inside this season. Instead, invest in a few hard-hitting essential oils and test out this natural alternative to chemical sprays.

Natural Insect Repellent

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of one or a combination of the following: witch hazel or grain alcohol
• 2 tablespoons of one or a combination of the following: grapeseed oil, jojoba oil, almond oil, olive oil, or neem oil (which contains natural insecticidal compounds)
• ½ teaspoon grain alcohol as preservative (if not already using)
• 100-110 drops essential oils

 
Sample Bug-Repelling Essential Oil Blend:

• 55 drops lemon eucalyptus (reported by the CDC to be a good natural substitution for DEET in repelling insects, but not recommended for use on children under 3 yrs.)
• 15 drops cedarwood
• 15 drops lavender
• 15 drops rosemary

Directions:

Add carrier liquids to small spray bottle (3 or 4 oz. works well so there is room for shaking). Add essential oils. Shake well before each use. Natural bug repellent will need to be reapplied every few hours for maximum effectiveness.

Other Bug-Repelling Essential Oils:• citronella

• eucalyptus
• tea tree
• peppermint
• cypress
• rose geranium
• bergamot
• lemon

Additional Tips and Warnings:

• As always with essential oils, women who are pregnant or nursing should consult a health practitioner before using.
• Extreme caution should be used when using essential oils on young children.
• Always perform a patch test to check for an allergic reaction before using an essential oil for the first time.
• Always label homemade products well.
• Dark-colored bottles work best for products containing essential oils. Store in a cool, dark place when not using.

Note: This natural homemade insect repellent is great for mosquitos, flies, and other annoying warm season bugs. Tweak to your liking and apply with confidence.

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Ear Candles and the Great Disappointment

I will humbly share a funny story with you today. If you promise not to laugh. Promise? PROMISE?
We took someone else’s word for it. This always gets us in trouble.
Matt and I were in the health food store standing over a display of ear candles. You know the ones? People talk about all the disgusting junk that comes out of their ears, how clean their ears feel afterward, and how well they can hear. We had heard all of this, but never did any research on the benefits or tried them ourselves

We laugh all the time about feeling like an old 80-something year old couple who can’t hear each other. “What’s that?” “Come again?” “Huh?” It’s frustrating and funny at the same time… and we stood there wondering if the ear candles would finally deliver us from the “feeling-much-older-than-we-actually-are” syndrome we’ve been suffering from for several years.

Low and behold, an unsuspecting shopper… minding her own business. As she grabbed for a few packages of the candles – yup, we thought we had found our potential “expert testimonial” for the product and we fired away with an arsenal of questions.

We were convinced to purchase after she told us how long she had been using them, how well they cleaned her ears out, and how safe they were. (And really, I just wanted to see what repulsive goo would remain in my candle after the treatment. I’m gross like that.)

Our first ear candling experience

We set up a small station, watched the YouTube instructional video to make sure we didn’t burn the house down, and got out the camera. (Yes, I had intended to write a super serious piece on ear health and the superhuman hearing abilities I would have after ear candling–complete with pictures.)

"Yay! I'm going to hear better after this, right?"

After getting over the fear that my candle was going to burn too quickly and catch my hair on fire if Matt took his eyes off me, I was able to relax. The candle created a warm feeling in my ear. The slight crackle almost sounded like a cozy fireplace. I almost dozed off. With a small torch burning over my head. (Probably the exact reason the instructions strongly suggest using TWO people for this.)
We had a nice relaxing Saturday afternoon as we lit small fires on our couch, just above our very flammable hair, and awaited the promised results.

We couldn’t WAIT to cut open the remaining portion of the burned candles. We hovered over the hollow candle as it was exposed… a powdery, yellowish, laced-with-dark-clumps-of-something, waxy inner residue. We sounded like 3rd graders as we admired the atrocious gunk that had appeared. We weren’t so easily convinced though. It was almost too much. Matt said he wanted to do an experiment during which he would burn a candle outside of his ear to see if this same residue accumulated. Unfortunately, we had used up all of our candles.

"Matt! Don't you ever use the Q-tips I put in the bathroom?"

You should have heard our deep discussion afterward, acting all science-y, like we knew exactly how the candles worked.

“I suppose I’m not surprised the candle drew so much out of my ear. The Eustachian tube is long and curving, like our intestines, so there was obviously just a lot of wax buildup in there.”

“Well, when the candle is lit, it must produce a vacuum of sorts – pulling stuff out of the ear canal.”
False, and false some more. Good thing neither of us is a doctor or scientist.

In the days that followed, we continued our same communication patterns…

“Huh?”

“What did you say?”

“Those candles didn’t work, did they?”

“I don’t feel any different.”

What I later learned about ear candling

As I prepared to write an article on our disappointing (yet relaxing) experience with ear candles, I found some very interesting information. I dug and dug and dug because I still didn’t know what legitimate reasons the manufacturers had for selling this product.

For starters, I found out today the Eustachian tube is only about 1.3 inches long. (Not long and winding like our intestines.) Ooops.

Then I went to the Harmony’s Candles website to find more information about the candles we used. One of the first things I read:

“NO! Ear Candles are not medical devices, therefore, they can not remove objects, including wax, yeast/candida, bacteria and/or fungus from the ear. Ear Candles do NOT create a vacuum. They create a vortex which is a big difference. A simple test proves this: Close the tip of an Ear Candle, burn it down while holding it outside of anyone’s ear – now look and see what is inside. Or you can take another Ear Candle and hold it over salt or sand … there will be NO upward movement.”
{cough}

Ooops again. Thanks a lot, lady in the health food store! (Yes, I’m totally blaming it on her.)
So Matt was onto something; we would have found the same unpleasant waxy buildup in a candle burned outside of our ear.

I read on and found more interesting dirt on Harmony’s Candles. Apparently, they are designed as a holistic wellness treatment, meant to be “natural and relaxing,” and in some cases healing. The site stresses the importance of correctly using a candle that is made of quality materials (food-grade wax and unbleached muslin), and making an educated decision about whether candling is right for you.

This specific company actually appears to be working hard to debunk any myths and misinformation that may be circulating about ear candles. I respect that. (Apparently there are companies making false claims about the health benefits of using ear candles. This has the FDA up in arms about the product, which is not a medical device.)

(Here is more information from the maker of Harmony’s Candles if you’re interested in learning more.)
The great disappointment

We didn’t get exactly what we hoped for when using the ear candles, but it was a fun little experiment. I learned a lot about the ancient practice, and we may even give them another shot (with new, more enlightened expectations) at some point.

So we don’t have clean ears after all. We can’t hear each other any better. And we will continue to “What?” and “Huh?” each other to death.

Oh well, it provided for a nice little photo shoot and an almost-nap. Next time I’ll smile at the lady in the grocery store and say, “Oh really?” about any product she endorses. Then I’ll quickly come home and Google it.

The upside? You get to learn from our experience.

http://www.diynatural.com/ear-candles/

A Cab Ride I'll Never Forget
posted by Terry on Mar 28, 2008

Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One night I took a fare at 2:30 AM, when I arrived to collect, the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under these circumstances, many drivers would just honk once.

But I had seen too many impoverished people who depended on taxis as their only means of transportation. Unless a situation smelled of danger, I always went to the door. This passenger might be someone who needs my assistance, I reasoned to myself.

So I walked to the door and knocked. 'Just a minute', answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.

After a long pause, the door opened.

A small woman in her 80's stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940s movie.

By her side was a small nylon suitcase The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets.

There were no clocks on the walls, no knick-knacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware.

"Would you carry my bag out to the car?" she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman.

She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. "It's nothing", I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated."

"Oh, you're such a good man," she said. When we got in the cab, she gave me an address, and then asked, "Could you drive through downtown?"

"It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly.

"Oh, I don't mind," she said "I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice."

I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening. "I don't have any family left," she continued. "The doctor says I don't have very long." I quietly reached over and shut off the meter.

"What route would you like me to take?" I asked.

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator.

We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, "I'm tired. Let's go now."

We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico. Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move. They must have been expecting her.

I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.

"How much do I owe you?" she asked, reaching into her purse. "Nothing," I said.

"You have to make a living," she answered. "Oh, there are other passengers," I responded.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, "You gave an old woman a little moment of joy." After a slight pause, she added, "Thank you."

I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.

I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift? What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away? On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life.

We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments. But great moments often catch us unaware, beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.

[ Original Story by Kent Nerburn ]
http://www.helpothers.org/story.php?sid=8769

Household hints

Use a (clean) dustpan to fill a container that doesn’t fit in the sink

Place a rubber band around an open paint can to wipe your brush on, and keep paint off the side of the can

Use a staple remover to save your fingernails when trying to add things to your key ring!

Put wooden spoon across boiling pot of water to keep from boiling over.

Use bread clips to save flip-flops with split holes.

How to put shoes in the dryer

Use sunglasses or a small convex mirror to avoid people sneaking up on you while wearing headphones at work

How to keep the straw from rising out of your soda can

Use a microfiber cloth to prevent frost from forming on the windshield.

Use a Comb to Keep a Nail Steady for Hammering

Use a post it note to catch drilling debris.

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Greetings to everyone-hope all is well in your world. With everything that
is going on in the world it is definitely time to find peace within. It's
time to stop looking outside yourself for answers and find your Christ
within. Christ consciousness was activated with this past solar eclipse,
along with our heart chakras. We can now think with our hearts and create
peace within us. Have any of you had heart problems in the past month
because of this energy?

In my last couple of articles I talked about how the Vatican bank is the top
controlling bank in the world. The fact that the president of this bank was
fired last week is very big news. The Pope is also in big trouble and will
soon resign. The resignation of this Pope is one of the last prophecies to
be fulfilled and it is in the process of working out right now. The Catholic
Church has controlled people longer than any organization in history. The
black pope, the one connected with the Vatican bank, controls everything in
the world. He is the one in charge of the Jesuits. There have been more
people killed in the name of religion than for any other reason. Isn't it
time for all that violence to stop? For more information check out

http://itccs.org/2012/05/04/catholic-church-faces-disruption-and-banishment-
as-irish-cardinal-set-to-resign/

We have been in a 25,920 year cycle of Capricorn, ruled by Saturn the
controller. It was a cycle of materialism and working for the almighty
dollar. Look what we did to Christmas, which is celebrated in the sign of
Capricorn. We took the spiritual meaning out of it and it became material.
This cycle has now come to an end and we will soon have the freedom of being
in the sign of Aquarius. There are cycles within cycles occurring all at
once. I have heard there are three cycles coming to an end all around the
same time. The largest one being a cycle that started when this Universe was
created. On May 20, 2012 this cycle ended and a new one started.

Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn was known as Satan, the devil, to some
people. This was something we created to experience so we could see what it
was like to be controlled. There is no evil-all is Good (God). There is no
good or bad there are just experiences. We have been in a cycle of
experiencing the negative side of life. This is the reason all the scandals
and corruption had to come out into the open so we could see what has been
going on in the world so we can say no more, enough is enough.

Many people had to wake up so all of us together could work for change.
Saturn turns direct on June 25, 2012 and will then become the planet that
brings rewards. We are now in the cycle of Unity (Aquarius) and that is what
will soon manifest as more of us move into higher consciousness.

The full moon will be on June 4, 2012 at 4:12 AM PDT. The Sun will be on 14
degrees Gemini. This degree means 'The capacity to transcend the limitations
of bodily existence'. The moon will be on 14 degrees Sagittarius which is
the degree of the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Will there be some kind of
activations in Egypt?

The Mayan glyph for the full moon is the Blue Hand and is ruled by Mercury.
The energy from this glyph loves freedom to roam and to be itself but it
also has a strong desire towards community and family. This energy has the
ability to see the beauty within and in all things. This glyph will require
us to bring in our full power and to speak up for what we feel is right. On
June 4, 2012 Neptune the Galactic Goddess turns retrograde. A planet is very
powerful when it is retrograde; especially when it is stationary retrograde.

The Venus eclipse coming up on June 5, 2012 at 6:05 PM PDT will bring lots
of changes to Earth. The last Venus eclipse was on June 8, 2004. This
ushered in an eight year time period of going within to release our fears
and to find the love that lives in our hearts. Do you feel like you were
battered and bruised during that eight year cycle? It was very hard to
release all the painful memories and suffering we experienced in the past.
We do not want to carry this painful energy into the new cycle. Our pain and
suffering had to be released so we can now experience happiness. We are
great creator Gods who are creating the new Earth that we will soon be
living on all the time.

Venus creates a heart and a pentagram as it moves around our solar system.
The five pointed star represents the Goddess, and the eight year cycle from
2004 to 2012 represents the number of God (8). The soul number of God (o) is
15 which is the tone of love or 528 hertz. The number five and eight equals
thirteen which is the number of Christ. It is also the most dominant number
of the Mayan Calendar. On June 5, 2012 the Dreamspell glyph is the Star,
which is ruled by Venus and is also the glyph of the Goddess. It rules our
solar plexus which is our seat of power. This means it is time to start
manifesting our power which is love based energy. Love is soft and gentle.

The Sun and Venus will be conjunct on 15 degrees Gemini. This degree means
'A Woman Activist in an Emotional Speech dramatizes her Cause'. This just
happened a few days ago when Maria Shriver gave a commencement speech at the
University of Southern California about a new look at success and what
success really means. No more working for the reason of simply attaining
money and the material things it brings. It's time for a new way of life.

I know there is chaos occurring on the lower dimension earth. Don't you
think it's about time to move through that chaos and find out who you really
are? Isn't it time to stop trying to get back at people who have harmed you
in any way? Isn't it time to get out of the conspiracy theories? They served
their purpose and woke us up to reality but it's time to move on unless you
want to stay in that lower reality. What we focus on is what we create.

Do you choose to hide from the changes and store your money in case of a
financial meltdown? Haven't we been in a depression since 2008 when the
first major event happened? I have never believed there will be a total
collapse of the financial system. I believe there will be a transformation
of it and I think the new system is about to become a reality. The head of
the Vatican bank was just fired. Doesn't that mean we are headed for a new
financial system?

The Sun has completed her pole shift and now has four poles instead of two.
As above, so below. There was a 6.2 quake on the Norwegian Sea floor on May
24 that caused an unexpected and rapid shifting of the magnetic north pole.
The pole moved 621 miles. The last major pole movement was on December 21,
2010 when the poles shifted to Surgut, Siberia. A plane crashed that day in
Surgut because the magnetic anomaly caused the planes mechanical parts to
fail. How far does the North Pole have to move to complete its pole shift?
Maybe we are at the end of the shift and don't even know it. The North Pole
has been moving since 1998 when the Earth first went to zero magnetics.

Planet X is also here and visible in our heavens. The magnetic Photon Belt
(interstellar cloud) is also in our solar system. This is quite a
combination of events. This energy has, and will continue to cause more
quakes, fires, volcanic eruptions, storms, floods, political changes, and
financial changes. If you have love in your heart you will be fine as we
continue to go through these changes. You will be in the right place at the
right time for whatever you choose to experience. Don't worry, express love
and think with your heart. So Be It!

Written in love and light from my heart to your heart.

Mahala Gayle

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