and The Buddha Said................

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! 150 YEARS SINCE THE CIVIL WAR!

Not really a celebration I would add, in fact this anniversary is about the BEGINNING OF AMERICA'S FIRST WAR. A war of ideals,  to split America into two parts, the North and South. There is so much to know about this war, and I know so very little in comparison to what can be known, so I will not attempt to explain that here, suffice to say, it WAS about slavery and federal laws. This undercurrent of war has left its indelible mark on our culture and our politics. More than 600,000 people died in this war, more than all other wars combined, Patriots on both sides, fighting for what they believed was the path to Freedom. One such Freedom, was to OWN or NOT to own salves.

I dare say, that this has haunted our nation for the past 150 years and even though we have a great human being in the White House, that is a black man, little has changed in politics. For many who do not know, there was a "one drop of blood" legislative approach to defining a human being. As absurd as it sounds, if there was so much as ONE drop of African blood in any human being, there were considered to be a slave and LESS than human. Even the children of slave owners were put in the fields, however elevated they may be in the scope of slave servitude, they were still LESS than human.

Sorry, like religion, this is one of the Great Mysteries of America, a paradox without resolution, a Catch-22 that resonates throughout our modern history. From the first cannon volley at Fort Sumpter, to the echoes in the Halls of Congress, the reverberations are as clear today as ever. Being "culture-less", as a white Irish/Swedish American, this has always puzzled me as does the treatment of our indigenous peoples. The "others", that is other than WHITE, seem to have been the targets of the Christian forefathers since they left Europe to inhabit this land. However, my Irish ancestors who immigrated here, were considered to be lessor than the African, as they could not be sold, so as they stepped off the ships to their NEW land, they were handed rifles and sent off to fight the in the Civil War. Women and children were sent off to the ghettos to fend for themselves as their husbands and sons were ripped away from them, without choice.

So much for the semi-historical stuff, again, please google this stuff and educate yourself if you are so inclined. If you look for the spiritual information, you may discover how the battlefields are still haunted to this day. So many young people, a complete generation of them were wiped out long before they could know what Life truly was about, much less death and dying. It was a horrendous time in our history, in our Humanity, as every injury would more than likely lead to a terrible death. The lucky ones died quickly, but that was not the norm.

Sadly, humanity's evolution has us killing our own family. Back in the early days of this Journey, there was a bottleneck that found us all in one place, at one time. Science show us that we are all traced back to a single black woman in Africa. Think about this now, OUR ROOTS SHOW THAT WE ARE ALL TRACED BACK TO A SINGLE BLACK WOMAN! When you add this Knowing to the fact that the legislature has made it clear that even ONE DROP OF AFRICAN BLOOD, MAKES THAT HUMAN BEING BLACK, then I ask, who are we today? This is no farcical thinking, it is scientific fact. Within the DNA, the very Helix of genetic material that makes a human being, our Original Mother is BLACK. White folks don't like to hear this analogy, in fact they rail at the very idea.

Throughout modern history, we have been at war far longer than we have ever been at peace, there are stats on this and I don't recall them at the moment, however the stats here are not important, the fact remains, that we choose War over Peace. All of these wars are driven by ideals, basically, our God is the Superior God and YOU are Lessor beings because our God says so. Religious zealots seek the fervor of war, to believe in and die for something, in their opinion, is better than having nothing to fight about. These are all truly cultural wars, even within their own ethnic block as different sects of the same religion, is fueled by their leaders interpretation of what ever Holy Words they follow. No matter how you cut it, or whatever analogy, theology or pathology you follow, we are killing our cousins! Members of our own flesh and blood who share our genetic field of diversity. This is insanity, and the Great Buddha said;

IN THIS WORLD, HATE NEVER DISPELLED HATE.

ONLY LOVE DISPELLS HATE

THIS IS THE LAW, ANCIENT AND INEXHAUSTIBLE.

YOU TOO, WILL PASS AWAY.

KNOWING THIS, HOW CAN YOU QUARREL?

Sadly, we choose to fight. We choose hate over Love as the Peace that Love can bring is not coveted, it is not financially beneficial. The great American Military Complex, and that of other nations has robbed its citizens of not only cash, but a Peaceful approach to living. We choose NOT to get along. Even though America is and has been, a leader in Human Rights and democracy, we still choose to go to war. Not chosen by the masses, but by the few. I see no resolution to this anytime soon.

The lessons are all around us, to educate ourselves by following the Intellectuals, Scientist and Seers. If we have no knowledge of the WITHOUT, then we have very little knowledge of the WITHIN. Your genetic code, the Helix of your very humanity, is also the Road Map of everything you have ever done, or ever will do. I will write more about this at another time. As for today, I wish you LOVE and PEACE, until next time my friends.

TOTAL WEIGHT, 21 GRAMS

WHAT IS YOUR TRUE WEIGHT?

I could ask, what is your True Worth? What are you Values? What do you Truly BELIEVE? Who are you realllllly? There are a lot of generic, "everybody feels this way", answers. Why do we spend so much time on WHAT we are, such as what we look like, what we have and what we can get next? Trust me, I too, ask these questions as I truly DO want the answers.

Again, we have to go back to Nature over Nurture. So many things depend on where we choose to be born and to whom we choose for our family. Ethnicity and gender are just two of the most important choices we have made. Before we can begin any Journey, we must make these two choices. Spirit, in Its Wisdom, will wait for the opportunity to have certain conditions met before Birth. This is the True Seed of our Beginning, total weight, 21 grams or that of about 5 american nickels. The weight has been measured scientifically, yes you can google this fact. Of course, the measurement was taken at the moment of death as within a very short time, our dead weight adjusts and as disconnection of Spirit takes place, BINGO, we are 21 grams lighter.

So, if we are only 21 grams, what then is our True Value? What is that indefinable THING that has just exited a dead body? Well, of course, if I could define it, rationally, then I surely would have ALL the answers we would ever need. So I can only offer what I believe to be true, yours may differ and I celebrate that difference. So eager am I to prove my belief that suicide often crosses my mind, the final Knowing! However, my Beliefs also include the fact that suicide is a great equalizer, instead of ending one's suffering, it actually forces your 21 Grams to make a choice next time, to make up for that inability to overcome or endure.

I have met many who suffer this fate, their Life so miserable again, this time, that they feel compelled to choose suicide one more time. The Course of Action by the Universal Principle, dictates that Spirit is "in to win it", we want to have maximum experience regardless of the pain and suffering. Many religions cover this aspect of humanity, and I say they fail to see it for what it is, just another choice. In Christianity, it is seen as a true failure, however I would posit that Jesus himself, chose Suicide in its full form. His choice, while hanging there, was "FORGIVE THEM FATHER, FOR THEY NOT NOT WHAT THEY DO", now, think about this dilemma. You could choose to SMITE them all, or get your Dad to do your Light Work and send them all packing. If you were truly a Miracle worker, could there have been another choice? NO! For Jesus, it was Public Suicide, Suicide by Cops! No matter how you theorize, it boils down to the simple fact that this HUMAN BEING had a choice and he made it! 

My point is NOT to drag religion into this, but rather to point out a Principle. At the end of our Day, it is our Principles that govern our transition back to Spirit. So what you believe about Who you are, will result in what happens to your 21 grams! In Japan, I learned so much about this very process and the 49 days, that govern the Buddhist's Journey back to Spirit. How they honor their ancestors and prepare for the transition is a beautiful tribute to loved ones. I believe they are unique in the world for this ritual of Life and Death.

So, for today, this is my belief. We have but one unit of weight to worry about, or to learn about I should say. Everything we undergo now, enriches that 21 grams in ways we are not to know in this lifetime. Living fully, not in fear of dying is key to that enrichment. Ichigo Ichie, a way of Life that leads to great Understanding. Until next time, Be at Peace.

Another Day in Paradise!

A NEW NORMAL

We all expect Life to give to us what we need and occasionally, what we want. In this New Age of Science  and Seers, the information is abundant and we STILL seek the unattainable. Well my Friends, DON'T GIVE UP!!! There is a new normal, we are all too busy to seek out our own answers so we "google it" and thanks to search engines, we can, and will find more than we need to know. 

How about YOU? Do you understand the Power you have within you? Can you accept that the World revolves around you? That the Sun rises each day to meet YOU? That oceans and fishes evolve to meet your Pleasure? NO???? Me, too! Why is it, that the more we know, the less we understand? It truly is a matter of Evolution, where we have been, directly correlates to where we are going. Yet, this bothersome thing, the Infinite NOW, seems to get in the way.

We spend so much time lamenting yesterday, the coulda', woulda', shoulda' stuff that we cannot see the CAN DO of it all. The old saying that the "Journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step", is so true, yet do we take it? Most often, not. Paralyzed by the past, the Path that we have chosen, compacts that issue into the NOW with huge force. The Ego is in full control of the conscious level of mind and so deep is its grasp, that we fail to see the future that lies in the very next second.

I have readers from around the world and the issues are always the same, it matters NOT where you chose to be born, or to whom you chose parentage, it matters only WHO you have evolved to BE! Do you have limitations???? I bet you do! We all do to one level or another and our values are the equalizer. Of the 1% of Old Souls, and yes, I suggest that you are, most are from meager beginnings and dysfunctional families. Of my generation, Drugs, Sex and Rock-n-Roll were a right of passage! We all did it! Today, these things might kill you rather than allow you to expand your horizons, YES, it is a New Normal!

Why you ask???? Well, let me tell you why! We are approaching seven BILLION people on this planet and we live in a most interesting age, one that will see us either make it through the difficulties that lie ahead or succumb to them. In my Journey, I have met the movers and shakers, the lowest of the low and the most Mighty! In all this time, I was the observer, connecting the dots, if you will, that make my Life hum! I have been close enough to meet the Illuminati, those who control things like the World Bank, the World Health Organization and much MUCH more. I have met the great Seers of our time, and of course, I will not name names suffice to say, they all had their own issues as well! And YES, I have seen alien beings and craft, all to illuminate my own Truth. Hope I didn't loose you there....follow along......

So, if only 10% are evolved beings and of that, only 1% are reaalllly old, then what about those OTHERS???? You know, those LESSOR beings??? Well, first of all, they are not lessor, NO ONE is lessor, just different. The newly evolving are jamming in a lot of information and party time in an effort to maximize experience, increase awareness and make sense of it all. Some have never learned that killing is a crime, in fact, crime and the law may well be why they are here this time. The Universe does NOT discriminate, we are ALL the same and YES, this is the NEW NORMAL!

Over the coming weeks, I will set forth more of the chapters in my book and eventually write about the Five Levels of Mind. Doing one chapter a month seemed a little wasted, so I will do it as often as I can. As for today, think about this new normal. You are the most Powerful Being on this planet and worthy of everything you have or have had, in fact, you can have what you want as well as what you need, just don't give up! Go get it! Until next time, Peace be With YOU!

NEW ADDITION

I have just added "LIFE" to the Universal Guidance Book, I thought that it would load at the top of the blog as a "New Post", but it did not. So those of you waiting for the latest installment, it is here but you will have to click on "UNIVERSAL GUIDANCE FOR EVERYDAY LIFE"  which is now under the March postings. Sorry, I am still getting used to this blog site! Peace to you all!

FOLLOW THE INTELLECTUALS

A LIFE LESSON ABOUT ENTROPY 

I stumbled upon a story this morning while checking my email, it was on Rachel Maddow's blog, presented by Will Femia entitled, "FINDING FOREVER". This is a short story that was written in 1956 and while I was only 10 years old at the time, I later found this story, it was one of these, that set me on a Path of seeking more than I could Know. I will link it here www.multivax.com/last_question.html so that you can read this story as it was presented in 1956. As a story waaaaayyyyy ahead of its time, it gathered dust for years, even for me, it lost its luster years ago. Having reread this story, it once again has relevance as we face new issues today. 

As I have said before, it is impossible for one person to track down ALL the information needed for those of us kinda' on the edge of discovery. We are trying to work out so much in our personal lives, to find our Place in the Universe and Know our own Truth. So, it is here that I say, FOLOW THE INTELLECTUALS! At no time in our current history, has there been a time of linked information such as we have today. Not in Atlantis, which was highly technological, nor in Lemuria, which was highly philosophical, could the pieces of our Puzzle be so broadly sought out.

I am a bleeding heart Liberal, I believe that every Old Soul is yet I haven't the time to truly follow through on the things I would like to say. The Universe is HER wisdom, brought me the Great Pardu! Actually, he is known as The Pardu, I added the GREAT part! The Pardu is an intellectual Patriot! So many in politics today, follow one flavor or another, yet The Pardu adds historical value to his words as well as bringing current affairs by way of the internet and posting of others to bare out his words. His link is www.theprogressivesinfluence.blogspot.com and I urge you to delve in for the ride of your life! Of course, he is a Brother from another Mother! We think alike on everything he posts so I don't feel it so necessary for me to write on LeftTake.com as I used to.

FOLLOW THE INTELLECTUALS! There are a few out there who really do know their stuff and with the technology we have today, there is no reason NOT to know what your Truth really is. Life is busy, we are living in Hyper times. The Acceleration has begun and we are living in the most amazing part of our Journey. It is time to understand that there are NO coincidences anymore, things are happening FOR you and not TO you. Regardless of our previous Lives, no matter what we Learned, we followed the Mystyks, the Intellectuals as we had farms to tend or wars to fight, dragons to slay and so on. No excuses anymore, we MUST begin to figure this stuff out as we ARE running out of time! If we know nothing more about ENTROPY than that all things will eventually die out, then LESSON LEARNED! So, let's go about living in a Powerful Way, to love and be LOVED, to know love in all its forms as sure as I write. Love has always been the answer to any major question about our own humanity, are we E-volving or D-volving? I say we are going forward and since entropy is absolute, that we will all die, then let's LIVE for a change! What could possibly be the point of finding Forever if we have yet to find the NOW!??? Live it, breathe it, love it and pay no attention to ENTROPY!

Be at Peace, until next time.

Unusual Creatures and Golly Wobbles

STRANGE TIMES, INDEED!

Is it just me or are we seeing more than usual amounts of UFO'S, strange creatures, wild weather and "end of days" reporting, world wide? Well, a visit to YOUTUBE will answer that question, and I assure you that it isn't just me.Can you feel the acceleration? Are you able to merge science with seers? If so, then as an Old Soul, it is your responsibility to seek out the answers you came for. 

I often write about "WHY" we are here, is it merely to observe? I think not. Are you worried about 2012? I hope so! Of the 1% of very Old Souls on this planet, it is our duty not only to observe but to do the very best we can to be a part of this Cycle of Mankind. One of my Spiritual Children asked today about what we are learning from this recent triple threat to Japan. Of course, what we should learn and what we will learn, may be two different things.

Most lessons are unique to the Student depending upon evolutionary growth. What have you learned so far? Are you still learning how to say "I'm sorry"? If so, you have a lot of crap to wade through yet! Have you reached the point of KNOWING that you are here for a Great Purpose? YEAAAAA! If you have come this far, then YOU are the ones who will change this world! You must Participate! In any and every way you can. Be it a small prayer or hours of meditation, all are as important. YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE! YOU MATTER, AND NOW MORE THAN EVER!

WE HAVE SO LITTLE TIME LEFT. There is so much to do and so few of us are doing what must be done. I am one to believe that we are on the precipice of Great Change, one that will find us accepting our Spiritual Path like never before. With today's technology and social networking, it is incumbent upon all Old Souls to do their part. First to live your Life with Value, to know that you are here for this Purpose and to accept the Challenges we choose before birth. No matter what crap might be in your daily life, it is your Life, writ large, that make it all worth doing.

Everyone has Spiritual Powers to some degree, the word "psychic", merely means "of the mind". That mind, is what we all have and what connects us one to the other, even the humble dandelion has MIND. There is noThing on this, or any other planet that is not linked to the Mind in all things. What you choose too Know in your Mind will depend on what you have chosen to Learn. These are things by Nature that make it so. It is Nurture, that which we have chosen to be born into that give us Value. Intellect, is a horse of another color, it too, has Value but not in an academic sense. I have met brilliant academics, who were dumber than a stick! Common sense is NOT common, it is RARE and again, must be acquired through experience. While all of us can have it, it must be earned and like respect cannot just be given. 

Recently, there has been a flood of UFO sightings, unusual animals, weird and archaic. Dragons and Demons are being posted up on YOUTUBE. Some seem to be quite believable and other, are soooo not! Here is where common and uncommon Sense play a huge part in what your Truth Standards are. If you have a great Bull Shit detector, as I do, then a skeptical eye should view these things. Skepticism is a healthy and necessary Tool for shaking out the Fact from Fiction. With the current events in Japan, science and fiction are coming together at the same time. While watching a live report from Japan on the Piers Morgan show, I saw what I thought was a UFO zoom in and out over the tsunami wave. I didn't play back that moment, but someone else caught it and did on YOUTUBE. Sure enough, there it was!!! I have seen them before, VERY close up, so I know that they exist.

Recent interest in our planet by a Galactic Brotherhood is no surprise. Since Oppenhiemer's little toy, the H-bomb was discovered and made useful, we have been closely watched. With the advent of great telescopic ability, now we are looking at them! There are huge amounts of scientific data on the solar flares accompanied by video of these events and anomalies of some kind of craft hovering in the danger fields. One person following such things as HAARP, earthquakes, UFO'S and the like, is a blogger named Dutchsinse, whose name you can Google for the link. Here is a man with Intelligence, the kind that matters to ALL beings as he links psychic sense, common sense and scientific data to pose his questions. I actually looked up the link for you, please check it out! www.dutchsinse.com/blog

I am delighted to see so many who are dedicated to bring forth this information as we go into the unknown of the next few years. I admire their work and tenacity to wade through the bull shit to get at the facts, based in science yet pointed at our very survival as a species. No one person has the time, or inclination, to do it all but collectively, we can put our MINDS together and begin to see this pattern as something we CAN deal with. What would be your part? YOU do have a part and a BIG  one at that. If our planet is going to experience an axial shift, and it will, what will you do? What will you be doing before hand? How can YOU make a difference???? My oh my, I am full of questions today! Like you, I have my own answers to work through, knowing that the first and most important part of this paradigm shift is ME!!! And YOU, of course!

My next posting will be on the Five Levels of Mind and the next installment of my book which is "LIFE", until then, be well and Be at Peace.

TEN COMMANDMENTS OF COMMUNICATION

THINGS WE ALL SHOULD KNOW

This has been taken from my Hospice Newsletter, submitted by Chaplain John Sheese and tweaked to new meaning by Reverend Josefina (me). In discovering communications classes while attending a Junior College, I realized that the fabric of the Universe, the TWO MYSTERIES, which are DARK ENERGY and DARK MATTER  I actually discovered more about physics than communication. All valuable lessons, learned early and explained much, much later. This is how the Old Soul learns and it correlates in many ways, to life and living itself. Life, like a big juicy onion, has a multitude of layers that grow as the baby seed, makes it Journey from breaking its bulb casing to full size, fully expressed vegetable. When you consider that the common rice plant has more genetic material than we do, you begin to understand the complexity of communication in the natural world. Only human beings have to LEARN communication to be social creatures, by Nurture, not Nature. It is no wonder then, that we all communicate in unique ways by our own design, by Nature, then acquire the ability to speak to others through language and social skills, bound by Nurture.

Without going into the physics of things deeply, I would just say to imagine a square spider's web that covers the entire Universe, perhaps relative to String Theory, lines that attach to all other lines in some way or another where they intersect and "share" information to all other strings. The inner spaces of the web, are Dark Matter, that which is unseen and holding it all together is Dark Energy which allows all things to function. This is where Cosmic Law is Nature. All things, all communication follow principles of physics, the Law of Relativity and so on. These are things ALL Old Souls need to know about, you needn't be a scientist only an observer of the realities as they rule and govern our lives as sure as we breathe. 

Now that you have the Spider's Web as an analogy, I will write about the spaces in the Dark Matter. Imagine again, if you will, your own thought patterns. I believe in five levels of Mind and I will deal with only two of them here; conscious and subconscious. All that we are, our early layers of the onion to present, lies within the subconscious level of mind. This is true for all humans, we all know what a chair is based upon our early years so when we invite someone to "sit down", they will look for that chair or "seat" and won't automatically sit on the floor, desk or wherever. Within our personal web, most everyone else has that information stored as well so "sitting" has a common thread of knowing. In order to get more information from this person, we must ask a question. For instance, let's say that you have just met a stranger, asking their name and making small talk is a natural state of being. First you seek "common" information, introductions and so on, then come the more complex tasks, discovery of the strangers presence. Still, your subconscious is at work as you analyze things from tone of voice to their appearance. Only the subconscious remains in gear, full time. The conscious level begins as interpretation, logic and analytics meet with the strangers reasoning.

Now there is an explosion in the Dark Matter! In order for you and the stranger to understand each other and find a common link is through communication. The stranger is now talking about a big, soft, fluffy chair and you were thinking a rigid, wooden kitchen chair. HUMMMMM, where do you go from here? There is a great deal of back and forth talking and thinking in order to get you both on the same wave length of thinking, this is the process of communication. An "inside joke", is the perfect example of how commonality works in communication, when both people know the "back story", then only a word can trigger laughter, leaving everyone else in the dark. This is why people of "like mind" stick together, or "birds of a feather, flock together". These commonalities of mind, make us feel a certain level of acceptance and can even repulse us from those of a different persuasion. So for now, here are the Ten Commandments of Communication:

I.     In every communication, assume the responsibility for creating a GIVER-RECEIVER rhythm. Do not assume that others even know about such rhythms, as usually, they will not.

II.   Be self revealing. Share your thoughts and feelings throughout the conversation to establish a common ground. The more you know, the more THEY know, the more common the understanding.

III.  Small talk is important in any relationship. Again, find your common ground, those pieces of information that make you both feel at ease.

IV.  Compliments, praise and encouragement can bring your conversations to Life and make a relationship bloom.

V.   Always use non-sexist, non-biased language to maintain a sense of mutuality and equality in your relationships. This may take practice as language skills are acquired.

VI. While listening, slow down your inner thought process and continue to ask questions and seek data. The more you know, the closer the relationship and vice versa.

VII. The more information you have, the less interpretation you have to do. Your subconscious level of mind may be over active, being non-judgemental is critical.

VIII. Understand that the first few statements from another may not and are likely, not accurate reflections of their inner Truth. Make no judgement, be patient.

IX.   While listening, temporarily suspend your own belief system. What you believe to be true, or what in fact may be true, is not the truth of another.

Communication involves a great many Natural and Nurturing aspects of Life. You are a listener, a speaker and ever the Student. Men and women do things differently, NO SURPRISE HERE! However, these simply rules of communication are based on our Human Nature and will apply to all. If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to ask or post. I look forward to those! Be at Peace.