Dragonflies

today started off pretty special for me.I walked into the kitchen and near the sink hovering overhead was a small blueish dragonfly.He looked like he was trying to find his way out so I told my girlfriend to watch as I told the dragonfly I would help him,not to worry,and come on over and land on my finger.I stuck the finger up in the air,and this little dragonfly must have understood and came right over and landed on my fingertip,and stayed there for a while as I walked him outside into the fresh air and sky.He didnt take off so i put on my reading glasses and looked closer at him as my girlfriend came over.He looked back at me,buzzed his wings twice as if to say thanks,and flew off.Crockadile dundee aint got nuthin on me.lol...

spirit energy

Scribbles 90 from Lytske.
A series of messages from mostly unknown Teachers – June 2, 1999.

Child, allow the free flow of Spirit energy flow through you, so you will learn to discern some answers in your mind. I say some, because most answers await your future unfoldment in eternity.

Remember that you are already living in eternity, but only in a tiny segment called time. The door to the beyond, from mortality to immortality, is through the material dissolution of the mortal habiliment.

For spirit, once given life in a mortal, does not and cannot die, for it is eternal. As it is from Me and of Me, My Spirit is growing your soul by gently nudging you.

My Being in you is Higher than the energy you speak of, but it is part of Me, for it is of God, through Whom everything is created, by the method of evolution in space and time.

Energy is the vehicle and the means for you to move in and unfold. I nudge you gently into a greater awareness in this unfolding.

I notice that this insight is new for you, for this thought of having so much assistance never occurred to you. I am a Spark of the eternal Creator God, which is bestowed on every normal thinking mortal, when the first moral decision arises in the human mind, usually between the ages of five and seven years.

You very early made that decision, as you will remember, and you felt that great feeling of comfort shortly thereafter, and also the thought of having no fear of thunderstorms, because somehow you knew that you were protected.

Let us grow together child, you in Me and I in you -- A partnership for all eternity.

© The 11:11 Progress Group.

Take Love

“Today’s lesson is on love. There is much to say about love, for it is the very essence of all things, and it truly could not be described in its entirety in words, songs, or the arts, yet it is the one thing that inspires truth, beauty, and goodness. Love is as infinite as the Creator himself -- it is the only real thing of value, the very construct of all reality and relationships between personalities. Love is all that truly matters, for everything else will pass away.

“What is it that we are truly searching for today my beloved? What is it that we busy our selves with, going to and fro, here and there, learning, working, playing, creating, building our careers? We do all these things day in and day out, and the years pass by very quickly, but then do we stop for a moment and take inventory of our past? For when we do, what things boil up to the surface -- the things of love in our life? They are those precious moments that we cherish -- your first kiss; those intimate relationships with individuals that touched you on a deep and profound level; the kindness of strangers that helped you when you were in need; holding your newborn child for the first time; on and on goes the mind as it recalls the memory of the highest value meanings and feelings in your life.

“These are the things of love that will survive eternity -- these are survival value soul building moments and they become a part of your morontia self. Everything else will pass away. So you see how important these things are and yet they make up a very small amount of your living moments in life. The illusion of the material world and the pursuit of material things distract us from the most important things in life -- the pursuit of love; the giving and the receiving of love; to make a connection with someone on a soul level; to link hearts with your brothers and sisters in unconditional love.

“Step outside of yourself right now and take inventory of the important things of love in your life. Think about how you can make a difference and become one of those cherished memories in the life of one of your brothers or sisters. How beautiful it is to be apart of the soul memory of another human being and live forever in their eternal memory! Reach out and touch someone today, my beloved. This is the very meaning of what the master meant when he said, ‘Save your treasures in heaven, for there also will be your heart.’

“Good day,
“The Circle of Seven.”

The 11:11 Progress Group.

545 People

545 PEOPLE
By Charlie Reese

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.

You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of representatives does.

You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don' t control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don' t care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes..

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red .

If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ, it's because they want them in IRAQ .

If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

They, and they alone, have the power.

They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.

Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.

We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Charlie Reese is a former columnist of theOrlando Sentinel Newspaper.

The Way

The believing mind

Excerpt from Inscribed on the Believing Mind:

The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no
preferences.
When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear
and undisguised.
Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth
are set infinitely apart.
If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or
against anything.
To set up what you like against what you dislike is the
disease of the mind.
When the deep meaning of things is not understood the mind's
essential peace is disturbed to no avail.
The Way is perfect like vast space when nothing is lacking
and nothing is in excess.
Indeed, it is due to our choosing to accept or reject that
we do not see the true nature of things.
Live neither in the entanglements of outer things nor in
inner feelings of emptiness.
Be serene in the oneness of things and such erroneous views
will disappear by themselves.

The Void

What mystics call the Void is not a void. It is so full of energy, a
different kind of energy that has created everything that we are.
Everything since the Big Bang is vibration, from the first Word, which
is the first vibration. The biblical “I AM” really has a question mark
after it. “I AM—What am I?” So creation is God exploring God’s Self
through every way imaginable, in an on-going, infinite exploration
through every one of us. I began to see during my near-death
experience that everything that is, is the Self, literally your Self,
my Self. Everything is the great Self. That is why God knows even when
a leaf falls. That is possible because wherever you are is the center
of the Universe. Wherever any atom is, that is the center of the
Universe. There is God in that, and God in the Void.
http://utopiaradio.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-life-after-death-journey

Prepare

THE DAYS TO COME . . . .

We are now seeing much of the changing times. There are even more turbulent times ahead, however don't lose heart. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Remember that change and destruction has to take place in order for new constructions to appear.

I was told in early 1996:

We welcome you on this your New Year Day in your concept of time. We do not have time as you do, as everything exists in the now.

There are indeed changes happening in your world which have greater ramifications. The weather is a sign of these changes. Mankind is being made aware of these changes through the pattern of your weather. The earth herself is being altered and man's conception of his home planet is about to change. There is naught to fear. All change is for a wider purpose. Be prepared to change self as these changes happen around you. All is in accord with Divine Law. The seasons are only one sign of the great shift which is to occur. Be prepared to accept whatever comes in each new day. The time for taking anything for granted is over. Each new moment has a different thing to offer you. Be prepared to accept each change as it occurs. There is nothing frightening or fearful in this - it is just different from what you may have anticipated in times past. You must realise that you cannot live in your past any more.

Only by going within and accepting what is in your now time will you find peace. Past and future will no longer have the hold over you that they once did. Live in the moment and be joy-filled. There is naught to fear. Be happy . . .

The more enlightened we are about our future and what to expect, the more we will be able to be in harmony as these things happen. We are children of the one Creator and as such we have opportunities to witness one of the greatest changes this planet has seen. Remember we are eternal. Nothing can harm us. If we do leave our physical bodies we only make the transition, we do not die. Love is eternal. Only love can be taken with us. We can never lose that which we never had in the first place. We are literally "embodiments of love". If we become enlightened through understanding and compassion, before we make this transition, we have served our life's purpose. We will have begun to see the changes which will herald our new world!

Many of us, like my husband, for example are afraid to look into the future for fear of what they will see. When I asked Divine Guidance about this the answer was as follows:

Your man is afraid to look to the future. He has much fear still within him. The years will unfold in their own good time. If each moment is made to count, the outcome will not be important, for you will be living in your higher consciousness and time as you know it, will cease to be the same. One day you will emerge from your bed of sleep and say: "Has two years of time really passed? It seems like only yesterday!"

When you are fully immersed in your now moment there is no past or present. All is at that moment - and that, my child is how life was always meant to be. Your good man will see the future as a time for him to rest, but indeed he will not rest. His fear of the future will push him on to further activities and he will not get his chance to look back to the times past and say "Where has the time gone?" for indeed he will be living his past, present, and future in the one moment.

Life is an ongoing cycle and nothing that exists is permanent, yet at the same time, no lesson learned is ever lost. You will see self in the future and wonder if you ever were the being you see now. Your concept of time is changing so fast even those upon your plane called scientists, are indeed investigating this, your concept of time.

Live in the present moment and be joyful. The future will unfold as it is meant to be.

All of our reactions are caused by our past connection to something. If we live in the present, there is no guilt of the past, no fear for the future, there is just now! That is how this world will be in the days to come. We are coming into an Age when all will be now. So many people these days have 'instant amnesia'. They can't remember what they were going to do or say. They forget things that they did yesterday. The effect is throughout all generations. It is not just the old or middle-aged people who are having this problem. Even my young daughter is forgetting things that she never once would have forgotten. Our earth is moving into another dimension - literally! We are finding ourselves more and more, living only in the present. The past is slipping away, as memories are fading. We will have no need to carry extra baggage into the new Age. Our memories will be transmuted through love and will become part of our now. Because of the changes happening to us, we will be more open psychically to contacting those we have loved and lost through physical death. We will have moved our consciousness into a higher dimension.

Some of the changes are already happening. The earth herself is rebelling against the mistreatment over the last few centuries of abuse and rape by mankind. She is cracking as her belly is opened and earthquakes tremble, to rid her of the poisons mankind has treated her with. She is spewing forth her volcanoes, raging her seas and sending her winds to parch the earth and her rains to flood the plains, causing mudslides and creating much havoc.

We will see an increase in the fall of the economic markets world-wide. The banks will fall as will the stock market and the larger insurance companies. Many will be trying to survive as more and more people become jobless. It will be crucial times which will call for much strength from our inner sources. People who are not balanced will become further imbalanced as they begin to turn to crime in order to survive. Mechanical equipment will start to fail and there will be numerous accidents, both in the air and on the ground.

The earth, which has suffered so much abuse, will release some of the radioactive waste buried deep within her bowels. These leaks have already began to happen and worse could be waiting, if mankind does not wake up to the hurt he is causing from his nuclear wastes and weapons.

Our brothers from space will land among us and converse with many. They will be the saving grace for many, as people begin to become disheartened and angry with the governments, and question their long kept secrets, and their own religions. These beings will assist us by showing us how we can overcome our difficulties through brotherly love to each other. More people will find their psychic powers opened as they become more attuned with their higher sources.

Again I was advised to live in the moment:

Live in the now moment and do not let thoughts of past worry you. You are a multidimensional being, and the thoughts you have are not yours alone, but belong to the many who are also part of you. Your multidimensional selves are coming to the point where freedom is in sight for them all. You are about to embark on a wonderful journey to freedom. Be happy. This time is not far off. Let each day bring you more joy. Live in that joy and let not past worries intervene. There is much light about you. Let it shine for the world needs it now more than ever. Those things which are brought to the light are brought to be healed. Have no fear that harm will come to any. These things are necessary for healing of situations. Simply allow all things to come to the light. Be steady in your thoughts.

Send your loving thoughts to everyone you feel has need of them, for we can affect their arrival. Thoughts are REAL. Do not be deceived that they are not. Your loving thoughts WILL find their target. Pray often. There is hope for every situation. Believe that all is possible through the love of the Creator. These thoughts we leave with you. . .

The coming days, once the worst is over, will be a time of rejoicing. We will literally see the great prophecies fulfilled, as the "lamb lays down with the lion". Cattle will not be afraid of losing their lives any longer, as the new day dawns. Animals of all species will commune in families and live in peace again, as it was in the beginning. There will be a greater consciousness among mankind and man will be enlightened by the growing light within.

We are advised to face our ailments with understanding and acceptance as these changes occur.

Many are finding ailments today. Be of good cheer. Happier times are ahead. We know you are going through some trialing times at the moment but they won't last. Learn your lesson well and these times will pass more quickly. I Am your guiding light. Fear not.

These times are for your growth. Learn well and these lessons will become lessons of joy. Let not your heart be troubled. Take all things in your stride and one day they will be looked upon as the greatest treasures life could give you. These things are in themselves unpolished jewels to be transformed into the most dazzling beauty you could ever imagine. These lights of beauty are just waiting to be revealed to you. The promises of the future go with you.

Walk in light and be glad . . . We love you.

We, as mankind, are becoming fully consciousness beings, and will be able to communicate with others in higher dimensions. There will be no barriers to what we can do. We will learn to use antigravity as a means to transport ourselves. We will have laws but they will be good laws. They will be in alignment with the Higher Will.

Once we become aware enough of ourselves as Divine beings, and treat everyone else as if they were Divine also, we will find crime and greed disappear. There will be no need for insecurities and fears. The last vestiges of these are being played out in our world right now. Their time is short dear reader. Be hopeful and joyful. Our promised thousand years of peace IS coming! Our days will be longer upon this planet as peace envelopes the whole of humanity and lower life forms as well. We will raise our vibrations to a higher dimension and will live to see this transition of our beautiful planet within our lifetimes!

Take heart all who read. Peace is just around the corner. Those who are aware enough to understand these words will be the ones to be the leaders and the councillors in the days to come. Know that YOU are Divine Essence. You are LOVE. You are as much a part of God as anyone else. All have equal claim to that right.

Enlightenment comes through understanding. Enlightenment comes through non-judgement and unconditional Love. Enlightenment comes through "feeling the daily daggers of relentless steel and keeping on living". Enlightenment is raising our consciousness towards our Higher Self, or Greater Light. Enlightenment is reaching our arms out to our fellowman in compassion and concern. Enlightenment is expressing the living truth in each moment we walk the path of Light, in whatever our jobs are, or whatever course our lives take.

The promises for our future are embodied in the following song. It was sung to the tune of Amazing Grace by Silarra, one of the extraterrestrial walk-ins who have come to help our planet:

Amazing grace, compassion and truth
Aqua star - ship of blue light.
We have come to Earth to live its dream:
A heaven of pure delight!

We share our forces here with you
Of inside wisdom and love.
We live here upon this plane
As we do in the ships above.

There are more than twelve thousand groups of twelve
We have gathered from afar.
We have come to fill the Earth with light,
To fulfill her birth as a star.

We speak to you of Heaven on Earth;
It's within if you'll just allow.
Don't hesitate, your Spirit calls -
Wake up - the time is now!

Being here and wanting to be there

Every single person on the planet and every single Consciousness in the Universe has the same experience of being here and having a desire to be there. In other words, it is the promise of this eternal Universe… You’re always, always, always going to be on your way to something more—always. And when you relax and accept that, and stop beating up on yourself for not being someplace that you’re not, and instead, start embracing where you are while you keep your eye on where you’re going—now life becomes really, really, really fun.

Excerpted from the workshop in Asheville, NC on Saturday, October 25th, 2003

Our Love,
Jerry and Esther

Pray for patience

Prayer: Thank you, Jesus, for pointing out to me the importance of the words we speak to others. Help me to become more mindful, to become gentler in my speech, to become more understanding towards others, and to look beyond the surface of appearance. I pray for patience most of all, to be more thoughtful towards others. Thank You.

Dear child, honor the Father’s Gift within. Follow Her guidance. Seek Her in the Silence more often with greater concentration. Her fragrance will penetrate you from the inside out, once you open yourself willingly to receive.

Be ever vigilant and alert how you speak with others. Mindful thoughtfulness is the path.

Each day anew consecrate yourself in sincere honesty to be in service to the Master, for the greater good of all. The effect is in the being and not in the doing.

Pause and consider these things, hold them in your heart, mind and soul. Strengthen your daily resolve to follow the Master Jesus and do His Bidding.

The feelings of richness will grow. When in doubt, go within for Guidance.

© The 11:11 Progress Group.

The Master

The Master stands for all humanity and in fact all life, without the interfering biases of a given belief system, which is implicitly narrowing and limiting. [this means the Master is beyond ALL religions, rituals, specific philosophies, governments, ethnic backgrounds, and traditions of all kinds, in favor of the direct perception of truth, and subsequent right action based upon it.]

5) The Master advocates spiritual attainment and values based upon the universal. They do not seek followers, but spiritual partners, (as equals) who will one day gain an even higher level of spiritual practice and realization, than they themselves have gained. Never does a true Master say, "I am the ONLY way", but instead speaks of the undying truth whereby, through a number of approaches, practitioners may find their own self evolving enlightenment. The Master is not interested in hierarchical structures for social or spiritual organization. Again, they seek the self realization of all persons, as cosmic equals, (souls/centers of consciousness).

To Know Love

Is there really the desire to know love, or to know the experience of someone having an emotion over self? Is it a desire to be itself expended in doing that which may be helpful or constructive? This can be done, but it will require the losing of self, as has been indicated, in service for others.
. . . But arise to that consciousness that if ye would have life, if ye would have friends, if ye would have love, these things ye must expend. For only that ye give away do ye possess.

Edgar Cayce Reading 1786-2

Peace is the Way

Peace is the Way
Ten Steps to Peace Consciousness
(taken from Peace is the Way, by Deepak Chopra)

1. Change doesn't start on the surface. It's generated from consciousness. This has been true throughout history. If both Buddhism and Christianity could begin with one person, let us not think in terms of numbers and odds. It may sound grandiose to compare ourselves to great spiritual guides, but we act collectively, as an alliance. Our strength comes from critical mass.

2. We aren't here to make the world evolve. We are here to evolve as individuals and then to spread that influence. In the wisdom tradition of Vedanta, the stream of evolution is known in Sanskrit as Dharma, from a root verb that means 'to uphold.' This gives us a clue how to live: the easiest way for us to grow is to align ourselves with Dharma. We don't have to struggle to grow--that would be unproductive, in fact. The Dharma has always favored non-violence. If we can bring ourselves to a state of non-violence, and connect with others who are doing the same thing, we have done a huge thing to reinforce Dharma.

3. Societies get into the grip of their own self-created story. It's helpful to realize that we can choose not to participate in that story. Realize that national and tribal stories are limited, self-serving, based on the past, reinforced by orthodoxy, and therefore opposed to real change. Stories are incredibly persuasive. Wars are fueled by victimization that runs deep, for example. So let us not try to change anyone's story. Let us only notice and observe ourselves when we buy into it and then let us back away from participating in it.

4. Let us not demand of ourselves that we alone must be the agent of change. In a fire brigade everyone passes along a bucket, but only the last person puts out the fire. None of us know where we stand in line. We may be here simply to pass a bucket; we may be called on to play a major role. In either case, all we can do is think, act, and say. Let us direct our thoughts, words, and actions to peace. That is all we can do. Let the results be what they will be.

5. Let us realize that engagement and detachment aren't opposite—the more engaged we become, the more detached we will have to be. Otherwise, we will lose ourselves in conflict, obsessiveness, anxiety over the future, and feelings of guilt and inadequacy. Keep in mind that we are pioneers into the unknown, and uncertainty is our ally. When our minds want closure, certainty, and finality, let us remind ourselves that these are fictions. Our joyous moments will come from riding the wave, not asking to get off at the next station.

6. Since most misery is born of failed expectations let us learn to minimize expectations so
that we will feel far less guilt and disappointment.

7. We aren't here to be good or perfect. We are here as the antennas for signals from the future. We are here to be midwives to something that wants to be born. Good people have preceded us. They solved some problems and created others. As one wise teacher said, "You aren't here to be as good as possible. You are here to be as real as possible."

8. I know this sounds difficult, but let us try to be tolerant of intolerance. This is a hard one at times, but if you try the opposite—showing a hard heart against those with hard hearts of their own—all we've done is expand the problem. It's helpful (but often difficult) to remember that everyone is doing the best they can form their own level of consciousness. Trying to talk a terrorist out of his
beliefs is like trying to persuade a lion to be a vegetarian. All we can realistically do is seek openings for higher awareness.

9. Let us resist the lure of dualities. These include us versus them, civilized versus barbarians, good versus evil. The good, civilized people of Europe managed to kill millions of themselves, along with millions of "them." In reality we are all in the same boat of human conflict and confusion. Sometimes it helps to admit that the doctor is not far from being a patient.

10. Let's create an atmosphere of peace around ourselves. Imagine that we are like a mother whose children come home crying about fights at school. Would it be her job to soothe their wounds or to arm them for fighting back tomorrow? Simplistic as it may sound, the male principle of aggression can only be healed by the feminine principle of nurturing and love.

Love,
Deepak

Accept Yourself just the way you are

Dear one, in order to love another without reservation or conditions, it is necessary that you learn to truly love and accept yourself just the way you are.

Forgive yourself for all past mistakes, and for all present and future failings. Accept yourself as the God-given personality you are; hardly perfect, but knowing perfection is the ultimate destiny in eternal life.

In this earth life you are waking up and becoming more aware of the true purpose of life; to be the best you can be under all circumstances.

Life teaches you lessons through which to learn mastery over self; be it over greed, jealousy, gluttony, or addictions of any kind—anything that holds you from the greatest good and attainment, and this is to be achieved without using any dishonest means, or using another person to attain your goals in life, unless such help is freely given.

You are learning to travel with Me, your Guide within. This is what Jesus mastered when He walked the earth as a Man among men.

Remember the most important lessons He taught, and lived, were to love God first, and to learn to love and accept yourself as God loves and accepts you, to love your neighbor as yourself, and to forgive each and everyone who wrongs you.

You all live in a love and mercy-oriented Universe, as your Ruler, Michael, so lovingly and eloquently displayed in His life here as Yoshua ben Joseph, Jesus of Nazareth.

His life was, and still is, a triumph that all humans can aspire to in their short but intense lives in the flesh as they are lived here on this planet.

Jesus, even as a young boy, often sought the Still Small Voice within when He chose to be away from others to better commune with His Father in Heaven.

So, too, can you follow His example and practice this as often as needed, for I am always with you.

© The 11:11 Progress Group.

A New Dream

The Problem with Society

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The Major Problems With Society

1) Egotism-

The assumption among the older generation(s), (40-60+ years) is that by virtue of age, some implicit respect and special consideration is due. This attitude seems to be a leftover from a long-faded age of human history, one that originated the phrase, “respect your elders”. In times past, our “elders” were in fact those people in the tribe or community which held the most wisdom. “Elders” were usually composed of the elderly, and the elderly were a repository for a lifestyle that reflected the practical and profound wisdom of nature, (right living). In today’s world there is no such thing as an “elder” for the most part. There is only a great deal of “do as I say, but not as I do”. Instead of growing wiser, the majority of today’s elderly simply grow weaker, embittered and more deluded. In evaluating the current condition of the world, and the mental and physical state of this generation, no such respect or special consideration is due. Respect is not automatic it is earned, and the youth of today give all the respect to the older generations which they have earned, (which is for the most part, none whatsoever). A destroyed world that is the inheritance of the youth of today is not respectable. Neither is the hypocrisy and arrogance of those currently in charge of the status quo, who have destroyed it. Greed and arrogance are the legacy left today by the older generations. It is they who, in their ignorance and a “selling out” of what the soul knows to be correct, have worked for the obtaining of material wealth over all other things, including health, happiness, wisdom and right living.

2) Examining the cause of the world problem-

The cause of crime, is not the supposed lack of disciplinary measures inflicted by the legal system upon criminals and youth. Crime does not occur because society has a supposed lack of police officers, prisons, “boot camps”, judges and youth, (slave) labor facilities. The cause of crime is society itself, as provoked by the corruption and insanity of government, the court system, politics, the educational system, the medical, (AMA) paradigm and the primitive egotism of a primitive humanity. It is not youth that is at fault, nor is it minorities or other specific classes of persons who are responsible for rising violent crime. Rising violent crime is a symptom of the disease of decadent materialism, with which humanity is terminally infected. It is a symptom of the decay of society, in the inner and outer destruction of what is wholesome and natural.

What we witness at the turning of the millennium, are the beginning days of the extinction of mankind, with the possible exception of those few who recognize, that the human species has gone mad en masse, and who have the dedication to truth that is evidenced above all other priorities.

3) The changing of the system-

Our corrupt society cannot and will not be changed through political reform or social reformation. An insane public will always generate an insane governing body, regardless of the economic philosophy used, or the name of the political party which organizes it. Our crisis is a matter of inner strife, unnaturalness and division, which is reflected by the outer world. Our malady is found in the diseased state of individual and world consciousness, and it cannot be cured through the institution of outer forms. To do so is comparable to placing a bandage over a wound that comes from within. At best this is only a temporary and misguided measure, one that does not address the cause of the injury. Only an inner revolution can sustain an outer transformation of society. Corruption cannot cure corruption. Only the face of corruption changes, not its essential intention. Political or social reform is only a matter of agenda change, and such change, so long as materialism exists, can only be had in terms defined by lies and deceptions. Hypocrisy is rampant in the modern world, because the values of society are either lies or based upon lies. The greatest lie ever told by our age, is the assertion by the average person that they are doing good, spiritual works for the sake of Earth and humanity, while still worshipping the egotistical dollar and all the facades it can buy. Lifestyle is the surest and most honest testimony to the reality behind public action.

The public lifestyle we witness is a matter of sheer self-indulgence, mental and physical disease, and a progressively deadened environment for the sake of so-called, “conveniences” and “luxuries”. This is not the information age, it is the Age of Denial, the darkest period of human history ever known. We are not evolving or “progressing”, we are devolving into a state of entropy and stupidity so profound, that it will eventually wipe out all advanced life on Earth, if it continues unchecked. Public action is hypocritical because it is based upon the secreted guilt of a deceitful, artificialized, spoiled-rotted child known as Homo Sapiens. Conveniences and luxuries are the emotional mainstay of a plastic coated, indulgent public, and their social contribution to the world is motivated primarily for the sake of alleviating that nagging guilt within, while in reality ensuring that indulgence and comforts are maintained at all costs. Our citizens placate their own deep-seated feelings of wrongdoing in the name of “success”, through various trite and ultimately inconsequential acts. This they call “doing their part”. The $50 contribution to the Audubon Society, the recycling of a few glass containers and newspapers, and a few letters written to the editor of a local newspaper, and all daily sins are thereby absolved, or at least so the story goes. Yet lifestyle continues to destroy all. Public speeches are given, and individuals assert to themselves that good is being done, when in fact they are not truly interested in what is actually good and worthwhile. They are not willing to spend the time or energy in gaining self-knowledge, nor knowledge of the natural laws which they break every day. The public cares only for what is personally pleasurable and comfortable, as defined by a society which considers the dollar God. For the majority of people today, their wrong-doings and greed will only cease when environmental conditions force them to reevaluate their style of living.

4) Very low expectations;

It is commonly expected and assumed, that the human condition is miserable by nature. It is thought that there is ultimately nothing that can be done about this, other than following governmental or institutional orders. The concept that daily life is not and can never be perfect, or even truly happy, is the norm to which we are expected to apply in every life decision. We are told that “you can’t change the world overnight”, (“overnight” is a term that can mean either 24 hours or 24 decades interchangeably) or that “the system, (ignorance) can’t be changed, except through ‘due process’”, or “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” etc. Such thinking is the intent through which society justifies its own lack of responsibility, for itself, today. As a world community we have therefore set our sights on a very low mark, calling this “realism”, while our efforts for global reform reflect nothing but pessimism, contained within placating political speeches. These low standards are to a very large extent what is directly responsible for continuing global destruction. The “business as usual”, “I was only doing what I was told”, and “We’re doing it this way because that’s the way it has always been done”, are the politically correct excuses made by persons who really don’t care after all. Our species no longer has the luxury of spending another 100-500 years in debating the inadequacies of the human condition, because our planet has almost been destroyed, now, this day. We will be lucky in fact, to last another 50 years, without major upheavals and mass death, spread like an apocalyptic plague upon every continent and city of the world.

We the people, must take every measure necessary to empower ourselves, starting from within and working outwards. If this ultimately includes armed revolution and well-coordinated anarchy, to throw down the machine of death and the governments and corporations which support it, then so be it. We must insist upon the reestablishment of just self government. Regardless of what we are told by the corporate owned media, the people do not need, nor do they truly desire to be programmed by an insane educational system. Nor can the public continue to afford to live by the false concept of “success”, that has brought us to the brink of extinction. Modern life does not reflect success, it reflects agony and death on a mass scale. Anyone who says otherwise is either a coward or a naïve fool. Those who willingly continue to participate in the materialistic death machine, while knowing full well of the consequences, are a cancer and plague upon all that is natural and naturally good.

5) Responsibility for our monuments to greed-

Our lavish, and for the most part physically unnecessary homes, businesses, amusement parks, supermarkets, new automobiles, yachts, jetliners, weapons of war, armies and governments, are but monuments to greed and insanity. We do not build so much for the sake of need or practical value, but for the sake of unquenchable, unreasoning, egotistical, murdering greed. In our madness we like to “show off”, personally and collectively. We murder each other and the Earth to build such monuments, calling this, “protecting our interests”. Through these structures and institutions we demonstrate our unsatisfactory lack of wisdom, and thus our lack of fitness for continued survival. In essence, we have not understood the spiritual purpose of life. We have lived by materialism and we shall die by materialism, as a payment for our crimes against God and Nature. Taking personal responsibility for these facts, implies the unavoidable need for the outright and total rejection, of the values and norms of society. It also implies the outright and total acceptance of spiritual purposes and natural laws as demonstrated in daily affairs. Only by returning to God and Nature, can any person realistically expect true redemption from the extremely negative karma, accumulated thus far by humanity. This is true regardless of professed beliefs or organized religious practices. Truth alone must remain our highest focus, seven days a week, throughout every facet of life.

Comments on this article should be directed to;

Matthew Webb visionquest@eoni.com

The World Mind Society http://www.eoni.com/~visionquest

Does this Path have heart?

Before you embark on any path ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path. The trouble is nobody asks the question; and when a man finally realizes that he has taken a path without a heart, the path is ready to kill him. At that point very few men can stop to deliberate, and leave the path. A path without a heart is never enjoyable. You have to work hard even to take it. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy; it does not make you work at liking it.
I have told you that to choose a path you must be free from fear and ambition. The desire to learn is not ambition. It is our lot as men to want to know.
The path without a heart will turn against men and destroy them. It does not take much to die, and to seek death is to seek nothing.

For me there is only the traveling on the paths that have a heart, on any path that may have a heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge for me is to traverse its full length. And there I travel--looking, looking, breathlessly.

The teachings of don Juan

You are the Master

The greatest Scam

The greatest scam was the love that you denied yourself when you forgot who you are. You travelled through your life believing you were alone. You prayed for deliverance from your own persecution. You attached worth and meaning to that which is transitory. You mistreated the Earth when the Earth didn’t mistreat you. Your powers were depleted because your awareness was stuck in limbo. You thought you had to work hard for your money when your money didn’t work hard for you.
You were lost....and now your found?
Now you take due care of where and who you give your energy to. Now you know your last name is Love and your first name is One. Now you realise your true possibilities. Now you reunite with old friends and will remember the memories. Your timing is to perfection. Your judgment resides in your heart, your heart connects you to creator, creator connects you to all. You shine because you are free, you are free because you shined. You followed the master down to the shore he told you... “YOU are the master!” and to follow no more. Now that you have your wings, do you still find yourself in a flap? or maybe you defied science and left the 3D trap. Many gifts now descend and have arrived at your feet. Your need will be to ground them, then you may taste their treats. Unified in consciousness as we always were. Unified in Love is how we’ll change the world. Your true hand is about to show. The world will know you for the good you do, not the good you could/would or should do. So this ‘scam’ it was a good one....it caused us all to think, it told us we were separate as a way to make us link. Now I see that you remember as you love yourself to death, the scam is now but over....congratulations, you passed the test.

Chant of Metta

Metta is a Pali word meaning loving-kindness. Metta chanting is the radiation of loving-kindness towards all beings: May they all be happy and peaceful. Imee Ooi chants the Pali beautifully. Metta chanting is soothing, uplifting, joyful and a great healing for the world - pervading it with waves of love. Truly, may all beings be happy. May they live always in peace and harmony. You can find this chant sung by imee ooi at www.buddhanet.com

The Chant of Metta Text

Aham avero homi
May I be free from enmity and danger

abyapajjho homi
May I be free from mental suffering

anigha homi
May I be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharami
May I take care of myself happily

Mama matapitu
May my parents

acariya ca natimitta ca
teacher relatives and friends

sabrahma - carino ca
fellow Dhamma farers

avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharantu
may they take care of themselves happily

Imasmim arame sabbe yogino
May all meditators in this compound

avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharantu
May they take care of themselves happily

Imasmim arame sabbe bhikkhu
May all monks in this compound

samanera ca
novice monks

upasaka - upasikaya ca
laymen and laywomen disciples

avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharantu
May they take care of themselves happily

Amhakam catupaccaya - dayaka
May our donors of the four supports: clothing, food, medicine and lodging

avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharantu
May they take care of themselves happily

Amhakam arakkha devata
May our guardian devas

Ismasmim vihare
in this monastery

Ismasmim avase
in this dwelling

Ismasmim arame
in this compound

arakkha devata
May the guardian devas

avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharantu
may they take care of themselves happily

Sabbe satta
May all beings

sabbe pana
all breathing things

sabbe bhutta
all creatures

sabbe puggala
all individuals (all beings)

sabbe attabhava - pariyapanna
all personalities (all beings with mind and body)

sabbe itthoyo
may all females

sabbe purisa
all males

sabbe ariya
all noble ones (saints)

sabbe anariya
all worldlings (those yet to attain sainthood)

sabbe deva
all devas (deities)

sabbe manussa
all humans

sabbe vinipatika
all those in the four woeful planes

avera hontu
be free from enmity and dangers

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering
sukhi - attanam pariharantu
may they take care of themselves happily

Dukkha muccantu
May all being be free from suffering

Yattha-laddha-sampattito mavigacchantu
May whatever they have gained not be lost

Kammassaka
All beings are owners of their own Kamma

Purathimaya disaya
in the eastern direction

pacchimaya disaya
in the western direction

uttara disaya
in the northern direction

dakkhinaya disaya
in the southern direction

purathimaya anudisaya
in the southeast direction

pacchimaya anudisaya
in the northwest direction

uttara anudisaya
in the northeast direction

dakkhinaya anudisaya
in the southwest direction

hetthimaya disaya
in the direction below

uparimaya disaya
in the direction above

Sabbe satta
May all beings

sabbe pana
all breathing things

sabbe bhutta
all creatures

sabbe puggala
all individuals (all beings)

sabbe attabhava - pariyapanna
all personalities (all beings with mind and body)

sabbe itthoyo
may all females

sabbe purisa
all males

sabbe ariya
all noble ones (saints)

sabbe anariya
(those yet to attain sainthood)

sabbe deva
all devas (deities)

sabbe manussa
all humans

sabbe vinipatika
all those in the 4 woeful planes

avera hontu
be free from enmity and dangers

abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering

anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering

sukhi - attanam pariharantu
may they take care of themselves happily

Dukkha muccantu
May all beings be free from suffering

Yattha-laddha-sampattito mavigacchantu
May whatever they have gained not be lost

Kammassaka
All beings are owners of their own kamma

Uddham yava bhavagga ca
As far as the highest plane of existence

adho yava aviccito
to as far down as the lowest plane

samanta cakkavalesu
in the entire universe

ye satta pathavicara
whatever beings that move on earth

abyapajjha nivera ca
may they are free of mental suffering and enmity

nidukkha ca nupaddava
and from physical suffering and danger

Uddham yava bhavagga ca
As far as the highest plane of existence

adho yava aviccito
to as far down as the lowest plane

samanta cakkavalesu
in the entire universe

ye satta udakecara
whatever beings that move on water

abyapajjha nivera ca
may they are free of mental suffering and enmity

nidukkha ca nupaddava
and from physical suffering and danger

Uddham yava bhavagga ca
As far as the highest plane of existence

adho yava aviccito
to as far down as the lowest plane

samanta cakkavalesu
in the entire universe

ye satta akasecara
whatever beings that move in air

abyapajjha nivera ca
may they are free of mental suffering and enmity

nidukkha ca nupaddava
and from physical suffering and danger.

Pearls of Perfection

Moments, miniscule moments, can be and often are, pearls of perfection.

These secret, joyful, worshiping moments of the joy of eternal life are the wonders that are unfolding. The moments of deep peace and contentment are all building-blocks to perfection.

The ‘being’ perfect is the secret, not the ‘doing’ of perfect things. The outer always is the reflection of the inner.

God speaks in the inner silence. Allow Him to speak more often, and your heart will start to sing, and then the throat will open. It is a wonderful journey. Take time to commune with the Father.

Stilling the mind in meditation allows the mind to be prepared, so the Father may be heard. So often when He wishes to speak, there is no one at home, or the mind is cluttered with other thoughts so there is no room left.

Abolish al manner of negative thinking. Dwell upon the goodness, the truth and beauty of life. Focus and intent will discipline your thoughts.

Continue on your path with renewed inspiration.

Swimming in an ocean of energy

You have now begun to sharpen your ‘instrument’ in service to the Master. He has imparted to you that you have always been preparing for the work you have been doing, are doing now, and will continue doing -- helping others the way you know how, and according to your light. Now you are realizing a greater light. Actually, you realize that this light extends to the throne of God; the Eternal Presence, the First Source and Center, from which everything goes forth, and to which everything returns.

You are becoming conscious of the fact that you are ‘swimming’ in an ocean of energy, that you are a part of this energy, and that everything is connected in oneness. It only appears fragmented because of all the different belief systems. Energy is just that – energy – and although it takes on different shapes and forms, it still retains its connection to Source. Even now you are becoming more aware of its flow.

Study it, realize it, work with it, understand it, cooperate with it, and so use it to the greater benefit, first for yourself, and then for the highest good of all others. Clear your perceived blocks, and in doing so you are helping others, which truly represents the upliftment of the planet. Just a word of caution here, everyone is on their personal path, and each and everyone can only clear within themselves to the degree they are ready. The watchword here is unconditionally.

It is the free will of the human that decides if and when he or she is ready to let go of their core beliefs.

Your function will be to be the doorway through which they can glimpse a greater reality of themselves, just like you have been shown by others, whom the Master has placed upon your path, as He continues to place way-showers upon your path. Your responsibility lies in sharpening your instrument of understanding through practice and gathering knowledge in your chosen field of energy application.

So play and hear Heaven’s music in the Master’s orchestra, and focus with intend upon His baton.

© 11:11 Progress Group.