John Kevin's Journal: HAPPY SATURDAY!!!

Saturday, November 2, 2013

HAPPY SATURDAY!!!

There is nothing I ever need to have. There is nothing I ever need to do.
~Jonathan-Lockwood Huie

HELLO FAMILY!!!

I had a really, REALLY bad day yesterday... well, it wasn't too bad, but I know today's gonna be so much better!

I'll tell you all about it tomorrow... maybe.

God said:

You are My testament to Myself. You are the Speaker and Revealer of My Heart. Reveal it! Get on with it now.

I made you in My Image. I gave you all the Rights and Privileges and Purposes and Responsibilities that are Mine. I made you My Heir. I proclaimed you Myself. I told you to venture forth and reveal Truth. By My Very Nature, and by yours, I drew you in My Image, and so I multiplied Myself and spread My Multiplication Tables upon Earth and told you to go forth and multiply. Multiply My love, I said. I told you to be a Mirror of Myself, to reflect Me upon Earth, to be a testament to Me, a revealer of Me, a brightener of the Sun, a polisher of souls, a cleaner of eyes, a helper of others to see.

--Hello Myself by Heavenletters
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Well, TODAY IS SATURDAY, which means it's time for another amazing episode of ASK TEAL with Teal Scott.

Teal Scott is an extrasensory, esoteric who writes and teaches about spirituality, the meaning of life, and the road to health and happiness. You can find out more about her at her website: www.thespiritualcatalyst.com

Published on Oct 19, 2013
Ask Teal Website - http://www.askteal.com
We run from our feelings. We would do almost anything to avoid being in the now and moving towards the way we feel. Most processes are designed to change how we feel deliberately, so we can avoid being present with how we feel. It serves a purpose to know that you can deliberately change the way you feel, but it also serves a purpose to know that by being present with how you feel, the feeling changes on it's own.
Kuan Yin's Mantra (c) 2002 Lisa Thiel - used by permission http://www.sacreddream.com

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Heavenletter #4691 The Sun Comes Out, September 28, 2013

God said:
Today you are starting on a new adventure. Every single day of your life is a new adventure. Do you really think that your life just hangs around?

Everything is new under the Sun. Every day is a beginning. When you go to bed at night, you are leaving yesterday to the past where it belongs, and you are preparing for the morrow.

You do not know where your dreams are going to take you or show you or what they are going to prepare you for. What you can know is that you are at a threshold. Yes, today is a new beginning. In this day today you seek to find your fortune.

You dig your fortune. It pops up before your very eyes. The script is spontaneous. It is as if it erupts. There are no supposed to’s or must be’s in this day today. You may have predicted a private day, and many visitors come to your door. You may have anticipated a day with many visitors, and no one comes. No need to think that your day is amiss because of one thing or another. Your day is just as it is, and who can say that your day today is not exactly what it is meant to be.

Beloveds, there are no have to’s today. You do not have to have peace and quiet. You do have to have upset and stress. Certainly one day may be more cooperative than another. Nevertheless, it is for you to oblige your day. Your day is one thing. How you embrace your day is another.

What goes on in a day is not to be your standard for conduct. The day very definitely has its say, yet it is not meant to be the decider of who you are and how you move in the day. The day is not to be your master and describe you.

On this day you may have an upset stomach. This does not require you to set the tone of your day to upset. You are the master of the song you sing. One aspect of a day does not have to be the clock by which the whole day runs.

In any one day, you can have a thunderstorm, and you can also have rainbows. Certainly a thunderstorm has an effect on you. It may well get you wet. You may cover your ears and go inside. Nevertheless, you are your own person. Be it. If a day is dark and stormy, you don’t have to be the same.

And when a rainbow comes, are you not then okay with a rainstorm?

You, beloveds, are not meant to be the result of a thunderstorm. You are not a foregone conclusion.

If you hear someone play the bassoon, you do not have to echo the tone of a bassoon. When you hear a drumbeat, that drumbeat does not have to become the beat of your day. Let the song you sing, no matter the tune of the day, be harmonious. You can do it.

Because today is Trash Pick-Up Day, doesn’t mean your day has to be trashed.

You are not your day. You are not the mood of your day.

You are a Divine human being. You are above your day. You are beyond your day. There is more than the character of any day. There are many days in your life. Your life is not even the sum total of all the days of your life. You supersede your days. You are the Sun that comes out. You are the Rainbow the Sun creates to remind you of Heaven.

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O.K., let's start the day with "REPRESENT" by Orishas.

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And now, as always, I'm gonna end this post with the most beautiful song in this whole, entire world.

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God is life. God is life in action.
~don Miguel Ruiz

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What is a Warrior?

I see through different eyes.

I see a bigger picture when others see only grey skies.

Though many can’t conceive it,

I stand... facing the wind.

My bravery not from fighting,

but from my strength within,

I am a Warrior.

I will walk the extra mile,

Not because I have to,

Because it’s worth my while.

I know that I am different,

When I’m standing on a crowded street.

I know the fullness of winning;

I’ve tasted the cup of defeat.

I am a Warrior.

They say I walk with ease.

Though trained for bodily harm,

My intentions are for peace.

The world may come and go,

But a different path I’ll choose.

A path I will not stray from,

No matter... Win or Lose.

If you've been in the Martial Arts for a while, you'll find many people who would like to believe in the idea that just because they practice the Martial Arts, they are some kind of Warriors.(I like to call them Wannabee Warriors).

But what exactly is a Warrior? I mean, throughout history, there have been many different types of warriors, all having different Codes of Honor that they live by (And in case you're wondering, yes, there is a Warrior Creed that I follow and try to live up to also...) . But if you really try to define what a warrior is, there seems to be no one answer to that question. In fact, there seems to be many answers, almost as many answers as people you ask.

So, what I did was provide some links to some different websites about different warriors and types of warriors throughout history. Hell, I even posted links to web sites about Dan Millman and Carlos Castaneda for you "Spiritually Aware" types. Perhaps if you look through them, you'll find a good definition of a warrior for yourself...

And for you Wannabee Warriors out there... Some of the links I put up are to Law Enforcement & Military websites. If you really want to be warriors, Check out those links and become a police officer, or go join the armed forces. They need you!!!

FROM WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA: Silat is a collective word for indigenous martial arts of the Malay Archipelago and Malay Peninsula of Southeast Asia. Originally developed in what are now Indonesia, peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore, it was also traditionally practiced in Brunei, the Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam. As a result, it is closely related to other Southeast Asian martial arts including krabi krabong and eskrima. Practitioners are called pesilat. The Chinese fusion of silat is known as kuntao.

There are hundreds of different styles but they tend to focus either on strikes, joint manipulation, bladed weapons, throws, animal-based techniques, or some combination thereof. Silat is one of the sports included in the Southeast Asian Games and other region-wide competitions. Training halls are overseen by separate national organizations in each of the main countries the art is practiced. These are Ikatan Pesilat Indonesia (IPSI) from Indonesia, Persekutuan Silat Kebangsaan Malaysia (PESAKA) from Malaysia, Persekutuan Silat Brunei Darussalam (PERSIB) from Brunei and Persekutuan Silat Singapura (PERSISI) from Singapore.

Below, I added some links to various websites and video clips so you can get a better understanding of what Silat is about.

One of the gravest disservices we have done to the people of our world is to have provided them with a poor education. We do not teach students to think.

If you do not learn to effectively process information (and it is a learned skill) then you will always be at the mercy of people promoting their favorite dogmas.

The problem is, that all kinds of people would like you to uncritically believe what they are telling you about the way the world is. Many of them pretend that such uncritical belief is "faith", which it is not.

If you do not have the tools to discover what a given person or group is really trying to sell you, then you are libel to be making some really wacky presuppositions about the world, which will in turn become the heuristics by which you operate.

About half of what we perceive as "intelligence" is the ability to process information effectively, so if you want to be "smarter" then all you have to do is improve in that area.

While this is pretty simple, it is not necessarily easy. In my experience, most people are conditioned to a way of thinking already comfortable to the individual. When a person tries to change the way they process information they run a good chance of evoking a "threat response" from within themselves.

The wonderful thing about the internet is that you have access to so much useful information. If you're reading this, then you are able to self-educate on any number of subjects to a remarkable degree, and do it almost for free.

And that's what this section is about. I added some links here so anybody with a brain can study and learn to use it.

Remember 2 things people:

"I NOT ONLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO THINK AT ALL TIMES, BUT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO."

"IF I DON'T THINK FOR MYSELF, THEN SOMEBODY ELSE WILL DO IT FOR ME".

There are over 10,000 different religions in the world, 150 of which have at least 1 millions followers. Which one is the truth? "Christianity!" someone says, but even Christianity alone has over 38,000 different denominations. So which interpretation is the TRUE one?

Religion is not the anchor-point of truth. The truth always existed. Religion is man-made, meaning that the truth existed prior to both man and religion. Religion may be an effective catalyst for some individuals who desire to invest their minds into ideological association for whatever reason, but it is not a necessary nor a sufficient condition for a relationship with God, and understanding of the Creator, or the inner workings of the self.

Spirituality is not a belief. It is a state of consciousness, a mental framework with which you approach the world. Spirituality is in fact what birthed religion through the attempted organization of experience and wisdom, which ended up being the hierarchical stratification of various belief systems that we call religion.

Don't let the commitments you have to a religious belief system in your mind take you away from your natural state of Being with all things. You were a human before you learned religion. God's light existed in you before you learned this through some spiritual guru. Does this mean don't read or believe what Jesus of Buddha had to say? Of course not. Just make sure you take the time and effort to experience the rose instead of just believing in the accounts of others. This is not an attack on any religion by any means, and religion has brought many people happiness and the experience of being close to one's creator, but don't let it cause segregation away from our inherent unity.

As for my religious beliefs, well...

I'm a CHRISTIAN, in the sense that I believe that personal redemption is feasible for everyone and that universal love makes that salvation possible.

I'm a MUSLIM, in the sense that I believe that there's only 1 GOD, ans that all are equal under this one GOD. And, althought I'm not jewish, I do have a respect for JUDAISM.

I'm a BUDDHIST, in the sense that the seeds of enlightenment are within all of us as an integral part of our DNA, and that we are capable of reaching the Absolute through our own efforts.

I'm a HINDU, in the sense that I believe that GOD takes many shapes and forms to reach out to mankind.

I'm a TAOIST, in the sense that I have a total belief in the reality of Yin & Yang Energies.

And I also have a total belief in the world of spirits, and what we can learn from them, so I guess that makes me an ANIMIST.

I never want to tell someone what to think, for ones spirituality is a private matter between that person and their creator.

My goal here is only to show all of you the history and traditions of the many, many ways the people of the world have reached out to god.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

HAPPY SATURDAY!!!

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