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Monday, October 27, 2014
Sunday, October 26, 2014
HAPPY SUNDAY!!!
WASSUP FAMILY!!!
DEAR DIARY:
Well, I had a DAMN GREAT TIME today!!!
...And I'll tell you all about it tomorrow. But now, a word from god...
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HEAVEN is here to reach every soul on earth to reawaken:
* Our connection to God *
* Our belief in ourselves *
* Our awareness of our shared worthiness to God *
* Peace on Earth *
God is always bringing us closer to Him.
Heavenletter #4758 You Choose the Melody You Sing, December 4, 2013
God said:
Life is not intended to be a struggle. When you resist life and struggle against it, then life is a struggle.
Your view of life is a big factor in your life. Perhaps you have slandered life, have a low opinion of it, want to be in control of it.
I have told you that you have a say in your life. Your thoughts are telling you what your life is like. Your thoughts are also predicting your life. You choose the melody you sing. As it is, your life is very obedient to your thoughts. Life doesn’t struggle against you. You are the one who struggles against life. You plant the seeds of your life, and yet you blame life for what sprouts. So it is in the world.
You have preconceived ideas of what your life must look like. When life does not look like what you insist it must, when your life does not meet your idea of what it should be, is supposed to be, must be, you are flummoxed, and you put up your fists.
Beloveds, My little fledglings, unclench your fists and your teeth and let your personal life be what it is. Acceptance goes a long way. Acceptance is not passivity. Of course, you want everything the way you want it. And, yet, you, who speaks a lot about being realistic, fall short of realism.
You put your fists up when there is disappointment. Even though you may have ordered a certain dish at a restaurant, when it comes, you don’t like it. You never would have ordered it. Perhaps you checked a choice when you really meant a different one. You mark the dance card of your life.
I will tell you this: Life does not make a mistake. Let Me tell you something else. Part of life is to guide you to freedom from attachment. There is nothing you have to have. Life flows, and it makes sense for you to flow with it. But have you not often tried to swim upstream?
There is no death – only the body gets out of the way. You are certain that you have to mourn the body. You consider what the world calls death as unforgiveable, and you mourn. One way or another, mourning is your protest. The sun and the moon each have an ascendance. Life in the body and so-called death also have their ascendance. Day blesses you, and night blesses you. Each is beneficial, and yet one is light and the other dark.
How can it be that there is death in your life? Even though there is no death, you react to the body’s falling off and the soul’s rising as a disaster. Of course, I understand, tied up as you are to world beliefs, you crave your body and the bodies of loved ones to stay, yet the very death that you don’t want is part of life. When was the perception of death of the body not? It is not a surprise that the body of every human being and every living thing and every material thing fades away.
Yet I maintain that there is no death, and death is no more real than life is. Life on Earth is a temporary lapse from Heaven. Life on Earth seems to be all there is, or the most important configuration possible, yet it was ever a temporary illusion that you fear being evicted from, yet a lease gives you only a temporary rental. When the lease is up, you protest.
You are who you are on dry land or the sea. You are you whether you are on Earth or in Heaven. You exist, beloveds. You and I exist.
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O.K., on today's SUNDAY SCHOOL VIDEO, we are continuing the series, "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 FAITHS". This time, we're in Latin America, exploring some of the religions practiced there.
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Because we don't understand something, we make an assumption about the meaning, and when the truth comes out, the bubble of our dream pops and we find out it was not what we thought it was at all.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Saturday, October 25, 2014
HAPPY SATURDAY!!!
WASSUP FAMILY!!! DEAR DIARY: Tonight, I'm going to NOCHE DE OFRENDA in Grand Park. I'm getting ready to leave now, so I'll tell you all about it later.
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A Vision for Religions
We see a world where all religions have come together to celebrate all the different ways that lead to a true awareness of God. We see people of all religions praying, intending, affirming, and communicating, thus, stepping into their power based, not upon fear of repercussion, but upon a knowing that what is asked for in God's name is answered in his Love.
We see love replacing fear, helpfulness replacing anger, joy replacing sorrow, and a sacred reverence for the Spirit in all things replacing ignorance and indifference.
And we envision communities made up of people from all paths working for the Highest Good of the whole. And we see everyone, everywhere, truly caring about everyone else, no matter what path they are on or what religion they choose to follow.
--The Intenders of the Highest Good; Vision Alignment Project
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Once again, it's SATURDAY, so It's time for another episode of ASK TEAL with Teal Swan!
I hope you guys enjoy it...
Published on Oct 18, 2014
Subscribe to Weekly Podcast of Tea Time With Teal here: http://thespiritualcatalyst.us6.list-... It is common for people who have been hurt to build walls between themselves and others. These walls are designed to keep pain out, but the downside is that they also keep love and happiness out. Numerous experts talk about this kind of wall. But there is another kind of wall that is built by those who have been hurt even more. This kind of wall is designed to keep good feeling things like love and happiness out, but to keep pain in. In this episode, Teal explains why some people build walls to keep pain in and what one can do to break down this kind of wall.
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We make assumptions about what others are doing or thinking - we take it personally - then we blame them and react by sending emotional poison with our word.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Friday, October 24, 2014
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
WASSUP FAMILY!!! DEAR DIARY: Friday's here, I got paid, I'm going to a celebration tomorrow... life is good.
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You don’t have to go around looking for God.
You don’t have to say, “Where is God?”
Everyone around you—that is God.
--Desmond Tutu
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"What This Black Woman Accomplished In A White Male Dominated Field Is nothing Short Of Amazing"
That's the words I read before watching this video, and after watching it, I agree 100%.
I always tell people to BE the change you want to see in the world, and here's someone who's living that philosophy.
Check it out, and see for yourself what I'm talking about...
Now, I'm gonna end this blog with the most beautiful song in the whole, entire world.
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~don Miguel Ruiz
Thursday, October 23, 2014
HAPPY THURSDAY!!!
WASSUP FAMILY!!! DEAR DIARY: .I'm sorry that I'm no gonna get to go to the farmer's market today, but I'm truly grateful that I get to work. And I have a few things to do on my weekend. Saturday night, there's the dia de los muertos ceremony in Grand Park, and Sunday of course, there's Griffith park.
And now, a word from god...
------------HEAVEN LETTERS------------
Heavenletters™, bringing Earth closer to Heaven.
HEAVEN is here to reach every soul on earth to reawaken:
* Our connection to God *
* Our belief in ourselves *
* Our awareness of our shared worthiness to God *
* Peace on Earth *
God is always bringing us closer to Him.
Heavenletter #4753 God’s Beautifulness Thrown across the Universe Like Corn upon the Field, November 29, 2013
God said:
My heart’s desire is that you know your worth. You are worth a King’s ransom. You are worth the Whole Universe. You are worth everything to Me. Now, gain awareness of your worth. Be worth everything to yourself.
Beloveds, you are a unique filament of My Light. I created you from My Being. I do not say a word that is not true, yet, you are not true to yourself.
You may not see yourself as worthless, yet you hardly see yourself worthwhile to the extent I see you and that you are. In life, you may take erroneous turns to convince yourself that you are worth something after all.
I do not plant fruit trees that do not bear fruit. Would I create you who are made in My image and make you less than magnificent? Not a chance. I did not pick and choose this one worthy and that one less worthy or anyone worthless. What is this rush to belie yourself?
Honor thy father and mother. Honor thyself. Honor all that I have made. Honor the innocent animals, and honor the innocent human beings who do not see worth in others or in themselves. Your soul is indestructible so why bother with all this forsaking yourself? Get off the boat of lowliness. Beloveds, if you would even see yourselves as 1% of the Truth that you are.
What is the measure of a human being? Measureless. Immeasurable. I stamped and sealed you Mine, My very own, My beautifulness thrown across the Universe like corn upon the field. I created you for something. I created you to give birth to yourself. I tell the rose to bloom. I tell the seeds to sprout. I tell you to acknowledge your True Self. This is the fruit you are to bear. Call it Wisdom, call it Love, call it My Epiphany. Call it what you will. Call it the simple Truth of you. You are emblazoned with the Seal of God.
Life is not to be frittered away. It is not to be ignoble. In one sense, your life is of the utmost importance. In another sense, it is a trifle. In any case, while you have this opportunity of living in the world, give tribute to Me and to yourself, give credit to Oneness. Extend your hand, and extend your heart. Greet all. Welcome all. Meet everyone in My heart and bless Earth and bless all those upon the Earth. A blessing is the One Who Blesses. A Created Being is One Who Creates. The least you can create is Good Will. The least you can bless is everyone.
There is no least among you. You can value the uncommon value of each human soul. No matter how much any one seeming individual may have wandered, he is a part of yourself. He has come before you to sanctify you. He makes himself your teacher. Without a word he is here to wake you up to something within yourself.
Across the board, he wakes you up to your own failing of judgment. I sent him or her not to aggrandize you but rather to humble you. There is something for you to learn. It is not okay for you to think little of anyone because he does not come up to your standards of the moment. He may be the antipathy of everything you like, and yet he is before you to reach an aspect of you that needs his presence.
Everything you find fault with rings a bell of something within you, or you would not be so repelled. You may not like the taste of cabbage, yet you don’t rant and rave even silently about how terrible cabbage is. Yet, when it comes to a human being, you regale yourself with what’s wrong with him and how he shouldn’t be that way. In your mind, you declare yourself worthy and he not. You do not have to ravish praise on one who seems to deter you from love. You have to be done with your criticism and superiority that bless no one, least of all yourself. I made you for greater than to expand on the unworthiness of anyone. You haven’t known his worth to Me or your own.
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Ready for some more ancient european history? This is part 2 of BBC series, THE PAGAN. There are 2 more epidodes, I think, and I'll post those next week.
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” ― Roald Dahl
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The problem with making assumptions is that we believe they are the truth.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!!
WASSUP FAMILY!!! DEAR DIARY: I get top go back to work today, yay!!!
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Spirituality is not a concept to be debated abstractly,
but a transforming power that has meaning only if it is lived daily.
--Pierre Pradervand
La espiritualidad no es un concepto para ser debatido de forma abstracta,
sino un poder transformador que tiene significado sólo si se vive dirariamente.
--Pierre Pradervand
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O.K., now here's the videos I was gonna post yesterday. Now, I've posted about the many contributions that Africans have given to the world... and here's another one.
This is a very good video... but it has a major flaw. In it, while they correctly show no connection between ancient Greece, and the rest of ancient Europe, they say that there was no real civilizations or culture in ancient Northern Europe, that the europeans were essentialy, an A.D. civilization.
That's just not so.
Over the next couple of weeks, I'm gonna post some videos detailing the cultures of ancient europe, B.C. Ancient europe, and I'm gonna start with this BBC series
Now, I'm gonna end this blog with the most beautiful song in the whole, entire world.
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We have the tendency to make assumptions about everything.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Monday, October 20, 2014
HAPPY TUESDAY!!!
WASSUP FAMILY!!! DEAR DIARY: Well, I'm still not working yet, and I got the whole day to think about it. But I'm grateful that I got a new back tire for my bicycle...
------------HEAVEN LETTERS------------
Heavenletters™, bringing Earth closer to Heaven.
HEAVEN is here to reach every soul on earth to reawaken:
* Our connection to God *
* Our belief in ourselves *
* Our awareness of our shared worthiness to God *
* Peace on Earth *
God is always bringing us closer to Him.
Heavenletter #4752 Climb the Heights of Love and Never Fall Off , November 28, 2013
God said:
If you cannot believe in yourself, at least believe in Me. What are you fearful of losing if you transfer your belief in trouble to belief in Me? You would gain awareness of My Presence, and you would lose the fear of loss and your belief in loss. What can you lose when you have Me ticking in your heart or beating a tom-tom that resounds through your reflective heart and through the soul of the world? When you have Me deep in your consciousness, how necessary are these other fleeting awarenesses?
It is one thing to want. It is another thing for you to have to have. You sometimes feel you have to have love from this one or that one when you do not, and, yet, you are inconsolable.
Truly, beloveds, the outside world is nice and meaningful and engaging, something like TV, yet you don’t always have to have it on. There is life without all the periphery. Having to have is a bee in your bonnet. You will live without everything you deem essential. You will even live very well without it.
I will not say that you cannot have everything. I do say that you are not dependent upon having everything you desire. Desire is an impetus for fulfillment. It is not the sunrise and the sunset. Fulfillment of your desires is often not the fulfillment you thought it would be. You thought it would be monumental, yet with or without what you want or even think you must absolutely must have, life goes on just the same.
There is nothing you own, certainly not the emotions of those you see as others. Nor are you dependent upon all those aspects of yourself that you call others. Love yourself, and see how the world turns then. Perhaps you are the one who has to turn around, and then the world, like the board game, goes past you.
Love others as yourself, and then you do love yourself. Love yourself, and your love will know no bounds. Love is without boundaries. Love does not require boundaries, new or old. That’s what it means to say that love is boundless. Love is unlimited. Love builds upon itself. Love is not dependent upon this or that, a pretty face or a large purse. Love is independent. Love is. Love sees itself. Love finds itself, and freedom rings. From whence comes your happiness, beloveds? Happiness comes from within you, just where love comes from. Love is a constant. It is not an intermittent on and off thing. Love is its own awareness. It stays.
It is not that love settles for whatever. Love expands and expands and keeps on expanding. Love is a beautiful rose blooming. You are a rose of love, and you have it within you to climb the heights of love and never fall off. Love doesn’t peak. It doesn’t cease. Love keeps moseying along. Follow love, and you are led to yourself and all the expansion you desire. Love is the leader. Love leads the way. The way is love. Love throws rose petals in your path. All roads lead to love. Dispense with accumulation. Progress with setting yourself free.
Bless those you would love or have loved and all those who once loved you. There is no you, remember? You are greater than an individual, and you would not hoard even one other. Set everyone free. Then see the love come running to you. You are the subject. There really are no objects. None. There are also no goals to love, for love is its own goal. Love is the lover, the loved, and the whole process, if it can be called a process. There is a movement of love in the world. Love is moving up. Love is coming into its own.
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I was gonna post up another video today (Well, actually 2), but this video came up on my facebook feed last night and I thought it was something that EVERYBODY needs to see, so... check it out.
“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” ― Amy Carmichael
“You often say ; I would give , but only to the deserving, The trees in your orchard say not so , nor the flocks in your pasture. Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and nights is worthy of all else from you. And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream. See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver , and an instrument of giving. For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you , who deem yourself a giver , is but a witness.” ― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet
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You can choose to follow your heart always.
~don Miguel Ruiz
HAPPY MONDAY!!!
WASSUP FAMILY!!! DEAR DIARY: Yesterday, I went to Griffith Park for my Capoeira lesson.
I usually get there pretty early, so when I got there, I stretched a little bit, ate a little snack, and waited for everybody to arrive for class.
While I was waiting, a man and a woman went over to the volleyball court, and began to warm up, then practice some basic Capoeira techniques, so naturally I had to go meet them.
And so I approached them and introduced myself, and we talked shop, and practiced a little bit. I told them about the class (well, they already knew about it), and they told me about their school and where they train. They were very friendly, and I had a great time hanging with them. I wish I took some pictures of them, but I had so much fun with them, that I forgot to take out my camera/cellphone. Anyway, I hope I see them again.
Their names were Bambu and Mimi, and they were from a group called Capoeira Brasil. It's a large, international Capoeira Group. Here in L.A., the group is headed by MESTRE BONECO, who has a school @ 5557 Washington Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90016
But they also have a school in Downtown LA, which is where these 2 study. Here's a video from that school:
For more information about Capoeira Brasil, please check out their websites:
Capoeira Brasil Los Angeles: http://www.capoeirabrasil.com
Capoeira Brasil Downtown LA: http://www.capoeiradtla.com
Capoeira Brasil East: http://capoeirabrasileast.com
Anyway, Charles arrived a little bit after !2:00 p.m., and class was in session. It was fun, rewarding, and grueling!!! Here's a couple of photos of us resting after class...
Now the Capoeira style practised by Capoeira Brasil is a modern form of Capoeira based on Capoeira Regional, which was developed in the 1920's and 30's (More on that later).
The Capoeira style that Charles teaches is older, and somewhat different. It's called Capoeira Angola...
HUMANITY'S TEAM
Begin to envision, truly envision, and energize what it is that you would like to see and experience in your reality. You do not need to know how this is going to manifest, simply hold your focus on what it is that you would desire to empower.
Remember when you are fully embodied, anchored to this planet and connected to your divine source and guidance you are truly powerful beyond measure. When you are consciously aware that you are living from your heart, offering coherent vibrations to the field, you are making a significant difference.
--Upside Down & Backwards by Peggy Black and the ‘team’
Comienza a imaginar, a realmente visualizar, y a poner energÃa en lo que te gustarÃa ver y experimentar en tu realidad. No necesitas saber cómo esto se va a manifestar, sólo tienes que concentrarte en lo que sea que desearias potencializar.
Recuerda que cuando estás totalmente encarnado, anclado en este planeta y conectado a tu origen y guÃa divinos eres realmente poderoso sin medida. Cuando eres consciente de que estás viviendo en tu corazón, ofreciendo vibraciones coherentes al campo energético, estás haciendo una diferencia significativa.
--Patas arriba y al revés by Peggy Black and the 'team'
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O.K., let's hear from Alan Watts today...
Published on Oct 5, 2014
Surely any form of accumulation, either of knowledge or experience, any form of ideal, any projection of the mind, any determined practice to shape the mind -what it should be and should not be -all this is obviously crippling the process of investigation and discovery.So I think our inquiry must be not for the solution of our immediate problems but rather to find out whether the mind, the conscious as well as the deep unconscious mind in which is stored all the tradition, the memories, the inheritance of racial knowledge,whether all of it can be put aside. I think it can be done only if the mind is capable of being aware without any sense of demand, without any pressure,just to be aware. I think it is one of the most difficult things to be so aware because we are caught in the immediate problem and in its immediate solution, and so our lives are very superficial. Though one may go to all the analysts, read all the books, acquire much knowledge, attend churches, pray, mediate, practice various disciplines; nevertheless, our lives are obviously very superficial because we do not know how to penetrate deeply. I think the understanding, the way of penetration, how to go very, very deeply, lies through awareness, just to be aware of our thoughts and feelings, without condemnation, without comparison, just to observe. You will see, if you will experiment, how extraordinarily difficult it is, because our whole training is to condemn, to approve, to compare. - Krishnamurti, J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
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“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.” ― Alan Wilson Watts
And now, I have a special treat for you. This is a video for helping you to manifest wealth into your life...
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When you make a strong habit not to take anything personally, you avoid many upsets in your life. Your anger, jealousy, and envy will disappear, and even your sadness will simply disappear if you don't take things personally.
~don Miguel Ruiz
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