Tuesday, December 31, 2013

And Profound Happy New Years Card from Mary Rose Winkler

Because mind is CAUSE & the world is EFFECT, we change the world by changing the thoughts we think about the world" ~ Marianne Williamson ~

MAY YOUR NEW YEAR BE BLESSED WITH HARMONY, PEACE, GENTLENESS, KINDNESS & LOVE


Top 2014 Resolution for a Happy New Year

"What is the kindest, most loving thing I can say or do at this particular moment!"
 
In a Dear Abby column from Wayne in Puyallup, Wash.

Linda's Light's photo.
Another one in USA Today: In 2014, I'd like to give more love and take more risks.
@Alyssa_davanzo







 
 
 


Monday, December 30, 2013

May Each Moment of the New Year fill your heart with immense pleasure!

May each moment of this year be special, filling your heart with immense pleasure! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 In Oneness of Love, ron

New year's resolution - More Mindfulness

Photo: My New Year's resolution - Be More Mindful!


More stillness, more silence, more meditation and prayer, more focus in the moment.


Never lose your sense of wonder

There is a sixth sense, the natural religious sense, the sense of wonder.

D.H. Lawrence.

 

Facing Darkside and Make a Life Inventory - Step 4, Key 4 (An Examined Life)

Step Four: We Made a fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Bill Wilson

Face your dark side and make a life inventory: What would you like to improve by next year? By acknowledging your dark aspects, you can effectively communicate with both halves of ourselves. This offers liberating balance, and facilitates tremendous wisdom...Hard to do but vital to becoming whole! Thanks Will Melies and Cosmic Woods
 
Many people lately have been seeing ravens(crows) in their dreams. They came to me for advise and decoding of their dreams.
Dr. Carl Jung deemed raven symbolism to represent the shadow self, or the dark side of the psyche. Many of us feel ...like avoiding some aspects of our self by hiding them. When the raven shows it means that you need to face your demons and make a life inventory. What would you like to improve by next year? By acknowledging your dark aspects, you can effectively communicate with both halves of ourselves. This offers liberating balance, and facilitates tremendous wisdom (something the raven would be very pleased with).
This also facilitates the unveiling of inner depths, and the active utilization of impulses and desires.


See 2nd Step and Key below: I have had many mistakes in my life, I have been too judgemental,  too critical, too anxious, too fearful, too much feelings of inadequacy, too much gossip, too many angry reactions. too much womanizing, too much using of women, too much manipulating, I have felt guilty too much, I have put myself and others down too much!  Ron Alexander

It is much like an onion. There is layer after layer of deep-seated beliefs, wounds and perspectives that are there to be acknowledged and healed. As soon as you think you are healed a certain issue and you are all done, there is another layer to be healed. Frustrating and discouraging I know, but it does get better and better...as you continue to do the work.
I can promise you from my experience, when the hypnotic spell is broken by practicing the spiritual principles in this book,  you will awaken to the truth of life. You will return to your original and natural state of balance, clarity and order.
You will be restored to sanity!               
Ester Nicholson, p. 35 SOUL RECOVERY

Key Four: Ester Nicholson
Through absolute surrender and conscious connection to the One Power and Presence, I courageously, deeply and gently search within myself for all thought patterns and behaviors that are out of alignment with love, integrity, harmony and order.

 
 

Rapture - Fiction!

”I experienced a moment of anger today. ONE of my friends shared a piece about the rapture, and for once I expressed my anger over seeing these people trying to persuade others to live in fear expecting a reward in afterlive. It is refreshing to know that I can still be angry, even though I was judgmental to those that spread fear, but after a minute I found myself again. If you believe that Jesus LOVE was such that he divided people in good and bad people, then you might reconsider what he spent his LIFE being. And if you believe what he told you, that he was ONE with goddess, there is not much to debate in this. Rapture was invented approx 1850 and written on the cover of St. James bible, and has absolutely nothing to do with Christianity. Goddess is LOVE, and you know the beautiful feeling of LOVE from inside, so what is so difficult to understand. If it is not LOVE without condition, it is not a divine message. Period.”~Bent Kim Lundberg

Thank you for listening to my rant here.
I LOVE you
Namaste
May your every day be as beautiful as the LOVE in your heart.
Interestingly, the same experience happened to me at Unity, which definitely does not believe in "rapture"(here it was popularized by a book by Hal Lindsay in the 50's I think). Many fundamentalists have leaped upon this UnGodly "theory" to spread fear and hopeful "loyalty' of their congregations. This nice gentleman spoke up after service and stated his belief in Jesus coming back in physical form. I raised my hand and thanked him, however I believe in Spirit manifestation not a physical one. "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." --John 4:24  - All this foolbuggery about bodies come out of their graves is just plain crazy! And be as one, as my Father are one - ONENESS IN SPIRIT!
 


Brother David's Happy New Year

Br. David Steindl-Rast  Stop! Look! Go!
The Recipe for Grateful Living.
by Br. David Steindl-Rast O.S.B.
Green holly with red berries
A blessed New Year to you and to all those close to your heart!

Let’s open our eyes and recognize 2014 for what it really is:
A wonderful tree heavy with harvest -- every day of all four seasons.
And let’s practice the trick for harvesting this abundance of gifts.
The trick is: STOP / LOOK / GO -- the recipe for grateful living.

Stop! -- so that you will not hurry past the gift this moment offers you.
Look! -- so you will recognize this gift: the opportunity available now.
Go! -- that means: Do something with this precious opportunity!

Practicing stop, look, go! -- over and over -- that is the recipe for true joy.
May you experience this joy that springs from living gratefully, in 2014.

For all of us at A Network for Grateful Living (ANG*L),
Your brother David (gratefulness.org)

Sunday, December 29, 2013

The Second Step (Bill Wilson) and The Second Key (Ester Nicholson) - Restored to Wholeness

The 2nd Step and the 2nd Key (Restored to Wholeness)
Step two: "We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." Bill Wilson
 
Key two: Through my conscious connection with the One Power, I reclaim my spiritual dominion and emotional balance. I am restored to my original nature of clarity, peace and wholeness. I am restored. Ester Nicholson

Are we insane?

Joel Goldsmith, founder of the Infinite Way, tells us that we have been hypnotized  by our cultural history into believing that we are less than the experience of God. He suggests that this false belief causes us to lose perception of reality and therefore experience insanity.

Face your dark side and make a life inventory: What would you like to improve by next year? By acknowledging your dark aspects, you can effectively communicate with both halves of ourselves. This offers liberating balance, and facilitates tremendous wisdom...Hard to do but vital to becoming whole!

I have had many mistakes in my life, I have been too judgemental,  too critical, too anxious, too fearful, too much feelings of inadequacy, too much gossip, too many angry reactions. too much womanizing, too much using of women, too much manipulating, I have felt guilty too much, I have put myself and others down too much!  Ron Alexander
It is much like an onion. There is layer after layer of deep-seated beliefs, wounds and perspectives that are there to be acknowledged and healed. As soon as you think you are healed a certain issue and you are all done, there is another layer to be healed. Frustrating and discouraging I know, but it does get better and better...as you continue to do the work.
I can promise you from my experience, when the hypnotic spell is broken by practicing the spiritual principles in this book,  you will awaken to the truth of life. You will return to your original and natural state of balance, clarity and order.
You will be restored to sanity!                Ester Nicholson, p. 35 SOUL RECOVERY

Affirmations: I allow the love of God to wash over me. I believe, know and accept that as I am restored to my true identity. I will be filled with peace, balance, order, love and harmony.

My mind is an expression of God's mind: focused, peaceful, free and clear!
 
 
When that spell of chronic fear, doubt, worry and low self-worth is broken. I am restored and I awaken to life's truth - which is love, peace, balance and well-being!

Through my conscious connection with the One Power, I reclaim my spiritual dominion and emotional balance. I am restored to my original nature of clarity, peace and wholeness. I am restored.

My soul is restored, refreshed, and renewed. My mind is established in divine and loving order, free of mental chatter and mindless distractions. I am restored to sanity.

All the broken pieces in my life are restored to wholeness. The appearance of disorder is returned to divine and perfect order.
The crooked places in my mind are made straight, because my mind is the mind of God expressing through me. This is the truth of me. This has always been the truth of me. This is the truth of me.  This has always been the truth of me. I now remember--I am now awake to who I really am as an expression of God.

Today, I woke up with such a sense of well-being. I feel healthy, vibrant and alive. I'm so excited about my day. My thoughts are positive, centered and peaceful, and as a result I've  created a wonderful life. I am becoming part of a wonderful Unity and Veteran Community. This is the year I write the best-selling inspirational book about TRUE PRIVILEGE. I will be traveling around the country doing interviews on Television and radio promoting my book which will be helpful to so many!
Linda's Light's photo.


 



 
STEP 3 AND KEY 3 - COMPLETE SURRENDER
 
Step 3: We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand Him. (Bill Wilson)
 
Key 3: I turn my life over to the care of God. I understand, know and embody as love, harmony, health, prosperity and joy. I know that which I am surrendering to, and I do so absolutely knowing that this Power is the very essence of my being. I say with my heart and mind: THY WILL BE DONE!
 
My self wants to control and it is hard to let go and let God (Self). Surrender is something unfamiliar to self - fear of being out of control.
I have found that the resistance is when you think you are dealing with a withholding judgmental moody God.
However, how about surrendering to an Infinite source of Good that is encoded in every person and object in the Universe and Source of all Love and Well-being?
Letting that Power take over takes time and practice.
Source is not a Limiting Critical God, nor is Spirit a santa claus where great gifts are available immediately.
Letting Go falls somewhere in between - a santa claus type Power would be keeping a list of whether you are good or bad.
Unless we are prepared for the pain and process of growth, the prospect of surrender can be discouraging and knock us off course.
Change, by its very nature, uncomfortable. - as it is outside your comfort zone. There will be pain stretching beyond your usual patterns.  This is completely normal.
When I  turned my life over to God, it meant I was willing to die to the old and be rebirthed into something NEW AND GREATER.
Yet even with the "ouch" factor, we are supported in this process of surrender. We become acutely aware that we are not alone and that our personal lives are unfolding within a larger pattern.
Each of us, no matter of our past are individualized expressions of the One Power as explained in Key One.
The Power is love Itself. From a place of faith and absolute readiness, you surrender your life to this infinite vibration of unconditional Love, and behold as you are made new.  page 43.
 
 




 
 


Nice Tune with lots of Silence between the Notes

Photo: It's always there, always waiting, always within you...and it doesn't take a quiet day to listen.

A Peace Card from Beloved Bent

When you realize that anyONE wants their family to live in PEACE, LOVE, FREEDOM and have an abundant LIFE using their personal talents to create a fulfilling LIFE experience, it becomes obvious that the main thing that parts us is who we se...e as our family. We are ONE family, ONE world and ONE being, and remembering this will solve most of humanity's problems.

It is not the people of any nation that wish or create conflict. It is the leaders, the weapons providers, and the media controlled by economic interests that separate us. We have waged war against each other for ten thousands of years claiming we wanted to create PEACE. It is obvious that this has never worked. We must choose to be PEACE, and demand PEACE efforts from our leaders.

Almost all of humanity wish that their family and friends can live and grow in PEACE, prosperity and have all needed for a dignified LIFE, and most of humanity wish the same for the rest of humanity too.

I do not buy into the notion that North Koreans or Iranians or Israelis or Palestinians or Americans or whatever are 'bad' people. And as soon as we understand that all humans wish for PEACE, the people of the Earth have the possibility to stand together and demand leadership that create this.

It is time that we stop sending our kids out to kill other kids and be killed. And it is high time that we all stand up for PEACE, and stop believing that another country is filled with persons that do not wish for PEACE. That is the big lie that keep the economic interests in war going.

I stand with all of humanity in sending LOVE and PEACE to all other human beings. I hold all nations in armed conflicts of any kind in the LOVE of my heart right NOW, holding a shield of LOVE over them. And I hold the rest of humanity also in the LOVE of my heart, but particularly those in troubled areas.

It is time we all use the creative power of LOVE from our hearts to do what works. Bless every single ONE of you, no matter who you are, and what you believe in. I believe in you, and you cannot be my enemy, for I see that you are me and that we are ONE family, and I refuse to taint my immortal soul by hating any member of my beautiful human family. I SEE your LIGHT.

I LOVE you all
Namaste
Bent Kim Lundberg
May 2014 be the year that humanity grow into awareness of how highly developed beings live in harmony with each other and all of LIFE.


 
Photo: When you realize that anyONE wants their family to live in PEACE, LOVE, FREEDOM and have an abundant LIFE using their personal talents to create a fulfilling LIFE experience, it becomes obvious that the main thing that parts us is who we see as our family. We are ONE family, ONE world and ONE being, and remembering this will solve most of humanity's problems.

It is not the people of any nation that wish or create conflict. It is the leaders, the weapons providers, and the media controlled by economic interests that separate us. We have waged war against each other for ten thousands of years claiming we wanted to create PEACE. It is obvious that this has never worked. We must choose to be PEACE, and demand PEACE efforts from our leaders.

Almost all of humanity wish that their family and friends can live and grow in PEACE, prosperity and have all needed for a dignified LIFE, and most of humanity wish the same for the rest of humanity too. 

I do not buy into the notion that North Koreans or Iranians or Israelis or Palestinians or Americans or whatever are 'bad' people. And as soon as we understand that all humans wish for PEACE, the people of the Earth have the possibility to stand together and demand leadership that create this. 

It is time that we stop sending our kids out to kill other kids and be killed. And it is high time that we all stand up for PEACE, and stop believing that another country is filled with persons that do not wish for PEACE. That is the big lie that keep the economic interests in war going. 

I stand with all of humanity in sending LOVE and PEACE to all other human beings. I hold all nations in armed conflicts of any kind in the LOVE of my heart right NOW, holding a shield of LOVE over them. And I hold the rest of humanity also in the LOVE of my heart, but particularly those in troubled areas.

It is time we all use the creative power of LOVE from our hearts to do what works. Bless every single ONE of you, no matter who you are, and what you believe in. I believe in you, and you cannot be my enemy, for I see that you are me and that we are ONE family, and I refuse to taint my immortal soul by hating any member of my beautiful human family. I SEE your LIGHT. 

I LOVE you all
Namaste 
Bent Kim Lundberg
May 2014 be the year that humanity grow into awareness of how highly developed beings live in harmony with each other and all of LIFE.

Ron Alexander Peace for Afghanistan too! Well, Bent just messaged me that he included Afghanistan too, sorry Bent, I did not see it, and right now for us Peace-loving Americans, that country is most important!
 

Happy New Year Cards are already arriving however...

Ron Alexander's photo.




Stay Strong...(another Medicine Bear)

Photo: back home..........


May the light of your soul guide you

May the light of your soul guide you.
May the light of your soul bless the work You do
♥with the secret love and warmth of your heart.
May you see in what you do the beauty of your own soul.
May the sacredness of your work bring healing..., light and renewal
♥to those Who work with you and
♥to those who see and receive your work.
May your work never weary you.
May it release within you wellsprings of refreshment,
inspiration and excitement.
May you be present in what you do.
May you never become lost in the bland absences.
May the day never burden you.
May dawn find you awake and alert, approaching your new day
♥with dreams, Possibilities and promises.
May evening find you gracious and fulfilled.
May you go into the night blessed, sheltered and protected.
May your soul calm, console and renew you. -♥John O'Donohue
Artist~Medicine Bear by darknatasha


Beautiful Beloved Bent Kim Lundberg!

 
”The amazing thing is that the more you allow yourself to express the pure LOVE that is the true you, without conditions and without holding back, the more courage your heart give you to shine fully the amazing beauty of yourself. And nothing is as beautiful as the full unlimited expression of LOVE that is you, exactly as you are right NOW. Pure awe”~Bent Kim Lundberg

I LOVE you
Namaste
Bent Kim Lundberg
May your every moment be as beautiful as your healing smile.
 
 

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Live in a Non-dualistic World

 
We exist in this universe in two worlds of reality. Led by our self, we perceive a dualistic reality of right/wrong, good/bad, or past/future. Led by our SELF, we experience the peace, freedom and liberty of Oneness. An awareness of the Oneness of SELF does not negate our awareness of the dualism of self. It accepts it, embraces it and uses it to manifest the higher qualities of peace and love into the world of self. The perceptions of our existence are dependent upon which reality we choose to live from, and in. Therefore, live from an awareness of SELF and lead your dualistic self into an experience of health, wealth, prosperity and abundance. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.


Are You Really Happy?

  1. Thanks Wayne Waller and the tough truth from Nisargadatta
  2. "I have no personal problems.
    But the world is full of living beings whose lives are squeezed between fear and craving.

    They are like cattle driven to the slaughter house, jumping and frisking, carefree and happy, yet dead and skinned within an hour.
    You say you are happy.
    Are you really happy, or are you merely trying to convince yourself. Look at yourself fearlessly and you will at once realise that your happiness depends on conditions and circumstances, hence it is momentary, not real. "
    Nisargadatta


  3. Photo: "I have no personal problems. 
But the world is full of living beings whose lives are squeezed between fear and craving. 

They are like cattle driven to the slaughter house, jumping and frisking, carefree and happy, yet dead and skinned within an hour.
You say you are happy. 
Are you really happy, or are you merely trying to convince yourself. Look at yourself fearlessly and you will at once realise that your happiness depends on conditions and circumstances, hence it is momentary, not real. "

Nisargadatta
Here is even some tougher words: Are we insane?
Joel Goldsmith, founder of the Infinite Way, tells us that we have been hypnotized by our cultural history into believing that we are less than the experience of God. He suggests that this false belief causes us to lose perception of reality and therefore experience insanity. (see one below on the twelve steps for more info)


 
Ra Divakar ACIM states also that we are "Insane" though I Like Jimmy Buffets' "Still crazy after all these years at least I am not insane."
 



 

What can you take with you when you leave this earth?

At the end of the day it's your reputation that lives on!!
Good or Bad... Choose Wisely

Explain your anger instead of acting on it

I am angry because... - makes sense, thanks Dr. Dean A. Banks and Lor!
Sharing the good vibes...

www.lightstaysretreats.com
 

The Universe in and out

Photo: Universe Within Us
 
  •  
    Richard Kent Matthews Interestingly, when this is finally realized and becomes internalized, one feels quite at home, no matter where one is....
  • Ra Divakar And sometimes I feel like I am in another Universe lol
     

Whatever, Give and Recieve.

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.
Kahlil Gibran(gratefulness.org)

 



Friday, December 27, 2013

Antidevil

 
thanks Summer Wind, the Other 98% and this new Pope of course! I have a fundamentalist Catholic friend who says he may be the new antiChrist (as some extreme right have described Obama)- hopefully these fearful thinkers are in the minority?
Photo: Amen to that.

Thanks to God.