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2012-02-05T10:38:00.003-05:00

Our latest offering: "Rainy Day Clay", c 2011, a Dr. Seuss-style short story for kids 2-5. $5 & $1 s&h. A recipe for no-cook clay dough is included.

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2011-04-23T12:33:00.002-05:00

We are one...
"Order, beauty and discipline, harmony and cooperation, exist already in nature below the human level. But the infinite reality expresses itself as man to introduce a yet more complex and exquisite order. When man considers himself separate from the infinite, he manifests a chaos parallel to the necessary element of chaos in nature. Yearning for the infinite, he wrecks the finite limitations that seem to bar its attainment, first spiritually and then physically. But when he realizes that he is after all one with the infinite from the beginning, he is in a postion to be a creative instrument and to fulfill the positive aspect of his destiny."
Alan Watts, Supreme Identity, 1972

2011-04-22T16:50:00.003-05:00

EARTH DAY 2011

"A Prayer for Our Mother...Earth"

Precious Mother.

Without her, we do not exist.

We arise from her in

seasons of beauty

and are rooted in her

throughout creation.

Our forefathers respected

the lands and the seas.

They realized their

divine unity.

But now, the pendulum has swung,

we are reaping what we have sown

through the millenia.

We have severed our deepest connections

with Mother Earth.

Our lack of love has allowed humanity

to abuse her and take her for granted.

We have devolved from our primal unity

into immorality manifesting as neglect

and destruction of our home planet.

This is a prayer of gratitude for our Earth,

her 'tolerance and patience' with humanity

even as she is endlessly raped and plundered.

Because humans have neglected to acknowledge,

to recognize, the divinity in all creation.

When we neglect beauty, we lose it.

When we preserve beauty, it stays with us forever.

[to paraphrase Frank Lloyd Wright]

Some are aware that humanity is just a blip

on the radar screen of eternity,

while others mistakenly assume

that people will always inhabit this planet.

But change is the only constant

and to Mother Earth, it does not matter

whether humanity survives or perishes.

Indeed, perhaps there will be heard a

cosmic sigh of relief when we are gone.

We pray that humanity begins to remember the truth.

The divine is omnipresent.

We are one with all creation.

If we do not act respectfully and lovingly

toward all life and Mother Earth herself,

we will perish.

It is our choice.

Humanity's future is determined by our choices today.

If we don't start making better choices,

we'll never get a second chance.

For the sake of all,

let us pray we choose wisely.

Sr 4.22.11

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2011-03-19T13:11:00.001-05:00

"Humanity is just a BLIP
on the radar screen of Eternity."
Sister 11.4.2010

2010-10-18T14:41:00.002-05:00

On Unconditional Love...
"Those who say the Dalai Lama is unrealistic in advocating unconditional love, I urge them to experiment with it nonetheless. They will discover that when we reach beyond the confines of narrow self-interest, our hearts become filled with strength. Peace and joy become our constant companions. It breaks down barriers of every kind and destroys the notion of my interests being independent from others' interests."
The Dalai Lama,
10/18/10
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2010-09-19T10:21:00.000-05:00

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2010-06-20T19:04:00.001-05:00

God is best served when ego is
servant to the soul.

Sister 6.20.10

2010-06-17T13:37:00.000-05:00

Happiness is in the moment...
Love is timeless.

Sister 6.17.10

EARTH DAY 2010

2010-04-22T13:06:00.002-05:00

"A Vision for 2012"

We have been forewarned...
The Millenial Shift is here. Now. Years in the making, years in the unfolding, change is a process. A constant process that is the vehicle for manifestation of all existence, all life, on the atomic level. As Heisenberg made clear, "atoms are not things, only tendencies", it is a process that never ends, extending into infinity and timelessness. Human intention, for the most part, directs the changes on this planet through use of personal, community, national and global will.

The ongoing estrangement of science and religion seems to be, in large part, a lack of unity of thought between the two. Organized religion needs to evolve to a higher level of understanding the relationship of metaphysics to nuclear physics and science could use some divine intervention.

On to 2012. Earth changes. Divine change. Many books have been written on this subject. The prophecies are numerous. Here's another.

We must prepare in earnest. Epic global changes are increasing in occurrence and severity. Who knew the glaciers would melt so fast? Who knew Earth's crust would be so volatile? The ocean levels are rising, coastlines are receding, and we continue to ignore the impending disastrous consequences of our denial, lethargy, ignorance or inability to act in collective cohesion with everyone else to make the difference between surviving and perishing in short order.

Where is everyone living on a coastline to go when the water forces them out? Why have we not put some plans into action by now? We need houseboats! We need to move communities onto the ocean instead of inland. Envision house pods, interconnected like a gated community.

What if the volcano in Iceland (no less!!) spews for two years as it did last time? The volcanic ash will cause a "nuclear winter" of its own. We should be counteracting this calamity by now and anticipating a harsher scenario when the sister volcano blows within six months, ten times larger than E15, God help us.

We need to make our peace with Iran and North Korea before 12/21/12, too. Nuclear war (and chemical warfare) are potential cataclysms. Everyone on Earth has the same divine spark at their core, which makes all of us a part of God...the energy of love. We must be of unified mind and globally loving intention to turn nuclear and chemical power to good use for all humankind.

The greatest change in this vision will be experienced at the time of the planetary alignment, the Great Shift. Earth changes will peak then.

But that which will allow humankind to finally experience its own divinity will be due to the change of heart felt by all humans at the same time. Just as the internet links us to each other electronically, the greatest change of the New Millenium will be the union of the enlightened, individual spark of the divine with the enlightened sparks of all other life on Earth and Earth herself. A tipping point will be reached. Peace will follow.

Nothing less than Love, which God is, will turn the dark tide of a self-fulfilling Apocalyptic cataclysm to the the light of the divine in each of us and all life and the global unity that we are capable of manifesting on this heavenly Earth.

Blessings to all.
Corrie Moone
c 04.22.10

2009-12-05T13:30:00.002-05:00

On Non-Dual Spirit
...Spirit goes out of itself to produce objective Nature, awakens to itself in subjective Mind, then recovers itself in pure non-dual Spirit, where subject and object are one pure act of non-dual consciousness that unifies both Nature and Mind in realized Spirit. Thus, Spirit knows itself objectively as Nature, knows itself subjectively as Mind, and knows itself absolutely as Spirit -- the Source, the Summit, the Ground, and the Process of the entire ordeal.

[Johann] Fichte...used to perform this interior experiment...
'Be aware of the wall. Now be aware of that which is aware of the wall. Now be aware of that which is aware of that which is aware of the wall.' '...this was a genuine...attempt to push back to the pure Witness, the absolute subjectivity that can never be seen as an object because it is the pure and formless Seer.' Begin to contact the absolute self by asking, 'Who am I?' or 'What is it that is now aware?' This radical self...is the source of the entire manifest world.'

Ken Wilber
The Marriage of Sense and Soul
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2009-11-13T20:09:00.000-05:00

The expression of Love is the flow of Divinity.
Sr. 11.13.09

2009-11-11T15:32:00.002-05:00

Mind Over Matter Department...
"Cosmic consciousness is a vast coalescing of human intention...capable of interacting with physical matter." Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol, 2009

"Living consciousness somehow is the influence that turns the possibility of something into something real. The most essential ingredient in creating our universe is the consciousness that observes it." Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment
P. S. And that is what some call God. Sr. 11.11.09

2009-10-03T19:55:00.002-05:00

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."
-- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

More about the books...

2009-09-20T09:05:00.002-05:00

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Wholistic Youthing...A Woman's Guide to Slowing Aging
Preface, Introduction
Part I - BODY
Section A - Activity
Chapter 1 - Arts & Craftswomanship
Chapter 2 - Exercise/Yoga I
Chapter 3 - Play
Chapter 4 - Work
Section B - Passivity
Chapter 5 - Rest & Sleep
Chapter 6 - Meditation I
Chapter 7 - Prayer I
Chapter 8 - Abstinence
Section C - Input
Chapter 9 - Attachments
Chapter 10 - Body Care
Chapter 11 - Sustenance
Section D - Outgo
Chapter 12 - Systemic Cleansing
Chapter 13 - Healing Alternatives
Chapter 14 - Birthing to Menopause
Part II - MIND
Section E - Activity
Chapter 15 - Yin & Yang
Chapter 16 - Yoga II
Chapter 17 - Contemplation
Chapter 18 - Prayer II
Section F - Passivity
Chapter 19 - Universal Mind
Chapter 20 - Silence
Chapter 21 - Meditation II
Chapter 22 - Hypnosis & Trance
Section G - Input
Chapter 23 - Positivity
Chapter 24 - Education/Wisdom
Chapter 25 - Light
Section H - Outgo
Chapter 26 - Negativity
Chapter 27 - Fearlessness/Power
Chapter 28 - Peace
Part III - SOUL
Section I - Activity
Chapter 29 - Loving/Passion
Chapter 30 - Ecstasy
Section J - Passivity
Chapter 31 - Soul at Rest
Chapter 32 - Tao te Ching/Taoism
Section K - Input
Chapter 33 - Gifts of Spirit
Chapter 34 - Affirmations
Section L - Outgo
Chapter 35 - Call to Service
Chapter 36 - Godliness
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Prepare to Die...A Text and Workbook
Part I - Text
Chapter 1 - Family Reunion
Chapter 2 - Dying Defined
Chapter 3 - Death Defined
Chapter 4 - Prayer
Chapter 5 - Meditation
Chapter 6 - Mantras
Chapter 7 - Astral Projection & Lucid Dreaming
Chapter 8 - A Cosmic Joke
Chapter 9 - Did You Know?
Chapter 10 - Near Death Experiences
Chapter 11 - Euthanasia
Chapter 12 - Suicide
Chapter 13 - Capital Punishment
Chapter 14 - Satan & Hell
Chapter 15 - Death of an Animal Companion
Chapter 16 - Organ Donation
Chapter 17 - Party Planning
Chapter 18 - The Will, Power of Attorney, Executor & Living Trust
Chapter 19 - "Death is Just the Beginning"
Part II - Prayers
1. Forgiveness Prayer 2. The Last Prayer 3. Prayer for Those Suffering
4. Prayer for Those Dying 5. Prayer for Those Departing the Body
6. Prayer for the Departed Animal Companion 7. The Levine's Forgiveness Meditation
Part III - Exercises
1. Rituals 2. Facing Death 3. Tying Up Loose Ends 4. Look Back, Look Ahead
5. "Goodbye" 6. Death Rehearsals 7. Imminent Death Exercises
8. Things To Do Before I Die 9. Last Requests
Part IV - Practical Matters
A General Outline of the Dying Process
An Overview: Three Legal Documents
Directions for Preparing Your Living Trust
Legal Definitions
Revocable Living Trust Agreements
Exhibit A
Revocation of Revocable Living Trust Agreement
Last Will and Testament
Will for Adult with Children
Will for Adult with No Children
Will Codicil
Request for Death Certificate
Required Information for Death Certificate
A Living Will
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
The Ethical Will
Power of Attorney for Finances
Power of Attorney for Finances (Limited Power)
Notice of Revocation of Power of Attorney
The Executor's Duties
Check List
A Planning Guide
Calculating Net Worth
DNR Cards, Organ Donor Cards
Related Reading List
Robert Browning's "Fear Death?"
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2009-09-19T09:06:00.002-05:00

Ken Wilber is my favorite philosopher. He lives in Boulder, CO and is one of the smartest people on the planet. His work is deep and difficult to wade through sometimes. But this is the close to his book The Marriage of Sense and Soul, 1998. It's so beautiful and profound, I feel compelled to share it.

"Could we really speak of world peace without both of these freedoms [the temporal realm Enlightenment of the West and timeless realm Enlightenment of the East] made available to all? Could any of us be deeply happy without these freedoms shining from the faces of all of Spirit's children? Could any of us truly sleep at night without all souls being liberated in this vast expanse? Could we dare begin to pray for ourselves without praying for one and all? And could any of us be truly free until all beings without exception swim equally in this ocean of emancipation?

"And perhaps, political freedom joined with spiritual freedom, time joined with the timeless, space joined with infinity, we will come finally to rest, finally to peace, finally to a home that structures care into the Kosmos and compassion into the world, that touches each and every soul with grace and goodness and goodwill, and lights each being with a glory that never fades or falters. And we are called, you and I, by the voice of the Good, and the voice of the True, and the voice of the Beautiful, called exactly in those terms, to witness the liberation of all sentient beings without exception.

"And on the distant, silent, lost horizon, gentle as fog, quiet as tears, the voice continues to call."

...AUM...

2009-09-17T10:08:00.001-05:00

"Whoever destroys one life destroys the world entire."
The Torah

2009-09-04T15:21:00.001-05:00

"If we make resources infinite, then war is obsolete." Ozy Weidt, "The Watchmen" movie, 2009

2009-07-21T12:58:00.003-05:00

Our Latest Offering...
"In The Event of My Death"
Do you need to get your personal affairs in order? Have you made out your Will yet? Are you ready to leave this body behind at any moment? Because you never know when Death will come for you. Morbid as that may sound, that fact is part of what makes life so precious. It is never too soon, but is often too late, when it comes to taking care of the legal matters surrounding your death. This new booklet provides you with a place to record all your important personal information, to make your departure easier to deal with for those you leave behind. And you could save a lot of money on lawyer's fees by using the forms included. Here's a partial list of the Table of Contents: Exercises (2), Living Trust Agreement, Last Will and Testament (simple form), a Living Will, Durable Power of Attorney (2), Executor's Duties, Check List, Planning Guide and more. This is an extract from the Death Preparation Workbook, which is an extract from the original 2001 work, Prepare to Die...A Text and Workbook. There is no time like the present to take care of these important matters. It only costs $15 (plus s&h), $10 for senior citizens. Blessings to all. Corrie Moone

2009-07-11T09:09:00.007-05:00

MOONE LIGHT PUBLISHING * PRICE LIST FOR BOOKS, ETC. * 8.1.09

Wholistic Youthing...A Woman's Guide to Slowing Aging, c2000, $30, $5 s&h
Prepare to Die...A Text and Workbook, c2001, $30, $5 s&h
Death Preparation Workbook, c2001, $25, $5 s&h
"In The Event of My Death", c2009, $15, $2 s&h
Sister's Little Book of Prayers (20), c2001, $10, $2 s&h
Sister's Prayer Stationery (8 illus. cards w/envelopes, 4 prayers), $4.
"NOW POWER" laminated pocket prayer card, 50 cents
Postcards, pack of 8, original art, "Grout Pond, VT", $4.

2009-06-11T19:34:00.003-05:00

"Two in One"
We live in a world of dualism. Where there is right, there is of necessity, wrong. East must meet West, up needs down...in must have out.
But "out beyond ideas of right and wrong, there is a field. I will meet you there", Rumi promised.
It is into this field that we die...the divine, sublime, united whole which we may or may not call "God" in any language or religion.
So dualism dissolves into the formlessness of the Void from which it has arisen.
All becomes One. Always is. Always was. Always will be.
Even transcending time and space.
Sister 7/03
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2009-04-24T17:31:00.002-05:00

"Love is not an activity of the mind, but is the 'pure and luminous essence' which creates mind."
St. Germain

"This Essence from the Great God Flame streams into substance, and constantly pours Itself out, as Perfection in form and action. Love is Perfection manifest. It can only express peace, joy, and an outpouring of those feelings to all creation -- unconditionally. It asks nothing for Itself because it is eternally self-creating, being the Heartbeat of the Supreme. Love owns All and is only concerned with setting the plan of Perfection into action in all. Thus, it is a constant pouring out of Itself. It takes no cognizance of what has been given in the past, but receives its joy and maintains its balance by the continual outstreaming of Itself. Because this Perfection is within Love, forever flowing forth, It is incapable of recording anything but Itself."
St. Germain

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[On The Void/Emptiness]

What is ... is nothing ...
compared to what isn't.
Sr. 4.24.09

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"...negativity and evil are only transient in nature and will eventually pass away into the eons of time...."
Psychic Healing by Sylvia Browne, 2009

2009-04-07T20:04:00.002-05:00

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Edmund Burke

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"Brave is simply those with the clearest vision of what is before them...glory and danger alike...and, not withstanding, go out to meet it."

Hugh Jackman's character to Meg Ryan's
character in "Kate and Leopold", 2001

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2009-03-29T12:57:00.002-05:00

Five Essential Principles

Collective responsibility
Global solidarity
Rule of law
Mutual accountability
Multilateralism

"As President Truman said, 'The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not dominate the peoples of the world'."

Secretary General of the United Nations

Kofi Annan

"Nothing matters...everything is of consequence"

2009-03-10T14:35:00.003-05:00

The benefits of being kind...

You will sleep easily.
You will wake easily.
You will have pleasant dreams.
People will love you.
Devas (celestial beings) and animals will love you.
Devas will protect you.
External dangers (poisons, weapons and fire) will not harm you.
Your face will be radiant.
Your mind will be serene.
You will die unconfused.
You will be reborn in happy realms

From a Buddhist literary publication, 2008

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Nine Keys to Successful Prayer

Staying present.
Praying from the heart.
Clear wording.
Praying without doubt.
Praying with I am to focus the source point "on the heart".
Praying with inspiration.
Praying with intent.
Listening for answers so that a two-way conversation may result.
Taking action afterward to bring quicker results.

From a Buddhist literary publication, 2008

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2008-12-31T16:02:00.002-05:00

A Few Last Words for 2008

Love is God's only law. All other laws derive and fade away from this.
Love is the essence of sentience.
Sr8.16.06

From A Return to Love, Marianne Williamson, 1992

"...[W]e think the universe when left to its own devices, is chaotic. But God is the ultimate order. He is the principle of constantly expanding love in action, in all dimensions, for all life."
"It is merely our job to so deeply align our hearts and minds with His spirit within us, that our lives then become involuntary instruments of His will."
"Taking what we have and devoting it to the restoration of the whole, is our salvation and the salvation of the world. Our devotion then becomes our work, and our work becomes our devotion."

From the "Healing Spirit" video, Deepak Chopra, Canada, 1992

"And by love we don't mean just emotion, although it can be expressed very beautifully in an emotion, but love is not really an emotion. Love is the experience of unity consciousness, the ultimate truth that you can experientially ground yourself in, as at the heart of all creation. This can't be contrived, this is real. It is the experience of love. It's the experience of compassion, it is the experience of my inseparable interconnectedness with all life. And I AM THAT. And once I recognize that I am that, I also recognize that you are that, and everything else is that, and that's all there is. And when I am grounded in that, then I'm in love."

"I am not in the world, the world is in me. I'm not even in space and time, they're in me. I'm in the eternal, ungrounded field of all possibilities, infinite, unbounded, immortal, bliss consciousness."

2008-12-29T22:16:00.002-05:00

The Power of Prayer
From The Secret of Shambhala, James Redfield, 1999

"...he was talking about watching for the subtle twists and turns of synchronicity, those mysterious coincidences that could pop up in a second to push one's life in a new direction.
Perceiving this mysterious flow, I knew, remained the central experience of real spirituality, direct evidence that something deeper was operating behind the scenes of the human drama."
"A prayer that asks God to intervene assumes that God can intervene, but only if He decides to honor our request. It assumes we have no role except to ask. The other form of prayer assumes that God is ready and willing but has set up the laws of human existence so that whether the request is fulfilled depends in some part on the certainty of our belief that it will be done. So our prayer must be an affirmation that voices this faith. In the study, this kind of prayer proved to be most effective."
"They maintain that if our expectations, our faithful assumptions, are what makes prayer work, then each of us is beaming a force of prayer energy out into the world all the time, whether we realize it or not.
"If prayer is an affirmation based on our expectations, our faith, then all our expectations have a prayer effect. We are, in fact, praying all the time for some kind of future for ourselves and others. We just aren't fully aware of it."

DIVINE ENERGY
"The degree of beauty we can see measures how much divine energy we are receiving within us.
Everything around us, both natural and man-made, flowers, rocks, grass, mountains, art -- is already majestically beautiful and present beyond anything most humans can perceive. All we do when we open up to the divine, is raise our energy vibration and thus our perceptual ability so we can view the world the way it already is.
"Keep breathing. Your vibration and ability to perceive will increase even more. Everything will become shiny, as though illuminated from within.
"Your ability to perceive beauty is the primary measure that divine energy is coming into you. You will feel lighter. The energy will rise up through you and lift you up, like a string pulling you up from the top of your head. And you will feel a greater wisdom about who you are and what you are doing. You will receive intuitions and dreams about what is next on your life path.
"You must become conscious of your expectations about life. It is the only way to maintain and extend the higher level of energy you experience. You must learn to expect that level of energy in your life, and you must do so very deliberately and consciously. This is the only way to complete the first prayer extension.
"Now you must expect this energy that is filling you to keep filling you and to flow out of you in every direction. Visualize this happening. The measure of whether the energy is flowing out is the feeling of love.
"Yes. It is a love that becomes a background emotion that stays with you as long as your prayer-energy is going out into the world. You must stay in a state of love.
"The only way to establish a constant flow of synchronicity is to stay in a state where your prayer field keeps this flow moving toward you -- a state of conscious alertness. One must visualize that one's energy is going out and bringing just the right hunches to you, the right events. You have to expect them to occur at any moment. The more you stay in this state of mind, the more the synchronicity will increase. And eventually, if you keep your energy high, this posture of conscious alertness will become your prevailing attitude toward life.
"The prevailing human worldview is always a giant field of belief and expectation. The key to human progress is to have enough people who can beam a higher expectation of love into this human field. This effort allows us to build an ever higher level of energy, and to inspire each other toward our greatest potential.
"...[W]hen you send your energy out to bring in synchronistic experiences and uplift others, and when you anchor this energy with detachment and faith, you are promoting the divine plan, and the more you can act and think in harmony with the divine, the stronger your power gets. There is a built-in safety device: God is not going to turn up the power in you unless you are on the same page with universal intention."

2008-12-28T10:28:00.002-05:00

Prayer Energy
From The Secret of Shambhala by James Redfield, 1999

"It all begins with the realization that our prayer-energy is real, that it flows out from us and affects the world.
"Once we have that realization, we can grasp that this field, this effect we have on the world, can be expanded, but we have to begin with the First Expansion. We have to first improve the quality of energy we take in physically. Heavy and processed foods build up acid solids in our molecular structures, lowering our vibration and eventually causing disease. Alive foods have an alkaline effect and enhance our vibration.
"The purer we vibrate, the easier it is to then connect with the more subtle energies available within us. The legends say we will learn to consistently breathe in this higher level of energy using our increased perception of beauty as a measure. The higher our level of energy, the more beauty we see. We can learn to visualize this higher level of energy flowing out from us into the world, likewise using the emotional state of love as a measure that this is occurring.
"Thus we are connected within like we learned in Peru. Only now we've learned that by visualizing that energy is a field that goes out ahead of us wherever we go, we can stay consistently stronger.
"The Second Extension begins when we set this extended prayer-field to enhance the synchronistic flow of our lives. We do this by staying in a state of conscious alertness and expectation for the next intuition or coincidence that moves our lives further along. This expectation sends our energy out even farther and makes it stronger, because we are now aligning our intentions with the intended process of growth and evolution structured into the universe itself.
"The Third Extension involves another expectation: that our prayer-fields go out and boost the level of energy in others, lifting them into their own connection with the divine within and into their own higher-self intuition. This, of course, increases the likelihood of them giving us intuitive information that can further enhance our own level of synchronicity. It is the interpersonal ethic we learned in Peru, only now we know how to use the prayer-field to make it stronger.
"The Fourth Extension begins when we learn the importance of anchoring and maintaining the outflow of our energy, in spite of fearful or angry situations. We do this by always maintaining a particular posture of detachment toward events as they occur, even as we expect the process itself to carry on. We must always seek a positive meaning, and always, always expect the process to save us, no matter what is happening. Such a mental posture helps us to stay focused on the flow and keeps us from dwelling on negative images of what might occur if we fail.
"In general, if we find a negative image coming to mind, we must consider whether it is an intuitive warning, and, if so, we need to take approopriate actions, but we must always return to the expectation that a higher synchronicity will guide us past this problem. This anchors our field, our outflow of energy, with a powerful expectation that has always been called faith.
"In sum, the first part of the Fourth Extension is about keeping our energy strong at all times. Once we master that, we can move forward and extend our energy even farther.
"The next step in the Fourth Extension begins when we fully expect that the human world can move toward the ideal expressed in the Tenth Insight and modeled by Shambhala. Moving your energy out farther and stronger in this way takes true belief. That's why understanding Shambhala is so important. Knowing that Shambhala has done it extends our expectation that the rest of human culture can do it too. We can readily see how humans everywhere can master our technology and use it in the service of our spiritual development, and then begin to focus on the life process itself, on the real reason we are here on this planet: to create a culture on Earth that is consious of our role in spiritual evolution and to teach that understanding to our children.
"Now comes the most difficult part. To expand even farther, we must do more than just remain positive in general, and avoid images of negative events occurring. We must also keep all negative thoughts out of our heads concerning other people. As you have just seen, if our fear ever turns to anger and we lapse into thinking the worst of others, a negative prayer goes out that tends to create in them exactly the behavior we expect. That's why teachers who expect great things from their students usually get it, and when they expect the negative, they get that too.
"Most people believe it is a bad thing to say something negative about others, but that it's okay to think it. We now know it's not okay; thoughts matter.
"Only by understanding the effect of prayer-fields can we grasp what is happening. We all are gradually growing more powerful, and if we don't become completely mindful of our expectations, we can inadvertently cause great harm to others.
"It is so important not to let our minds visualize the bad things that could possibly happen to us. It is a prayer that acts to create that very event."

WORRYING IS PRAYING FOR WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN.

2008-12-28T09:51:00.002-05:00

2012...The Shift
From The Secret of Shambhala by James Redfield

"The legends say that at a precise time in the evolution of Shambhala and the outer cultures, a great shift will occur. This shift can only happen when the level of awareness in the outer cultures has reached a particular point. The legends say it will be a time of great opportunity but also of dire peril. Many times during the hidden history of mankind, humans have developed spiritually to this point and then have lost their way and fallen back into ignorance. They began to misuse their technology, disrupting the natural course of evolution. For instance, right now in the outer cultures, some people are taking the natural process of food and distorting it by genetically manipulating seeds to have unnatural characteristics. This is primarily done in order to patent these seeds and control them in the marketplace.
"The same thing is occurring in the pharmaceutical industries, where a known herbal remedy, free to all, is genetically altered in order to sell it. In the precise energy system of the body, these manipulations can have terrible consequences on health. The same is true of irradiated foods, chlorine and other additives to the water supply, not to mention so-called designer drugs.
"At the same time, the technology of the media has reached a point where it can have dramatic influence. If it responds only to the needs of corporations and corrupt politicians, it can create realities for humans that are distorted and unnatural. As corporations merge, so that they control more and more of the technology and want to use more advertising to create false needs, this problem will grow.
"Most imperative is the situation of government power and surveillance, even in the democratic countries. Citing a need to combat drug dealers or terrorists, the government has infringed more and more on the privacy of the common man. Already, cash transactions are being restricted and the Internet fully monitored. The next step will be forcing the move to a cashless society controlled by a central authority.
"This growth toward a central, spiritless government authority, in a high-tech virtual world divorced from natural processes, where food, water, and the routines of living have been trivialized and distorted, leads to disaster. When health is subverted into just one more commercial cycle of worsening food, new diseases, and more drugs, Armageddon is the result, and it has occurred several times in prehistory. It could happen again, only this time on a much larger scale.
"But it need not happen. In fact, we are one small step in awareness from turning the corner. If we could just move fully into the idea that we are spiritual beings in a spiritual world, then food, health, technology, media, and government would all move into their proper roles in the evolution and perfection of this world. But for this to happen, the prayer extensions must be completely understoood in the outer cultures. They must understand what we do at the temples. The transition of Shambhala is part of this process, but the opportunity has to be seized.
"For this to happen, your generation must merge with the last two into an integrated prayer-field -- one that includes a final unity of all the religions.
"All over the world, the generation born in the first decades of the twentieth century, what our friend from the West call the World War II generation, used courage and technology to save democracy and freedom from the threat of dictators seeking empire. They won, using technological might, and continued to expand this technology into a worldwide economy. Then the next generation -- what Americans call baby boomers -- arrived on the Earth, and their intuitions told them that the focus on materialism, on technology alone, was not quite correct. That there was too much pollution, too much corporate influence on government, too much surveillance by the intelligence organizations.
"This criticism was the normal way that a new generation expands and intuitively leads us forward. They grew up in a hardwon materialism, or in some countries, the desire for the material, and began to react, to voice the idea that there was more to life. There was a spiritual purpose behind human history that could be grasped in more detail.
"That's what was behind all that happened in the sixties and seventies in the West: the rejection of a material-based system of status, the exploration of other religions, the popularity of philosophy, the explosion in thought of the Human Potential Movement. It was all the result of a series of insights that there was more to life than our material worldview knew.
"The intuitions of the baby boomers were very important because they began to put technology and material abundance into perspective, and to grasp the deep intuition that technology is being developed on this planet to support a culture where we can focus not just on surviving, but on our spiritual development as well.
"And now, since the late seventies and into the eighties, a new generation has been arriving to push human culture even further. You and your age group are the final members of this generation. Do you see what emphasis you are bringing into the world?
"The sons and daughters of the boomers have been characterizeed as reacting to the boomers' idealism and ambivalence toward technology by becoming more practical and, in fact, developing a love for technology beyond anything seen before."
"We sensed that technology has a spiritual purpose."
"Now, do you see how the three generations flow together? The World War II generation fought against tyranny and proved that democracy could not only flourish in the modern world but expand tremendously and connect the world's economies. Then, in the middle of the abundance, the boomers arrived to say that there were problems with this expansion, that we were polluting the natural world and losing touch with nature and a spiritual reality that exists beneath the whims of history.
"And now the next generation has come along to focus again on the economy, to refashion technology so that it can consciously support our mental and spiritual ability, the way it has occurred here in Shambhala -- instead of allowing technology to fall solely into the hands of those who would use it to restrict freedom and control others."
"But this new generation isn't fully conscious of what they are doing."
"No, not completely, but this self-awareness and insight is expanding every day. We must set a prayer field that lifts them in this direction. It must be a large and strong field. The new generation must help us unify the religions.
"This is very important, because there will always be controllers ready to manipulate this generation into creating negative uses for technology or taking advantage of their alienation."

2008-12-28T09:23:00.002-05:00

"The Sorian Codes of Dinotopia"
["Dinotopia", 2002, Hallmark Entertainment]

1. One raindrop raises the sea
2. Survival of all or none
3. Weapons are enemies, even to their owners
4. Give more, take less
5. Others first, self last
6. Observe, listen, learn
7. Do one thing at a time
8. Sing every day
9. Exercise imagination
10. Eat to live, don't live to eat
11. Find the Light

Good advice for any culture, anytime!

2008-11-12T18:58:00.002-05:00

Another lovely definition of "God" from Mark Morford, columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, taken out of context, from 11/7/08:

"...the god you and I understand as a universal, non-gendered, asexual, love-drunk energy coursing through all things at all times everywhere without the slightest wisp of prejudice or geographical preference..."

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2008-07-14T11:22:00.002-05:00

From "What the Bleep Do We Know?"...on DVD...
The brain processes 400 billion bits of information every second,
but our awareness is only on 2,000 bits a second.
Consciousness is the ground of all being. As we see it,
life is an illusion.
Heisenberg stated: "Atoms are not things, only tendencies".
So, are we really here? Food for thought.
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2008-07-13T09:09:00.004-05:00

Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) and the ARE: The Association for Research and Enlightenment, Virginia Beach, VA

"Understanding the Purpose of Life"
The key concept in the Edgar Cayce readings on understanding the purpose of life is that there is, indeed, a purpose in all of life. There is no such thing as chance or accident, but rather all experiences in life come to us for good reason. And although we often do not see the ultimate good in our circumstances, we can learn to recognize it more frequently and thus adopt a more positive, constructive attitude toward life. This excerpt from the ARE files gives us a clear concept of the rationale behind life and of the awesome control we hold over our own destinies.

Our purpose in life is inseparably linked to our true nature as spiritual beings. For, if the Edgar Cayce readings are correct, we were created by God as spiritual beings, part of Himself: "Hence, as He moved, souls -- portions of Himself -- came into being." "In the beginning, when there was the creating, or the calling of individual entities into being, we were made to be the companions with the Father-God." Each of us was created before the advent of the material world to be God's friend! The Edgar Cayce readings describe this role as nothing less than to be "co-creators" with God, individual souls granted the dignity of peership with the Creator Himself.

We are so often fixed in our concepts of ourselves as bodies occupying material space that it may be difficult to grasp the full import of this statement on our nature and origin. For it is saying that our true individual identity rests not in our bodies nor in our personality, but in our eternal souls, which have existed "before the beginning" of time. But if our true purpose is to be companions to God, why is that awareness so far from our consciousness? And if our ultimate nature is spiritual, why do we find ourselves existing in, and identifying with, physical bodies and the material world?

According to the Cayce material, we can understand the human condition in terms of choices we have made. Intrinsic to our nature as sons and daughters of God is the ability to choose. As companions and co-creators with God, we were bestowed with the free will which makes us responsible beings. A true companion must be one by choice, and so from the start, we were allowed the freedom to choose union or separation from God:
"For as was given of old, there is each day set before us life and death, good and evil. We choose because of our natures. If our will were broken, if we were commanded to do this or that, or to become as an automaton, our individuality then would be lost and we would only be as in Him without conscience -- CONSCIENCE -- consciousness of being one with Him; with the abilities to choose for self! For we CAN, as God, say Yea to this, Nay to that; we CAN order this or the other in our experience.... For we are indeed as laborers, co-laborers in the vineyard of the Lord."
The account given in the Cayce readings goes on to point out the obvious: We chose the way of separation from God rather than the way of union with Him. Apparently we found self-preoccupation so alluring that we were unwilling to keep the awareness of our relationship with God.
It was once we had separated ourselves from God in consciousness that He, in His infinite love and patience, provided physical life for us as a way to learn proper use of our free will. It is in the experiences of day-to-day life that we have the opportunity to grow to our full stature as co-creators with God. It is in the material world, with its cause-and-effect laws, that we have the opportunity to use our will and learn, through first-hand experience, the consequences (both positive and negative) of our choices. Thus we are spiritual beings who have been given not just one, but countless lifetimes in which to grow and to learn.
"Know that each sojourn or indwelling (lifetime) may be compared to that as ye have in your mental experience as a lesson, as a schooling for the purposes for which each soul-entity enters an earth experience."
In other words, each experience in life has the ultimate purpose of bringing us closer to God. Once we have reached our spiritual adulthood, we may return in consciousness to the Father in our role of companion and peer.
"Remember, ever, that where shortcomings have existed and do exist in the experience, those that are wise use same as stepping-stones to the real development; for less and less of self, more and more that the body, the mind, may be used as a channel for the glorifying of a unified Father in the earth.... That the earth has been given as a schooling for those who in the beginnings erred in self-indulgences, self-aggrandizement, self-glorification, is indeed a merciful experience then, even to those that find turmoils, strife and antagonism and disturbing forces in their experience. If they will but empty themselves of themselves, they become channels through which a glorified Father in the Son may be manifested."
It is important that we never think that a situation is "beyond repair". Many individuals were told by Cayce that at any moment they could choose to turn their problems into growth opportunities, simply by changing their attitude toward them. What attitudes are important?
"Keep the correct mental attitude; that is, not holding grudges, being kind, being affectionate, long-suffering, manifesting patience.... But keep creative ever in the activities. This, too...be GLAD you have the opportunity to be alive at this time."
Perhaps the crux of the attitudinal issue is that we accept responsibility for our circumstances, whatever they may be. We should not blame others or "fate", but know that we are constantly experiencing the consequences of our choices. If we accept responsibility for the painful consequences we are experiencing, then it becomes possible to take control of our lives and make different kinds of choices:
"For each soul, each entity, constantly meets self. And if each soul would but understand, those hardships which are accredited much to others are caused most by self. Know that in those you are meeting thyself!"
Finally, if we have the patience to see beyond the here-and-now, we can place each
experience in the context of our origin and destiny. From this vantage point we can see individual experiences and circumstances as part of a much larger whole, remembering that life is continuous and that no effort is ever lost:
"Yet the entity should -- and does at times -- realize that it isn't all of life to live, in one experience. For life is continued, life itself is a consciousness, a gift of an infinite influence we may call God."

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2008-06-03T08:04:00.002-05:00

From A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson, 1992

"...we think the universe when left to its own devices, is chaotic. But God is the ultimate order. He is the principle of constantly expanding love in action, in all dimensions, for all life."

"It is merely our job to so deeply align our hearts and minds with His spirit within us, that our lives then become involuntary instruments of His will."

"Taking what we have and devoting it to the restoration of the whole, is our salvation and the salvation of the world. Our devotion then becomes our work, and our work becomes our devotion."

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From Deepak Chopra, "Healing Spirit" video, Canada, 1992

"And by love we don't mean just emotion, although it can be expressed very beautifully in an emotion, but love is not really an emotion. Love is the experience of unity consciousness, the ultimate truth that you can experientially ground yourself in, as at the heart of all creation. This can't be contrived, this is real. It is the experience of love. It's the experience of compassion, it is the experience of my inseparable interconnectedness with all life. And I AM THAT. And once I recognize that I am that, I also recognize that you are that, and everything else is that, and that's all there is. And when I am grounded in that, then I'm in love."

"I am not in the world, the world is in me. I'm not even in space and time, they're in me. I'm in the eternal, ungrounded field of all possibilities, infinite, unbounded, immortal, bliss consciousness."

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The Present Moment

The present moment

is like a wave

rolling over the past and

onto the shore of the future

seeming to go somewhere

but always just here.

Sr5.11.08

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Good vs. Evil

It all boils down to awareness of divinity. Once we recognize God in all life, we are in a position to consciously choose to be divine, the main aspect of which is to choose love over fear in all things at all times. Once we all recognize our unity and choose to love each other and all life in spite of and for our superficial differences, planetary consciousness will have evolved divinely and "Godness" will prevail. The choice is ours.

Sr5.11.08

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29 April 1997... "BEAR" ...9 January 2008

2008-01-09T19:10:00.000-05:00

May God welcome my beloved dog, Bear, into the kingdom,
where all souls find rest.
I miss his presence beside me as he serves his own life's purpose,
just living love.
But I take comfort in knowing we will be together again
when it is I who join him in the life after this life.
For this blessing, I am most grateful.
Amen.

c Sr2001

RIP, my beloved friend. In peace and love.
C.

2007-12-31T14:10:00.000-05:00

A Few Last Quotes for 2007

"Grow Old Along With Me"

Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be;

the last of life, for which the first was made.

Our times are in His hand Who saith,

"A whole I planned; youth shows but half;

trust God, see all, nor be afraid!"

Robert Browning

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A Prayer for Animals

Hear our humble prayer, O God,

for our friends, the animals. Especially for animals

who are suffering; for any that are hunted or lost

or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to death.

We entreat for them all Thy mercy and pity.

And for those who deal with them,

we ask a heart of compassion, gentle and kindly words.

Make us true friends of the animals

and so to share the blessings of the merciful.

Albert Schweitzer

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"Love is not an activity of the mind, but is the

'pure and luminous essence' which creates mind."

St. Germain

"This essence from the Great God Flame streams into substance, and constantly pours itself out, as perfection in form and action. Love is Perfection manifest. It can only express peace, joy, and an outpouring of those feelings to all creation -- unconditionally. It asks nothing for itself because it is eternally self-creating, being the heartbeat of the Supreme. Love owns All and is only concerned with setting the plan of Perfection into action in all. Thus, it is a constant pouring out of Itself. It takes no cognizance of what has been given in the past, but receives its joy and maintains its balance by the continual outstreaming of Itself. Because this Perfection is within Love, forever flowing forth, It is incapable of recording anything but Itself."

St. Germain

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To Build A Dream...

2007-12-09T09:32:00.003-05:00

"IF"
If only I had the money to advertise my books, I could begin to fulfill my dream.
But I don't, so I'll have to rely on my blog to do the selling for me!
Someday, I'd like to open a wholistic healing center/resort/spa for people in need of healing, whether or not they have the money to spend on a healing retreat.
IF...
Half a million people bought my little prayer book, Sister's Little Book of Prayers, I'd have the finances I need to start the project. It's only $10, and postage is $2 anywhere. It seems to me to be a profound and inspiring little collection. (But then again, I guess I'd have to say that!) And it makes a great gift!
IF...
You'd like to see what it's about, here's a new sample. (The "Now Power" prayer and "Prayer for the Third Millenium" are two from this blog that are in the booklet.) The booklet has 20 prayers for many different occasions.

"Thank You"
...for another sunrise...another breath...another look...another touch...a new chance to fill every moment with Love. Thank You for the quiet and the sound...the food and the fast...the laughter and the tears...the joy and the sorrow...birth and death...yin and yang.

Thank You, unnamable One, for all my gifts and blessings. Thank You for the gift of sight, that I may see You in all things. Thank You for the gift of hearing, that Your cosmic OM will fill my being. Thank You for Your light, that I may feel Your presence with me always.

Thank You for the peace that fills my heart knowing You are Love. Thank You for this sunset that trails the veil of night behind it...to lull us into sleep...to heal...to fly...to awaken into yet another sunrise to be grateful for.
Amen c Sr95
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While I'm at it, here's an excerpt from my first book, Wholistic Youthing...A Woman's Guide to Slowing Aging.

From the Introduction:

God knows we want to stay young...postpone aging...put death as far away from us as possible, for as long as possible. But how do we do that?
In a world where suffering is the norm, it amazes this soul that so many of us cling to suffering and pain, even prolonging life when death waits impatiently with its foot in the door. Then I remember that most of us are ego-bound and asleep. We want to stay young in spite of the pain and suffering all around us, because we're still looking for happiness for ourselves...our lesser selves. And sadly, too, we in America are living in a youth-oriented culture. We know no other way. We never learned to respect age, our elders, their precious wisdom. And we are filled with hope that "things will get better". (Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better, however, for we are at the end of one Age and the beginning of another!) If we only knew what our souls already know, we'd live longer and happier lives! 100 years would be the average! And we'd cross death's threshold in peace, most likely slipping out of our bodies while we sleep.
On the wheel of life, death is just the other side of birth. And, as the prophets remind us, there really is no death to the eternal. Simply passages through planes and dimensions, through time and space, incarnating again and again as the eternal soul seeks reunion with the Creator, learning Love's lessons along the way. And we're all going to keep coming around and around until we all get it right. There is heard a cosmic giggle as a soul passes through Gaia. Aah...listen to it now...o...m....

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Now, based on the awareness that our happiness and health come from balance, in peace and joy-filled moments accruing over time, we may conclude that serving the God within serves the God without. That when we self-actualize, we are in the creative position to share love and truth with others, thereby helping bring peace to the world. For when even one person radiates the loving God within, the vibration is felt throughout the heavens and all humanity is enriched.
With a light heart, may this guide help us integrate our physical bodies with our eternal souls, our divine spark...to bring us joy and peace...and extend our Earthly presence, in God's service, and through God's light and love.
Happy Youthing!! c CM2000
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And an excerpt from the Introduction to Prepare to Die...A Text and Workbook:

"I find it delightful that the optimal way I can live my life from moment-to-moment is also the optimal way I can prepare for my death, and equally delightful that acknowledging our future death is a prerequisite for living a truly joyful life now."
Ram Dass, Still Here, c 2000

God knows we don't have any problem talking about sex, politics or religion these days, but the
subject of death is still largely taboo in popular American culture. Not only are we profoundly backward in every regard, from burial customs, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide to popular beliefs about the afterlife, unless we soon lighten up and face death head on, humanity is doomed to suffer life interminably, until there is no life left to suffer.
By raising our collective consciousness to a level of "right understanding" of divine nature, we lift humanity itself toward successful reunion with God. To that end, let us begin to...
"practice dying".
(Plato, to his pupils, on his deathbed)
c CM2001
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So. About the books:

Wholistic Youthing...A Guide to Slowing Aging is more for women in their 20s and 30s. It is a massive collection of info from many recognized sources, covering body, mind and soul. From arts and crafts, exercise, sleep, and systemic cleansing through meditation, prayer, call to service and Godliness, a woman's life is guided to it's fullest and best expression.
It is $30, and S&H is $5. 144 pages.

Prepare to Die...A Text and Workbook is for anyone who is not afraid to contemplate the inevitable. It is "everything you need to know before you go". The last section is compiled of many different forms, like Wills, Power of Attorney, Living Trust Agreements, plus Organ Donor cards, Do Not Resuscitate cards, Check List, Planning Guide, and many more. It also has sections on issues surrounding death and dying, prayers, and exercises. It is the last book you could ever need, and a Godsend and legacy for your heirs. All your vital information is in one place! It is $30 plus $5 S&H. About 90 pages.

Death Preparation Workbook is the last two sections of the previous work for anyone interested in just the Exercises and Forms. This book alone could save the reader hundreds of dollars in legal fees. Again, it is "everything you need to know before you go". And it makes a great gift for anyone considering his or her 'departure' and wanting to plan ahead.
It is $25 plus $5 S&H. About 50 pages.

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2007-11-27T15:25:00.001-05:00

From Gary Schwartz's THE ENERGY HEALING EXPERIMENTS -- Science Reveals Our Natural Power to Heal...

We may, therefore, regard matter as being constituted by the regions of space in which the [energy] field is extremely intense... . There is no place in this new kind of physics both for the field and matter, for the field is the only reality.
-Albert Einstein

2007-05-28T17:06:00.001-05:00

"God is that universal spirit that animates and binds all things in existence."

- From 'A Friend' in the movie "Bedazzled"

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"Now Power"

Grant me the strength, Creator,

to greet this new day

with a joyful, open, smiling heart.

To see its beauty and soak up its light.

To live each moment fully,

aware of the potential for creation

that is the true power.

Help me to surrender my lower self

so that my higher self may rule.

Help me to create my own heaven on Earth

by letting go of all my fears,

so that I may instead

fill each moment with love.

Help me to be grateful for each moment

and all that is created in it

from God through me.

Amen

c Sr.97

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Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet.

Do your work with mastery.

Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds!

Shine.

Buddha

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"Service Gives Meaning to Life"

Sr. 2006

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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.

By being happy, we sow enormous benefits upon the world.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Kindness in words creates confidence.

Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

Kindness in giving creates love.

Lao tzu

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By three methods we may learn wisdom:

First, by reflection, which is noblest;

Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and

Third, by experience, which is the bitterest.

Confucius

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Your work is to discover your world

and then with all your heart

give yourself to it.

Buddha

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From Mark Morford's 2.2.07 column in the San Francisco Chronicle:

[God is a...]

"deep, all-pervasive non-judgmental ambisexual pulse of white-hot love running like a cosmic electrical current through everything at all times in all places everywhere...."

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Gratitude inspires devotion.

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AS ABOVE, SO BELOW

"All is thought. Affirmative prayers lift your thought to gratitude and love. These high vibrations attract more reasons to feel grateful and loving. It's possible to create and attract anything that your mind thinks about, believes in, and feels joy and gratitude toward. These thoughts and emotions of positive expectation set up a matching wavelength that creates or attracts what you're thinking about.

Hermes Trismegistus

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* * * T H I N K P O S I T I V E L Y * * *

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What is the difference between our soul and spirit?

The spirit is the whole. The soul is the individual. The soul of a man is a mere speck in space, yet the soul -- though indefinite -- is that vital force or activity which is everlasting.

What is the nature of spirit?

Spirit is the First Cause, the primary beginning, and the motivative influence -- as God is spirit. Spirit is...the life itself of the soul, whether in man, in a nation, in a city, in a group, or what.

Edgar Cayce

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Welcome to my blog!

2007-01-18T16:39:00.000-05:00

Greetings and blessings...
My first posting is my "Prayer for the Third Millenium", first published in the June Ezine from Mystic Promotions in 2001. And because PEACE is the biggest world crisis we face, and GLOBAL WARMING is the greatest crisis of our generation, this site will promote peace and global consciousness at every turn. The second posting is my recent essay, written during the Israeli-Lebanese War of 2006 called "Must There Always Be War?". Please feel free to share and comment on these issues.
Secondly, for information, prices, or brochures regarding my business, Moone Light Publishing & Mobile Spa Services, please call 570.226.2036 or e-mail: cmoore@echoes.net.

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"Prayer for the Third Millenium"

Let us take the time, offered as a prayer and a promise,

to inscribe on the clean slate of this pure, unsullied 1000 years,

our highest motivations to manifest Divine potential

by living every moment in radiant Love.

Ever conscious of the Divine in-breath and out-breath, thinking purely, with compassion, honoring Truth, acting with grace, kindness and charity in every moment, hour, day, and decade with which we are blessed, we reveal our Divinity throughout this Earthly life.

May we bear in our minds and hearts the wisdom of unity, the knowing that all life is One, respect for all species and Mother Earth, with intolerance of unrighteous, ego-dominated planetary corruption or exploitation in any form.

Our prayers include pleas for strength to serve the Divine, patience and moderation in our daily affairs, as well as gratitude for all the blessings we recognize in our lives as we enter this challenging new era.

We pray for continued Divine protection as the turbulence arising in the years to come increases, and are grateful for the care we have always received from the higher powers.

With gratitude to life itself...blessings to Earth and all that moves upon it.

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"Must There Always Be War?"

We can choose to end all fighting everywhere. All war. Oh yes we can. It is said, "The only way to have peace is to BE peaceful." The only way to get more love is to be more loving.

What we give, we get. What we send out, comes back.

When we are taught from birth to respect all life, in all its' forms, colors, manifestations...

When we come to realize the interconnectedness of the life force, the entire web of life, throughout infinity, the created constantly arising from and receding into the uncreated ground of being...silence to sound, stillness to motion, movement to rest...

When we transcend duality and feel the deep peace in our hearts that is our birthright, when we truly experience the divine in all sentience, when our gratitude inspires devotion with humility always, and fully living the truth and beauty of the present moment has allowed us transparency...

When we become aware of the bounty of Earth, and our place and obligations here, and realize that there is enough for all life to not only survive but thrive if we only take care of our planet...that it is a question of distribution of goods and services, wealth and resources...with kindness of intention and benevolence of thought, compassionate action and generosity of heart, we manifest abundance in our little world.

But here lies the rub.

We who have aged and gained a little wisdom are too old to do anything about it! By the time we have come to these realizations, we are old. You rarely meet an enlightened twenty-something. No one listens to us talk about the true stuff. So inevitably we, as a species, are bound to repeat our mistakes, millenia after millenia.

And we forget.

So quickly we forget! By the time we are seven, most of us have forgotten everything our subconscious and supraconscious can recall of truth. Since our parents don't remember either, they're not much help. And our lives pass by so quickly, we don't believe it is over by the time Death comes for us. What a shock! We've come and gone so quickly!

So it up to the teachers -- as always.

Education is the key. If we need to be reminded, and we do now more than ever, let those of us who have gained some of this wisdom expound it to the rest of us. We need to be reminded...we need to learn. Over and over again. Generation after generation. Person to person. Millenia upon millenia. It is in the forgetful times that we choose war.

We need to see the big picture. There is enough for all. And we need to love one another. It's that simple.

As most wars are (un)holy wars of some sort, it is this "my God is the one true God" mentality that dominates the scene. It is a scene played out mostly by the testosterone-fueled power trips of a few arrogant, egotistical, radical religious extremists of many colors, from all over the world. East or West, war erupts. But what war was ever started by a woman? For reasons as varied as private gain to world domination, war arises from the small-minded men who are not raised to respect all life because they themselves did not actually give birth. But the women always respect life, and then are forced to endure the loss of those precious sparks of the divine on the battlefields of this poor planet.

Haven't all the great traditions advocated love? What is all this fighting for that love alone can't cure?

So we see, war is man's business. But we are all taught to live in fear, for the most part. A fear of lack of abundance in one form or another. Fear breeds greed and many other ego-based human conditions. Where are the mothers who are teaching their sons peaceful ways? Is it only those of us who are raised Quakers, Buddhists, or pacifists who live fully in peace and bring their children up in peaceful practice? Peace arises from the stillness of the ground of being from which abundance also arises. Call it what you may (although to name it is to diminish it). Peace is not to be feared. Peace is never boring. Peace allows love to flow, permeate and dominate.

Where there is love, there is no war.

May we always choose love.

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