Believe

While every word is powerful, true and inspiring, this gorgeous song can be heard also with new ears.  We can and must share the teachings of Jesus Christ with the world. We must extend His message to the farthest reaches of the planet without the baggage of old religion. We can extract the power and beauty of the faith and leave the old wine skin behind.  Now is the time for the spirit not the tabernacle. 

I believe, He did not come to start a religion or enforce an ancient law or even launch a war against evil. He came to bring us enlightenment based on an awareness of truth and the way to real life, the way to joy and even eternal life.  He came to make us rich in LIFE.

Since he did not come to start a new religion, or any religion, then why do those who believe in what he taught us insist on organizing as a religion, posing before the world as one?  That very idea sets up a sense of exclusivity, which is so very contrary to what he taught.  He called for us to enter into a spirit of  harmony and Oneness, immersed in the love of the One who is the all in all.

He came to set us free from the bondage of fear, the vicious condemning judgment of those who endorse the status quo, controlling, oppressing and preying on the innocent.

He came to align us with the powerful force of life itself, that permeates all of life, extending throughout the universe - and beyond, if there is a beyond.

It seems to me that one could be a believer in what he taught us and not be religious.  I challenge anyone who claims to believe in "god," who might be known by any number of names, to listen carefully to the teachings of this brightest light. He never said he was the exclusive son of god, who is Our Father, but rather that we are all - everyone of us regardless of anything - children of the living creator, the Father of all that is. 

Now, take that to the mosque, the temple, the church and out into the streets and live without fear. Sing, dance and rejoice because you are loved beyond your wildest imaginings and are free to be who you were created to be, the most precious, cherished child of the Father.

Conscious living

"Wake up in the morning and know it's going to be the best day of your life . . .  have no fear . . .  know that anything is possible. Remember that anything you put into your mind materializes, exhale every negative thought." 

 - Tao Porchon -Lynch

Absolutely inspiring!!  A gift from Thaddeus.

Believe You Can

Precious ones, all you who have been hurt, broken, even crushed by life itself, there is hope. Be encouraged.

All you who feel drawn by an invisible longing for a more joyous life, and who want out of the mental cages, where you have been entrapped by the many forces and systems of our world, there is a new way. Be encouraged.  

All you who want a radiant, vibrantly alive life, full of that all pervading knowing that all really is well, all you who hope for something more than what you currently are enduring, it is time to awaken to a new hope. 

What you seek is within reach - no matter how oppressed, beaten down, worn out, exhausted, spent, depressed, discouraged, and down right done with it all you are.  The pain is the crack which will allow the light out. 

There is hope, a very real, tangible, true way. You don't have to make or be strong enough or smart enough or educated enough to make it happen.  In short, you don't have to outsmart the oppressor because there is a presence so powerful, so brilliant that will do it, if you will allow it to flow through you. The solution comes out of your being rather than your doing. I can imagine that's a new thought for some.

God, who is Universal Consciousness / Ultimate Being, is fully aware of your circumstances. He knows your name, knows your history - even better than you know your history. He knows how you got to where you are, and he wants you to experience absolute joy - and the power and freedom which brings it. Your fulfillment and joy is right there, waiting for you to reach for it.  

Believe wholeheartedly that you are worthy, and that means unconditionally worthy, and loved, and that too is unconditional.  

Good people have all come up against this. False interpretations of the great sacred writings have boiled it down a master/slave mentality which reduces you further by martyr complexes, all of which are anti-life, and obviously not empowering.  They falsely taught that God was punitive, judgmental, wanting something from us and that - bottom line - we aren't worthy. They sent you down a dead end street. Even the precious and beautiful teachings of our St. Francis of Assisi,meant for the spiritually enlightened, wouldn't have empowered those broken in spirit and heart.  

The path is easy, light and very do-able.   

The universe is full of creative power and that creative power does not discriminate.  It is there for everyone. It is there for you, despite how much you think you're unworthy or powerless or it's not been in your experience.  It is there for you.  

That all pervading creative power of the universe wants to empower you, to get you back on your feet and then up to full speed to succeeding in your life's goals, dreams and paths.  It wants to light up your life.

The I Ching uses the metaphor of a river.  It says that life itself is like a river, flowing to the ocean.  The ocean might be another word for Ultimate Consciousness, which, again, is the power of creation which fills the universe.  It has an innate flow, and tugs at you to get into the flow.  It wants to fill your body and your soul with it's creative power. That's its mission.  

Its driving force is to create, and creation is positive energy directed and moved by the awesome genius of the intention. You, the dreamer, send out a positively-charged (by your wanting it) intention.That creative energy has been tugging at your consciousness all your life, wanting you to open the door to it. You can allow it in.  Do not be afraid. 

Meanwhile, try to accept everything you've been fighting against. Forgive what hurts you, and surrender to the lesson you're supposed to learn from the experience. Often it's a huge learning experience that leads you on a quantum spiritual leap.

If it's your job, your relationships, your kids, you in-laws, your environment, whatever it is, stop running from it, stop fighting it.  Let it be.  Accept it, and allow yourself to focus more on self - honoring, first in attitude, then in action. This takes you back to the first step which is accepting that you are worthy.

Follow inspiration regardless of what seems practical at the moment.  Soon you will see the genius in the trust it takes to reach beyond your comfort zone.  This also requires trust that your intuition is true and again that comes with the awareness that you are even worthy enough to receive inspiration and that your inspiration is true and trustworthy.

Reach for what you want, even if it's just allowing yourself to explore mentally and entertain in your imagination what you want. 

Start small, maybe, and build on it.  The universal consciousness - our Father - doesn't care what it is, really. So, it's ok to reach for what you want.  It's the reaching - first in intention, then in action - that's so important. Realize that it's ok, believe you're worthy, and reach.

Then, relax, drop everything and celebrate. Sing, dance, lift up your arms and shout praises to God - even if you don't like the religious part of it, allow your spirit to be filled with joy and - for me, anyway - praise does that.  

Continue to acknowledge that you are worthy because you are part of creation and creation itself is worthy. And, that sense of worthiness alone is worthy of gratitude and praise. There are no degrees to worthiness. It just depends on how deep you let that sink in and what you have to let go of to let it sink in deeply.  It will displace a lot of stuff, for sure.

Despite what the oppressing forces have done to your mind, accept your worthiness and allow yourself to open your mind and heart to the joy of self-honoring.  That joy is power and that power is the force of the universal creative flow, which will change your life.

And, then, once you are free and on the path, take someone's hand and set them free too.   

Our Father

Our Father who art in heaven

hallowed be thy name

thy kingdom come, thy will be done

on Earth as it is in Heaven

Give us this day our daily bread

Forgive us our trespasses 

as we forgive those who trespass against us

Lead us not into temptation, but

Deliver us from evil

For thine is the kingdom and 

the power and the glory forever, and ever. 

Amen

Oh Divine Creator, lover of all, whose very presence suffuses all dimensions of the universe, whose name is our name, whose self is our self, who is love and ultimate being and have made us like yourself, we honor you with all our heart, mind and soul,

Your realm is truth and your will is love, and our will is to live in tune with your will, your truth and your love all the days of our lives.  

Today, fill us with your divine being, your presence, so fully that as we live and move in our world, here on Earth, your realm of beauty and love is brought here among us.

Help us to remember to let go of all that blocks us from your unconditional love of us and our unconditional love of others. 
Help us to see only You in others and pray they only see You in us.

Strengthen and empower us with your presence, your Divine immunity to the dark forces, and surround and protect us with your love.

You are all that is true and lasting. You are authentic power and light, for you are greater than we can ever understand and are everywhere and in everything for all time and will be as you always have been, forever

Amen

Love is nature's song

We are One Consciousness

Enlightened, Extraordinary, and Brilliant.  It's a long one, but find a comfortable couch and listen. It will change your outlook and even your life. Most of all it will rekindle hope, love and joy in your heart. If you haven't heard about Dr. Eben Alexander, author of Proof of Heaven, you are in for a wonderful awakening.  

Love extravagantly

                                                    
                                          Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

                                             I took the one less traveled by,

                                             And that has made all the difference.

                                                                                       - Robert Frost

Dream your biggest dream.  Hold it close to your heart and love it as you love yourself and everyone else in your life.

All your dreams are signs leading along the way you are being called to travel. We all have dreams of how we want our lives to turn out. Those dreams are filled with beautiful times with people we love, brimming with laughter and love. They are rich with our creative self expression, fun sports we enjoy, completing that 5K run, maybe it's graduating from medical school, or getting your driver's license. All these achievements are part of your larger picture. They are the individual puzzle pieces of your big dream.

And yet, so many of, maybe all of us, just don't feel like we're getting there. Too many of us feel lost and confused by what's going on in the world and feel like everything is slipping out of our hands. I also feel that way.

So, what would propel us closer to where we want to go? And, how do we get there?

Earlier today, I found myself watching the news and then caught myself thinking about it - almost dwelling on it. And, then, as if a light went on, I realized that was a waste of consciousness. 

To focus on what I didn't want rather than what I did want - which is world peace - was actually fueling what I didn't want with the focus of my consciousness. Suddenly, I intentionally shifted my mind and began thinking about world peace and reaching for a deeper understanding. 

I realized there are many roads in our minds. There's the road from the place of broken dreams, condemnation, judgement, betrayal, failure, emotional or physical injury at the hands of someone we loved. That is a dark road from a dark place where we once were and came out of. There's the road to and from work where there's a lot of energy, but it's not dream energy exactly, and so it, too, isn't where we want to go consciously on our own time. There are a lot of paths in our minds. The really bad ones that come out of a tragic time in our past, need to be sealed off, and allowed to overgrow and recede into the past, otherwise they could drag us into a place of depression, again a waste of time and valuable spiritual energy.

So, where do you want to go? What's your dream?

Give it light, love and focus. And, if you're not sure what it is, that's ok. I would invite you to feed your mind and your consciousness and your life with the best thoughts you can think, the happy ones, the funny ones, the beautiful ones, thoughts of hope and faith in your dream, the loving ones. 

Fill your mind with as much joy as you can, as much love as you can, and keep your eye on the prize, so to speak. Think about thinking about only loving, joyous thoughts. And, if you stumble onto paths into darker places, immediately turn around, and leave that place, close the gate, lock it, and run as fast as you can into the light. 

Sit like a Yogi and breathe and invite in the light, and remind yourself where you want to go (remember those dark places are off limits). If you find yourself slipping into worrying about your finances, your career direction, your kids, the state of the union, and the huge global conflicts, catch yourself and take a deep breath and allow all the stress that was secretly grasping you to leave you as you exhale.  

If you slip into worrying about the conflicts in the Middle East, stop the worry, turn it around to loving the persecuted in those places. Maybe try imagining a cloud of light, filled with Divine love descending on those places.  Hold that thought and feel the love, see the light. Remember, don't judge or condemn, only love.  It's not our job to judge, that's God's exclusive right. You obviously don't love the violence. You love the precious people.

That's not all.  Here's the other half.

This might sound a bit strange. At this present time, our solar system, which together with all the planets in it, is on a rotation into the Milky Way Galaxy and back. It is on a path, sort of. And, it has been on this path for many millions of years. As it travels deep into the galaxy, it encounters different patterns of energy with different levels of intensity. The further it was from the center of the galaxy, the dimmer that energy was, but as it is moving closer into the galaxy, the energy is intensifying. 

This notion is described in the Hindu Yuga system.  The worst of the worst of times in our civilization was during the Kali Yuga and the best were during the golden age.  We are now in the Dwarpa Yuga - just out of the Kali Yuga.  That's why I'm always saying the times are getting better.  But we can help it along.

What does that have to do with our personal mental focus and staying on our intentional pah to our dreams?

Whatever you think about is enabled more than it ever was in the past. The energy radiating to Earth from space through which our solar system is slowly moving is impacting all of life on the planet. It is intensifying whatever your conscious intent is focused on. 

If you focus on loving your dream, or discovering what it is, and feeding your consciousness love and kindness, that will magnify - and not just for you, but for everyone around you. You might feel like a dim night light right now, but as you focus on what is bright and beautiful, you will become like a little sun in your world, lighting up your world - and our world - with love and creative energy and magnetizing more of the same to yourself.

Sadly, the reverse is true as well. If someone, or a group of people, are focused on cruel intentions, prejudicial, controlling and abusive actions, that also will be empowered. You see that every day in the news, which I advise you not to watch. You can find out what's going on, without dwelling on it. It's sad. You don't need it. I don't either.

Martin Luther once said the battle between heaven and hell is fought in the mind. Indeed, it is. Focus on love and don't worry about what others are doing. Focus on the love. Your assignment is to love. You are not here to judge. You are here to love. Love yourself. Protect yourself from those dark pathways in your mind. Withdraw your consciousness from them. Think only about love, how you can love yourself, how you can love others. Allow your intention to love become creative. Your light will grow and expand faster than you can imagine.

The battle between love and hate will be won by love. It is the creative, more positively charged energy field. We can help hasten it as we raise the vibration on the planet by focusing exclusively on love - being love - giving love - living love and thinking of nothing that isn't love. I would advise us all to close and lock the gates to any other paths in our minds that take us anywhere that is less that gorgeous, joyous, hopeful, loving, affirming, creative and fun. You do have to catch yourself in the act of wrong thinking in order to stop and change it by deliberately thinking a thought of joy and love.

You are here to love, exclusively, unconditionally, abundantly, extravagantly. Do it. The world needs your love and where we are on our path into the Milky Way is giving us the energy surge to do it.

Take that road less traveled, that leads us into love. It is through the narrow gate that we pass and the beauty there is something we would never want to turn from. Take control of your thoughts like a soldier grasps his weapon. Your weapon is your mind focused on love, beauty, joy, hope. A focused mind is the most powerful weapon there is. The world needs yours in our army of light aimed to love and grow into the next step of our collective evolution which is a great civilization of beings of love