It seems quiet this morning. It is cool for a change; it has been awful hot and muggy these last few days. The absence of my four year old grandson, who is on an adventure with his Mom, may contribute to the quiet.
In a bizarre twist the stock market is up over two hundred points, this morning. I am not sure what it is measuring. In many ways, it already crashed and this follows the arrest of two bank officials, of the major bank of Ireland. If your interested; just search bank arrest. There are many arrest and investigations under way. Most people, who do in depth reporting on the economy, say the stock market is, and has been, artificially manipulated. The cabal has such vast amounts of money at their disposal, that this is probable. Keeping the stock market up, allows them to squeeze the most they can out of the people before they let it crash.
We are in for some interesting times, that is for sure. There may be a period where food prices soar. I haven't been paying too much attention to the drought in this country. When I was attending a family reunion Sunday, a young relative asked me about it. I hadn't realized that it included huge swathes of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. I was aware of the drought in the Western part of the corn belt, but didn't realize it extended so far East. That could cause feed prices to sky rocket, which will impact meat prices. Corn, in the form of high fructose corn syrup, is an ingredient in many process foods. Prices in that area should be affected. I suspect you would be better off not eating that stuff anyway.
I mention these things, because they are curious, not because they are fearful. We have nothing to fear. In fact; fear is something to be eliminated from our consciousness. There are two major reasons.
Global: fear has been used to control the masses for all of our historical epoch. Monarchs, emperors, dictators, religions, governments of all types [including democracies] have used fear to control their people. Without the ability to instigate fear, there would be no war. People would have no reason to hate each other. The recognition of oneness would follow. You don't have to think very deeply to see how institutions, at all levels, have used fear to control.
Personal: we create our experience on this planet. We create using Love or Fear. What you fear you perpetuate or bring about. Obviously, not everything you fear happens, as you, also, have many countervailing thoughts. Any amount of fear, however, contributes to our unhappiness. When we awaken, we will have given up fear, in the meantime, pay attention to your mind, practice the letting go of fearful thoughts.
When the Buddha completed his long meditation he said, "I am awake". He could see the beauty of the real world and he recognized the world created by man, was all suffering. Many people have understood his teaching, but far less have been able to replicate his vision.
We, now, are at a time when thousands of folks are on the verge of awakening. Many, many are able to see through the illusion of pain and suffering, that we have made for ourselves. As each person, nears opening his/her eyes, the energy increases for the rest of us and aids us in opening our eyes.
Celebrate the Great Awakening and I will go do my dishes and see the love in them.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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