POWER AND STRENGTH

Power and Strength need definition. Power is the force that is used over others. Power comes in the form of higher and lower. It is demonstrated in coercion, influence over others, and any type energy to get people to do what they do not, wholeheartedly, want to do. It is any influence that is not love.

Strength comes from your being. It is the ability to sustain; to stand up to the forces of power. It is the ability to be who you are, regardless of influence.
 
Our egos are constantly trying to trick us into thinking we need to be powerful to protect ourselves. The truth is power is empty; it comes without peace. The more you have, the more you need to protect it. It comes with the fear you might lose. Like all the egos' tricks, it is empty and adds nothing to your being.

Strength is the willingness to be vulnerable. To be out there, for all to see. To be unafraid of criticism and judgement from others. Strength comes from relinquishing the ego. The more you can let the ego slide the stronger you become. Strength comes from knowing love is the only force there is. Strength comes from a quiet state. A state of peace.

In the Old World, power was the dominate force in all relationships, whether they be husband/wife, teacher/student, nation/nation- all of human interaction. Of course there were exceptions, all through history there were people who rose above the dominate paradigm.

In the New World power is eschewed. It will no longer be permissible to exert power over others. If you are in a relationship where you feel power being used to shape your behavior; aren't you feeling uncomfortable about it? If you are the person who uses power, are you willing to give it up?

Having power never brings peace. Controlling someone else, only brings anxiety. What if you lose? If your controlling someone else, the potential is always to lose. You will never feel  peace in the relationship.

Internationally, power leads to war. Personally, it leads to divorce, resignation, pain, loneliness and conflict at all levels.

Humanity is ready to give up power as a viable way to behave. Don't look for evidence of it globally. Although I know it is true because of the increase in unconditional love bathing our planet, it won't be obvious for awhile. If you look you will find it in your personal life. Relationships based on power are beginning to chafe to the degree they are becoming intolerable. On the other hand, the more you are willing to give up power the more peaceful you will become. You will find life richer and more rewarding in every way. The less you exude the need for power, the freer people are around you. You will feel greater intimacy and spontaneity.

The principle is that we are all equal and love is the only energy there is. Power is inequality. It is higher and lower. It does not fit in the New World. If you are to enter paradise, you must give up the idea of power.

There is great peace in being and letting others be. As we give up the dictates of our egos, we will feel the love flowing around us and between us. There will be no temptation to return to the old ways.

Love and Peace,  Gregg

TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS

We have three small plastic buckets sitting alongside our sink for kitchen waste. One for coffee grounds intended for the blueberries [ aids in keeping the soil acid]; one for the goats, banana and orange peels, anything leafy; and the rest goes for the chickens. This morning, as I was getting the water jug filled up for the goats, I reminded myself to take out their bucket. I reminded myself, at least, once more. I was halfway down the path to the goat shed, when I remembered, I forgot it!

The irony; I was thinking about writing this blog and was thinking about the meaning of awareness. Ahhhhhhhh...... I was paying more attention to the stream of consciousness in my mind than what I was doing. Just a reminder: The teacher teaches what he wants to learn. Don't look now Krishnamurti.

As I mentioned before, Krishnamurti taught us to focus on what was before us with such intensity that we emptied our mind. In a sense, focus exclusively on your perception and the inside will take care of itself. The traditional masters taught us to focus completely on quieting our mind and the outside will take care of itself. Both methods work to expand consciousness.

In the first method, if you intensely focus on perception, to the exclusion of your thought stream, you are in the 'now'. You stop time, therefore you 'see'. You see beyond the controlled group ego perception. Reality becomes available.

In the more traditional method, you practice quieting your mind to the point where your thought streams no longer interpret what our perception is. Without the stream of thoughts, you are in the 'now'. Time stops. You see what is.

What is Full Consciousness? What is it like? How will it help? Remember in my last blog when I discussed how the increase in the light, paradoxically, made things seem worse because they illuminated old programs. It accentuated our 'buttons' and made them easier to push. As we become aware we see our unconscious programs. Because we see them, we don't just automatically react as if we were a robot responding to stimuli. There is a pause, where we can say to our self, oh, that is one of my buttons. I can let the button go rather than react to it. On the other hand, you will see more clearly those sore spots in whom your talking to and you will have a pause to reflect on whether you want to say what you were tempted to say. We still need to be responsible, but awareness allows us to be responsible. As we see more, we will give up all our old negative programs and we will certainly not be tempted to engage anybody Else's.

What else does Full Consciousness bring? All the knowledge that you have stored away from the time we left source becomes available. If you wish you can scan your past lifetimes. You can view the history of man on this planet. You can see your history elsewhere.

One of the most powerful things and the thing that will give us release; is seeing how we have been manipulated individually and as a group, these last few thousand years. Our perception has been manipulated, in every possible way, in order to make us willing servants of the cabal. When we see that fear is made to control us, and has no reality outside of this illusion, we will be released from the last remnants of the cabal. As our awareness increases the manipulation becomes more and more glaring. Remember that anybody who invites you to fear wants to control you or profit from you.

With full consciousness we will see we are one. Everybody is worthy, everybody is love, everybody wants peace, love and joy to grace their lives. Paradise is only a thought away.

I got a do the dishes and be aware.

Love and Peace,  Gregg
  




 

FURTHER ADVENTURES ON PLANET EARTH

Yes, the light is increasing. Our capacity for love is increasing. We are coming together. Oh, you say it doesn't feel like it. It looks like the same miserable world. Here is the reason why.

For our life time, and thousands of years, we have been taught to see things in higher and lower. We have been taught to defend our individuality at all cost. We have been programmed to be alert for any put downs or negative comments directed our way. We have been carefully conditioned to be wary of all others and question their motives. These, and a myriad others, are our ego responses. Our ego is dedicated to keeping us separate and not realizing our oneness.

As the light increases our egos are threatened with loss of control. We are suddenly on the alert for any negative input from others. We may be more loving with strangers and acquaintances. The ego reserves its waning strength for your most important relationships. In these relationships, with wives, husbands, children and close friends, the ego sensitizes you to your old programs. Your buttons are suddenly easy to push. Your going along, having a good time, experiencing love and intimacy and suddenly you fall into a raging and horribly stupid argument.

This experience, or similar machinations of the ego, are bound to occur on our journey, of giving up the ego's prominence in our lives. The positive part of the experience is that it lays bare the stuck points we have. It shows us what we need to shine love on, in ourselves. We need to remind ourselves that we are not the person our ego so painfully points out. That person is part of the ugly illusion we have been living in. That person is only the ego formation we have developed because of our crippling teaching.

We are much more than that. We have lived through many, many life times. We are pure spirit, unconditional love. We took this journey to explore separateness. We did that to the max. We are on our way back to the source. In between lives,  we decide what experiences to have, to learn. It is, not so much, that we are on a quest for perfection, as we are on a quest to realize we are already perfect.

The light is shining stronger and stronger. Don't despair. The ego is losing its hold. It is just thrashing around before it slides away completely. Soon we will all realize unconditional love. We will open our eyes wide and see paradise.

Love and Peace,  Gregg

THE DOLDRUMS OF WINTER

The middle of Winter is often characterized by quiet, and not so quiet, desperation. When we awoke, yesterday, to find the hot water line to the sink was frozen, the desperation was not that quiet. It got down to - 21.8F and the wind was blowing all evening, but it hasn't frozen in about fifteen years. On investigation, it turns out that the mice had slowly removed the glass wool insulation that Jamie had, some twenty years ago, placed between the pipes and the outside wall. It is in an area behind the sink and below the floor; not easy to get at. Over the last several years, we noticed bits of insulation on the kitchen floor, some Mornings. They finally removed enough.

Today I have have completed my 78th year on planet Earth and tomorrow I begin my 79th. I must have learned a bunch, but most days I don't think I know much. This Morning I almost grabbed hold of the handle of a hot cast iron frying pan. Just lightly touched it before I pulled back. Didn't burn myself. Smart huh.

This Earth is a kindergarten or first grade. We are just beginning our spiritual understanding and although we have made great technological strides, our scientific knowledge has far outstripped our wisdom. We created hydroelectric dams but then flooded out native populations and destroyed huge swathes of the environment. We have coal burning plants that heavily pollute the air. We strip mountains to get the coal and destroy forest and streams. We develop nuclear power and have no way to deal with the nuclear waste except to drop depleted uranium on unsuspecting populations. All this pales beside the destruction to our health and environment caused by the chemical industry. How is it that we have such amazing scientific knowledge and no wisdom?

We have painted some things as being great scientific successes, for instance Borlaug's Green Revolution. But close examination shows a peasant agriculture, that has existed for thousands of years destroyed, and replaced by one that is dependent on pesticides and chemical fertilizers that are made, you guessed it, in the Western World. There were much better ways of increasing production and feeding those folks. Ceasing Western exploitation for one.

See I must have the Winter Doldrums; that is a depressing picture. But I don't mean it to be. I just want to make it clear that, we may have made some scientific advances, but we are spiritually and emotionally barely out of diapers. We need to realize how stupid we have been, but dwelling on it won't change it.

We are right at a hinge point. We are on the verge of great change. The stupidity of the old world is still with us and it is more and more glaringly so. When your eyes begin to open, the realization of what the world has been, is horrible. Unknowingly, we created a very dismal and painful world.

Many people were very disappointed that Dec 21 came and went without obvious change. But even if you are not aware of it, the light has been increasing rapidly. It is important that people see how bad it was. We need to own up to what we created to begin creating with wisdom. For those, who can now see how crazy it has been, switch your attention to the world you want. See the world of love and wisdom emerge. Those who are just beginning to see are going to need help in having their attention changed from, the horror that was, to the love and beauty that can be.

Stay away from television as much as you can, you don't need  your nose rubbed in the horror. This period of uncertainty will be very short. We will get through it just fine. Focus on your relationships. Pour all the love you can into them. See everybody with love. Appreciate everyone. Create paradise around you. It will a spread.

Love and Peace,  Gregg

DEATH

One of my Facebook friends posted, "You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body" It is a point to keep in mind. It is easier to maintain a loving countenance, when you know you are a soul and not a body. Imagine how aging affects people who have not made this mental transition. The idea that you are crumbling and sinking into oblivion would be horrible; the idea that it is just your body makes it tolerable, at least, most of the time. I am going to be 78 in a few days and I love growing old; if I thought I was a body, not so much.

Everybody needs to make their peace with death. Most folks do it gradually. You may have noticed that people often start reading obituaries when they are in their early fifties. They might say, that they are seeing if anybody they know has died, but their primary reason is to get comfortable with their own death. One way or another most people learn to accept the death of their bodies.

Often people have an experience that helps them along the way. I had a couple near drowning experiences; they didn't help much. But, when I was in my late thirties, it occurred to me that life was no different from jumping off a high building. The only difference is time. Death is rushing to you just as surely as the ground is rushing towards when you fall off a building. At the time it was anxiety producing, to say the least. Ever after that, I was less afraid of dieing. I had yet to make the transition to knowing I was Spirit and not Body.

Knowing that you are soul/spirit makes accepting your body's vagaries much easier. More importantly, it helps you identify with the love you are. Your real self [soul] is unconditional love. It is only possessing a body, in this illusion, that limits your knowledge and expression of who you are.

We need to love everybody and everything to escape from this illusion. As long as we have a body, it is much easier to remember to love, when we can remind our self that we are love.

The most important purpose of the body is to be a communication device for folks in other bodies. Your bodies can radiate love to all around you.

Stay warm. It is -3.5F, here, right now. It got down to -17.7F and was -14F when I got up. It didn't feel too bad when I did the chores. It is a beautiful Sunny day. I need to get at my dishes.

Love and Peace,  Gregg

GOD THE WORD

Some readers may wonder why I talk about spiritual matters, but rarely, use the word god or God. The explanation is simple. I have no idea what the reader sees when he/she reads the word God.

The institution of religion has spoiled the word for many people. They were confronted with a god of tyranny, a god of judgement, a god of revenge, a fickle god who could not be trusted. I know somewhere in the institution there are many who believe in a god of love, but it is hardly reflected by the institution.

I grew up in a Catholic family. They were liberal in their thinking and, for the most part, they did not reflect these negative aspects of the belief in god. I know that some members of my family were able to embrace a God of Love and overlook the craziness of the institution. I wasn't.

It was without any regret that I through off religion, like a bad dream, when I was about fourteen. It was a great relief. As a young intellectual, I found plenty of folks who shared my agnostic views. It seemed like most of us growing up in the fifties and early sixties rejected the idea of organized religion and doubted the existence of a god. It seemed to be a natural function of growing. Some of the people I knew, returned to their religion, perhaps out of a need to be part of the herd; but some, I am sure, found a renewed faith.

I was always a searcher. I explored the philosophies and religions of the world, looking for what ringed of truth. They always reminded me to look inside. I didn't know what that meant then and I am still learning now.

When I was about forty, I intensified my search for the meaning of life. It was an uneven search, but most of the time my attention was focused on the subject. I was deeply into Eastern philosophies and went around endlessly repeating mantras to myself. I tried everything. Gradually, but with some sudden insights, I came to believe that the only solution to all problems was Love.

I, also, read a great deal and was able to reach a place where things made sense to me. I now define God as the energy of the universe, Unconditional Love. God is 'The All'. Singularly and together we are God. God is the life in all of creation. As part of the creation, we are creators and have free will to create with Love or in separation. Creating in separation forms the illusion. A world where love struggles to be.

Unconditional love doesn't care what you believe. All are one, regardless of what you think. What is 'is', despite what we may believe. What 'is' is probably much more grand than we can imagine and, it would behoove us, not to hang too strongly on to what may be our petty beliefs.

Love and Peace,  Gregg

ESCAPING THE ILLUSION

We will all, eventually, escape the illusion; the consensuses reality created by our thoughts. The time honored method, taught from ancient times until now, is to go below your logical mind and find that place of eternal peace. Most of us suffer from an unending stream of thoughts that constantly vie for our attention. These thoughts are of the past or future and rob us of attention to the now.

The ways out of the illusion are: being in the now; giving up judgement; and staying in unconditional love. If you do anyone of these, the other two are automatic.

I would like to discuss staying in the now. Before I do so, I should mention that these are very difficult, because they set up a challenge to your ego and the group ego. But, please, don't despair. Your intent is very, very important. It contributes energy towards the goal. Every time you fall back, try again; like riding the proverbial horse. 

I have not yet achieved staying in the now, except for a moment usually when I am meditating. I guess I have had a few brief moments at other times when the stream of thoughts are not present and I am very peaceful. I can stop most times and close my eyes and find some semblance of peace; but not, when my ego is engaged, and I would really like to.

Krishnamurti taught his pupils to stay in the moment by paying strict attention to everything the senses picked up; such attention that there is no room for thoughts. Paying absolute attention to what you perceive, short circuits the logical mind and you begin to perceive outside the illusion. Try focusing on something exclusively, you will find your mind quieting. I like to use both the time honored method by meditating at least once a day and the Krishnamurti method when I am doing my chores, dishes etc.

I have not achieved success in getting out of the illusion but I have experienced relative peace. Often when I am doing the chores I will find myself, commenting on myself, in the third person. Instead of just observing what I am doing, I will say to myself, "he is picking up his container of water and loading it on the toboggan. Now he is picking up the rope and he is beginning to pull the toboggan to the barn." That is not exactly how it is, but close. I replace the stream of past/future thoughts with an ongoing scenario of my activity. It is more in the now and it is more peaceful, but not below the logical mind. I spend a lot of time, caught up in thinking about the 'now' but not being in the 'now'.  It's a tricky business.

The moments when I am aware, of being in the now, occur when I am not thinking about it at all. I am just being; I might be sitting, I might be driving, I might be walking toward the barn and I am aware of a flood of loving energy and great peace; I am suddenly aware that I am thinking of nothing. Then, of course, I think about the fact that I wasn't thinking and I ruin it. But it does give me a glimpse of how it can be, all the time.

The stream of consciousness that occupies our minds has no value. It often consist of worrisome things that already happened, and that you can't do anything about, or things that might happen, that you can't do anything about now. If you can be at peace now, you will be able to deal with those things when they are here, 'now'. Even if you cannot be fully in the 'now' now, you can interrupt the chain of thoughts every time
you become aware of them. You will be amazed at what you will learn and you will discover intervals of genuine peace.

Well, I have a sink full of dishes to meditate over.

Love and Peace,  Gregg

CLEANING UP THE MESS

Of all the things the dark perpetrated; genocide, murder, war, starvation, homelessness, persecution of minorities, economic deprivation, etc., the worst was the separation of one to another.

Using fear, they appealed to our egos, to make judgements of one another. They divided us; nation against nation, race against race, gender against gender, educated against uneducated, wealthy against poor, factory workers against office workers, etc. The separation is unending and grinds exceedingly small; individuals split from their insides to their outsides. Self condemnation is the ultimate goal of the ego.

Although, the dark no longer hold sway, the damage they did these last two thousand, or so, years is very deep. They have impregnated our minds with the idea that there is such a thing as righteous judgement. We need to be rid of that notion.

All the horror done to Humanity and the Earth can be corrected by giving up our separateness and yielding to the love that is extant. We do need to give up our denial; but seeing the wrong and raging at the injustice, only gives power to the dark. See the horror with eyes of innocence and know that everything is correctable when we love one another.

We all have truth at the core of our being. We intuitively know the solution to all our problems. Every time we truly connect with another, we multiply our energy several times. Two people applying loving energy to a problem have more affect than dozens of individuals.

Giving up judgement appears difficult and indeed it begins with a challenge. However, giving up just a little judgement brings peace and the more you can give up, the deeper the peace.

Our egos create a veneer around us. A pseudo protective coat. You might observe, so and so is prickly; or isn't he/she defensive or how come he/she is so solemn? You are looking at an ego projection. With a little practice you can see through to the real person. He/she is there; a glowing shining being hidden by a mask created by a lifetime of fears. It is possible to address the real being and ignore the mask.

Most people begin to give up judgement by making an intellectual decision to do so. This will immediately challenge your ego to find fault and, hoo boy, the gauntlet is dropped. Egos are masters at triggering other egos. I am speaking from personal knowledge, as I am one who will attempt to deal with things intellectually. If you want to stop judging people, start with the one closest to you, yourself. Pay attention to how you judge yourself. When you find yourself doing it, declare your love for yourself. Pause for a moment, quiet your mind feel the love flowing around you.

The more you love yourself, the less you will be tempted to judge others. As the dark diminishes, the love increases a hundred fold and facing and shining the light on our own individual darkness becomes easier and easier. Keep in mind always, that we are one. We are all equal. Some of us are horribly misguided and desperately in need of loving correction; but that doesn't effect their worthiness. We all deserve unconditional love.

As your light shines brighter, you will attract others to you who shine with equal brilliance. Together, we will see the solution to all the problems facing the world. Actually, the solution is simple; we need to love one another.

My dishes await me.

Love and Peace,  Gregg 


 

THE CRUMBLING

It has been above freezing during the day lately and it was above freezing last night, with rain. We still have six inches of snow and that is not likely to melt. It turns cold again tomorrow. It rained enough to put a layer of water over ice, on my path to the barn. My oldest daughter gave me some metal cleats to fasten to my shoes. I didn't need them last year and I didn't think of them before I went out today. About half way to the barn I did; I felt I was taking my life in my hands [or feet]. Wow, it was slippery. I don't think I ever got through a Winter without falling down at least once. I never get hurt, but there is that moment of uncertainty.

I wrote in my last blog that I would talk about the crumbling of the old world institutions. I will with this caution; it is not a bad thing. I don't know the intent of the dark, but, the failure of the economic and other social systems serves the light.

The lynchpin is the economy. We are in denial. Denial denial denial. Anybody looking at the data would not claim we are out of the recession. We are still deeply in depression. We gave the banks trillions of dollars to prop them up; bent over backwards for the corporations; insured that the rich could get richer; protected the gamblers on Wall Street and did nothing for the rest of the people. The unemployment figures only reflect those registered. It doesn't count those who have run out of benefits and have given up. It doesn't count those with pitiful part time work, who get by with food shelves. I can only guess at what the real unemployment rate is; it probably hovers around 25%. 

Whether it is ideology, on purpose or what; we have done the opposite, of what needs to be done, to stimulate the economy. Two hundred years of experience demonstrates what needs to be done. It is clear that the trickle down philosophy doesn't work. What works is getting money, in the hands of the people, in the lower strata of our socioeconomic system.

 When you give $1000 to a poor person, a working class person or a lower middle class person, they will spend every penny on their survival and thus enrich their communities and stimulate the economy. {I don't like to talk about people as if they are members of class. I do this for elucidation}

When you give money to members of the higher strata, they may spend a portion. But they don't need it. It is just as likely to go in to savings; doing nothing for the economy.

Except for a few economist, blinded by ideology, this has been known by the profession for a very long time. The best mechanisms to get the money into the hands of the people is to hire them to do the things we have been neglecting. Bridge and road repair for one. Light transportation for another. Our national parks are in need of upkeep. Look around, there is much work to be done. Those who cannot work, should be given direct assistance sufficient for a decent life. If we had taken these measures we would have long since been on good economic footing.

Instead we have enriched the banks and impoverished the people. Why? Is it really out of stupidity? Some people, think it was by design because the middle class was getting to powerful and beginning to think for themselves. Did they realize they would destroy themselves, too? I don't respect those in charge of the old world, but I know they are intelligent. Did they anticipate a collapse coming and decided to milk as much money from the people as possible? If so, what was the gain. Power? Could people really worship raw, naked power that much, that they would collapse society to get it?

I don't know what their intention was. But they failed. The federal reserve is buying billions of bad paper every month to keep a corrupt banking system a float. This is like exchanging IOUs in a poker game after everybody has run out of money. What happens when the game is over and the players want their money? They can't go to the people, like they usually do, because they have already bankrupted them. Their ideology or stupidity won't allow them to go to the rich; anyway there is not enough money on the face of the earth to save them now. Debt forgiveness {universal} is the only answer. Fat Chance.

Europe is worse off than we are. Many countries are open about having 20% or more unemployment. They haven't been as successful, as the U.S., in hiding from the people that we are in a depression. They don't have a Federal Reserve that can keep cranking out the money. They can loan from a Central Bank but it has to be payed back. The European countries had a choice to save the banks or save their people. Like here, they chose to save the banks. They implemented austerity programs to, suck out money designed for the people, to pay off bank loans. The banks need the money because they lost big time in the housing collapse. They gambled with instruments, many which originated in the U.S. So the ordinary people should pay for the incompetence of the banks? Who comes up with these ideas? Why?

Back to the question, was this a purposeful strategy to destroy our existing society? Was it a mishap? Was it stupidity? You decide.

In any case the old world is done. Stick a fork in it. Every institution that depends on the economy is toast.

As I have stated before, THIS IS A GOOD THING.

It may not seem like it to you, yet, but we are firmly in The New Age. We are waking up. Just like any waking person, we can't see clearly yet. We need to rub the sleep from our eyes and see. We are surrounded by love and able to create a new society of love. We are on the verge of discovering that the energy that holds the Universe together is love. Every day we will see a little more. We just got that pesky thing, the ego, to keep us apart. We each need to deal with that. We will help each other. Just know we are one; even if you can't quite see it yet.


Love and Peace,  Gregg

 

REMEMBERING

We are having the most gorgeous day here on Laughing Water Farm; sunny and 28.9 degrees F. It was more than the usual pleasure to do the chores.

We bought 1/2 a pig yesterday. Several pigs were butchered and we bought the lard folks didn't want. Jamie rendered ten quartz of lard yesterday and she estimates she will get another thirty. That's a lot of pie crusts. It last, nearly, forever if the jars are sealed properly.

According to my sources, this is a time when folks will have flashes of memories that do not seem to be part of their present life.

I was first introduced to the idea of reincarnation when I was at the peak of my agnostic truth seeking. I thought it was the biggest bunch of anti-intellectual claptrap I ever heard of. However, the person I was arguing with was able to plant a seed of curiosity.

At the time I was engaged in psychotherapy and I, also, practiced hypnotherapy. With the consent of several patients [free therapy], I decided to explore the possibility of reincarnation. I continued my exploration for 5 or 6 years.  My supposition was that, if the person's mind made up the stories, they would be ego involved, at least, to some degree.

It turned out that most of the lifetimes were mundane. There were very few lifetimes that were of a nature that you might suspect ego involvement. Most intriguing was that the past lives contained challenges that were related to their present life. More interesting was that folks were broadened by the experience and several people had relief of the symptoms they were consulting me about. None of this proves anything, but I could no longer say it was all hogwash.

I came to accept reincarnation as a probable reality; but at the same time I felt it didn't make any difference. Although the exploration was very valuable for my clients, I don't think it is across the board. To the extent that it helps people see what work they have to do, it is valuable. But it doesn't replace the work. I have known of people who were so involved with past lives that they neglected what they needed to face in this life.

Personally, I haven't been much interested in exploring my own past lives. I know the work I need to do in this life and I have too much respect for the machinations of my ego. Perhaps, I will be ready to know more, soon.

I have had several indications that this is a time when people begin to remember. I think remembering the being you were/are, before you chose to come into a body, would be most valuable.

Be alert to the idea that memories may pop into your mind that are strangely familiar yet cannot be associated with your current experience.

Friday, I will look at the economy and perhaps discuss the collapsing of our social structures.

I hope it is as beautiful where you are as it is here. I need to go to the feed store.

 Love and Peace,  Gregg

BEING

It is 33 degrees F here. It is the first time it has been above freezing in a few weeks. Nice for a change, except my little dog wants to go out every ten minutes and then back in, in another ten minutes. I guess she can't believe how nice it is; but not nice enough to stay out.

I am learning more about being, as I am sure you are. All we see outside of us is the illusion. As our consciousness raises the illusion improves; but it is still an illusion. The only reality is who we are and we need to become familiar with that.

From our being we project what we think of as our reality. Our being is behind the projector, acting on stage, as well as in the seats observing the show.

We will rapidly learn more of our oneness and the show will change. We are the same, yet different. Like many children of the same parent; we are equal in that we all carry our parent's genes. We will all grow into our parent; but for now we are all in different stages of development. Those further along have the privilege of assisting those who need lifting up.

It is time we relied on our being for guidance. At some level you know everything. The solutions to every problem. Every decision, and every act can arise spontaneously from your being. Think in terms of going slow. Take your time between tasks. Pause frequently to check your inside, to feel your 'being'. In the last few months I have learned to pay attention to my internal promptings. When my outside behavior follows my internal direction everything goes smoothly. I am less hurried but get more done.

At the core of your being is profound peace. If you sense anything else, you have allowed in some aspect of fear. Look at it, identify it, let it go. Peace is our normal state and love and joy spring from it. At that level peace and love are synonymous. The vastness of being is love and profoundly peaceful.

We have entered the New Age. We will soon take for granted that love is everything. As individuals, we now need to release our fears and not take any on. Fear was never protective, but in the old age, it seemed so at times. We tricked ourselves into thinking that what we feared wouldn't happen or that it was only reasonable to be afraid.

Now we must realize that all fear is unreasonable. Fear, of any kind, does not belong in our consciousness. It would be wise for most folks to avoid the mainstream media for awhile longer. The MSM is still involved in the last gasps of the cabal, partly through ownership and other controls. The cabal has no more power of its own, but thousands of years of control leaves some influence and as long as people still fear their influence, they will have it.

Fear has been the life blood of the dark. As long as they could create fear in us, they could control us. Know those days are over. Don't allow fear to enter your mind and don't entertain yourself with fear based amusements.

I probably won't talk about fear again. I prefer to stress its unreality. We are Love. We are tied together with Love. Love is our only reality. We live in a universe filled with love. Everyday you are going to experience the growth of love in your life.

Love and Peace,  Gregg

THE DREAM

The dream. I can't predict the future. It is fluid, created continually by all of us, the future is the now extended. The now is ours to have as we wish.

As our fear subsides and we give up the idea of separation created by the dark, we will see how to actively engage in the creation of our lives. Separation is a game the dark played to keep us at each others' throats. We are now at the point where we refuse to accept the lie that we are all different. The search for perfection will continue for thousands of years until we rejoin source. But many paradises exist short of perfection.

Everyone has the truth. It is in the core of their being. It is time to not look for others for the truth. You are a radiant, eternal being created by love. The truth is always a breath away. Turn your attention to your being; in there lies the truth.

Don't accept anything I say [or anybody else] unless it feels right with your intuitive understanding.

The dream is emerging. How does this crazy world transform itself into a society that is livable and reasonable? Imagine redoing everything with love. All our decisions will be the most loving we can conceive of. To begin with, many government leaders need to be replaced and it will happen peacefully. Leadership will come from all parts of the world.

In our country the constitution will be restored and the reestablishment of common law will occur.

A new banking system will be introduced with the only purpose of service. Making money with money, as a sole aim, will no longer be permitted. A new currency will be introduced backed by precious metals.

Corporations will be dissolved and replaced by socially responsible partnerships.

One of the first orders of business will be the redistribution of wealth across the globe. All peoples will be entitled to the same opulence of life. All contribute and all receive. We are all divine beings and deserve to be happy and free as a birth right.

Agriculture will revert to small holdings. Many will contribute to the whole by their tilling of the land. This will not be the unending toil of the old. New "free energy" technology will revolutionize our work world. Folks will have as much time as they desire to engage in their own pursuits.

Education has to be drastically changed. We need to realize that teaching is a two way process. Teachers always learn as much or more from their students, as the students learn from them. We need to look at nature for a guide. When you plant a seed in the ground, you don't need to stand over it and tell it. "Now it is time to sprout." "Now it is time to make roots" "Now it is time to set out leaves" All that intelligence is already in the seed. We just need to supply the right environment; earth, light, love and water. If seeds have this much intelligence, how much greater are our children?

The environment. I am deeply saddened by what we have done to our Mother Earth. My sadness is relieved by conviction that the destruction is beginning to end. Earth needs to restored to her pristine glory. This is a monumental task, but doable. Much of the healing, the Earth will do herself, once all pollution stops. Mass cleanups will commence as directed by our rising consciousness. Our perception of the Earth will change when we accept our oneness with her. Our bodies are obviously part of the Earth. We are less aware of our spiritual connection. The Earth is a living spiritual being, like us. She is conscious and exist, as we all do, as part of creation. We must treat her as our loving Mother. She will guide us in how she needs to be restored.

The forgoing is what I think lies immediately ahead. Timing? I don't understand it. I don't think these changes are far off. Keep in mind that we are creating the future now. All the love we pour into this moment creates the now, that becomes our future. So love every minute and everyone.

Love and Peace,  Gregg

PERSONAL TRANSITION

I am sorry that I wasn't able to blog yesterday, as I half way promised. I thought there would be a 50% chance that it would work out, but nope.

I want to make it clear that the New Age is firmly established. Oh I know, most of you don't feel that way. Perhaps, a few, a little bit; many not at all.

Let's look at the reasons why. Although, each one of us, at our core, is a magnificent creative being; sovereign and free. That has been well hidden by thousands of years of negative programming. As I have stated many times, our perception is our reality. Although the light is very intense, it will be a while before it can overcome the negative programming that has been guiding our perception.

The ways of the old world were a schizophrenic double bind, in many ways. One way, in particular that pertains here, is that on the surface, we are told, "think for yourself". Good advice, right? Yet from birth we are programmed to fit in at all cost. Even if we have the best of parents, our education systems is designed to crush thinking for yourself. Because we are such powerful beings, many break through the programming and begin to think for themselves. Does it work out? For some, depending on their career field and the luck of the draw. Most free thinkers are punished by their peer groups, social groups, political parties, religious groups etc. Thinking for yourself has not been appreciated.

This programming has been so successful and so complete, you could parade a bunch of camels and elephants through one's living room and they would see nothing out of the ordinary. WE SEE WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE.

Yet the light is melting the old programming and the dark can no longer refurbish it. It is melting fast. Every day thousands and thousands of people will begin to see where they were not before.

We not only have our general programming to overcome, we have to deal with our egos. They are not all that happy to give up their power. Say that you are one who can think for yourself and have been able to shed the universal programming quite well. Part of your mind becomes conscious of the light, it knows it is paradise. The mind asks the question, "Am I worthy enough?" The ego is always the first to answer, it says, "Hell no!" This throws the mind into depression. You know there is this wonderful light to reach for but you don't deserve it. You just can't reach for it.

The above scenario fits for all our ego programs. Whatever limitation we have been clutching to our breast, it is time to give them up. We have a lot of help now. There is no reinforcing negative energy holding us down. It is only our own determination, to stay the same, we need to overcome. We are doing it.

Friday, I will explore the dream.

Love and Peace,  Gregg