Our mid-Winter thaw is over, at least for now. It is cold and getting colder. It is not going to be a deep freeze like it was at the beginning of the month. It is forecast to get down to a few degrees below zero F in the coming week.
Our chicken debacle is over. They are all snug in their coop. All except one, a white Orpington, that was apparently caught by a great horned owl. The remains showed all the clues that the owl was the culprit. In our neighborhood, chickens are safe as long as they are locked up at night. There are day time predators, but in over forty years we encountered them only a few times.
I am sitting here with a blank mind. I don't want to write about the crumbling world. I pay little attention to it. I do know we are in a currency war. United States would like to maintain its dominate position with the dollar as the World Reserve Currency. Its value has been going up but there are signs that it is heading for the cliff.
I would like to focus on the new world that is emerging. It is difficult because we get no help from the media, all the strife and violence in the world is hyped and kept alive. The movement for peace gets little coverage. We have to look very close to notice that peace is actually growing and the violence in the world is attenuation. The groups that are fomenting violence and division are having their efforts fizzle. People of good will are determined to come together in peace.
When I focus on my friends and neighbors, I see folks that want love and peace in their lives. I don't see anybody, who wants anybody else to suffer the pain that is depicted in the crumbling world. I see some people who are confused and don't know where to put their energy and attention. The media's function, seems to be, to keep them confused. I don't see these folks choosing the strife and turmoil presented by the media. In conversation, they appear eager to accept the idea of a loving world. Nobody wants to continue the madness. Nobody, at least, but those who gain money and power from it. But, even those folks, will eventually give up their craziness.
We all want to feel loved. We all want to love. There is only, a handful of people, who have given up love for money and power. For some reason they feel too unworthy to be loved and they have accepted money and power as a substitute. In our long history they have gained dominance. There time is over. We have decided to end our confusion and retake control of our lives. We know that love is the only meaningful force. And, we will discover, that outside this illusion it is the only force there is.
At times we feel alone with our understanding, that love is everything. However, it is growing all around us. We will soon see it acknowledged everywhere.
Love is taking over.
Happy Friday!
Love and Peace, Gregg
Friday, January 30, 2015
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
FURTHER ADVENTURES ON LAUGHING WATER FARM
Winter has been taking a vacation. For several days, now, the temperature has reached the 30s and 40s F. It is a welcome relief. We have these January thaws often; certainly not every year, but they occur often enough that we look forward to them. A cooling down is in the forecast and it may be below zero F this weekend.
I saw five swans yesterday. It was a surprise. I take it as a message. It was comforting to see them in the middle of Winter. I have never seen swans in the Winter before. I don't know of a body of water, around here, that stays open in the Winter. I have read about swans, hanging on through the Winter, in areas where a power plant keeps a large pool of water open. In any case, we know Winter can't last forever when we see five swans flying over the land.
We had a chicken incident last night. As I mentioned earlier, we converted our goat shed to a chicken coop and moved the birds a couple months ago. I have moved chickens from one place to another before. It usually takes a few days to get them acclimated. We might have a few persistent ones that want to go in the old location and we gather them up after dark, when they can't see well enough to run away. Usually, it is only a couple chickens, and we have to do it, only once or twice.
I have been letting the chickens out in a pen. With snow covering the ground there was no place for them to go. During this January thaw, large patches of ground opened up. I let them free range on Monday. Yesterday Morning I noted a few stayed out over night, no big deal, I thought surely they would follow their friends in the evening. So I let the other chickens out to free range. Last evening at five, they were not congregating around their coop. I discovered about twenty chickens around their old coop. I tried to herd them over to their new coop. Huh! Have you ever herded chickens? Their old coop is in the pasture with the sheep. Of course, the sheep were curious and had to horn in on the herding business. I went and got Jamie to help me. Even with two of us, we couldn't get the chickens to move in the right direction. We waited until after dark and gathered about ten of them up. They were roosting in an ancient, fallen Box Elder and on the window sills of the old coop.
We gave up. There are about ten more out there. We will have to catch them tonight. If it is dark enough the chickens can't see well enough to run. The ideal situation is when you can see them and they can't see you. We have to be careful not to shine the flashlight on them. We hold the light, to the side, just so we can see them well enough to grab them. I am too old to run down a scampering chicken at night; especially when the ground is strewn with old tree branches from that Box Elder. We hope the moonlight will be bright enough for us to navigate, but not bright enough to let the chickens run.
If it wasn't for Brer Fox, Brer Coyote and the Great Horned Owls I would leave them out for a few nights. They would be easy to catch when it snows again and they do want to be in with the rest of the chickens. They are just obsessively focused on their old coop. I have never experienced chickens be so obsessive before. I hear rumblings about Mercury Retrograde.
Life on this planet can't help but be an adventure. We think we have mastered all we have to learn and then a new phase of learning makes its appearance. We know it is possible to be at peace and project peace, no matter what turmoil surrounds us. If we have the intent to evolve, the lessons will come to us, if we like it or not. It would be nice to learn all the current lessons and then be on a plateau of peace and quiet for a time [years].
Most of the folks reading this have made the intent to be unconditionally loving beings. Time is speeding up and vibrations are high. We are in a hurry to see what the world would look like without our egos. What would we see if we gave up all judgement? What would it be like to know oneness? What would it be like to give up all our defenses? What would it be like to know no fear? We we will find out. We will know Unconditional Love.
On the journey, we do have these pesky lessons.
Love and Peace, Gregg
I saw five swans yesterday. It was a surprise. I take it as a message. It was comforting to see them in the middle of Winter. I have never seen swans in the Winter before. I don't know of a body of water, around here, that stays open in the Winter. I have read about swans, hanging on through the Winter, in areas where a power plant keeps a large pool of water open. In any case, we know Winter can't last forever when we see five swans flying over the land.
We had a chicken incident last night. As I mentioned earlier, we converted our goat shed to a chicken coop and moved the birds a couple months ago. I have moved chickens from one place to another before. It usually takes a few days to get them acclimated. We might have a few persistent ones that want to go in the old location and we gather them up after dark, when they can't see well enough to run away. Usually, it is only a couple chickens, and we have to do it, only once or twice.
I have been letting the chickens out in a pen. With snow covering the ground there was no place for them to go. During this January thaw, large patches of ground opened up. I let them free range on Monday. Yesterday Morning I noted a few stayed out over night, no big deal, I thought surely they would follow their friends in the evening. So I let the other chickens out to free range. Last evening at five, they were not congregating around their coop. I discovered about twenty chickens around their old coop. I tried to herd them over to their new coop. Huh! Have you ever herded chickens? Their old coop is in the pasture with the sheep. Of course, the sheep were curious and had to horn in on the herding business. I went and got Jamie to help me. Even with two of us, we couldn't get the chickens to move in the right direction. We waited until after dark and gathered about ten of them up. They were roosting in an ancient, fallen Box Elder and on the window sills of the old coop.
We gave up. There are about ten more out there. We will have to catch them tonight. If it is dark enough the chickens can't see well enough to run. The ideal situation is when you can see them and they can't see you. We have to be careful not to shine the flashlight on them. We hold the light, to the side, just so we can see them well enough to grab them. I am too old to run down a scampering chicken at night; especially when the ground is strewn with old tree branches from that Box Elder. We hope the moonlight will be bright enough for us to navigate, but not bright enough to let the chickens run.
If it wasn't for Brer Fox, Brer Coyote and the Great Horned Owls I would leave them out for a few nights. They would be easy to catch when it snows again and they do want to be in with the rest of the chickens. They are just obsessively focused on their old coop. I have never experienced chickens be so obsessive before. I hear rumblings about Mercury Retrograde.
Life on this planet can't help but be an adventure. We think we have mastered all we have to learn and then a new phase of learning makes its appearance. We know it is possible to be at peace and project peace, no matter what turmoil surrounds us. If we have the intent to evolve, the lessons will come to us, if we like it or not. It would be nice to learn all the current lessons and then be on a plateau of peace and quiet for a time [years].
Most of the folks reading this have made the intent to be unconditionally loving beings. Time is speeding up and vibrations are high. We are in a hurry to see what the world would look like without our egos. What would we see if we gave up all judgement? What would it be like to know oneness? What would it be like to give up all our defenses? What would it be like to know no fear? We we will find out. We will know Unconditional Love.
On the journey, we do have these pesky lessons.
Love and Peace, Gregg
Monday, January 26, 2015
MONDAY MORNING
A lot of folks complain about Monday Mornings. I enjoyed them. It was nice to get back to the office and hear what people did over the weekend. No one was anxious to get down to business, so there was much coffee drinking and conversation. Sometimes we were reluctant to get fully engaged with whatever work we were suppose to be doing. That's okay. I feel a little like that this Morning. Not that this is work, but it demands some attention. For me, work is something I would just as soon not do. Writing this blog is something I want to do, but many times I have no idea what I am going to write about.
I am coming down from a very busy week. A big family birthday party which involved much preparation and the death of my brother midweek................wow............ it must be time to recharge.
My brother's death was expected. He was on the verge of leaving for a long time. Yet, when someone close to us leaves, it is still a surprise. Every once in a while it occurs to me, gosh my brother's gone. We have been sharing the planet for eighty years and he is no more? Yet, I am fine with it. It was his choice. He wanted to leave.
Everyone has to explore for themselves, what death means. The idea that we live forever is reassuring; but if you don't really believe it, death will still create trepidation. Jamie asked me, "Does the death of your brother remind you of your mortality?" It actually didn't. I am aware of my mortality everyday. How could you be eighty and not know that today could be your last day? I don't dwell on it. I am very healthy and I can easily imagine living another twenty years.
Perhaps it is because I am convinced we live forever, that I feel closer to my brother now, than when he was in a body. I talk to him and I see if I can feel his presence. I imagine he can understand much that was a puzzle to him, when he was in a body, and I invite him to help guide me through this illusion.
It isn't hard to find people who predict the world, as we know it, is about to change drastically. I have been meaning to point out some things for readers to look at which point to the collapse of our present system. I don't want to keep hammering at it. I am not a prophet. I am convinced major changes are on the horizon, but the timing eludes me. Folk have to do their own research and decide for themselves.
Yet there are directions we should go even if things stay the same. Everybody should be planning some kind of garden, if they have any piece of land available. If they have no land available, of their own, they should consider a community garden. Commercially raised food is becoming more and more unhealthy. Despite all the information out there, our food is still being poisoned by pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers. As long as the bottom line is the decision maker, commercial foods will continue on a dangerous track.
Likewise, even if our health system stays in entrenched in capitalistic greed for the time being, we as individuals do not need to slavishly accept it. If our doctor gives us a prescription, we can read up on the drug and become informed about its efficacy and dangers. Is it really a necessity? Will it really help? Is it just another money making fad like Statins? Is your blood pressure really that high that you need a dangerous drug- is their no other way?
Our world is way to insane to just wait patiently for things to change. How about politics, education, religion? Are some people still pretending we have a democracy when everything and [almost] everybody is for sale?
We have the power to have the world we want, and as John Lennon pointed out, it is evolution not revolution. We need to dream our world into being. Focus on the world we want and in the meantime, prepare where we can, and don't go along with the craziness.
Love and Peace, Gregg
I am coming down from a very busy week. A big family birthday party which involved much preparation and the death of my brother midweek................wow............ it must be time to recharge.
My brother's death was expected. He was on the verge of leaving for a long time. Yet, when someone close to us leaves, it is still a surprise. Every once in a while it occurs to me, gosh my brother's gone. We have been sharing the planet for eighty years and he is no more? Yet, I am fine with it. It was his choice. He wanted to leave.
Everyone has to explore for themselves, what death means. The idea that we live forever is reassuring; but if you don't really believe it, death will still create trepidation. Jamie asked me, "Does the death of your brother remind you of your mortality?" It actually didn't. I am aware of my mortality everyday. How could you be eighty and not know that today could be your last day? I don't dwell on it. I am very healthy and I can easily imagine living another twenty years.
Perhaps it is because I am convinced we live forever, that I feel closer to my brother now, than when he was in a body. I talk to him and I see if I can feel his presence. I imagine he can understand much that was a puzzle to him, when he was in a body, and I invite him to help guide me through this illusion.
It isn't hard to find people who predict the world, as we know it, is about to change drastically. I have been meaning to point out some things for readers to look at which point to the collapse of our present system. I don't want to keep hammering at it. I am not a prophet. I am convinced major changes are on the horizon, but the timing eludes me. Folk have to do their own research and decide for themselves.
Yet there are directions we should go even if things stay the same. Everybody should be planning some kind of garden, if they have any piece of land available. If they have no land available, of their own, they should consider a community garden. Commercially raised food is becoming more and more unhealthy. Despite all the information out there, our food is still being poisoned by pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers. As long as the bottom line is the decision maker, commercial foods will continue on a dangerous track.
Likewise, even if our health system stays in entrenched in capitalistic greed for the time being, we as individuals do not need to slavishly accept it. If our doctor gives us a prescription, we can read up on the drug and become informed about its efficacy and dangers. Is it really a necessity? Will it really help? Is it just another money making fad like Statins? Is your blood pressure really that high that you need a dangerous drug- is their no other way?
Our world is way to insane to just wait patiently for things to change. How about politics, education, religion? Are some people still pretending we have a democracy when everything and [almost] everybody is for sale?
We have the power to have the world we want, and as John Lennon pointed out, it is evolution not revolution. We need to dream our world into being. Focus on the world we want and in the meantime, prepare where we can, and don't go along with the craziness.
Love and Peace, Gregg
Friday, January 23, 2015
GLOBAL BELLY LAUGH DAY
Tomorrow is Global Belly Laugh Day. I don't know how it got its name, but it is an idea that I support. There is nothing like a good belly laugh to raise the vibration. Deep, soul felt laughter increases the light and helps lift us all.
Laughter washes away fear. Laughter brings us to the present moment. Laughter takes us out of our negativity. We could all use a good belly laugh.
Tomorrow is, also, my birthday. Eighty years on planet Earth; I can't believe it. Time flies when we are having fun. I don't know why I have looked forward to being eighty with such anticipation; but I have. Heh! I am finally grown up!
The thing that I see clearly, about being grown up, is that, we must release all fear thoughts from our mind. We create with fear or love and we are creators. I have been paying attention to how fear thoughts creep into the mind and take up residence. That is scarey. Fear thoughts can be very subtle. They can take the form of vague apprehensions and we don't realize we are entertaining them. These thoughts throw us into the future and rob us of the present moment.
I have discovered that we hang unto fear thoughts because we actually think they give us protection. We have a superstition, that what we are afraid of, won't happen. As we steer through our lives, we feel naked without our usual petty or big fears. I have recently become aware of this, as I have increased my intent to eliminate fear from my mind.
We cannot fight fear. Fighting always brings us what we don't want. We can give up our attachments to the thoughts, however, acknowledge them and let them float away. We might say, "Oh, that is a fear thought", then let it float away without further attention. If we do make the error of attaching feelings to them, we can say, "These are not my feelings" experience them and let them pass without further attention.
We have a lot of help, right now, in raising our consciousness, out of the fear created, illusion. With practice we can find a meditative state of mind almost instantaneously. It is useful to pause throughout the day and let peace take over our minds. Expect help. Expect the arms of a loving universe to raise you above the hubbub. It happens.
Remember to smile. Shower the world with your laughter today, tomorrow and everyday.
Happy Friday!
Love and Peace, Gregg
Laughter washes away fear. Laughter brings us to the present moment. Laughter takes us out of our negativity. We could all use a good belly laugh.
Tomorrow is, also, my birthday. Eighty years on planet Earth; I can't believe it. Time flies when we are having fun. I don't know why I have looked forward to being eighty with such anticipation; but I have. Heh! I am finally grown up!
The thing that I see clearly, about being grown up, is that, we must release all fear thoughts from our mind. We create with fear or love and we are creators. I have been paying attention to how fear thoughts creep into the mind and take up residence. That is scarey. Fear thoughts can be very subtle. They can take the form of vague apprehensions and we don't realize we are entertaining them. These thoughts throw us into the future and rob us of the present moment.
I have discovered that we hang unto fear thoughts because we actually think they give us protection. We have a superstition, that what we are afraid of, won't happen. As we steer through our lives, we feel naked without our usual petty or big fears. I have recently become aware of this, as I have increased my intent to eliminate fear from my mind.
We cannot fight fear. Fighting always brings us what we don't want. We can give up our attachments to the thoughts, however, acknowledge them and let them float away. We might say, "Oh, that is a fear thought", then let it float away without further attention. If we do make the error of attaching feelings to them, we can say, "These are not my feelings" experience them and let them pass without further attention.
We have a lot of help, right now, in raising our consciousness, out of the fear created, illusion. With practice we can find a meditative state of mind almost instantaneously. It is useful to pause throughout the day and let peace take over our minds. Expect help. Expect the arms of a loving universe to raise you above the hubbub. It happens.
Remember to smile. Shower the world with your laughter today, tomorrow and everyday.
Happy Friday!
Love and Peace, Gregg
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
TRANSITIONS
Up until an hour ago I had a different topic in mind. However, we received a call from my oldest daughter, that my older brother died. It was an expected death. He had a major heart attack some twenty years ago that started a slow but steady downhill slide. He was ready for the transition and now can realize the Great Being of Light that he has always been.
My brother was eighteen months older than me. We were antagonistic when we were growing up, but we had times of closeness. I feel close to him now and I am happy that he is free. His last few years have been imbued with suffering.
His death comes at a time when I have been looking forward to a transition of my own. I will complete eighty years on planet Earth this Saturday. I never had a birthday that I looked forward to, like I have this one. I never minded growing older. The only birthday, I remember being kind of a shock, was when I turned fifty. One can pretend there still a kid through the forties; but fifty.
I don't know, what about eighty, is so charming. I just like the idea. I am always a little surprised when I think about it. When I am sitting in a chair, like I am doing now typing this, I could be thirty-five. I will only discover my age when I get up and walk.
I know that there is no death, we are not bodies after all. Some folks feel that the end of the body is the end of self. I haven't felt that way for a long time. I am not sure I ever felt, my self, was my body. I must have thought I was limited to a body at one time. When I realized the fraud that religion had become, I flushed God with religion. I think most of us do. We go through our atheistic and agnostic periods, but at some point our inquiring minds ask. "What is there." I would never argue, that life continues after death, with one who does not believe it. It doesn't matter what we believe, what is, is, and we all will find out.
The search for who we are seems to be built into us. We want to know, who we are. If there is a god, we want to know the nature of god. Somewhere along our search, god becomes spelled with a capitol G. It is not a matter of belief. It is a discovery. An adventure. A search. Belief is limiting, it blocks out new information. Searching in our minds and hearts has no limits. No one should interfere with another's path. All paths will lead to truth. We are One and we are all on a journey to that realization.
It is time for me to do my chores, which is doing the dishes and taking care of the chickens. I will walk and talk with my Brother on the way.
Love and Peace, Gregg
My brother was eighteen months older than me. We were antagonistic when we were growing up, but we had times of closeness. I feel close to him now and I am happy that he is free. His last few years have been imbued with suffering.
His death comes at a time when I have been looking forward to a transition of my own. I will complete eighty years on planet Earth this Saturday. I never had a birthday that I looked forward to, like I have this one. I never minded growing older. The only birthday, I remember being kind of a shock, was when I turned fifty. One can pretend there still a kid through the forties; but fifty.
I don't know, what about eighty, is so charming. I just like the idea. I am always a little surprised when I think about it. When I am sitting in a chair, like I am doing now typing this, I could be thirty-five. I will only discover my age when I get up and walk.
I know that there is no death, we are not bodies after all. Some folks feel that the end of the body is the end of self. I haven't felt that way for a long time. I am not sure I ever felt, my self, was my body. I must have thought I was limited to a body at one time. When I realized the fraud that religion had become, I flushed God with religion. I think most of us do. We go through our atheistic and agnostic periods, but at some point our inquiring minds ask. "What is there." I would never argue, that life continues after death, with one who does not believe it. It doesn't matter what we believe, what is, is, and we all will find out.
The search for who we are seems to be built into us. We want to know, who we are. If there is a god, we want to know the nature of god. Somewhere along our search, god becomes spelled with a capitol G. It is not a matter of belief. It is a discovery. An adventure. A search. Belief is limiting, it blocks out new information. Searching in our minds and hearts has no limits. No one should interfere with another's path. All paths will lead to truth. We are One and we are all on a journey to that realization.
It is time for me to do my chores, which is doing the dishes and taking care of the chickens. I will walk and talk with my Brother on the way.
Love and Peace, Gregg
Monday, January 19, 2015
EMERGING
Winter is easing up. It is snowing and it is just over the freezing mark. Hopefully it will ease up before becoming a nuisance. I have a driveway as long as a city block, so I don't look forward to snow at plowable depths.
Yesterday, I discovered an opossum is living under the chicken coop. We are just getting familiar with opossums in Minnesota. I ran across my first one about fifteen years ago; but, I have only seen dead ones on the road since. I guess they have been gradually expanding their range North for some time. I don't now how long they have been in this part of the state. I am sure it hasn't been longer than twenty-five years.
The information sources were all over the place, in their conclusions, concerning the danger to chickens. It seems that they occasionally kill chickens but it is not a likely occurrence. They are more known for eating eggs. I won't bother Mr. Opossum unless he makes a nuisance of him/herself. I don't think I need be concerned.
I get feedback from people, that would indicate, that many folks are going through significant personal struggle in their relationships with themselves and others. However, the struggles are hopeful in that they are about discovering their being. We are trying to find out who we are. For so long we have defined ourselves with factors outside ourselves. Opinions from society, religion, politics, neighbors, families, teachers, et.al.; we have become confused about who we are.
In our journey to understand who we are, we must release all our past ideas. We are like butterflies struggling to emerge from the chrysalis. The chrysalis is made of all those myriad opinions of us hardened into a shell. The shell needs to be burst open, we need to spread our wings and prepare our flight through reality.
Intertwined in this shell, we created with outside opinions of us, is our own bits and scraps of belief systems we wove in to strengthen the prison bars. We locked ourselves up in our own little cages barely able to communicate with our fellow caged beings. We are amazingly creative and communicative beings, who have attempted to limit our ability to communicate with our bodily senses, and we have done all we can to deaden and mute those senses.
I don't mean to overstate the dilemma and I don't know that I have. We will know when we break free and can look back. The good new is that we did it to ourselves and we can undo it in a second. When we are locked into this illusion, it is so convincing, we feel that it is the only reality there is. We can't see anything else. We only believe our fives senses.
Yet we have had peep holes, here and there, to a different reality. We can harken to the great teachers who have come and gone. We have many people among us, now, that can see through the prison bars. We are indeed breaking out of our shells. We have discovered love. We are beginning to suspect that everything we ever believed is not true. We are finding our way out of the matrix.
We sometimes paint gloomy pictures of our predicament. It is not really gloomy. We cannot fail. Once we realize that awareness is the key, and love expands awareness, nothing can stop us. Full emergence is guaranteed.
We have many people helping us untangle the false beliefs, that we have been hanging on to. There is a way out of the matrix. We have teachers along the way but we must not blindly follow leaders. That is one of the ways we got into trouble in the first place. We carry with us the test for truth. We need to listen to our hearts. We will find our way.
Every time someone breaks out of their chrysalis a great light shines on the Earth and Love showers on all of us.
Love and Peace, Gregg
Friday, January 16, 2015
PERFECTION?
I am getting a late start because I decided to get my dishes done first. I am fascinated watching the old world come apart; especially, the financial system. I don't think there will be the kind of crash that folks need to worry about. There are well meaning people, in the banking community, attuned to the light, that are ready to step in when the cabal loses its grip. The media has been trying to foment hysteria over the tragedy in France. It will backfire. It will bring people together rather than create divisiveness. Folks are becoming aware that these so-called terrorist attacks are orchestrated by factions of the cabal who are clinging to power. The people have had enough of it. We demand peace.
As things unfold I will be able to talk more about world conditions. For today I would like to expand on Wednesday's theme.
One of the most important things we need to let go of is our idea of who we should be. It is the rare individual who is entirely satisfied with who they are. That is a shame. Sure we have choices but generally not the ones we think we have. I was working as a therapist in a child guidance clinic many years ago, I was in my thirties, healthy I exercised and played sports. I said to a colleague, only half kidding, "I am going to try out for the Vikings [a professional football team]" He replied, "No matter how you tune up a Volkswagen it will never be a Cadillac." He wasn't insulting me. He was just making a clear observation. I didn't mean it in the first place and I enjoyed the interchange; I remembered, though.
We all carry, with us, some kind of ideal that we compare ourselves with. This is a piece of craziness we need to let go of. What ever our idea of being perfect is, it is an error. We don't know what perfect is. As long as we are in bodies, we won't know what perfect is. We are to love ourselves and love ourselves absolutely, warts and all.
We are constantly condemning ourselves for our errors. We cannot grow that way. We won't improve by judging ourselves. When we see, we made an error, we should acknowledge it to ourselves, make any necessary apologies and let it go. We don't need to bring it up to ourselves again. Self-flagellation will never promote growth and is of no use to the world.
We are loved unconditionally by Source and, under our ego-facade, we are love. We intermesh perfectly with each other and even our errors are teachable moments. Making errors is not the most propitious way to teach others or ourselves; but, attacking ourselves for making them is idiotic. Most errors come from not loving ourselves; they generally erupt from an area where we are self-critical. The correction, therefore, cannot come from being more critical.
We are all on a path towards learning what great loving beings we are. Our separateness is an illusion, our judgements a mistake. We will make mistakes on our way back to Source. As long as we are in bodies we will do so. It is no big deal. Let all negative evaluation of self go and don't bring it back again. The world needs our love, now. We can't give what we don't have. Let us remember to love ourselves so we have more to give.
Love and Peace, Gregg
As things unfold I will be able to talk more about world conditions. For today I would like to expand on Wednesday's theme.
One of the most important things we need to let go of is our idea of who we should be. It is the rare individual who is entirely satisfied with who they are. That is a shame. Sure we have choices but generally not the ones we think we have. I was working as a therapist in a child guidance clinic many years ago, I was in my thirties, healthy I exercised and played sports. I said to a colleague, only half kidding, "I am going to try out for the Vikings [a professional football team]" He replied, "No matter how you tune up a Volkswagen it will never be a Cadillac." He wasn't insulting me. He was just making a clear observation. I didn't mean it in the first place and I enjoyed the interchange; I remembered, though.
We all carry, with us, some kind of ideal that we compare ourselves with. This is a piece of craziness we need to let go of. What ever our idea of being perfect is, it is an error. We don't know what perfect is. As long as we are in bodies, we won't know what perfect is. We are to love ourselves and love ourselves absolutely, warts and all.
We are constantly condemning ourselves for our errors. We cannot grow that way. We won't improve by judging ourselves. When we see, we made an error, we should acknowledge it to ourselves, make any necessary apologies and let it go. We don't need to bring it up to ourselves again. Self-flagellation will never promote growth and is of no use to the world.
We are loved unconditionally by Source and, under our ego-facade, we are love. We intermesh perfectly with each other and even our errors are teachable moments. Making errors is not the most propitious way to teach others or ourselves; but, attacking ourselves for making them is idiotic. Most errors come from not loving ourselves; they generally erupt from an area where we are self-critical. The correction, therefore, cannot come from being more critical.
We are all on a path towards learning what great loving beings we are. Our separateness is an illusion, our judgements a mistake. We will make mistakes on our way back to Source. As long as we are in bodies we will do so. It is no big deal. Let all negative evaluation of self go and don't bring it back again. The world needs our love, now. We can't give what we don't have. Let us remember to love ourselves so we have more to give.
Love and Peace, Gregg
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
LET IT GO-BE HAPPY
The cold spell has finally broke. It didn't get below zero last night and it is 19.4 F right now the warmest it has been in at least a week. It supposed to get up to thirty tomorrow. That will feel great.
I have realized that I have been taking life too seriously lately. We know seeing through the illusion and bringing about a new reality on Earth is a serious business. Yet, paradoxically, we can't do it if we are not lighthearted. One of our great teachers advised us to be like little children. What does that mean? I see it as letting go of all the concerns that we associate with future happenings. If we look at those concerns they are all about fear. Fear is what keeps as from having the child like qualities of love, joy, playfulness, acceptance, being in the moment etc.
Life is not for fussing and worrying. What would happen if we had no concern for what life brought us and we were confident that, whatever it was, we would be able to handle it? Life has a life of its own, as it is a group creation as well as a individual creation. It comes to us everyday, whether we like it or not. Do we want to add worry, frustration, regret, apprehension or any of the other feelings and attitudes spawned by fear?
We have been trained to believe that taking things seriously is responsible. Yes, we are responsible- we are co-creators. However, our training has included, fear of the future, as if that is being responsible. Preparing for a probable future and fear of the future are to very different things. They have been mixed up in our training. Fear makes, some people, a great deal of money.
Can we let go of everything in life that keeps us from celebrating? Can we be in the moment and be joyous? Can we let go of all those little irritations, grudges, regrets, resentments, judgements etc. and be thankful we are alive?
I have found thankfulness to be very effective anytime I am in a pissy mood, for any reason. Try it. It is amazingly effective. Whenever we are gloomy or upset about something we can look to find something to be thankful for. If we really want to get out of the mood we are in, it works. Even when we are reluctant to let go of the upset, repeating what we are thankful for in our minds, will begin to pull us out of the mood.
A thankful mind wards off negativity and invites a positive outlook.
Fear does not exist in the world we are anticipating and fear will keep us from ever realizing it. Fear cannot co-exist with love. Fear is challenged by smiles and simply dissolved by laughter.
Let us fill life with love and laughter. Everyday can be a celebration. A celebration of loving exploration. We are just beginning to know how great life can be.
Love and Peace, Gregg
I have realized that I have been taking life too seriously lately. We know seeing through the illusion and bringing about a new reality on Earth is a serious business. Yet, paradoxically, we can't do it if we are not lighthearted. One of our great teachers advised us to be like little children. What does that mean? I see it as letting go of all the concerns that we associate with future happenings. If we look at those concerns they are all about fear. Fear is what keeps as from having the child like qualities of love, joy, playfulness, acceptance, being in the moment etc.
Life is not for fussing and worrying. What would happen if we had no concern for what life brought us and we were confident that, whatever it was, we would be able to handle it? Life has a life of its own, as it is a group creation as well as a individual creation. It comes to us everyday, whether we like it or not. Do we want to add worry, frustration, regret, apprehension or any of the other feelings and attitudes spawned by fear?
We have been trained to believe that taking things seriously is responsible. Yes, we are responsible- we are co-creators. However, our training has included, fear of the future, as if that is being responsible. Preparing for a probable future and fear of the future are to very different things. They have been mixed up in our training. Fear makes, some people, a great deal of money.
Can we let go of everything in life that keeps us from celebrating? Can we be in the moment and be joyous? Can we let go of all those little irritations, grudges, regrets, resentments, judgements etc. and be thankful we are alive?
I have found thankfulness to be very effective anytime I am in a pissy mood, for any reason. Try it. It is amazingly effective. Whenever we are gloomy or upset about something we can look to find something to be thankful for. If we really want to get out of the mood we are in, it works. Even when we are reluctant to let go of the upset, repeating what we are thankful for in our minds, will begin to pull us out of the mood.
A thankful mind wards off negativity and invites a positive outlook.
Fear does not exist in the world we are anticipating and fear will keep us from ever realizing it. Fear cannot co-exist with love. Fear is challenged by smiles and simply dissolved by laughter.
Let us fill life with love and laughter. Everyday can be a celebration. A celebration of loving exploration. We are just beginning to know how great life can be.
Love and Peace, Gregg
Monday, January 12, 2015
OLD PROGRAMS
It is a beautiful day on Laughing Water Farm; brilliant Sunshine! It is cold. It is still below zero at 10:20AM. We have had a spate of below zero nights. Tonight is forecast for -11F and that should be the last for awhile. It suppose to reach thirty by Thursday.
Old programs, both in the larger social context and in individuals die hard. Even though the light is shining more intensely on the Earth, many of us have recurring negative programs to deal with. In a sense it is because of the increasing light that old personal programs are coming to the surface. These old programs are behavior patterns that have developed around old hurts, abuse, abandonment, humiliation etc. We may have thought we dealt with them but they were buried deep along with the concomitant anger, shame and guilt.
We know it is time to come clean and rid ourselves of these old programs. The fortunate among us benefit from the insight the first or second time they emerge. Their awareness increases to the point where they are no longer burdened by them. For many of us, however, these old programs don't die easily they need to fade away.
I think it is the Course in Miracles that states that we are never upset for the reasons we think. When we find ourselves getting into squabbles with those close to us, again and again, for what an outsider would deem petty; that is a clue that an old program has been triggered. These reactions can go on for a lifetime if no intervention happens to encourage awareness.
The list of things that can trigger one of these old programs is endless. They can be simple things like leaving dirty socks on the floor or putting something away in the wrong place or a minor miscommunication. What they have in common, is that the emotional response, whether it be anger or withdrawal is out of proportion to the incident. Until we become aware, we will focus on discrepancies, in the others behavior, to justify our behavior. We can be very righteous and sure of our ground until we realize that is not what is upsetting us at all. We are feeling abandoned or abused, mistreated in some way, and we are reenacting an old program.
Awareness and a firm intent are the key to helping these old programs fade away. Sometimes we can recall the initial pain that caused the old program. Then it is remembering, reliving and bursting the bubble. We see, we forgive and it is over. But that is not the usual case. For most of us these old programs were laid down by a succession of events, sometimes beyond recall. The key is remembering that we are not upset for the reason we think. If we can be aware every time one of these programs are triggered, we can learn to back ourselves out of the situation.
The person we are having the upset with, will often have a program that will be triggered by our reaction, both people are stuck acting out their old programs. We must be aware of our own program and also not fall into reacting to the others' program. Many of us stay stuck a long time because we see the other persons program but not our own. We must learn to disregard the other persons reaction, especially because we triggered it anyway.
We have a built in quest for truth. One truth is our true nature of Oneness. With the increase of love and light on the Earth we are seeking oneness. These old programs that have kept us apart, both at the societal level and the personal level, are being challenged and are eroding away.
Know that if we have the intent to dissolve these old programs we will. Awareness, as always, is a key. With awareness comes love. We will succeed.
Happy Monday.
Love and Peace, Gregg
Old programs, both in the larger social context and in individuals die hard. Even though the light is shining more intensely on the Earth, many of us have recurring negative programs to deal with. In a sense it is because of the increasing light that old personal programs are coming to the surface. These old programs are behavior patterns that have developed around old hurts, abuse, abandonment, humiliation etc. We may have thought we dealt with them but they were buried deep along with the concomitant anger, shame and guilt.
We know it is time to come clean and rid ourselves of these old programs. The fortunate among us benefit from the insight the first or second time they emerge. Their awareness increases to the point where they are no longer burdened by them. For many of us, however, these old programs don't die easily they need to fade away.
I think it is the Course in Miracles that states that we are never upset for the reasons we think. When we find ourselves getting into squabbles with those close to us, again and again, for what an outsider would deem petty; that is a clue that an old program has been triggered. These reactions can go on for a lifetime if no intervention happens to encourage awareness.
The list of things that can trigger one of these old programs is endless. They can be simple things like leaving dirty socks on the floor or putting something away in the wrong place or a minor miscommunication. What they have in common, is that the emotional response, whether it be anger or withdrawal is out of proportion to the incident. Until we become aware, we will focus on discrepancies, in the others behavior, to justify our behavior. We can be very righteous and sure of our ground until we realize that is not what is upsetting us at all. We are feeling abandoned or abused, mistreated in some way, and we are reenacting an old program.
Awareness and a firm intent are the key to helping these old programs fade away. Sometimes we can recall the initial pain that caused the old program. Then it is remembering, reliving and bursting the bubble. We see, we forgive and it is over. But that is not the usual case. For most of us these old programs were laid down by a succession of events, sometimes beyond recall. The key is remembering that we are not upset for the reason we think. If we can be aware every time one of these programs are triggered, we can learn to back ourselves out of the situation.
The person we are having the upset with, will often have a program that will be triggered by our reaction, both people are stuck acting out their old programs. We must be aware of our own program and also not fall into reacting to the others' program. Many of us stay stuck a long time because we see the other persons program but not our own. We must learn to disregard the other persons reaction, especially because we triggered it anyway.
We have a built in quest for truth. One truth is our true nature of Oneness. With the increase of love and light on the Earth we are seeking oneness. These old programs that have kept us apart, both at the societal level and the personal level, are being challenged and are eroding away.
Know that if we have the intent to dissolve these old programs we will. Awareness, as always, is a key. With awareness comes love. We will succeed.
Happy Monday.
Love and Peace, Gregg
Friday, January 9, 2015
THE ILLUSION
It has been a most beautiful Morning. The Sun is shining brightly. It is cold. It is still only -1.7F and it is already 10:20AM. The Sun is so wonderful, it goes a long ways towards making the cold livable.
This blog is a refresher. I would like to revisit the concept of the illusion. Remember when reading this, that I am a seeker like you. I don't know any more. We all have within us truth. If what I have to say feels right to you, fine. If it doesn't, maybe you are not ready to contemplate it or perhaps I am wrong.
We are on this Earth in bodies with five recognized senses and perhaps some yet to be discovered. With our senses we interpret energy and give it form. We interpret vibrations as color, smell, size, roughness, smoothness, taste etc. We do not know how each individual sees a color or tastes but we have reached a consensus on these experiences so we can communicate.
This process is perception. We have individual perception and consensual perception. They can be quite different. The consensual perception can conclude that ice cream is quite good, yet there are individuals who don't care for it.
Our perception is driven by belief. We often experience what we are convinced we will experience. We, who have had children are aware of how difficult it is to get some kids to eat something when they are convinced it will taste bad.
Everything is energy. Our bodies-all matter. We form the energy into the familiar things we experience with our perception. What really exist is a matter of speculations for those with a philosophical bent. What kind of form exist outside perception? Do we actually change it with our perception? Is the energy already formed and we just interpret it with our senses? There were ancient Greek philosophers who thought that no form existed outside of our perception; that all was energy. That puzzle is not germane to this discussion and perhaps some day we will be able to 'see'.
What is germane is that we create our reality with our thoughts and feelings and they are driven by our belief system.
If we were left alone, to find our own way on this planet, we would quickly have discovered the most pleasant way to perceive reality. What seemed good would be good. What made us happy would be reinforced. What gave us peace would be reinforced. What gave us joy would be reinforced. We would have discovered that love was where it was at.
So we can say, that as long as we are in bodies, it is all an illusion. Illusion is not good or bad. It is what we experience. We can't help being in an illusion. But this is where it gets a little hard to explain, there is an illusion covering the illusion. If we were left alone on this planet we would have evolved to a place where we would have created an illusion based on the most loving perception. That would be Natural. That illusion is our basic reality.
Eons ago, we were manipulated to form an illusion which would aid and abet those who wanted power over the people of this planet. They did this by interjecting fear and confusion in our minds. They obscured what we would naturally 'see' and introduced fear at the individual, tribal, national and racial level. These people are referred to as the cabal. They are a hereditary group of immense power and wealth. They are master manipulators and their power is waning but they still have great influence.
It is our job to see through the illusion, they have created, to see what is natural i.e. what is created with love; which is our reality.
The cabal has had immense power they were able to get us to create an illusion to their liking. They have no ability to create on their own. We have created everything that we experience. To reiterate, they cannot do anything on their own; they can only influence us to do it for them. They have used fear in many, many different forms to get us to maintain the illusion they want.
Without our cooperation they are finished. We can refuse to cooperate, by realizing everything we think we believe, is probably not true or tainted in some way. The test for this is to ask ourselves, "Is this love". The safest way to proceed is to know that the only truth is love. Love dissolves the illusion. Refuse to be separated from your fellows. All are equal. All are great beings of light.
Let us not except anything as true unless it is love. Does accepting it as true enrich us with love, peace and joy? If not put it aside for now. There is no need to belief anything. Love is. In the absence of belief love will find its way. Love surrounds us. Love is everything.
Reject all tinges of fear. Fear is in the past and future. Now, this moment, is love. When we are now, we are thinning the illusion. Paradise is reaching out to us.
Love and Peace, Gregg
This blog is a refresher. I would like to revisit the concept of the illusion. Remember when reading this, that I am a seeker like you. I don't know any more. We all have within us truth. If what I have to say feels right to you, fine. If it doesn't, maybe you are not ready to contemplate it or perhaps I am wrong.
We are on this Earth in bodies with five recognized senses and perhaps some yet to be discovered. With our senses we interpret energy and give it form. We interpret vibrations as color, smell, size, roughness, smoothness, taste etc. We do not know how each individual sees a color or tastes but we have reached a consensus on these experiences so we can communicate.
This process is perception. We have individual perception and consensual perception. They can be quite different. The consensual perception can conclude that ice cream is quite good, yet there are individuals who don't care for it.
Our perception is driven by belief. We often experience what we are convinced we will experience. We, who have had children are aware of how difficult it is to get some kids to eat something when they are convinced it will taste bad.
Everything is energy. Our bodies-all matter. We form the energy into the familiar things we experience with our perception. What really exist is a matter of speculations for those with a philosophical bent. What kind of form exist outside perception? Do we actually change it with our perception? Is the energy already formed and we just interpret it with our senses? There were ancient Greek philosophers who thought that no form existed outside of our perception; that all was energy. That puzzle is not germane to this discussion and perhaps some day we will be able to 'see'.
What is germane is that we create our reality with our thoughts and feelings and they are driven by our belief system.
If we were left alone, to find our own way on this planet, we would quickly have discovered the most pleasant way to perceive reality. What seemed good would be good. What made us happy would be reinforced. What gave us peace would be reinforced. What gave us joy would be reinforced. We would have discovered that love was where it was at.
So we can say, that as long as we are in bodies, it is all an illusion. Illusion is not good or bad. It is what we experience. We can't help being in an illusion. But this is where it gets a little hard to explain, there is an illusion covering the illusion. If we were left alone on this planet we would have evolved to a place where we would have created an illusion based on the most loving perception. That would be Natural. That illusion is our basic reality.
Eons ago, we were manipulated to form an illusion which would aid and abet those who wanted power over the people of this planet. They did this by interjecting fear and confusion in our minds. They obscured what we would naturally 'see' and introduced fear at the individual, tribal, national and racial level. These people are referred to as the cabal. They are a hereditary group of immense power and wealth. They are master manipulators and their power is waning but they still have great influence.
It is our job to see through the illusion, they have created, to see what is natural i.e. what is created with love; which is our reality.
The cabal has had immense power they were able to get us to create an illusion to their liking. They have no ability to create on their own. We have created everything that we experience. To reiterate, they cannot do anything on their own; they can only influence us to do it for them. They have used fear in many, many different forms to get us to maintain the illusion they want.
Without our cooperation they are finished. We can refuse to cooperate, by realizing everything we think we believe, is probably not true or tainted in some way. The test for this is to ask ourselves, "Is this love". The safest way to proceed is to know that the only truth is love. Love dissolves the illusion. Refuse to be separated from your fellows. All are equal. All are great beings of light.
Let us not except anything as true unless it is love. Does accepting it as true enrich us with love, peace and joy? If not put it aside for now. There is no need to belief anything. Love is. In the absence of belief love will find its way. Love surrounds us. Love is everything.
Reject all tinges of fear. Fear is in the past and future. Now, this moment, is love. When we are now, we are thinning the illusion. Paradise is reaching out to us.
Love and Peace, Gregg
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
THE CARROT ON THE END OF THE STICK
I am late starting my blog. I had a busy Morning. I had an appointment with a podiatrist. A few weeks ago, I had a big toe swell up and look like an angry beet. I had to have a callous removed and a course of antibiotics. This was a follow-up appointment. Everything is fine now.
I feel very optimistic about the world despite the horrible news. Was the attack on the French satirical paper a false flag or was it really perpetrated by a Muslim group? One hates to be that cynical, but the cabal has much greater interest in keeping us afraid and divided than any perceived motives of a Muslim group. We will know soon as activities of this kind cannot be hidden for long.
The old world is coming down piece by piece and a new world is shining through the illusory haze. The old world made by fear is about over. We have the last desperate gasps of those who are reluctantly relinquishing power.
I know, we are tired of waiting. We have been through a great deal and the promise of the new world, created by love, seems like the carrot on the end of the stick. This is not the time for despair. We are very close to seeing some major changes. I know I am not a prophet. I predicted the economy wouldn't last through December without a major crash. Here it is January 7th and it is still limping along. It hasn't gone over the cliff put it it is leaning over heavily. The government, the banks, or whoever is in control has been supporting the stock market and neglecting all else that could help. The stock market goes up while the economy of the people stagnates or slips backwards. The economy is suppose to drive the stock market- the stock market cannot pull the economy out of its doldrums. Firing up the stock market to move the economy is like harnessing a mule to a huge building and expecting to pull it off its foundation. No matter how much one whips the mule the building won't budge.
All the money used to fire up the stock market is borrowed money. Eventually the piper needs to be payed. It appears to be one huge gambling casino. It is not sustainable.
Instead of looking at the carrot on the end of the stick, we need to look for the love in our own lives. The future and everything it brings will be here soon enough. Let us enrich and enhance our relationships, now. Let us look around us. Is there somebody that needs encouragement? Is there somebody who needs to know they are loved? Is there somebody, who might be irritating, but needs to have someone see through their disguise and reach out to them? Let us take the risk of reaching out to all the folks around us, the crabby ones, dull ones, the bright ones, the proud ones, the frightened ones, all of them. Everybody needs to be loved and they need it now.
The love is there. Let it pour through. The more we love, the more the love comes back to us. We need to be sure we start with ourselves. We can't give what we don't have. The good news is that we have it. We are filled up to the brim with love. We just need to let ourselves know it. We do have to know it. All that we have to do is sit quietly for a moment and ask the universe to wrap its arms around us. We will feel the love.
Love and Peace, Gregg
I feel very optimistic about the world despite the horrible news. Was the attack on the French satirical paper a false flag or was it really perpetrated by a Muslim group? One hates to be that cynical, but the cabal has much greater interest in keeping us afraid and divided than any perceived motives of a Muslim group. We will know soon as activities of this kind cannot be hidden for long.
The old world is coming down piece by piece and a new world is shining through the illusory haze. The old world made by fear is about over. We have the last desperate gasps of those who are reluctantly relinquishing power.
I know, we are tired of waiting. We have been through a great deal and the promise of the new world, created by love, seems like the carrot on the end of the stick. This is not the time for despair. We are very close to seeing some major changes. I know I am not a prophet. I predicted the economy wouldn't last through December without a major crash. Here it is January 7th and it is still limping along. It hasn't gone over the cliff put it it is leaning over heavily. The government, the banks, or whoever is in control has been supporting the stock market and neglecting all else that could help. The stock market goes up while the economy of the people stagnates or slips backwards. The economy is suppose to drive the stock market- the stock market cannot pull the economy out of its doldrums. Firing up the stock market to move the economy is like harnessing a mule to a huge building and expecting to pull it off its foundation. No matter how much one whips the mule the building won't budge.
All the money used to fire up the stock market is borrowed money. Eventually the piper needs to be payed. It appears to be one huge gambling casino. It is not sustainable.
Instead of looking at the carrot on the end of the stick, we need to look for the love in our own lives. The future and everything it brings will be here soon enough. Let us enrich and enhance our relationships, now. Let us look around us. Is there somebody that needs encouragement? Is there somebody who needs to know they are loved? Is there somebody, who might be irritating, but needs to have someone see through their disguise and reach out to them? Let us take the risk of reaching out to all the folks around us, the crabby ones, dull ones, the bright ones, the proud ones, the frightened ones, all of them. Everybody needs to be loved and they need it now.
The love is there. Let it pour through. The more we love, the more the love comes back to us. We need to be sure we start with ourselves. We can't give what we don't have. The good news is that we have it. We are filled up to the brim with love. We just need to let ourselves know it. We do have to know it. All that we have to do is sit quietly for a moment and ask the universe to wrap its arms around us. We will feel the love.
Love and Peace, Gregg
Monday, January 5, 2015
AN EARLY MORN
It is only 9:30AM and I have been up over four and a half hours. When I went to bed last night it was -10F. I was lying in bed and I thought, " We should have a fire in our wood stove". We have a geothermal heat system. It works great down to about ten to fifteen below zero. If it gets much below that it won't turn off and allow the coils to pick up heat from the ground. The system works by having coils filled with liquid buried fifteen feet in the ground. They absorb heat from the ground and the liquid is pumped through a heat exchanger. The heat is concentrated and blown through traditional hot air heating vents and the liquid is returned to the ground to pick up more heat. The thermostat must turn the pump off for enough time for the coils to absorb heat. We have friends that think 68 degrees is cozy and if we were like that the system would probably work well without an assist from the wood stove. However, we think cozy starts at 73 degrees. Just to avoid problems we generally fire up the stove if it is going to be more than ten degrees below zero.
In any case, I was lying in bed last night and I knew the forecast was for around fifteen below. I wasn't too concerned about it and I fell asleep just fine; but, I awoke about 4:AM and wondered about it. The house was warm and there was warm air coming from the registers, so I knew the furnace was working okay. I didn't seem to be anxious but I was wide awake. Eventually I got up and came down stairs, it was about 5AM. I made a fire, washed the dishes, meditated for awhile looking at the fire [there are glass doors on the stove]. I love getting up early and I was not aware of being tired, with only four hours sleep. I am beginning to be aware of it.
Well, I am not a fountain of wisdom this Morning. I don't think I can force myself to come up with much to write about. Everything is going well for us. The animals don't seem to mind the cold. The chicken water had a good crust of ice on it, but their coop is not very cold; it feels warm compared to the outside.
One more thought about the heating system: one may ask, "Why don't you just turn the thermostat down to the low sixties at night, then there would be no problem?" Yes, we could do that. However, unlike a system that uses combustion, the air coming from the registers is warm, never hot. It would take hours to raise the temperature from the low sixties to 73 degrees. I will turn it down to 68 or 70 at night in cold weather.
Except for my time in the Air Force [four years], I have experienced every Winter in Minnesota. I have only had one Winter vacation and that was to Idaho and it was Winter there too. So I am inured to Winter. When I was younger I couldn't understand people who fled Minnesota Winters for Southern climes. About ten years ago I began to appreciate their decisions.
If it wasn't for the Holidays, Winter would be more grim. November is sometimes Winter and sometimes Autumn, but we have Thanksgiving to brighten up our days. The Christmas Season keeps up our spirits in December. Hopefully, that glow last the first week or so of January, then my birthday is January 24th. So, I think the only unbroken month of Winter is February. March can be extremely Wintery, but we are looking forward to Spring so that doesn't count.
As I have stated before, all we can do about life is to love every bit of it. There is always something to celebrate.
Love and Peace, Gregg
In any case, I was lying in bed last night and I knew the forecast was for around fifteen below. I wasn't too concerned about it and I fell asleep just fine; but, I awoke about 4:AM and wondered about it. The house was warm and there was warm air coming from the registers, so I knew the furnace was working okay. I didn't seem to be anxious but I was wide awake. Eventually I got up and came down stairs, it was about 5AM. I made a fire, washed the dishes, meditated for awhile looking at the fire [there are glass doors on the stove]. I love getting up early and I was not aware of being tired, with only four hours sleep. I am beginning to be aware of it.
Well, I am not a fountain of wisdom this Morning. I don't think I can force myself to come up with much to write about. Everything is going well for us. The animals don't seem to mind the cold. The chicken water had a good crust of ice on it, but their coop is not very cold; it feels warm compared to the outside.
One more thought about the heating system: one may ask, "Why don't you just turn the thermostat down to the low sixties at night, then there would be no problem?" Yes, we could do that. However, unlike a system that uses combustion, the air coming from the registers is warm, never hot. It would take hours to raise the temperature from the low sixties to 73 degrees. I will turn it down to 68 or 70 at night in cold weather.
Except for my time in the Air Force [four years], I have experienced every Winter in Minnesota. I have only had one Winter vacation and that was to Idaho and it was Winter there too. So I am inured to Winter. When I was younger I couldn't understand people who fled Minnesota Winters for Southern climes. About ten years ago I began to appreciate their decisions.
If it wasn't for the Holidays, Winter would be more grim. November is sometimes Winter and sometimes Autumn, but we have Thanksgiving to brighten up our days. The Christmas Season keeps up our spirits in December. Hopefully, that glow last the first week or so of January, then my birthday is January 24th. So, I think the only unbroken month of Winter is February. March can be extremely Wintery, but we are looking forward to Spring so that doesn't count.
As I have stated before, all we can do about life is to love every bit of it. There is always something to celebrate.
Love and Peace, Gregg
Friday, January 2, 2015
AND WE ARE STILL HERE
I just got back from the chicken coop. I let my chickens out and broke the ice on their water. It has been cold enough to put a skim of ice on the chicken water so I don't like to wait too long to visit them in the Morning. Normally, the water won't freeze until it gets below zero F; but once it has frozen and some ice builds up on the side of the vessel, the ice will skim the top when it gets down to the single digits. The water froze when it got below zero Tuesday night; it was just lightly skimmed with ice then, but it has frozen deeper every Morning since, even though the temperature was higher. I will give them fresh water tomorrow Morning. I use a rubber tub that holds about six gallons. It was 6 degrees F when I went to bed, it is 16 now, almost balmy.
I hope everyone is looking upon the New Year with optimism. We have witnessed a lot of darkness in the last few years. Those who have been tuned into looking for the light saw much to be hopeful about in 2014, but it took some effort to ignore the darkness that was reported all around us.
We are still here and we are holding our light high. We know we are over the hump and the dark is receding. It is time for us, who have been thinking in terms of a battle between light and dark, to change the way of seeing it. Despite what is reported in the media, the battle is over, the dark has all but relinquished its hold.
There is no battle to be fought. It is time to accept the love that surrounds us and the loving beings we are. Each one of us can shed our armor and lay down our weapons. Accept love. Accept Oneness. We don't need to defend ourselves against the dark and especially each other. We have been trained to see darkness in each other and defend against it. That has been a major error promoted by those who would control. The struggle is over. Again, I say, let us lay down our weapons [defensiveness].
Judgement, based on fear of our personal safety, has been the major device of the controllers. Our egos, which are very enamored of fear, cooperated in the madness. Know it is over. It is now our job to move out of those low vibrations. We start with our own being. We realize the battle is over. We no longer need to fight. We need to give up those judgements, thoughts, and feelings that kept us in the fight.
We need to start with ourselves. We need to remind ourselves, several times a day, that we are loving beings. We need to have no thoughts or feelings that are not a response to love. Anything that is not love belongs to the illusion of separateness, it does not belong to the reality of Oneness.
Our biggest struggle seems to be giving up judgement. We have been automatically programmed to judge and reinforce separateness. We make judgements and have an emotional reaction without even being aware that it is happening. Most of these judgements are just little minor things and we don't realize we are building up a barrier, even if its slight, from knowing another person. As we commit ourselves to the light, we become more aware of these judgements and can relinquish them.
Remember that old adage, the basic idea is that we find fault in others, according to the fear, we may have that attribute in ourselves. It is said many ways and has been repeated in every spiritual tradition. It is a wonderful teaching device and it is much resisted. How can it be that the behavior of so and so down the street, that we find so obnoxious, is a reflection of something in us? How can it be that, that annoying trait of a family member, has anything to do with us? We certainly aren't that annoying. Can it simply be true, that we judge others for what we judge in ourselves?
I have have been seeing lately how I out-picture my self judgements on others. It is scary, it is humbling but it is also wonderful. It shows what I need to shine light on, in myself. It demonstrates, what I may have to forgive in myself, and open myself to the Love from Source, of which, I have been depriving myself. Try it you will like it.
We are one.
Love and Peace, Gregg
I hope everyone is looking upon the New Year with optimism. We have witnessed a lot of darkness in the last few years. Those who have been tuned into looking for the light saw much to be hopeful about in 2014, but it took some effort to ignore the darkness that was reported all around us.
We are still here and we are holding our light high. We know we are over the hump and the dark is receding. It is time for us, who have been thinking in terms of a battle between light and dark, to change the way of seeing it. Despite what is reported in the media, the battle is over, the dark has all but relinquished its hold.
There is no battle to be fought. It is time to accept the love that surrounds us and the loving beings we are. Each one of us can shed our armor and lay down our weapons. Accept love. Accept Oneness. We don't need to defend ourselves against the dark and especially each other. We have been trained to see darkness in each other and defend against it. That has been a major error promoted by those who would control. The struggle is over. Again, I say, let us lay down our weapons [defensiveness].
Judgement, based on fear of our personal safety, has been the major device of the controllers. Our egos, which are very enamored of fear, cooperated in the madness. Know it is over. It is now our job to move out of those low vibrations. We start with our own being. We realize the battle is over. We no longer need to fight. We need to give up those judgements, thoughts, and feelings that kept us in the fight.
We need to start with ourselves. We need to remind ourselves, several times a day, that we are loving beings. We need to have no thoughts or feelings that are not a response to love. Anything that is not love belongs to the illusion of separateness, it does not belong to the reality of Oneness.
Our biggest struggle seems to be giving up judgement. We have been automatically programmed to judge and reinforce separateness. We make judgements and have an emotional reaction without even being aware that it is happening. Most of these judgements are just little minor things and we don't realize we are building up a barrier, even if its slight, from knowing another person. As we commit ourselves to the light, we become more aware of these judgements and can relinquish them.
Remember that old adage, the basic idea is that we find fault in others, according to the fear, we may have that attribute in ourselves. It is said many ways and has been repeated in every spiritual tradition. It is a wonderful teaching device and it is much resisted. How can it be that the behavior of so and so down the street, that we find so obnoxious, is a reflection of something in us? How can it be that, that annoying trait of a family member, has anything to do with us? We certainly aren't that annoying. Can it simply be true, that we judge others for what we judge in ourselves?
I have have been seeing lately how I out-picture my self judgements on others. It is scary, it is humbling but it is also wonderful. It shows what I need to shine light on, in myself. It demonstrates, what I may have to forgive in myself, and open myself to the Love from Source, of which, I have been depriving myself. Try it you will like it.
We are one.
Love and Peace, Gregg