WHAT IS?

I didn't realize how blessed we were during the first half of the Summer. The mosquito population was negligible; and now, they are horrible. They appeared en masse about ten days ago. They abated the day of the wedding; I don't know if that was because of the pleas to Gaia or the herbal repellants that were, surreptitiously, sprayed around. The mosquitoes came back with a vengeance on Sunday.

We are going through another hot spell. It cooled off last night. It supposed to stay warm tonight, but the nights following it will be down in the fifties F.

I said I would tell the story about how I hurt my finger; well............... I am having second thoughts, but since I said I would, I will.

There was a lot of energy in the wedding preparation. It was a high energy event! I had a great deal of anticipation concerning the ceremony and my contribution [I always do]. The last words of the ceremony are, “Let the celebration begin.”

I, occasionally, like to relax in the evening with a small glass of gin. A very dry martini, one might say. I have a small glass that I fill solidly with ice. It doesn't hold more than an ounce of liquor. Over a few hours I can drink two maybe three.

I did the same thing after the wedding, only with the plastic glasses that were in use. I don't know how many I drank. Was it the energy? Did the glasses hold much more? I don't know. I was in engaged in very animated conversations and my mind was clear and sharp. Yet, when I got up, I found my body did not agree with my mind. My body was definitely in trouble. I fell, and as I fell, my finger went through the lace work of a metal chair [cast aluminum]. It apparently had sharp edges. It caused a quite deep, triangular, skin tear on the inside of my middle finger. If it wasn't Saturday night, near midnight, I would have obtained stitches. It doesn't hurt, but it looks awful. I may, yet, make a trip to the doctor.

Somebody asked me, “What do you believe, Gregg?” Just kidding; nobody asked me. I just want to talk about it. I think we should give up all the beliefs we borrowed from our upbringing and those we absorb from our culture. I think we need to see the world afresh. Our perception has been so distorted that we don't know what is.

We are collectively and individually creating our experience. What do we want to see? What beliefs are useful? We can sort through, and contemplate, all the teachings of the Great Ones. Which ideas seem right? What ideas seem to be true when contemplated in our hearts?

My starting points are: the Universe is benevolent; the energy of the Universe is Love; All is One; as parts [members] of the Universe, we are absolutely and unconditionally loved and we are absolutely free.

We are free to do anything, but when we act without consideration of our Oneness, we err and we draw some corrective experience to us. This is our doing, nobody or no entity, is doing it to us. Thus, we learn Love and Oneness.

God, Allah, Krishna, the Creative Force, The Great Spirit, Source, et al, are different names for the energy of the Universe. It is Unconditional Love. Our experience is our creation. Our choice.

Love and Peace, Gregg