HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

Put away your apprehensions. Forego your conclusions. 2017 is not going to be as we think. Expect surprises. Expect miracles. Don't expect our foregone conclusions to be borne out. Nothing is, as it seems to be.

A quick assessment of my feed supplies, tells me my chickens will be hungry when the feed store is closed. I thought I had enough feed to last till Tuesday. They are closed on Monday. I don't; those little creatures are hungry this time of year. There is next to nothing for them to eat outside and they are putting on fat for the egg laying season, which will begin in the next couple weeks. We have 5 pullets, but they won't start laying for awhile. They weren't hatched until the middle of August. We are in our egg deficit period, we get a couple a week.

That means I have to go to the feed store today. I prefer going in the Morning, because Friday afternoon is sometimes a circus, with people making sure they are prepared for the weekend. So this is a short blog to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Look for an increase in the light! Celebrate! Everything will be more than okay!

Love and Peace, Gregg

AND LIFE CONTINUES

 

I noticed this Morning I have a couple ewes that look like they are going to burst. We had a casualty with lambing this spring, we believe it was a mineral deficiency. We bought some ewes that were raised on new pasture, it had recently been a farm field {corn?}, we lost our lambs shortly after birth and the ewes lost the power of their hind legs. We, also, lost two ewes. They were very healthy up until the time of giving birth. The lambs looked healthy. There did not appear any reason for this debacle. The folks, we consulted with, suspected a mineral deficiency. One of the persons, who knew the folks, we bought the sheep from, suspected the pasture was to blame. We didn't know the pasture had recently been a farm field and those folks, were city folks, new at farming and they didn't know this could be a problem. The ewes, that survived, recovered from the weak leg syndrome.

Usually, our ewes don't come into estrous until after the first cold snap in Autumn, however there are always exceptions. Sometimes, I separate the ram, just in case. This year, I should have, because when ewes lose their lambs they often come in estrus early. I don't like having lambs in the middle of Winter. If the mom is a very attentive mother and the lamb is a good nurser it is often okay. But at below zero temperatures, there is only a short window. Well, life comes to us ready or not.

When I was younger, I could sprint out to the barn, every hour or so, to check on a problem situation. Now I can meander, rather slowly, out a couple times a day.

I will have completed 82 years on Planet Earth on January 24^th. I don't mind getting older. I just have to do things slower and perhaps, more methodical. In many ways I like it, all our big life challenges are behind us, at this age. Well, that is if there is no age-related disability. I don't see that happening with me. I see death, as the only challenge on the horizon, and I have no apprehension of that.

But, I do want to live until I see a new civilization, firmly situated on Earth. Very early in my life, I began to dream of how we could live on this Earth in peace, joy, love and abundance. Even as a young child, I assumed Nature was perfect and we just couldn't see it. I always, thought Paradise was right here, we just couldn't accept it. I didn't focus on this much, I could see the world was going in a different direction, I didn't like being an oddball, so I attempted to join in as much as I could. It wasn't until I was forty, that I thought, a transformation was possible. I read all the Edgar Cayce material and other prophetic literature, attesting to a better future for human kind. I took heart, during the back to the land movement in the 70s, and was bewildered, with the 80s, revision of the craziness. I thought humanity was going to walk out into the Sunshine. I didn't expect it to go backward.

I didn't give up hope. I new awakening was just delayed. I looked for it and began to appreciate how much unlearning we had to do. Realizing, that we have been programmed to believe nonsense in every sphere of our lives, and had much unlearning and unraveling to do, before we could really 'see', I began to learn patience. We didn't get into this craziness overnight, it would take awhile.

But not that long! I witnessed people who seemed to 'get it' overnight! They unravelled one small part of the puzzle and the rest seemed to fall away. They suddenly, could see afresh. In the last few years, I have met people who have love shining from their eyes and it doesn't seem to dim. I know, the awakening, is sweeping through humankind.

It is such a simple thing, “Love your neighbor as yourself”. We just have to fall-in-love with ourselves.

Love and Peace, Gregg

BOXING DAY

It is Boxing Day! This is the day, the more fortunate, boxed up their excessive food and gifts and gave them to the less fortunate. I don't know how extensive this practice was [or is?]. Did it occur outside of the British Isles? I don't know. I would research it, if it didn't occur to me just as I was typing. Once I start clicking the key board, I don't like to stop until I am done.

Wouldn't be great if we had a Boxing Day; but not once a year, but once a month, or week. Perhaps, include the excess in our bank accounts? We could even include our spare time. Homelessness and hunger would be forgotten. And we would all feel better. Yes, I am a dreamer.

We had an excellent Christmas! We moved up everything one day. It turned out that Naomi, Greg, Adam and Elijah could celebrate with us on Christmas Eve more readily than Christmas, so we had our oyster stew on Dec 23^rd and had the big Christmas dinner on the 24^th. We had roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, stuffed mushrooms, a medley of roasted vegetables, and a fruit salad. Everything turned out perfect thanks to Jamie's magic.

We didn't know until Thursday, what day we were going to have the big celebration, so we could make no plans for Christmas Day. Which was very good. We needed a day without plans or obligations. I got up early and started the cleanup at 7:AM and had the dishes washed and everything in its place by 9. We spent the day resting and grazing on leftovers.

The weather has been unsettled lately. We don't know if it is going to rain, sleet or snow and it has been doing a bit of all three. It has been above freezing here everyday for the past week. Today, it is cooler. We still have plenty of snow on the ground, here on Laughing Water Farm, but I think some forty miles South of us the snow is gone.

The situation on the World stage is as unsettled as the weather. When I scan Facebook I see many people are distressed and seem to fear the worst. There is a lot of negative energy; but, there is much positive energy, also. Instead of fearing the worst, let us be in our present moment; exchange fear for love. It is not difficult. At this moment, everything is fine.

I cannot prove it to anyone, but the powers behind the scenes, are coming down. This whole election fiasco is symptomatic of their power slipping away. They needed somebody who would continue the war mongering. Trump is a wild card, they didn't want him. They are aching to start a World War. I have no idea if Trump will cooperate with them or not. But, I know they are losing power. They have power only because we have given them power. Don't cooperate with them in their attempts to demonize other countries, especially Russia. We orchestrated the revolution in the Ukraine, because their president wanted closer ties with Russia and didn't want to be part of the European Union. We didn't like that. We armed a bunch of thugs and had a fake revolution. Then we criticized Russia for taking back the Crimea which had been part of Russia from ancient times and their only warm water port.

We, also, orchestrated the revolutions in Libya and Syria. We have been demonizing Qaddafi [Khadafy] and Assad for forty years. Look back at the comments made about them. Even the talk show host had jokes about Qaddafi. They have a formula, first they find things to ridicule, then they create false flag incidents, that they blame on them, and finally they accuse them of killing their own people. If one researches this, they will discover very flimsy evidence for the claims. Although, the seat of power appears to be in the USA, I don't like to say 'We'. I don't think the government is in full support, of what some say, is the Cabal. Some call it the Deep State. No recent president has been in control of the foreign policy. I don't think Obama had any idea what he was getting into, he must have had a gun to his head.

When they wear down the people enough with their propaganda. They begin their war games. They still control the main stream media. Let us not get sucked into their demonizing of Putin or Russia. The Cabal only has the power we give them. The upheaval in the Middle East could not have happened without the unwitting support of people. As powerful, as governments make themselves to be, they are not as powerful as the people who comprise them. All minds are equally powerful. We do not need to give them our energy.

That is what awakening is about. It is the realization that we have been manipulated constantly. They cannot continue their nefarious ways without the cooperation of our minds. They use our fearful energy to create and maintain their wars. Don't let them trick you into being angry, about what you have no reason to be angry about. Look underneath the anger. It is always some fear. WE WILL NEVER GET WHAT WE WANT THROUGH NEGATIVE EMOTION.

If we can look, beneath the craziness, created by the MSM, we will see a whole different world. We will see people who only want to live and love in peace. We will see people with all kinds of needs that we can help with. We can love and nurture each other, whether it is individuals or countries.

We are all antennas, both sending and receiving, the Cabal depends on our sending fear related messages. Let us not cooperate. The more we can send, only love, the quicker they collapse.

We have the Love. We have the power. Paradise is ours for a change of mind.

Love and Peace, Gregg

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

Well it is a few minutes after Noon and I am writing my first sentence. I have been preoccupied. Let me explain. Our front door latch has been giving us trouble, off and on, since we installed it; a long time ago [15-20 years?]. The door would be absolutely immobile, as if it was frozen. I learned that if I pushed the door, I would hear a very faint click and the door would open. It didn't happen often enough to run up to the hardware store to buy a new mechanism.

The last three days it was making strange noises when the door closed and there was some resistance. It was difficult to determine that the noise was coming from the latch. This Morning Jamie was going shopping and she said she would pick up a new door latch. I said, “I fixed it, I was fooling with it last night and I heard a click and it worked just fine.” I tried it this Morning and it still worked fine. Well, I attempted to open it when I came back from the chores and it wouldn't open. I called to Jamie. We tried various strategies, with her on the inside and me on the outside. Nothing. She had to go out the back door and around the house to get to the garage. I told her I would have the door open for her when she got back.

I figured I would have to take the whole mechanism off. I decided I would blog first and get it done before she got home. I must have got up and down from my chair three or four times. I would sit down, in front of the computer, but nothing would come to me. I would sit for a half hour, but the only thing in my mind was fixing that latch.

Finally, I decided I would dismantle the latch. The door handles came off easy, just two screws and I could take the inside one off and push out the other. Okay, I am looking at the internal mechanism. There must be away of sliding that, what would you call it, that wedge shaped piece that latches the door, out of the socket. I tried a variety of tools and found no way of retracting it. I resorted to using a pliers to bend the visible part and pull it out. I then could use a long nosed pliers to pull out that wedged shape nubbin. I could open the door. Good news, it is not too cold. Amazing amount of air flows through that two inch round hole.

Jamie just got home; she came with a door latch as well as a pile of other stuff.

Life happens! It comes to us every day. We like to predict it, but, perhaps it is best, if we do not contemplate the future, but live only in the day,

It is Christmas Time! It is time to celebrate! Let us give up our concern for the future. We don't know anything. What seems awful right now could be perfect. We don't know. We do know, we can be happy in this moment. We do know that when our minds are clear and joyous, everything looks better. Trust, that things will turn out, just the way they need to, and it will be good.

I know, I know, it is not easy to have a light heart and joyous spirit, when all about us seems to be such chaos and negativity. But hey! Haven't we discussed, that we shape our world with our perception? That we see according to our thoughts? We don't have to buy into the, everything is awful, scenario. Let us see beauty; let us see love; let us see awakening; everything is going to be just fine.

Have a great Holiday Season! Celebrate!

Merry Christmas!

Love and Peace, Gregg

DISCOVER PEACE

 

We are enjoying above normal temperatures. It is pleasant after the onslaught of cold last week. It is 35.4F. I can't entice the chickens to come out. The new chicken coop has the chicken door on the North side and we don't have sheep in that pasture anymore to trod down the snow. I know they don't like to go out if the snow comes over their shanks, but if they can run on top the snow they generally will. I actually shoveled a spot for them to land when they jumped out their door but they still don't want to go out. Maybe they haven't acclimated to Winter yet. A few will generally come out if it is not snowing; especially if it is Sunny. They don't seem to mind cold weather if it is above zero F.

I was hoping for a little peace after the election, but I should have known. The divisiveness seems as intense as ever. We need to get out of this war mentality. We have been doing it for a long time. We have had the War on Poverty; the War on Drugs; the War on Terror; there must have been more. The very idea of making it a war diminishes its effectiveness; besides keeping us in conflict. During the election cycle, the Liberals had their War against Conservatives and the Conservatives countered with their War against Liberals. As alluring and seductive, as it may be, a War on Trumpism is not going to solve any problems.

Facebook has become a war zone. We can't solve our problems by creating more conflict. Actions that arise from conflict are seldom fruitful. Demonizing those on the other side will bring no resolution. It didn't do any good in the election, did it? We will get through this just fine. We know how to resist injustice without creating unnecessary conflict. The most powerful actions come from a peaceful, loving consciousness. We have many examples of this; Martin Luther King being one of the most recent examples. He never demonized those he didn't agree with. He never put them down. He always hoped for understanding. But, he would not give in to injustice.

It is not difficult to understand what the voters were angry about. I discussed it in a prior blog. I will put a P.S. referral to that blog at the end of this one. If you know some Trump voters, have some coffee with them and ask them. You may discover something. Many of them feel their future has been ripped away from them. They no longer have the American Dream. They do not embrace Trump's ideas, but they are bitter that the Democrats abandoned them.

This chaos will pass. The awakening is proceeding. The old ruling Cabal, behind the scenes is coming down. We don't want to be crazy anymore. We want to be free. We want to be free to love. We know all are equally valuable and deserving of love. We cannot achieve, what we already know, if we entertain conflict and war in our minds.

The right action, to correct a wrong, will come from a peaceful state of being. We will make all decisions from love. We will succeed. We cannot fail. Avoid the conflict; let us find our center and spread light and love to those around us.

Love and Peace, Gregg

P.S. See blog. No Need To Blame November 11, 2016

PUTTING AN END TO WORRY

It is a balmy 18.1 degrees F, that is a far cry from the near 30 below it was yesterday Morning. It is supposed to be normal temperatures this week. Normal highs for this time of year are in the high twenties.

We have been having a glitch getting hay. I usually buy four large bales of hay and that is enough to last the Winter. I only have eight sheep this year so I probably can get by on three bales. I was supposed to have the hay delivered about three weeks ago, but my hay man's truck broke down. He delivered ten square bales hoping his truck would be repaired before I needed more. The delivery of the big bales was delayed again by further mechanical problems. He optimistically, brought only four more square bales over believing he would soon be off and running. I fed the last bale this Morning and he hasn't answered his phone. If I can't get a hold of him I know where I can get some hay. It is inconvenient, but at least it is nice weather.

Life on Planet Earth often doesn't come according to our prescription. That is okay; it keeps our creative juices flowing.

How often do we have to discover, that things generally turn out just fine, to quit worrying? And what does worrying accomplish anyway? I know where I can get some hay tomorrow, if I can't get a hold of my hay man today. It is no big deal. Yet my mind can make a huge deal out of it, and if I am not vigilant about my thoughts, I can suffer angst.

No matter how often we learn that worry accomplishes nothing, we find ourselves in its embrace. Okay, I am not going to do it!

I know, love and peace, is in the present moment. And in the present moment, I am in the position to listen to my intuition and know what needs to be done. Worry robs us of the love and peace, we could be enjoying, and hampers are decision making by blocking our intuition.

More importantly, we are channels for the Love of the Universe, when we are in the present moment we pour love out unto the world. That is how we change the world. We change the world by knowing we were created by Love and therefore are Love. All that noise, created by fear, is part of the illusion. We don't have to listen to it. When we are quiet and sink deeply into our being, we get in touch with who we are. We find a deep peace; it is infinite, it is love. With practice we can go there whenever we realize we are to involved in the illusion.

I will remind myself today, to get in touch with my being, whenever I am not at peace. I will bless all I see and shine love on the world.

I need to get my dishes washed and I need to mail a letter.

Love and Peace, Gregg

P.S.  I went out to mail my letter about 1:PM and there was one huge round bale of hay sitting alongside the driveway. Our Alarm dog, that usually goes off like a siren, didn't even bark.

PEACE IS POSSIBLE

 

PEACE BE WITH YOU. Wow! I didn't think the polarization could get more extreme. The invitation to take sides on many issues is presented constantly by the main stream media as well as the alternative news sources. Facebook has gone wild.

It is so easy to have moral outrage about some incident and demonize a whole society, group, or country because of it.

When we find ourselves having moral outrage, that can be a sign that we are being manipulated. This is the favorite tactic of the Cabal and keeps us divided into artificial groups. The energy we have to overcome the craziness gets stifled by our judgement. The Cabal cannot stand up to a unified people convinced that Love is the answer; but they can marginalize, group by group, with their propaganda.

We, humans, love having feelings. We get a certain satisfaction from moral outrage; anger; and even fear. We need to learn to see these feelings, as triggers – reminders to love.

What happened to our skepticism? How do you know, what you just read on Facebook is true? How do you know what blares from your TV or radio is true? How do you know, the paper you are reading, is reporting the news faithfully?

It is safe to say that nothing, I mean NOTHING, we think we know is true. We have been living in an illusion created by fear and all its relatives. Those who seek power want to maintain this illusion. Let us not help them by believing in stories that condemn, demonize and invite fear and judgement.

Bye and bye, we will know the truth. All of us have bovine excrement detectors, some are more finely tuned than others. DON'T JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS ON ANY SUBJECT. We are programed to believe things, about the group, that is being demonized by the media and the reverse is true. So much of our ideas are influenced both positively and negatively by the information in which we are being flooded.

It has been said by many Masters that we know everything. That if we can maintain a peaceful state, through meditation and contemplation, we will know when something is true or not. The Course in Miracles warns us that whenever there is a question, the ego answers first and in the loudest voice. We must get below the superficial noise, in our minds, to see truth.

Let us not get caught up in anything that condemns, judges and divides. We are One People. We are love. We will succeed in seeing paradise on Earth; it has always been here, behind our perception. We cannot fail. Let us not delay it by embracing division.

Have a great Friday. See below the noise, we have much to celebrate.

Love and Peace, Gregg

A VERY SHORT BLOG

 

It is 2:0 clock and I just got home. We had a change in schedule. Our cleaning lady, who usually comes every other Thursday, needed to change to Wednesday this time. I do have quite a bit to say about the chaos we are experiencing; but hey, I am an old codger and I need a nap. We went to Cambridge for lunch and shopping. I hope you will forgive me if I put off writing until Friday. I need to think about a few things, also.

Love and Peace,  Gregg

LIFE CONTINUES

I was just getting ready to to begin my blog, three hours ago, when the telephone rang. It was the garage. They had the new tires for my van that I ordered. Jamie needed the vehicle this afternoon, so I went right up to have the tires put on. Then I had to have brunch and now I feel I need a nap. What do I have to say?

Last night, at bed time, I was pleased. We had concluded the farm work that needed doing, which was mainly getting 33 chickens [fryers and roasters] in the freezer. I was, also, able to transfer 8 chickens, I was raising for replacement, to their permanent home with the old biddies. We are pretty well set for Winter now and just in time.

Do I have to comment on the political situation? I don't want to; not yet anyway. I think it will turn out, in ways, folks do not expect. Both parties were involved in maintaining the empire and keeping the war machine humming along. Although, Obama appeared to go along with the cabal, I think he opposed them where he could. They are bound and determined to take control of the world, one way or another. A third world war would have been to their liking. They controlled foreign policy, through both parties, since the Carter administration. They allowed the parties a modicum of difference when it be came to domestic policy [mainly window dressing] but they maintained control of the empire.

Trump's election is a fly in the ointment. For good or bad, it breaks the hold of the cabal. Of course, it wouldn't happen if the cabal was at its former strength. How is it going to turn out? The good news is the old order is broken. After a period of chaos a new governance will emerge. I don't see Trump as ever being president. There is hope for sanity.

In the meantime, I am going to live my life as it comes to me. Water and feed my animals; visit my neighbors; spread as much love and cheer as my being will radiate; and expect miracles.

Despite the craziness, I feel a new energy building in the world. We are waking up! We can imagine living in a peaceful, loving fruitful world. We are bringing it about. It is happening.

Some time soon I will expand on my view, that things are not as bad as they look. Let us put our energy into what we love, it will look better; we might discover we are happy.

Love and Peace, Gregg

PEACE IS COMING

It is Friday I didn't get all my farm chores completed. I am only about half finished, but I thought, I would take a day off; and I did say I would blog. It seemed that many things intervened in my plans for each day; sometimes it was that I just didn't want to do the task that was presented. Hopefully, I will make significant progress this weekend, although it will be cold, it is supposed to be zero F tomorrow Morning.

I have learned to take any planning with a grain of salt, however, it is satisfying when things work out as anticipated.

Superficially, the world is in chaos right now. Those who have ruled for eons, behind the scenes, are losing their influence. Their minions, the power people we can identify [politicians, bankers, corporation CEOs] are often running around like chickens with their heads cut off.

We might think we know who the 'good guys' are from the 'bad guys'. Let's not jump to any conclusions.

I always hoped for some new world order, some kind of globalism that was based on people really caring for each other; solving the Worlds problems and bringing peace and love to all. It hasn't worked out that way. The folks that promoted the New World Order had no intention of creating prosperity and security for all. I cannot witness whether the original ideas were honest; if they were, they were taken over by folks who were interested in power and money for themselves. I was very supportive of the European Union and I have no doubt the original idea had integrity, but it morphed into a system that enhanced the wealth and power of a few, at the expense of the many. This is not obvious with a casual read of the material. If you are interested dig deep.

We have discussed, how disabling beliefs can be, in seeing the truth. We keep hoping we have the upper hand and the manipulators of World opinion no longer rule. We must face the fact that we are not there yet. Every human system has been corrupted, at least in part, by those who wish to maintain their power. We are constantly being pitted against each other and divided into camps.

There is chaos wherever we look; let us resist making war against those we don't agree with. We won't reach our goal through more war and conflict. We have been doing that forever. I am not saying there should be no conflict. Conflict is inevitable during change and we are going through great change. However, conflict can morph into peace as well as war. Conflict can lead to understanding, as well as dissension.

We are not all Mahatma Gandhis or Martin Luther Kings, but we all can aspire to have love in our hearts. We can always choose to have loving thoughts for those we disagree with.

The change we want is coming. It is hard to see through all the 'noise' that is being generated. The noise is superficial. Folks are realizing, they want peace, love and joy to reign on this Earth. Look beneath the noise, hearts are opening, minds are understanding, people are joining a tsunami of love that is spreading across the World.

Have a great Friday! Celebrate!

Love and Peace, Gregg

SEEKING EQUANIMITY

 

I am late this Morning. My mind has been preoccupied with concerns, I had no intent to write about. Jamie has had a health concern for the last few years, she is a diligent researcher and medically sophisticated, and she tried every remedy she came across, without any lasting improvement. It was discovered that she had all the symptoms of Lyme’s Disease but without the joint pain. In consultation, she learned one can have the disease and not have joint involvement. She went on a course of anti-biotic's. We were very hopeful. After four or five days of torture, she had to quit. She is apparently allergic to the anti-biotic. It was vey disappointing; but there is light at the end of the tunnel, she has an appointment with a practitioner who specializes in Lyme's disease and can make a definitive diagnoses. They, also, have a non-antibiotic treatment.

The other thing that has been bugging me; I mailed three checks on November 9. They did not reach their destinations. Two of them are for moderate amounts, but one is over $1100.00. We don't have, the kind of income, to take the unexpected loss. Oh ya, we would live through it but it would really grate. I talked to the post-mistress and she advised waiting for thirty days, before I got my underpants in a bunch. Thirty days is a long time. I will talk to the bank and consider stopping payment.

Oh, and another thing, our phone went dead during the last snow storm. The repairman came out on Thanksgiving. He left before I had a chance to check things out; we have four phones, only one seems to be connected. Did you ever try to get a message through to the robot that answers the phone at Century Link? After a half hour of answering questions that did not quite relate, I was given a real human. However, she must have been ensconced in another country, because she spoke very labored English. Just when we were getting to the point, where I could explain my very simple problem, we got disconnected. It must have been on their end, I thought she would call me back. Now I am going to have to talk to that computer again ahhhhhhhhhhhh.

The seconds two situations are relatively minor and I wouldn't give them much thought. The first magnifies the others. However, I know, we learn from every situation on planet Earth, and someday these things will be just a memory, or a good story, to tell over a libation. I talk much about the need for us to seek and maintain our peacefulness. It is, only out of a peaceful center, that we can take the actions that change the world. We cannot radiate love and peace when our minds are tied up.

I was just going to type, “ I know I will find that peaceful place” when calmness took over my mind. I have been seeking some tranquility all Morning and suddenly it is here; equanimity returned. Wow, I did not want to write about these personal struggles and ….......................... well I am not sure; was I suppose to for some reason?

In any case, thanks for listening. I so want, to have equanimity, all the time. It will be great, when our endless choice, between love and fear, is between, love and more love. It will happen. We are awakening!

I have some farm chores that will probably occupy me full time until next Friday. Don't count on a blog until then. If something Earth shaking occurs, I may try to get in a line or two.

Happy Friday!

Love and Peace, Gregg

P.S. I don't know how I caused the change in type. Oh well, life is interesting,