STARTING OVER

Well, our Spring Time is coming to an end. We have the possibility of getting a foot of snow over the next three days. We knew that Spring was not likely to come to Minnesota this early but............ a miracle would have been nice. Last week, as I was driving home from Ogilvie, I saw a flock of Canadian Geese and then a quarter mile down the road I saw a flock of Tundra Swans; in both cases they were standing, by wet spots in a field, created by melting snow. I suppose they could have been local birds, from some river that is kept open by a power plant, but there is nothing like that in our immediate vicinity. If they were migratory, they probably won't like what's coming.

I suspect it will warm up next week and the snow won't last long. I am getting a late start. I was fooling around trying to get my checkbook to balance. I differ from the bank by $22, it is in my favor, but still I like it to come out to the penny. I can't find the error. Then, I was about to begin, when Jamie and Noah started to discuss the world situation, in the dining room, which is through a doorway but only a few feet from my ears. I had to listen and contribute now and then.

I decided I was hungry and had some brunch and put my dishes on to soak; now, at Noon, I am ready to begin.

Anybody, [including me] who is now absolutely sure of what is going on, is in for a rude shock. It isn't just current events that we are ignorant about, it is our whole history. Our history has been created to shape how we think. No field of historical knowledge is free from distortion. Those who are into power and control have manipulated everything they could.

I don't know when our awakening began, it accelerated in the 60s and 70s. There have always been, a few people, who saw the truth, that we were living in an illusion created by those who would manage us; some of them attempted to wake us up, others separated themselves; became hermits or joined an ashram.

I talked about this several times before, and I know from face to face contact, many folks agree with this basic premise; that we know nothing. Okay, maybe not nothing. However, compared to what we would perceive if we weren't, almost forcefully, meant to keep blinders on, it isn't much. It is very hard, to think for ourselves, once we embrace an ideology, whether it be secular or religious. The current political storm is filled with misinformation from all sides.

How hard would it be to start over? What if we agreed, that everything we thought we knew, was suspect? What if we agreed to suspend all our beliefs?

Okay, we are standing on the Earth. Our Earth is the only real thing we know. We are in these bodies looking out on the world. We intuit we are more than bodies. The only truth, we can see from our history, is that we are creators, and we can create with love or fear. We can look around us and see what fear can create. We can dream of a future created by love.

Can't each one of us decide, individually, we will, from here forward, hold only loving thoughts and feelings? Sure it is a journey, but we can embark anytime. Our egos, which are always alert for fear, will antagonize us; sometimes we will backslide. However, making the intent moves us all in the direction of a sane world.

We have a great deal to learn about how to live on this beautiful Earth. We really, really need to start over. Perhaps, we will discover, that love is the energy of the universe. If we begin with love, with the intent not to deviate from a loving path; perhaps we will discover, what the world could be like.

Let us talk more about, starting over, on Friday.

Love and Peace, Gregg