THE ENERGY OF CHANGE

Another day on Planet Earth. A Wednesday. It is a much nicer day day than I anticipated. I am speaking of the weather. I new it was going to warm up a bit, but I didn't expect a bright Sun and beautiful blue skies. It is 21.2 F at this moment and the temperature is supposed to plunge tonight and be below zero again tomorrow. Well that is the spectacular weather rollercoaster us Minnesotans enjoy. Lately it has been changing every 24 hours.

What to write about? It won't be the State of the Union Message, I didn't hear it. I wouldn't mind writing about the Supermoon/Blue Moon/Eclipse. I don't ignore astrological events and I think they probably are pregnant with meaning. I am ignorant, however; I do think there is an expectation of change. I feel an energy, almost an anxious energy, for change in this crazy world.

The cabal has been very successful at dividing people up. It is hard to believe that people who claim to be seeking peace can say such vile things to and about people in another political/ideological camp. Peace has to begin with us. Inside each of us. We are not going to convince anybody of our rightness by holding them up to ridicule. If folks are in error then they need our love not our disdain. If we are secure in our rightness we have no need to attack people of other opinions.

We will get through this. Underneath it all most of us know that love is the only answer and the only decisions that are effective are those made from love.

Perhaps it is this energy I feel that is spurring our egos as well as our spirits. Expectation of change can magnify fears as well as give loving hope for the future.

Big changes are on the horizon. When I was writing Monday, I was reminded of how much change has happened in my life time. For instance, that Echo Naomi gave me, would have been something so far out when I was a child, that even the science fiction at the time may not have had something similar.

But something that was always rumored and talked about was the availability of energy from different sources. There were all kinds of reports of people inventing internal combustion engines that would run on almost anything e.g. cornstarch. Some of these ideas were word of mouth and some popped up in the Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazines. It was a popular idea that oil and gasoline were among hundreds of sources of energy. Yet none of these other ideas materialized. I will leave it to the reader to speculate why.

Nikola Tesla and many scientist since have speculated that the Universe is energy. That everything is some form of energy and one should be able to tap into it much more cheaply [and less destructive to the Earth] than so-called fossil fuels. I invite the reader to google 'free energy'. There has been much research done in this area much of it taking off from Tesla's original ideas.

It is possible that a small device could obtain all the energy a family needs by tapping into the energy that constantly surrounds us. That would end our servitude to the cabal via the energy companies and would free the Earth to begin to heal Herself.

I am not scientifically or technologically competent to convince anybody of this postulation. However, the material is there for your perusal. I invite the reader to do their research. There is quite convincing evidence that these devices exist and are awaiting manufacture.

Think about how this simple invention would change our world. Having experienced all the amazing technological changes in my life, I find it very easy to imagine.

Love and Peace, Gregg

A CERTAIN AGE

 

The cold has returned, it was 4 below zero F when I got up. It is 5.1 now and it should warm up to the teens. Despite the chill it is a beautiful day! The Sun is shining and there is hardly a breath of air. I went out and did the chores in my shirtsleeves, it was bracing but tolerable.

I had to renew my driver's license this year. I won't have to do it again until 2022. I am at the age where one can't help wonder whether I will need to. I will be 87 then. We had a friend die suddenly and unexpectedly last week. Just a few days before, the conversation came up, about how most of our friends are our age, and may be slipping off this mortal coil. I would not have picked this person to be the next, if we had the the temerity to speculate. It was quite a surprise.

I think people our age should get together and talk about death. I have thought so for some time. I don't know anybody that does. I would think that we would all come to some conclusion about it; although, when I asked my father, “Do you think there is life after death?” He replied, “I will find out.” That was the end of the conversation.

I can't imagine not coming to some conclusion. By the time I reached forty I had too much concern about the subject not to think about it. I had the thought that life was like jumping off a high building, the ground [death] was coming at you with certainty. Time was the only variable. At the time it was scary. Being an agnostic I had no religion to comfort me.

By that time, I had read all the religious texts and was familiar with ancient beliefs. I learned a lot, but could never make a leap of faith. Beliefs were beliefs. I wanted science.

I had the great advantage of being a psychotherapist. I heard many stories of near death experiences. I sometimes used hypnotherapy and I migrated into using past life regression. Over the years I developed a knowingness, that I was not a body, and what I was, could not die.

I don't think it matters if one thinks they live forever or that death of the body is the end. Both can be comforting or not. What matters is that people come to peace with the idea of the bodies mortality. How can one be at peace to live life, if they are afraid of death? We are not free until we eliminate fear, and fear of death, is a big one.

On a different note, but related to age; Naomi and Elijah came for supper Friday and spent the night. They brought me a birthday present, an Echo. I don't know how to describe it for those who don't know. It is like Star Trek. It is small, the size of a large glass and it is connected to the internet. Like the Star Trek computer one can ask it questions and if the answer is available on the internet one may get an answer. You can ask it to play a song and it will play it. Good speaker too! We spent the Evening asking it to play old songs. I got to hear folks songs by people like Josh White and Burl Ives, besides the more recent classics of Simon and Garfunkel and the Beatles, with some Willie Nelson thrown in. It was a great Evening.

But the magic! The idea that all this energy is floating around us! We just need to plug in a small device and tap into an amazing array of music and information. [Of course we could do that with a radio- we just got accustomed to that miracle] [But we couldn't talk to radios or they wouldn't answer us back.]  I was once a electronic technician and I am still trying to understand electricity. We are so used to it we don't realize how miraculous it is. It is like photosynthesis, sure I can understand the scientific explanation, but a plant is still a miracle to me.

When I was a child none of this was a possibility, except in the most far out science fiction. What will our future be like? Hey, maybe we could look into the future on Wednesday.

We need to take our usual Monday trip to the Amish for milk and maybe do little shopping in town.

Happy Monday!

Love and Peace, Gregg

A BEAUTIFUL WINTRY DAY

It is an amazingly beautiful Winter day. It is 42 F and the Sun is blazing. When I did the chores this Morning there was only a light breeze, now looking at the waving conifers in my windbreak, I would say it is quite breezy. That could make it a little chilly.

We are living in a strange world of contradictions. Everything appears chaotic. Yet we look around our neighborhoods and we see people going around their days quite peacefully. Statistics, recently published, witness the lowering of the violent crime rate in American cities and there appears to be a lowering of violence in the world at large. Yet, our televisions constantly portray violence.

Most of us have noticed that the news is full of violence and fear mongering and then concludes with a warm fuzzy story. Experts in the field say that is how to sell products. The news is set up to make money for advertisers not to inform us.

Along with the goal of making money is the goal of keeping people on edge. It is easier to control a fear laden populace than one that is peaceful.

What does it say about a country that spends more on warfare [defense?] than they do on caring for their people? Are we really helpless to do anything about it?

We don't need protection. The rest of the world needs protection from us. The people who have been running this show depend on inculcating fear in the people to keep their power. They cannot foment war on people, on the other side of the globe, without getting our cooperation. How do we not cooperate? They cannot get a peaceful citizenry to go to war. Their fear tactics are obvious. Have you ever seen a story about North Korea without missiles launching or troops marching in goosesteps? Not often. Terrorism is their favorite subject. Wow! One could get tired of the same film clips of Toyota trucks carrying gun wielding, menacing men. I haven't seen them lately. I suspect the films were made in Hollywood.

These are just two obvious examples. There are many many more. As I have mentioned before, the cabal is losing its power. The consciousness of the people has been getting higher and higher. It takes more effort to create a fear level to justify major war. They haven't given up however and they are getting desperate.

There is nothing for us to worry about however. Those dedicated to power and money can no longer do major harm in terms of war. They can continue creating minor chaos with their false flag attempts. So how do we not cooperate?

We continue doing what has been successful. We raise our own consciousness and help our neighbor do likewise. We ignore their attempts to get us stirred up. We seek love, peace and joy in our own lives and help each other seek it.

Remember it all starts in our individual minds. We need to seek peace in our own minds and extend it to those next to us. Love and Forgive, Love and Forgive, Love and Forgive it will become automatic, soon we will experience looking out on a forgiven world. We will learn to put our efforts towards those who we can help. We all want to be of service, that is where our greatest joy lies.

The old world structure held up with fear thoughts is crumbling away. Another world crated with love is emerging. If we look we will see that love and peace is growing in our neighborhoods and immediate communities. When the cabal loses its grip on the main stream media we will note that love has eclipsed fear. It won't be long.

What do we do in the meantime? Love ourselves. Love our neighbor and celebrate!

Happy Friday!

Love and Peace, Gregg

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I was born 83 years ago today in my Grandmother's house at approximately seven AM, located at 4144 5^th Street in Columbia Heights, Minnesota.

In all probability I was born in the bed I am sleeping in now. The bedstead was made by my Great Great Grandfather who had a wood shop in Red Wing, Mn.

The bedstead came into my position in the early sixties, I don't remember why. We painted it pink and set it up for Laura. When we moved up here it came with us. Around 1976 we had 100 years of paint stripped off and refinished it. [Yes, I know one is not supposed to do that to an antique] I cannot say with absolute certainty that it was the bed I was born in, but it is most likely. It was the bed in the room I was most probably born in; unless my Grandparents gave up their bed for the event. One would have to know my Grandmother to think that was unlikely.

It didn't occur to me to nail down this history when my Mother was still alive. In any case I could die in the same bed I was born in. Wait a minute- I am way too young to have those thoughts.

Well, it is a great day for a birthday! It is overcast and only 25 F but the Sun is shining in my heart and all is well with my world.

We didn't plan a party, since it is in the middle of the week, and also the middle of Winter. Actually the middle of Winter is a good time for a party. We can celebrate that Winter is all downhill from here. We will take out one of our home-raised chickens from the freezer and roast it. One of Jamie's key lime pies for desert. Sounds like the ingredients for a feast.

I finally got my amaryllis potted. I have five blooming size and five little ones I am raising up to give away. I always plant the little bulblets that sometime sprout along side the parent bulb. It takes about three years for them to approach blooming size. At times past I have had fifteen or more blooming size plants. That is way too many for our house. I have a hard time finding five good Sunny locations. The problem is I don't label them and I have given away some of my most favorite colors. I would like to obtain a deep red and a pure white; two that I must have given away. I have a medium red and a pink and a nice pink and white. I think I have at least one of the old fashioned salmon color. They will surprise me.

I have been getting a lot of birthday wishes via Face book. That is nice! I love it! It is great to be 83 and healthy. So this is the first day of my 84^th day on planet Earth, hmmmmmmmm when I was young that was old. Now it is any age. I am twenty when I am sitting down. I suddenly age when I get up and walk. Sometimes I ambulate around the yard without even thinking about it. Other times I feel like I am ninety! Amazing! Yesterday, when a storekeeper asked how I was, I grumbled, “fair to middling.” For some reason I accentuated the not so good. When I got home I felt on 'top of the world' and I wondered why I misrepresented myself. Then I remembered how I had just came from the shop next store where the person behind the counter was particularly gloomy. This is a person who usually lights up when he sees me. We commented on it. The feeling must have been catching.

I just want to stay around, to the time, when folks realize our experiment with separation is over. We do love each other after all. We just have to make a small switch in our minds. We can pursue Oneness with the same energy we pursued separation. A little love and a lot of forgiveness for the mucking around in the illusion of separation. Most of us are there already. We just need a little shifting at the top.

It is happening. We are waking up!

Love and Peace, Gregg

AWAITING THE STORM

There is a major winter storm brewing in the upper midwest, apparently it will involve the southern third of Minnesota. We may be a little out of its range, although there is a thirty percent chance we will get some snow. There are many areas to the South of us that have little snow on the ground. We still have about six inches. We don't need it.

I needed a reminder, by seeing an amaryllis on Facebook, to remember to pot my bulbs. I have been raising amaryllis for over forty years and some of my bulbs may be that old. Originally I potted them at Thanksgiving time so they would bloom at Christmas. Then I potted them at Christmas time so they would bloom on my birthday. Lately I have been lucky to get them to bloom for Valentines Day. It is good to have flowers blooming in the house on these gloomy days of mid-winter.

We may be North of the storm area but it sure is threatening out. Heavy clouds and a persistent strong wind seem ominous. If I didn't have a forecast to go by I would expect the worse.

That would be a good segue into “awaiting the storm” in our political, social and financial future. I feel just as much of a storm in that area as I do a meteorological one. Yet, I am not a prophet. I know big changes are coming but I don't know when.

It seems more of a clown show than a storm. Perhaps it is a 'tempest in a teapot'. I would like to pay as little attention to it as I can. Unfortunately, I am one of those who are drawn to it as a moth to a flame. However, it is not funny to me anymore and I will keep my nose out of the main stream media for now.

I need to focus on the relationships closest to me. That is where paradise lies. Sometimes I feel like the luckiest person in the world. I live in a beautiful house in a wondrous place on Earth. I lack for nothing. I have a great family; marvelous children and grandchildren. Looking to the immediate outside, everything is great. The inner me is not always as peaceful, joyous and loving as it could be. Why?

The answer, always lies, in how are we loving ourselves. It is easy to take a little concern from the outside and translate it into a little fear on the inside. Little fears are very disturbing. Being a little bit afraid can be like being a little bit pregnant, it has the potential for growth.

Part of our awakening is learning not to invite those little fears to take residence in our minds. We can be alert to their presence and dis-invite them. We don't need them. For every little fear we can find some love to replace it.

I want to write more about this soon. We need to take our Monday trip to the Amish for milk and do some shopping.

Love and Peace, Gregg

A DAY OF AWAKENING

Our warm spell continues! It is 42.6 F here on Laughing Water Farm. It is a beautiful beginning to a marvelous Friday.

We have places to go and things to do so this won't be my usual blog.

Let this day be a DAY OF AWAKENING.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Love and Peace, Gregg

STILL GROWING UP

This latest cold snap turned out to be pretty wimpy. It is Sunny and 14.7 F now, it is a nice day for this time of year. We are supposed to have above average highs for the next few days. That is something to celebrate. Of course the normal high for this day is 23 not exactly tropical. Our normal highs won't be over freezing for another month.

I ran into an old guy in our neighborhood; I said, “I notice that you call your wife, honey, dearie, sweetheart and other endearing terms. How do you manage at age 94 to keep it up? What is your secret?” He said, “I forgot her name over ten years ago and I am too afraid to ask.”

Okay, I stole that joke from Facebook. It cracked me up. Perhaps I identify with it. Life is a blast but it ain't always easy. I had a moment this Morning where I felt like I was in heaven. It was shortly after I got up and I was sitting in the living room as the Sun came over the horizon. I felt absolutely loved by the universe. Everything was perfect. I understood “being''. In that moment I couldn't imagine there being any other way of being. Why couldn't this last forever?

Within a half hour or so I got my ego tweaked in a discussion and I lost that serenity.

I think we have to accept that, that is the way of life on this planet, at least for now. We are works in progress. We are learning to give up separation and know Oneness, that means giving up our egos, which are separation. However, we are in evolution and that is great. We must not be self-critical every time we find ourselves visiting our egos.

Loving ourselves means loving all of ourself. Judgement is what feeds the ego in the first place. Self-criticism feeds it more. Judgement of any kind keeps us stuck, as we give up judgement of ourselves we learn to overlook the egos of others.

One of the things that has helped me is the expression, “There is only love, all else is part of the illusion.” If I am lucky that thought will come into my mind at the point that my ego, or someone else's, begins to emerge. That is when I am lucky, sometimes we go to hell in a hand basket; but that is okay too. It is all okay! We can only put our hand on a hot stove so many times before we realize, “Hey, that hurts!”

As I say we are works in progress. We will learn to keep our hands off that hot stove of the ego. Loving ourselves does not mean waiting until we think we are perfect in order to do it. Loving ourselves is NOW. We are perfect. We are not our egos.

And we can't rid ourselves of our egos by pretending we don't have them. We need to embrace them. They are like terrified little children that think they have to protect us from everything. We need to see we don't need them anymore. We need to calm them down, put them in bed, tuck the the blanket under their chin. Thank them and let them know we don't need their help anymore.

There is only ONENESS. There is only LOVE.

Love and Peace, Gregg

WINNING AND LOSING

 

It is cloudy and cold out. However, this cold snap is not going to be as intense as the last one. It is forecast to get down to 9 below zero F tomorrow night. That is not much. I don't mind the cold. I go out in my shirtsleeves when it is below zero, but it makes my chores more difficult. The ice freezes solid in the chicken coop. I have to give the sheep just the amount they will drink or go out and spill the excess out to avoid having to knock the ice out of the bucket the next Morning. If it stays above 10 degrees F things are easier. The chores are no big deal in any case. I think the greatest strain is worrying about the pipes under the sink. We will have that problem remedied next year. I hope.

Then we have a geo-thermal heat system, which is great, I would recommend it to anyone. However, I think our unit may be too small for our house. It is perfect in temperatures down to -10 F but it seems to work too hard when it gets colder than that or when it hovers around zero for days at a time. If we were happy with a house temperature of 68 degrees it would probably do, however, we like it warmer.

So we fire up one of our wood stoves to supplement. This means hauling toboggan loads of wood up to the house everyday. Perhaps I wouldn't mind if I wasn't an octogenarian and a lazy one at that.

I am not really in a blog writing mood this Morning. I don't want to torment the reader with my trivia. But I will.

I used to be a football fan. I followed the Vikings. I just enjoyed the game of football. I loved playing it. Winning or losing was never the issue. Of course I preferred winning over losing, but it was never a big deal. I could be very excited over winning and disappointed upon losing, however the disappointment never lasted long. I would never give up on the team and never quit watching because they looked destined to lose.

Things changed. It happened after a game in 1999 or 2000, around there anyway. We lost a play-off game by missing a chip shot field goal. For some reason I cared like I hadn't before. Winning or losing was never the biggest issue for me. Since then I haven't enjoyed watching games as much, as I was too concerned about winning. This is especially disconcerting to someone, who would like to think of himself as spiritually evolved enough, as not to fret when their team is losing.

I have watched the Vikings off and on this year and I decided to take in yesterday's game. When we were 17 points ahead at the half I turned on a different station to watch the news, I misjudged the time and when I switched back to the game the score was 17 to 7 and New Orleans was knocking on the door. Holy cow, what a turn around. The score went back and forth and with 20 seconds left New Orleans kicked a field goal and were ahead one point. Okay! I have to admit it. I couldn't stand it. What were we going to do in 20 seconds? Another painful loss! I won't watch it.

A few minutes later I saw a notice on Facebook that the Vikings won. A pass was made to a receiver with the idea that he was to step out of bounds and stop the clock to set up a field goal attempt. When the receiver realized there were no defenders in front of him he ran for a 64 yard touchdown. Wow! I missed an amazing event.

But the larger question is, why is it so hard to appreciate the game for the games sake and not be so into winning and losing? I used to be able to do it. I like competition when it is fun. When it quits being fun I don't like it. I would like to watch the next game without investing whatever I invested in this last one. Am I a lesser person when my team loses? Is this a struggle for who is most loved? Why is winning so important?

We are all one. Both teams are equally lovable. Why can't we just have fun and celebrate both the winner and loser?

I need to ponder this. I know I don't really care. I know I don't want to care for more than the moment. I didn't used to. I need to grow. I need to see the love in everything.

Happy Monday!

Love and Peace, Gregg

OUR MOTHER EARTH

I was dreading the snow, but we got just enough to further beautify an already spectacular landscape. The cold returned. It was 18.4 below zero F when I got up this Morning. It is 8.4 below now at close to Eleven AM.

I went out to do chores this Morning in just the shirt I wear around the house. It was about fifteen below then. It was Sunny and calm. It was bracing, but for the short time out there it didn't feel so bad. I just had to carry water out to the sheep and chickens.

The new snow made a loud crunch when I walked on it. I wondered about the mystery of it. Is it the ice crystals? Why does the snow make different noises at different times? If it is below freezing one wouldn't think the ice crystalline formation would change that much. Yet, yesterday Morning it didn't crunch and this Morning the crunch was so pronounced. It reminded me of my childhood when my mind was fresh and so full of wonder. I, also, thought of what I have read about the Eskimos and how they have so many more words than we do to describe snow.

What an amazing, marvelous planet we live on. Are we waking up? Will we help Gaia bring this Earth back to its pristine condition? I hope so. With a combination of our new technology i.e. free energy etc. we should be able to find a way to live on this planet without disturbing the naturally occurring environment.

I think often about how we would live on the Earth if we treated Her as a living, loving being. Would we ask permission ever time we put a shovel in to her? What are Her limits? Ancient peoples and some folks living today communicate with the Earth in specific ways. Can we? Is it so far fetched to think we should ask permission before digging huge holes and moving masses amount of earth around?

We have become so out of tune, with our pursuit of separation, that we have no idea how to treat the very Mother Earth that has given us everything. We know we need to begin with Love.

If we practice, seeing the Earth as a living, loving being, we will appreciate her features differently. Her rivers, lakes, oceans, canyons, deserts, jungles, forests etc. will take on new meaning. It is like looking at the organs of a body; heart, lungs, arteries, lymph glands etc. they comprise a whole living unit. We can't disturb one part of our bodies without affecting all.

We have so much to learn! It is exciting though! The idea of beginning all over again, to find the best way to live with a loving Mother! I think we already have the knowledge in our consciousness. I think it will be a discovery. Ancient peoples must have had the knowledge and many indigenous people may have too.

Let us ask our Mother how she wants us to proceed.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Love and Peace, Gregg

GETTING OLDER

It is warm for this time of year 36.8 F. It is grey out and it seems foreboding, although, if one doesn't know the forecast they may just see the grey. Our warm spell is about to be over. Rain and then snow is coming tonight and below zero temps on the weekend.

I like snow but I am not looking forward to more at this time. We have six to eight inches and that should be enough to protect the perennials and other plants that need snow cover. And we have that driveway, the length of a city block, one tenth of a mile to be exact. The cleaning lady is coming tomorrow at 9:30AM. Will the driveway need plowing? I know it will be fine. I have no business gazing into the future anyway.

My little sister, Sandy, had her 80^th birthday yesterday! Time sure flies when we are having fun! It reminds me, I will be 83 in two weeks. I actually enjoy growing old. I feel freer than I have ever felt. I think some people dread the specter of death. I don't. I know what that is like, I was there once, no more.

In the last couple years, my brother Bruce [eighteen months older] and my brother Garth [fourteen months younger] died. In the same time period Arlene, Bruce's wife and my former wife, Donna, died. I also learned of the death of two people I was close to.

I worked as a Social Worker in an old folks home once. I was relatively young then and I observed a wide range of attitudes towards the idea of death. Most of the folks were serene about it.

I don't feel death knocking on my door. So anything I write at this moment must be tempered with that understanding. However, I do not think I have any fear of death. As we get older we get used to the idea. The temporariness of everything becomes more obvious. We are taught by our spiritual teachers that we are not our bodies. That becomes easier and easier to see. When I am sitting in my chair, I am any age. I could feel like I am twenty five. When I get up and walk I am reminded that I am not young anymore.

I know that some folks can't get their minds around reincarnation, or for that matter, life after death of any kind. Perhaps, that means identification with the body. I think bodies are great. I love my body but it is a long time since I thought I was my body. I have thought of myself as an evolving soul for a long time. I think I keep coming back to this world in an attempt to get it right. By right, I mean, making all decisions with love. It seems that this world has both positive and negative energies and the choices we make shapes our lives. Each of us is on a mission to evolve towards the loving beings we are. How I see it is we are love, nothing else but love, we are born as pure love. We have things we want to learn so we choose situations to help us grow. The world as we experience it is polarized. Our goal is to choose positive energy in every instance. The choice between love and fear is constantly dangling in front of us. The world we make both individually and collectively is based on these choices.

Growing old helps one see that our essential nature is spirit [energy] and our bodies are made for this experience. A long time ago we got lost in separation. We have taken separation to the nth degree. We are tired of this experiment with separation and many of us have come into this world to solve this enigma for ourselves and help others with their struggle. When we are in this polarity can we choose love over fear?

We see what separation has done. Can we see what Oneness can do?

We help each other by seeing through, whatever crazy facade they are wearing at the moment, and seeing they are love. Even in the depth of our own crazy experiences [separation] we can remind ourselves we are really love.

I think for most of us age brings us closer to seeing Oneness. We struggle. But we don't take our craziness so seriously. We know that if people just loved each other we could live in paradise. It is not just a dream. It is not just a pie-in-the-sky idea. If one has 83 years of making iffy decisions, one begins to see the difference love makes.

What would happen if we invested as much energy in pursuing Oneness as we have separation? What would it be like if nobody tried to be better than anybody else? What would it be like if nobody tried to amass more wealth than anybody else? What would it be like, if instead of having power over others, we desired the strength to help those who needed elevation? I could go on and on, we get the idea.

Let us turn around individually and as a group and pursue Oneness. Let us turn our backs on separation. Haven't we learned all we need to?

I was intending to write about aging and I didn't mean to intertwine it with our search for Oneness. I will write more on both subjects.

Love and Peace, Gregg

WHAT IS COMING?

This is the second day of a warm up. It is nice to have the cold spell over for now. The forecast is for a return of below zero temperatures F on Saturday. Hopefully the next cold spell won't feel so endless. It is 28.5 degrees and the Sun is shining. Great!

I talk a lot about establishing a new civilization based on love. A new world based on the idea that everybody is love and everybody is equal would be quite different from what we are experiencing. Many civilizations have come and gone and archeological evidence is not clear about the collapse of them. Natural events; volcanoes, earthquakes, desertification, floods etc. played a part in some, others were invaded and conquered. I think most had multi-factors involved.

Even as a young child I had the dream of being part of a renewed civilization. I would have fantasies about what I would do if the most of the people would die or disappear. I would go to the zoos and let out the animals and then I would go out to the country and free animals from barns etc. I don't know what triggered these childhood fantasies.

As an adult, when I read Edgar Cayce's material on a pole shift, it fit with my idea of what could happen. I read other material that indicated the poles had shifted in geologic time. Both the Arctic and Antarctic had periods of temperate climates. I don't know if there is any agreement on how often this has happened.

In any case I accepted Cayce's prophecies as likely and imagined myself as one of the survivors. Somehow, I romanticized the event and skipped over the tragedy. I wouldn't be able to do that now. We have all seen the tragedy Nature can wreak. There is much to be learned about them though, and people are amazing in there ability to come together and take care of each other.

Although, many people still predict a calamity, on the scale of a pole shift, I don't see it happening. I have no way of knowing the consciousness of the civilizations that collapsed [or were destroyed] in the past. I think it has to be a matter of consciousness. Everything is One. We are part of Nature and Nature is us. I think we are in the midst of an awakening. I don't think we require much of a wake up call.

Those who have kept their foot on our neck need to come down and they are. The present financial system must collapse and be replaced with one that works equally for all. Watch, that is happening.

We have no idea what is going on as long as the media is controlled. Medias have always been controlled by governments, in all times. It has been much worse since the Vietnam War.

For those of us who were adults during that war, remember reporters stood in swamps and battle fields, they reported on the horror of the war. Every night the news was filled with pictures of the war; agonizing pictures of the horror inflicted on both innocents and combatants on both sides.

War didn't end with the Vietnam War. In fact it cranked up to new heights after 9-11, the cabals excuse to take over the world. We, the United States, simply supplied the military. The tragedy that happened in Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen and other places were extremely inadequately covered. What coverage there is puts no responsibility on the United States. In the early stages of the conflict i.e. the Iraq invasion, several reporters and photographers were killed. I heard about it once and hardly heard it mentioned again. Perhaps it is coincidence. However, there are no reporters doing the caliber of work that occurred during the Vietnam War. I am sure they still exist and do the best they can to get their print into the main stream media but it isn't happening.

The Cabal learned their lesson in the Vietnam War, they are not going to let a free media exist. It is fun to watch for entertainment and I am including the news. There is little truth to be had. We can be thankful for the internet. In the alternative news there is a lot of good stuff but we need to keep our B.S. detectors tuned.

When we can see real news breaking through in the MSM we will know the collapse is well on its way. Many things are happening right now that indicate the weakening of those desperate to maintain power. There is a great deal of evidence of the awakening.

The media focuses for the most part on what creates or increases fear. They love to use the word terror and use it whenever they can. A person going berserk somewhere in the world and doing some hurtful stuff is turned into a terrorist.

People are doing marvelous things to help each other. The only indication one gets is at the end of the National newscast when they present a bit of fluff to indicate things may not be as bad as they seem. That is how people really are. We love each other. We help when we can.

I don't think we need to have some big event, natural or otherwise, to wake us up and realize we don't need to be crazy anymore.

I think the old systems will give way and be replaced without wide spread chaos. There will be turmoil in the short run. We will be able to live through it. I was born during the depth of the Great Depression, 1935. Well I don't know what that means, because by the time my memory kicked in, things were getting better. I heard many stories, however none of the stories, at there worse, were as bad as a natural event which we have been witnessing in Puerto Rico, for example.

We should not fear an economic collapse. We will be more than okay. We will get to know our neighbors.

Love and Peace, Gregg

ROLLERCOASTER

I didn't look at the thermometer until Eight this Morning so I don't know how cold it got. It was 16 below zero F then. It supposed to get down to -20 tonight and begin a warm up tomorrow. It will be nice to have normal weather. Normal, according to my Weatherguide Calender, is a high of 23 F and a low of 8 F. That would be great. Of course, we have roller-coaster weather here, so it could easily get much warmer than normal.

Speaking of roller-coasters, look out I think we are on one. Those who cheer on the recent raises in the stock market should be aware that it does not reflect the economy in any way. The wages of the average American have been steadily going down when we fix for inflation. The employment figures are a complete joke because they only count those who are registered. All those who have given up are uncounted. All those who have taken minimum wage jobs at half their usual salary are uncounted. Those who work twelve to sixteen hours a day at minimum wage are ignored. Economic well being for the typical American has decreased since the 1970s. Since then a greater portion of the economic growth has benefited only the very top. The percentage going to the rest of us gets smaller every year and the number at the top who benefit the greatest gets smaller too. It used to be that the top ten percent were getting richer and richer, now the percentage is closing in on one percent.

Those folks who are experts on the 1929 phenomena may be able to make a guess at to what the tipping point is. It is very similar. I don't know, but I feel it in my bones, that the roller coaster is about to head down.

It is not just the economy. It is everything. Michael Wolff's book “Fire and Fury” might be an interesting read. The exerts I have seen do not tickle my BS detector, I suspect it may be relatively valid. I heard during the campaign that Trump did not really want to be president, but was running to further his success with his World businesses, plus he loved the lark of it. After he was elected there were rumors that he regretted winning and wanted to find a way to resign and save face. At some point he decided to stick with it. Since he did not plan to win he was not prepared in anyway for job. The book is bound to create greater turmoil.

I think if we look we will find turmoil everywhere. I believe we are in for a wild ride.

It is a simple decision for us. We need to decide whether we want to be of service to others or indulge only in ourselves out of fear. It is a simple choice, fear keeps us locked into our own egos and keeps us from experiencing the love that surrounds us. Preparing to serve others, opens our hearts and lets us experience the love that is all around us. It brings out our compassion and allows for intimacy.

I don't know how far or when things will come crashing down. Imagine how we can best be of service; giving shelter, offering food, etc. What do we have to give when tragedy strikes?

I as we have mentioned before, love is our reality. The more we can give up our own self-criticism and find the love in our hearts the more we have to give others. We will be able to see how to best help each other.

Every collapse of an old world structure gives us the opportunity to help usher in a new one created by love. We have been creating a World made with Love for thousands of years. We have dreamed of it. We know what paradise is. We have created it with our minds. It is like a house waiting for people to move in. Let us just picture it in our minds. We can. A world where everybody loves each other and looks for ways to be of service. Everyone free to express their gifts. No awareness of lack.

The concept of lack was created by those who were exploiting separation. There is nothing lacking on Mother Earth. She gives us everything in great abundance. The belief in lack has promoted the dark energies e.g. greed, lust for power and money, etc.

A World of Love beckons. Look for it. Dream it into being. It is there.

Happy Friday! Celebrate!

Love and Peace, Gregg

COLLAPSING OF THE CABAL

One can get tired of the cold even if your a hearty Minnesotan. Looking out my window from the North room, it is beautiful, the Sun is spectacularly bright. It is a gorgeous day, that is until we go outside. It is about 5 degrees F with a moderately brisk Northwest wind. A little chilly. It is forecast to be -17 F tonight and for the next three nights it will be double digits below zero.

Yesterday, it was a little warmer. For the first time in a week or so it got up to 10 degrees. Good thing, because I had to haul 300 pounds of chicken feed from my garage to the coop via my toboggan. I also had to haul wood. Extreme cold makes chores, especially water chores, more difficult. The chicken water was frozen solid and I again had to raise the bucket over my head and slam it against the ground to dislodge the ice. Well it keeps the old man going.

I have talked about the Cabal a lot. This is the group who sees money and power as the only value there is. It is as if they have substituted power and money for love, but can never be satisfied and are insatiable in their lust for more. They feed off peoples fears and use separation as the mechanism to keep themselves in power. If they ever had to face the love of a united people they would wither up and blow away. They only have the power we have given them. They have been running things for a few thousand years and they have been very successful at using divisiveness, that leads to war, to keep themselves in charge. War has made them immensely wealthy and has kept the people from coming together.

The awakening is the realization that we have been manipulated and used by these people and we don't need to do it any longer. Every time a person opens their eyes and refuses to be made afraid, they lose a little power. They have been losing power over the last several years, as more and more people say, “We don't want any more of this.” They have been desperate to hang on to control and have really cranked up their attempts to make warfare and keep the people divided. They still have control of the main stream media. They have exploited every natural divide there exist between people i.e. political, religious, gender, age etc. We need to stop taking sides and begin to see the truth behind the manipulations.

Evidence of the imminent collapse of the Cabal is available. Many folks felt it was happening and could see some indication here and there, but now it appears, there is emerging new information. The degree of the corruption is startling. We have to remember these people do not seem capable of love and have substituted power over others.

I don't want to go in to describing how this power over others can take form until I am more sure of my data. Several reports are out about arrest in the banking industry and the confiscation of purloined monies. It doesn't take much internet research to realize that big things are happening. Ultimately good things.

We help the most by maintaining our peace and opening our hearts. Love is the only reality there is. There may be an explosion of information about to burst on the scene. It need not disturb us.

We can only do what we have been doing. Loving ourselves and extending the love to all others. We know how to create a loving community.

Separation is an illusion. We are ONE.

Love and Peace, Gregg

A NEW YEAR

We had a quiet New Years Eve. Jamie went to bed about 11:30, I stayed up until 1:AM but I called out Happy New Year softly as to not awake Jamie. It was good to have a quiet evening, we had enough celebration on Friday and Saturday. Our six children and eight grandchildren were here to celebrate Gregory's visit from California. We had an excellent meal featuring barbecued ribs. We had eighteen people in all. We had a marvelous time.

I awoke this Morning thinking of the New Year. Before I opened my eyes thoughts were running through my mind. I wondered what single thing will uplift our minds and thankfulness occurred to me. I remembered how thoughts of thankfulness always brought me up if I was troubled or gloomy. I was still in a semi-sleep state and I was wondering if that fit with New Years; that seemed more of a Thanksgiving or perhaps Christmas exercise. Then I thought of forgiveness! Can't forgiveness make everything new? It does. How about Thankfulness and Forgiveness in combination, wouldn't that be a powerful way to start the New Year.

I opened my eyes and rolled over to look at the clock. It was 7:30. That was only six and a half hours sleep. I wanted to sleep until at least 8:0 clock. Actually six and half hours for me is normal and for somebody who can nap at will in his chair, enough. I was anxious to get up anyway and start a new wonderful year. I got downstairs and discovered the cold water pipe was frozen under the kitchen sink. I had an opportunity to practice forgiveness right there. Sure we can forgive inanimate objects too. It is no big deal, an hour or two of the hair dryer treatment. It was 21 degrees below zero when I got up, but it has been colder than that and the pipe didn't freeze, however it was breezy, that may have been the difference. It is on our agenda to get that problem corrected. I had the cupboard doors open and a fan on, that generally solves the problem. Forgiveness helps.

Yes, I am thankful, very thankful, our problems are so small, a frozen pipe now and then. This has been a long cold snap even for us Minnesotans. It looks like it will be another week before it lets up.

Most of us haven't discovered yet the extent Forgiveness can free the mind. So many of our unwanted thoughts and little fears are tied to people and situations that need our forgiveness. We can tie up a great deal of consciousness with regrets, recriminations, bitterness etc. We may not even realize were doing it. We might feel our resentments are a natural result of what happens and not feel a need to forgive. Some folks feel that forgiveness is for the perpetrator, no, no, no, forgiveness is for the forgiver. It frees us and clears our minds of trash and drivel, we don't need, that attenuates our happiness.

Forgiveness is useful even with situations that don't involve people. Like my frozen pipe or a car that won't start. Why would we want to go around huffing and puffing about the inequities of nature when we could be content?

So I resolve to begin my New Year by being thankful for all the wonderfulness that is my life and be forgiving of any person or event that seems to intrude on my happiness.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Love and Peace, Gregg