THE ECONOMY?

 

The anti-spring might be over. The temperature stayed above zero [barely] these last two nights and it supposed to top out at 35 F today. Still below average, the normal high for today is 41.

It is a beautiful day on planet Earth; blazing Sunshine, calm- it is great to be alive.

I must have insulted my chickens; last week when I was at the feed store I bought two dozen eggs [folks bring them in]. Our chickens were laying two to four a day and that didn't keep up with our usage. The next day they laid ten eggs and they have been laying good every since. Nobody will eat any of those two dozen purchased eggs. Oh well, maybe a big omelet?

While the main stream media is hyping the craziness of the world, they are not paying attention to the collapsing world economy. The economy in South America is in the toilet. The European Union couldn't be more fragile and the U.S. economy depends on an ever increasing output of printed money {actually numbers on a computer screen}. The numbers are put out by the Fed and supposedly backed up by the U.S. government. Oh, are they really?! Economist have been waiting for, at least forty years, for the excrement to hit the fan, we have always been bailed out by our war machine, that is not going to happen. The consciousness of the world will no longer support a large scale war. We are going to have to back up and sit on a pile of debt. Without cranking up the war machine to save the economy it would take generations to pay back the debt. Most economist think it is impossible.

Why doesn't the government just cancel the debt? Who is the Fed anyway? As far as I know, the Fed is made up of a consortium of World Banks. Is that the Cabal? Are they the ones who have been running things? Could the government really refuse to pay? I would assume the Fed has the power to collapse the economy, so the government is at their mercy. How is that a democracy?

Today, the permission the government, had to run up the debt ceiling is at an end. At the rate, the government currently spends money, it will run out around June. The word on the street is, it is unlikely that congress will vote to raise the debt ceiling again. That would mean an austerity program we have never experienced. It could even mean cuts in Social Security and Medicare. It would certainly, put an end, to the talk of improving our infra-structure. Oh sure, it could be prevented, perhaps a Franklin Roosevelt could; at least he would know how, to pick up the pieces, after the fall. With today's ideology permeating congress, it doesn't look good.

It is actually a good thing. We need to rebuild our economy [and our whole civilization] from the bottom up. No more Federal Reserve Bank. No more toxic capitalism. We need real free enterprise. A system where all can participate freely. We need to celebrate the collapse of the present system. I have said before, that this collapse, has been anticipated by people of good will, and a system, free of the present toxicity, is being readied. [More on this later].

In the meantime, we should pay off as much debt as we can, to avoid possible hassle in the interim. Raise a garden, keep a few chickens if we can, identity folks in our community who will need assistance and remember the most important thing we can do is love. We will get through this, love will show us the way.

Love and Peace, Gregg

AND LIFE GOES ON

We missed the worst of the snowstorm. We got less than an inch of snow. Good news; but Spring is definitely on hold, at least this week. I have a story to tell. I don't want to inflict my pain on anyone; but it is my present state of being and I can't see around it, so I must go through it.

First the good news: last year, we had a lambing tragedy. We had ewes that lambed and then could not stand on their legs. Two ewes recovered and two died; we lost all the lambs. The problem was diagnosed as a mineral deficiency. We bought the ewes from a gentlemen, who had converted a crop field to a pasture, and had the his sheep on it. Like many fields that have been used for raising corn for many years, when converted to pasture, the grass lacks essential nutrients. I was feeding the ewes a mineral block but it apparently wasn't enough. So this year, I was concerned, that this problem was history. The good news was that three days ago, one of those surviving ewes had a pair of twins and they were very healthy and so was the Mom.

This Morning I could see only one of the lambs. I looked in the barn and nothing there. I thought she might be just lagging behind. Then I saw a shape up against the fence, all covered with snow, it was a lamb shaped snow mound. I hoped it was was an illusion; it wasn't. The little lamb had gotten through the fence somehow and couldn't get back in. She was frozen and tangled in the fence. Like all people who raise animals, I have had experiences like this before; we live through it, but never really get used to it. I am sad, but I am okay.

I accept that life comes to us, one day at a time; and life, has a life of its own. I momentarily grieve but I know from 80 plus years on planet Earth, that all is okay. All is love and nothing is really lost. Things change form, things happen; life and love continues.

Some wonderful things happened since I last blogged. Friday night, Naomi and Elijah visited and stayed the night. Noah couldn't work, due to car trouble. We celebrated. We had one of our great roasted, home grown chicken and squash and had a marvelous time. We played a game called “Cards Against Humanity”, [I think that is right]. It was marvelous fun. We played until nearly midnight.

There are bumps in life's road, but I am happy. We carry happiness with us. It is our default state. Once we discover that, we can always find it.

CELEBRATE!

Celebration encourages the awakening process. We must use every excuse to celebrate. Celebration dilutes negativity; it opens the heart and mind. Celebration acts as a antidote to the poison of the main stream media. We must not only, celebrate at a family level, but we must encourage and formulate community celebration. Anticipate the awakening. It is happening.

Love and Peace, Gregg

LET US SEE WHAT LOVE CAN CREATE

I wasn't looking forward to the downturn in temperatures. It was forecast to be two below this Morning. When I got up it was barely below zero [-0.4F], but brilliantly Sunny and relatively calm; a great relief from the incessant winds of the last few days. It is warming up slowly, it is now 5.3 above zero. The chickens don't seem to mind. They love it, that the snow is gone, and they can roam around their universe. They are free to go wherever they want; but they are homebodies, as well, and don't go far out of the yard. The sheep, on the other hand, would roam to a neighboring farm if unfenced. We have had the experience of free roaming sheep; it doesn't work very well.

Are we staying calm? Are we ignoring the hubub in the main stream media? Most of the claims that are being made, by both factions of the dying Cabal, are fallacious. Blaming Russia for anything is ludicrous; especially since we have been the ones who have been spying and manipulating elections all over the world. Even if it were true, it would be a 'tempest in a teapot', and have little to do with anything. We ignore the real problems and focus on trivia. Our government, and whole society, is collapsing under the weight of, unheard of, corruption. Check out the amount of money that the politicians are getting from the health care industry; the very people that are supposedly charged with formulating an Affordable Health Care replacement. {the information is easily available-google or what have you} How can politicians, who are bought and paid for, do anything but the industries bidding? Whatever happens, they will come up with a scheme that makes the rich richer and the people will pay.

And this has been happening, at every level, in every sector of the government, for a very long time. We are not going to stop the corruption by letting our minds be focused on every bit of static that incites the MSM. Yes, there are many brave souls who enter politics with the hope of changing things; but, with a government, not so surreptitiously, run by a corptocracy, with their bought and paid for eunuchs, it is difficult getting re-elected without getting your hands dirty. There are a few shining examples, but they don't get put up for the presidency, unless the Cabal thinks they can control them.

We don't have to get all riled up. It is over. The cabal lost in its attempt at world domination. They overreached in their attempt to control the world's energy resources. Folks, all around the world, realized these wars, with all their death and horrible destruction, had nothing to do with terrorism or people being free and had everything to do with empire building. Somehow, the cabal was able to use the MSM to keep us blind to the horrible carnage we were creating in the world. Someway, in our minds, we were able to justify or at least not pay attention, to what was happening. We blamed everybody else, even though, we and our surrogates were responsible. {I say 'we' meaning the United States government -but we are all innocent- how many of us, in or out of the government- would condone this behavior if we knew?}

We are innocent because we had our eyes closed. Let us open them a crack, and face the fact that we have been hoodwinked by master manipulators, who use fear to get what they want. It will be refreshing to see, what is, rather than what we have been programmed to believe.

The Cabal is collapsing partly because they made some fatal mistakes. However, the most significant reason for their demise, is the awakening that is taking place. Remember, that that every human being on this Earth has equal power. Those who rule, can only rule, because we surrender some of our power to them. This can be legitimate; elections, appointments by elders etc., or it can be stolen, through use of fear and manipulation. There is no clear dividing line.

We regain our power by a decision we make. Manipulators, rob us of our power, by making us afraid. We can make a decision, not to allow fear to inhabit our minds, for any lengthy period. We can keep our minds free of fear. A mind that is not fearful contributes to the energy we call Love. We are constantly asked to make a choice between love and fear. Every time we choose fear we lose power. Every time we choose love, we add to the love in the world. The fear in the world, that has fed the Cabal, is like a giant glacier, love is like the Sunshine that melts it.

The awakening, means people are opening their eyes, seeing the truth, and refusing to be afraid; their love is combining to melt the negativity of the world.

We are the Creators! We have seen what fear can create. Let us see what Love can do.

Happy Friday! Celebrate!

Love and Peace, Gregg

WE CARRY OUR WORLD WITH US

Spring appears in retreat. It is cold and blustery and there is a dusting of snow covering the ground. The snow, we had yesterday Morning, melted and I was surprised to see more snow this Morning. It seems like the wind has been howling forever, I think it is gradually tapering down. We have had a lot of windy Marches. In about a month we should have a branch gathering party and a big bonfire.

Friends and relatives report seeing Robins and I am seeing, many Canadian Geese and Tundra Swans, that I am positive are migratory. They must know something; perhaps, Spring is really here, despite this weeklong kick-back to Winter.

Spring is coming after-all. Is that a decent segue into what I want to talk about? Do I want to talk about it? There are two distinct separate Worlds: the one portrayed by the Main Stream Media and reacted to hysterically on Social Media and there is that other World. The World we participate in every day. It is there when we wake up in the Morning. We see it when we go to the grocery store. We experience it when a neighbor calls for a visit. We live in it.

It is the World, that we carry around with us, it can be loving, peaceful, enriching, it can be lots of things. It seems that this world changes according to what we are thinking and feeling. It can be pretty wonderful or not. But generally it is pretty good isn't it. Folks greet us with smiles as we go about our business. We have both mini and maxi conversations with people we meet. It appears that when we meet people with warmth and a smile, we get it back. Occasionally, we meet a grouch, and instead of ignoring them, we give them a radiant “How are you?” Hey, we have seen grouches light up like Christmas trees. Haven't we? And sometimes, we may have been the grouch, greeted by a radiant smile.

One can postulate that everything is illusion. But wow, this world we carry around with us is our immediate experience. It is our life! It is filled with what we want to fill it with. We can fill it with peace and love or.............................

That other World; the MSM[ and its associates] is pure illusion. Emerging ourselves in it has no value. It is created by fear, and can only distract us, from the love and beauty of our own lives. It is especially horrible right now, because those who have been in control, have lost. They are in a panic. They have lost their power and they won't regain it. IGNORE IT- IT CANNOT HARM US.

We are in charge. We carry the life we want, with us. It surrounds us. It is ours. Keep it filled with Love. We are One. Together we have the power to usher in Paradise.

Love and Peace, Gregg

THANKFULNESS

 

Wow! It is over 50F. That is spectacular for a Morning in March. It supposed to get up to sixty; the average high is in the low thirties. The air is full of energy; it is exciting, yet ominous. The forecast calls for thunderstorms this Evening, possibly violent. By the middle of the week, it will cool down with highs near average and a possibility of snow. That is Minnesota for you.

Speaking of violent weather, there may be some violent economic events on the near horizon. The Fed is going to start raising the overnight interest rate soon. Janet Yellen announced it, I don't think they can back off now. They have been crowing about how healthy the economy is; even if the raise is small, it means the end of free money. This, coupled with, the rescinding of the governments ability to raise the debt ceiling on March 15, could lead to some very interesting [insert disastrous] events. The last time the government was about to run out of money an agreement was made to allow the administration to exceed the debt ceiling. That agreement is expiring and insiders predict congress will not agree to another.

At the present spending rate the government would run out of money sometime this Summer and possible sooner. Things are coming down; wise people could make this a relatively soft landing, stubborn ideologues could create disaster. Let us order our seeds and get our gardens in!

I awoke this Morning with a feeling of thankfulness. It was only a week ago today, that I thought I might be staring, at the end of my life, on this planet. Now, I am in raging good health. [raging- that's not the adjective I want- oh well- it will do]

But, I don't reserve thankfulness, just for the big events. I have found it useful to develop a continuing attitude of thankfulness. It was about 44 years ago, that I first began reading spiritual literature, with more than a casual or intellectual interest. Somewhere, in there, my journey began in earnest. Almost all the teachers, emphasized thankfulness, as a useful practice. I think I saw it as searching for things to thankful for; rather than, being thankful for what is.

A year or so ago, I saw that I was missing something. I began being thankful for 'what is'. When I awake, in the middle of the night, and experience some restlessness, I express thankfulness that I was sleeping so soundly. I feel the comfort of the bed and feel that thankfulness. Reasons to be thankful come into my mind. I soon fall back to sleep. There was a time, and not too long ago, that I would fret, that I would not get back to sleep. I was too hot, or I was too cold. My pillow was all bunched up. Things to be irritated about may parade through my mind.

I discovered that thankfulness is a very powerful idea. It is a mood lifter. It helps change perception. When we feel, the warmth of thankfulness, and look out at the world, we see a different world. It is remarkable how the world looks, when we expect to see something positive, rather than the usual craziness.

The first thing I do every Morning is express thankfulness. I do it as my eyes open. Every one of us has our own words. Some of us have a deity we express our thanks to, some people see a loving universe, others see an All that Is and some see a great energy void. Whatever, we see, It appears to be interactive. When we are thankful, we open the gates to Love. We can feel it. We can soak in it. We can marinate our souls in it.

Love and Peace, Gregg

WORKING ON SELF

It is cool here, but Sunny, it is a beautiful day on this part of planet Earth. I have had some reservations about writing Wednesday's blog. Did I really need to share all that detail? A little too much micturition?

When I was living through the drama, with my feverish mind, I kept going through the story in my head. Well it is done! As of yesterday, I have had no fever. I am dealing with a side effect of the medication, but I won't bore the reader with that.

I know I learned a great deal from this experience. It is a little too early to sum it up. It is difficult letting go and letting other people tend to chores. No matter how sick I was, I had to do go out, and get the eggs, or some little thing. I don't think we realize, how controlling we are, in our day to day functioning. Little things that don't really matter. Jamie has been doing the [MY] dishes. Whenever, I say my dishes, she corrects me; but it is my job. We all do things a little different. How much do we have invested in thinking our way is the best way?

This is not just, little things. We, also. Make judgements about others' life paths. We find something that works for us and we think others should adopt it. Of course we should share, what works for us, but we must not have the temerity to believe it fits for another. We must, let everybody be free, to make their own choices without pressure from us. Everybody is going the right way, like iron filings to a magnet, they cannot fail to reach the goal of Oneness with all. We don't know what the other sees. We don't know what makes them back-track sometimes. We can't know, what they need to learn, in order to continue forward. It may take them a much longer time; is that any of our business?

Note that the Great Ones never imposed their teachings on anyone. The people, we recognize as great spiritual teachers today, never try to fix anybody else. They recognize, they can only work on themselves and they may, share with others, what they are learning. It does no good meddling in some one else's life without invitation.

We all have, so much to do with ourselves, to prepare for awakening. It is going to happen, with or without us. The people of the Earth, as a group, have decided to wake up from their slumber and put behind them, this painful world of separation and judgement. Every time, one of us wakes up, and sees that we don't need to be crazy; the love increases for everyone. We need to remove, from ourselves, all judgement, all pettiness; you know, our willingness to focus on the ego struggle of our neighbor, rather than look past it, to the love at the center. We know it is there! Do we think seeing our neighbors faults makes us better? Hey we have been doing that for thousands of years- let's knock it off. And let us not find fault in ourselves either, it doesn't help. Let us just recognize, what we think as faults, and let our judgement go. We are works in process, we are all love at our center. If we just focus, on the love that surrounds us, and ignore the rest, we will be ready for the awakening.

The world that is, is passing away, it is crumbling; the greed, money, corruption, lust for power etc. is passe. It can't continue. Those involved in those behaviors will turn toward the light or they will need to be separated, so they are no harm to the rest of us.

Let us remove ourselves from, what we think we see, in the world. It is a clown car; but it ceases to be funny. I don't think observing it has entertainment value anymore. I guess I do get a chuckle out of it occasionally. I don't want the intensity of the craziness to contaminate my life.

Paradise is in us. Let's let it out! It is a great burst of light!

Happy Friday folks! Hold your Light high!

Love and Peace, Gregg

A MEDICAL DRAMA

I am still not up to snuff. [Wow I wonder where that expression comes from] I am well enough to believe this story has a happy ending.

The drama: Jamie had the flu, or whatever the crud was that was going around, about two weeks ago. I was sure I escaped it until Saturday, when I began to notice a discomfort in the back of my throat. I doubled my doses of vitamin C both Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday I complained that I had to pee every half hour. I don't think Jamie thought too much about it, because I am always complaining, that I just sat down, and I have to get up and pee. She did mention, that it could relate to the virus, that seemed to be growing in my body.

I didn't feel bad, but by evening, [we were watching the Academy Awards], I started to get the chills and then the violent shakes. It took two wool blankets and a quilt to slow down the shakes. They were especially bad after I got up to pee. I couldn't last out the award ceremony and went to bed. I kept my clothes on and covered myself with two quilts. I thought if this keeps up, I am going to need to go to the hospital. When I had that thought, I saw picture of myself with a catheter inserted and getting intravenous fluids. It occurred to me that I may be dehydrated, because I peed so much during the day and I didn't drink as much water, as I usually do. I always have a big glass of water at my elbow and I know I didn't drink as much, because it was tepid at my last sip. Since I was still having urinary frequency, although the volume was greatly reduced, I drank a glass or two of water every time I got up. It cured the chills.

I was flattering myself that I diagnosed my problem correctly and blamed my continued urinary frequency on my increased water intake. But now I was getting warm, rather than having the chills, and I was getting up about every fifteen minutes, so I went downstairs and sat in my chair. I thought, I might have less need, to get up, every fifteen minutes, if I sat up. It didn't help much, I moved to the North Room where I was closer to the downstairs bathroom. Somewhere in the wee hours of the Morning, I thought, there has to be something majorly wrong and it was Doctor time.

I didn't sleep much and was worn out, but except for the urgency and frequent urination, I didn't feel too bad. I continued, to drink a lot of water, and was not quite convinced that, it had little do do, with what was going on.

Then about 8AM I noted, there was blood in my urine. My much beloved younger brother, Garth, saw blood in his urine, and he died four month later, just before his 80th birthday. One can imagine what went through my mind. I guess I could sum it up by the phrase; Oh! Shit!

I did a little research and discovered that, this didn't have to be a dire symptom. I figured I would wait a couple days, and see how things were turning out, before going to the doctor. However, Jamie made an appointment for me and insisted I go. I did not tell Jamie about the blood in the urine. I did not want to worry her until I knew the prognosis.

I had a one of the new clinic doctors, he was young enough to be my grand child, but he exuded confidence and he was warm and friendly, besides. From my story, I told him pretty much what I wrote here, and a urine sample, he determined that I had a kidney infection, that began with a bladder infection and moved up. [Dysuria and Pyelonephritis] He reassured me that it was doubtful that I had cancer. I was given an antibiotic to take for ten days.

On the way to the pharmacist, I confessed to Jamie, the blood in the urine. She said, I should have told her, because then she would have known it was a UTI [urinary track infection].

Despite the fact that I had, almost no sleep, and in fact, was quite ill, I was high as a kite after leaving the clinic. I am not afraid to die, but not yet, and not that way. Hey! I still have work to do. I want to live to see the awakening take a firm hold in the world. I want to see paradise dawning.

So, with this piggyback bacteria, on top the virus that was developing, I am not perfect. It feels more like I am struggling with the crud- but who knows- I don't know what it feels like recovering from a UTI. I no longer have blood in my urine.

I wouldn't mind if you said a prayer for me.

I hope to be back to my usual blog on Friday.

Love and Peace, Gregg