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We had a great Thanksgiving? I have a mountain of dishes to do. I might write a blog later today; if not, tomorrow.

I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving.

Love and Peace,  Gregg

THANKFULNESS

The folks here on Laughing Water Farm are getting ready for the great feast. It has been a tradition for our children and their families to meet here for Thanksgiving. Sometimes they all can't make it, but we always have a house full.

We sold our turkeys last year so we bartered with the Amish for beautiful, fat, free range turkey. In recent years Jamie has gallantined the turkey. That is taking it off the bone and rolling it up with the dressing inside. It may not be as picturesque in the center of the table, but those slices of turkey with a center of dressing are fantastic.

The carcass doesn't go to waste. Jamie roast it and then boils it for a few hours extracting all the goodness from the bones. There is always a lot of meat that clings to the bones, this adds to the broth which is canned for future soups.

I had a dream date of Thanksgiving to get our addition complete, but alas, the contractor had other dreams to meet and it won't be complete for awhile. That is fine. We have a great deal to be thankful for.

There is a great deal of attention to thankfulness this time of year, some of it a little too embalmed with treacle for our taste. But extra syrupy or not, thankfulness, like forgiveness, gets amazing results.

How does thankfulness work? Thankfulness helps us focus on what we appreciate about life. That awareness itself is a positive, as it raises our consciousness and makes us more aware of the love that surrounds us. It does more. As we have discussed here, many times before, we create with our thoughts. We increase what we focus on. What we expect to happen has a higher probability of being manifest. When we are thankful for the things in our lives, that we appreciate, we give them energy to expand and continue.  

Thankfulness opens up our heart center. It enhances the loving communication between us. It increases our awareness that we are indeed One.

Thankfulness, like forgiveness, works like a tool to help us when we are in a tight spot. When we are down and everything looks bleak, the last thing we might think about is thankfulness. It works. The next time you find yourself in a gloomy pickle. Look for the things that you like about your life and say thank you for them. When we are really down we don't want to hear that. We might be enjoying our tantrum too much or we might just be so numb we don't think we can pivot our mind around to see anything good. If we force ourselves to find something good about our lives our consciousness will rise. Some times we will instantly feel better, other times we need to keep at it for awhile but we will begin to feel better.

Thankfulness is only realizing the truth. We are beings created with love. Love surrounds us. Love is everything. If it isn't love it is part of the illusion and doesn't exist. We have been on a long voyage in an illusion created by fear. We are just emerging from it. In the next few months, we will become more and more aware of the reality that love creates. There will be some chaos but the old world will fade away.

Thankfulness for the love in your life will help the new world emerge. Give thanks for all the wonderful folks around you. See the love in everybody you meet and thank them for bringing their love to you.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

Love,  Gregg 

STAYING IN THE LIGHT

Sometimes we are going along, everything is fine we are happy as clams, then somebody does something to hurt our feelings. We don't remember we have forgiveness at our disposal, we hang onto the hurt with righteous indignation. We know we can let it go,  but we won't, we want the other to appreciate what they have done. We can waste minutes or hours or even days living in misery. Have you ever done this?

What if the person who hurt your feelings had no intention of doing so? Even if they did, how is your suffering going to help the situation? Sometime we hang onto pain as if it is a special jewel. We weave a bizarre fabric of rationalizations for feeling bad and not dealing with it.

Hurt feelings are machinations of the ego attempting to control the situation and your decisions. Sure, someone else, temporarily ruled by their ego, may hurt our feelings. But to accept the invitation to be angry or feel less of ourselves is a kind of madness we don't need. We invite all kinds of negativity into our life when we justify being angry at someone. We don't need to do that.

We are surrounded by love. The solution to all interactions, painful or otherwise, are provided by spirit, on a moment by moment basis. Hurt feelings are past injuries brought into the present. We need to ask ourselves why this hurt our feelings. What experience from the past did we bring to it? Who do we need to forgive from the past? When the past has been given up and all forgiven; injuries in the present are momentarily bothersome and it is easy to see that is not our problem. The perpetrator is calling for love and needs our understanding and forgiveness.

As we go through life we can imagine being in a beam of light. A light that provides us with all necessary answers. A beam of light that lights the way and keeps our eyes open. Our egos are on the alert for fear. Fear bumps us out of the light. When we feel the light diminishing, we should be calm and ask the spirit for direction. If we listen, the answer will nudge us back into the light. The ego supplies all that noise in our minds. That obsessive chatter, filled with judgement, is to be ignored. There are no answers there, only more questions that lead nowhere. The ego is full of questions; it has no answers. 

We are one and as individuals we walk with Spirit that is One. We are always safe. We are always protected. We need only follow the path laid out before us. It takes a leap to trust the Source that created us. We have learned to be skeptical of a benevolent universe. Trust, and thankfulness for that trust, have great rewards. However, we do need to get over the distrust we have of Source.

When we make a commitment to walk in the light, all our little mistrusts will arise. We will need to deal with them as they come up. As we lay our mistrusts and fears aside, our consciousness expands, we begin to see more and before long, we won't remember what we were afraid of.

Let us walk in the light and beam out loving energy for all to appreciate.

Love and Peace,  Gregg  

ARE WE AWAKENING

And what is awakening? First we need to get a glimmer of who we were before we took the adventure into separation. We can't expect to see this very clearly yet, but we can imagine what it would be like to know our connection with each other and the universe.

Then we need to understand how we have been misused, and are continuing to be misused, by folks dedicated to amassing power and money. We will see that this is a condition we all contributed to by our embracement of fear. We will see all as equal victims of the craziness we created. We will remove them from power. We will not judge them and condemn them. However, folks who continue to think in terms of power and domination will need to evolve or reincarnate in a world that suits them.

Waking up will mean seeing where we came from. Did we evolve on this planet? Did we have help evolving from folks from other planets? What influence did/do folks from other worlds have on our life now?

We will understand we have been living in an illusion that we continue to create with our thought. We will experience how we can alter the illusion by having only loving thoughts. A world created without fear is vastly different from the one we experience now.

What is a dimension? We hear people talk about dimensions, what are they? We have been living in the third dimension. It is the dimension of dichotomy, where one is continually able to choose between love and fear. We have been raising our vibratory state; we are lifting ourselves out of the dichotomy and moving into a state where we create with love. It is called the fifth dimension.

When we are awake we will see our true history. We have always known history was decided by those in power. We haven't realized how fictitious it is. Some will be amazed at how facts have been twisted and turned to suit those in power.

Every generation has had people who saw that the Earth could be paradise. That it gave us everything and we didn't need to dig into it, mine it, rape and torture it to survive. Many folks all through history have taught that the Earth was a living being, created by Spirit and it  needed to be loved and cherished. The Spirit of the Earth loved us and we were returning the love with violence. As we awaken, we will see those folks were correct and we will dedicate ourselves to correcting the damage we have done. The Earth has a remarkable ability to heal herself and together we will set things right.

Tesla and others showed us that energy exists all around us. We live in a field of energy. The energy that exist naturally in our lifespace can be utilized to power our homes.

Finally, as we awaken we will realize we have never been free. Freedom has always eluded us. We are continually tortured by a past that doesn't exist and a future that hasn't happened. True freedom has been a dream we have not been able to grasp. We have been continually bathed in anxiety about our physical safety, our financial security, our status, and our various positions vis-a-vis each other.

To be truly awake will mean being in the moment, absolutely free to create with love.

Everyday with our loving intent we raise our vibrational status. We are awakening. We will awake.

The power of Love cannot be denied. Feel the love, it is all around us.

Happy Friday!

Love and Peace,  Gregg

BE WHAT YOU WANT

We want peace. We want love. We want joy. And we want them all the time. Until we raise out of this particular level of  evolution, we won't have them all the time. We can have them most of the time. All the time is in the near future.

What can we do now? We can be love. We can be joy. We can be peace. Some of us will protest, "That's too hard. We can't do that." Okay, you have tried and failed. You have gotten discouraged. It happens to all of us. Get up and try again. We are here to grow. We know the direction we want to go. Keep plugging away.

We won't see the love that surrounds us if we don't realize the love we are. Let us look at it from a different perspective. Know that we are already; love, peace and joy. Over thousands of years we developed this film of negativity around us, which is ruled by our egos. It is only a wisp, an illusion.

We can break through the illusion easily. It doesn't seem easy at times. There is quite a bit of resistance in this shell that surrounds us. Like any thing else that we learn for the first time; driving a car, playing bridge, playing football, dancing etc. Part of learning is natural other parts are difficult. Sometimes it is formidable. We know we can do it! So we keep trying.

Growing spiritually is a new adventure. We have spent so much time in various levels of negativity that it is hard to believe we can be what we want. Let us convince ourselves we are there already. Our vision is only obscured by a veil of ego. As we practice being what we want, the veil becomes thinner. Each time we fail and are disappointed in our behavior, we have made the veil thinner. It doesn't matter how big a jerk we are or how ferocious the argument with our spouse; we have thinned the veil a little more. We can't go backward. We only go forward.

Our intent is important. If we intend to reflect love, we will grow in that direction no matter what many times we fail. We can only fall off that bicycle so many times before we learn to ride. Soon it becomes second nature. Knowing love, is so reinforcing, that once over the hump we learn very quickly. And it will seem as easy as riding a bike.

Let's keep our vision on a world of Love, Joy and Peace. It shall be ours.

In the meantime, back at laughing Water Farm, we have about completed our Fall chores. If we got three foot of snow tomorrow, we would be ready. We got the pullets we bought this spring in with the flock, day before yesterday. It will take them a few days to get acclimated to their new surroundings. It will take at least three days before I can chance letting them out. I don't want to gather roosting chickens from all over the farm every night. We have a bushel plus apples to process. They are great eating apples, but we are not eating them very fast. I don't have a good place to store them. A root cellar has always been on our wish list.

We took a year off from intensive gardening. We are looking forward to next year. We had tomatoes, potatoes, Brussels sprouts, cabbages, radishes, lettuce and a few other things. Our beans and peas did not do well and we lost some potatoes to the frost. We have often waited until mid November to harvest potatoes. During late Summer and Fall we dig them as we need them. This year we waited to long. We normally do not have frost that penetrates deep enough to hurt potatoes the first have of November. This year we had a few nights in the single digits. That was enough. We lost about half the crop. Hey, that is okay. That's what life on planet Earth is for, to learn and learn to love. Love everything.

Love and Peace, Gregg

STAYING IN THE MOMENT

Have you tried staying in the moment? Not easy is it? Our thoughts keep pulling us into the future because of something that happened in the past. Why is it so difficult?

Our past is a minefield of encysted hurts and angry spots. We are not aware of how many there are. We don't think of the issues that caused them any more; but they wait to be resolved. Each one needs forgiveness applied before it will no longer be a generator of negative thought.

Notice how we argue with those closest to us. Someone close to you says something that causes us to seethe. Note that the thing said doesn't warrant the intensity of our feeling. It is the accumulation of things from the past that we're bringing into the present. We may be applying a mountain of past hurts in reaction to what is said. Then the fur may fly.

If it wasn't for the past issues, you may have reacted only with a quizzical look and inquired about the meaning of the remark, in a way that wasn't blaming.

Folks in close relationships were attracted to each other because each saw something in the other that would compliment them. We are teachers for each other. The positive part of that is great. Well the other part { I won't call it negative- it isn't, but it can be painful}, is that they trigger off each others encysted painful places. When those of us in long term relationships get into an argument, we are arguing about things that happened in the past. Painful hurts from childhood can be poured out on an unsuspecting spouse and that spouse can react with energy from their own childhood hurts. 

When we learn to stay in the moment, these unhappy moments are much easier to deal with. Without the past we are able to deal creatively with the things of the present.

That begs the question, how do we let go of the past? First we need to recognize the value, letting go, has for us. Peace, love and joy exist only in the present. When we are experiencing one of these states, we are in the present.

Most basic to letting go of the past is forgiveness. Most people find forgiveness of others easier than forgiveness of self. When you re-experience one of these painful episodes it is easier to see what we need to forgive in the other, than what it is we need to forgive in ourselves.

When something keeps coming back over and over again and we are convinced that we have forgiven the other; it is wise to see if we need to forgive ourselves, also.

Some of us are fortunate enough to see the past has no reality and can be given up, as a whole, now. Others of us need to do it incrementally issue by issue.

Right now, in the evolution of humankind, there is a great impetus to grow and discover who we really are. To walk through the portals into the new world we need to leave our past behind. When we have the intent to let go of the past, we will get the help we need.

We need to pay attention to our minds. We can learn to entertain only loving thoughts. When we are tortured by a negative thought that keeps coming back.  We can ask for help from our guides. No matter how one defines, it help is available, it doesn't matter where we think help comes from e.g. angels, guides, Source, God, saints, ascended masters, group mind etc. help is available.

Remember always, we are surrounded by love. All is love.

We need to always keep forgiveness at the ready. When we see the world with the innocent eyes of a very young child, we won't see the past. We will look upon a forgiven world. We may see paradise.

Love and Peace,  Gregg

I KNOW NOTHING

EXCEPT THAT LIFE IS BETTER WHEN I CHOOSE LOVE OVER FEAR. I only surmise. I see a world on the edge of collapse. the folks who know me will say,"Ya, ya, he has said that before." Hey it has been collapsing for a long time. I can't predict when the house of cards will finally crumble. It feels soon. Pope Francis is remaking the Catholic Church. He cancelled the immunity the Vatican officials have had for centuries to civil law. Recently he advised Catholic bishops to avoid ideology in their pronouncements. He advises that church officials lead a simple life and return to the example of Jesus Christ.

Country after country is rejecting GMO foods. The American dollar is on shaky ground in several countries. People are waking up. They don't want to be exploited anymore. There is a growing demand that the big banks be held responsible and their criminal behavior be dealt with. There is news story after news story about the increased production of poppies in Afghanistan. This is in a country we have occupied for several years. We have no trouble blanketing countries with 2-4D when we want to eliminate vegetation. We spray coca fields in South America all the time {the fields that are not supporting our trade-that is another story}. So, these stories don't explain who is really getting rich off this trade. We know every plane that goes and comes from Afghanistan. The farmers are making a pittance. Who is making the big money? Let us connect the dots and see if it leads to the big banks. Of course the CIA and the shadow government must pocket a big chunk. They still need the banks to launder money and finance their ventures.

The banks are bankrupt. If it wasn't for the ongoing bailout from the Fed to the tune of billions a week, they would have long since gone belly up. What is going to happen when folks face up to the fact, that the money they have in their pocket, is backed by a bankrupt government rife with corruption and ruled by a corporate elite?

I am just touching the surface. I could go on and on. The stench of the pollution, of the old world, is overwhelming. I can't begin to touch on the horror that exist. Every thing has been designed to make the rich richer and more powerful.

The folks of darkness have not given up, though I believe they know it is over. Monsanto and their cohorts are still attempting to take over the world food supply with their chemical dependent GMO crops. Pharmaceutical companies continue to come out with dangerous and costly drugs with the pretense of promoting health.

This blog's purpose is not to curse the darkness. I bring a few things up because I want folks to appreciate how precarious the old establishment is. The goal of the dark has always been to enslave the people. They have done it physically, psychologically, socially, and their favorite, economically. For the last seventy years or so the forces of light have been quietly working to open people's eyes. There has been a huge spiritual movement growing like a giant mushroom under the surface. People discovering, "hey- if we just love each other it is going to turn out okay". People have been searching for authenticity through music, art, gardening, organic farming etc. People have been craving for something real, rich and earthy. All of this is the search for Love.

Love is far more powerful than the fear the dark depend on to promulgate their ideas. Since we are all connected, every time someone opened their eyes a little it helped everybody else. The sixties revolution scared the crap out of the dark. They were afraid they were going to lose their power, then. However, they managed to demonize that generation and began programs to destroy the middle class so it couldn't happen again. They didn't see that the seeds of their destruction were planted deeply. Folks started to realize, we don't need war. We can love people of different skin tones and religions just like we love ourselves. We don't need to take orders from the elite, just because they have more money. We can live freely and we can live in Love.

Love doesn't depend on the sanction of the government or the promotion of the media. It grows by leaps and bounds. It has spread through the Peoples of the Earth. A majority of the people see that paradise is not only possible but reachable on this planet.

Because of the up-swelling of love, the old order is crumbling. Those of us who are beginning to see, need to be on the alert to help those who are yet to see. We need to reassure folks that everything is okay. There will be a new banking system available when the old systems collapse. People at all levels of our society have been opening their eyes. There are people in government and banking that are ready for the collapse. Still there will be some chaos and uncertainty. We need to know in our hearts and minds that everything is okay, so we can reach out in peace to our neighbors who are confused.

It looks like big changes will come very rapidly in the next few months. Be at peace. The best thing we can do is keep grounded. Be happy. Love everybody and everything. Let us open our hearts and accept life as it comes. It is all Love.

Myself, I need to do my dishes and then I am going to dig potatoes, I hope they are still okay.

Love and Peace,  Gregg